Chapter 445: Chapter 431: Hundred Forms of Living Beings
Sigug Shipyard is a small shipyard located on the outskirts of Langton. In the past, it was renowned for producing yachts and was highly praised for producing a birthday gift for the current Empress, commissioned by the previous Emperor of the Empire, becoming a trend among the Empire’s aristocracy.
Back then, any noble family without a yacht matching the one owned by the Empress, who was still a princess at the time, felt embarrassed to go out for leisure on the weekends.
However, good times never last, and flowers cannot always bloom. Sigug Shipyard faced its decline.
With the widespread adoption of steam engines, new steamships and cruise ships quickly replaced old-style yachts. For the aristocracy, being able to stand elegantly on a ship enjoying the sea view was far more dignified than rowing or handling sails themselves.
Apart from those with a specific fondness for traditional sailing, more and more nobles opted for steam-powered new-type cruise ships.
This undoubtedly greatly affected Sigug Shipyard’s business, almost driving it to the brink of bankruptcy, surviving only by producing lifeboats for the Imperial Navy.
It wasn’t until Perfikot invented the Flying Airship that the owner of Sigug Shipyard seized the opportunity and swiftly completed an industrial transformation, turning to produce luxurious flying yachts, which immediately revitalized Sigug Shipyard.
The flying yacht previously presented by Langton capitalists to Count Brandelis was a creation of Sigug Shipyard, which also brought new opportunities to Sigug Shipyard.
For the past two years, Sigug Shipyard’s orders have never been empty, even accumulating to a year’s backlog.
These yachts capable of flying in the sky are a true enjoyment for any aristocrat pursuing elegance, especially after a prominent noble purchased a large flying yacht and successfully hosted a banquet in the sky for guests, Sigug Shipyard reached an even hotter peak than its prime years.
However, fortune often accompanies misfortune, and misfortune relieves fortune. Just when Sigug Shipyard was in its prime, news of the impending apocalypse was announced by the Empire’s government.
For Sigug Shipyard, this was a severe blow. After all, with the apocalypse looming, who still has the mind to buy yachts? Everyone is thinking about fleeing or finding ways to fortify their homes to survive this dreadful apocalyptic crisis.
Even Sigug Shipyard’s workers began falling into anxiety, leading to strikes and factory disruptions...
Various issues nearly brought Sigug Shipyard to a complete downfall. Yet, the current owner of Sigug Shipyard is truly a visionary.
Previously, he had resolutely mortgaged Sigug Shipyard’s assets to banks, securing loans to upgrade the shipyard’s equipment. This allowed the old factory to produce the latest Flying Airships and transferred the yacht manufacturing technology to flying yachts, opening a new market and earning a fortune.
Facing increasingly tense circumstances and the approaching apocalyptic crisis, this owner again found new routes and ideas.
He aggregated all undelivered orders and went door-to-door to promote Sigug Shipyard’s new product: the Doomsday Survival Boat.
Yes, this owner shrewdly seized the business opportunity by modifying the original yachts, enhancing their protection and cold resistance, and equipped them with various doomsday survival gear, transforming yachts into Doomsday Survival Boats.
Following this owner’s directive, Sigug Shipyard’s external promotion is "Sigug Doomsday Survival Boat, crafted with a century of Sigug Shipyard’s expertise, yacht-level comfort, Navy lifeboat safety standards, coupled with the superior performance of Flying Airships, allowing you to remain composed and graceful when the apocalyptic disaster strikes, without fighting others for tickets to the Northern Territory!"
Undoubtedly, this marketing instantly struck a chord with many nobles.
For many nobles, they were already aware of the Empire’s new policy and knew that Perfikot did not intend to take all nobles to the Northern Territory, with quite a number of those who failed to pass the screening being left in the Empire’s mainland.
Under such circumstances, they could only devise their own ways to reach the Northern Territory.
The wealthy found it easier; they could now liquidate their assets and handle their properties in Langton and then take their money to buy tickets to the Northern Territory.
Although they’d lose their noble titles in the future, as long as they still have their wealth, they could still live decently in the Northern Territory.
On this point, Perfikot didn’t make things difficult for them, as long as they obediently adhere to her rules, she didn’t mind them fleeing to the Northern Territory.
Though she claims the Northern Territory has limited capacity for population, realistically, having tens of thousands more or fewer people is not a significant issue for a place as vast as the Northern Territory.
Especially since these individuals need to spend money to settle themselves in the Northern Territory, this expenditure is enough for Perfikot to build several more shelters, so it balances out accordingly.
This news undoubtedly stirred those nobles who hadn’t been granted access to the Northern Territory and who desperately wanted to buy a ticket to escape the empire’s mainland that was clearly about to be abandoned.
Sigug Shipyard’s clients, indeed, include a considerable portion of these nobles.
Especially among them, the wealthy and previously extravagant nobles of the past, they absolutely refuse to squeeze onto a cruiser.