Chapter Seventy-Four: If You Have Money, Do It
From the entrance to the valley, you will find the Lauterbrunnen Valley, and on the cliffs on either side of the valley are the carless towns of Müren and Wengen, where Jonas and Nicole had planned to visit.
But when they got out of the valley, they turned left and made their way up the hill to the north.
Grindelwald is located on a mountain at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters above sea level, with a fantastic slope known all over the world. Even in the hottest part of summer, the temperature here is only about 20 degrees Celsius, and now you have to thicken your clothes at night when you go up the mountain.
It's not as well-known as the Lauterbrunnen valley and less touristy, and although it lacks some extreme views, it's more suitable for a leisurely holiday.
The Vera family's holiday villa is located on the sunny slopes of the Schwarz Mountains, north of the small town of Grindelwald. Since it is not on the tourist route, almost no tourists come here.
The scenery here is spectacular, and every window of the room opens to reveal a row of snow-capped mountains over 3,000 meters above sea level.
The Alps, which are no more than 2,000 meters away in a straight line, are the Mitre Peak, the Schreckhorn Peak, and the Eiger Peak, the Mönch Peak, and the Jungfraujoch, which are all famous for their snow and ice all year round.
These snow-capped mountains are set against the forest, grassland, wooden houses, and flowers below, forming a beautiful scenery.
Aunt Feline, the second aunt of Jonas, arrived early with her two children, Helen, 13, and Joseph, 10.
As soon as the children met, they played together, noisy, but for the elderly, this kind of noise was the most beautiful sound, which made them smile a lot.
Jonas began to move the flour down from the car, and Raken came to help.
Jonas formally introduced Nicole to Aunt Ferrin and Laeken, and when Naira saw that Nicole was very fond of the beautiful Nicole, she pulled her and said, "Nicole, you are really beautiful, God really favors you too much." ”
"You're beautiful too......" Nicole was still a little reserved.
"We sat down and talked, and the men did the work. Having said that, she asked aloud, "Aunt Vera, Aunt Hannah, is there anything we need to do?"
Vera, who was talking to the person in charge of the hotel service company, looked back and smiled: "No, no, everything is arranged, you just need to enjoy the holiday." ”
Naira smirked. "You see, we don't have to work. ”
The two men now have no human rights and can only work in silence.
For Laken, Jonas has mixed feelings, he is the youngest son of Vera, only three years older than Jonas.
When I was a child, the two often played together and had fights, but the relationship was still very good.
That's why Jonas didn't want to call him uncle!
His girlfriend Naela is not pretty, but she is very temperamental. Although the other party's family is not as rich as theirs, they are also from a prestigious family.
Naira's father, Nicolas Hayek, was a Lebanese nobleman who took refuge in Switzerland at the age of 12 at the age of twelve.
He was a business genius who, after graduating from university, quickly rose to prominence in the Swiss watch industry, becoming a leading member of the Swiss Watch Association in the sixties, before the age of forty.
It is worth mentioning that Switzerland did not accept any immigrants for a long time, and even if refugees settled in Switzerland, they could not become Swiss nationals, but could only be counted as second-class citizens.
Nicholas came to Switzerland in 40 years, grew up in Switzerland, went to school, worked. In 51 he was married, also to a Swiss woman, but he could not be Swiss.
In order to get Switzerland to accept him as an immigrant, he carried out social activities for a long time, and finally in 1968, he persuaded the National Assembly to become a real Swiss.
It is also because of him that Switzerland has revised some of its regulations, and the subsequent immigration policy, although it is still difficult for people to pass, is also much easier.
In the seventies, the watch industry was affected by quartz watches, and the collapse of the Bretton Woods system depreciated the US dollar and the world's major currencies, but the Swiss franc became the strongest currency in the world, which was not conducive to exports, and the watch industry was in decline.
In '79, more than a dozen Swiss watch factories went bankrupt and were held in bank custody, and Nicholas bought 51 percent of the shares in these factories at a huge cost from '81.
He became the savior of hundreds of thousands of watchmakers, and in recent years he became so famous in Switzerland that many people even asked him to run for consul.
However, he is now heavily indebted, and now has more than a dozen watch brands under his umbrella that are in urgent need of revitalization, and he has rejected the call to enter politics.
"How's Nicholas' business now?"
Raken sighed and said, "It's very difficult, he's so greedy, he bought so many shares of companies at once, and it takes a lot of energy just to sort out all the bonds of these companies." ”
Jonas smiled, he knew that the watch factories that Nicholas was now a headache for would later form the famous Swatch Group.
Naira and Nicole heard Jonas ask about her father, and answered, "Jonas, my dad asked me to say hello to Aunt Hannah for him!"
Hoffmann Bank also lent 20 million Swiss francs to Nicholas, with whom Yannick had always had a good relationship.
Jonas turned his face in the same way as he had been before. "Shut up, please don't bring the word aunt. ”
Raken smirked, "Anyway, I'm your uncle." ”
"It looks like we're not going to have a conversation. Nicole, let's pick a room. ”
Naira smirked, "I made an appointment with Nicole, the two of us will sleep together at night, and you two can find a place to sleep by yourself." ”
At this moment, Laken's face also fell. "Naira, you can't do that. ”
Naira ignored her and said, "At least one night, as punishment for getting drunk yesterday." ”
"That's what your dad poured into me. ”
"But you got drunk and left me alone for the night. ”
Jonas couldn't help but laugh and whispered, "Are you running out of energy and deliberately pretending to be drunk?"
Laken was shocked, and hurriedly whispered: "Don't say anything about breaking ......"
Jonas put down what he was holding, did a squat, and then came a few frog jumps and said, "Training like me for a while will definitely help you regain your pride as a man." ”
He pursed his lips and said, "It's so ugly, I won't be so embarrassed." ”
Jonas retorted: "If you can't meet the needs of your own woman, you are the real shame." ”
He hesitated. "Does it really work?"
This holiday villa was built with hosting in mind, so it is not an ordinary residential style and does not have a fireplace.
On the ground floor is a large family-style living room with a bar counter with various auxiliary rooms, kitchen, heating decompression room, tool room.
In the middle of the second floor there is an airy living room that connects to each room, all of which are en-suite with separate living room and bathroom.
After choosing the room, several women began to divide the labor, or tidy up the room, spread the sheets and quilts they brought. Or start preparing lunch and be busy.
Only two adult men, Jonas and Laken, did not arrange things to do, but they were responsible for supervising a group of children and not letting them get naughty and injured.
Jonas brought an electric kettle, boiled water, made himself a cup of tea, and sat under the wide eaves of the doorway, enjoying the cool air and the beautiful scenery around him.
Laken didn't like tea, so he took a bottle of soda and sat on the wooden railing of square wood, with his back against the columns, looking more comfortable.
"Laken, you're graduating next year, what are you going to do in the future?"
"Make a movie. At the mention of his interest, Raken came to his senses and sat up straight. "I've already told Nick that I'm going to go to Paris to make movies with him after I graduate. ”
Nick is the older brother of Naira and graduated from the St. Gallen Business School in Switzerland in '77, but he is not interested in inheriting the family business.
So, at the age of 23, Nick decided to switch to Paris to study film. After two years at the CLCF Film School in Paris, he began making short films, which won the first prize at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival and was selected for the Cannes Film Festival.
Jonas found it strange that the heirs of many large European families had a habit of treating money like dung and advocating art rather than taking over the family estate.
Nick is Nicholas's only son, and if he doesn't take over the family business, won't Swatch have no heirs in the future?
There are also the Laken brothers, his elder brother Andre does charity and initiates environmental protection, but he is not willing to do the right thing. And he is like this now, maybe he has money to make movies.
If they don't have enough to eat, life is stressful, and they don't have a proper job.
Jonas sighed, feeling that this uncle could not be counted on either, at least not now. "Does making movies prove your worth? Do you have a talent for making movies?"
He asked rhetorically, "How do you know if you don't try?"
"Okay. I shouldn't discourage you. ”
Whether it was relatives or friends, he found that most people, including Kostler, had not really seen themselves clearly, and did not have a very clear plan.
The only thing that has a sense of urgency is that of Pale Lister, who has complicated family relationships, and it seems that this is also an influence of the family environment.
If Jonas wants to develop, he needs to make more allies and friends with development potential, but now it seems that he is still too anxious.
The affluent environment in which he lived was destined for most of his peers to still enjoy their youth.
For example, François Pinault, the head of Kering in later generations, is still a miserable green boy who likes to watch small movies.
He wasn't much better before, otherwise, he wouldn't have committed suicide because of a little setback in life.
For now, let's enjoy life. When you get to college, pay attention to some classmates who can help you.
Nicole leaned out from the balcony around the corner on the second floor and shouted, "Jonas, how about picking this room where you can see the sunset?"
"If you like it!"
Before she could finish speaking, Hannah suddenly appeared at the living room window and asked, "Do you live together?"