Chapter 366: Honeymoon (Part II)
The news published by the French newspaper "World Circle" not only caused many discussions in France, but also sparked a heated discussion on the Internet in China, and many netizens were excited about the imminent purchase of Activision Blizzard shares by Myth Group. Coupled with Tencent's 6% stake, Huaxia Enterprises holds nearly 20% of Activision Blizzard's shares, maybe one day Activision Blizzard, the No. 1 company in the game industry, will become Huaxia's company?!
Li Haoyu is not so optimistic, even if a number of Huaxia companies jointly control Activision Blizzard, but because of various interest entanglements, they basically can't be united, even if they enter the board of directors, it is still a plate of scattered sand. Besides, no one is willing to sell the current Activision Blizzard shares except for those outstanding shares on the market, unless Activision Blizzard or other institutions that hold Activision Blizzard shares are likely to sell their shares in a big crisis.
After reading the comments of domestic netizens for a while, Li Haoyu shook his head with a smile, turned off the computer, and prepared to read the first day of his honeymoon trip with his newly married wife.
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More than half a month has passed, Li Haoyu and Xiao Yuqing have left their footprints in major European countries, such as the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Palace of Versailles, the Champs-ElysΓ©es in France, the Buckingham Palace, the British Museum, the Tower of London, Stonehenge in the United Kingdom, the Pantheon, the Colosseum, and the Milan Cathedral in Italy, and the Vatican, a Catholic country not far from Rome, to see it, and to appreciate a unique charm.
The honeymoon trip is coming to an end, Li Haoyu chose the last location of the honeymoon in Switzerland, and Xiao Yuqing has no opinion.
The Swiss Confederation, abbreviated as Switzerland, is one of the countries in Central Europe and is divided into 26 cantons. Switzerland is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. The whole territory is dominated by plateaus and mountains, and is known as the "roof of Europe".
In addition, Switzerland has a developed economy, ranking first in the world in per capita wealth, and the Swiss people have a high standard of living and welfare.
The largest city in Switzerland is Zurich, although Bern is the capital of Switzerland, but the economic center of Switzerland is Zurich, Li Haoyu and Xiao Yuqing came to this ancient city that may have existed since Roman times. As one of the world's financial centers, Zurich is known as the "Euromillionaire City" and has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, reaching $50,000 per person.
After the two lived in Zurich for two days, Li Haoyu took Xiao Yuqing to Morges, a small city between Lausanne and Geneva.
"Haoyu, what are we doing here?" Xiao Yuqing asked with some curiosity.
Li Haoyu said with some emotion: "I'm here to send a bouquet of flowers to a sleeping person." β
Xiao Yuqing was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who is it?" β
Li Haoyu said: "It's one of my idols, but she has already passed away, and I just want to give her a bouquet of flowers to show her respect when I come to Switzerland this time." β
Xiao Yuqing didn't continue to ask, because she could see that Li Haoyu was quite sad in her heart, and she didn't want to disturb him, so she took pictures with the camera she carried with her while walking. The town of Morges is full of flowers in all seasons, surrounded by ancient castles, and the old town with ancient stone steps, which makes Xiao Yuqing look at it with relish, and these have a unique charm with the old cities in China.
Li Haoyu took Xiao Yuqing to a village called Toroshnaz on the outskirts of Morges, and bought a bouquet of flowers outside the village, a quiet village where there were many people in addition to the local villagers. Among them were also an Asian couple who also looked to be newly married, and when they saw Li Haoyu and the two, they greeted them with a smile and in English: "Hey, are you also here to worship Hepburn?" β
Li Haoyu smiled and said: "Yes, we came to Europe for our honeymoon, and this time we came to worship Hepburn." β
The wife of the newlyweds said happily, "Yes, let's go over and worship Hepburn together." She was not fluent in English, and she could only guess what she meant.
The husband of the newlyweds said apologetically: "I'm sorry, my wife's English is not very good, my name is Yin Yong, this is my wife Lu Ping, we are from China, I don't know if you are from Huaxia." β
Xiao Yuqing was worried that she couldn't find a partner, and said happily in Huaxia at the moment: "Oh, we really have fate, we are also from Huaxia, and it is really fate to see you in a foreign country." By the way, you said that you came to worship Hepburn, who is this Hepburn? β
Yin Yong said: "Hepburn's full name is Audrey Hepburn, a famous Hollywood movie star, she read her last 30 years in this small village, and most of these tourists came to lay flowers on Hepburn's grave. Saying that, he looked at the two of them suspiciously, and it seemed that Xiao Yuqing thought about it and said in surprise: "It turns out that Audrey Hepburn's grave is here!" Saying that, he stared at Li Haoyu with disgust and said, "Haoyu, you don't even say a word to me when you come here." β
Audrey Hepburn, born May 4, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium, is a British film and stage actress. In 1954, she played the leading role for the first time in the film "Roman Holiday" and won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In the same year, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress for her performance in the stage play "The Mermaid". In 1955, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress again for the movie "Dragon and Phoenix". In 1961, she starred in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's. In 1964, she starred in the song and dance film "My Fair Lady". In 1989, Audrey, who had been in the film for many years, made a cameo appearance in the last movie "Forever".
In her later years, Audrey Hepburn devoted herself to philanthropy and was a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, advocating for the rights of women and children in the third generation. In 1992, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor for American citizens, and in 1993, he received the Oscar Humanitarian Award. On January 20, 1993, Audrey Hepburn died of appendix cancer at the age of 63.
In 1999, she was named the third "Greatest Actress of the Century" by the American Film Institute. In May 2002, UNICEF unveiled a 7-foot-tall bronze statue of Audrey Spirit at its headquarters in New York in recognition of Hepburn's contribution to the United Nations.
Although Audrey Hepburn has been dead for more than 20 years, there are still countless women who imitate Hepburn's dress and make it fashionable, and the fashion magazine "VOGUE", known as the "fashion bible", once rated her as the first place in the "world fashion celebrity" with 29% of the votes. According to its spokesman, everyone thinks that Audrey Hepburn is noble and elegant, and that her beauty is timeless; When it comes to fashion, everyone immediately thinks of her.
Of course, Xiao Yuqing also knew about Audrey Hepburn, but she didn't pay much attention to her after she disappeared, and she didn't expect her cemetery to be in this small village, so she didn't think about it.
As they spoke, the four of them had come to Audrey Hepburn's grave, an ordinary cemetery on the hillside of the village of Toroshnaz, where there were more than a dozen tombs of local villagers, some of which had intricately carved stone tablets, affectionate epitaphs, and colorful flowers and plants planted around the tombs. Audrey Hepburn's grave is surprisingly simple, with only two simple lines inscribed on the blue-gray cross monument "Audrey Hepburn 1929-1993".
There is a melancholy angel next to the cross, which also fits Audrey Hepburn's nickname of "Angel on Earth", and the tombstone is lined with bouquets of flowers, which are left by Hepburn fans from all over the world when they come to "pilgrimage".
Li Haoyu and the four of them gently put the flowers next to the cemetery, lamenting the departure of a generation of beauties, and it took a long time to leave.
Yin Yong proposed to go to the former residence of Audrey Hepburn in the village to have a look, and this proposal was approved by everyone, but when they came to the former residence of Hepburn at the entrance of the village, they learned that Hepburn's former residence was now inhabited by her nephew's family, and it was not open to the public, so the four of them regretfully left the village of Toroshnaz.
After leaving Morges, Yin Yong and his wife quickly took their leave, and their first stop was to present flowers to Audrey Hepburn, and now it was time for them to enjoy their honeymoon.
Li Haoyu and Xiao Yuqing made the last stop in Morges, their honeymoon in Europe was over, and they would fly directly from Zurich to Yanjing in a few days, and return to the mountain city after a few days in Yanjing to start a normal life.
When the two were just about to return to China, there was news in the gaming world that Activision Blizzard had spent $1.8 billion to buy back a 12% stake from Vivendi Group. Activision Blizzard now owns more than 70% of its own shares, and less than 30% of the shares are outstanding, so that the crisis of someone controlling it has been put an end to it.
Li Haoyu was slightly surprised in his heart, the acquisition of 12% of Activision Blizzard's shares for $1.8 billion was a bit inflated, but considering that Activision Blizzard's management was eager to reclaim this part of the shares, this price was also within the acceptable range of both parties. Vivendi Group also spread rumors of a spin-off at this time, many of its companies are beginning to reorganize, and the spin-off seems to be the general trend, but all this is none of Li Haoyu's business, he is now thinking about how to go to the next level in the game field of the world.
In the honeymoon of more than a month, nothing major has happened in the game industry except for Activision Blizzard to buy back its own shares, only a few game companies have launched their own game products, especially the new generation of console game "Divine Paradise" launched by Sony's Naughty Dog Studios has landed on the PS4 console, and has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide in more than half a month, and the sales of the PS4 console have increased significantly.
Many media outlets have considered Divine Paradise to have the potential of Mythical Group's Valkyrie by Qiong Quyu Studios, and the best console games of 2016 will be produced from these two games.