Crisp footsteps sounded, and Gracia appeared in front of the two of them in a dress that she had never seen before. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 At only twenty years old, she wore short haircuts, a serious strong woman makeup, and a conservative middle-aged woman's outfit, looking at least five or six years older than her actual age.

Seeing her new look, Zhou You, who was being interviewed by Evra, couldn't help but get distracted, patted his head and said, "Honey, I should throw your stylist into the Atlantic, this style is too old-fashioned." ”

Gracia walked up to him, leaned over and kissed him and smiled, "But I like it, as the owner of a company, as the head of an organization, my previous look was too girly." You can rest assured, in front of you, I will not always maintain this look. ”

Zhou You nodded, turned around and asked, "Where did we go?" ”

Evra nodded to Gracia, looked at his shorthand book and said: "You said that you like simple clothes, you don't like any accessories except watches, and you think that today's fashion circle is too far away from real life, and designers have reached a sick point in pursuing exaggeration." ”

Zhou You nodded and said, "It's like John Galliano (Note 1), I don't deny that he is a genius in the fashion industry." But he is hopelessly immersed in his own world, and I can't understand what kind of thought he wants to express by wearing two or even three hats every time he appears. Personally, I believe that fashion needs to pursue individuality, but it can't be separated from the aesthetic scope of the public, otherwise it will become sensational. ”

Evra nodded, wrote it down in his shorthand notebook and asked, "I noticed that every time Mr. Zhou appears on a formal occasion, he always chooses a casual jacket and a slim-fitting suit, but it is not a famous brand. So what is your attitude towards luxury brands? ”

"I don't really value brands, but that doesn't mean I don't have them, in my wardrobe, Gucci, Dior, Burberry have them. When choosing clothes, my first condition is to be comfortable, and the second is to be able to show my personal temperament, which are also the two aspects that I personally value the most. ”

Gracia said with a smile: "I introduced Evan to our famous Spanish sara outfit, and he also likes the sarla style very much, just like the pants he wears today, which are the straight-leg pants of the sarla. ”

Saura is also Endeavour's biggest customer, and Gracia doesn't mind promoting them at this time.

After Evra wrote it down, he looked at his interview record from beginning to end, and said with a smile: "Thank you very much Mr. Zhou for being able to accept my interview today, since you still have to go out, I won't bother me much." It's just that before leaving, I hope to take a few pictures of Mr. Zhou. ”

"There's no lighting, there's no fill panels, and Evan doesn't have makeup, so I don't think it's a good idea to take pictures," Gracia said. ”

Zhou You immediately said: "I'm not an actor, I'm not a model, and I don't rely on men to show people, I don't need what you say, just pose for a few photos at will." ”

Evra said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou's well-defined silhouette, coupled with this moustache full of personality, adds layers to his face, even without makeup, it will not be too bad." What's more, we can do the opposite, using the shadow of the lens to increase Mr. Zhou's mystery, which will be more fascinating than those cleaned human images. ”

Gracia nodded, looked at the time, kissed Zhou You's face and said, "Honey, the time is almost up, I'll arrange the car, you have less than ten minutes left." ”

Zhou You has never been a model, but in his previous life, in order to pick up girls, he didn't figure out his image in the eyes of women, so he still knows a few signature poses and movements.

Evra was not very demanding, so he sat on the couch, sat at the window, then leaned against the door frame, leaned against the handrail of the stairs and gave a few more pictures of him going upstairs and downstairs, and the shoot was soon over.

Zhou You got into the car, pressed the window and said to him: "For my interview, I hope you will show my intentions step by step in shaping my image, and if your actions can satisfy me, I will consider giving you a better opportunity." ”

Evra said seriously: "I will let Mr. Zhou see my determination." ”

"Good." Zhou You sat up straight and said to the driver, "Drive." ”

Gracia held his thighs and said to Evra: "The picture is washed out, send a set here in the evening." ”

Opel drove out of the villa slowly, no one noticed the car, passing by the intersection of the villa at the shooting base, and many reporters could be seen blocking the door.

Zhou You couldn't help but laugh and said, "This Evra is really a slippery ......"

Gracia couldn't help but ask, "What exactly did this Evra interview you?" Why did I just hear all the interviews from the fashion industry? Do you want to change careers to become a model? ”

At the end, she couldn't help but laugh herself.

Zhou You shook his head and said, "At the beginning, no one knew me, so I had to be fiercer than anyone else, so that everyone could be afraid of me." But now that I have shown my toughness, if I keep this image, it will be very detrimental to my future development and integration into the upper circle of the international community. So, I have to start changing my image now. Moreover, he interviewed all the business at the beginning, and only in the final stage did he ask a few fashion questions. ”

Gracia nodded and said, "In the future, I will pay more attention to the upper-class drinking party with Paris, and give you more opportunities to contact the wealthy class in Europe and the United States." If you want to integrate into the mainstream society in Europe and the United States, you must first get the approval of these upper classes. ”

Zhou You shrugged his shoulders noncommittally. "That'll have to wait until I have time."

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Five minutes later, the car drove to Bank Street in Moncloa, where it met with the previous arrivals in Demosa, and came to a three-story palatial building.

After passing through security, Zhou You and Gracia entered the nondescript building together.

Zhou You was greeted by a state secretary of the Ministry of Finance, although Zhou You did not know what level of official this state secretary was, but many officials at the level of division chief who followed him could also know that his position was not low.

Negotiations with the Spanish government are not a simple matter, since the contract has been signed, and now that problems have been discovered, a supplementary agreement needs to be signed, but in order to get them to agree, it must be done one department at a time.

The initial negotiations were led by the Ministry of Heritage, but now because of the funding involved, the leadership has to be shifted to the Ministry of Finance.

The negotiations were held in a room on the first floor near the main street, and when you sat in the room, you could hear the sound of cars coming from the road outside, which made you feel that the other party seemed to be insincere.

However, the other party's attitude is still quite good, and the etiquette is thoughtful, so that people can't find fault at all.

But at the beginning of the negotiations, Zhou You saw their scoundrels. They already knew that there were loopholes in the contract they signed at the beginning, but they wanted to respect the contract one by one, and they had to regard the opinions they put forward as vexatious.

The two sides, the National Bank of Spain and UBS, acted as neutral parties, and neither took sides, but the negotiations hardly continued on the basis of the Spanish side's insistence on not signing a supplementary agreement.

They have always insisted that as long as the treasure on the Mercedes is salvaged from the water and the price is determined by a third party, they will pay according to the proportion of 40%, and the maximum payment amount reaches 400 million US dollars.

But if these treasures are really shipped back to Spain, at that time, Zhou You will have to beg them if he wants money.

Even if they don't go too far, they delay the payment for a year, $400 million, and the interest for a year is $20 million!

Therefore, Zhou You insisted on specifying a clear payment schedule and paying the corresponding remuneration immediately according to the number of artifacts delivered.

The two sides were deadlocked there, and there was no loosening.

Zhou You also knows that it is not easy to talk about, so he has been mentally prepared for the resistance of the first day.

In fact, he also recruited them to deal with them, that is, since he found a third party to identify the value of these cultural relics, then these cultural relics should also be kept by a third party, so that it is in the interests of both parties.

However, Zhou You also knows that the Spanish government will never let these treasures flow into other countries. If he resorts to this trick, it will only make the negotiations more difficult and will not solve the problem.

And in this way, the timing of the payment will also be significantly delayed, which is not in his interest.

But if they insist on not changing their minds, Zhou You will have to resort to this trick for the safety of the funds.

Therefore, the first day of negotiations was doomed to be fruitless, and the two sides exchanged words for hours, until four o'clock in the afternoon, when they were about to leave work, and the first day of negotiations was over.

On the same night, Spanish TV first broke the news that there were twists and turns in the distribution of benefits of the Mercedes, and the honeymoon period between the two sides seemed to have passed.

In the evening of the same day, the evening newspaper Le Monde also published a full-page interview with Zhou You's personal cooperation with the Spanish side. In the interview, Zhou You praised the role and contribution of the Spanish side in the protection of cultural relics and environmental protection, but regretted that there is no clear timetable for the payment of honorariums, because the return of these treasures to Spain will be greatly delayed.

Yes, Zhou You can't directly use this matter to exert pressure, but he can use a third party to exert pressure. If you don't give money, I won't give cultural relics, and see which of us can control whom.

If Zhou You said this to them directly, it would definitely lead to a bad relationship between the two parties, but through a third party, there would be room for buffering.

In addition to the Mercedes, Spain has at least more than 50 treasure ships sleeping on the bottom of the sea, such as the Liberation, the Baron, the Gersopa, the Republic, etc., all of which have treasures no less than the Mercedes.

With this cooperation, Zhou You believes that he will be able to help the Spanish government salvage more shipwreck treasures in the future.

After the pressure, this is to lure them.

(Note 1: John Galliano, the chief designer of the original Dior, is known as a genius in the fashion industry.) He had a flamboyant personality and, like most people who do art, was gay. Captain Jack, played by Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean, was designed based on him. If you are interested, you can search for it. (To be continued.) )