Throughout June and July, Zhou spent time in the UK, where he was invited to speak, visit celebrities, attend balls, and attend salons...... It's a lot of fun.

Even Vivien Leigh has become a little celebrity in London, Zhou Hexuan took her to appear frequently on various occasions, Vivien Leigh's beauty quickly spread in the small circle, and the newspaper directly called her "Zhou's beautiful girlfriend".

Since Vivien Li likes to be a star, Zhou Hexuan followed her wishes and spared no effort to pick it up.

At the end of July, "Titanic", which was rewritten by George Bernard Shaw himself, had its public premiere at the London Grand Theatre, and Vivien Leigh played the heroine Rose as a matter of course.

Zhou Hexuan is still very powerful, although the London Grand Theatre at this time has not yet become the British National Theatre, but the people who can perform here are all big names, and it is impossible for an unknown student like Vivien Leigh to appear on the stage.

To this end, Zhou Hexuan spent 2,000 pounds to charter the venue for three days, which he paid for at his own expense, and the ticket revenue was split between the London Theater and the salaries of other actors.

This is a 100% loss-making transaction, and Zhou Hexuan took out the money very happily for Bo Hongyan to smile.

Not only that, Zhou Hexuan also spent money to make the newspaper popular, invited many celebrities to watch the performance through George Bernard Shaw, and he himself wrote a letter to invite Prince Albert and his wife.

George Bernard Shaw sat in the front row of the audience with his wife, and he smiled and said to Zhou Hexuan: "Zhou, Vivian is about to be moved to tears by you, right?" ”

"It's good if she's happy." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Old Mrs. Charlotte suddenly said, "Zhou, do you have a wife in China?" ”

Zhou Hexuan nodded, he didn't need to lie about this kind of thing.

Charlotte turned her head to glare at George Bernard Shaw and muttered, "All men in the world are the same." ”

George Bernard Shaw suffered an unwarranted disaster, shrugged his shoulders and did not dare to speak. Although he is 76 years old, he has not completely broken off with his lover in the UK, and the lover's husband is still friends with him. Strictly speaking, this old man was playing with his friend's wife, and once made his friend's wife's belly bigger - the other party took the initiative to have an abortion and lied to George Bernard Shaw that it was a miscarriage, and George Bernard Shaw cried a lot.

At this moment, a pair of middle-aged men and women walked over, and the man asked, "Are you Mr. Zhou?" ”

"Yes." Zhou Hexuan nodded and said.

The middle-aged man said, "My name is Ernis Gertru Hartley, Vivien's father, and this is my ex-wife, Gerchu Yeck. ”

Dizzy, Vivien Leigh's parents came to the door!

Zhou Hexuan hurriedly stood up, shook hands with the two and greeted them, and invited them to sit down and watch the performance.

Ernis and Ge Chu are both in their 40s, and Ernis is tall and handsome, just a standard middle-aged beautiful man. And Ge Chu is slender and slender, and his beauty is extraordinary, perhaps because of his French ancestry, he has the intellectual and charming temperament of a French woman.

Just looking at the perfect figures and appearances of these two, you know that Vivien Leigh's beauty is not for nothing, she inherited the excellent genes of her parents.

It's a pity that the middle-aged handsome guys and beauties who seem to be a perfect match have been divorced for seven or eight years at this time, Vivien Leigh lives with her father, and her mother remarries a man surnamed Yeke.

"Mr. Zhou, thank you for taking care of my daughter." Ge Chu said with a smile.

Zhou Hexuan said: "Madam, this is what I should do." ”

Ge Chu suddenly asked, "This performance cost a lot of money, right?" ”

Ernis interjected and said, "You shouldn't ask that, it's rude!" ”

Ge Chu glared at his ex-husband: "It's also rude to interrupt other people's conversations." ”

Well, it's no wonder that these two people divorced and started arguing when they met.

Ge Chu leaned back in his seat and stopped talking, took out a small mirror from his bag, and touched up his pretty face.

Ernis said to Zhou Hexuan: "You don't have to worry about her, women are so weird." ”

Zhou Hexuan could only say: "Mrs. Yeke cares about her daughter and can understand. He didn't want to get involved in his girlfriend's parents', so he quickly changed the subject, "I heard that Mr. Hartley is a successful businessman?" ”

"It's not a success, it's just a small businessman." Ernis smiled wryly.

When he was in India, Ernis made a living by reselling some British products. In order to win over customers, he had to choose to be an amateur actor, and he worked in a drama club formed by the wives of military officers.

The beginning of the conflict between Ernis and his ex-wife was that he hooked up with a noblewoman at the club and seemed to have impregnated her. At that time, Ernis was doing a prosperous business in India, but he was almost caught and raped by a noble officer, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly fled back to England with his wife and daughter.

A few years after returning to China, in order to open up the business situation, Ernis once again embarked on the road of being a little white face. As a result, his business became bigger and bigger, but his wife couldn't stand the betrayal and finally chose to divorce.

After becoming a "big businessman", Ernis did not choose to remarry, nor did he become a little white face. He concentrated on running his own business, occasionally raising two Xiaomi, and lived happily until the world economic crisis broke out......

Britain was still very strong before 1929, although the development of various industries is not as good as that of the United States, but the global trade volume still ranks first in the world. But two years ago, Britain ran a trade deficit that was getting bigger, with steel and textiles being hit the hardest.

Vivien Leigh's father, Ernis, worked in the textile industry. Before the economic explosion, he was happy to expand the scale of production, but suddenly found that his products could not be sold, and more than 60% of the machines in several of his factories were forced to stop.

After 20 years of hard work, once he returned to the pre-liberation period, he was talking about the current situation of Ernis.

Don't look at this handsome middle-aged guy dressed like a dog, and his clothes are all famous brands, but there is only an empty shelf left.

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "Mr. Hartley, I wonder if you have ever thought about changing careers and doing other businesses?" ”

"What business?" Ernis asked curiously.

"Medicine," Mr. Zhou said, "I plan to open a pharmaceutical factory in London." ”

Ernis was confused, "But I don't have any experience in the field of medicine." ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "You have factory management and sales experience, which is enough." If we're interested, we can start a pharmaceutical company together, because I've discovered a miracle drug that works wonderfully. ”

Annis hurriedly asked, "Is there really such a medicine?" ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "After the performance, we can talk slowly. ”

The so-called "miracle drug" mentioned by Zhou Hexuan is called sulfonamides, which is the most effective antibacterial drug before the birth of penicillin, and has a miraculous effect on the treatment of meningitis, pneumonia, sepsis and other diseases.

Zhou Hexuan came to the UK this time, not just to show off and pick up girls, he was also quietly inquiring about penicillin and sulfonamides, and the result surprised him very much.

Just half a year ago, German chemists synthesized a red dye called "Bailang Duoxi", which was used sporadically to treat erysipelas. However, since this drug does not have an obvious bactericidal effect in the test tube, it has not attracted the attention of the medical community.

In fact, this compound is not difficult to do, it was synthesized 24 years ago, but unfortunately no one realized its medical value.

Sulfonamides!

Although Zhou Hexuan doesn't understand medicine, some people do. He decided to bring in some experts from the biological, chemical and medical fields to develop sulfonamides, and the results of the research could be seen in a few months at most.

As for penicillin, which became famous in later generations, it was also discovered a few years ago, but penicillin is difficult to purify, so it cannot be used in medical clinics in the short term.

After Zhou Hexuan decided to make a lot of money relying on sulfonamides, he took out a large amount of money to support penicillin research. As long as he masters these two miracle medicines, he can not only make money, but also save the lives of countless Chinese soldiers in the future war of resistance.