Chapter 20: Paramount
Zhou Nan tiptoed into the bedroom, he didn't dare to turn on the light, and he didn't even dare to take off his clothes in the room, for fear of waking up Audrey.
But when he crept into the bed, he found that Audrey's forced eyes had opened. "Hi dear, go to sleep......"
Audrey felt the cool air brought by Zhou Nan, dodged for a while, and then came over again, grabbed his left wrist and looked at his watch. "Oh my God, it's already four o'clock in the morning, why is it so late?"
"There are so many things that Chinese people need to pack up and get ready to go home, and some of them have to leave at dawn, so I have to arrange them."
Audrey leaned over and covered his mouth. Said gently: "Don't talk, go to bed quickly, if you have anything to say, I'll talk about it tomorrow." ”
Zhou Nan patted the back of her hand, smiled with her, and touched her lips with a drunken mouth. "Good night."
It was only seven o'clock when Zhou Nan woke up, but thinking that there were so many things going on today, he couldn't lie down in bed.
The four-day Lantern Festival was a great success, even more satisfying than the long-awaited economic forum held in Zhounan. Although the Chinese who come here can't make a lot of money, the profits they make are still quite considerable, excluding travel expenses and expenses.
What's more, the Swiss people are very supportive of this event, not only because they can eat food that they don't normally eat, but also because they can see many exotic things.
The government was also satisfied, and although they had come up with 10,000 Swiss francs to support the fair, the management fees collected had also recovered their investment and had not wasted taxpayers' money.
The town of Weggis was also satisfied, and although they wasted a lot of manpower and material resources to hold this fair, they did not receive any benefit in the market. However, the materials for building the shacks were harvested, and because of this market, hundreds of thousands of people came to play, bringing many other economic benefits.
Ordinary people will spend and stay here after coming here, and these economic and social benefits add up to benefit the whole town.
Zhou Nan's goal was also achieved, he did not pay much cost at all, but he left a deep impression of China in the hearts of many Swiss people, which was of decisive help to him in promoting Chinese culture in the future.
The scope of discussion at this economic forum almost covered most of the difficulties that Europe is currently experiencing, although there was no discussion and analysis of specific issues. But when it comes to policy, there are a number of groundbreaking proposals.
With the support of these basic materials, no matter what kind of analysis results Zhou Nan comes up with in the future, it will not be surprising anymore.
However, being too deeply involved in politics has always been a pimple in Zhou Nan's heart. But at this point, he didn't want to think about it anymore.
Anyway, there is still a year to go before the next session, and it is half a year before the preparations, so let's think about these things then.
These shacks seriously affect the scenery of the peninsula, not to mention the elegant hotels and the splendid conference center building next to them, but in the beautiful scenery here on the peninsula, there is a shoddy shack, which is also very affecting the image.
Therefore, while organizing the departure of the Chinese, Zhou Nan also had to negotiate with Entlerbuch to dismantle these shacks.
The organizing committee of the topic is even more busy, and they need to compile some of the policy recommendations reached at this meeting into a book, and then send them to different governments and organizations, as well as individuals. These tasks will keep the people of the organizing committee busy for more than half a month.
Sending another group of Chinese off the docks, Zhou Nan and Entlebuch, Etinny and they returned to the shore along the boardwalk.
A group of people walked from the direction of the hotel, led by the famous billionaire Conrad Hilton. He greeted Zhou Nan intimately. "Hey, Jonas, I just saw that you are a little free, come and sit down, and I'll introduce you to a few friends from the United States."
Zhou Nan's heart moved, and he guessed who the friend he wanted to introduce was. But he still has a little impression of Hollywood stars, and he doesn't know the bosses of film companies, and the only one who has a deep memory is not the boss of Paramount, but the American legend Howard Hughes.
This genius who is far more like a genius with future memories than Zhou Nan has always been the newspaper's favorite public figure, and although he has no memory of the future, what he did made Zhou Nan sigh to himself.
He can be an actor, a director, a producer, a boss, and he is also interested in mechanics, obsessed with building airplanes and flying airplanes.
Before the age of forty-five, he was a famous playboy who had almost wiped out all of Hollywood's female movie stars. In the end, he was mentally tortured, lived in seclusion in the desert, and finally died alone.
He is a figure somewhere between a genius and a madman, with quirks more than his interests. Zhou Nan admitted to himself that even if he had more memories of later generations, he would never be as crazy as him.
There were six or seven people standing next to Hilton, but on such an occasion, everyone's position was almost fixed, so Zhou Nan easily guessed that the old man on his left who was not amazing and smiled a little shy should be the protagonist today.
He took the initiative to reach out and said: "Mr. Chukol, welcome to Switzerland. ”
After Hilton sent the telegram, Zhou Nan also learned about this Adolf Chukol, he was born in Hungary, at that time Hungary was still part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and they all spoke German, so there should be no language barrier between them.
Zhou Nan doesn't know what Mr. Chukor will experience in the future, but at this time, Paramount is well-deserved as the No. 1 company in Hollywood, so it can be seen that the saying that people can't look good is still very reasonable.
"Hello, Mr. Zhou, to be in the spotlight in Europe at your age, your achievements far surpass all of us here."
Zhou Nan shook his head and said, "Everyone is unique in this world and has different talents. Just because I'm lucky enough to find a way to show my talent to the fullest doesn't mean I'm greater than anyone else. ”
He shook Zhou Nan's hand and said with a smile: "In front of life, we may be equal, but in terms of the quality of life, we are not as good as you." I arrived in Weggis last night, and when I saw on TV that you were talking to countless politicians, and that the Secretary-General of the United Nations was gentle to you, the meaning of your existence was far greater than that of all of us. ”
Hilton laughed and said, "It's still quite cold here, let's go into the hotel and talk." He took over the topic easily, introduced everyone to each other, and then led everyone back to the hotel.
This pier is a dedicated pier for hotels and convention centers, and you can walk straight to the convention center, and down the hill on the left is the classic hotel.
Descend a few steps along the bluestone slabs and through a garden of mountains before entering the confines of the hotel.
Zhou Nan didn't talk to Chukol, and asked Etinny to help him get the written manuscript and talk to Hilton. "After the guests of this meeting left, have you contacted the hotel guests?"
"The hotel was operating at full capacity for a few days, and it was time for the staff to take a break. The convention center has received a few more small meetings, and although it is no longer as full as it was a few days ago, the passenger flow can still remain above 60%. In the future, there will be more large-scale conferences and more tourists here, and I am afraid that this hotel is still too small. ”
Hilton is clearly very optimistic about the current development of this hotel. However, relying on this rare and fully functional conference center, and located in the core of the scenic area, this Hilton hotel will definitely not be bad in the future.
Chukor has been silently observing Zhou Nan's words and deeds, and evaluating Zhou Nan's value in his heart.
Being able to be called by a telegram from Hilton is certainly not as simple as it seems. The owner of a film company rarely comes out in person because of a movie.
In addition to the control of the direction of business, Chukol has a large number of directors, producers, and stars under his command, and there is no need for him to come to Europe in person.
What's more, Zhou Nan only briefly introduced the theme and type of the movie, and didn't even see the script.
In the past, even for the sake of a friend's face, Paramount would send a producer or screenwriter to take a look.
But this time the introducer was Hilton, who was richer than him, and the object of the introduction was Zhou Nan, who is now a popular figure in Europe, which is the reason why Chukor came to Switzerland in person.
It's all about relationships, not movies.
Even if Zhou Nan just came up with a very lame script, Chukor wouldn't care, if he wasted a little money, he could maintain a good relationship with such a big man in the rising period, it would be cost-effective.
Of course, Zhou Nan didn't know what he was thinking, and while chatting with Hilton, he was still thinking about how to convince Chukol.
Coming to a relatively small living room on the second floor of the hotel, everyone sat down. Hilton sat on a single couch in the middle, with Zhou Nan and Chukor sitting on either side of him, suggesting that he would not take sides in the discussion, but would simply be an introducer.
Zhou Nan remembered the loss a few days ago, Etinny was not around, and he was not in a hurry to discuss business with Chukol, everything would be discussed when Etinny brought the manuscript.
In fact, before they read it carefully, even if they talk, they can't talk about anything famous, and it's more about pulling each other.
Zhou Nan chatted with Hilton and Chukol, and thought about the planning aspects of the peninsula.
Now, at the top of the peninsula is his home, then the convention center, and two museums have been decided on a public ranch to the north.
If a golf course and a tennis center were to the north of the museum, the peninsula would be taken up all the way to the town. In the future, it will be able to form a high-end entertainment and conference resort center, and this overall plan will not only make his home less disturbed, but also more conducive to the tourism development of the peninsula.