Chapter 121 Image Ambassador
At eight o'clock in March in Innsbruck, it was still dark and the sun had not yet come out.
In addition to the assistant to the king, Zhou Zhen and the king set off with the ice queen Li Nina, the world champion in skiing and the image ambassador of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Her daughter is a very cute little girl, who is obsessed with the king of heaven, and when she gets in the car, she has to sit next to the king, and she takes a lot of group photos along the way, and her happy mouth can't be closed.
For a little girl who is only ten years old, the king of heaven is also very generous, and tries to meet all her requirements.
After half an hour's drive on the road where the snow and ice have not melted, the car finally arrived at the Kuta snow field, which was once the main venue of the previous Winter Olympics and has a variety of slopes of different grades.
After Zhou Zhen and the others arrived, they rented skis, gloves and blindness goggles in the hall at the bottom of the mountain.
There is no need to rent ski clothes, and the program group has sponsors.
Tianwang was shivering all the time, and when he saw that Zhou Zhen didn't seem to feel the cold, he was very envious.
took the first cable car up the mountain, and in the cable car, the assistant director was still a little reassured. "Zhou Zhen, can you really challenge the advanced track?"
Zhou Zhen shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will never let you get up early today in vain and waste your energy to communicate with the ski resort." β
Innsbruck is the only city to have hosted three Winter Olympics, and Kuta Ski Resort is the main venue for the Games, with hundreds of courses and a full range of supporting facilities, including speed skating cameras.
The program team communicated with the ski resort and rented this set of equipment.
The device is essentially a cable from the top of the mountain to the bottom, on which three cameras can be mounted and the speed can be controlled to capture the best video of the athletes from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain.
Li Nina smiled: "Producer Zhou, don't worry, I will follow Zhou Zhen all the way." Anna, you have to protect Jayron's brother too. β
Her daughter Anna started skiing at the age of three and is now an experienced young athlete, not to mention how happy she is to be able to ski with her idol today. "Mom, don't worry, I will protect Brother Jaylen."
The King of Heaven looked at her cute appearance and couldn't help but smile and rub it on the top of her head.
He didn't dare to take on the difficult course, and only started skiing on the intermediate course on the mountainside.
Arriving at the intermediate track, before getting out of the car, he bumped into Zhou Zhen with a fist. "Don't drop the chain, I'll wait for you below."
"Don't worry, I will let you worship me as a teacher in the future."
He laughed and said, "I'm just waiting for you to blow up." β
The cable car reaches the top of the slopes, and although it is still some distance from the top of the mountain, by this time, there is already a view of the mountains.
Seeing the continuous snow-capped mountains at his feet, the world is vast, and there is really an indescribable heroism in life.
Zhou Zhen has already made up his mind, and when he is not busy for a while, he must take Wang Yuejun with him to find a ski resort and have a good time.
After sighing for a while, Zhou Zhen put on ski goggles, zipped up his ski suit, and began to check the equipment.
With small pieces of paraffin wax distributed by the management office, we began to rewax the skis.
Wax is not only waterproof, but also reduces friction and slides faster.
At nine o'clock, the sun in the east finally jumped out of the mountains, sprinkling sunlight on the top of the white snow-capped mountains, forming a golden world.
Everyone was fascinated by this beautiful view, so they hurriedly worked with the team behind the equipment to make it, and their movements were much slower.
Zhou Zhen enjoyed the beautiful scenery around for two minutes and put on his glasses. "It's beautiful."
Producer Zhou also sighed: "It's really beautiful." β
The filming of this program is related to the cultural and economic exchanges between the two countries, and all walks of life in Austria are green lights all the way.
The official of the Austrian Ministry of Culture and Tourism who accompanied him couldn't help but say: "In Austria, there are many beautiful landscapes, if you want, we can pass on the influence of various beautiful scenery to you, as long as it can be broadcast in your country, it will be beneficial to our local tourism." β
Producer Zhou said with a smile: "The click-through rate of each episode of our program has exceeded 100 million, and when it is broadcast in April, it will definitely form an Austrian tourism craze in China." β
The other party smiled and said, "I hope so." β
Zhou Zhen approached a Chinese staff member of the Ministry of Culture and whispered in English, "Is the housing price here expensive?" β
"This is the most expensive area in Austria, with new houses costing more than 5,000 euros per square meter, and even more expensive single-family houses in the countryside and on the hillside."
A bearded middle-aged man from the Ministry of Culture heard their conversation, looked at Zhou Zhen and asked, "Are you interested in buying a house here?" β
Zhou Zhen said: "My hometown is a beautiful coastal city, and I am numb to the seascape. On the contrary, I am even more fascinated by the beauty of snow-capped mountains, forests, steppes and Tyrolean-style wooden houses. β
He sent Zhou Zhen a business card and said: "Hello, I'm Stageler, and I'm the person in charge of the Promotion Center of the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Culture. β
Zhou Zhen took the business card, took off his gloves, and said to the other party: "Hello Mr. Steigler, I'm sorry, I didn't print the business card." β
"I have some preliminary understanding of the artists you came here this time, and I know that you made a two-step movie with Stallone, and you are still a boxer." The other party laughed and made a boxing move, which caused a burst of laughter.
Zhou Zhen said modestly: "It's an honor for you to remember me, I'm still a newcomer today." β
"If you really like Innsbruck and are interested in buying a house in Innsbruck, maybe I can help," he says with a smile. β
Zhou Zhen was a little surprised and asked, "What help?" β
He looked around, pointed to a nearby observation deck and said, "Why don't we talk in a different place." β
Zhou Zhen looked at Producer Zhou and said, "Why don't we let Producer Zhou go with us." β
The other party smiled, invited Producer Zhou, and then took the Chinese staff member behind him to a hilltop platform surrounded by wooden railings and wooden floors.
Diplomacy is no trivial matter, Zhou Zhen is an artist, and it is a bit unruly to rashly contact the other party's diplomats privately.
However, the other party is from the Ministry of Culture, and now that Sino-Austrian relations are heating up, there is no big problem.
It was only when he came to this viewing platform that StΓ€geler said: "If Austria wants to promote tourism culture in China, it needs to have the right ambassadors. Mr. Zhou's appearance is very in line with our needs, so I would like to ask, is Mr. Zhou willing to assume more social responsibilities for Sino-Austrian cultural and tourism exchanges? β
Zhou Zhen was very surprised, he has never had the consciousness to become a star, but he didn't expect that now he was favored by the other party and asked him to serve as the image ambassador of Austrian tourism.
This ambassador may not have much monetary gain, but it is very impressive.
He only hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "If I am willing to accept it, what kind of obligation do I need to bear?" β
StΓ€egler laughed: "The first thing is to maintain a good social image; secondly, they are willing to contribute to the cultural exchanges and tourism exchanges between the two countries; Then, it needs to cooperate with some of the tourism bureau's promotional activities in China; Finally, you need to authorize the tourism office to use your personal image. β
Zhou Zhen asked, "Then what kind of preferential treatment can I personally get?" β
"As a general rule, you are paid to become our ambassador for Austria and receive a certificate of honour from us, as well as an honorary national title.
The remuneration will not be much, but if Mr. Zhou is willing to buy a house in Austria and is willing to let us use it to promote it, I guarantee that Zhou Zhen can buy a house of his choice at half price. β
"Half price?" Zhou Zhen smiled: "If I buy a house for 10 million euros, can I also pay half the price?" β
The other party was a little embarrassed. "In Austria, there are very few houses for 10 million euros, and there are almost no sales. My suggestion is to sell for between one million and two million for a single-family cottage in the forest, so that I can not only give half the price, but also promise to waive the property tax for 20 years. β
Even so, the conditions are too good!
Generally speaking, an image ambassador can have 100,000 or 200,000 euros a year.
There are many ambassadors who are completely free, such as many of the United Nations' ambassadors, who are not paid at all, and the United Nations can provide at most an international passport for easy travel.
Zhou Zhen asked, "Mr. Steigler, you don't seem to have finished the conditions?" β
The other party nodded and said: "This house belongs to Mr. Zhou, and the income also belongs to Mr. Zhou, but we must be entrusted to manage it, and when you are not in Austria, we are allowed to rent it out, and at the same time, as a publicity target." β
This is easy to understand, in Europe and the United States, most villas have a special hotel management agency to manage on their behalf. When the owner does not live, he can rent out, and the income is, of course, the owner's, and the hotel management agency only charges a service fee.
If you are troublesome about bookkeeping, you can still collect a fixed rent every year, and whether the hotel management agency is losing money or making money has nothing to do with the owner.
Although he knew that the other party wanted to create a gimmick, Zhou Zhen could get benefits, so he nodded without hesitation. "I'd love to. Perhaps, tomorrow we can talk about it. β
"Of course, if the negotiations go well tomorrow, we can go and look at the house, and we can finalize this matter within a week," Steigler asked. β
Zhou Zhen is used to being self-reliant every day, and he forgets that he has two contracted companies. "Is it just the image ambassador of the Huaxia region, or the global image ambassador?" β
"Sign the Huaxia region first, sign the contract for two years, if the cooperation is pleasant, it will not only be renewed in the future, but also expand the scope."
It's simple, just talk to Xiao Liang and just let Meng Lei talk to him directly.
If you want to be a global ambassador, you also need to ask the CAA to send someone over.
Zhou Zhen said with a smile: "I am very willing to be this image ambassador, and I hope that I can play a better role in the cultural, economic and tourism exchanges between China and Austria." β
After thinking for a while, he said: "You can take a video of me skiing, I personally think that this should promote more Chinese people to ski in Austria." β
Steigler laughed and said: "As soon as you have the intention, you can already think of publicity, and I now feel more and more that my choice is correct." β
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