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Volume 1 Chapter 518 European Union

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    Looking at Zhou Liwen's smile, Baptiste seemed to understand what Zhou Liwen meant, but he couldn't make the decision personally on this matter. He had to discuss it with his uncle before he could reply.  What's more, Baptiste knew better that the real person in charge of the Bell-Nokia joint company was Zhou Liwen sitting in front of him. On the one hand, Zhou Liwen rejected his request to cooperate with Or, but at the same time, he put Bell-  - Nokia United Company has launched it. What kind of medicine is this gourd selling?  In the following time, the two never mentioned this matter again, but started chatting about other topics.  After chatting for about ten minutes, Baptiste stood up to leave and hurried back to the room to find his uncle.  As for Zhou Liwen, he returned to the tea room after finishing all the cigars. As before leaving, Lin Yaxuan was still listening attentively to the unknown pianist's performance. When he saw Zhou Liwen's answer, he smiled at him, and then together  Sitting and spending this leisurely afternoon.  The dinner is a cocktail party, which is actually part of the salon.  Members attending the party can chat casually at the reception and make new friends through old friends.  Zhou Liwen and his wife, who were participating for the first time, saw several familiar faces here. As a celebrity in the business world, Zhou Liwen also had contacts with the European business community, and he also knew some of the members of famous large consortium families. As for the heads of some old consortiums, although  They had never had any contact with each other, but they had heard about each other. Coupled with Earl Herbert's introduction, Zhou Liwen and his wife quickly integrated into this circle and chatted with them easily.  "Mr. Zhou, thank you for your help this time. Herbert has bad luck, and his temper is a bit Haha, as his old friend, I would like to express my gratitude to you." A man from an old British consortium  The gentleman shook hands with Zhou Liwen very politely and said sincerely.  Of course, Earl Herbert happened to be away with an old friend at this time, but even so, the old man named Charlie still lowered his voice and thanked Zhou Liwen.  "It's nothing. As a guest of the earl, it's only right to do the host a favor. Besides, I really like Schiller Castle very much." Zhou Liwen replied with a smile, but there was also doubt in his expression.  Seeing that Zhou Liwen was a little confused, Charlie explained a few words softly. After listening to the other party's explanation, Zhou Liwen suddenly realized.  European nobles basically marry each other, and nobles often have kinship relationships with each other. Just like Sir Charles, he is related to Earl Herbert¡¯s ancestor, that is, the old Earl¡¯s grandfather. Earl Herbert¡¯s  Grandmother is Sir Charles' aunt, so from this point of view, the two parties are cousins.  Moreover, Sir Charlie is also one of the shareholders of Earl Herbert's insurance company, but his shares are not large, so the loss in this incident is not big. With Sir Charlie's family background, it is easy to come up with the money.  of.  As a relative, Sir Charles is very aware of his cousin's temperament. Although the glorious era of the Schiller family has long passed, the Schiller family is still well-known in the aristocratic circle due to its pedigree.  For the insurance company's losses, Earl Herbert could have borrowed money from his friends, but as a matter of pride of the nobility and Earl Herbert's stubborn character, he considered this a humiliating way and therefore refused this approach.  To solve the problem, Earl Herbert was willing to sell his castle to tide over the difficulties.  But it is not easy for the nobles to sell such an old castle. Because of the special nature of the old castle, even if you buy this kind of property, you will not get any benefits. Instead, you have to spend a lot of money for maintenance every year. In Europe,  Most of the nobles want to keep the castle intact except for the castle left by their own family. Many of them will never take care of it as carefully as Count Herbert did. Some are even willing to abandon the castle to save the cost, and even pay one euro for it.  Price is transferable.  "If Zhou Liwen hadn't come forward to buy Schiller Castle, then Earl Herbert would have had even fewer choices, and he would have even given up his lifelong persistence and dignity for the family.  For nobles, reputation and dignity are more important and proud than life. More importantly, after Zhou Liwen purchased the castle, he invited Earl Herbert to become the trustee. This is not something ordinary people can do.  It is precisely because of this that Sir Charlie expressed his gratitude to Zhou Liwen.  After Zhou Liwen learned the inside story, he did not take credit or be overly polite. He just smiled lightly, then kept silent about the matter and chatted with Sir Charlie about business matters.  Sir Charlie appreciated Zhou Liwen's attitude even more. When he learned that Zhou Liwen's industry also included banking and investment banking businesses, Sir Charlie asked about the specific details with great interest, especially after learning about Zhou Liwen's Alipay online banking.  , Sir Charlie, who was not very clear about this aspect, was just consulting on etiquette at first, but after listening to Zhou Liwen gradually describe the various functions of online banking and its development around the world, especially the number of users in China, he  I couldn't help but feel a little moved.  "To be honest, it seems that an old man like me is a bit out of step with the times." Sir Charlie smiled mockingly and took out one from his pocket.When the mobile phone arrived, Zhou Liwen also smiled when he saw it, because the other party was using Or's latest product.  "You see, although I use your mobile phone, for me it is just a tool for making calls, plus the function of sending and receiving emails at most. By the way, that online banking payment program mobile phone you just mentioned  Is it there? Can you show it to me, an old man?" "Of course, no problem." Zhou Liwen nodded with a smile, took Sir Charlie's phone, opened it, found the Alipay program bound to the phone, and clicked on it.  Operation demonstration.  However, because Alipay has not obtained operating rights in Europe, the bank account binding or direct payment account setting of this program cannot be used in Europe, but simple demonstrations can still be carried out.  In order to let Sir Charlie understand more conveniently, Zhou Liwen then took out his own mobile phone and his wife Lin Yaxuan's mobile phone. Of course, their mobile phones were all set up, and then performed operations in front of Sir Charlie, including transferring money.  Payments, utility payments, automatic credit card repayments, even Community Chest donations, etc.  In addition, the Or mobile phone currently has a direct swipe payment function. This function has just been implemented. Zhou Liwen also gave a rough demonstration.  ¡°It¡¯s a really good thing, very surprisingly convenient.¡± Sir Charlie was immediately attracted. He was a little surprised by the powerful functions of the combination of Or smartphone and online banking Alipay.  Although he used smartphones in the past, he always felt that smartphones were not worthy of their name. They just had more complicated functions than ordinary mobile phones, and most of these functions were useless, such as games and music.  Young people may like these, but old people like him have little interest. The smartphone in his hand is at best a tool for making calls and sending and receiving emails, and it has no use other than that.  But the Alipay function of online banking made his eyes light up. He felt that it was a very convenient thing, especially because it was directly similar to the method of swiping a credit card, which was a perfect combination of traditional bank cards and mobile phones.  ¡°Are these features not yet available in Europe?¡± Sir Charlie asked.  Zhou Liwen nodded: "Currently it only supports China, Japan, South Korea and some regions in Southeast Asia. In addition, North America has just been opened. If you use it in Europe, you must have a registered account and account in the above regions, and then make transaction payments through the Internet. Moreover,  This is only limited to the transfer payment function, and some other functions cannot be used, such as the simple function of flashing. "It is indeed a pity." Sir Charlie sighed, thought for a while and said: "With the ever-changing Asia,  Compared with the New World, Europe is indeed lagging behind. Just like me, I have been using smartphones for so long but still don¡¯t know their true uses. So, don¡¯t you have any plans for business development in Europe?¡±  "How is that possible?" Zhou Liwen replied with a smile: "Europe is a huge market, of course it is within the plan, but you also know that although the European Union has been established in Europe today, it is still not easy to solve in some aspects.  , especially the impact of online banking Alipay on traditional banks, some European countries are not yet fully acceptable. " Zhou Liwen's words made Sir Charlie nod slightly. Indeed, as Zhou Liwen said, Europe is relatively complicated.  Although the EU formally unites the whole of Europe, it still has many internal contradictions. It is not easy to build a whole Europe.  "Perhaps, you can try it in the UK first." Sir Charlie suggested after thinking for a while. The UK belongs to Europe, but it is different from the greater Europe and is relatively independent in many aspects.  "I am indeed considering this issue." Zhou Liwen thanked Sir Charlie for the reminder and said that he had also thought of this.  Sir Charlie said very friendly: "By the way, I have an old friend who is also in the banking industry. If you need to expand your business in the UK, maybe you can contact him. I think he will be very happy to cooperate with you." "  This is great, thank you Sir, you have solved my big problem." Zhou Liwen replied with a somewhat exaggerated smile. Of course Sir Charlie knew the way Zhou Liwen expressed it, and he also laughed, and then the two chatted briefly.  After a few words, a familiar voice came from behind. Zhou Liwen looked back and saw that it was Baptiste.
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