Zhou Hexuan spent the whole of June and July in the UK, being invited to give lectures, visiting celebrities, attending balls, attending salons... he was extremely busy.
Even Vivien Leigh became a minor celebrity in London. Zhou Hexuan often took her to various occasions. Vivien Leigh's beauty quickly spread in the small circle, and newspapers directly called her "Zhou's beautiful girlfriend".
Since Vivien Leigh liked to be a star, Zhou Hexuan followed her wishes and spared no effort to support her.
At the end of July, "Titanic", whose script was rewritten by Bernard Shaw himself, had its public premiere at the London Grand Theater, and Vivien Leigh naturally played the heroine Rose.
Zhou Hexuan was still very impressive. Although the London Grand Theater at this time had not yet become the British National Theater, the people who could perform here were all big names. It was impossible for an unknown student like Vivien Leigh to get on the stage.
For this reason, Zhou Hexuan spent 2,000 pounds to book the theater for three days, and he borne the loss himself. The ticket revenue was split 50-50 with the London Grand Theater, and he was also responsible for paying the wages of other actors.
This is a 100% loss-making transaction. For Bo Hongyan's smile, Zhou Hexuan paid for it very happily.
Not only that, Zhou Hexuan also spent money for newspapers to build momentum and invited many celebrities to watch the performance through George Bernard Shaw. He himself also wrote a letter to invite Prince Albert and his wife.
Bernard Shaw and his wife were sitting in the front row of the auditorium. He smiled and said to Zhou Hexuan: "Zhou, Vivian is almost moved to tears by you, right?"
"As long as she's happy," Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
Old Lady 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 to glare at Bernard Shaw and muttered: "All men in the world are the same."
Bernard Shaw suffered an unreasonable disaster and shrugged his shoulders without daring to speak. Although he was 76 years old, he was not completely cut off from his lover in England. That lover's husband was still friends with him. Strictly speaking, this old man was
He was playing with his friend's wife, and once he made his friend's wife pregnant and the other party took the initiative to have an abortion, and lied to Bernard Shaw that it was a miscarriage, which made Bernard Shaw burst into tears.
At this moment, a middle-aged man and woman came over, and the man asked: "Are you Mr. Zhou?"
"Yes." Zhou Hexuan nodded and said.
The middle-aged man said: "My name is Ornish Gertrude Hartley, Vivian's father, and this is my ex-wife Gertrude Yeck."
Wow, Vivien Leigh’s parents came to visit!
Zhou Hexuan quickly stood up, shook hands with the two people and asked them to sit down and watch the performance.
Ornis and Ge Chu are both in their 40s. Ornis is tall and handsome, just a standard middle-aged handsome man. Ge Chu is slim and slender, and has extraordinary beauty. Perhaps because of his French ancestry, he has a French woman in him.
Intellectual and charming temperament.
Just looking at the perfect figures and looks of these two people, you know that Vivien Leigh's beauty did not come in vain. She inherited the excellent genes of her parents.
Unfortunately, the middle-aged handsome man and beautiful woman who seemed to be a perfect match had been divorced for seven or eight years. Vivien Leigh lived with her father, while her mother remarried to a man named Yeck.
"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: "Didn't this performance cost a lot of money?"
Ornish interrupted very unhappily: "You shouldn't ask that, it's very rude!"
Ge Chu glared at his ex-husband: "It's also rude to interrupt other people's conversations."
Well, no wonder these two people got divorced and started quarreling when they met.
Ge Chu leaned back in his seat and stopped talking. He took out a small mirror from his bag and continued to touch up his pretty face.
Ornish said to Zhou Hexuan: "Don't worry about her, women are so weird."
Zhou Hexuan could only say: "Mrs. Yeke cares about her daughter, and I understand." He didn't want to get involved in his girlfriend's parents' affairs, so he quickly changed the topic, "I heard that Mr. Hartley is a successful businessman?"
"Success doesn't count, I'm just a small businessman." Ornis smiled bitterly.
When he was in India, Ornis made a living by reselling some British products. In order to attract customers, he had to choose to be an amateur actor and hang out in a drama club organized by military officers' wives. After getting to know many military officers' wives, the scale of his business expanded.
It expanded rapidly.
The conflict between Ornish and his ex-wife began when he hooked up with a noble lady in a club and seemed to get her pregnant. At that time, Ornish's business in India was booming, but he was almost caught by a noble officer and was frightened to take her away.
He fled back to England with his wife and daughter.
A few years after returning to China, Ornis once again embarked on the road of being a gigolo in order to open up his business. As a result, his business grew bigger and bigger, but his wife couldn't stand the betrayal and finally chose to divorce.
After Ornis became a "big businessman", he did not choose to remarry or be a sweetheart. He concentrated on running his own business, occasionally raising two mistresses, and lived a happy life until the world economic crisis broke out...
The United Kingdom was still very powerful before 1929. Although the development of various industries was not as good as that of the United States, the global trade volume still ranked first in the world. However, in the past two years, the United Kingdom actually had a trade deficit, and the trade deficit is getting larger and larger. Among them, steel
The textile and textile industries have been hardest hit.
Vivien Leigh's father, Ornish, was in the textile industry. Before the economic outbreak, he was happily expanding the scale of production. However, he suddenly found that his products could not be sold, and more than 60% of the machines in several of his factories were forced to shut down.
After twenty years of hard work, once we return to before liberation, we are talking about Ornish's current situation.
Even though this middle-aged handsome guy is dressed like a dog, all his clothes are brand-name, but there is nothing left.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Mr. Hartley, have you ever thought about switching to other businesses?"
"What business?" Ornis asked curiously.
"Pharmaceuticals," Zhou Hexuan said, "I plan to open a pharmaceutical factory in London."
Ornis was confused and said: "But I don't have any experience in the medical field."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "You have factory management and sales experience, that is enough. If you are interested, we can jointly set up a pharmaceutical factory, because I have discovered a miracle drug with amazing effects."
Ornis quickly asked: "Is there really such a medicine?"
Zhou Hexuan said: "After the performance is over, we can talk slowly and in detail."
The so-called "miraculous drug" mentioned by Zhou Hexuan is called sulfonamide, which was the most effective antibacterial drug before the birth of penicillin. It has miraculous effects in treating meningitis, pneumonia, sepsis and other diseases.
Zhou Hexuan came to the UK this time not just to show off and pick up girls. He also quietly inquired about penicillin and sulfa, and the results surprised him.
Just six months ago, a German chemist synthesized a red dye called "Bilang Duoxi", which was used sporadically to treat erysipelas. However, because this drug had no obvious bactericidal effect in the test tube, it did not cause any concern in the medical community.
Pay attention to.
In fact, this compound is not difficult to produce. Someone synthesized it as early as 24 years ago, but unfortunately no one realized its medical value.
Sulfa!
Although Zhou Hexuan didn't understand drugs, there were people who did. He decided to invite some experts in biology, chemistry and medicine to develop sulfonamide drugs, and the research results would be visible in a few months at most.
As for the famous penicillin in later generations, it was also discovered a few years ago. However, penicillin is difficult to purify, so it cannot be used in clinical medicine in the short term.
After Zhou Hexuan decided to make a lot of money by relying on sulfonamides, he allocated a large sum of money to support the research of penicillin. As long as he mastered these two miracle drugs, he would not only be able to make a lot of money, but also save the lives of countless Chinese soldiers in the future Anti-Japanese War.
