Chapter 436: European Paradise

Chapter 437 European Paradise

Schmidt wandered around the brightly lit streets of Paris until half past two in the morning. Only then did intense fatigue finally suppress his excitement, urging him to return to the hotel to rest.

That night, he bought countless fashion items, health care products, and handicrafts. The servant beside him was exhausted by the large bags and had to hire a teenage boy to help carry things.

The "Palace Garden" hotel where Schmidt stayed was very luxurious, and the suite had been turned on with gas lights, emitting a dazzling light like the sun. This alone made him feel that spending an extra 3 florins to live there was the right decision.

He looked out the window at the Paris streets dotted with countless stars, and felt that this place and Munich were simply not in the same world.

He thought of the neat and bright streets, the bustling crowds, especially the fashionable and beautiful French beauties, and the dazzling array of exquisite products in the shop windows. He tasted the delicious aroma of shrimps, oysters mixed with nuts in his mouth - that was what he had just eaten. North African style meal.

His servant threw a lot of things on the table, rubbed his arms that were about to cramp, and looked out the window at the bustling city night scene with his master's gaze. He couldn't help but sigh loudly: "Oh, I think heaven may be like this, right?"

Schmidt did not laugh at him for his lack of experience as usual, but nodded subconsciously.

At 6 o'clock the next morning, Schmidt, who had only slept for about three hours, was awakened by the hotel attendant's knock on the door: "Mr. Schmidt, you asked me to remind you in the morning. It is already 6 o'clock." "

"Oh, okay, thank you."

Schmidt got up with difficulty, washed himself quickly, and then took the servant out and rushed to the Palais Royal.

Several people from the Bavarian Chamber of Commerce were already waiting in front of the Royal Palace. Mitt hurried forward and greeted these old acquaintances politely.

For a moment, music sounded everywhere, and French Industry Minister Mirabeau gave another lengthy speech. Then, accompanied by white doves being released, the door of the Royal Palace was slowly opened.

Holding a VIP letter in hand, Schmidt did not queue up like other tourists, but entered the Palais Royal directly from the special passage.

When the garden of the Royal Palace appeared in front of him, his eyes widened instantly.

He has also participated in some fairs and exhibitions before. For example, Austria has often held "European Fairs" since more than ten years ago. The United Kingdom has also held similar ones, but those fairs are just relatively luxurious countryside. Just a market.

Workshops or merchants put out some good products in the exhibition hall and hawked them enthusiastically. The government organized nobles and wealthy people to visit, held some banquets and dances, and finally concluded successfully.

But at this time, what Schmidt saw in front of him was not a "country fair" at all, but extremely majestic venues from various countries separated by tall wooden walls or gardens.

From the nearest Austria Pavilion, he saw the miniature Hofburg Concert Hall, Stephen's Cathedral and other iconic buildings. The North Africa Pavilion next to it was decorated like a Mediterranean port scene, with a looming model of the Colosseum inside [Note 1].

When he and the distinguished guests from various countries entered the Austria Pavilion, what appeared in front of him was Austria's iconic industry-glass products.

However, unlike the simple display of goods in the past, what is displayed here is a complete set of glass production process models, and several craftsmen are demonstrating the operation for everyone.

When he saw the colorful glass wine flask that was created after extremely complicated craftsmanship, he instantly felt as if the thing had a soul.

Then there are displays of tanning, iron-making and other industries...

In the past, when Schmidt attended this kind of exhibition, he would only glance at the exhibits casually, and at most he would praise a certain object for its excellent workmanship.

Today, he stopped at the Austrian Pavilion for more than an hour, until all the ordinary visitors came in, and then he reluctantly followed the road signs and walked to the adjacent Dutch Pavilion.

Here, Schmidt was quickly attracted by the demonstration of the shipbuilding process, and when he saw the newly designed river cargo ship by the Dutch, his eyes suddenly lit up.

As the second largest shipping operator in Bavaria, he immediately realized that this kind of ship could reduce his costs a lot.

He hurriedly stepped forward to ask the people in the Dutch Pavilion for information such as the address of the factory that manufactured such boats, and planned to buy a few after the exhibition.

However, after the expo staff nearby heard his words, they immediately smiled and signaled to him that there is a business hall on the second floor of the Royal Palace, where you can obtain detailed information on all the items on display, and even directly sign contracts for transactions.

After Schmidt paid a small deposit, a waiter took him to the business hall. He immediately saw lawyers and bank employees waiting for service next to him...

Before lunch time, Schmidt signed a letter of intent to purchase with the shipyard and paid a small deposit under the witness of a lawyer. The money is remitted directly to the Netherlands through French banks, which is extremely convenient.

When Schmidt returned to the main venue of the exhibition in the gardens of the Royal Palace, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It turns out that the exhibition can still be held like this!

At the same time, in various exhibition halls of the Palais Royal, visitors from all over the world also expressed similar exclamations: "It turns out that exhibitions can still be like this."

“Absolutely brilliant!”

“It’s so worthwhile to come to Paris this time, it’s really an eye-opener.”

People's shock was completely within Joseph's expectations. Just kidding, all kinds of business activities and exhibitions in the 21st century have already matured to the point where they can't be more mature. He just copied the exhibitions he had seen, which was a complete dimensionality reduction attack for this era where the World Expo would not appear until half a century later.

At this Expo, everything from the layout of the exhibition halls of various countries to the content of the demonstrations to the production of models was planned by him, so naturally they would not be bad.

This was because the preparation time was relatively tight. Otherwise, if some national costumes, songs and dances from various countries were added, and even the food from various countries were added, the effect of the Expo would definitely be more sensational!

The next day, when Schmidt finally visited the French Pavilion, he was stunned on the spot-

The visitors were all sitting on the sightseeing bus pulled by the steam engine, which automatically drove along the track around the pavilion.

Inside the huge exhibition hall, from high-pressure steam engines to new automatic looms, from luxurious and comfortable carriages to new synthetic board furniture, from gas street lamps to advanced steel smelting...

A large number of novel inventions made him dazzled, and all kinds of products were refined and beautiful, full of high-end feeling. After just a few hours of visiting, the image of France in his mind has instantly improved several levels!

[Note 1] The Colosseum here refers to the El Jem Colosseum built during the Roman rule of Tunisia, located in the suburbs of Susa.