Chapter 778 Doing Business with the King

The Jason was cruising over the Atlantic Ocean. Yang Cheng did not have a long-lost exchange with his personal flight attendant Shirley, but sat quietly on the sofa, dangling a glass of red wine in his hand, closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.

The meeting with Willem-Alexander was an accident, but the accident brought surprises. He could feel the strong self-confidence in Willem-Alexander, which was reflected in his appeal to the royal family and the throne of the king.

When the former queen signed the abdication document in 2013, and the crown prince Willem-Alexander succeeded him as king, this is a male king who reappeared after 123 years after the ancestor of the Dutch royal family, William III, abdicated in 1890.

Different from the natural affinity of the queen, as a man and a king, the people always seem to look at him with critical eyes. However, just a few days before the coronation ceremony, when the whole country was full of suspicion, the queen When King Ren accepted a joint interview with two well-known Dutch TV stations, he talked about the title of the royal family. He said that he would not inherit the practice of the ancestors of the family. Called "William IV" because of not wanting to be a number.

He also said that it "doesn't matter" what he will be called in the future, because he is not "some kind of conventional blind worshipper".

During the interview, the host did not avoid sensitive topics, and the king-designate also talked freely and answered all questions.

For example, he said that he will find a balance between preserving tradition and accepting changes. If Congress requests that the king only do some ceremonial work, he will fully accept it. The important thing is that "the royal family must work together with society."

The future king admits that he is also a human being. People make mistakes, and they will make mistakes in the future, but they have to learn from mistakes.

As for facing the trend of modern democratic society, he believes that citizens can say something targeted at the royal family and the king, and he will always allow protests.

This undoubtedly shows the side of Willem-Alexander who "advances with the times", but at the same time shows strong self-confidence. He accepts all criticisms, but he is still the king. This is the core purpose he wants to express.

Of course, like other European princes, Willem-Alexander also had a romantic time when he was young.

As the eldest son of Her Majesty the Queen and the future heir to the throne, he actually had the same education and experience as ordinary Dutch youths. He studied in middle school in the Netherlands and Wales, and returned to Leiden University, the oldest university in the Netherlands, to study history. .

In his youthful budding period, he indulged in prom parties, and even had the nicknames "Prince of LSD" and "Prince of Beer". He also had relationships with many beauties, not counting Queen Maxima. There are at least four of them, and of course they are far inferior to Prince William, who has the same name as him.

After completing his professional studies in history and obtaining a degree, the heir to the throne must accept further studies in more fields. In addition to administrative law and the like, he also served in the military like young people at that time. He learned to pilot an airplane and was on a ship of the Dutch Navy. Served.

Before becoming king, William Alexander had two social positions that were the most eye-catching, and this was related to his hobbies and interests and the requirements of the royal family.

One is to become a member of the International Olympic Committee in 2009; the other is the chairman of the Dutch Water Conservancy Advisory Committee, and concurrently serves as a member of the United Nations Water Conservancy and Sanitation Advisory Committee.

The former needless to say,

Being a member of the International Olympic Committee is not only related to his extensive sports interests, but also to show his face on the international mainstream stage in a more free and relaxed manner, gain more exposure, and establish a wider international social relationship.

However, at that time, the Dutch political circles and the international sports circles had different opinions on the heir to the throne entering the International Olympic Committee, but finally reached an agreement that he could not talk about politics in the Olympic Committee and had to avoid some sensitive issues related to ZZ , once he succeeds to the throne and becomes king, he will resign from the Olympic Committee;

As for turning to water conservancy, appearing on the international stage as a water conservancy expert is said to be based on the request of his father Klaus.

In the era when the mother was the queen, the father Klaus taught the children from an early age to have a pair of open eyes, to pay attention to the development of the world, and to pay attention to the urgent needs of the world.

For the heir to the throne and the eldest son, Willem-Alexander, his father directly asked him to choose a major in water conservancy management, which the Netherlands is good at but is urgently needed in the world. Appearing in various international conferences as a "water conservancy expert" has also accumulated a good network of contacts in the international community for him.

This is also what Yang Cheng learned when chatting with William-Alexander. At that time, Yang Cheng accidentally talked about the British water company, which aroused William-Alexander's interest. Of course, Prince William also responded with considerable enthusiasm.

Especially when William-Alexander learned that Yang Cheng intended to acquire a water company, he put forward quite constructive views.

Willem-Alexander believes that the fully public model, legal entity model, franchise model (French model) and completely private model (UK model) of the water supply industry are far less successful than the public-private model of the Dutch water supply industry.

He said: This novel public water company model is the dominant model in the water supply industry in the Netherlands, and it also has good practices in the water supply and sewage treatment industries in Chile, Poland, the Philippines and other countries.

The Netherlands itself is located on the lower reaches of the Rhine River and is a low-lying country with 1/4 of its land below sea level.

Therefore, the Netherlands established a water affairs committee long before the formation of the ZF. After hundreds of years of development, the Dutch have formed rich and unique experience in water control, especially in terms of organizational structure and management.

After the Dutch water supply industry has gone through the two stages of private franchising, direct ownership and management of water plants by the municipal department, it has gradually formed the current situation where the public water company is the dominant model. Measured from various indicators common in the water supply industry, The Dutch water supply industry is still relatively successful.

William-Alexander believes that it is very necessary to promote this model to countries with rich water resources in the world, especially the neighbor of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom. You must know that John Bull's completely private water supply model has great drawbacks.

Prince William is interested because this novel model may be able to change the current chaos of British water companies, and what Yang Cheng is interested in is that it is profitable!

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