Has an alternative asset ever performed better? Dressed like a Dutch version of legendary comic character Dame Edna Everage, ABN Amro’s chairman has taken to the stage to teach his employees the lessons they can learn from operating a brothel.
还有任何另类资产能“表现”得比这更好么？荷兰银行(ABN Amro)董事长盖里特•扎尔姆(Gerrit Zalm)把自己装扮成传奇喜剧人物埃德娜•埃弗烈治夫人(Dame Edna Everage)的荷兰版，并走上了舞台，向员工传授能从妓院经营中学到什么。
Priscilla Zalm, the fictional sister of Gerrit Zalm, 61, the former Dutch finance minister and chairman of the state-owned bank since 2009, has been drafted in to motivate ABN’s 23,000 employees with a combination of wit, charm and daring innuendo.
自2009年起，这位现年61岁的荷兰前财长就一直担任这家国有银行的董事长。他在台上虚构了一个妹妹普丽西拉•扎尔姆(Priscilla Zalm)，希望以机智、有吸引力而大胆的影射方式，激发荷兰银行2.3万名员工的积极性。
In the opening act of six performances this month, brothel owner Priscilla told her audience that she was blessed with a good front office – pointing to her bosom – and a top notch back office. She was, she said with a knowing look, working in a “flourishing business with a centuries’ long tradition”.
在本月六场演出的第一幕中，“妓院老板娘普丽西拉”告诉她的观众，她幸运地拥有出色的前端办公室（同时指向她的乳房）及顶尖的后勤办公室。她带着一种心照不宣的表情说，她在“一个有着几百年悠久传统、十分繁荣的行当”里工作。