Una foto sulla Ferrari. Poi tour in motoscafo e per finire a Villa d’Este. La “gita tipo” dei potenti

The charm of Made in Italy Legend has it that they never die and that they are all the same. Bar words, of course. Or legends, if you really want to give a touch of mystery. The fact remains, however, that even the increasingly powerful Chinese have a weakness - indeed, a very weak one - for beauties and the most classic tricolor status symbols. And Como, of course. The last case that testifies to this in a blatant way dates back to the last Sunday of July. That is when a delegation of very powerful Chinese, including industrialists, bankers and politicians from the Sichuan region - a region so to speak, with 87 million inhabitants - stopped off in Como for a business trip. A short visit to Como, complete with a visit to a company in the city of the industrial-pharmaceutical branch. For discretion, we will not mention the name of the company - world leader in its sector - but we can reveal some details of what a group of very powerful Chinese businessmen ask (kindly and usually) to the entrepreneurs who host them to savor the taste true of travel. Impossible to resist the temptation to get on board a Ferrari, for example, even though you can probably afford more than one each. But do you want to put a Ferrari seen, tested and photographed in Italy, compared to one in China? Second unavoidable request: a speedboat trip on the lake. In short, living a postcard. With a lot of explicit desire: to see the villas, of course, but above all one: the Oleandra di Laglio, and this testifies to how much and how far George Clooney's promotional power reaches. Third and mandatory request of the Chinese group: have lunch at Villa d'Este, sit at the tables of one of the most famous hotels in the world. Then toast to the thrill of traveling on the Lario with the most prestigious wines and exquisite dishes. Only with a small variation: watered with Tabasco, above all. De gustobus.