Chinese Billionaire Gives France Vacation to 6,500 Workers

The billionaire chief executive of the Chinese conglomerate Tiens has given 6,500 of his best salespeople a vacation that started in Paris and ended with a parade on France's Cote d'Azur.

Tiens CEO Li Jinyuan visits Nice, France, on Friday as part of a celebration weekend marking the 20th anniversary of his company. He was joined by 6,500 of his employees.

CEO Li Jinyuan said he was celebrating the company's 20th anniversary by rewarding his staff and aimed for the world record in spelling out a phrase in human bodies, according to the company's website.

As their vacation wound down on Friday, the employees on massed on the coastal promenade in Nice and, dressed in identical sky blue hats and T-shirts, spelled out the words "Tiens' dream is Nice in the Cote d'Azur," setting a world record for the longest human-made phrase visible from the sky, the company added.

Some 4,700 hotels rooms and 146 buses were booked for the lucky employees — representing half of the company's staff — according to French media, which put the trip's cost at 13-20 million euros ($14.5-$22.3 million).

Jinyuan was greeted by France's foreign affairs minister, Laurent Fabius, mid-week in Paris.

The huge group then made their way to the glamorous Cote D'Azur, where Li Jinyuan booked 4,760 rooms in 79 four-and five-star hotels in Cannes and Monaco

The 6,400 employees arranged themselves to spell out the phrase 'Tiens' dream is Nice in the Cote d'Azur', to celebrate 20 years of partnership between the Chinese company and the French region

France is expected to be 33million Euros better off thanks to the all-expenses-paid staff trip. They're estimated to have spent 20million in Nice alone

The Tiens Group Company Chairman Li Jinyuan booked up 140 hotels in Paris where the group visited the Louvre and various cultural sites in the capital

Source: Nbcnews.com

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