This is CBS I in the world. I'm John Bachelor.

So Lorenzo Fiori in Milan, we are most concerned when last we left Lorenzo.

It was the night before he was to harvest his olive grove.

However, we were worried that it would rain, which would damage the harvest.

Lorenzo, we've worried all week. How was it? Did it stay dry for your harvest? And how

how is the quality this year? Good evening for you. Good evening, John, and good evening

to all the radio listener. Well, I was very lucky because when I went to Siena, it was raining cats and dogs,

but the day after, I can say it started a sort of new summertime here in Italy. So we had

three days of sunshine that helped to do a very good harvest, not in terms of quantity,

but in terms of quality, I can tell you and I can confirm

that the quality is at top. The quantity is one-fourth of last year. We don't know why, but we had

half of the quantity of olives, and the production rate, the yield, was half of those that we achieved last

year. So I had one fourth of what I produced in 2023, but I'm happy. It's enough for me and for my

friends. Italy in the future, we have three items that point to Italy looking to artificial

intelligence, drone technology, and the sort of

business, the high-end business that California's Silicon Valley enjoys. First, a glasses designer.

This is a very famous firm that was founded in Milan, now in conversation with Mehta, Zuckerberg's Meta.

This firm is very famous. How did it come about?

Well, let me tell you that Luxottica, this is the name of the firm.

It's a very, very nice story.

He was founded by a man called Leonardo Del Vecchio. He died two years ago at the age of 87 years

old, but he was a very, a very smart entrepreneur. He was born in Milan and he was an orphan. So he joined

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