Hollywood Hunter

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The two whispered softly, and Sofia noticed that Yulia Shurkishina was quietly up when she stood up and left silently, and whispered to the little man who still hugged her waist: "Another one, you Do you like capturing women’s hearts like this?"

Simon focused on Sofia, but he didn’t find Shul Higgina’s state. He said: "You are wronging me. I’m about to forget how to capture a woman’s heart. It’s too easy to capture a woman’s body. point."

Sophia smiled and photographed on the man's shoulder.

However, think about it too.

With Simon's current status of wealth and power, he does nothing, and only needs to appear in front of people to easily attract a lot of women.

Where else does it cost?

However, Sofia suddenly found out that the woman who was close to Simon in the first place with pure love and heart, and later, it was inevitable that he was gradually fallen because of his strong personality, gentleness, mystery, generosity, knowledge and so on. It has a strong attraction for women, and the aura of wealth and power in him has magnified this attraction infinitely.

Think about yourself, isn't it one of them?

Without the presence of outsiders, and feeling the man's slight exertion, Sofia sat on the man's lap, arms around Simon's neck, and inexplicably moved over and kissed the man's face, saying, "Suddenly you are worried when you wake up Forget me completely."

Simon drew a circle on her belly through the woman's black bottoming shirt: "It used to be possible, but now it won't. You are my child's mother."

Sophia snuggled up at the man and bent the corner of her mouth: "It seems that I have discovered a big secret. If you want to be forgotten, you can have a baby."

Simon knocked on the piano keys a few times, and said with a smile: "I think you must protect this secret more firmly than me, right?"

Sofia did not answer.

But, of course, the heart does not want this secret to be discovered by other women.

Quietly made up his mind, we must try our best to avoid this kind of thing, maybe we should discuss it with two Jenny in private.

She has never been a generous woman.

Thinking about this, Sofia heard the piano near her ear and turned slightly towards the keys, saying, "Play me a song too, um, there are two babies."

"Okay."

Simon agreed with a smile, feeling the intoxicating fragrance of women in his arms, considering a moment, still holding Sofia in one hand, the free right hand began to jump, with one hand out of Beethoven's "To Alice", very A simple song, but it fits the atmosphere at this time.

Sofia was nestled in the man's arms, listening to the piano sounds floating in the air, and suddenly realized what Shul Higgina had just felt.

This little man is really a devil who can steal a woman's heart without knowing it at will.

little bastard.

However, the most basic skin is already good enough, and the character is so easy to get a woman close, but also has the wealth that ordinary people can't match, but it seems to be omnipotent and omnipotent. Such a small man, in this world, it is probably difficult to find The second one.

I don't know how long it took, until Sister A passed and reminded that the dinner was ready, Sophia reluctantly got up from the man's arms.

Because the time is Chinese New Year’s Eve, the specially invited Chinese chef prepared a table full of dinner according to the specifications of the New Year’s Eve. Simon and Sofia could not eat it at all. Fortunately, there were enough people in the villa, and the two just left themselves. One copy, the other directly distributed, is regarded as the welfare of this special day.

During the dinner, Sofia also talked to Simon about Burberry.

Burberry was founded in 1856, the brand is famous for the classic'lattice pattern' and'royal royal use', and has maintained its prosperity for more than a century.However, in the 1950s, Burberry’s heirs sold the brand to GUS, a large British retail chain,

The economic prosperity of the 1980s allowed GUS to increase Burberry's expansion and gradually expand its business to North America and Asia. This expansion came to an abrupt end in 1992.

The European currency crisis has caused major European economies to fall into recession.

As an important sub-brand of GUS, due to the economic downturn, Burberry’s excessive expansion caused by inefficient management chaos and a sharp decline in profit margins and other disadvantages have also begun to show up. With the integrated luxury goods such as Mei Li Shan Zhuo and LVMH The rise of the group is only because Burberry, which is attached to a diversified retail group, cannot find its own direction.

So, when Sofia started contacting GUS at the end of last year, the other party quickly gave a positive response.

As one of the largest retail chains in the UK, GUS retail business covers not only the fashion field, but also home, electrical appliances, insurance, finance and other aspects. The total market value of the group on the London Stock Exchange recently exceeded 13 billion pounds.

Because of the economic downturn, GUS, which involves too many fields, is also streamlining its business. At this time, Burberry, which has lost some control and even lost its development direction, is undoubtedly a good choice.

For GUS Group, Burberry’s expansion in the 1980s was a bit excessive, but Sofia was interested in the extensive market resources established by this luxury brand in Europe, North America and Asia, which just happened to be the global Help in the expansion strategy.

Moreover, Burberry's own unique style does not form too clear competition with Gucci, Versace, CK and other brands, but can further enrich the type of luxury goods of Melisandre.

Comprehensive consideration, winning this brand far outweighs the disadvantages.

After the expansion in the 1980s, Burberry’s total revenue in 1994 reached 530 million pounds, and net profit was 62 million pounds, which was equivalent to 790 million U.S. dollars and 93 million U.S. dollars.

After several consecutive negotiations after the New Year, the two parties finally finalized the price of 800 million pounds, equivalent to 1.2 billion US dollars, and traded again in the form of stocks plus cash.Melissa Sandra paid 400 million pounds ($600 million in contract) plus 6% of its own shares in exchange for 100% of Burberry’s shares from GUS Group.

The transaction also increased Mei Li Shanzhuo's valuation from 7.3 billion US dollars when purchasing Bulgari last year to 10 billion US dollars.

After the transaction is completed, the share distribution of Melissa Sandra will be 72.8% held by Westeros, 18.2% held by Sofia, 6% held by the British GUS Group, and 3% held by the Italian Bulgari family.

Simon had discussed the IPO of Melisandre with Sofia last year.

Although after taking Burberry, Meili Shanzhuo will not have much action in the short term, but the investment or merger of some small brands will not stop, and the IPO operation will allow Meili Shanzhuo to make various capitals more conveniently. Operation, and, unlike the state of privatization, after the public listing, the stock premium will also make Melissa’s various investment operations more advantageous.

When deciding to conduct an IPO, there is inevitably consideration of where to conduct the IPO.

After some discussion at dinner, I finally decided to put it in the United States.

Simon doesn’t like eggs all in one basket. However, considering that the Westeros system is becoming more entrenched in the United States and the super boom of the US economy in the late 1990s, listing in the United States is undoubtedly right. Melisandre is the most advantageous.

Even Nokia, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, will launch a listing plan on the NYSE this year.

Finalizing this acquisition, Melisandre, which owns a series of luxury brands such as Gucci, Versace, CK, Burberry, Bulgari, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Vacheron Constantin, has comprehensively surpassed France with Dior and LV as its core. LVMH Group.

In the original time and space, the owner of LVMH, Bernard Arnault, took advantage of the economic prosperity of the United States and Europe in the 1980s to rise through a series of mergers. In the early 1990s, the economy was temporarily dormant because of the economic downturn, and from the 1990s In the later period, another economic prosperity began to expand on a large scale.

Two other comprehensive luxury goods groups, Kaiyun and Richemont, also began to rise in the late 1990s.

Now, the pattern of the luxury industry is destined not to follow the trajectory of previous life.

Relying on the towering tree of the Westeros system, in the early 1990s when other luxury brands have recuperated because of the economic downturn, in the past few years, Melisandre has built a strong fleet of luxury brands, the next step It was in the wave of globalization that began in the late 1990s that it continued to deepen and expand its industry advantages, while at the same time trying to attack the rise of other competitors.

At least, Kaiyun Group, which once occupied only half of the sales share of Gucci, will definitely not appear again this time.Richemont Group, which focuses on jewelry watches, has already owned the flagship brand of Cartier, but it has been difficult to develop under the brunt of companies such as Bulgari, Van Cleef & Arpels, Vacheron Constantin, and others.

During the dinner, Simon also discussed with Sofia, maybe in the future, he can also eat Cartier.

Early the next morning, Simon and Sofia departed from London to Rome.

The matter here will be left to the responsible deputy Angela Arendz, who was promoted by Sofia in previous years. After more than six years in the Melissandre company, Angela Arendz moved from the original president of Gucci America to The CEO of Gucci and then the president of the entire Melisandre company followed closely the pace of Sofia, and his ability was also quite affirmed.

Coincidentally, in the history of the past, it was Angela Alenz who joined Burberry after the new millennium, relaunching this declining luxury brand, and in eight years, Burberry’s stock price has tripled and returned. To the ranks of first-line luxury brands, and rely on this qualification to become Apple's second only person after Tim Cook.

Although later Apple's luxury strategy ended in failure, it could not hide the fact that Angela Arendz continued to maintain the difference with other brands through the luxury strategy during the period when the mobile phone industry became more competitive. And the mediocre aspects of the brand.

It should be understood that in any industry, it is very difficult to impact the high end from the low end, and it is even more difficult to impact the higher end from the high end.

Therefore, there are no mistakes in Apple's luxury strategy, it is just not successful.

On the contrary, after Angela Alenz left, Apple readjusted its pricing strategy and began to cut prices sharply. It may increase sales in the short term. In fact, it is damaging Apple’s own brand value, and the profit margin of the product will also be greatly reduced. Once the price Fully integrated with the competitor's flagship, the two sides fell into close combat, and the result is even more unpredictable.

This time Burberry will be handed over to Angela Arendz for integration, whether it is Simon or Sofia are very at ease.

From leaving the entertainment room last night to boarding the plane in the morning, Simon never saw Yulia Shulshina again, probably knowing that this was Sofia quietly pulling away the other party, but did not mind.However, Simon did not forget to promise Shul Higgina's solo dance MV, and sent an email to Daenerys Entertainment UK on the plane to Rome to let the other party plan this matter.

In some cities along the Mediterranean Sea, Simon actually prefers Cannes to Rome, because the hilltop mansion of Cannes overlooks the Mediterranean Sea. Simon likes this feeling.Rome was built on a plain, and there was no dominated sea view for Simon to enjoy.

The reason why I did not go to Cannes is because the Westeros system has been accumulating discrepancies with France since the Rwanda war last year.

Because a big follower was planted in Rwanda, in the past half a year, the small actions of the French side against Simon have not stopped. Last year, the French media ran to Ukraine, wanting to explore the insider of UFMS, Simon does not think this is the French media Self-published behavior out of passion for news

Not only that, the rise of the Melisandre company with Italian brands as the core has also caused strong fear and hostility to many French luxury goods companies that have always dominated.

There is also a siege of Hollywood movies in France in recent years.

Starting from the original "Batman", under the continuous bombardment of a series of blockbusters, the market share of the French domestic film that had originally dominated the market has shrunk rapidly in recent years. The annual box office champions of the French film market in recent years have all been Hollywood films. .

Moreover, whether it was "Batman" or "Jurassic Park" or "Lion King" outside the DC movie universe, or "Batman: The Dark Knight Rise" at the French box office last year, it happened to be with Dan. Niris Entertainment, or the Westeros system, is inextricably linked.

Therefore, the French film industry has been strongly calling on the French government to set a threshold for Hollywood movies. Hollywood will certainly not give in. Through lobbying to use the power of the Washington authorities to fight back, the private game is fierce.

All in all, Simon is now the pinnacle of all aspects of France. Even if the past is silent and low-key, it is inevitable that the French side will not sort out any moths.

Just don't go.

In comparison, despite the events of the Stefano family last year, under the Westeros system that has been operating for many years, Simon already has a deep foundation in Italy.Unsurprisingly, Universal Studios in Europe will probably also be located around Rome, so that Sofia is here to raise a baby.

Settled in a 30-acre farm-style manor in the southern suburbs of Rome.

Many areas of northern Europe are still covered with snow, and they have not escaped the coldest season of the year. Rome on the Mediterranean coast is as warm as spring. The southern suburbs are planned by Sofia. Lawns, green trees, low walls, stones The castles complement each other, and at first glance it looks like a beautiful rural pastoral picture.

In addition, when he came here, Simon finally saw the girls who had been consciously raised for exactly one year.