Rebirth

"Tom and Anna, welcome you!" Li Feng greeted the two enthusiastically and gave a warm hug and a face-up gift.

Under the personal reception of Li Feng, the group went to the reception tea room on the first floor of the main house.After serving Li Feng himself and Ovitz's tea, and serving Tom and Anna coffee, the servant chatted over the beautiful scenery of Central Park.

"John, your mansion is now well-known in New York, do you mind if I visit it?" After chatting for about 10 minutes, Anna Wintour suddenly asked Li Feng with a smile.

"Of course, you can visit at any time, and I will let the butler take you."

"Isn't Mr. Ovitz here? Just let Ovitz take me. I think Ovitz is always familiar with this place."

"Well, that's my honour. To be honest, I've been to this mansion twice, but I haven't really visited it." Ovitz paused for a moment, then replied with a smile.

"OK, I'll let Annie take you better." Then Li Feng picked up the phone and made a call with Wang Siqing, asking her to come and take Wintour and Ovitz around the house in person.

Li Feng actually understands that this is what Anna Wintour knows very well that Li Feng will discuss with Tom Ford next, and in order to avoid suspicion, she proposes to turn around.Similarly, Ovitz of the human spirit reacted in an instant, and he also matched Anna Wintour's rhetoric.

Seeing that Anna Wintour, the fashion demon and Ovitz, left the tea room under the leadership of Wang Siqing talking and laughing, the remaining Li Feng and Tom Ford in the tea room were quiet.

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"Tom, to be honest, both Americans, I am proud and proud of your achievements in the fashion industry."

Listening to Li Feng’s admiration for his position in the fashion circle, Tom also responded with a proud face. After all, the person admiring himself is a super rich man like Li Feng. Having wealth in the US means having everything. Although this was a bit exaggerated, the two of them gestured with coffee and tea, and took a sip.

"I think Ovitz should have explained to you. Since you are here, I don't have to avoid it, just open it up and say it.

Tom, I really appreciate your status and ability in the fashion circle. There is no doubt that Tom is the number one person in the fashion circle today.

What is the gap between you and Carl (Lafayette) or Armani, Saint Laurent, etc., is the gap in time and qualifications.Thirty years later, your position in the fashion world may be like Karl today.

Now there is a certain gap between you and them, but it is not impossible to make up in a short time. Only career is a real career that belongs to your Tom.

For example, if you create your own brand and make the brand a top brand in the fashion circle, then your status in the fashion circle may be equal to the people above."

In fact, Li Feng said very clearly, in terms of fashion design and creative ability, in fact, today's Tom is really no less inferior to anyone.

As the creative director of the Gucci Group, think about what Gucci looked like before the 90s. At that time, Gucci was in decline and even almost went bankrupt.

It was from Tom that entered Gucci and took over the creative design of Gucci. After he became the creative director, with his grasp of fashion, every new Gucci product launch can quickly become a global fashion benchmark, which shows that Tom Genius in fashion design.

The Gucci Group can be said to be a better day, and it has started a series of mergers and acquisitions of global fashion brands. Now it has the embryonic form of a fashion giant, and then it has become one of the world’s largest fashion luxury giants around 2000. From here we can explain everything about Tom.

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But there is no doubt that no matter how successful he is at Gucci, after all, the time is still short. If he has worked for Gucci for decades, he may be able to be as Carl’s status to Chanel, but it is clear that Tom is already in his career. To a certain extent, it fell into a bottleneck.

So if you want to take your career to the next level in a short time, it is almost impossible to become the creative director of a company. To put it bluntly, it is just a senior worker.

The only way is to make your own brand, just like his predecessors such as the early Dior, Chanel, later Saint Laurent, Armani, etc., look at the big brands in the fashion industry today. Isn't it the emergence of a top fashion talent in the early days? Then he founded a fashion brand with his own name, and then slowly developed.

Later Tom Ford also took such a path, and it was relatively successful, but it was basically impossible to make his own brands such as Chanel, Dior and other brands such a success, because at that time the global fashion industry brand pattern was basically Has been formed.

The fashion circle is already a situation where several giants stand side by side. No one is willing to take out the benefits they have already embraced. It is impossible to start such a big business on their own.

Perhaps Tom Ford went to make a movie later. Although his own TF (TomFord) is very profitable, it can make a fortune every time a new product is launched, but that’s all.

It is impossible for brands such as Dior, Chanel and Armani to rise up. Among ordinary people, many people may not have heard of the TF brand.

Anyway, I have made enough money, so I have the ability to play other things I am interested in. Then I can make a new art film, which is my new achievement in art, it can only be so. .

So, now with the support of Li Feng, it may be possible for Tom to become a new generation of "fashion godfather". To achieve the status of Galeries Lafayette in the fashion circle, it is not only talent, but also time, Location, people and cooperation in all aspects.

Li Feng's meaning is very clear, it is you Tom. Now your career has entered a bottleneck. Let me push you. In this way, you Tom may be able to truly become a leader in the fashion circle and be able to follow Lafayette , Armani and so on.

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"Mr. Li, thank you for your attention. In fact, I already have such a career plan. In my plan, I still need to work for Gucci for a few years, and then it will be time to launch my own brand."

"Haha... Tom, it seems that we have a basic understanding. Then I will analyze the situation for you. You said that you have worked at Gucci for a few years. It was a few years, 3, 5, 10 years, but By that time, the fashion circle could not accommodate a new top brand.

I think you are a top person in the fashion circle. It is very clear that since the 1980s and 1990s, the global fashion industry has entered a phase of mutual annexation. There have been several prototypes of fashion luxury giants. After a few years, they will become the world’s largest On the day that fashion giants take shape, it is difficult for new fashion brands to develop significantly in the future.

It can be said that today's time is the last time period. If you wait for 3 or 5 years after this point in time, I think you should understand that if you do not advance, you will retreat. This is actually the case for doing anything."

Next, according to Li Feng's own understanding, regarding the next global economic development, the surge in wealth, etc., it shows that the luxury goods market will enter a period of prosperity, etc., which makes Tom Ford secretly nodded in his heart. .

"So, Mr. Li, do you have a specific plan?"

Hearing that the fashion golden boy on the opposite side raised such a question, Li Feng knew that there was already infinite possibilities, and there was a burst of ecstasy in his heart.

Li Feng understands that if you want to truly build a fashion brand, a top figure in the fashion circle is the soul of a company, such as Chanel’s Galeries Lafayette, Armani’s Giorgio Armani, etc. These are the key figures to support a fashion giant. In Li Feng's view, Tom in front of him is also such a character.

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"I do have a plan. I hope to be able to acquire a fashion brand in China and a fashion brand in France, and I have a goal, but I lack a specific executive.

If it can be achieved, a fashion empire will be formed immediately.If you have good suggestions, you can also put them forward.

If you are willing to join, you do not need to invest a penny, you can directly take 10% of the group's shares and serve as the group's creative director.

If you still have extra time, I can support you in setting up an independent group-owned brand studio, such as launching a fashion brand named after you."

After listening to Li Feng, it must be false to say that he is not moved. But this involves major events in his future career. Tom also needs to think about it. It definitely cannot be settled all at once, and even if he really wants to leave Gucci , The contract with Gucci is also a problem and so on, there are so many things.