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Simon glanced at Sophia and said, "Are you going to compare with me?"

Sophia subconsciously wanted to roll her eyes, but after thinking about it, she gave up. She really couldn't compare with this man.After thinking for a while, she said again: "I majored in corporate administration as an undergraduate, and I got an MBA degree three years ago. I helped my ex-husband run a family business and accumulated enough experience. My work in real estate brokerage It's also very good, if I continue, I should be able to open my own real estate agency now. Boss, don't these prove that I have the strength to manage a company?"

Simon recalled the information about the woman that the detective company had specially investigated after hiring Sophia, finally nodded, and said, "Okay, I will give you a year..."

"At least two years, boss. Gucci's current situation is very bad. Adjusting the management, sorting out the product line, reshaping the corporate image, etc. must be done, but not too urgent. To restore Gucci, I need... ..."

Simon was interrupted in the middle of his conversation just now, and he couldn't help being a little unhappy. At this time, before Sophia finished speaking, he subconsciously said: "Don't bargain with me."

Sophia was stunned for a moment, remembering that these were the words Simon spoke to the female executive named Nancy just now, she felt a little funny, and did not back down, she raised her chin slightly and stared at the man insisted: "Two years."

Simon rubbed his fingers lightly on the document paper, was silent for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay, two years."

Sophia was a little surprised, but she didn't expect Simon to agree immediately.Thinking about the difference in treatment between myself and that Nancy, I couldn't help but feel a little proud.

Of course, Simon didn't mean to treat them differently.He has never been a headstrong person, calmed down from the emotion just now, and since he confirmed that Sophia's request is reasonable, he naturally nodded in agreement.

The two then began discussing the specifics of acquiring a stake in Gucci and subsequently running the company.

After buying Gucci, Simon's ultimate goal is to build a large luxury group similar to LVMH.

Many years later, as the largest comprehensive luxury goods group in the world, the market value of LVMH once broke through the $[-] billion mark.Although it cannot be compared with giants such as Apple and Amazon, as a non-high-tech and non-monopoly industrial group, it is very rare to be able to develop a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars.

According to the information in memory, during the heyday of LVMH, it owned more than 60 world-renowned top luxury brands such as Dior, Givenchy, Hermes, and Louis Vuitton. Even Gucci once became the acquisition target of LVMH.

In the original time and space, with the success of LVMH's luxury portfolio operation model, other companies followed suit, and finally formed LVMH, Kering, and Richemont. The three-legged luxury market pattern.

Among the three companies, Switzerland-based Richemont is mainly engaged in the jewelry and watch business, and its competition with the other two is not fierce.

The brand combination model of Kering Group is very similar to that of LVMH, and the two sides have been in a state of fierce competition for a long time.Moreover, the core luxury brand under the Kering Group happens to be Gucci.Many years later, the Gucci brand, which supports half of the Kering Group, is worth at least tens of billions of dollars.

Now, LVMH, which was just integrated two years ago, was only the embryonic form of a luxury empire, and the later head of LVMH, Bernard Arnault, even failed to fully control the company. Mo Xuan management and Bernard Arnault, the major shareholder, have been in a tense confrontation.

Apart from Dior and Louis Vuitton, brands such as Givenchy, Hermes, Fendi, and Bulgari have not yet been acquired by LVMH.

Kering and Richemont are even more incomplete.

LVMH was built by Bernard Arnault with Christian Dior as its roots.

Now that Simon has won Gucci, a luxury brand with a complete product line of fashion, bags, cosmetics, etc., it means that he also has the foundation to build a comprehensive luxury group.

If it can expand according to the development model of LVMH in the original time and space, relying on Daenerys Entertainment’s media resources in Hollywood, as long as it operates properly, Simon may even build a top luxury empire that replaces the status of LVMH in the original time and space .

Chapter 230 Melisandre (Revised)

"Simon, I don't understand. Why do you continue to take out the loan?" In the study, Sofia Feisi was puzzled when she heard that Simon would continue to acquire shares in Gucci through loans: "Daenerys Entertainment should have made a profit last year." A lot of money, right?"

Loans are costly.

The loan principal of 1 million US dollars seems to have an annual interest rate of only four or five percentage points, and the accumulated interest over the years is tens of millions of dollars.

Moreover, to choose a loan, you definitely need to contact the bank, which also takes time.

Sophia has already failed once in the acquisition of Chateau Latour's shares, and she doesn't want to have another accident with Gucci.

Simon roughly understood Sophia's thoughts, and said, "I have other uses for Daenerys Entertainment's profits, and I can't give them to you. You just heard on the phone that Daenerys Entertainment is raising another loan recently. You You can go back to Los Angeles tomorrow, and discuss with Amy and the others to directly increase the loan amount, let’s calculate it at 2.5 million US dollars, the bank’s problem is not big, and it won’t waste too much time.”

Sophia nodded, but her attention was attracted by the phrase 'other uses' in Simon's words.

It's just that she was smart enough not to ask too many questions.

At this point in the discussion, things were pretty much the same, and it was already late at night.

Jennifer has been guarding in the study room, Sophia knows that nothing will happen between herself and this man tonight, she is about to leave and go back to the room, when she suddenly remembered something, she asked, "Simon, I almost forgot, where is the company name? "

Since a comprehensive luxury group is to be built, the company definitely needs a brand new name.

In the discussion just now, the new company will be registered in Switzerland.

Switzerland is also one of the well-known 'tax havens', and borders France and Italy at the same time. These three countries happen to be the countries with the highest concentration of luxury brands in Europe.

Simon just thought about it, took the sticky note on the table and quickly wrote a word and handed it to Sophia, saying: "Let's just go to her."

Sophia took the note and glanced at it. On it was a somewhat long word: Melisandre.

"Melisandre," Sophia read it lightly, raised her head and asked, "Simon, is this a woman's name?"

With an inexplicable smile on the corner of Simon's mouth, he said, "Yes."

The female character in "Game of Thrones", the 'Red Robe' Melisandre, still left a very deep impression on Simon.Daenerys has already been used, and "Two Ah" and "Three Fools" will definitely not be considered. Queen Cersei will keep it first, and then only Melisandre will be left.

It is naturally impossible for Sophia to know this, but she quickly thought of Daenerys Entertainment, and said, "Daenerys, Melisandre, Simon, you seem to like to use this kind of classical female name to name the company? "

Simon joked: "This will make me appear to have more depth."

Finally, Sophia couldn't help but rolled her eyes at him, thought for a while and said, "It's just that this name is a bit long, maybe it's not easy for people to remember?"

"As the holding parent company of a luxury goods group, the less presence the better, of course. What we need to highlight are brands like 'Gucci'. As for the name of the parent company, it doesn't matter if people forget it."

Sophia thought about it for the same reason, so she carefully put the note paper into her satchel, got up and said, "In that case, let's go here today."

"Is your room ready?"

Sophia glanced at Jennifer who was also standing up on the sofa in the corner, and said with a smile, "Of course, Jenny has already prepared the room for me before I got here."

Originally, she wanted to pretend that nothing had happened, but after hearing Sophia mentioning herself, Jennifer's face was still a little rosy, and her eyes were also avoiding to look at Simon.

Simon just smiled and sent Sophia to the living room, and Jennifer followed behind them step by step.

"Good night, then, boss."

Opening the door, Sophia changed her name unconsciously.Glancing at Jennifer, who was still hiding behind Simon, after all, some women were moved, and she took the initiative to step forward, slightly tiptoed and hugged Simon to put a stick on the man's cheek, and then went out to leave.

Simon hadn't had time to savor the smooth touch of the woman's cheeks just now, when he saw Jennifer was about to slip out with her head hanging down, he grabbed it casually, and decisively closed the door with the other hand.

Being hugged by the man's waist, Jennifer propped her hands on the man's chest, trying not to let herself stick to him, she still hung her head and said incoherently: "I, you, it's already, very late, you, tomorrow, still Get up early."

Simon looked at the Patek Philippe on his wrist, it was already 12:35 in the morning.

Although he has had more than one intimate contact, he hasn't eaten Jennifer up to now, and the current time and atmosphere are obviously not suitable for doing so.

However, Simon did not let Jennifer go. He picked up the female assistant and walked towards the bedroom. Looking at the girl in her arms who had closed her eyes and her face had turned into a red apple, he said, "Let go of you for now." , but as punishment, be my pillow tonight."

The warm fragrance is still very effective in relieving the fatigue of daily work.

Simon woke up at six o'clock the next day. Although he only rested for more than five hours, he was still full of energy.

Jennifer's room is actually next door to Simon, and there are probably not many people in the crew who don't know the relationship between her and Simon.However, in the morning, Jennifer sneaked to her room for a long time before going downstairs to have breakfast with Simon.

In order to cover up the blush on his cheeks, he did not wear a ponytail today, and his blond hair was let loose lazily.Sitting in the living room, thinking you can hide something, only to soon find that it seems more noticeable.

Under the shame, he naturally wanted to vent his anger. The target was on the opposite side, and there was a smirk on the corner of his mouth.

Abominable.

After sipping the salad he yelled for himself for a while, he finally whispered after a while: "You, you can't do this in the future, Jenny will be angry."

He seemed to be easy to talk, nodded: "Yeah."

Then I thought, that's all right.

So he changed the subject, and asked a little bit unreasonably, "What are you going to do with that money?"

The 'money' here naturally refers to Daenerys Entertainment's profit last year.

Although the detailed financial data is still being compiled, she knows that Daenerys Entertainment has transferred 2 million US dollars in cash to the Westeros company account.

The transfer of 2 million US dollars did not affect the operation of Daenerys Entertainment at all. This shows how profitable the company was last year. It is no wonder that the entire Hollywood is now full of how much money Daenerys Entertainment has made. curious.

Because she has been by Simon's side all the time, Jennifer probably knows the profit figure.

The 2 million US dollars is only a part of it. After the financial audit in Los Angeles, Daenerys Entertainment has retained enough operating funds, and the rest will be transferred to the Westeros company account.

Jennifer wondered what exactly Simon planned to do with the money.

Is it like the stock market crash two years ago?

You are not stupid.

Daenerys Entertainment clearly has sufficient funds, but insists on buying shares in Blockbuster through loans, and will also acquire Gucci shares with loans.

Then, some things are not hard to guess.

Perhaps, now many people are secretly paying close attention to whether Simon Westero will make another big move, right?

Knowing that this question is not appropriate, Jennifer would not ask it on weekdays.At this time, I felt a little regretful when I blurted out, and quickly added: "It doesn't matter if you don't say it."

Simon felt a little helpless when he heard Jennifer's question.

It wasn't aimed at the female assistant, but he gradually realized that there must be many people staring at him now.Even, since his operation in the stock index futures market more than a year ago, someone should have been paying attention to his every move.

After all, if you can get an opportunity similar to the stock market crash in 87 from him, it will be a real overnight fortune.

However, how could such an opportunity come so easily?

Looking at the nervous little girl assistant, Simon smiled and said, "I'm not sure now, you have to know that in 87, I was just a small shrimp and couldn't affect the market, so it can be clearer Now, for example, if I judge that the Japanese stock market will crash within a month, if I want to profit from it, I will definitely need to make a move. But because of the experience in 87, many eyes are still on the Look at me, the news of my sale must not be concealed, and this will have an unpredictable impact on the market. Perhaps, everyone followed suit and shorted, and the Japanese stock market could not withstand the pressure and collapsed in advance. Perhaps, the Japanese government heard the news and took Preventive measures, so the crash is delayed. Either way, it means that my judgment is invalid.”

In fact, what Simon is talking about now is still Soros' famous 'reflexive theory' of mutual influence between market participants and the market in his personal book "Financial Alchemy".

However, Soros has not yet written this book.

Simon's explanation was very easy to understand, and Jennifer, who listened carefully, understood it immediately.She also knows that Simon does now have the potential influence that may affect the trend of a country's financial market.

After all, just through one operation, a self-made young man has accumulated wealth that others can hardly match in a few lifetimes.Under such a halo of miracles, no one would ignore Simon's views on a certain country's financial market.

After the stock market crash in 87, it experienced a short-term decline, and the Japanese stock market quickly recovered.The Nikkei even broke through the 30000-point mark at the end of last year, an increase of more than 1985% from 13000 in 100.

Two years ago, Soros bet on an early crash in the Japanese stock market, and then suffered heavy losses due to misjudgment.

Now, the Japanese stock market is still showing a triumphant attitude after breaking through 30000 points, but everyone understands that there is a serious bubble in it.You know, the average price-earnings ratio of the Japanese stock market has exceeded 70 times, and the Japanese real estate market has even seen a jaw-dropping sky-high price of US$12 per square meter.

Obviously, the Japanese economy is destined to experience a major collapse. The only thing that cannot be determined is when this collapse will come.

Jennifer digested what Simon said just now, and looked around carefully before asking, "You mean, the Japanese stock market is going to crash within the next month?"

"I'm just giving an example." Simon shook his head and said, "If I bet now, I will continue to choose to go long."

Jennifer is very smart, and she immediately understood another meaning from Simon's words: "You didn't prepare that money for betting on the Japanese stock market?"

Simon nodded with a smile, and said: "After the last stock market crash, all countries have imposed price limits on their stock index futures markets, and Japan is no exception. Even if I can judge the direction of the Japanese stock market more accurately, it is impossible Earn another huge profit like in 87."

Many people are now roughly guessing that Simon's target is the Japanese stock market.Also, those people must have thought that Simon would be inclined to short.

However, according to the information in Simon's memory, the bull market in the Japanese stock market will continue for another year, exceeding 38000 points by the end of this year.In one year, from 30000 points at the end of last year to 38000 points, the increase was only 26%.

In the stock market crash of 87, the North American stock market fell by 10% in one day on October 19th.

Comparing the two, even if the Japanese stock market is completely unaffected by Simon's entry and continues to develop according to the original time and space curve, with the principal in Simon's hands, he will not be able to make much money.

Of course, this is only relative.

Simon's real goal is actually the Kuwait War next year and the subsequent Gulf War.

Compared with the various restrictive measures introduced by various countries on the stock index futures market after being frightened by the 87 stock market crash, the crude oil futures market still has no price limit.The sharp rise and fall of oil prices brought about by the two wars in the next two years is another excellent opportunity for Simon to accumulate wealth.

In fact, in the Western financial system, from the stock market to the futures market, the mainstream tendency has always been to not set a price limit. After the 87 stock market disaster, many temporary restrictive measures will be canceled in the next few years.

Jennifer once again caught the subtext in Simon's words: "You didn't plan to enter, but now you changed your mind?"

"Yeah, I changed my mind," Simon nodded again, and said, "It's not bad to enter the market now to earn back the interest on the loans accumulated in the past few years. Even if you lose, you shouldn't lose too much. This will make some people Seeing that Simon Westeros isn't everything and won't stare at me so hard in the future."

In addition, what Simon did not say is that such an operation can also cover the layout of the crude oil futures market next year.

Jennifer showed an understanding expression on her face, and said, "And then?"

Simon reached out and scratched Jennifer's nose, saying, "Little girl, you already know too much."

Jennifer was suddenly attacked by Simon and shrank her neck suddenly.

After reacting, his face turned red immediately, and he looked around guiltily. Everyone else in the restaurant looked as if nothing had happened. They were a little relieved, and gave Simon a harmless look: "Don't do this again, and I also Not a little girl."

Simon admired the female assistant's slightly angry expression, and still responded insincerely, and said, "Call your father some time during the day and ask him to come here."

Jennifer hesitated, and said, "Can't we talk on the phone, it takes a whole day to fly from New York to Melbourne?"

The female assistant feels sorry for her father, so she must be considerate.

Simon thought about it. He didn't plan to hide it from the outside this time, and he probably couldn't hide it. Even if the phone was tapped, it didn't matter. So he nodded and said, "Okay, let's talk on the phone."

Chapter 231 Ultimatum (Revised)