Chapter 242

Northwest Tasmania.

Simon and Janet have lived here in recent days on the banks of the Arthur River, which runs through the primeval forests of Northwest Tasmania. There are several simple wooden houses on the edge of large farms and dense forests.

Of course, it's not only the two of them, but also many other attendants.

Six years ago, Heineken president's kidnapping shocked the world, which made all the rich pay more attention to their own security, especially Simon, who has always lacked a sense of security. As a man of two generations, he also knows that there are always too many unexpected malice in this world.

The wooden house was built when he bought the surrounding farms and woodlands. Simon actually wanted to build some more exquisite brick and stone buildings, but this idea was extremely incompatible with the excellent original ecology around, so he had to give up.

Many rich people always claim that the amount of money to a certain extent is just a series of figures, which is very hypocritical in Simon's view.

More money means that one can enjoy all the resources in this society more freely. There is a big difference between millionaires and multimillionaires.

Under the supervision of Janet, they have completely abandoned their work. In recent days, they have enjoyed everything that many top resorts can enjoy on this backward island at the end of the world.

The northern hemisphere is still in the middle of winter. I heard that New York has just experienced a snowstorm recently. Tasmania, which is located in temperate marine climate, is a perfect summer resort.

Living less than 30 kilometers away from the sea, he drifted down the Arthur River, took the Johnston's yacht for a day, and then led the team along the Arthur River to find Australia's unique platypus.

I really caught one, but no one knew how to eat it, so I had to let it go.

On the last day of February, Simon and Janet flew by helicopter to a winery in the middle of the island.

Tasmania is a very good wine producing area, only because the geographical location is too remote to develop the wine industry as prosperous as Europe.

Janet originally wanted to buy a winery in Europe, but she didn't find a suitable one. Instead, she opened a small winery with a scale of about 20 hectares in Tasmania, and transplanted a number of very high-quality Pinot Noir vines from France.

It's the ripening season, and although next month's picking is more appropriate, Simon and Janet have tried most of the process from picking to brewing.

Sophia faessy just came from Europe in recent days, because Simon was in a coma a few days ago, and for Gucci's sake. The woman was originally stopped in Melbourne by Janet, because she was going to the winery today, so she was called over as a staff officer.

The three spent the whole day in the winery, and it was late in the evening that they took a helicopter to return to their foothold in the northwest.

After getting off the helicopter, we went to the cabin together. Sofia was still talking about the winery: "the wine in Tasmania is very unique. If it can be operated carefully, it will certainly create a very good brand. Unfortunately, from the maintenance of grape plantations to the brewing technology of red wine, it is far from comparable with Europe. Although the quality of wine is affected by the climate, the cultivation and brewing technology are also crucial. "

"If you think you can do it, you can try it," Simon said, walking between the two women. "However, no top winemaker would like to live in such a remote place. There are only a few hundred thousand people in Tasmania."

Sophia was about to continue to say something when Janet interrupted: "Sophie, I've just pulled Simon out of work for a few days. Don't talk about these things."

"Well," Sophia stopped in time, and said strangely, "what happened last time?"

Hearing this question, Janet blinked a little sheepishly and stopped talking.

Simon laughed and said, "it's nothing, just too tired."

The three came to the door of the wooden house. This time, the chef who came with us asked us what to eat in the evening. He also said that Melbourne had just sent someone to send some seafood.

Simon didn't care too much about it. He just gave it to Janet, opened the door and walked into the cabin.

All he wanted to do was take a good bath.

The wooden house is a two-layer structure. It looks simple and rough on the outside, and some wood has sprouted, but the interior is very exquisite, and all the furniture and equipment are available.

Simon took a shower in the bathroom on the second floor, dressed fresh and went downstairs again.

There was no one in the living room, but there was some noise in the kitchen. Simon came to the kitchen door and saw Sophia making coffee. The same day, a habitual ol dress up the woman is still meticulous, as if just sitting in the office for a day.

Janet's character is always like a little girl. Sophia has a very lethal light and familiar flavor in her age, figure and temperament.

Simon leaned against the doorframe, admiring the woman's mature body, and unconsciously raised some uncontrollable emotions.Maybe it's because Janet has been forced to abstain in recent days.

In private, Janet thinks that it was her obsession with Simon that night that led to her fainting the next day, so she has not allowed Simon to do anything else in recent days.

Women are naturally very sensitive to men's eyes, Sophia pretended not to be patient for a moment, or turned to look over, with a faint blush on his face, said: "boss, don't you think it's impolite to look at a woman like this?"

Although she has expressed her attitude on some things and doesn't resist what happened to Simon, Sophia knows that Simon doesn't seem to be very interested in her in the past. However, for some reason, she was able to clearly feel something dangerous at this time.

The little man at the door is pressing the impulse of rushing to press her on the kitchen table.

It's still the rough one.

Simon hardly heard what Sophia had just said, and still looked at the woman in front of him. Outside the wooden house, Janet's light laughter when she was talking with people broke the beautiful confrontation.

His eyes were clear again. Simon pointed to the coffee pot and said, "OK?"

Sophia noticed that Simon's breath was fading away quickly. She was inexplicably disappointed and even curious, but she nodded: "OK."

"Pour me a glass, no sugar."

So Simon turned and went back to the living room.

Sophia stood in the same place for a moment, then silently took the cup from the cupboard, poured the coffee, hesitated for a while, and added a piece of sugar into it. Then some regret, poured a cup again, this just took two cups of coffee out of the kitchen.

Simon slouched on the living room couch, leaning against the pillow, looking at a book in his hand.

Sophia put a cup of coffee on the coffee table next to Simon. She sat down on the single sofa on the other side and glanced at the book Walden in the man's hand. She vaguely remembered that it was a very famous collection of essays, but she had not read it.

Just thinking about what to say, I heard Simon's voice: "you can go upstairs and take a bath."

Sophia shook her head subconsciously: "no, No

But a thought flashed in my mind, what if you break in?

"Then tell me something about Gucci."

Some time ago, Sofia has successfully won 63% of Gucci's shares, with a total expenditure of $170 million.

Simon actually hopes to buy the whole Gucci at one time. With his current strength, it's easy to raise another sum of money. However, although it has agreed to let go of Gucci's absolute control, most of the Gucci family are obviously looking forward to continuing to hold some shares so that they can continue to gain profits after the company recovers in the future.

Sophia listened to Simon, but looked at the door and said, "Jennie just said she can't talk about work."

Simon casually turned a page of the book in his hand and said, "you have to understand that for a heavy smoker, forcing the other person to quit smoking is not good for his health, but counterproductive."

Sophia felt that the metaphor was very interesting. She laughed and said, "there's something wrong with it."

"Well?"

"Gucci's problems are more serious than I expected, such as financial confusion, excessive authorization, brand differentiation and so on. Even Mauricio Gucci and Paul Gucci of the Gucci family are basically frequent visitors to the scandal pages of many gossip newspapers. The heirs of the family are terrible. If they want to rebuild Gucci brand, they themselves are a big problem. "

"It's normal that Gucci has the same heritage as Dior and Lv. Dior and LV are both worth more than US $1 billion. If Gucci's problem is not serious, how can we get so many shares with less than US $300 million? "Simon was not surprised. He looked at the woman and said," you don't want to tell me that you don't know what to do now, do you? "

Sophia dodged Simon's eyes, quickly looked back and said, "I need a sum of money, at least $20 million."

"Why?"

"The sum of all the funds I could use was only $176 million. The purchase of Gucci shares cost $170 million, and now there is only $6 million left. However, Gucci's vitality has been greatly damaged. Although I intend to streamline the product line, it will be very difficult to recover some products once they are cut off. Therefore, even if there is a loss, it must continue to maintain. These all need money. In addition, Mauricio Gucci, the former leader of Gucci, is a person who lives a very luxurious life. In order to maintain a luxurious life a few years ago, he almost emptied the foundation of Gucci, and even left behind a hidden debt, most of which can be slowly digested in the future operation, but some must be paid off as soon as possible. "

Simon nodded, thought, and said, "these are just small things. I just want to know. What are you going to do next?"Sophia said: "while ensuring the normal operation of Gucci's main product lines, I plan to start with the fashion department, especially the women's department. As long as the fashion department recovers, Gucci's other product lines will benefit. I've identified a few new creative directors who I'll interview when I leave Melbourne. "

Simon said: "but to sign these people, you still need money, right?"

"Yes," Sofia nodded. "Now many famous designers are not optimistic about Gucci. If we want to sign them, we have to show enough strength."

Simon continued, "anything else?"

"After confirming the new creative director, I will focus the next phase of operation on the major fashion weeks this autumn, which will be a key to Gucci's rejuvenation. At that time, I hope Denise entertainment can give some media resources support. "

"That's OK. I'll say hello to Amy."

"Actually, Simon, I hope that after Batman is finished, you can come to Italy and offer some suggestions. And autumn fashion week, if you can, I hope you can shoot an ad for Gucci in person. "

Simon shook his head and said, "I don't know much about fashion and I'm not going to waste too much energy on it. Sophie, I hope you can do the same, and try your best to hand over things to competent people. You just need to be a helmsman. Don't worry that your people are too good. What you should do is to make sure that your subordinates are better than you. As long as Gucci recovers, I will invest more money for you to acquire other brands and expand melisandro into a comprehensive luxury group as soon as possible. If you are completely involved in the Gucci brand, you can only be tied to this brand. At that time, I'll have to find someone else to take care of melisandra. "

"I understand, Simon, but this can't be too urgent. I need Gucci to familiarize myself with the detailed operation of the whole luxury industry." Sophia said, "so, about the money and the commercials?"

Simon did not give a ticket, said: "money can be given to you, as for advertising, I see when there is no time, if not, you can only find other people."

As they were chatting, Janet pushed the door and came in. When she heard what they were talking about, she immediately became dissatisfied. She pulled Simon up from the sofa and walked out, saying, "the Antarctic krill that dad sent is still alive."

Simon was dragged out by Janet.

Sophia watched them go out, and she got up and followed them.

We continued to stay in Tasmania for one night, rest for a whole week, and the group returned to Melbourne the next day.

"Batman" can not stop shooting for too long after all. The next day is March 1, the beginning of a new month. Simon started shooting the film again on this day.

Janet originally planned to accompany Simon to return to North America after his birthday. With the expansion of Simon's industry, women's life is far less leisurely than before. However, after fainting, Janet stayed and helped Simon take care of cersei capital.