Chapter 295

The six-day Milan Fashion Week opens. The four major fashion weeks of this era are held in the order of London, Milan, Paris and New York.

It was not until the opening of Paris fashion week that the discussion on Gucci in the media was gradually diverted by the major French luxury brands, while the local Italian brands such as Prada and Armani were completely suppressed by Gucci.

The day after the show, Simon and Janet started their own schedule.

First, he flew to Rome, met Giuseppe tonadore, who was making the final preparations for "the journey of heaven", and attended a gathering of Italian film circles.

In the 1970s, because of the rise of the Italian gang in Hollywood, Italian filmmakers were really popular in Hollywood for several years. However, this kind of scenery disappeared with the failure of a series of European directors in Hollywood production. However, as a world film center, Italian filmmakers still have an instinctive yearning for Hollywood. Simon, a young Hollywood tycoon who has risen rapidly in recent years, is naturally warmly welcomed by the Italian film circle.

Simon and Janet only stayed in the city for three days before they went to Florence.

Simon's trip to Italy has attracted the attention of local media due to his multiple identities, such as the new richest man in the United States and Hollywood media tycoon. The level of local media activity in Italy is no less than that in North America.

As soon as he arrived in Milan, Simon has always been the target of Italian paparazzi. He went to three most important cities in Italy in a row, and inevitably said a few beautiful words when being questioned by the media. Simon soon became an American tycoon who was very fond of this country in the Italian media.

In a word, if it wasn't for the potential security concerns, Simon really has a good feeling for Italy, a country with profound culture.

Just the day after leaving Milan, Simon's mansion on the Bank of Lake Como suffered an attempted intrusion because of the exposure of local newspapers.

Simon has installed an alarm system in all his residences in Europe. The intruder was found just after crossing the wall. Milan police promptly arrested a gang of five people with an obvious Mafia background. Simon, a public figure with great influence, was intruded into his private house, which will definitely affect the image of Milan. After the incident, the Milan government soon sent people to lobby Simon to keep quiet.

Since there is no loss, Simon will not make a fuss.

However, Simon also gave Sofia a media PR task to avoid the exposure of his residences in Europe as much as possible, and considered further upgrading or developing a more rigorous residential monitoring and alarm system. As a guy with a strong sense of territory like a lion, Simon doesn't care about the possible financial losses after these houses are broken into, but the fact that private territory is broken into itself makes him very uncomfortable.

Florence.

Simon's manor in the southern suburb of the city, the time is September 28, Thursday.

Milan Fashion Week has ended on the 26th, Sophia also led the team back to Florence.

After a day's work, Sophia drove here at 6 p.m., asked the bodyguard in the front yard, and went straight around the villa to the back yard.

Simon and Janet are standing at a long table with all kinds of documents on the lawn in the setting sun, discussing something in a low voice, and Janet is also beside them. Seeing Sophia's appearance, they stopped talking. As everyone said hello, Sophia glanced at the document on the desk. Seeing the title of "CBS bond asset risk assessment" printed on one of the documents, Sophia withdrew her eyes.

Simon is not shy, to Sophia: "these can't show you, let's go to the living room."

Sophia answers with a smile and follows Simon into the villa.

As they sat down on the sofa in the living room, Simon thought of one thing and asked, "what's the matter with Sabina frilly on the other side of" the journey of heaven "? Have you become good friends?"

Sophia took out the documents from her satchel and said: "Sabina's father is an official of Milan municipal government. We can get the factory in the eastern suburb to hold a walk show. The other party has helped a lot."

Simon nodded and asked no more.

If you want to do business in any country, it is impossible not to deal with the government. If you want to expand the business, it is even more impossible not to establish a closer relationship with the local government. Obviously, your female executives are very familiar with this, and Simon does not intend to pay too much attention to it.

Sofia also did not say much, but handed Simon the documents from her satchel and said, "this is the operating status and financial data of Gucci in recent months, as well as several project plans."

Simon took it over, opened a document and said, "what do you want me to see all of a sudden?"

Sofia said: "judging from Gucci's recent business situation, this year's revenue data should be able to break through 350 million US dollars, which is 35% higher than the annual revenue of 260 million US dollars last year. However, there is still a big gap with Dior and Chanel. Dior's revenue last year was as high as US $830 million and its net profit was US $120 million. "Simon gave a hum, waiting for Sophia to continue.

Sofia pause a little, then said: "fortunately, Gucci's recovery in recent months is very rapid. My expectation for this company is that next year's revenue data will exceed $600 million, and in 1991 it will surpass Dior. To achieve this, we must continue to expand the scale of Gucci. Some of the project proposals in your hand include the plan to acquire the workshop, the renovation and staff training plan for Gucci stores around the world, and a marketing budget for the fourth quarter of this year and next year. Simon, if you agree, gucci won't keep any profit in the last two years. I plan to use all the funds for the expansion of the company and make loan financing again when necessary. "