Northwestern Tasmania.

Along the Arthur River, which runs through the primeval forest in northwest Tasmania, there are several simple wooden houses on the edge of large farms and dense forests. Simon and Janet have been living here in recent days.

Of course, it's not just the two of them, there are many other followers.

The kidnapping of the CEO of Heineken that shocked the world six years ago made all the rich pay more attention to their own safety issues, especially Simon who has always been insecure. As a man of two generations, he also understands that there are always too many things to predict in this world.

Incredible malice.

The wooden house was built when he bought the surrounding farm and surrounding woodland. Simon actually wanted to build some more exquisite masonry buildings, but this idea was extremely inconsistent with the well-preserved original ecology around it, so he just

Can give up.

Many rich people always claim that money is just a series of numbers to a certain extent. This statement seems to Simon to be very hypocritical.

More money means that a person can enjoy all the resources in this society more freely. On this point, there is absolutely a world of difference between a millionaire and a billionaire.

Under the supervision of Janet, they completely abandoned work. In recent days, the two of them have been enjoying everything that can only be enjoyed in many top resorts on this relatively backward island at the end of the world.

It's still the middle of winter in the northern hemisphere, and I heard that New York has just experienced a snowstorm recently. But it's midsummer here in Australia. Tasmania, which has a temperate maritime climate, doesn't have the slightest bit of summer heat, and it's absolutely perfect.

A good summer resort.

The place where I live is less than 30 kilometers from the sea. I drifted down the Arthur River and spent a day on the sea on the Johnston family's yacht. I then led a team along the Arthur River to look for Australia's unique platypus.

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

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

Tasmania is a very good wine producing area, but because of its remote location, it has not been able to develop a wine industry as prosperous as Europe.

Janet originally wanted to buy a winery in Europe, but she couldn't find a suitable one, so she found a new way to open a small winery of about 20 hectares in Tasmania, and transplanted a batch of very high-quality wine from France.

Pinot Noir vines come over.

It was the grape ripening season, and although picking would be more suitable next month, Simon and Janet personally tried most of the processes from picking to brewing.

Sofia Feisi happened to come from Europe in the past few days, because of Simon's coma a few days ago and because of the Gucci incident. The woman was originally stopped by Janet in Melbourne because she was going to a winery today, so she called her over.

Be a counselor.

The three of them spent the whole day in the winery, and towards evening they took the helicopter back to their destination in the northwest.

After getting off the helicopter, everyone walked to the wooden house together. Sofia was still talking about the winery: "The wine here in Tasmania is very unique. If it can be operated carefully, it will definitely create a good brand. It's a pity.

, everything from grape plantation maintenance to red wine brewing technology here is far from comparable to Europe. Although the quality of wine is affected by the climate, planting and brewing technology are also very critical."

"If you think it's feasible, you can give it a try," Simon said, walking between the two women: "However, there probably won't be any top winemakers willing to live in such a remote place, in the entire Tasmania."

Only a few hundred thousand people."

Just as Sophia was about to continue talking, Janet interrupted: "Sophie, I just pulled Simon out of work for a few days, don't talk about these things."

"Okay," Sophia stopped in time and asked curiously: "Speaking of which, what happened last time?"

Hearing this question, Janet suddenly blinked in embarrassment and stopped talking.

Simon smiled and said, "It's nothing, I'm just too tired."

The three of them came to the door of the wooden house. The chef who came with them this time came up and asked everyone what they were eating for dinner. He also said that someone from Melbourne had just sent some seafood.

Simon didn't pay too much attention to this, he just handed it over to Janet, opened the door and walked into the wooden house.

After a long day of running around, he just wanted to take a good bath.

The wooden house is a two-story structure. It looks simple and rough on the outside, with some sprouts on the wood, but it is very exquisite inside, with all furniture and equipment.

Simon took a shower in the bathroom on the second floor, changed his clothes freshly and went back downstairs.

There was no one in the living room, but there were some noises from the kitchen. Simon came to the kitchen door and saw Sophia making coffee. She had also been running around all day, and the woman in her habitual OL outfit was still meticulous, as if she had just sat in the office all day.

Janet's character is often like a little girl, while Sophia does have a very lethal aura of familiarity regardless of her age, body shape or personality.

Simon leaned against the door frame, admiring the woman's mature and graceful figure, and unknowingly felt some uncontrollable emotions.

Probably because Janet has been forced to abstain from sexual intercourse in recent days.

Janet privately felt that she pestered Simon for too long that night, which led to the fainting incident the next day, so she has not allowed Simon to do certain things in the past few days.

Women are naturally very sensitive to men's gazes. Sophia pretended to endure it for a moment, then turned to look over with a faint blush on her face and said: "Boss, don't you think it's rude to look at a woman like this?"

?"

Although she had expressed her stance on certain things and was not opposed to something happening with Simon in her heart, in the past, Sophia knew that Simon did not seem to be very interested in her. However, for some reason, she could clearly feel it at this time.

There is something that can be called dangerous.

The little man at the door was suppressing the urge to rush over and pin her down on the kitchen counter.

Still very rough.

Simon barely heard what Sophia had just said, and was still looking at the woman in front of him unabashedly. Janet's chuckle while talking to someone suddenly came from outside the wooden house, immediately breaking this charming confrontation that seemed to be on the verge of breaking out.

His eyes clear again, Simon raised his finger and pointed at the coffee pot, saying: "Are you ready?"

Sofia noticed that a certain aura on Simon's body was quickly fading away. She was inexplicably disappointed and even curious, but she nodded quickly: "Okay."

"Pour me a glass without sugar."

After saying this, Simon turned around and returned to the living room.

Sofia stood there stunned for a moment, then silently took a cup from the cupboard, poured coffee in, hesitated for a moment, and added a cube of sugar in angrily. Then she regretted it and poured another cup.

Then he picked up two cups of coffee and left the kitchen.

Simon was lying lazily on the couch in the living room, leaning on the pillows and reading a book in his hand.

Sofia put a cup of coffee on the coffee table next to Simon, sat down on the single sofa on the other side, glanced at the book in the man's hand, "Walden", and vaguely remembered that this was a very famous collection of essays.

, but she has not seen it.

Just when I was thinking about what to say, I heard Simon's voice: "You can go upstairs and take a shower."

Sophia shook her head subconsciously: "No, no need."

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

"Then tell me about Gucci."

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

Simon actually hopes to buy the entire Gucci at once. With his current strength, it will be easy to raise another amount of funds. However, although he has agreed to let go of absolute control of Gucci, most of the Gucci family obviously also expects to continue to control it.

Some shares so that the company can continue to earn profits after it recovers in the future.

When Sophia heard what Simon said, she looked towards the door and said, "Jenny just said that she couldn't talk about work matters."

Simon turned the page of the book in his hand at random and said: "You have to understand that for a person who is a heavy smoker, forcing him to quit smoking will not only be bad for the body, but will be counterproductive."

Sophia thought this metaphor was very interesting. She laughed and said without any hesitation, "Things are a bit troublesome."

"Um?"

"Gucci's problems are more serious than I thought, including financial chaos, over-licensing, brand differentiation, etc. Even people like Maurizio Gucci and Paul Gucci of the Gucci family are basically in the scandal pages of many gossip newspapers.

Frequently asked, the heirs of this family are terrible. They are a huge problem in themselves if they want to rebuild the Gucci brand."

"It's normal. Gucci has the same heritage as Dior and LV. The two major brands, Dior and LV, are currently worth more than 1 billion US dollars. If Gucci's problem is not too serious, how could we only use less than 300 million US dollars?"

"We got so many shares based on the valuation." Simon was not surprised at all. He glanced sideways at the woman and said, "You're not going to tell me that you don't know what to do now, are you?"

Sophia avoided Simon's eyes for a moment, then quickly looked over and said, "I need some money, at least 20 million US dollars."

"What's the reason?"

"The total funds that I could use originally were only over 176 million U.S. dollars. I spent 170 million U.S. dollars to purchase Gucci shares, and now I only have over 6 million U.S. dollars left. However, Gucci is now very strong.

Although I plan to streamline the product line, it will be very difficult to restore some products once they are cut, so they must continue to be maintained even if they are losing money. These all require money. Also, Maurizio Gucci, the previous head of Gucci, is a

A person who lives a very luxurious life. In order to maintain his luxurious life in the past few years, he almost emptied Gucci's foundation and even left a hidden debt. Most of it can be slowly digested in future operations, but

Some of them must be paid off as soon as possible."

Simon nodded, thought for a moment, 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 clothing department. As long as the fashion department recovers, other product lines of the Gucci brand can benefit from it. I have already identified several

The new creative director will interview these people after leaving Melbourne."

Simon said: "But if you want to sign these people, you still need money, right?"

"Yes," Sofia nodded and said, "Many famous designers are very unfavorable to Gucci now. If we want to sign them, we must show sufficient strength."

Simon continued to ask: "Is there any more?"

"After confirming the new creative director, I will focus the next phase of operations on several major fashion weeks this fall. That will be the key to Gucci's revitalization. By then, I hope Daenerys Entertainment can provide

Provide some media resources to support.”

"That's no problem, I'll say hello to Amy."

"Actually, Simon, I hope that after "Batman" is completed, you can come to Italy to visit and provide some suggestions. There is also a fashion week in autumn. If possible, I hope you can personally shoot a commercial for Gucci."

Simon shook his head and said: "I don't know much about fashion, and I don't plan to waste too much energy on it. Sophie, I hope you will do the same, leave things to capable people to complete as much as possible, you only need to do one
To be continued...