This six-day Milan Fashion Week will be held on the second day of the opening day from 9 am to 8 pm.

However, Gucci is definitely the only focus today. Italian luxury brands such as Prada, Armani, Fendi, Versace have previously staggered the dates of the show with Gucci.

At the end of the Gucci show, except for a few people who needed to leave, most other media and guests stayed. In addition to the post-show photo interviews and other sessions, Gucci also arranged a sumptuous luncheon and a grand brand-themed party would also be held in the evening.

Just after watching the 15-minute show with Simon, Sophia Fessi started to be busy again, and both Janet and Jennifer were pulled to help.

Simon turned to the seating area next to the show, carefully arranged by another factory building.

The exquisite sofa, open bar and essential Gucci product display make this seating area look artistic, and it also facilitates people in it to rest and communicate.

After accepting media interviews and taking photos, the guests gradually gathered here for a while for a rest and waited for the luncheon to begin at 11:30.

Subsequently, the model team responsible for this show also appeared one after another.

Because it is the busiest fashion season in the circle, these models will certainly not have the only one to walk in Milan, but because of Gucci, they don’t need to go to other shows at least this morning.

Next to the round table in a corner of the seating area.

After Madonna came here, she tangled Simon and said, "Simon, the sales of the original soundtrack of "Body Guard" are amazing. How about helping me create an album? I can star in Daenerys Entertainment for free."

Simon felt that the woman was almost stuck to her, so he had to give in to her, saying, "Maggie, the success of the original soundtrack of "Body Guard" was just an accident. Moreover, if you come to star in the movie Daenerys Entertainment for free, such a chip is not attractive at all."

"Oh, Simon, it's so hurtful that you say that. Didn't I do well in "Pulp Novels"?" Madonna persevered and got hit on Simon again, saying, "Or, we can work together, just like Daenerys Entertainment did with Alista Records on the original soundtrack of "Body Guards."

Simon shook his head firmly again and said, "It's very difficult to make a record, I don't have such time now."

"Oh, Simon, you are so heartless. I still regard you as a good friend."

Simon smiled and said, "Since you are a friend, you should be less involved in work."

"You are wrong, friends should help each other," Madonna retorted, and saw Simon not letting go, and said, "In addition, I just saw the shooting team of "Gucci Documentary" and suddenly wondered whether I could make a documentary at my concert next year."

When Simon heard this, he immediately remembered Madonna's music documentary "Sleeping with Madonna".

In memory, Madonna produced this music documentary based on the 1990 "Blonde Ambition" global tour experience, which earned nearly $30 million worldwide for less than $5 million, much more successful than Michael Jackson's 1985 "Shadow Dancer".

However, knowing that the women around you are actually very smart, Simon did not show any interest immediately, just said: "The Gucci Documentary is mainly used for brand promotion. What do you do for making documentaries?"

"Maybe it can be a big shot," Madonna suddenly became interested and calculated directly: "The budget for such a documentary should not be too high, a few million is enough. Moreover, not just myself, many friends will appear to support them at that time, especially Simon Westeros, which is very rare. Therefore, even if you can't log in to theaters like Jackson's "Shadow Dancer" in the future, and earning back the cost through videotape distribution and TV broadcasting sales."

As Madonna said, she made up her mind and looked up and said, "Simon, do you want to cooperate? If you don't want to, I'll go find someone else."

Simon noticed the faint temptation in Madonna's eyes and said with a smile: "Otherwise, you pay for the production yourself. Daenerys Entertainment can help publish it, maybe you can really make a big profit."

Madonna is now giving out the money, but she is very clear about the absolute principle of never investing in movies in this circle.

Seeing Simon being indifferent, Madonna tentatively again unwillingly said, "Then I'll work with other film companies?"

In Hollywood now, who doesn’t know Simon Westeros’s vision? If the little man next to him becomes interested in his own documentary ideas, no matter whether the documentary can really succeed in the future, she can use it as a bargaining chip to fight for more benefits for herself.

Simon just shrugged and was about to say something else, a group of tall and beautiful beauties walked towards them with laughter and laughter. It was the models who walked this show.

Michael Jackson's "Shadow Dancer" did not splash any waves. Simon didn't believe how many people would be interested in Madonna's music documentary, so he planned to let the woman go first, pretending to be attracted by Cindy Crawford and others who came over, and he took the initiative to say hello: "Cindy, are you finished doing your job?"

"Stay a break, and you'll have to take photos in the afternoon," Cindy Crawford said, just nodding at Madonna casually, and sat down on the other side of Simon without hesitation, saying, "What are you talking about?"

Simon responded casually, and models such as Paulina Preskova, Helena Christensen, Stephanie Seymour and other models greeted Simon and sat down at the round table. Seeing that Simon was completely attracted by a group of goblins, Madonna took the initiative to get up and walk towards her.

Simon was originally just a minimalist sofa with two seats under him. Madonna stood up, and he wanted to move to the other side to make the space relax, and a slender figure sat down. His body was slightly squeezed and another light fragrance came. Simon turned his head to look at him. This was a girl with brown hair, blue eyes, and a little high cheekbones, wearing a simple white shirt and washed jeans.

I had seen it at the last rehearsal, not to mention that there was too much information in my memory. Simon did not pretend not to know him and said in Italian: "Hello Miss Bruni."

Cara Bruni was stunned for a moment and said in Italian: "Hello, Mr. Westeros, your Italian accent seems to be more standard than mine."

Simon smiled and said, "How is that possible, aren't you Italian?"

Cara Bruni took the coffee from the waiter and held it in his hand, saying, "I immigrated to France with my family when I was 5 years old."

Simon waved his hand at the waiter, pointed to a cup of coffee already on the round table in front of him, and continued to say to Cara Bruni: "Why do you want to immigrate to France? The Bruni family seems to be very prominent in Italy."

"In those years, the public security in Italy became worse and worse. The family members were worried about being kidnapped and had to immigrate," said Cara Bruni, and said to Simon again: "Mr. Westeros, if you stay here for a long time, try to be careful."

Simon nodded and said, "Also, just call me Simon."

Stephanie Seymour on the single sofa next to him saw the two of them talking in Italian, interrupted dissatisfiedly: "Simon, Carla, what are you talking about? No one understands."

"When talking about mafia, you're careful in Milan these days."

Stephanie Seymour didn't know anything about this and didn't care much about it: "We are not those young models who just debuted."

As we chatted like this, it was soon 11 o'clock. The staff began to remind everyone to rush to a nearby hotel where the luncheon would be held.

When Cara Bruni stood up, generously gave Simon a business card, hoping to chat with him when he had time.

Simon had no idea about this woman, known as the "bansheeper", which did not conform to his aesthetic, but he still put away his business card.

In the next few days, the Gucci team led by Sofia was busy all the time.

Newspaper articles, magazine special topics and TV interviews about this Gucci show were also quickly spread in media from various countries. Although some newspapers and magazines are inevitably criticized by Gucci's fashion design style for being too commercialized, the overall public opinion trend is obviously inclined to be positive.

The four major fashion weeks of this era are held in London, Milan, Paris and New York.

It was not until the Paris Fashion Week opened that the media discussions about Gucci were gradually diverted by major French luxury brands, while Italian brands such as Prada and Armani were completely suppressed by Gucci.

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

First, I flew to Rome and met with Giuseppe Tonadore, who was preparing for the final preparations for "The Journey of Family", and also attended some gatherings in the Italian film industry.

In the 1970s, due to the rise of the Hollywood Italian Gang, Italian filmmakers really enjoyed their glory in Hollywood for several years.

However, this glory disappeared with the failure of a series of European directors in Hollywood. However, as the center of the world film, Italian filmmakers still have an instinctive yearning for Hollywood. Simon, a young Hollywood tycoon who has risen rapidly in recent years, is naturally warmly received by the Italian film industry.

When purchasing the property, Simon and Janet were unable to choose a suitable place to live in Rome. They only stayed in the city for three days before heading to Florence again.

The new American richest man and Hollywood media tycoon have made Simon's trip to Italy attract the attention of local media, and the media activity in Italy is no less than that in North America.

As soon as he arrived in Milan, Simon has been the target of Italian paparazzi's pursuit. He has been traveling in three of Italy's most important cities in a row. He inevitably said a few beautiful words when asked by the media. Simon quickly became an American rich man with a very good impression of this country in the Italian media.

Speaking of which, if it weren't for the potential concerns about security, Simon really had a good impression of Italy, a country with a deep cultural heritage.

Just the second day after leaving Milan, Simon encountered an attempted break-in incident on his mansion on the shore of Lake Como due to the exposure of local newspapers.

Simon has installed alarm systems in all residences in Europe. The intruders were discovered just after they climbed over the wall. Milan police promptly arrested a group of five criminal gangs with obvious gang backgrounds. Simon's private residence with a huge influence was invaded by someone. If it was reported, it would definitely affect Milan's urban image. After the incident, the Milan government quickly sent people to lobby for hope that Simon would not make any statement.

Since he had not suffered any losses, Simon naturally would not make a big deal.

However, Simon then handed over Sofia a media public relations task to avoid the exposure of information about his residences in Europe as much as possible, and also considered continuing to upgrade or specifically developing a more stringent residential monitoring and alert system. As a guy with a strong sense of territory as a lion, Simon did not care about the possible financial losses of these residences after being broken into, but the intrusion of private territory itself made him very, very uncomfortable.

Florence.

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

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

After finishing the day's work, at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, Sophia drove here, asked the bodyguard in the front yard, and walked around the villa and headed towards the back yard.

On the lawn under the setting sun, Simon and Janet were standing together at a long table covered with various information documents and whispering something, and Jennifer was also next to him. Seeing Sophia appear, the two stopped talking and everyone greeted him. Sophia pretended to accidentally scan the documents on the desktop. When she saw a document with the title "Columbia Savings and Credit Bank Bond Asset Risk Assets" printed on it, she tactfully retracted her eyes.

Simon didn't shy away and said to Sophia: "We can't show you these, let's go to the living room."

Sofia responded with a smile and followed Simon into the villa.

The two sat down on the sofa in the living room. Simon remembered something and asked, "What's going on with Sabina Freri on "The Journey to Family"? Have you become good friends?"

Sofia took some documents from the bag she brought, and heard this: "Sabina's father is an official of the Milan Municipal Government. We were able to get that factory in the eastern suburbs to hold a catwalk, and the other party helped a lot."

Simon nodded and stopped asking.

If you want to do business in any country, it is impossible not to deal with the government. If you want to make the business bigger, it is even more impossible not to establish closer relationships with the local government. Your female senior executive is obviously very familiar with this, so Simon doesn't intend to pay too much attention.

Sofia didn't say much, but handed Simon the documents taken out of her bag and said, "This is Gucci's business conditions and financial data in various aspects in recent months, as well as several project planning documents."

Simon took it, flipped through a document casually, and said, "Suddenly let me see what these do?"

Sofia said: "From Gucci's recent operating situation, this year's revenue data should be able to exceed US$350 million, a 35% increase from last year's annual revenue of US$260 million. However, this is still a big gap with competitors such as Dior and Chanel. Dior's revenue last year was as high as US$830 million and his net profit was US$120 million."

Simon nodded and waited for Sophia to continue.

Sofia paused a little and then said, "Fortunately, Gucci has recovered very quickly in recent months. My expectation for this company is that next year's revenue data will exceed $600 million and surpass Dior in 1991. To achieve this goal, we must continue to expand Gucci's scale. The project planning sections in your hands include the plan to acquire workshops, the redecoration and employee training plan for Gucci stores around the world, and a marketing budget plan for the fourth quarter of this year and next year. Simon, if you agree, Gucci will not retain any profit in the past two years. I plan to spend all my funds on the company's expansion and will also conduct loan financing again if necessary."
Chapter completed!