This year's Oscar After Party has been re-planned.

Gucci Party was officially renamed Melisandra Party, and even applied for a special trademark, and identified Vanity Fair and the Igrit Portal as official media partners. At the same time, the party location was also changed on the top floor of the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood, which has an open interior space and a spacious terrace.

In addition, party invitation letters are no longer as easy as before. The team of Melisandra Company, who is responsible for this after-event party, began to look for an invitation list one month in advance, and the number of guests will be limited to about 200, far lower than the size of thousands of viewers at the Oscars ceremony.

It can be said that it is even more difficult to win the invitation to Melisandra Oscar for the after-party, than to participate in the Oscar.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the Oscars at the Dorothy Chandler Theatre in the downtown area officially ended, and superstars and celebrities with invitations to Melisandra Party rushed to West Hollywood. Those who failed to get invitations were not short of places. This night, there were all kinds of parties everywhere in Los Angeles, but other parties were difficult to gain much media attention from Melisandra Party.

Erin Lauder and the crew of "Wonder Woman" left the Dorothy Chandler Theater and rushed straight to the Melisandra party scene at the Sunset Tower Hotel.

Simon had arranged everything for her in advance, and she did not make her feel out of place for the unfamiliar circle of Hollywood, and there was even a top PR manager who was said to serve stars such as Keanu Reeves, Famick Jansen, and Sandra Brock to discuss with her whether to arrange some media press releases.

Although she rejected the other party's advice, she still couldn't help but feel some affection for a guy again.

When she came to Sunset Tower Hotel, she didn't want to show up in front of the media, so she went directly to the reporter's photo area and entered the hotel building through other entrances.

The party seemed very thoughtful in details, and a temporary dressing room was specially prepared for the guests.

It takes formal dresses to attend Oscars, but Melisandra's party is very casual and has no requirements for clothing. It is definitely not convenient for guests to walk around in long floor-dragging dresses. Many celebrities rent out dresses, often tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars. If they get dirty and torn at the party, they will inevitably feel distressed.

Erin Lauder also prepared two sets of clothes. The one used to attend the party was a light blue knee-length dress. It was avant-garde style and was more business-oriented. When choosing clothes, he thought someone would like it.

After changing his clothes, he handed the original dress to the assistant he arranged for him to pack up. Erin Lauder finally entered the party scene. The atmosphere here was very relaxed. Many familiar Hollywood stars gathered together to chat in groups, and there were also many political and business celebrities she happened to know.

He was looking around and waiting for the Wonder Woman actor Famick Jensen, who had just talked well, to come up. A woman wearing a simple black dress with a figure but a pretty beautiful figure all over her body and exuding a mature and intellectual atmosphere came over and stretched out her hand: "Hello, Miss Lauder, I am Sophia Fisch."

Erin Lauder just entered a family business after graduating from university last year, but he also heard his elders talk about a lot of information in the industry.

When I heard the woman's self-introduction, I immediately thought of the other person's identity.

Sofia Fessi, Chairman and CEO of Melisandra.

This is a very powerful woman. In just a few years, Melisandra Company has been built into a comprehensive luxury goods group. Moreover, the other party has a very obvious relationship with Simon Westeros.

"Hello, Ms. Feisey, I'm glad to meet you."

Thinking of this, Erin Lauder shook hands with Sophia politely while subconsciously looking at the other person.

The first feeling is that this woman has really good skin. The slightly conservative round-neck black dress reveals her skin smooth, delicate and fair, and seems to be flawless.

It even makes people want to pinch it.

Um.

I don't know if he's ever pinched it.

Sofia let the girl look at her, and glanced at the light blue long skirt on her body, and smiled and said, "Is this the latest model Montana just released some time ago?"

Erin Lauder was surprised and nodded, "Yes, Ms. Feisey, do you know this long dress?"

Sofia said: "The Montana design style is very typical, bold and avant-garde, and it makes you feel a little more intellectual when worn on you, which is very suitable."

"Oh, thank you," Erin Lauder felt embarrassed, trying to compliment the other person's clothes, but without the eyesight of Sophia, hesitated for a while, and turned the topic to a guy in a silly way: "Will Mr. Westeros come tonight?"

Sophia smiled a little more at the corner of her mouth and said, "Of course, but I'll have to wait a little longer."

As he was talking, another female voice who seemed a little carefree sounded next to her: "Hi, Sophia."

The two turned around together, and Sophia opened her arms toward the girl who was walking over: "Good evening, Sandy, you are so beautiful tonight."

The person who came was Sandra Brock.

"Thank you, too."

"Oh, let me introduce you, this is Miss Erin Lauder."

Sandra stepped forward and hugged Erin Lauder gently, and asked subconsciously: "Estee Lauder?"

Erin Lauder nodded and said, "Essay Lauder is my grandmother."

"That's a very legendary woman."

"Thank you, my grandmother has watched your "Rola Run" and she likes it very much."

"Oh, ah, you mean..."

"My grandmother is 85 years old, but she has been in good health."

"very nice."

After a few simple conversations, Sandra turned to Sophia and asked, "Why didn't I see Simon?"

Sofia smiled and said, "He is the boss, of course he will appear whenever he wants."

"It's getting harder to see him now."

"You know how busy he is, too."

"Yes, I've been busy making so much money, so I don't give me some."

"You can ask him for it."

"Forget it. If he throws me a billion, I don't know how to spend it."

"Haha, I can help you."

"You'd better help him spend it," Sandra made a little ambiguous joke, saw a figure not far away, and said, "Keenu is here, I'll say hello, this guy hasn't seen him for a long time."

When Sandra left, Sophia glanced at the entrance and said to Erin Lander beside her: "The crew of "Smelling the Fragrance and Knowing the Woman" has arrived, let's get to know each other?"

Erin Lauder had not seen Famick Jensen yet, so he nodded and said, "Okay."

As the big winner of this Oscar, the crew of "Smelling the Fragrance" caused a small commotion at the party as soon as it appeared.

The two girls stepped forward together and just gave up the opportunity to communicate to others just by saying a few words.

Just left the crew of "Smelling the Fragrance and Knowing the Woman", several tall and beautiful girls came together. They were the five spokespersons of Victoria's Secret, Cindy Crawford, Yasmin Gary, Terra Banks, Helena Christensen and Stephanie Seymour.

Erin Lauder listened to Sophia greeting the girls enthusiastically, and then found that before he had a few conversations, Stephanie Seymour asked when a guy would appear.

It seems, the third time?

The following greetings were almost nothing surprising, the fourth time, the fifth time, the sixth time...

Near ten o'clock, when a guy finally appeared, Erin Lauder felt that it would be better to stay away from him.

There are so many women who are thinking about this bastard, she doesn't want to be one of his many lovers.

Although he thought so, when he praised her for her beautiful dress tonight, he couldn't help but feel happy. When he walked away with Sofia Fessi, he couldn't help but feel a little tasty again.

After traveling through the crowd for more than half an hour, congratulating the winners tonight, and greeting some important guests, Simon finally got free and walked to the terrace outside the bar with Sophia.

The two sat down on a sofa in the corner of the terrace. Sophia finally asked with some teasing words: "Why have you hooked up with the little girl from the Lauder family?"

Simon said as if nothing happened: "I met at a New York party a few days ago."

Sophia just teased her for a little while, without the intention of chasing her hard, and she had just done what she should do. Seeing so many beautiful girls paying attention to Simon, the girl should have given up.

In some aspects, Sofia is actually very similar to the female assistant.

As his lover, knowing that she has no chance to fight for anything does not mean that she will be happy to see other women around him.

So I talked about some serious matters.

"Christie's has probably been negotiated. Each share is 309p, totaling 562 million pounds, equivalent to 878 million US dollars. If you have no problem here, I will return to Europe tomorrow and the news will be officially announced."

Simon nodded: "I've read your memo in the morning."

Compared with the closing price last Friday, the transaction price of 309 pence per share is equivalent to a 23% premium, and compared with the stock price when negotiations just started in mid-February, the premium is exactly 30%.

During the negotiations over the past month, the two sides have had several tug-of-war, and Christie's stock price on the London Exchange continued to fluctuate.

In early March, because Christie's refused to make too many concessions, Sophia decisively suspended the negotiations and completely gave up the acquisition. In the following two weeks, Christie's' stock price, which had been rising continuously, began to fall.

Until last Friday, Christie's contacted him and Sofia also gave a plan that had been drafted long ago and said that this was Melisandra's last offer.

If Christie's does not accept it, the transaction will be completely terminated.

Although some shareholders are still unwilling to give up, after the board of directors' vote, Melisandra's acquisition plan was finally passed.

Obviously, most shareholders also understand that even if Simon Westeros is optimistic about Christie's, it is impossible for this auction house to sell too high prices due to industry size restrictions.

After continuing to talk about some details, Sophia asked again: "Also, what's going on with that Joseph Lewis?"

Simon said: "You should have read the other party's information as well. I am very interested in the Tavistock group under Joseph Lewis. There may be opportunities for cooperation in the future."

After Joseph Lewis wanted to establish a cooperative relationship with Simon, Simon also found that Joseph Lewis could be used as a springboard for his investment in Latin America.

In this acquisition, the initial plan was that Melisandra only planned to use its own funds to acquire about 51% of Christie's shares and achieve absolute control. The remaining shares are jointly held by Apollo Management Company, a subsidiary of Cersei Capital, and some other capitals.

After Simon promised Joseph Lewis's stake at a party in New York, Sophia had to change the financing strategy that had been formulated and distributed 20% of the shares to Joseph Lewis.

Moreover, an Italian investment fund controlled by the Agnelli family behind the Fiat Group plans to acquire about 15% of the shares, as well as a 10% investment share of Italian media tycoon Berlusconi. These are not just simple holdings, but actually symbolize that a cooperation between the Westeros system and Italian local capital cannot be pushed out at all, nor can it be pushed out.

After urgent consultations with Joseph Lewis, Melisandra's own share was finally reduced.

Fortunately, Joseph Lewis spared no effort to establish a cooperative relationship with the Westeros system and offered to permanently grant the voting rights of 20% of the shares to Melisandra. Unless the stock is sold in the future, Joseph Lewis will only hold shares and have no voting rights.

According to calculations, although Melisandra's stake in Christie's has been reduced to 31%, including Joseph Lewis' 20% and Cersei Capital invested $100 million to 11%, the Westeros system's voting rights will reach 62%.

A 31% shareholding, an absolute controlling stake, is an investment state that Simon is very happy to see.

Even if the capital accumulation in the Westeros system is rapid, it will ultimately have a certain limit. Using other people's money to increase its own capital influence is actually one of the important purposes of Simon's development of Cersei Capital.

For example, if Black Rock Asset Management Company, a subsidiary of Cersei Capital, can reach the peak of controlling the global assets of $6 trillion, it will be a huge capital that can subvert a country. Capital itself cannot exert its influence. If it wants to do this, it will eventually have to be implemented through individuals. Cersei Capital controls funds to buy a company's stock. After reaching a certain proportion, the Westeros system can send its own representatives to the company's board of directors, thus forming an influence on a company.

The stronger the corporate giant, the more it tends to prefer Volkswagen-owned companies. Such companies are basically the actual controllers of the board of directors.

If the Westeros system has its own seats on the boards of corporate giants such as General Electric, Boeing, ExxonMobil, IBM, etc., to a certain extent, Simon will control the US economy and expand outwardly, and the same is true on a global scale.

The most important point is that the Westeros system itself does not need to have so much money.
Chapter completed!