Hollywood Hunter

This six-day Milan Fashion Week, on the second day of the opening, a total of 11 brand catwalks will be held from 9 am to 8 pm.

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

After the Gucci show was over, most of the media and guests stayed, except for a few people who needed to leave. In addition to photo interviews and other links after the show, Gucci also arranged a sumptuous luncheon and a grand brand-themed party in the evening.

Just after watching the 15-minute catwalk with Simon, Sophia Fessy started to be busy again, and both Janet and Jennifer were dragged by her to help.

Simon turned to the rest area carefully arranged by another factory next to the show.

Exquisite sofas, open bar counters and essential Gucci product display make this rest area full of art, and it is also convenient for people to rest and communicate.

After receiving media interviews and taking photos, the guests also gradually gathered here for a short break and waited for the 11:30 luncheon to begin.

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

Because it is the busiest fashion season in the circle, these models will of course not only come to Milan for this show, but because of Gucci, they do not need to go to other shows at least this morning.

By the round table in the corner of the seating area.

When Madonna came here, she entangled Simon and said: "Simon, the sales of the original soundtrack of "Bodyguard" are really amazing. How about creating an album for me? I can star in Daenerys Entertainment movies for free."

Simon felt that this woman was almost sticking to him, so he had to give in and said, "Magie, the success of the original soundtrack of "Bodyguard" is just an accident. And, you come to star in Daenerys Entertainment's movie for free, so The bargaining chips are not attractive at all."

"Oh, Simon, it hurts you to say that. Didn't I perform very well in Pulp Fiction?" Madonna persevered and touched Simon again and said: "Or, we can cooperate, just Like Daenerys Entertainment’s collaboration with Alista Records on the soundtrack of "Bodyguard."

Simon shook his head firmly again, and said: "It is very troublesome to make records. I don't have this kind of time now."

"Oh, Simon, you are so unfeeling, I still consider you a good friend in vain."

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, seeing Simon not letting go, and turning to: "In addition, I just saw the filming team of "Gucci Documentary" and suddenly thought, my concert next year is It is not possible to make a documentary."

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

In memory, Madonna made this music documentary based on his experience of the'Blonde Ambitious' global tour in 1990. This music documentary cost less than 5 million US dollars in the global box office of nearly 30 million US dollars, which is better than Michael Jackson in 1985. The same type of "Shadow Dancer" is much more successful.

However, knowing that the woman next to him is actually very savvy, Simon did not immediately show any interest, but said: "The Gucci Documentary is mainly used for brand promotion. What do you do for the documentary?"

"Maybe it's going to be a big hit," Madonna was suddenly interested, and she calculated it directly: "The budget of such a documentary should not be too high, a few million is enough. Moreover, not just me, there will be many Friends will appear on the scene, especially Simon Westero’s performance, which is very rare. Therefore, in the future, even if you can’t log in to the theater like Jackson’s "Shadow Dancer", it will be distributed through video tapes and TV broadcasts. It should be no problem to earn back the cost."

Madonna made up her mind as she spoke 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 to make it yourself, Daenerys Entertainment can help release it, maybe you can really make a lot of money."

Madonna is now taking out the money, but she is very clear about the absolute rule of never using her own money to invest in movies in this circle.

Seeing that Simon was indifferent, Madonna was unwilling to test again: "Then I will find another film company to cooperate?"

Now in Hollywood, who doesn't know the vision of Simon Westeros. If the little man next to her is interested in her own documentary ideas, no matter whether the documentary is really successful 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. A group of tall and beautiful beauties walked towards them with a smile. They were the models on the catwalk.

Michael Jackson's "Shadow Dancer" didn't splash any waves. Simon didn't believe how many people would be interested in Madonna's music documentary, so he planned to air the woman first, pretending to be Cindy Crawford and so on. Man caught his eyes and greeted him actively, "Cindy, are you all done?"

"Take a break and take pictures in the afternoon," Cindy Crawford said, but nodded at Madonna at random, then sat down on Simon's other side unceremoniously, and said, "You guys are talking what?"

Simon responded casually, Paulina Preskova, Helena Christensen, Stephanie Seymour and other models and Simon also sat around the round table after greeting. Seeing that Simon was completely attracted by a group of goblins, Madonna took the initiative to get up and walk to other places without leaving any unpleasantness.

Simon was originally just a minimalist sofa with two seats. Madonna got up. He wanted to move to the other side to relax the space. A slender figure sat down. The body was squeezed slightly and another light fragrance came, and Simon turned to look. This was a girl with brown hair and blue eyes with high cheekbones, wearing a simple white shirt and washed jeans.

I have seen it during the last rehearsal, not to mention that there is still too much information in his memory. Simon did not pretend not to know him, and said in Italian: "Miss Bruni, hello."

Carla Bruni was taken aback, and also said in Italian: "Hello, Mr. Westeros, your Italian accent seems to be better than mine."

Simon smiled and said: "How is it possible, are you not Italian?"

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

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

"In those years, the law and order in Italy got worse and worse. The family was worried about being kidnapped and had to emigrate," Carla Bruni said, and said to Simon: "Mr. Westeros, if you spend time here Longer, try to be careful."

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

Stephanie Seymour, who was on the single sofa next to her, saw that the two had been talking in Italian, and interjected dissatisfiedly: "Simon, Carla, what are you talking about, everyone doesn't understand."

"Talking about the Mafia, you are a little more careful in Milan these days."

Stephanie Seymour is not ignorant of this, and doesn't care too much about it: "We are not the little models who just debuted."

After talking like this, the time soon reached 11 o'clock, and the staff began to remind everyone to rush to a nearby hotel, where the luncheon will be held.

When Carla Bruni got up, she generously gave Simon a business card, hoping to talk again when she was free.

Simon had no idea about this woman who was known as the ‘male eater’, which did not fit his aesthetics, but he still put away his business card.

In the next few days, the Gucci team led by Sofia was busy spinning around.

Newspaper articles, magazine features, and TV interviews about this Gucci show are also quickly spread in the media of various countries. Although it is inevitable that some newspapers and magazines criticize Gucci's fashion design style for this show and even the new season as too commercial, but the overall The public opinion trend is obviously leaning towards the positive.

The order of the four major fashion weeks of this era is London, Milan, Paris and New York.

It was not until the opening of Paris Fashion Week that 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 big show ended, Simon and Janet began their schedule.

First, I flew to Rome, met with Giuseppe Tonadore, who was making the final preparations for "Journey to Heaven", and attended some gatherings in the Italian film circle.

In the 1970s, because of the rise of the Italian gang in Hollywood, Italian filmmakers have been in Hollywood for several years.

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

When buying the real estate, they failed to find a suitable place to live in Rome. Simon and Janet spent only three days in the city before rushing to Florence.

The multiple identities such as the newly richest man in the United States and Hollywood media tycoon have made Simon's trip to Italy attract the attention of local media, and the level of activity in the local media 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 traveled to the three most important Italian cities in a row, and he inevitably said a few beautiful words when he was questioned by the media. Simon quickly became an opponent of the country in Italian media A very positive American rich man.

Speaking of which, if it were not for the potential safety concerns, Simon did have a good impression of Italy, a country with a deep cultural heritage.

Just the second day after leaving Milan, Simon suffered an attempted break into his mansion on Lake Como due to the exposure of the local newspaper.

Alarm systems were installed in all of Simon's residences in Europe. The intruder was discovered just after crossing the fence. The Milan police promptly arrested a group of five criminal gangs with obvious gangster background. The private house of such an influential public figure as Simon was broken into, and it would definitely affect the city image of Milan. The Milan government soon sent people to lobby after the incident to hope Simon would not speak up.

Since he didn't suffer any losses, Simon naturally wouldn't make a fuss.

However, Simon subsequently handed Sofia a media public relations task to avoid the exposure of his mansions in Europe as much as possible, and he also considered continuing to upgrade or specifically develop a more rigorous residential monitoring 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 his private territory is broken into makes him very, very uncomfortable.

Florence.

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

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

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

On the lawn under the setting sun, Simon and Janet were standing together at a long table covered with various documents and discussing something in low voices, and Jennifer was also beside them. Seeing Sophia appear, the two stopped talking. Everyone greeted each other. Sophia pretended to inadvertently glanced at the documents on the desktop, and saw a document with the title of "Colombia Savings and Credit Bank Bond Asset Risk Assessment" printed on it. Withdraw his gaze.

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

Sophia responded with a smile, and followed Simon into the villa.

The two sat down on the sofa in the living room. Simon remembered one thing and asked: "What's the matter with Sabina Friuli in "Journey to Heaven", you have become good friends?"

Sophia took some documents from the bag she brought, and heard the words: "Sabina's father is an official of the Milan city government. We were able to get the factory in the eastern suburbs to hold a show. The other party helped a lot. ."

Simon nodded and stopped asking.

It is impossible to do business in any country without dealing with the government. If you want to expand your business, it is even more impossible without establishing a closer relationship with the local government. Her senior woman is obviously very familiar with this, and Simon does not intend to bother to pay too much attention.

Sophia didn't say much either, but handed the documents he took out of his bag to Simon, and said, "This is Gucci's various operating conditions and financial data in recent months, as well as several project planning documents."

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

Sophia said: "From the recent business situation of Gucci, this year's revenue data should exceed 350 million U.S. dollars, which is a 35% increase compared to last year's 260 million U.S. dollars. However, this is in competition with Dior and Chanel. There is still a big gap between rivals. Dior’s revenue last year was as high as US$830 million and net profit was US$120 million."

Simon grumbled and waited for Sophia to continue.

Sophia paused for a while, then continued: "Fortunately, Gucci has recovered very rapidly in recent months. My expectation for this company is that next year's revenue data will exceed $600 million, and it will overtake Dior in 1991. I want to. To achieve this goal, we must continue to expand the scale of Gucci. Some project planning documents in your hand include plans to acquire workshops, refurbishment of Gucci stores around the world, and staff training plans, and a fourth quarter of this year And next year’s marketing budget plan. Simon, if you agree, Gucci will not retain any profits in the last two years. I plan to use all the funds for the company’s expansion, and I will refinance loans when necessary."