Hollywood Hunter

At the end of the conversation with Joseph Lewis, Simon told Girl A who was next to him to collect some information about the other party, while walking towards Lawrence Fink of Black Rock Asset Management.

Lawrence Fink was chatting with several guests, including the housekeeper Alice Ferguson.

In addition to the executives of several companies on the east coast of the Westeros system, because of the equity transfer of Igreat, all the senior executives of Igreat on the West Coast also came to New York today, relying on Amazon.com in the past. After a year of outstanding performance, the housekeeper has been one of the core of Yigrete's management.

Simon is not familiar with the other men and two women in the small circle.

When he came to the front and greeted briefly, Lawrence Fink offered to help explain: "Simon, this is Ronald Lauder and his wife Carol, and their daughter Miss Irene Lauder. "

Hearing the surname ‘Lauder’, Simon could roughly understand the identity of the other party.

The Lauder family behind the Estée Lauder Group.

Simon is very optimistic about the world’s largest cosmetics group in memory. Cersei Capital’s Apollo Management Company bought 10% of Estee Lauder’s non-voting shares two years ago, and plans to have Melissa after Estee Lauder’s IPO. Zhuo took over so that Estee Lauder could be part of Melisandre's fashion map.

After warmly shaking hands with the Lauder family of three, Simon asked, "What were you talking about just now?"

Lawrence Fink said: "Regarding the Amazon online store that Alice is in charge of, Ronald is considering whether Estee Lauder will set foot in the e-commerce field in advance, Simon, what do you think?"

Simon smiled and shook his head, and said: "This is not the time for a single manufacturer to develop e-commerce. The website operation is still second. The key is that the cost of the warehousing and logistics system is too high. However, Estee Lauder can develop some experiential e-commerce operations. , Through the combination of official website and offline retail, so that you can accumulate experience in advance without consuming too much money."

The Lauder family listened to Simon with serious expressions. The Lauders hadn’t spoken yet. It seemed that Irene Lauder, who was in her early twenties, said: "Mr. Westeros, you mean, consumers are under the website Order and pick it up at the specialty store, right?"

Simon nodded and said, "Yes, Irene, you can call me Simon."

Irene Lauder felt the gentle tone of the opposite man’s natural liking, but he was not polite, and said: “But isn’t it unnecessary to do this? Consumers can go directly to specialty stores to buy cosmetics, why do they need Give yourself trouble by placing an online order?"

When the Lauders heard Irene Lauder’s almost aggressive tone, they glared at their daughter at the same time. In fact, they also found the flaws in Simon’s suggestion, but the girl was too rude, if you let this If young people do not come to Taiwan, it is inevitable that the Lauder family will not be angry.

Simon’s expression did not show any discomfort and said: “The two are of course different. Many women who buy cosmetics are very concerned about the specific effects of a product, so they hope to learn more about certain cosmetics before buying. The website happens to be available through Rich pictures and text give a very detailed introduction to the product, which is an effect that is difficult to achieve by the sales staff of the specialty store in the short sales words. Therefore, the e-commerce platform can not only give consumers a new shopping experience, In fact, it will also be a good online marketing platform. As for placing orders online and picking up goods offline, it would seem unnecessary. Irene, if you plan to buy a set of cosmetics, one way is to take a shower in the evening before going to bed. Sitting in front of the computer quietly browsing some products and placing an order, and picking up the goods directly at the specialty store the next day, another way is to spend ten or twenty minutes in the specialty store to buy one that you may still not know Product, which way would you choose?"

When Simon's voice fell, the people around couldn't help nodding.

Irene Lauder did not admit defeat, and said: "There must be many women who like to choose in person in specialty stores."

"Of course," Simon nodded, and said, "And there is certainly no shortage of women who want to place orders online. In fact, my suggestion is just a compromise transition plan. The real e-commerce should be that users place orders online and the products are directly ordered. Delivered to them. It's just that Estee Lauder can hardly afford such a cost now."

In order to prevent the Lauder family’s youngest daughter from continuing to make things difficult for her boss and preventing everyone from coming to Taiwan, Lawrence Fink took the topic in due course: “Amazon Online Store has done a very good job in book sales in the past year. I found that the mall Recently, video tapes and movie peripheral products have been added. Simon, will Amazon continue to add product types, such as cosmetics?"

Simon nodded and said: "This is for sure, but for at least the next two years, Amazon will focus on cultivating existing product areas."

The most fundamental purpose of controlling commodity types is to control operating costs.

The increase in video tapes and film peripheral products this year is mainly because the Westeros system has a deep foundation in Hollywood and can actively cooperate with Amazon's expansion in this field.

If you continue to increase product categories, Amazon will almost have to deploy a complete set of procurement, warehousing and logistics teams, which will greatly increase Amazon’s operational burden. Even if the sales of new product categories are lower than expected, this part of the business will become Amazon’s It is cumbersome and drags down the development of the entire company.

After all, e-commerce is still in the early stages of development. In recent years, Amazon’s main business goal is actually to continue to accumulate operating experience in the e-commerce field by operating existing businesses, so as to reduce cost control risks as much as possible in the future business expansion process.

Lawrence Fink heard Simon’s answer and said: “In this case, other companies may be the first to list e-commerce in other product areas.”

Simon smiled and nodded: "Yes, but Amazon can never get all the benefits."

In fact, this situation is good for Amazon and even Eaglet.

Amazon only sets foot in the fields of books, audio-visuals and movies, and surrenders other types of e-commerce, giving other companies interested in developing e-commerce enough room to display.

In the past year, Simon has seen e-commerce planning solutions such as online sales of groceries, online sales of infant products, online sales of pet rations, etc. from Westeros’ venture capital department in Silicon Valley. The official announcement of the "Highway Plan" and the stimulus to all capital from the previous earnings data of Eaglet, it is conceivable that a variety of e-commerce websites will appear next.

Since there are still such a wealth of opportunities on the Internet, in the future, capital's hostility towards Eaglet, which has too many resources, will fade a lot.

Everyone continued to talk about various topics. Irene Lauder, who had just picked up Simon, did not speak any more, but the girl's eyes did not stop. She calmly looked at the young man opposite, and the two men beside the man. Women.

Just now Simon approached, Alice and Girl A happened to stand beside him. Girl A guarded her role as an assistant, standing slightly behind the man, but Irene Lauder discovered that Alice Ferguson on the other side almost instinctively stood behind the man on the other side. It was natural. The ground will guard Simon Westero in the middle.

Not to mention girl A, Alice Ferguson is the high-profile business rookie at the reception tonight. Igreat's Amazon online store, which is in charge of the other party, is only used when others are still hesitant about e-commerce. It took a year to achieve a very impressive success, which is definitely not what an ordinary professional manager can do.

It can be said that if Alice Ferguson intends to leave Eaglet and go it alone, there will be a large number of venture capital funds competing to provide her with funds immediately.

Such a woman instinctively showed a subordinate attitude in front of a certain young man, and she was only a maid of Westeros.

So, a certain guy, even though he has seen too much information about the other party in various media over the years, Irene Lauder can't help but be a little curious at this time, what kind of person is the other party?

Simon continued to chat with a few people for a while, and also agreed with Lawrence Fink for a meal schedule for tomorrow morning, and then walked elsewhere.

Irene Lauder's eyes couldn't help but follow the figure of someone.

About ten minutes later, when I saw a beautiful girl at the reception site, it was obvious that she had deliberately made a small accident and spilled the drink on the man. Irene Lauder, who was watching silently not far away, couldn't help but turn over. Roll your eyes.

It's really clumsy.

These women have poured wine on men for hundreds of years. Why can't they be a little innovative?

If it's myself...

Thinking about this, I found that Westeros had left the hall, and the woman who was trying to splash the wine to strike up a conversation was left in the air, and she couldn't help but gloat.

Immediately after hesitating, Irene Lauder put down the wine glass that had been empty for a while and followed it out quietly.

Irene Lauder regretted leaving the hall.

I was crazy.

The outside is a corridor. Of course, no one can be seen. Irene Lauder stopped in the distance and decided to walk to the front corner. If he couldn't reach it, he would turn around and go back.

At the corner, there is obviously no shadow of Simon Westeros.

Well, he must go to the bathroom, of course he won't be here.

I have participated in various parties more than once in the Gramercy Hotel since I was a child.

I questioned it again, and looked for it.

I soon came to the bathroom door at the end of the corridor and saw the two bodyguards guarding the door. They were immediately determined to be here.

If she walked forward casually, the two bodyguards did not stop her and let her enter the women's bathroom.

Standing by the washstand, applying makeup, after a while, hearing the sound of footsteps outside, she quickly put away the makeup case, carried her handbag and walked out.

The man moved so fast, she walked out, and the other party had already walked towards the hall again.

At this point, I had to take the initiative to speak: "Hey, Simon."

The man stopped and turned around, saw her, smiled and nodded: "Hello, Irene."

Oh, this tone, really like an old man pretending to be a gentleman.

Forced to spit in her heart, Irene Lauder stepped forward to stand shoulder to shoulder with him, and found that the man continued to walk towards the hall, and couldn't help saying: "Do you like to hang around among those bald middle-aged people?"

Simon smiled and said, "Eileen, this is a bit impolite, your father is there too."

Irene Lauder rolled her eyes: "Mr. Westeros, don't talk to me in this tone, okay, you are as big as me, but you are like an old man."

Simon was very talkative, nodded and said, "Okay."

"..."

Following the man a few steps forward, Irene Lauder said again: "Hey, how about going to the bar downstairs for a drink?"

Simon finally stopped and looked at the girl beside him.

Compared with the bright and beautiful female housekeeper and the sexually perceptive A girl, Irene Lauder's only advantage is probably the exquisite atmosphere cultivated in the house of the rich since childhood.

Irene Lauder suddenly couldn't stand being looked at by Simon so much. She raised her head slightly and looked at the man without showing any weakness, and asked, "Why are you looking at me like this?"

Simon smiled, turned and continued on, saying: "Let's go, take you to drink."

Irene Lauder subconsciously followed, but, in female instinct, she keenly sensed some dangerous auras.

The man’s footsteps are not fast, she can easily keep up, walking side by side with him, and said: "Hey, we, but just have a drink, I will go home later."

Simon nodded: "Of course."

Irene Lauder glanced suspiciously: "Will you want to get me drunk?"

Simon shook his head: "I never deliberately get a woman drunk."

Irene Lauder caught the man's words: "In other words, if a woman gets drunk, you won't stop it?"

"Yes."

"So, what about after getting drunk?"

"After being drunk, um, you mean women? When women are drunk, they are usually ugly and may vomit."

Irene Lauder is only 22 years old this year. Although the federal legal drinking age is 21 years old, someone will really observe it. In fact, there are not many. She has been drunk before, but she is definitely not as unbearable as described by the man next to her. .

"Simon, you seem to be scaring me?"

"I just don't like drunk women, it's troublesome."

Irene Lauder pouted: "Don't men always like to get women drunk and then take advantage?"

Simon looked at the girl next to him again, smiled playfully, and said, "I prefer women to be more sober."

A hesitant little thought flashed in Irene Lauder's mind. Wait, should I get drunk or not.

Immediately, seeing the nasty smile on the corner of the man's mouth, she immediately decided not to get drunk.

Hum, see what you can do to me!