Hollywood Hunter

This year's Oscar party has been re-planned.

The Gucci Party officially changed its name to Melisandre Party, and even applied for a special trademark, and confirmed Vanity Fair and Eagle Portal as official media partners. At the same time, the party location was also changed to the top floor of the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood The Sunset Tower Bar has a spacious interior and a spacious terrace.

In addition, invitations to the party are no longer as easy to obtain as before. The work team of Melisandre, who is responsible for this after-party party, began to look for the invitation list one month in advance. The number of guests will be limited to about 200, which is much lower Thousands of spectators at the Oscars ceremony.

It can be said that it is even more difficult to get the invitation letter to the Melisandre Oscar after party party than to attend the Oscar.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the Oscars ceremony at the Dorothy Chandler Theater in the city center officially ended, and celebrities who had invitations to the Melisandre party rushed to West Hollywood. Those who have not been able to get the invitation letter do not lack places to go. This evening, there will be various parties in Los Angeles, but it is difficult for other parties to get much media attention from the Melisandre party.

Irene Lauder and the "Wonder Woman" crew left the Dorothy Chandler Theater and rushed directly to the Melisandre party at the Sunset Tower Hotel.

Simon had arranged everything for her in advance, and she did not make her feel incompatible with the strange circle of Hollywood, who came to Los Angeles from New York alone. There is even one who is said to be Keanu Reeves and Famke Jan. The top public relations managers of star services such as Sen and Sandra Bullock discussed with her whether to arrange some press releases.

Although she rejected the other party's suggestion, she couldn't help but feel good about some guy again.

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

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

A formal dress is required to participate in the Oscars, but Melisandre’s party is very casual, there is no requirement for dress, and it is certainly not convenient for guests to walk around in long dresses. Many of the celebrities’ dresses are rented, costing tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of dollars. If they get soiled and torn at the party, it will inevitably hurt.

Irene Lauder also prepared two sets of costumes. The one used for the party was a light blue knee-length dress. The style was avant-garde and business-oriented. When choosing clothes, I thought that a guy would like it.

After getting dressed, the original dress was collected by the accompanying assistant he arranged for him. Irene Lauder finally entered the party scene. The atmosphere here is very relaxed, and many familiar Hollywood stars gather in groups to chat. In addition, there are many celebrities in politics and business that she happens to know.

Looking left and right, by the way, waiting for the Wonder Woman actor Famike Jensen, who just had a pretty good chat, to come up, a woman wearing a simple black dress but a very graceful body with a mature and intellectual atmosphere. He came over and offered her a hand: "Hello, Miss Lauder, this is Sophia Fessy."

Irene Lauder has just entered the family business after graduating from university last year. However, she has heard a lot of information about the industry from her elders.

Hearing the self-introduction of the woman in front of her, she immediately thought of her identity.

Sofia Faisy, Chairman and CEO of Melisandre Corporation.

This is a very powerful woman who built Melisandre into a comprehensive luxury goods group in just a few years. Moreover, the other party and Simon Westero have a very obvious relationship.

"Hello, Ms. Fish, nice to meet you."

Thinking this way, Irene Lauder politely shook hands with Sophia, while subconsciously looking at each other.

The first feeling is that this woman's skin is really good, and the skin exposed in the slightly conservative round-neck black dress is smooth, delicate and fair, and seems to be flawless.

It even makes people want to pinch.

Ok.

I don't know if he has pinched.

Sophia let the girl look at herself, glanced at her light blue dress, smiled and said, "Is this the latest model that Montana just released some time ago?"

Irene Lauder was a little surprised and nodded: "Yes, Ms. Fessy, do you know this long dress?"

Sophia said: "Very typical Montana design style, bold, avant-garde, wearing on you a bit more intellectual, very suitable."

"Oh, thank you," Irene Lauder was a little embarrassed, wanted to compliment the other party's clothes, but did not have the eyesight of Sophia, hesitated, and still turned the topic to some guy with some awkwardness: "Simon... …Will Mr. Westeros come over tonight?"

Sophia smiled a little, and said, "Of course, but I have to wait a while."

As he was talking, another female voice that seemed a little careless sounded nearby: "Hi, Sophia."

The two turned around together, and Sophia opened his arms to the girl who came by: "Good evening, Sandy, you are so beautiful tonight."

The person here was Sandra Bullock.

"Thanks, you too."

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

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

Irene Lauder nodded and said, "Estee Lauder is my grandmother."

"That's a very legendary woman."

"Thank you, my grandmother watched your "Lola Run" and she liked it very much."

"Oh, ah, you mean..."

"Grandma is 85 years old, but she has always been in good health."

"that's nice."

After talking briefly, Sandra turned to Sophia and asked: "Why didn't I see Simon?"

Sophia smiled and said: "He is the boss, of course he will show up whenever he wants to."

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

"You also know how busy he is."

"Yeah, I'm busy making so much money and don't give it to me."

"You can ask him."

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

"Hehe, I can help you."

"You'd better just help him spend it," Sandra made a somewhat ambiguous joke, and saw a figure not far away, and said: "Keanu is here, I'm going to say hello, this guy hasn't seen him for a long time. "

When Sandra left, Sophia glanced at the entrance and said to Irene Lauder beside him: "The crew of "Scent of a Woman" is here, let's get to know it together?"

Irene Lauder hadn't seen Famke Jensen, so she nodded and said, "Okay."

As the big winner of this Oscar, the crew of "Scent of a Woman" caused a small commotion at the party just after it appeared.

The two women stepped forward together, just a few words of greeting, and they had to give up the opportunity to communicate with others.

Just after leaving the crew of "Scent of a Woman", several tall and beautiful girls walked up together. It was the five spokespersons of Victoria's Secret, Cindy Crawford, Yasmin Gary, and Tyra. Banks, Helena Christensen and Stephanie Seymour.

Irene Lauder listened to Sophia greeted several girls enthusiastically, and then discovered that, before talking a few words, Stephanie Seymour asked when a guy would show up.

Like, the third time?

In the subsequent greetings, it was almost not surprising at all, the fourth, fifth, sixth...

Nearing ten o'clock, when someone finally appeared, Irene Lauder felt that it was better to stay away from him.

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

Even though he thought so, he couldn't help but feel a little happy when he praised her for the beautiful dress tonight, and when he walked away with Sophia Fessy, it was inevitable that he was a little bit savoury.

After traveling through the crowd for half an hour, congratulating the winners tonight, and greeted 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 jokingly: "How did you hook up with the little girl from Lauder's house?"

Simon said nonchalantly: "I just met at a New York party the other day."

Sophia just teased it a little, and didn't have the thought of chasing after her, and she had already done what should be done just now. Seeing so many beautiful girls paying attention to Simon, that girl should give up too.

In some ways, Sophia and the female assistant are actually very similar.

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

So it started something business.

"Christie's probably has already negotiated. 309 pence per share, totaling 562 million pounds, or 878 million US dollars. If you have no problems, I will return to Europe tomorrow and the news will be officially announced."

Simon nodded: "I saw your memo this morning."

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

During the negotiation process of more than a month, the two sides saw several times, and Christie's stock price on the London Stock Exchange continued to fluctuate.

In early March, because Christie’s refused to make too many concessions, Sophia decisively suspended the negotiations and made a gesture of completely abandoning the acquisition. In the following two weeks, the stock price of Christie’s, which had been rising, began to fall continuously.

Until last Friday, Christie’s took the initiative to contact, Sophia also gave a plan that had been drawn up, and said that this was Melisandre’s last offer.

If Christie’s does not accept it, the transaction is completely terminated.

Although some shareholders were not reconciled, after the board of directors voted, Melisandre's acquisition plan was finally passed.

Obviously, most shareholders understand that even if Simon Westero is optimistic about Christie's, it is impossible for this auction house to sell at too high a price due to the size of the industry.

After talking about some details, Sophia asked again: "Also, what's the matter with that Joseph Lewis?"

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

Joseph Lewis wanted to establish a cooperative relationship with Simon. After investigating the details of the other party, Simon also found that Joseph Lewis might be a springboard for his investment in Latin America.

In this acquisition, the original plan, Melisandre only intends to use its own funds to obtain approximately 51% of Christie’s shares and achieve absolute control. The remaining shares will be jointly held by Cersei Capital’s Apollo Management Company and some other capital. Have.

After Simon agreed to the participation of Joseph Lewis at a party in New York, Sophia had to change the financing strategy that had been formulated and allocated 20% of the shares to Joseph Lewis.

Moreover, for example, an Italian investment fund controlled by the Agnelli family behind the Fiat Group plans to acquire about 15% of the shares, and the Italian media tycoon Berlusconi's 10% investment share. These are not just pure holdings. It's as simple as it is, in fact, it even symbolizes that a cooperation between the Westeros system and the local capital of Italy cannot be pushed away at all, nor can it be pushed away.

After urgent consultations with Joseph Lewis, it was ultimately only possible to reduce Melisandre’s own share.

Fortunately, Joseph Lewis also spared no effort to establish a cooperative relationship with the Westeros system. He actively expressed that the voting rights of 20% of the shares will be permanently granted to Melisandre. Unless the stock is sold in the future, Joseph Lewis will Has always held only equity, without voting rights.

It is calculated that although Melisandre’s shareholding in Christie’s is reduced to 31%, but including Joseph Lewis’s 20%, Cersei Capital invests US$100 million and holds 11%. The Westeros system owns Christie’s. Voting rights will reach 62%.

With 31% holdings, absolute controlling rights, this is an investment state that Simon is very happy to see.

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

For example, Cersei Capital's Black Rock Asset Management Company, if it can reach the peak that once controlled the world's 6 trillion US dollars in assets, it will be a huge capital that can subvert a country. Capital itself cannot exert its influence. If you want to do this, you still have to implement it through individuals. Cersei Capital controls the funds to buy a company’s stock. After reaching a certain percentage, the Westeros system can dispatch its own Representatives are stationed on the company's board of directors, thus forming an influence on a company.

The more powerful corporate giants are, the more they tend to be in public holding companies. For such companies, the board of directors is basically the actual controller.

If the Westeros system has its own seat on the board of directors of corporate giants such as General Electric, Boeing, Exxon Mobil, IBM, etc., to a certain extent, Simon will also control the US economy and expand abroad. Within the scope, the same is true.

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