"If you want to know more about it, just go and find out about it. I'm not interested. To me, Gucci is just a worthless business that I won't even look at twice if it comes to my door for nothing. Since that guy Sorey wants to haggle over the terms, I'm too lazy to spend money.
It must be compared, so I won’t give it away.”
Faced with Arnott's instigation, Pino would not follow the path. He always acted extremely calm and indifferent to fame and fortune, with an expression of "I am lucky if I gain it, but I will lose my life".
Nonsense, you've already not won the title of "the number one white knight against Arnott", so what's the point of quarreling with Arnott in private?
Characters are staged for the public to see, not for the sake of offending people. If the public can't see it, then don't offend.
For example, when Dong Mou directed and acted in the milk tea incident in later generations, he laughed to the media and said, "There is absolutely no such thing. It must be Ma Feng who wants to trick me."
He only said this to the media, and he knew that if he said it, he would definitely offend Ma Feng in some way. But Ma Feng didn't care about little people, he just treated it like a mosquito bite.
(Note: When Milk Tea Time first came out, Moudong was indeed very insignificant. At that time, his strength compared with Ma Feng was really just a mosquito. Later, because the character design has been developed for a long time, because "the enemy of my enemy is my friend",
So he got a lot of resources from people who wanted to fight Ma Feng. After he grew up, he was certainly no longer a mosquito.)
But regardless of whether people care about mosquitoes or not, if mosquitoes don’t get media benefits, they won’t offend people in vain.
The same is true for Pino today. If he can carry the banner, it doesn't matter if he is feared by Arnott. Since he can't carry the banner, just be indifferent. It doesn't matter even if he gives in in front of Arnott.
There is no benefit, no hatred, this is the natural principle.
Arnott also knew what Pino was thinking. They were all old foxes, and he was too lazy to care about it anymore, so he went to have a drink with Solei alone, and talked to him to see what details Solei got from Gu Kun.
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When the business reaches this level, one can freely express his or her face, and no one will be uncomfortable chatting and laughing with the enemy. Even though the two sides have been fighting fiercely for a year and a half, they are still calm and relaxed at this kind of thank-you banquet, even if the enemy who killed his father is standing there.
Everyone was treated with a smile and courtesy in front of him.
Pino was holding a wine glass next to him, secretly observing Arnott's movements, and looking in all directions to find John Rupert, the boss of Richemont Group, who was watching and watching not far away.
"Hi, John, how are you tonight?" Pinocchio asked with a smile.
"It seems that you have been tricked. I don't care. We at Richemont focus on the men's luxury market. You are the one who beats you." Rupert is not someone who is easily used as a weapon.
Who knows that these three brothers are the top three in the luxury industry in the world? This kind of battle of skills is bloodless.
Pino said very greenly: "Gucci can be regarded as a luxury brand for both men and women. Doesn't it overlap with your positioning? The only area missing is men's jewelry and luxury watches.
From now on, Gu Kun will be your trouble, not mine. Anyway, I don’t want to compete with him for the title of ‘the person who carries the banner of resistance to Arnot’.”
These words were disgusting. Rupert knew clearly that Pino was sowing discord, but he had to admit that what Pino said made sense.
Gu Kun is so ambitious. He swallowed so much in one gulp this time. Today he is ambitious for Carpino's position, but tomorrow he may want to be Carrubert's position.
It seems that the three French guys should really share the same hatred and beat down those yellow people who are trying to get into the field and get stuck.
"Thanks for the reminder, I will pay attention to it." John Rupert thanked his colleague for the reminder without any emotion.
They were chatting here, and on the other side Arnault had caught Gucci CEO Henri de So.
Arnott immediately started talking in a high-profile manner, holding champagne while talking, and unknowingly led people to Rupert and Pinault. Obviously, he hoped that the content of the conversation between the two parties could be revealed by a third party.
Fang also "overheard".
Rupert and Pino knew this very well, but they still pricked up their ears and were very concerned.
Arnott joked without any hatred: "Sorey, you really opened my eyes. To be honest, although I tried to make a 'hostile acquisition' of Gucci, this malice was only malice in legal terms. I have no respect for you personally."
, and no one in the senior management of Gucci has any prejudice.”
"Of course I know this. We are all talking about business, so I invite you today. Your encouragement to Gucci is also the force that promotes Gucci's progress." De Soret sounded very open when he spoke.
"Hostile takeover" is just a legal term.
Anyone who directly throws money at the company without consulting the management before taking over the company is called a hostile takeover.
Arnott nodded and continued: "The reason why I don't negotiate with you is just because I want Gucci to be drastically reformed and eliminate some non-performing assets after it is in my hands. But now it doesn't matter what I say.
It can be regarded as the major shareholder who previously held 30% and almost 40% of the shares.
You will definitely issue more shares now, causing me to be diluted to less than 20% - how about we negotiate a condition, I will suffer a little loss and give you a small discount, and you can help me subscribe for these shares. Otherwise, I
You can only go to the circulation market and sell it, which may require a lot of effort and may not be good for your goodwill."
The starting point of this topic is very nice and gentlemanly.
Arnott seems to have completely moved on, and every suggestion is constructive and devoid of any personal hatred.
He initially raised so many shares in Gucci to have the opportunity to control the acquisition. Since it is now dead, what's the point of leaving some shares to be a small shareholder? Especially a small shareholder who failed to seize power will continue to stay there.
It will only be stymied by vengeful major shareholders to infringe on its interests, and it may not be able to receive dividends for 20 years.
"Let the enemy who admits defeat give you a discount and exit dignifiedly." This is also a gentleman's custom in the luxury industry. It is beneficial to both parties, so as to avoid the risk of death and scandal.
If De Soret does not take up this topic, he is in the wrong.
De Soret naturally chose to respond positively: "Yes, but the premium part of yours is too high and you are wrong. Let me find a sponsor who will give you 2 billion euros more and sell it."
If you take that share, you will lose several hundred million, which is kind enough."
"Okay, 2 billion is 2 billion. I will accept the loss." Arnott also wanted to show his magnanimity in front of everyone. Oral words have no legal effect anyway.
Moreover, if you give in, you can squeeze the opponent elsewhere.
So Arnott immediately followed up with a question that the other party could not refuse to answer: "Henry, I have made such a big concession, isn't it too much to ask you something? In fact, it's okay for you to refuse me, but I listen
You said that you initially contacted Pino in order to find a 'white knight', but why did you choose Gu Kun in the end? What trick did Gu Kun use?
I'm not questioning your decision, I'm just curious about why you gave up the circle of French people like us and went to find a yellow man - it's not about my race. I'm just curious about why you gave up being French.
A sense of cultural superiority. Could it be that Gu Kun specifically gave you a targeted offer that you can't refuse?"
Political correctness is also very important for the French. You must pay attention to your daily speech. The reputation of being racially attentive is quite fatal to luxury goods manufacturers.
That's why Arnott's wording was so careful, emphasizing the issue of "cultural superiority."
This word pushed De Solet into a corner and provoked subconscious opposition from almost all his colleagues in the field.
If you don’t choose potential partners from a group of French people and insist on looking for yellow people, isn’t that a French traitor?
What? You said Gucci is an Italian brand? So what! All the top luxury goods giants in the world, no matter where the brand was founded, the current leaders are almost all French or French by blood!
And if Sorey admits that "Gu Kun gave him targeted and extremely advantageous poaching conditions", it will also allow Pino and Rupert to be more wary of Gu Kun from now on, and further understand that Gu Kun pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger.
The white-eyed wolf nature.
It seems that no matter how you answer it, it will be fatal.
Fortunately, Solei and Gu Kun had already rehearsed it.
What they pursue is to move the business while still maintaining the appearance of being harmless to humans and animals, so that the other three companies will not join forces to resist him.
So Sorey's answer was very open: "What? I don't understand what you mean. The reason why I found Gu Kun was that I did it myself, and I didn't ask him to offer any other conditions that were more stringent than those of Mr. Pino.
The conditions were the same when I showed them to Pino, and the conditions were the same when I showed them to Gu Kun. But Gu Kun obviously has more resources, and the bonus for Gucci's brand growth is also stronger, so I chose him. The quotations and additional conditions from both parties
The offer is the same."
This answer really caught Arnott off guard, and even made Pino, who was standing far away with his ears pricked up, a little embarrassed.
Solei's words were tantamount to taking away the blame for the decision: it was not Gu Kun who wanted to poach Pino's corner, nor was it Gu Kun who wanted Capino's persona, it was Solei who begged and worshiped him.
Go find Gu Kun.
Even if Soleil said this, Pino would still hate Gu Kun, but it was hard to say for John Rupert - what if Rupert was pulled from the state of "sad to death with Pinocchio" to "looking down on him"
"Pino and Gu Kun are like dogs biting dogs," then Gu Kun would have won a major diplomatic victory, which would allow him to lose a powerful enemy and delay the war for a few more years.
"This is impossible! If we were talking about business, how could Gu Kun's resources be stronger than those of Kering Group? Although Kering Group is not as good as ours, it also has extremely deep resources. You have to say that it is a fair consideration under the same conditions.
Isn’t it a bit too much?” Of course Arnott refused to give up, and he also hoped that the second, third, and fourth places in the world would continue to fight each other with all their strength.
Everyone is helping the other three families to create hatred among each other.
Soleizhizhu smiled and said: "How is it impossible? Mr. Arnault, I can only say that you are not well-informed. We at Gucci have conducted detailed research before making decisions - you know Giorgio Armani controlled by Gu Kun
How much has the performance in the third quarter of this year increased compared to the same period last year and compared to the second quarter of this year? Do you know how much it has increased in the fourth quarter?
Do you know how much the cost can be reduced after accepting Gu Kun's controlling stake in the future when we open special counters in the most high-end shopping malls in the Asian market? If you knew these data, you wouldn't be surprised by my decision. I am purely
Business talks."
This is a game about controlling hatred, no one wants to ot