Karen Mulder pushed open the door of Grace's office, saw that Westeros was really here, didn't care so much about breaking in, and went straight to Simon and said: "Mr. Westeros, I'm Karen, I'm really sorry, but maybe you have any misunderstanding about me, can you give me some time to explain?"

The girl said that she had come to the desk, but she didn't dare to bully Simon anymore, and looked at the man opposite from the desk with a look of hope.

Before Simon could speak, Cindy Crawford said unceremoniously, "Karen, don't you think it's rude? ”

Karen Mulder ignored Cindy's aggressiveness, only looked over more pitifully.

Simon was not angry, looking at the girl who was probably much more pleasing to the eye after the re-prosperity, and leaned on the tip of his desk to the other side: "Come this way." ”

Karen Mulder saw that Westeros did not immediately drive her out, and suddenly had a sense of hope, obediently bypassed the desk to Simon's left, leaning on the edge of the table in the same way as Cindy, the girl was still holding the satchel in front of her with both hands, and noticed that Westeros was looking at herself, and quickly put the bag next to her, and straightened up slightly.

Simon was actually looking at a pop graffiti-style long-sleeved, low-cut knee-length dress that Karen Mulder was wearing today, and after a moment, he asked, "This dress has a great design, which brand?"

Karen Mulder found that the man's attention was originally on her skirt, and she was a little lost, but she hurriedly said: "Chloe, this is the latest spring and summer style just released this year." ”

Simon nodded, "It's beautiful." ”

Cindy gently put her hand on Simon's calf and grabbed the topic: "Simon, if you like, now is a good time to buy Chloe, I heard that this company has not been doing well in recent years, and it lost money last year, but Chloe's design style is really great, and now Carl is also the creative director." ”

Simon raised his left leg and folded it over to suppress Cindy's weird little hand, and said with a smile: "If you want to buy a company if you think a piece of clothing is beautiful, I can't buy it." ”

Cindy said: "600 billion dollars, it's not like you can buy whatever you want, it's like, well, Elite." ”

Simon was noncommittal.

Cindy was interested, and continued to encourage: "I really think Chloe is a good fit, it has its own unique style, and it doesn't conflict with Melisandre's existing brand, you see, Gucci is flamboyant, Versace is gorgeous, CK is avant-garde, Burberry is classical, and Chloé, I think it's rebellious enough, just like this dress on Karen, the design is very bold." Moreover, Chloe happens to be at a low point, just like Gucci and CK in previous years, which is a good time to buy the bottom. ”

Simon raised his eyebrows slightly, but he wanted to ask Cindy if she knew why some brands such as Chloe had fallen into a trough again in recent years?

When the words came to his mouth, he still stopped in time.

This is Melisandre's development strategy that only he and Sophia have talked to privately.

In fact, it's still those four words: one eliminates the other.

After winning a number of brands in a row, Melisandre's 'aircraft carrier battle group' model has been fully formed, and the next thing to do is to continue to squeeze the market share of other first- and second-tier luxury brands through continuous expansion, and finally completely wipe out as many competitors as possible.

Simon doesn't know much about Chloy.

However, since it is not a brand owned by Melisandre, it can only be a competitor.

Cindy's words say that Carla Lafayette herself as the creative director of Chloe has not been able to stop the decline of the brand, perhaps due to the brand's own business strategy mistakes, but it is certainly not due to the fact that Melisandre is becoming more and more aggressive and squeezing out its living space.

In fact, Simon is currently pursuing the same strategy in Hollywood.

The current targets are mainly Columbia, Disney and Paramount, and it just so happens that these three big studios are in the hands of overseas companies.

If it was a few years ago, in order to avoid a backlash from other Hollywood studios because Daenerys Entertainment was too strong, Simon would have taken the initiative to cooperate with these companies on some projects.

That's why the most recent batch of collaborations didn't have a share of the three Colombians.

In fact, it is possible that the three behind-the-scenes overseas giants will get rid of it again in order to stop losses, and maybe it will return to the hands of local American companies, but after repeated tossing, these former Hollywood studios, even if they can continue to survive, will definitely only be able to remain in the ranks of second-rate studios, and can no longer be ranked with several first-line giants such as Daenerys Entertainment.

There are certain things that can't be revealed to Cindy, Simon just joked: "I can't imagine that you still think about these things on weekdays, do you also plan to create a fashion brand?"

Seeing Simon change the subject, Cindy didn't continue, and said, "Of course I thought about it, but I also knew that I was likely to mess up, so I still didn't toss." ”

"Very self-aware," Simon smiled and asked, "How's your fair game?"

Simon mentioned this, and Cindy was a little disappointed: "Warner has been scheduled, and the schedule is on October 13." ”

"Graveyard. ”

January, February and September and October are the most unpopular periods in the North American film market, commonly known as the film graveyard. Although there is no shortage of dark horses occasionally, most of the films that are released during this period are often not favored by the studios, and there are not many that are really successful.

Cindy starred in the spy film "Fair Game" with a Cold War background, and Simon happened to have an impression in his memory.

This is the first and last heroine film in history where Cindy Crawford tried to break into Hollywood. With a blockbuster production budget of $50 million, it ended in a box office fiasco, and the first-generation supermodel who rose to prominence in the 80s gradually retired and chose to get married and have children and return to his family.

Simon had dissuaded Cindy from participating in this movie at the beginning, and now, judging from Warner's finalization, the quality of the film is still unsatisfactory.

Hollywood circles are actually very superstitious, even if the responsibility for the failure of the film in the end is not on the actors, other film companies will avoid the main creators because of the failure of the project.

Cindy has already seen the sample of "Fair Game" and doesn't have any expectations for this movie, hearing Simon say this, her expression is a little more pitiful, her little hand touched Simon's leg, and took the opportunity to say: "Simon, I want to sign another three-year contract with Victoria's Secret, what do you think?"

Simon was not moved by Cindy's small movements and expressions, and directly shook his head and said, "I have other arrangements for this matter." If I'm not mistaken, you were born in 1966 and you'll be 30 next year, haven't you thought about doing something else?"

Cindy's movements froze, and she quickly said, "I've thought about it, I've failed, Simon, please, I can get the same endorsement salary as them, even if I sign for another two years, how about it?"

Simon reacted, and just now he talked about "Fair Game", which was obviously a failure of transformation. Hearing Cindy's condition, he still shook his head and said, "This is too much to take advantage of you, so don't want it." In addition, even if you step down as a spokesperson, you can continue to appear on the Victoria's Secret runway. ”

How can the resources that a simple catwalk and a Victoria's Secret spokesperson be able to obtain the same.

Seeing that Cindy was about to say more, Simon waved his hand: "This matter is not discussed, Cindy, in fact, IELTS will also retire with you this time, but she has signed for five years, and she still insists on quitting, planning to do some behind-the-scenes, you should learn from her." ”

When Cindy heard this, her tone suddenly became a little sour: "If I also have $100 million, I will retire directly now." Simon, why don't you recommend me to invest in some Internet projects, like Instagram?"

"There have been a lot of opportunities in the last year or two, like Ygrit, which is about to go public, and Tinkobar and Melisandre, if you're interested, you can take the money to subscribe for a batch of shares, and I'll say hello for you. ”

Cindy questioned: "I read in the newspapers that the IPO valuations of these companies are too high, and there is no room for upside. ”

Simon's tone was firm: "There must be." ”

Cindy was still hesitant in her expression, she was the one who was more good at managing money among the old supermodels, and she had accumulated a good net worth over the years. If it was a start-up project like Instagram, let her come up with hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars, no problem. Buying shares in companies like Ygritt made her a little reluctant.

Now many media believe that the bubble of the new technology industry is very serious and may burst at any time, even if she takes out some of her savings, in case it is lost, it will still make people very distressed.

Cindy would rather invest in real estate than stocks.

Seeing that the girl did not agree, Simon did not say much, at this stage, Cisco's stock price has gone further, breaking through the $200 billion mark, and the market value of other companies such as AOL and Microsoft has also reached the level of 100 billion.

For Cindy, it is already very rare for Simon to be able to give a few words, just like the last time he advised the girl not to participate in "Fair Game", after all, he doesn't have much to do with himself, and if the other party doesn't listen, Simon is too lazy to force it.

Fernanda Lima, who had finally made the coffee, came over at this time, holding a cup of hot coffee, and came to Simon with some embarrassment, and said, "Sorry, Mr. Westeros, there are only disposable paper cups." ”

Simon nodded, retracted his legs on the desk, and sat up, unwilling to fall to the ground because of his instinctive cleanliness, and raised his legs slightly to look down for his shoes.

Karen Mulder, who had just started and couldn't interject again, saw the man's movements, suddenly squatted down, took Simon's leather shoes, noticed that the squatting posture was still a little high, and simply knelt on the floor, flattering the man to put on his shoes like a docile maid.

Simon was not polite, turned the leather chair slightly, one foot was held in Karen Mudd's hand, and the other was placed on the girl's elastic thigh, seeing Cindy's hesitant expression, he smiled and gestured: "Don't you want to help me put on shoes?"

Cindy rolled her eyes and saw that Karen Mulder had already grabbed the man's other foot, so she had to say, "I'm not your maid." ”

"Oh, it's not easy to be my maid, you don't seem to be up to standard except for being pretty. ”

Cindy reacted, remembering ABCD, remembering Alice Ferguson, remembering Sophia Fercy...... Like, indeed.

With both shoes on, Simon patted him on the knee, and Karen Mulder did not get up in amusement, but stepped forward and lay on the man's lap in some obedience.

Taking the coffee from Fernanda next to him, Simon took a sip, then looked at the girl who was looking at him flatteringly at his feet, and asked, "So, what's the matter with you?" Isn't Grey already signing you, and this time she is in charge of the Elite, which will only benefit you more?"

Karen Mulder hesitated and didn't know how to answer, and Cindy, who couldn't get used to her flattering appearance, had already revealed the bottom next to her: "Last week, Gray and John had a falling out, and Qusi and they both stood with Gray, but she couldn't wait to transfer to John's name." ”

Karen Mulder glared at the mouthy Cindy hatefully, and then quickly turned to Simon, the thought turned slightly, the girl did not quibble, but said pitifully: "Simon, I was wrong, can you talk to Grey, spare me this time, I promise, there will be no next time." ”

"It seems to be quite serious," Simon leaned back on the arm of the leather chair, reached out and picked the girl's chin, and said, "However, seeing that you were so well-behaved just now, I will talk to Gray later, and I will let you go this time." ”

"Oh, thank you, Simon, I can't thank you so much"

Karen Mulder didn't doubt Simon's right to speak in front of Grace at all, she thought that a catastrophe was coming, but she didn't expect things to pass so easily, and while saying words of thanks, tears couldn't help but flow. Ever since she got the news of Elite's upheaval in the morning and realized what had happened, she almost had a breakdown.

Simon looked at the girl who was grinning and laughing beside his legs, but there was no contempt or disdain in his heart.

A young girl who is only 25 years old now, 10 years after her debut, has climbed to her current position after twists and turns, and she can also more deeply understand how difficult it is for the fashion industry to reach the top, and she is more and more afraid of all this.

Karen Mulder, who used to be in history, suffered from depression because of the decline in her career in the late nineties, and continued plastic surgery like obsessive-compulsive disorder, as well as all kinds of hysteria.

At the end of the day, you still can't let go of Vanity Fair.

Actually, this is true of most of the people who enter this circle.

Whether it's the fashion industry, or Hollywood.

is like Robert Downey Jr., later people only saw the various scenery of this Marvel brother, but they didn't know that Downey was not only deeply addicted to drugs for a long time before he became popular with Iron Man, but also broke down emotionally in private more than once, crying and complaining to his friends about why he couldn't meet an opportunity like Leonardo, why he couldn't become as popular as Johnny Depp.

Robert Downey Jr. was born in the second generation of Hollywood, and he was able to show his face in his father's movies at the age of 7, compared to those young actors who have no foundation at all, Downey has never lacked opportunities after his debut, and he can be nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor in his twenties, so he also feels the scenery at the top of Vanity Fair more deeply.

However, the more this is the case, the more it cannot be let go.

Who can put it down?

Even Simon himself, who once thought he was free and easy, was indifferent enough to what he already had. However, this kind of indifference is actually because he knows that he has enough and it is difficult for others to take it away, so he will be calm.

If Simon were to lose all of that all of a sudden now, he would most likely go crazy too.