North West Tasmania.

Across the banks of the Arthur River in Tasmania's north-west native forest, on the edge of a large farm and dense forest, there are a few simple wooden houses where Simon and Janet have lived in recent days.

Of course, it wasn't just the two of them, there were many other followers.

The kidnapping of President Heineken, which shocked the world six years ago, has made all rich people pay more attention to their own safety issues, especially Simon, who has always lacked a sense of security in his bones. As a two-life man, he understands that there is always too much unexpected malice in this world.

The cottage had been built since the time he bought the surrounding farm and surrounding woodland, and Simon had preferred to build something more elaborate in brick and stone, but this idea was extremely incompatible with the well-preserved pristine ecology of the surrounding area, so he had to give up.

Many rich people always claim that the amount of money is just a string of numbers to a certain extent, which seems very hypocritical to Simon.

More money means more freedom to enjoy all the resources of this society, and there is absolutely no difference between a millionaire and a billionaire.

Completely put aside from work under Janet's supervision, the two have spent the last few days enjoying everything that can only be enjoyed by a top resort on this rather backward island at the end of the world.

It's still the middle of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and I've heard that New York has just experienced a snowstorm recently. It is the height of summer in Australia, but Tasmania, which is located in a temperate maritime climate, is completely an excellent summer resort without the slightest summer heat.

Less than 30 kilometres from the sea, he drifted down the Arthur River, spent a day at sea on Johnston's yacht, and then led a team along the banks of the Arthur River in search of Australia's endemic platypus.

I really caught one, but unfortunately no one knew how to eat it, so I had to let it go.

On the last day of February, Simon and Janet flew by helicopter to a winery in the middle of Ta Island.

Tasmania is a very good wine region, but it is only because of its remote location that it has not been able to develop the wine industry that is as thriving as in Europe.

Janet originally wanted to buy a winery in Europe, but she couldn't find a suitable one, so she opened a small winery of about 20 hectares in Tasmania and transplanted a batch of very high-quality Pinot Noir vines from France.

It was the ripening season of the grapes, and although the next month would be the right time to pick them, Simon and Janet got their hands dirty with much of the wine's journey from harvest to vinification.

Sofia Faisy happened to have arrived from France in recent days, because Simon was in a coma the other day, and also for Gucci's business. The woman was originally stopped by Janet in Melbourne, and because of the winery, she was called over as a staff officer.

The trio spent the whole day at the winery, and towards evening, they returned to their north-west location by helicopter.

After getting off the helicopter and walking to the chalet, Sophia talked about the winery again: "The wines here in Tasmania are very unique, and if they can be managed carefully, they will definitely create a good brand." Unfortunately, from the maintenance of the vineyards to the winemaking technology here, it is far from being comparable to that of Europe. Although the quality of the wine is influenced by the climate, the cultivation and vinification techniques are also very important. ”

"If you think you can do it, try it," Simon said, walking between the two women, "but there shouldn't be any top winemaker willing to live in such a remote place, and there are only a few hundred thousand people in the whole of Tasmania." ”

Sophia was about to continue to say something, but Janet interrupted: "Sophie, I've only been dragging Simon out of work for a few days, don't talk about these things." ”

"Okay," Sophia stopped in time, and asked curiously, "Speaking of which, what happened last time?"

Hearing this question, Janet suddenly flashed her eyes with some embarrassment and stopped talking.

Simon smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just too tired." ”

The three of them came to the door of the wooden house, and the chef who came with them this time came forward to ask everyone what they would eat at night, and said that Melbourne had just sent someone to deliver some seafood.

Simon didn't pay much attention to this, just handed it to Janet, and opened the door and walked into the cabin.

After a long day, he just wants to take a good shower.

The wooden house is a two-storey structure, which looks simple and rough on the outside, with some new sprouts on the wood, but the interior is very delicate, with all the furniture and equipment.

Simon took a shower in the bathroom on the second floor, changed his clothes and went downstairs again.

There was no one in the living room, but there was some noise in the kitchen, and Simon came to the kitchen door and saw Sophia making coffee. After a day of traveling, the woman dressed in a habitual OL outfit was still meticulous, as if she had just been sitting in the office for a day.

Janet's personality is often like a little girl, and Sophia has a very lethal and familiar aura regardless of her age, figure and temperament.

Simon leaned against the door frame, admiring the woman's mature and wonderful figure, and unconsciously raised some irrepressible emotions.

Probably because Janet has been forcibly abstinent in the last few days.

Janet privately felt that she had been pestering Simon for too long that night that caused the fainting the next day, so she had not allowed Simon to do certain things in recent days.

Women are naturally very sensitive to certain gazes from men, Sophia pretended to be patient for a moment, but still turned her head to look over, with a faint blush on her face, and said, "Boss, don't you think it's rude to look at a woman like this?"

Although she has expressed her stance on some things, and she is not resistant to having something happen to Simon in her heart, in the past, Sophia knows that Simon doesn't seem to have much interest in her. However, for some reason, she could clearly feel a dangerous aura at this time.

The little man at the door was fighting the urge to rush over and press her against the kitchen counter.

It's still very rough.

Simon barely heard what Sophia had just said, still looking at the woman in front of him unabashedly. Outside the cabin, Janet suddenly heard the chuckle of a conversation with someone, breaking the simmering confrontation.

With his eyes clear, Simon raised his hand and pointed to the coffee pot, "Okay?"

Sophia noticed the rapid fading of a certain aura on Simon's body, and was inexplicably a little disappointed, and even a little curious, but quickly nodded: "Okay." ”

"Pour me a glass, don't put sugar. ”

With that, Simon turned and went back to the living room.

Sophia stood there stunned for a moment, then silently took the cup from the cupboard, poured the coffee, hesitated for a moment, and added a sugar cube to it as if angry. Then he regretted it a little more, poured another cup, and then took two cups of coffee out of the kitchen.

Simon slouched on the couch in the living room, leaning on a pillow and flipping through a book in his hand.

Sophia put a cup of coffee on the coffee table next to Simon, sat down on the single sand on the other side, glanced at the book in the man's hand, and vaguely remembered that this was a very famous collection of essays, but she had not read it.

Just as he was thinking about what to say, he heard Simon's voice: "You can go upstairs and take a shower." ”

Sophia subconsciously shook her head: "No, no. ”

But a thought flashed through my mind, what if you break in?

"Tell me about Gucci, then?"

Some time ago, Sophia has successfully acquired 63% of Gucci's shares, with a total expenditure of $170 million.

Simon actually hopes to buy all of Gucci's shares at once, and with his current strength, it will be easy to raise another amount of money. However, while it has been agreed to let go of absolute control of Gucci, it is clear that most of the Gucci family is also looking forward to holding some stakes so that the company can continue to reap the benefits of the company's recovery in the future.

Sophia heard Simon say this, but she looked in the direction of the door and said, "Jenny just said that she can't talk about work." ”

Simon casually flipped the page of the book in his hand and said, "You have to understand that for a person who is very addicted to smoking, forcibly asking the other party to quit smoking completely will not only not be good for the body, but will be counterproductive." ”

Sophia felt that this analogy was very interesting, and she did not dwell on it, and said: "Things, there is some trouble. ”

"Huh?"

"Gucci's problems are worse than I thought, financial chaos, over-licensing, brand differentiation, and so on. Even, Maurizio Gucci and Paul Gucci of the Gucci family are basically frequent visitors to the scandal pages of many gossip newspapers, and the heirs of this family are simply terrible. Trying to reinvent the Gucci brand is a big problem in itself. ”

"It's normal, Gucci has the same heritage as Dior and LV. Dior and LV are both currently worth more than $1 billion, and if Gucci's problems weren't too serious, how could we get so many shares at a valuation of less than $300 million," Simon wasn't surprised at all, he said, glanced sideways at the woman, and said, "You're not going to tell me that you don't know what to do now, do you?"

Sophia dodged Simon's eyes, quickly looked over again, and said, "I need a sum of money, at least $20 million." ”

"Why?"

"All the funds I could have at my disposal added up to just over $176 million, and I spent $170 million on Gucci shares, and now I only have more than $6 million left. However, Gucci is now in a state of limbo, and although I plan to streamline my product line, some products will be very difficult to recover once they are cut, so we must continue to maintain them even if they lose money. All of this requires money. In addition, Maurizio Gucci, the previous helmsman of Gucci, was a person who lived a very luxurious life, and in order to maintain a luxurious life in the past few years, he almost hollowed out the foundation of Gucci, and even left a hidden debt, most of which can be slowly digested in the future business, but some must be paid off as soon as possible. ”

Simon nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "These are just small things, I just want to know, what are you going to do next?"

"While keeping Gucci's main product lines up and running, I'm going to start with the fashion department, especially the womenswear department. As long as the fashion department recovers, the rest of the Gucci brand's product lines will benefit. I've already looked for a couple of new creative directors that I'll be interviewing when I leave Melbourne. ”

Simon said: "But if you want to sign these people, you still need money, right?"

"Yes," Sophia nodded, "and a lot of famous designers are very unfavorable to Gucci right now, and if we want to sign each other, we have to show enough strength." ”

Simon continued, "Anything else?"

"Once the new Creative Director is confirmed, I will focus the next phase of my operations on the next phase of our operations at the Fashion Weeks this fall, which will be a key to Gucci's reinvigoration. When the time comes, I hope that Daenerys Entertainment can give some media resources to support. ”

"That's fine, I'll say hi to Amy. ”

"Actually, Simon, I hope that when it's done, you can come to Italy and give some advice. There's also Fall Fashion Week, and if you can, I'd like you to shoot a campaign for Gucci yourself. ”

Simon shook his head and said, "I don't know much about fashion, and I don't plan to waste too much energy on it. Sophie, I hope you do the same, try to leave things to people who are able to do it, you just need to be at the helm, don't worry about your people being too good, Sophie, what you should do is make sure that your subordinates are as good as you are. As soon as Gucci recovers, I will invest more money in allowing you to acquire other brands and expand the Mélisandre Company into a comprehensive luxury group as soon as possible. If you're completely caught up in the Gucci brand, you're tied to that brand. When the time comes, I'll find someone else to take care of Melisandre. ”

"I understand, Simon, but I can't be too impatient in this matter, I need to get acquainted with the details of the whole luxury industry through Gucci. Sophia said, "So, about the money and the commercials?"

Simon didn't give a package ticket, and said: "The money can be given to you, as for the commercial, I don't have time when I see it, if not, you can only find someone else." ”

The two were chatting, Janet pushed the door in, happened to hear the conversation between the two in the living room, and immediately became dissatisfied, pulled Simon from the sofa and walked out, and said, "The Antarctic krill that Dad sent me is still alive." ”

Simon was helplessly pulled out by Janet.

Sophia watched the two go out and got up and followed.

After a one-night stay in Tasmania and a full week's rest, the group returned to Melbourne the next day. After all, it was impossible to stop filming for too long, and Simon resumed work the next day, on the afternoon of March 1.

Janet originally planned to accompany Simon to return to North America after his birthday, but because of the fainting incident, she stayed completely and helped Simon take care of Cersei Capital.