914. Arno's estate
Arnault's wife's name is Helena Messier, a pianist, of course, there is not a lot of information about her, Zhou Fangyuan collected it, but did not get any valuable information.
When I saw her on the farm, she was dressed in casual clothes at home, and she didn't look like the wife of a luxury emperor at all, but just like the inconspicuous clothes on Arnault's body, who knows if the clothes on his wife were also the type of low-key luxury? Zhou Fangyuan didn't know much, so he didn't make a judgment.
After the two sides met and greeted each other, Helena left first.
"She still has classes to attend in the afternoon, so I'm sorry I have to leave first. ”
Arno said apologetically.
I want to insert a sentence here, Helena is not Arno's original match, Arnault's original partner is Anna Devavirian, his current eldest daughter and eldest son, both born to the original match. Helena, as a second wife, gave birth to two sons for Arnault one after another, the eldest of them, that is, Arnault's second son, was born in 92 and is only 14 years old this year, and the youngest son is the youngest, born in 95, and is only ten years old this year.
In fact, the heirs of luxury emperors also have status disputes.
On April 4, 1975, Arnault's eldest daughter, Delphine, the eldest princess of the luxury empire, was born, and after graduating from the EDHEC business school in Paris, she went to the London School of Economics for further study, and after graduation, she joined McKinsey & Company, a strategic management consulting firm, as an international management consultant. Delfina worked at McKinsey & Company for 3 years and gradually gained some management experience. After that, Delfina officially joined the Louis Vuitton Group as a department leader. Delfina has been working on the development of new products.
In 2001, Delfina was responsible for the development and promotion of new varieties of Dior fragrances, successfully gaining prestige for herself in the leadership of the Group. At the age of 29, Delfina was appointed to the Board of Directors, becoming the only female member of the Board of Directors. In the future, in 2013, LVMH announced that in September of that year, Delphine Arnault would leave the position of deputy general manager of Christian Dior and be promoted to executive vice president of Louis Vuitton. In October 12, the "prince" Antoine Arnault took over the CEO of the men's clothing brand Berluti in a high-profile manner, and there was speculation that he had achieved the status of successor.
As the old man Bernard Arnault gets older, the family situation of the world's largest luxury group will inevitably kick off. Fortunately, among Bernard Arnault's five children, only the "eldest princess" Delphine Arnault and the crown prince Antoine Arnault are adults. It is worth mentioning that both siblings were born to Bernard's first wife, Anna Devavirian. Bernard's current wife, pianist Helena Messier, and her three sons, who are still of school age, are only spectators.
"The eldest princess" Delphine Arnault joined the LVMH group at an early age, working her way up from the human resources department to the deputy general manager of Dior. She started out in charge of the group's small brands Loewe, Pulse and Celine, and then rose to the position of Deputy General Manager of Christian Dior thanks to the successful launch of Dior's new fragrance line. You must know that Christian Dior is actually the controlling parent company of LVMH, and it is also the stepping stone for Bernard Arnault to enter the luxury industry, and it is definitely the core brand of the French luxury industry and the pearl in the hearts of the French.
As early as 2003, Delphine Arnault was already a member of the board of directors of LVMH and controlled 7.5% of LVMH shares, becoming the largest independent shareholder after Gilles Hennessy, the "boss" of the Hennessy Group. This woman, who graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science and worked at McKinsey & Company's French branch, truly inherited her father's unique vision, such as insisting on inviting Phoebe Philo to join the chairmanship of Lin, and choosing Ralph Simon to succeed Christian Dior as the chief designer. Now she joins Louis Vuitton, the group's largest and most profitable brand, reporting directly to the president.
Compared with his sister, his younger brother Antoine Arnault is not only a late bloomer, but also has a bit of a longer rebellious adolescence. Antoine was once obsessed with the rag style of "grunge" and was extremely tired of the luxury industry.
However, the "prince" also has two hits. In 2002, after graduating from business school, Antoine became LVMH's Director of Marketing Image. This experience gave him the opportunity to understand the core values of all the Group's Maisons, and then he was instrumental in the 2012 Louis Vuitton brand campaign. What's even more "efficient" is that Antoine also met his girlfriend in this position - Russian supermodel Natalie Vodyanova.
In 2012, Antoine Arnault was appointed CEO of the group's menswear brand, Berluti, by his father. The 127-year-old shoemaking brand has finally started the development of menswear.
In business settings, executives often wear tailored suits, such as Hermès and Armani. LVMH lacks a brand like Louis Vuitton in the top menswear market, which combines history and quality, as well as chic and sophisticated, and has a dominant position. Therefore, Antoine Arnault is a heavy responsibility, and for a while, the news that the "crown prince" was going to take the throne was very loud. And Antoine Arnault took over the banner without any ambiguity, first poaching the design director of Emenigilldo Zegna to his banner, and then aiming at the Chinese market, which has the largest profit margin, and two of the four stores in the world are opened in China.
Now it is too early to say whether the eldest princess will take over the baton or the crown prince will succeed to the throne, and even in 12-13 years, it is impossible to conclude who will be successful. But judging from the development of the original time and space, my sister is far superior to my younger brother in terms of qualifications and assets. However, in the future, the entire luxury industry is facing the dilemma of a global economic slowdown, and it is not easy to make a significant performance in Louis Vuitton. Therefore, the promotion can be said to be an affirmation of his contribution, but at the same time, the younger brother has also opened up a new field, and it is difficult to say who will die.
When Arjuna is also a matter of the future, at this point in time, the battle between the eldest daughter and the eldest son should not have started yet.
The gossip is far away......
After Helena left, Arno took Zhou Fangyuan on a tour of his small estate.
Although the estate is small, it has a lot of organs, and there are several cows, according to Arnault, all purebred Charlotte cattle.
Zhou Fangyuan didn't know anything about this, and seemed to see his confusion, and Arnault took the initiative to introduce him to him. Native to the Charolais department and the Nevle region from the central west to the southeast of France, this Charolais cattle is a world-famous large beef cattle breed, which has been widely welcomed by the international market for its fast growth, large meat volume, large body size and extensive resistance since its breeding, and has been exported to many countries around the world early.
Charolais cattle are among the large cattle of the continental type of beef cattle. The horns are round and long, stretching to the front of the sides, and are waxy yellow, the chest is very deep, the muscles of the back, waist and buttocks are bulging, the muscle grooves of the jiri are clear, the limbs are thick, there are often irregularities, and there are many bulls with sideburns and concave backs. The coat color is white or milky white, some are yellowish-white, and there are flesh-colored pigments on the skin and mucous membranes.
The fast growth of Charolais cattle is its biggest feature. Under the conditions of feeding in China, the newborn male calf was 48.2 kg, the female calf was 46.0 kg, the average daily gain from birth to 6 months old was 1168g, and the average weight of 18-month-old male calves was 734.4kg. It is indeed a very good breed of cattle with excellent economic value. Charolais cattle gain weight quickly, lean meat, can produce the maximum amount of meat in the shortest time, the average slaughter rate can reach 65 sha to 68%, good meat quality, no excessive fat. Charolais cows have good milk production performance, which ensures the growth and development of the calves. According to the Gannan Breeding Farm in Hei Province, the milk production is 2,800 tons.
Charolais cattle have good adaptability, cold and heat resistance, cold and cold in winter, no tail, hunched waist, shrinkage, no hot wheezing and salivation in midsummer, and normal feeding intake. During the all-day grazing in summer, the feeding intake was fast and the foraging power was strong, the daily pure feeding time was 78.3%, and the feed intake was 48.5 tons. It can also gain weight and fat without additional feeding. Common diseases rarely occur, but when the amount of exercise is insufficient and the hooves are not cut in time, individual cattle have hooves deformed and cracked hooves. Primiparous cattle mostly need to be assisted in midwifery, and large fetuses in multiparous cattle also need to be assisted in midwifery, which often causes dystocia, and the dystocia rate accounts for about 10%.
The French like to eat beef, in fact, like other Europeans, cattle are their main meat.
Eating beef is certainly good, as it is higher in sarcosine than any other food, making it especially effective for building muscle and strength. In the first few seconds of training, sarcosine is the fuel source for muscles, and it is an effective way to replenish adenosine triphosphate, so that training can last longer. The greater the protein requirement, the more vitamin B6 should be added to the diet. Beef contains enough vitamin B6 to help you boost your immunity and promote protein metabolism and synthesis, which can help your body recover after intense training.
Chicken and fish contain very low levels of carnitine and sarcosine, but beef has high levels. Carnitine is mainly used to support fat metabolism to produce branched-chain amino acids, an amino acid that plays an important role in muscle growth in bodybuilders. Potassium is a mineral that is missing from most athletes' diets. Low levels of potassium can affect muscle growth by inhibiting protein synthesis as well as growth hormone production. Beef is packed with protein: 4 ounces of lean tenderloin yields 22 grams of top-notch protein.
Beef is low in fat but rich in conjugated linoleic acid, a potential antioxidant that can effectively combat tissue damage caused by sports such as weightlifting. In addition, linoleic acid acts as an antioxidant to maintain muscle mass. Zinc is another antioxidant that helps synthesize protein and promotes muscle growth. Zinc works with glutamate and vitamin B6 to boost the immune system. Magnesium supports protein synthesis, strengthens muscles, and most importantly, increases the efficiency of insulin anabolism. Iron is an essential mineral for hematopoiesis. In contrast to the meagre amount of iron found in chicken, fish, and turkey, beef is rich in iron.
The role of alanine is to produce sugar from the proteins of the diet. If you're not getting enough carbohydrates, alanine can provide your muscles with the energy they need to relieve the deficit so you can continue training. The biggest benefit of this amino acid is that it frees the muscles from the burden of supplying energy. Vitamin B12 is essential for the production of cells, and the role of red blood cells is to bring oxygen to muscle tissue. Vitamin B12 boosts the metabolism of branched-chain amino acids, which provide the body with the energy it needs for intense training.
Finally, if eaten day in and day out for weeks or even months, chicken breasts can be annoying. Beef, on the other hand, has a different taste and texture in the taste and texture of the hind legs, flanks, loins and slices, and is indeed not the same as the monotonous chicken breast.
In addition to beef, there is also a small vine on the estate.
"Do you still make your own wine?"
Zhou Fangyuan was a little curious.
He didn't know much about vines, but he had seen vines since he was a child, and he used to have them at home, so he could probably recognize the difference between usable grapes and non-usable grapes. Like now, he can't tell the variety, but this month, such an Acrylic grape is a wine grape nine times out of ten. There are many varieties of wine grapes, the most common being Cabernet Sauvignon, Lippon Franc, Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc, to name a few.
The one planted on the Arnaud estate is, according to him, Cabernet Sauvignon.
Widely cultivated all over the world, Cabernet Sauvignon is almost the most famous red grape variety on the planet, has the potential to make top wines, and is the main ingredient in many of the world's top wines, Cabernet Sauvignon is known as an international variety. In the 20th century, Cabernet Sauvignon was the most widely cultivated grape variety in the world until it was surpassed by Merlot grapes in the 1990s.
Cabernet Sauvignon is widely cultivated throughout Bordeaux, with the Hauts-Médoc appellation rich in well-drained gravel and the most famous Cabernet Sauvignon appellation, often blended with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and other varieties for the harmony and richness of the wine. In fact, the source that made it famous and famous to the world is none other than Bordeaux in France, which is still the most classic and representative Cabernet Sauvignon growing region. Cabernet Sauvignon is the soul of Bordeaux red wines, especially those of Bordeaux Left Bank. Without it, Bordeaux's dry red wines would have diminished their allurance.
The aroma of Cabernet Sauvignon is easily recognizable, with a predominance of black fruits, vegetative and toasted aromas. When young, the wines are often fruity with aromas such as green pepper, mint, blackcurrant and plum, and gradually develop notes of cedar, tobacco, leather and shiitake mushrooms as they age. Wines made from Cabernet Sauvignon are greatly affected by the ripeness of the grapes at the time of harvest, when the fruit is not perfectly ripe, it will show more pronounced green pepper and vegetal smells, on the contrary, if the fruit is perfectly ripe, or even overripe, then the wine will take on the aroma of black vinegar jam and taste like jam.
Under the leadership of Arnault, Zhou Fangyuan visited the small manor, which was very good, small, but very exquisite, enough to see that Arnault took care of the manor very carefully on weekdays.
Before you know it, it's time to eat.
Arnault said that it was not today that the cow was killed, but yesterday, a beef cow was killed on the farm. The more essential parts have been left, and they have been treated simply in advance, and today he is ready to show off his skills and let Zhou Fangyuan taste his skills.