Unfortunately, in the face of François Pinault's rhetoric, Johann Rupert seemed to have no intention of acknowledging it at all.

"Thanks for the reminder, but Mr. Pinault, you better take care of yourself, I think things are already clear, everything today is an accident, I will still pay attention. Rupert coped with a smile, but judging by his attitude, it was obvious that he was more affected by the conversation between Arnault and Soray just now.

"You...... Do you think I'm provoking you? I'm doing it for your good! You'll regret it!" Pinault hated to throw off a sentence, but he also found that he could no longer do anything, so he could only leave in embarrassment.

If Gu Kun was present, he would definitely be very satisfied with this effect.

The most successful state of a yin person is that only the person you are directly yin hated you, and the other peers still do not realize your danger.

Now it seems that only Pinault, who was cut off by Gu Kun and Gucci, hated him to death, but Rupert, the world's No. 2, and Arnault, the world's No. 1, still didn't wake up, at least they didn't feel that he was in danger of being stronger than Pino.

Even if they just hope that "Gu Kun and Pino eat dog", it is enough time and space for Gu Kun to develop.

Fight a monster for a few years, and you won't be actively approached by the boss, and continue to give you time to level up, isn't there a more beautiful life than this?

It doesn't matter if leveling up is slow, as long as you have enough time to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, it will be solved sooner or later.

......

That evening, after the appreciation dinner.

Gu Kun, who was still staying at a Tuscan winery on the island of Elba, learned from Henri de Sorey about the reaction of the forces after being led by the rhythm as scheduled.

Obviously, Gu Kun was very satisfied with this result.

He took a sip in front of the window with a glass of champagne in hand, and generously announced: "Well done, in two years, you will be the CEO of Lanfang Art Group - as long as you do a good job of Gucci's restructuring and transition, I will give you a bigger stage when the time comes."

In addition, this check for 10 million euros, let's take it for pocket money first, you're welcome. In the future, if the diplomatic work outside the company is done well, it will continue as usual. Of course, this time, you have to follow up on the follow-up, what I want to see is the final result. ”

Gu Kun said, casually pushing a signed Swiss bank check on the coffee table forward.

Henri de Soré was not polite, and went straight to the inner pocket of his suit.

Everyone understands people, decent people, and knows how important and valuable diplomacy is. And there must be more work to cover up the aftermath of this matter, which can not be done with a drink and smoke bombs tonight, and Soray will definitely have to pay a lot of work.

As long as Soray can help Gu Kun solve the problem of "being feared and panicked by his peers after his sudden rise, triggering encirclement and suppression, and joint blocking", what is the personal treatment of tens of millions of euros?

In this world, no one likes a latecomer who suddenly rises.

Only with Bismarck's wrist can do it

"After winning the Prussian-Danish War, the Austrians still don't regard you as an enemy, and give you another five years of farming and military training.

After winning the Austro-Prussian War, the French still do not regard you as an enemy, and give you another five years of farming and military training.

After winning the Franco-Prussian War, the British still did not regard you as an enemy, and gave you a period of cultivation and recuperation until Bismarck died."

The brainless beast would attribute the number one credit for Germany's rise to the invincibility of Marshal Moltke. Resourceful people with real brains know that the most important thing is a diplomatic genius who "can continue to fight without winning the war".

It's like a thief in the World of Warcraft who has opened an infinite disappearing plug-in, and after encountering a bunch of monsters, he can forcibly disappear every time he kills one of them, sneak out of the combat state, sit down to eat and drink back to a full state, fill up the BUFF, and then open the next monster.

Kering, Richemont, and LVMH in front of Gu Kun are Denmark, Austria, and France on the road to the rise of Prussia, and what they pursue is to let them go on one by one.

......

Within a week after Christmas, that is, before New Year's Day 2001, Gu Kun's private placement of capital to Gucci was finally subscribed in batches.

The massive funds of 6 billion euros will be used in the next two to three years for drastic market expansion, brand positioning and publicity, and the laying of high-end stores...... These are all things that CEO Soray should care about, and Gu Kun just asked his henchmen to check the accounts.

At the same time, LVMH boss Bernard Arnault, as he discussed with Soray at the Christmas dinner, missed the blow and sought to withdraw. Anyway, I can't control it, and it's not interesting to stay as a minority shareholder, so I'd rather lose a few hundred million yuan and withdraw.

So Gu Kun paid another 2 billion euros to buy Arnott's equity that was diluted to 19% of the total share capital after the additional issuance - when Gu Kun entered the game, he actually injected capital at a preferential price of 6 billion euros for 50% (equivalent to a total market value of 12 billion euros), and the actual external market value rose to 15 billion euros after the capital injection, so in the process of capital injection and cooperation, it increased by one or two percent because of various good news.

Even according to the internal price of the total share capital of 12 billion euros, Arnott's 19% is at least about 2.3 billion euros, and if the market value is digested according to the good news, it is worth 2.8 billion euros.

Arnotken's 2 billion bags are running away for safety, which can be regarded as a discount of about seven or eight percent, which is easy to say and disperse.

Since Gu Kun wants to stabilize the other two opponents for the time being, and can make a small profit, he should naturally show his demeanor.

Therefore, Gu Kun has spent 8 billion euros on Gucci before and after, and the total share capital obtained has also risen further, and it is currently 57% plus 19%, for a total of 76%.

This series of transactions has allowed Gu Kun to have more opportunities and contacts in the luxury industry in France and Italy. Since Christmas and New Year's Day, he has been attending various banquets of high-class people almost every day, and gradually implanted his new character into the minds of his peers.

Almost subconsciously, everyone has already regarded Gu Kun as "the big man in the circle second only to the three luxury giants".

Don't underestimate these untouchable and invisible consciousnesses.

This kind of cognition is the greatest wealth of the luxury industry, everyone thinks that you are noble, you are really noble. Because the value of luxury goods comes from the recognition of people, especially the recognition of the upper class, rather than the actual products, quality, and tangible net assets.

To put it bluntly, the luxury industry is the second largest industry in the world after the financial industry, and everything depends on deception.

......

After completing the investment and diplomatic work in Europe, Gu Kun calculated that it was almost time to return to China.

The day-to-day operation of the brand is not the responsibility of a layman like him, he is only responsible for the grand strategic layout.

During the half month that he was at ease in Italy and France, the "Zhu Sen" that was maintained and upgraded at the Hamburg Lusen shipyard has already been renovated.

The repairs completed by the Germans the day before Christmas, Gu Kun's crew set sail as soon as possible, and it took about a week to sail from Germany, bypassing France and Spain, passing through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean, and arriving on the island of Elba on New Year's Day.

Gu Kun and Henri de Soray finally had a light meal, and then boarded the ship with a female assistant and bodyguards.

Sophia, the queen's female lawyer, is not on the same boat, mainly because she has a tight schedule and has more daily affairs to deal with, and she has no time to spend a month floating on the sea, so she can only be a trapeze artist and can travel back and forth to Europe and Asia in two days.

Anyway, Sophia's life is worthless, and no one will assassinate her.

Gu Kun took the boat purely for safety.

The next morning, the sun rose from the bow of the ship, and the master cabin was flooded with every inch of the surface by the bright sunlight that greeted him, and Gu Kun woke up in such a magnificent beauty.

"Happy New Year, boss. I didn't even have a chance to tell you yesterday that you were drunk when you and Mr. Soray went out drinking. The female secretary, Shalanova, served him warmly and changed his clothes.

Gu Kun raised his eyes and looked at the platinum calendar, today is already January 2nd, it seems that the ship is driving very fast, it has only been one day to bypass the Strait of Mosina and enter the Ionian Sea (Eastern Mediterranean) - if it has not passed through the southernmost tip of Italy and Sicily, the bow of the ship should be heading southeast at this moment, and the sun should rise from the port side. But now the sun is rising directly ahead, indicating that the ship is heading east at full speed.

From Elba Island to Sicily, a distance of more than 300 nautical miles, it set sail after dinner yesterday afternoon, and now it has sailed so far, it can only be said that Gu Kun's ship is so capricious.

"What time is the Chinese New Year coming this year?" Gu Kun, who had been dizzy in Europe, asked casually while brushing his teeth.

"On the 24th, this year's New Year is early, and it will be over at the end of January. Shalanova replied without thinking about it, although she is a Black Klan girl, and there is no Spring Festival in the small culture, but after following Gu Kun for a few years, she has already reversed.

After brushing his teeth, Gu Kun took a sip of the morning refreshing cold coffee: "It's really early, can you rush back to Lanfang?" There are still 22 days." ”

Shalanova: "We took the Suez Canal this time, a total of 6,500 nautical miles, 22 days of day and night sailing is absolutely enough, as long as the average cruising speed of 16 knots is enough, it is no problem to rush back to Lanfang before Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

"That's good, but this year's birthday is going to be celebrated on the ship, and when I return to Lanfang, I will be 24 years old. Gu Kun sighed boredly, the years passed really quickly, and it was already the seventh year since he was reborn.

Shalanova thought he was worried that he would not be able to celebrate properly on the ship, so she quickly explained: "Don't worry, where is it different for you, I have ordered all the party preparations to be made, I wanted to surprise you." ”

Gu Kun ate breakfast and smiled: "What do you think? Am I the kind of person who wants to be romantic and can't endure hardship?" I just sighed about the passage of time. However, the leisurely birthday is still in time for the Lan Fang to be given to her after the previous year, is she a Pisces, when I first met her, she was only a young man, and now she is finally going to be an 18-year-old adult. ”

Thinking that Zhu Youran was about to turn 18 years old, the corners of Gu Kun's mouth couldn't help but flash an evil lewd smile.

More than ten days passed in a flash, and the "Zhu Sen", which has always maintained a speed of more than 20 knots, finally returned to Lanfang Port three or four days before the Spring Festival.