There is no doubt that from a moral point of view, Gu Kun's interception of Gucci is indeed a cruel blow to François Pinault.

Two years ago, when he first entered the luxury industry, in order to pull resources, pull business to blow each other, and achieve the indicator that "Gu Kun, Rupert and Pino can occupy the second to fourth place in the ranking of global luxury giants".

He didn't do a lot of things like "telling Pinault that his ambition is to focus on the male luxury economy, so his ultimate position is to replace Rupert" or "telling Rupert that his ambition is to focus on carrying the banner of Arnott and occupying the ecological niche of 'Arnott's strongest enemy'".

In other words, at that time, he was a newcomer who begged the bigwigs to be "averaged". Although he has money, he is not allowed to enter. He also desperately tried to survive between the second and third places in the world, and used despicable means to make them believe that Gu Kun was no threat to him.

Who would have thought that just over two years later, Gu Kun's fangs would be exposed. It was a solid calculation for François Pinault.

However, if there is no business, there is no treachery, in the business field, legal and contract-abiding, he is a reliable businessman.

The personalities, interests, and styles revealed in the small talk are not guaranteed.

It can be a true temperament, or it can be acted, no one can take this accusation, and it has no legal effect.

Ma Feng also said that he had never touched money and was not interested in money. Goudong also said that he is face blind and doesn't know if people are beautiful, do you believe it?

One day they changed their words and said that they were interested in money and beauties, and they should be held legally responsible?

You believe that you deserve to be killed.

……

"Bastard, this guy Gu Kun is completely backsliding! I must condemn him!"

After figuring out the specific terms of Gucci's private placement, François Pinault was of course angry, Rao was already a handful of years, 65 years old, and it was said that he had seen a lot of winds and waves, but he was still a little unsettled.

Next to him, Mr. Jean-Jacques Aragon, the former head of the French cultural BU and now the director of the Palazzo Glacio Museum in Venice, also felt quite embarrassed.

Pinault's assistant had no choice but to wait for the boss to calm down a bit, and then asked: "Mr. de Soré has chosen tomorrow for the press conference, and there is a thank you banquet, do you want to attend? or should we send someone to attend?"

"Attend? Sorey, that white-eyed wolf, is he embarrassed to send me an invitation? What are you doing? Are you looking at jokes? Don't go! Don't send anyone!" Pinault was very distressed that his opportunity to invest in Gucci had flown away, and he couldn't calm down at all for a while.

However, fortunately, the IQ of the guests around him is still online, and the person who can be the head of BU in France cannot be easy, and he must be very clever in dealing with people.

Jean Jacques Aragon coughed lightly, and then Pinault's assistant went away first to persuade the boss to make things easier for the minister.

Pino listened to Aragorn's cough and finally calmed down a little, he could lose his temper in front of his assistants, but not in front of a former minister.

In fact, his usual cultivation is really very good, mainly because today's breaking news is really annoying, an investment that has been followed for almost a year, or the biggest and most important investment in his life, it is so yellow, who can stand it.

The layman may not have enough understanding of the importance of Gucci's defection, but insiders know that it is very fatal - let's put it this way, Kering Group can firmly occupy the third largest luxury group in the world, relying on the core bargaining chip is Gucci, without Gucci maybe he will not be able to maintain the third position in the world.

After the assistant left, Jean-Jacques Aragorn, while observing Pino's mood, picked up the worthless Picasso draft from the ground that had been torn up because of his anger, and confirmed that Pino had calmed down, and then he pointed out sharply:

"People in a circle like you, as long as you don't officially tear your face, can't make such a stiff fuss on the surface. François, I haven't seen you in years.

On this kind of occasion, since they dare to give an invitation, what if they go generously. There is no shame in breaking it, but there is no shame, and if you are open-minded, you may be able to instigate others to feel ashamed. ”

There is no disgrace in breaking the point, but there is no disgrace?

François Pinault is also an old man, and of course he instantly felt "deep in my heart" for this sentence.

Indeed, at present, only he knows that "Henri de Soray had considered inviting Kering Group to invite Gu Kun before inviting him to issue a private placement".

Of course, De Soray and Gu Kun also know.

But if they didn't break it, it means that they don't want to make enemies with Pino and Kering.

This means, then, that Bernard Arnault and John Rupert also don't know that "Pino and his Kering are being put together".

Or, at best, speculation, no evidence.

At this time, if Pinault behaves carefully, it will let the speculation of his peers be confirmed, and then he will lose face only more. It's better to go to the thank you banquet naturally, and pretend that it has nothing to do with you.

Moreover, as long as the fake device is not in addition to the matter, there are other additional bonuses to enjoy - when the time comes, you can pretend to sow discord lightly, help others analyze the chain of suspicion "objectively and fairly", and dress up Gu Kun as "there is no threat to me, but more threat to those who are still in front of Gu Kun".

In a word, it is like the cold palace green tea scheming tables in the palace fighting drama to say, "I am not favored anyway, XXX has nothing to do with me competing for favor in front of His Majesty, but my sister is now in the holy family, so she should do it herself" is a truth.

Although the analogy is a bit awkward.

After thinking about everything, Pinault decided to accept the invitation very gentlemanly, and went to the banquet lightly, staging a drama of "green tea and tea, humble online".

……

On Christmas Eve, the former Napoleon's former home winery on the island of Elba (the word "former" is added in front of the house to emphasize that it is not specially protected as a celebrity home)

Several of the world's top luxury giants have been invited to attend the launch of Gucci's private placement and appreciation dinner.

Not surprisingly, Pinault saw two other old colleagues, Bernard Arnault and John Rupert.

Most of the time, Pino and Rupert played the "Sun-Liu Alliance" to scare the Cao thief Arnott, but occasionally they would play the infighting drama of Lu Meng's sneak attack on Jingzhou.

At this moment, as soon as Pinoult observed, he noticed that only Arnault's attitude was undisguised, and everyone before and after showed his hostility towards Soray and Gu Kun, while Rupert seemed to be very out of the way.

This is not surprising, because Arnault's ambition to make a hostile takeover of Gucci has long been obvious, the world has known about it for more than a year, and now that the hostile takeover has failed, it is impossible for him to pretend that he is okay and not ashamed. So it's better to be generous and express your hostility.

Gucci CEO Henri de Soray was the first to officially announce today's decision in front of the crowd:

"We are delighted to have all of you here, and today our company is officially announcing a decision to prevent Gucci from being hostilely acquired, we will issue new shares with a market value of 7 billion euros, which will be equivalent to double the original share capital, so that all the shares of the original shareholders will be diluted to half of the original value. The additional invitation object is the Lanfang Art Group from Lanfangguo, and below, we will officially hold a signing ceremony. ”

The audience immediately burst into warm applause, and the signing ceremony went smoothly in the spotlight, and then Gu Kun also picked up the symbolic big check, held it with De Sorey, and let the media friends take pictures.

After the main process of the press conference is completed, all that remains is the appreciation dinner.

François Pinault, who had been holding back his grievances for a long time, held a glass of champagne and saw an opportunity for LVMH boss Arnault and Richemont boss Rupert to be relatively close, and saw that he went over to talk and provoke.

"Yo, isn't this Mr. Arnault, I must be in a bad mood today, I followed the acquisition project for almost two years, and finally ended up like this - brother, I'm really not worth it for you, why did you say you saved those few dollars in legal fees? Hire a top Dutch lawyer to help you step on the brakes before you start, in the long run, maybe there will be a show, and today I don't care about Kun. ”

Although Pinault's business is smaller than Arnott's, it is no problem for him to call the other party "brother", because in terms of age, Pinault is 65 years old, and Arnault is only in his 50s.

Hitting people doesn't slap their faces, Pino is so gentlemanly and debriefing, Arnault also has to fight back:

"It's not a lawyer's problem, it's a mediocrity not to be envied, so many people are afraid of me, who makes me always unsympathetic, Soray probably thinks that if it falls into my hands, it will not be a good death. ”

This is quite a bit of ruthlessness, and it is quite similar to the courage to say bluntly, "Rather teach me to bear the world, and Hugh let the world bear me".

Moreover, after saying half a sentence, Arnault instantly changed his words: "Pinault, don't pretend, the 'white knight' that Soray was looking for was you, but it turned out to be a spare tire, which is really a shame for us French." Originally, I thought that even if I didn't succeed, the world would still be all of us French, and you couldn't rob a yellow person, hehe......"

Pino's face changed slightly, but he could only grit his teeth and endure it, and soon re-entered the play very lightly: "Really? Then you must have misunderstood, I almost forgot about this." Soray seems to have been looking for me at the beginning of the year, but he hasn't been looking for me for most of the year. I thought this was over, and I didn't think about any white knights at all, probably because Soray thought the conditions I drove were too harsh.

Gu Kun can take it, I don't know how much concessions I gave to Solei, maybe he is a layman's fat sheep, 7 billion euros smashed into it, and in the end, how to spend it is all Solei's words, Gu Kun is not bad if he is not pitted by that little fox. I don't care at all. ”

It's a shame to lose the bid, but if it's "I always don't relax with harsh conditions, and the other party can't afford it, so I can only find a guy with a more humble bid to take over", then it's different. It is equivalent to the difference between dumping people and being dumped, it is very embarrassing to be dumped, and it is not ashamed to dump people.

"IS IT? THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT HUMBLE CONDITIONS GU KUN HAS SET TO LOSE HIS POWER AND HUMILIATE GUO, LET'S FIND OUT?" ARNOTT TEASED WITH A FAKE SMILE.