Gu Kun was not a veteran practitioner in the luxury industry in his previous life, and he was a straight man of steel, so he was just a business owner in a tourism country, and he had a cursory understanding of the grievances between Bernard Arnault and de Sorey for the sake of luxury duty-free shopping.

In his previous life, he only knew that "it seems that since 99, LVMH and Gucci have been in a lawsuit for several years, ruling whether the offeror is a hostile takeover and whether the offeree can dilute the hostile takeover by issuing new shares in accordance with the Dutch securities law." The lawsuit and the acquisition lasted for several years, until LVMH lost the final trial in '02 and confirmed that the acquisition had failed."

More detailed details, Gu Kun originally didn't know.

But these are not important, because in this life, the previous disputes have actually happened. At this moment, after a personal interview with De Sorey, Gu Kun quickly grasped the key to the grievances.

Looking at celebrity autobiographies, how can it be efficient for celebrities to tell you in person, and when it comes to Gu Kun's status, of course, you must make good use of the latter method to quickly get advice.

Talking about the past of these businesses in the Duomo of Flowers in Florence, there are a bunch of black suits standing outside to maintain order, and there is probably no one except Gu Kun, which gives people a sense of "The Godfather".

“…… I see, therefore, the legal issue of your private placement of new shares no longer exists after the preliminary trial?

After understanding the situation, Gu Kun concisely confirmed the most critical point.

"Yes, I can show you the relevant preliminary rulings, as well as excerpts of the Dutch Securities Act and the relevant Dutch judicial interpretations. De Sore's answer was very crisp.

"Sophia, get to work. Gu Kun clapped his hands and called his royal female lawyer over. When he came to Europe this time, Gu Kun was mentally prepared to engage in some major mergers and acquisitions, so of course he would take Sophia with him.

Sophia appeared from the shadows in a low-key manner, and then helped Gu Kun quickly confirm the relevant documents.

She was originally a French-Dutch, and started as a legal service for those international maritime auctions in The Hague, and she was not very professional in the mergers and acquisitions of financial investment companies at first, but after being contracted by Gu Kun full-time, she has made up a lot in recent years. The point is that she is originally Dutch, and of course she is more familiar with Dutch law, and she finished reading it in a few minutes.

Sophia nodded slightly at Gu Kun, and reported softly: "There is no flaw." ”

Gu Kun snuffed out the last cigar in his hand and asked playfully, "You can judge so easily, why did Arnott's people be blinded by lard in the first place and leave such a big loophole?"

Sophia shrugged slightly: "I'm hindsight now, of course it's easy to let go of the afterthought." In addition, Arnault's negligence may be related to the degree of international hegemony of his overly superstitious belief in Oceania's laws - Gucci has not only been listed on the Dutch exchange since '96, but also a small number of outstanding shares to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Arnault should be confident that as long as a company is listed on multiple exchanges, including those of the Oceania State, then the applicable securities law must be the Oceania State. Looking down on us in the Netherlands, I only hired the top team of lawyers from Oceania.

However, the subsequent development was beyond his expectations, and he did not expect that in the case of Gucci, Oceania actually respected the 'first-to-list priority principle', believing that Gucci's shares were first listed in the Netherlands, so all rulings on the legality of the company's acquisition methods and the legality of countermeasures should be governed by Dutch law. ”

Gu Kun listened to the detailed explanations of the professionals very humbly and roughly understood the case.

Gucci was originally listed in the Netherlands, and the chips circulating on the Dutch stock market accounted for about nearly 30% of the total share capital. However, it later went public in New York, but the chips released were relatively small, estimated to be more than a dozen points.

In the case of "dual stock market listing", if it was before 2018, the officials in the mainland of China may be more confused: how can a company be listed on two stock markets and two exchanges at the same time?

However, after 2018, the mainland scattered people should be no stranger to this, because the most typical representative is the stock of Ahri Baba in later generations, which is listed on the NASDAQ and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at the same time.

Gucci's Dutch listing on the New York Stock Exchange is similar to the dual listing of the Nasdaq Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with the Dutch Stock Exchange taking the lead.

Therefore, in this case, Arnault is not strictly speaking a trouble saved by saving attorney fees, but underestimating the laws of those small countries. He is very willing to spend money on the big law firms in New York, and almost all of the lawyer's fees are paid to New Yorkers.

However, because of the arrogance left a blind spot in a cross-border merger and acquisition, he did not read all the laws of all the countries involved, and invited high-end lawyers from all countries involved, and finally swallowed the bitter fruit.

After Gu Kun humbly understood the principle here, he slightly praised Sophia's professionalism, and then turned to De Sorey, smiling and showing goodwill: "Mr. Sorey, it seems that God helps you to have today's fate." Then let's talk about the specific share of new shares. ”

"So cheerful, are you convinced that you can outrate Monsieur François Pinault on any other condition than the offer?" said Sorey, half-jokingly.

François Pinault is the aforementioned Kering boss, the "white knight" of history.

Gu Kun pointed out very bluntly: "Mr. Pinault's strength is stable all year round, and my strength is constantly growing. You only came to me today, which means that you think that before today, my influence, resources, and comprehensive strength in this circle may be slightly inferior to Mr. Pinault, at most comparable.

But if you come to me today, it means that you think that from tomorrow onwards, my comprehensive strength in the circle has surpassed that of Mr. Pinault. Wouldn't it be better to work with a partner who is in the ascending channel?"

"Well, I like to talk to happy people, let's talk about it in detail at my winery. De Soré officially invited.

Gu Kun motioned to the other party to lead the way, and the group left the Florence Potany Cathedral, got on the bus in the square in front of the church, and then Soray's people opened the way and went to the winery in the suburbs to officially pick up the dust for Gu Kun, and by the way to negotiate the investment agreement for the issuance of new shares.

For safety reasons, Gu Kun invited de Soray to sit with him in his double-spelled Golden Maybach, and the other party readily agreed.

The boss of the other party is on Gu Kun's car, and the younger brothers of the other party will serve more attentively.

The convoy was driving on the marble slab street of Florence, and Gu Kun's car really had the effect of cleaning the streets, with a 100% return rate and no other cars approaching, overtaking, or stopping.

Let Gu Kun still drive more than 40 kilometers per hour on the bustling streets of this ancient Roman-style urban area, which can be called a work of art. In less than an hour, we arrived at a Tuscan winery in the outskirts.

It is said to be a remote suburb, but it is actually on the island of Elba, which is 50 kilometers from the city of Florence, which is almost the same distance from Florence to the neighboring cities of Bologna or Siena. (As a city, many people probably haven't heard of it, it's too small.) But everyone who looks at Serie A must know it)

There is no bridge connecting Elba Island to the mainland, so when Gu Kun and his entourage went to the island, they were ferried by Solei's private yacht on the other side, and the yacht was also thirty or forty meters long, which of course could not be compared with Gu Kun's, but it was still very easy to get on a few luxury cars.

The convoy gradually approached the winery, Gu Kun pressed the curtain button on the car, and the electric curtain quickly opened, Gu Kun observed the shape of the winery and found that it was quite familiar - isn't that the place where Uncle Ai lived in seclusion in his later years at the end of the "Assassin's Creed" trilogy.

It seems that although Ubisoft's rotten game is not doing well, and the server is also a potato, the historical evidence is consistent.

The winery of de Soré is almost identical to the one in the previous Assassin's Creed: Embers promotional video.

"What's the origin of this winery? I think it's very historic. Gu Kun asked involuntarily.

"Two hundred years ago, when His Majesty first went into the wilderness, he was confined to this winery. De Soré said proudly.

When the French say "Your Majesty", if they don't have any suffix, it's Napoleon Bonaparte by default.

"It's no wonder that the shape of a winery is so meticulously examined, as high as the restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral in "The Great Song of Life", which turned out to be the place where Napoleon lived. The French people's sense of cultural superiority is really paranoid. Gu Kun secretly thought in his heart.

Shuangpinjin Maybach drove to the main entrance of the winery, and stopped near a vineyard in front of the building, the winery has no walls, it is the building and the vineyard, it looks very simple, and the parking is naturally only open-air.

Gu Kun and de Sore, like those bigwigs on state interviews on TV news, walked and laughed as they walked into a hall lit with traditional crystal lanterns.

De Sore's men had already prepared a feast, presumably on their way from the city of Florence. It was already past 7 p.m., just in time for the dinner to begin.

On this occasion, naturally, most of the dishes are French, with only a few Italian dishes, and as for Chinese food, it is certainly impossible to have them. Gu Kun doesn't mind this kind of local customs, anyway, he can eat Chinese food whenever he wants.

The specifications of the banquet are also the 23 dishes that are the highest in French cuisine, and when you eat one dish after another, it looks like a banquet between top luxury industry tycoons.

The chef invited by de Soré can easily reach the level of three Michelin stars when he puts it outside, but at this level, he doesn't care about any Michelin anymore.

The Alpine white truffle is like a mushroom slice and is placed directly on top of the clear, slightly oily saffron fish soup.

The special mead, known as the "Medieval Miracle", is placed in a crystal spoon dedicated to drinking this wine, and it looks like a jewel inlaid with crystal and amber.

"It seems that, compared to you, my lifestyle is still a bit of a nouveau riche, and I have time to ask a pretending noble advisor to give me. Gu Kun tasted a few dishes and teased playfully.

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