Chapter 485: Gift-giving (Two Cards in One)
Henry and the others ran into the delivery room in a hurry, and on the hospital bed, Ulysses's hair was a little scattered, his face was very haggard and pale, and he was lying weakly. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Henry felt distressed when he saw her appearance. Although he has never given birth to a child, the pain of a woman giving birth to a child must be by no means ordinary. Those heart-rending cries coming from the delivery room are really heart-wrenching!
Henry hurriedly ran over, held her hand, and said with concern: "Honey, thank you for your hard work!"
Ulysses, on the other hand, smiled happily and sweetly.
Henry looked at the doctor next to him and asked, "Is she okay?"
"Mrs. Ulysses has just given birth to a child, and her body is weak, as long as she recuperates for a while!"
"Well, that's good, that's good......"
Henry turned to look at Ulysses, kissed her on the forehead, and said, "Rest well in the future and recover soon." ”
Ulysses smiled and nodded at him.
Only then did Henry notice that there were two babies in the cradles next to the bed. I cared too much about Ulysses just now, so I flickered.
The two babies had not yet begun to open their eyes, and lay there, yawning from time to time, as if they were asleep. Because it is a dragon and phoenix fetus, the two little ones are smaller than ordinary children. However, the pink carving, small hands and feet, very cute. Henry couldn't help but reach out and touch their little feet. These feet are really small, pink and tender, delicate and clear, and very comfortable to touch. Henry deliberately put his index finger into their little hands and let them hold it, "Ouch, these two little guys are quite powerful, it's quite fun!"
"Mr. Williams, on the left hand side is my sister, and on the right hand side is my brother. The doctor on the side said.
"My daughter looks like her mother, and my son looks like me!" Henry looked at it and smiled, "One will be a city and a country in the future, and the other will be handsome and compelling ...... in the future."
As he spoke, Henry suddenly felt that his hands were a little wet, and when he looked at it, I wiped it, and the little north-nosed brother actually peed.
"Huh...... Okay, little one, the first time we meet, you're treating your dad like that!"
Karina and Helen burst into laughter, and laughter gradually filled the entire delivery room, all filled with happiness and joy......
After Henry had seen Princess Ulysses and the children, he let them rest. After leaving the delivery room, Henry thought to himself how to reward Ulysses, she had given birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix twins for herself......
"Smith, go to France at once to help me acquire Louis Vuitton LV, remember, I must buy the Louis Vuitton Group in full, this is my gift to Madame Ulysses!!" Henry called and commanded after returning to the study.
"Yes, boss!" Smith replied.
Louis Vuitton LV is the world's luxury giant, since 1854, Louis Vuitton has been passed down from generation to generation, with excellent quality, outstanding creativity and exquisite craftsmanship to become a symbol of the art of fashion travel. Products include handbags, travel goods, small leather goods, accessories, shoes, ready-to-wear, watches, fine jewellery and personalised services.
Wealthy families like to send mansions, Henry feels that it is unnecessary, there are many mansions of the Williams family, and it is insincere to send mansions. Henry thought about it, Ulysses is an English princess, her status is noble, and what can match their identity is luxury jewelry, so Henry thought of buying a luxury company and giving it to Ulysses.
Smith arrived in Paris, France, and arrived in Louis Vuitton without stopping. In fact, Louis Vuitton merged with the Moët Hennessy family in 1987 to form the Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton Group. Founded in 1743, Moët & Chandon is one of the most popular champagne brands in the world. Founded in 1765, Hennessy is one of the world's best-selling cognac distilleries. Relatively speaking, Louis-Vuitton, which has a history of more than 100 years, is still a little "younger".
The largest shareholder of Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton, known as LVMH, is Bernard Arnault, Europe's richest man, who holds more than 47.5% of the company's shares. The Arnault family was originally in the construction business, but in 1987, the "greedy" Arnault set his sights on LVMH. Perhaps the times were a hero, and in the late 80s of the 20th century, just in time for the economic downturn, Arnault was able to buy a large number of LVMH shares at very low prices. He took advantage of the power struggle between the company's management, and after a rather difficult lawsuit, finally got his wish to take LVMH into the palm of his hand.
Thanks to the strong cash flow of Moët & Chandon and Hennessy, he has the financial resources to acquire a wide range of boutique brands: Guerlain, Dior, Givenchy, Fendi, Bulgari, Sephora, Marser and many more. At the moment, Bernard Arnault is in the process of acquiring Gucci, LVMH's rival. However, it ran into trouble during the acquisition of Gucci.
Back in 1999, LVMH acquired a 34% stake in Gucci. Gucci suddenly lost its freedom and was subject to LVMH. Faced with this situation, Guchi CEO Desol asked LVMH to buy Guchi in its entirety. Arnault refused. The reason is simple - it costs a lot of money to buy it all. Arnault hopes to kill two birds with one stone by controlling Guchi at a relatively small cost, so as to curb Guchi's strong competition, and on the other hand, to obtain considerable returns from this investment.
This time, however, Arnault miscalculated. After LVMH refused, Gucci's management decided to make a killer move: to expand its share capital and sell 42% of its total share capital to Ppr, Arnott's fellow French company, for $3 billion. After the share expansion, PPR became the largest shareholder of Gucci, while LVMH's stake in Gucci was diluted from 34% to 20%.
LVMH is currently in a lawsuit with Gucci. Arnault was anxious at the moment, but at this time, he suddenly received the news that someone was going to buy Louis Vuitton, and for a while, he was angry.
"Who wants to buy Louis Vuitton?!!" Arnault asked aloud, and he thought it was a competitor who wanted to buy Louis Vuitton, so his tone was very unkind.
The secretary said in a low voice: "It's Henry Williams, the richest man in the world, and at this moment, the negotiator he sent is in our company!"
When Arnault heard that it was Henry who was going to buy Louis Vuitton, his tone couldn't help but soften a little, "Tell them that I won't sell!"
"Chairman, don't you listen to their offer? This price is very unexpected, it is really shocking!"
Anos was silent for a moment and said, "What's their offer?"
"$20 billion wholly acquired the Louis Vuitton LV brand. Don't want any of the other brands under the group!"
$20 billion!!
At present, the entire LVMH group is only more than 20 billion euros, and the market value of Louis Vuitton LV will never exceed 14 billion US dollars. Bernard Arnault immediately hesitated, if this business can be successful, the LVMH group can make a lot of money!
"Chairman, the other party said that if we don't say yes immediately, they will leave, and then go to buy other luxury companies, such as our competitor Gucci......"
Bernard Arnault said in a deep voice, "Go and ask them to come to me!"
"Okay, Chairman!"
Five or six minutes later, Smith arrived at Bernard Arnott's office.
"Hello, Mr. Bernard Arnott. ”
"Hello, Mr. Smith, welcome, please take a seat!"
Bernard Arnault said, "My secretary has just told me of your intentions and sincerity, and I am very satisfied with your offer......! May I take the liberty of asking, is Monsieur Henry Williams' eagerness to acquire Louis Vuitton related to the birth of Princess Ulysses?"
"Yes, that's right!" laughed Smith, "our boss wants to give Louis Vuitton to Madame Ulysses as a thank you for giving birth to two heirs to the Williams family!"
When Bernard Arnault heard this, he was shocked and at the same time felt an indescribable sense of disparity. thinks that he himself is the richest man in Europe, but his combined worth is more than 20 billion US dollars, which is about the same as the money of a gift given by others......
"Mr. Williams really loves his wife!!"
"Of course," Smith nodded.
Then, Smith continued: "Mr. Bernard Arnott, you see, you are very satisfied with our offer, can we both hand over and complete the acquisition as soon as possible?"
"Oh, no problem, I'll notify the other shareholders and immediately convene a board meeting to discuss the matter. ”
"Thank you so much!"
Bernard Arnault holds 47.5% of LVMH's shares, which is basically his own decision, but as a listed company, the sale of the company still has to be held by the board of directors to discuss the matter in accordance with the rules, so as not to be accused by minority shareholders and infringe on their rights and interests.
Smith then instructed, "Mr. Bernard Arnott, please don't make any noise about this plan to buy Louis Vuitton, our boss is ready to surprise Madame Ulysses!"
"Haha, no problem, let's try to keep a low profile!" Bernard Arnault laughed.
After Smith left, Bernard Arnault informed the directors to convene a board meeting. Because Henry's offer was too high, it was heartwarming. The board members voted almost unanimously. So the next day, when Smith came to Bernard Arnott's office again, he was told that LVMH had decided to sell LV Louis Vuitton to Henry. LV Louis Vuitton is only a subsidiary of the LVMH group and is not listed, which saves the trouble of delisting. Soon, the two parties signed an acquisition agreement. Since LV is already owned by Henry, the LVMH group can no longer use LVHM, in fact, the name LVHM itself is not famous, but its brands are famous, such as LV Louis Vuitton, Guerlain, Dior, Givenchy, Fendi, Bulgari, etc...... Therefore, the group company just changed its name, and the impact was not great, for the sake of money, everything was easy to say.
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Among all kinds of parties in the United States, baby-shower is the most warm and lovely one, that is, in the first month or two of the baby's due date, the female friends of the expectant mother will gather the girlfriends, female colleagues, and female relatives of the expectant mother to jointly sprinkle blessings, advice, gifts and humor to the expectant mother, in order to help her prepare both materially and spiritually.
Henry also hosted a baby-show at Williams Manor, but the Williams family was extraordinary after all. After the birth of the child, many countries around the world that were good friends with Henry took the initiative to contact Henry, saying that they wanted to send gifts. Therefore, Henry decided to hold a birthday party for the two children on the seventh day of the child's birth, and at the same time, the two children were officially named on this day. In the United States, it is customary to hold birthday celebrations on the seventh day after the birth of a child, and this day is also the deadline for naming the child, called "Seven Nights".
The birthday party is approaching, and many guests from all over the world have come, but fortunately, Williams Manor is big enough to accommodate even tens of thousands of people.
At this time, many gifts were sent from all over the world, and the most exciting thing for Henry was that China sent two red pandas, the female named Beibei and the male named Tintin, who were placed in the zoo at Williams Manor by Henry to take care of them. When they first arrived, they were still a little restrained, but it didn't take long for the two little ones to become familiar with the environment, as their own home, if no one played around, the simple and restrained appearance was very cute! It's just that these two little guys can climb trees, Henry didn't pay attention, both of them climbed to the tree two or three meters above the ground, Henry looked at it, and was startled, my good boy, don't fall down, you two are national treasures......
Queen Elizabeth II sent two very delicate, beautiful and cute Muppet teddy bears, one gray and one blue. Teddy bears are almost every parent's first gift to their children in the UK, winning the love of the masses. Speaking of which, teddy bears also have a deep connection with the British royal family. At the palace banquet in 1901, Edward VII saw a duke's child holding a cute ragdoll in an English guard suit, Edward thought it was funny, so he asked the little boy, "What's your baby's name?" and the child replied, "His name is Teddy, and he is my best friend." At this time, many nobles were frightened and pale, because Edward VII's nickname was Teddy, and no one dared to call the king by his nickname. Edward VII laughed, he crouched down and said to the little boy, "My name is Teddy, can I be your best friend?" Since then, the teddy bear has been wildly sought after in the English high aristocratic society, not only symbolizing noble status and taste, but also symbolizing loyalty and protection to the king!
At this time, Hasbro sent a custom-made Barbie doll and a set of Transformers. This set of Transformers is specially created by Hasbro, unique in the world, all Transformers characters are included, the materials used are graphene fiber, diamonds, gold, emeralds, etc., the cost is very expensive, the most expensive "Optimus Prime" price is more than 500,000 US dollars!
Barbie is the best-selling toy in the world toy market for a long time, and has become a favorite of little girls all over the world. Hasbro sent Transformers to his brother and Barbie to his sister. This Barbie doll originally belonged to Mattel Toys, and after Henry acquired Hasbro, due to his huge financial support, he started on Mattel Toys, thus incorporating the "Barbie" brand into Hasbro's banner!
The Barbie doll sent was the most expensive Barbie doll in the world, valued at $5 million. This sky-high Barbie doll is the result of a collaboration between Hasbro and Tiffany, a famous jewelry design company in the United States. The sparkling diamond necklace around Barbie's neck is made up of a 2-carat pink diamond and a number of square white diamonds. There are also fifty assorted crystal heels and a whole bunch of beautiful clothes for all seasons, and even mini glasses...... In short, you can dress up Barbie in whatever way you want!
Everyone else gave gifts to the children, and Henry naturally did not fall behind, he not only wanted to give, but also engraved their respective names on the gifts......
(This chapter is two in one.) Also, what kind of gift should I give...... )
(To be continued.) )