Chapter 264: It Takes Someone
As I said before, it is inevitable that there will be factions in the harem, and Li Xu doesn't care what their relationship is, but he will not let it go at will, so he often lets one woman comment on another. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
There are many such comments, and no matter how much they try to hide them, they will leak out a little bit of their true thoughts.
Just like Zhao Yazhi, she doesn't want to have contradictions and conflicts with any other woman, even if she doesn't like Guan Zhilin. And although Lin Fengjiao's focus is on her son and she is indifferent to other women, she still prefers the Taiwan gang a little more, and has the best relationship with Lin Qingxia.
Zhong Yihong was originally going to come back with Hu Huiyan, but who made "Fragments of Memory" also a big hit? Although it has not become a phenomenal work like "50 First Loves", this is also a movie that has directly caught up with last year's highest box office, in this era, there are only a few Hong Kong films with a box office of more than 10 million, not to mention winning the award at Cannes.
What's more, those who know the inside story know that this is the girl that Mr. Li supports, so all kinds of invitations can't be delayed.
As Hu Huiyan, who has only been included in the harem by Li Xu for a few months and has not yet had a work, it is impossible to say that there is no jealousy in her heart, so she did not wait for Zhong Yihong to be together.
At the same time, Ye Qianwen and Guan Zhilin's mother and daughter returned to San Francisco, and they all started recording their debut albums.
The record company will definitely not pay this amount of money, so it is Li Xu, but the share of record sales will increase by a few percentage points, so it should be regarded as their pocket money.
As for why Zhang Bingqian came along, of course, it was to prepare for eating Li Saifeng, and after the filming of "New Shu Mountain Swordsman" is finished, she will invite this goddaughter to come over for a vacation.
It's just that they don't live here, so they haven't seen Annabelle yet.
During the time he returned to San Francisco, Li Xu was not completely immersed in the women's pile, dealt with the situation of his company, went out to party with Adam, Scott and others, and went to Los Angeles to check the progress of the two movies.
The filming of "Mother and Daughter Love" went smoothly and was almost over, and the director and actors were basically the same as the original, except for Jack Nicholson.
Director James? L. Brooks liked Nicholson very much and wanted him to play the leading role, but this guy opened his mouth and didn't talk to him several times, and finally had to find someone else.
However, it saves 1 million in cost, and as long as the quality is on par with the version of another time and space, the profit will only be more.
However, the crew of Robert Zemeckis's "Back to the Future" has just begun filming, and interestingly, despite the changes in the cast list, Michael Andrew Fox is still the leading actor.
Zemeckis' explanation is that after watching the young man's audition, he felt that the actor should be such a person.
Well, at least now Fox doesn't have to be there, and the TV crew and the movie crew are running between each other.
In addition, Li Xu found an interesting name in the list, and the one who plays the girlfriend of the male protagonist Martin is no longer Claudia Wells - think about it, this girl was born in 66 and is only 16 years old now, so it is impossible for her to act in a movie.
So the one who "replaced" her was Madeleine Stowe, a Californian girl who just emerged in the NBC TV series "That Guy" last year.
After knowing this, Li Xu couldn't help but shout in his heart that it was a pity, if he hadn't ignored it at the time, it would have been good to get it over and have fun.
After all, for him who was born in the mainland in his previous life and grew up in the mainland, the most impressive actresses and actresses in this era are the ones in Hong Kong's Wanwan, and the mainland ones who are based on the four famous novels.
Although Hollywood also knows something, if Western women are not well maintained, they will look ugly when they are old, such as Kim Basinger. Like Isabel Adjani, who is still at the peak of her appearance at the age of 40, is very rare.
Subconsciously has such a cognition, coupled with the acceptance of Deng Lijun and Shuanglin, as soon as the harem opens, it is a little impossible to stop, plus Hollywood needs to take it slowly, so it is natural to ignore that although there are few such women, it is not nothing.
Marissa Tomei, for example, Madeleine Stowe, and especially the latter, Marissa was in her early fifties when she became Peter's aunt, but Madeleine was fifty-eight years old when she became Queen of the Hamptons five years earlier.
It should be said that it is not a member of the Ma family? Or there is a "trust" in the name and they are very good at maintenance?
Of course, it's not too late to start now, anyway, Li Xu doesn't expect to play for long, it's good to be able to get into the Crystal Palace, and it doesn't matter if you can't get in...... Wait a minute!
He suddenly remembered something interesting, in this case, if the function was to be constant, it would really have to be done to Madeleine, then...... Is she going to go bankrupt, or is it going to be in debt?
But now is not the time to think about it, Li Xu is now in his office at the Pan American Pyramid, waiting for the next interviewee to come in.
"Boss, Mr. Paul Grayson is here. Li knocked on the office door.
"Ask him to come in. Li Xu nodded.
Then, a tall, thin, about 5 feet 6 inches tall, middle-aged white man in his forties walked in.
"Hello, Mr. Grayson. Li Xu stood up and shook his hand, "You are very punctual." ”
"Hello, Mr. Li, punctuality is my strength. The other party said with a smile.
Li Xu was noncommittal, made a gesture to sit down, and then spoke: "I believe you should have read the relevant information, then, tell me what you think, Mr. Grayson." ”
"No problem, Mr. Lee. Grayson spoke immediately.
From internal integration all the way to market segmentation, it sounds very reasonable.
Also, the headhunting companies he is looking for are all well-known, and what he wants is a talent who can be qualified as a CEO, how can he be recommended without two brushes?
But Li Xu has always been smiling and listening, and from time to time he said "um", which seemed to be really attentive, but in fact it was just perfunctory.
Because there is nothing new, there have been three interviews before him, and they all say the same, and there is nothing that makes people's eyes shine. In other words, there is nothing that can impress Li Xu, after all, he already has a set of opinions based on the experience of his previous life.
But now that I came here, there was obviously something different, and I seemed to sense his perfunctory, and Grayson suddenly asked: "Since Mr. Li bought this company, he should have his own overall idea, can I ask?"
"Of course," Li Xu smiled, still not out of his mind, "I hope that this will be a way of life in the future, a way of life that guides American citizens, and the slogans should be: glamour, beauty, fashion, and a little romance." I hope to capture at least 40% of the North American market in the future. ”
Grayson paused, pondered for a moment before saying, "In this case, it will take a lot of money and time. ”
"Of course, I intend to take 20 years to achieve this goal. Li Xu smiled.
"In addition to adding stores and expanding sales areas, we also have to expand our product line to other areas, such as shoes or pajamas, rather than just underwear. Grayson said immediately
"Go on. Li Xu raised his eyebrows, and finally became a little interested.
"Other than that...... The name is good, you don't need to change it, Victoria's vintage style is perfect for a lingerie store," Grayson said quickly, "and it's not enough to have a great designer and keep it varied...... By the way, the target audience should be teenagers, and those young girls!"
Li Xu was already a little surprised, but when he heard the last sentence, he raised his eyebrows again, and a look of appreciation flashed in his eyes.
But he didn't show it all, and nodded his head to show that he knew: "Thank you for explaining, Mr. Grayson, I will seriously consider it, and someone will inform you if there is news." ”
"Okay, Mr. Lee. Grayson was slightly disappointed, but quickly reined in his emotions and stood up.
"That's right," Li Xu, who got up to shake hands with him, made a look like he had just remembered, "I seem to have forgotten to say that I am still a student at school." ”
"Huh?" the other man immediately fell.
"I was still at Harvard, and it wasn't until '84 that I graduated, so if you get hired, there's going to be a lot to do. Li Xu said with a smile.
Grayson hesitated and glanced at the office: "I really didn't expect Mr. Li to be so young. ”
"Good luck. Li Xu kept smiling.
Overall, this person is quite satisfied, and after two days of drying and then calling, I will know if he is really a good fit. You must know that two of the first three had expressions of "you are kidding me" on their faces after hearing his final self-introduction.
As for the remaining one, it seems that a detailed investigation was done before coming, and it seems to be very sleek.
But what really made Li Xu care was Paul Grayson's visionary ideas, and before he could find and discover Edward Lazek, he needed a keen eye to steer Victoria's Secret.
Yes, Li Xu bought Victoria's Secret from its founder, Roy Redmond, and gave $2 million, twice as much as LB in another time and space.
Let's hope this poor fellow won't jump off the Golden Gate Bridge again this time.
Then there is the question of development, which is not complicated, it is nothing more than increasing the number of stores and expanding the sales area, Grayson has said before. It's just that without LB's channel, the expansion may be a little slower, but this is not unacceptable.
The premise that the channel is king is monopoly, just like the seven major companies can join forces to suppress late-mover companies in the future, that is because they are backed by media groups and firmly control all distribution channels.
But now, it's really not difficult to replace them, and one or two hundred million is enough.
The same is true for clothing, which has been stimulated by the government's wielding anti-monopoly knife since the 30s, which has slashed the channels to pieces. But after all, the U.S. government is controlled by capital, not capital, and since the gunshot in Texas, capital has become desperate and has to concentrate power, so Reaganomic economics has emerged.
So as I have said again and again, the 80s were the era of mergers and acquisitions, so there is no need to worry about competition at all, as long as there is financial support for expansion, just like the IT era of burning money to catch users 20 years later.
But this is not the most important, the most important thing is Edward Lazek, Li Xu wants to make Victoria's Secret his harem, this person must not be missing.