Chapter 362 What to do now?
"What's going on? It's mysterious...could it be about Nvidia's stock? Or what's going on with the Hall family?"
Barron was planning to go to Italy today. I wanted to meet De Sol, the CEO of Gucci Group, and took Rebecca and her daughter to relax. Unexpectedly, Catherine called me and said that she had something very important to see him. When he asked, This woman was hesitant again, saying only that she wanted to see him immediately...
With no other choice, Barron could only postpone his trip temporarily and came to Catherine's home to see her.
Barron was not in a good mood at this time, but Catherine also had a solemn expression. She stood up and took out a list from the study and handed it to Barron...
"Are you...pregnant?"
This is a hospital examination sheet, with ultrasound pictures...
Speaking of which, Barron is also familiar...
Although I didn’t know much about these in my previous life, I have seen them twice in this life.
His eyes looked at the conclusion, the gestation period is about 70 days...
Calculating this, it should be early December...
Well, at that time, Catherine's... late husband Colin Hall had already been reincarnated as a human being. So, this child must be hers.
Although recently, Barron has been very careful when learning knowledge from Catherine, but at the beginning, he was really... quite wanton.
No wonder this woman was hesitating on the phone, she must see her...
"What should I do now?"
Catherine stared closely at Barron, and it was not difficult to see the nervousness in her eyes.
Barron knew that for a woman, her performance at this time is very important, so he held Catherine's hand and said softly:
"This is our child , of course she will be born..."
"But..."
Seeing her expression as if a boulder had fallen from her heart, Barron held her in his arms and asked softly Road:
"What are you worried about?"
"After all, he... left not long ago, and now I am like this..."
Barron immediately understood Catherine's worry and said with a smile:
"Now you don't have to worry about the Hall family at all. If you plan to inherit their family's property, you don't need to let them know at all, and even if you know, so what, anyway, it was just a few days after his death..."
"I am worried about this, if They thought it was his child..."
"Don't worry..."
Although it has to be said that this is indeed possible, Barron still comforted her and said:
"Colin is not the only son of the Hall family. Now The inheritance of the Hall family fell on his younger brother Alexander Hall, and the old Hall was suffering from illness. I am afraid that even Alexander would not be too active in this kind of matter. Instead, he would cover up the matter from the family and just If you don’t take the initiative to bring this up, the problem won’t be big.”
Of course, Barron never mentioned the idea of letting the child in Catherine’s belly pretend to be a descendant of the Hall family to compete for the inheritance of the Hall family. After all, this kind of family is not stupid. It will definitely use scientific methods to confirm the heir before accepting it. In this era, it is almost impossible to pretend to be in this way.
And to be honest, at this time, Barron no longer paid attention to the so-called inheritance rights of the Hall family, and there was no need to risk his own flesh and blood.
"I will arrange for you to live overseas for a while, and then come back after the child is born. Where do you want to go? How about the United States? Or France? I have a manor in France, and the climate there is good. It is also suitable for raising babies..."
Anyway, Barron finally calmed down Catherine and prepared to go to Italy this time. He also took Catherine with him to let her relax and then sent her to France. go.
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When I went to Florence, I realized the limitations of the Boeing 747, a large passenger aircraft that the Devonshire belongs to sometimes. Because the local Peretola Airport in Florence is only a regional airport with a runway of less than 1,800 meters and does not meet the take-off and landing conditions of the Devonshire, in the end they had no choice but to land at the nearby Galileo Galilei International Airport in Pisa, an hour's drive away. Arrive in Florence.
Although Florence is quite well-known, when you go here you will find that Florence is not really a big city, with a population of only more than 300,000...
The scenery here is quite good, full of literary and artistic atmosphere , just like Italy, elegant and unstructured...
To be honest, if it were Barron's choice, he would definitely not choose a place like Florence as the headquarters of a group.
But Gucci Group belongs to the luxury goods industry, and perhaps they need this kind of atmosphere to produce works with a literary and artistic flavor.
Generally speaking, when it comes to professional matters, Barron will respect professionals, no matter how different they are, so he still respects the fact that the Gucci Group headquarters is located here.
This time I met with De Sol, CEO of Gucci Group, mainly to talk about their business issues.
Of course, after de Sole took office, the Gucci Group was indeed saved to a certain extent by hiring Frida Gianniani as the design director of Gucci.
However, in the past two years, the development of Gucci Group has not been satisfactory. In the luxury goods industry, it has also lagged behind brands such as LV and Chanel.
Barron still recognized the strength of Frida Gianniani, but he also pointed out that Gucci needs more fresh blood to provide more elements for their designs.
In addition, the most important thing is to start vigorously expanding the Chinese market - in terms of luxury goods, there is no doubt that China’s purchasing power will be in the future. If the region with the most purchasing power of luxury goods in Asia at this time is Japan , then in the future, not only Asia, but also China will have the most purchasing power in the world.
Some people even claimed at one time that half of the world's luxury goods have been bought by Chinese people...
Although it is still quite some time before this time, we need to start planning from now on.
Speaking of the development of Chinese luxury fashion, it started in 1979.
On March 19, 1979, Pierre Cardin came to China.
As the first European fashion designer to come to China, he held the first fashion show of New China at the Yanjing National Culture Palace. At that time, China did not have the concept of fashion. His arrival was a great success. It's a risky endeavor.
In the same year, French Remy Martin wine entered the Chinese market and later became the most influential luxury product in China.
The 1980s was the initial stage of China’s luxury goods market, and people were not very interested in it at that time.
In 1990, the jewelry emperor Cartier entered the Chinese luxury goods market, leading a large number of international luxury goods to enter China.
The 1990s was the period when most international luxury goods entered China. One brand stood out in particular, and that was the international luxury goods giant Louis Vuitton (LV). In this year, the company The hotel opened its first directly-operated store.
When LV came to China, even in the most developed city in China at that time, the average salary per person per month was less than 200 yuan.
The next year, these expensive items triggered a controversy - "Economic Daily" accused Seth Mall, which sold foreign brands at the time, "Saite, you are too outrageous."
But it didn’t take long for “When the Remy Horse starts, good things will come naturally” became China’s most famous luxury advertising language. This sentence has influenced three generations of Chinese wealthy people, and its advertising power is still unparalleled for luxury goods. It can be transcended.
1993 was the year that many luxury brands entered China, including Lancôme, Estee Lauder, Clinique, Chanel, etc.
In 1993, Chanel became the fashion product pursued by Chinese female consumers.
In 1994, the famous men's clothing brand Hugo Boss entered China.
In the late 1990s, brands such as Armani and Hermès were not far behind and came to China to open stores one after another.
Compared with other brands, Gucci entered China a little later. It entered the Chinese market in 1996. However, they have never paid much attention to the Chinese market. Currently, they have not opened any stores in China. Flagship store, it is for this reason that Barron urges De Sole to speed up its development in China.
(End of this chapter)