Chapter 362 What to do now?
"What's going on? It's mysterious... could it be about Nvidia's stock? Or what about the Hall family?"
Today, Barron was planning to go to Italy to meet the CEO of Gucci Group, De Sol, and take Rebecca and his daughter to relax. Unexpectedly, Catherine called and said that there was something very important to do. She wanted to see him, and when he asked, the woman was hesitant and just said 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 meet 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...
"you are 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 way, 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 in the beginning, he was really... quite wanton.
No wonder this woman was hesitating on the phone, saying she must see her...
"What should we 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 was very important, so he held Catherine's hand and said softly:
"This is our child, of course he will be born..."
"But……"
Seeing her acting like a big stone had fallen from his heart, Barron hugged her into his arms and asked softly:
"What are you afraid of?"
"After all, he... left not long ago, and now I'm like this..."
Barron immediately understood Catherine's worries and said with a smile:
"Now there is no need for you to worry about the Hall family. You are not planning to inherit their family's property, so there is no need to let them know. And even if you know, so what, anyway, it was just a few days after his death. …”
"That's what I'm worried about, if they think this is 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 falls on his younger brother Alexander Hall, and the old Hall is suffering from illness. I am afraid that even Alexander will not be too active in this kind of thing. Instead, you will cover up the matter to the family. As long as you don’t take the initiative to bring it 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. They will definitely use scientific means to confirm the heir. I will accept that in this era, it is basically 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’s also suitable for raising babies…”
No matter what, 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.
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When going to Florence, the limitations of the large passenger aircraft like the Boeing 747 that the Devonshire belongs to are shown at certain times.
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 such an 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 will Asia Region, the region with the greatest purchasing power in the world must be China.
Some people even claimed at one time that half of the world's luxury goods were bought by Chinese people...
Although it is still quite some time away from this time, we need to start planning now.
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, so his arrival was a risky attempt. .
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, that is, the international luxury goods giant Louis Vuitton (LV) also opened its first store in the Yanjing Palace Hotel in this year. Directly operated store.
When LV came to China, even in the relatively developed magical city of China at that time, the average monthly salary per person 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 not long after, "When the centaurs start, 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 has not been surpassed by luxury goods.
1993 was the year that many luxury brands entered China, including Lancôme, Estee Lauder, Clinique, Chanel, etc.
In 1993, Chanel became a fashion product sought after 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 a flagship store in China. Therefore, Only then would Barron urge De Sol to speed up his development in China.
