Chapter 524 Suspension Bridge Effect

"Your Highness, if I hadn't seen you just starting to learn, I would have thought you were an experienced skier."

Tribis couldn't help but raise her thumb to Barron and said appreciatively.

"Haha, thank you for the compliment, Tribes, but I told you, just call me Barron. Besides, you skate very well."

"I also like this sport. My family and I go skiing every winter..."

They are currently at the Abetone Ski Resort, about 100 kilometers away from Florence. This is a very famous ski resort in Italy and the hometown of legendary skier Zeno Colò.

Beatrice's best friend wisely left early because she had "something to do at home," leaving Barron and Beatrice with the opportunity to be alone.

Although in this time and space, Barron had never skied before, but in his previous life, he accompanied his girlfriend at the time... and they had skiing experience both in China and abroad.

But Beatrice is different. It can be seen that she is a ski enthusiast and her movements are quite skillful.

After learning that Barron had not skied often before, Beatrice volunteered to help him practice.

Thanks to Barron's experience in his previous life and some of his "reborn benefits", his physical fitness including excellent coordination, he was able to advance from the beginner circuit to the advanced circuit very quickly.

This scene also surprised Beatrice, because later on, Barron was able to start trying some difficult moves that she herself was afraid of.

I have to say that the feeling of sliding down the track at the top of the mountain is indeed addictive, and another advantage of skiing is that although Abetone is a popular ski resort, after wearing the equipment, it is difficult for both of them to be Others recognize their identities and can relate to each other as "ordinary people" without any scruples.

And under such circumstances, Barron and Beatrice tried to hold hands and ski together, and an inexplicable feeling arose.

After all, skiing itself is a very exciting sport. There is a term in psychology called the "suspension bridge effect."

It means that in dangerous or irritating situations, people tend to have rapid heartbeats and rapid breathing, forming corresponding emotions of fear or nervousness. This physiological excitement makes people seek a reasonable explanation for their physiological performance.

When meeting the opposite sex in this situation, people may mistakenly attribute this physiological reaction to the charm of the other party, thus creating the illusion of love.

In addition, some people have proposed the "ski resort magic effect" - love is more likely to occur at ski resorts, which refers to the peculiar effect that love at first sight is highly likely to occur at ski resorts.

Ski resorts always give people a refreshing and comfortable feeling. When people are in this snow-covered world, they always feel like they want to fall in love. People of the opposite sex wearing heavy down jackets always make people feel a sense of relaxation and comfort. Wonderful fantasy.

Some women may slip due to poor skiing skills. At this time, men will have the opportunity to "hero save the beauty."

Women will find a sense of security and dependence in men, and men will also have a desire to protect her in the woman's delicate posture.

Anyway, after the two people's ski trip, at night, they spent a romantic night in a warm wooden villa on the snow mountain.

And on this night, Barron turned into a mentor, teaching Beatrice to learn and try out a lot of life knowledge...

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In Britain, the "Breakgate" incident continues.

On March 5, the British police announced the arrest of four staff members and a police officer at The Sun, a newspaper owned by Murdoch News Group. The four staff members were suspected of bribing the police to obtain sensitive information.

According to relevant reports, the Sun staff members arrested include deputy editor Fergus Shanahan, executive editor Graham Dudman, political and legal news editor Mike Sullivan and the head of the news department. Chris Farrow.

Another police officer was arrested while on duty.

Police also raided The Sun's London headquarters.

London police said the investigation was related to the wiretapping scandal at the News of the World.

After the "Wiretapgate" incident broke out, a considerable number of newspapers and media criticized it because they were dissatisfied with the inefficiency of the police investigation into the matter.

Conservative MPs became even more active, which also triggered people to gather at News Corporation's newspaper offices to protest.

Last month, Brown announced the formation of an investigation into the wiretapping case, led by Appeals Court Judge Brian Leveson.

So far, more than 10 people have been arrested in the "Eavesdropping" investigation, including employees of News Group's "News of the World", "The Sun" and "Daily Mirror", as well as two active police officers.

Before leaving London this time, Barron also met with Sir Stephenson, the director of Scotland Yard, in Neverland.

In fact, since the media focused on detonating News Corporation's "eavesdropping scandal", many celebrities and family members of victims of the subway bombings have successively denounced and filed lawsuits against News Corporation's newspapers.

As for the handling of these lawsuits, James Murdoch, the executive chairman of News International, who is responsible for News Corporation's British affairs and is also Murdoch's second son, uses money to resolve them.

They try to reach settlements with those victims to avoid going to court.

And in this process, it is inevitable that they will have transactions with some of the police officers involved.

Prior to this, Scotland Yard did not pursue this matter too rigorously, and even seemed to let it go.

This also led to subsequent denunciation of this by the media.

After the meeting between Barron and Sir Stephenson, Scotland Yard began to work closely with the special investigation team to investigate the personnel related to the "Eavesdropping Door" and some "insider transactions".

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"Your Highness, this is a summary of the brand positioning and development plan sent by the Gucci-Hermès Group after the acquisition of Bruno Magli."

After taking the information from personal assistant Wang Wanting, Barron looked at it briefly.

In fact, as a high-end luxury brand, the Gucci-Hermès Group did not spend much money to acquire Brummani, mainly because Brummani is top in the field of shoemaking, but because the products are all handmade, although the individual products are The profits are considerable, but the output is limited, and the company as a whole cannot make much money.

It is precisely for this reason that the development plan formulated by Opera Fund for Brummani at that time included opening new product lines in other categories in addition to shoemaking, using Brummani's brand to earn more profits .

But after Gucci-Hermès Group acquired Brummani, this was adjusted.

Barron remembered that in his previous life, he first learned about the Brummani brand, not from its footwear products, but from a watch given to him by one of his girlfriends, which was Brummani...

Yes, Brummani's later involvement was not limited to shoemaking, but also included perfumes, watches and other products.

But to be honest, Brummani's other products are not considered successful. The watches have been reduced to "niche brands", while the sales of perfumes are acceptable, but its perfume brands are too affordable, and instead they have adjusted their brands. Sex takes a toll.

In the final analysis, Gucci-Hermès Group does not need Brummani to get involved in other product lines. It only needs them to maintain the high-end luxury attributes of footwear.