Chapter 551 The Most Failed Heir

In 2003, Arnault Lagardère's father, Jean-Luc Lagardère, died suddenly, leaving the entire Lagardère Group to him.

Then, Arnaud Lagardère began his path to ruin.

Since his father was seriously ill in 2000 and Arnault took over the family business, he has been making mistakes in business, giving up the aerospace sector one after another. In the original time and space, he subsequently sold or closed down a large number of media assets. , constantly reducing the business scale of the Lagardère Group, and successfully accumulating a large amount of debt for the group...

It even gives people the impression that because he faced his parents’ divorce battle throughout his adolescence, and because of the character of Arnault’s father, the relationship between the two was not harmonious, Arnault’s sell-off was like a kind of Revenge in general.

For example, in 2005, he sold the 220-horse Aga Khan Racecourse, which the Lagardère family had spent decades building for just 40 million euros...

When Jean-Luc Lagardère died suddenly in 2003, Arnault was already 42 years old. But at that time, Arnault was like a giant baby that had been protected in a greenhouse and was ignored by the senior management of the group. contempt.

It was with the help of Jean-Luc Lagardère's old friends, including Sarkozy, that Arnault stabilized his position in the family group under the circumstances.

But now, those friends of Arnault's father have discovered that Arnault himself is not a malleable talent - he likes to make unreasonable risky investments, has a cold and controlling personality, and often says unreasonable things in public. Make a fool of yourself.

Over time, Arnault became an outlier among this kind of wealthy family - he openly mocked the French elite and looked down upon graduates of prestigious schools in his own group. In turn, the elite circle did not accept him.

His neglect of official matters has become more and more public, going to the opposite extreme from his father. He frequently misses business meetings, and the people he ignores include even heads of state like the emperor.

And the senior executives of the Lagardère Group could not find him so often that they came up with a special reporting technique - "If you do not receive a reply within X days, it will be deemed that you agree with the decision."

In the end, Arnault was too lazy to endure such "harassment" and simply asked three executives to take over his job.

He also knew that he could be pushed out of the group at any time, but he didn't care.

If it is said that Bruni once fell in love with the son of her boyfriend who was 18 years older than her, it was very bloody...

The bloody drama of Arnault's private life is no worse than hers...

In Barron's previous life, the child born to Cassandra, the biological sister of Arno's second wife Jade, was born to Arnaud's eldest son Alexander...

This means that Arno became the child's grandfather and uncle at the same time - well, it was a bit confusing.

But it seems reasonable to think that it is the "romantic" French.

Until the rebirth of Barron in his previous life, Arnaud Lagardère's economic situation had been deteriorating, and his personal annual income had dropped from 12 million euros to only 2 million euros. For such an heir to one of France's top three business families , this is indeed lamentable...

In addition, Bernard Arnault of LVMH Group was also a lifetime friend of Arnault Lagardère's father, Jean-Luc Lagardère, and he also saw Arnault's "wasteful" deeds after he suddenly inherited the family business. Since then, Bernard Arnault has begun to pay attention to the training of successors.

I don’t know if it’s because of Barron’s identity, but after he met Arnault Lagardère, the other person’s attitude was not as “weird” as rumored. Although the way he treated others could not be said to be refreshing, at least it felt like Not bad.

When he was young, Arnault was a "playboy" and often sent bills to his father after having fun...

Then again, what's the point of such a playboy? It can be said that Barron prefers to get along with such people than those old foxes. At least, when he wants to sell some properties in the future, Barron will Lun can help him take over.

After all, the magazines and media from the Lagardère Group are quite good.

In addition, the Lagardère family's wealthy family affair has not happened yet. The French-born Belgian model Jade Foret will not marry Arnault until 2012.

"The Rothschilds? Those greedy Jews who pretend to be mysterious all day long? I hate them..."

When Barron and Arnault accidentally talked about French red wine, they inevitably talked about the Rothschild family.

After all, this family is very powerful in the French wine industry and owns many well-known wineries.

Generally speaking, there are three branches of the Rothschild family that have entered the wine industry, namely Lafite Rothschild Group (DBR), Baron Rothschild Group (BPRD) and Edmond Rothschild Group (Baron Edmond). de Rothschild).

Chateau Lafite Rothschild (Chateau Lafite Rothschild) and Chateau Mouton Rothschild (Chateau Mouton Rothschild) among the top five first-class chateaus in France are both properties of the Rothschild family.

But for the Rothschild family, Arnault's big mouth made no secret of his disgust for this Jewish family...

Well, although in the traditional upper class society in Europe, there is not much favorable impression of the Jews who used to manage business for the nobles, but it is so brave, or so reckless, to say it in front of people who have not known each other for a long time. It's really rare to see it come out.

After all, until now, many people have mixed ancestry, and it is difficult to know what specific ancestry a person has.

For example, Arnault's father's friend Sarkozy has Jewish ancestry - his grandfather is a Greek Jew, his father is of Hungarian ancestry, and his mother is French.

But no matter what, Barron at least has a common topic with Arnault Lagardère in this regard. Of course, Barron will not be as straightforward as him.

"I will hold a cocktail party for you tonight, Your Highness the Duke, you will like it..."

As Arnaud spoke, he winked at Barron. This look that all men understood made Barron understand what he wanted to do.

After all, judging from Arnaud Lagardère's past, he was a complete playboy...

But what makes Barron slightly doubtful is that he is a little worried that he is too normal in this regard and may be out of place...

"Okay, Mr. Lagardère, I'm looking forward to it."

Well, after all, do as the Romans do, and Barron just wants to know more about the local customs in France...

That's all.

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