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However, 1996 is not yet over, and Margaret's road to the award this time is much more prepared than Mr. Cruise's road to the award.Back then, he had no choice but to be satisfied with just getting a nomination. He never expected that he would be tricked by his opponent and had to go all out to do things that could definitely be called scandals after being exposed.

Contrary to Mr. Cruise back then, Margaret reacted as soon as the film was released this time, Arthur and Brian, and quickly formulated an award-winning strategy.This has led to her running wildly on the award-winning road since December.Therefore, her way of bribery is out of control.You must know that the acting award is not an award that can be judged completely objectively like a technical award.Even if your level is up to the standard actor or queen, if you don't pay attention to the strategy, this award will be easily lost, unless there is a big event that year, and Oscar has special political appeals.For example, Halle Berry, the first black actress in the future, is simply a pie from heaven, and she doesn't have much public relations.

As for those transactions after a certain period, Margaret felt that she had been opened the door to a new world.The cause was about the sponsors of the goodie bags that were mailed to the Oscar judges.

There is no need to count on Gucci. Harry Croft, the old fox, is still working with Gucci's top management to continuously dilute the 34% of the shares held by the LVMH Group. Not enough to enter the board of directors, and the 14 billion US dollars is infinitely close to being in vain.The lawsuits between the two sides have reached New York from the Netherlands.However, in view of the love of those Bahraini investors who are like the wind to Gucci, Gucci is listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange at the same time.Unfortunately, this exchange has a stipulation that companies listed on the exchange can issue preferred shares to protect them from hostile takeovers.Therefore, the Dutch court completely dismissed the lawsuits of LVMH, and the New York court probably will not give the LVMH group a good look, because the New York Stock Exchange also has a regulation that foreign companies listed on the exchange can use their own rules Protect yourself from hostile takeovers.

What's even more pitiful is that Harry, an old fox from Wall Street, got the news that LVMH Group is quietly buying shares in Hermès from nowhere.The method used is to use the name of the offshore subsidiary to acquire, so that the behavior of the parent company can be concealed, and they buy less than 5% of the stock each time, so that they can avoid disclosing the equity to the exchange Changing the information will not attract the attention of the Hermes family.

But it's a pity that Harry found out about this for some reason, (Margaret suspects that he probably used commercial espionage, after all, LVMH Group is famous for hostile acquisitions of various luxury brands, who knows if they have recently Which brand has thought about it?) Then he stabbed the matter to the Hermes family.Needless to say, luxury goods around the world know about this matter, so the situation is very delicate.Everyone seems to have a tacit understanding and unanimously held out their knives to the LVMH Group. No one can guarantee that what happened to the Hermès family will not happen to them, so the best way is to let the LVMH Group suffer a lot. Money to hostile takeover yourself.

So now it has become a situation where the LVMH Group is fighting against the world's luxury goods, and the company's top management is in a state of desperation.Because they are indeed sneaky hostile acquisitions of shares in many brands.For a while, there are many luxury goods that bring LVMH Group to court for hostile takeover. The attention of LVMH Group on Gucci is not as good as before, which makes the actions of Harry Croft and Gucci executives more comfortable. .

However, it will take a long time to drive LVMH Group out of Gucci, so the important task of bribing Oscar judges' family members with luxury goods still falls back to Givenchy.

But this time is different from the one that sponsored Tom Cruise more than two years ago.At that time, the Givenchy Group negotiated sponsorship terms with Geffen Films and Warner Bros., and released various commemorative products in the name of the film.This time, the classic works were directly pasted with the commemorative label of "Romeo and Juliet" and sent to the Oscar judges in a souvenir bag.Basically, it belongs to the type that enters the village quietly and shoots guns.Arthur still plans to continue to do this trick in the future, and besides, doing this blatantly is not conducive to shaping his image.

So even though Givenchy is Margaret's own property, she still has to pay for the prize-winning strategy herself. This act of emptying her pockets and paying taxes really made her feel toothache.

There is also the latest DVD player ordered from Sony. The price of hundreds of units is not too sour.Margaret rummaged through the boxes of so-called souvenirs, oh my god, there is even a new belt buckle from Givenchy this year, Lex just made it clear that he wanted to spend money on a prize.Sure enough, I don't understand the minds of Wall Street predators.

Margaret sighed, she always felt that the number of sighs was a bit too much recently.But how should I put it, this is love. Just after sighing, Margaret smiled with crooked eyebrows.

Well, I'm going to talk to Lex about the prodigal son on the phone this weekend.By the way, give Steve some more investment. This unlucky boy's company is expanding and has no money. Although there are many angel investors waiting in line to buy shares, why does the fat and water flow into outsiders?Didn't you see that Clark's father has reconciled with his son and invested money in the company?In order to ensure that his son's investment is not in vain, his father should invest more, anyway, he has already invested so much.

Margaret went back to school contentedly with a gift bag in her arms. Although Clarice prefers YSL lipsticks, she would not refuse Givenchy cosmetics, would she?Then everyone can have a nice movie night.Just like Sheldon and his roommates, today's mood is also very happy.

Clarice is actually a bit unimpressed with the various Givenchy high-end cosmetics that Margaret brought back, because she only has a soft spot for various lipsticks. In terms of cosmetics, she has always chosen to make some by herself in the laboratory.This will make her feel more secure. I have to say that girls who study bioengineering are very strong.

But she did have something to say to Margaret.

"We have to move after graduation, and California is actually not suitable for our company's development."

Although Clarice has a rich family background and her parents are business elites, she is only a college student who has not yet graduated. Although she has a keen sense of business, she still has insufficient means and experience.

"California's various costs are too high, especially labor costs, and the workers here..."

Clarice sighed. It was difficult for a girl who was born in Texas and raised in New York to understand the lazy living habits of the people on the West Coast.She couldn't understand the 'why are you in such a hurry' temperament in these people at all.It's okay if the aura is not right, anyway, it's hard to be completely satisfied with things like work.But the exorbitant cost of California is simply eye-catching.Fortunately, they had the foresight to put the registration place in Nevada. If they registered in California, those tax issues would be enough for the company to vomit blood.

For various reasons, Clarice and Matthew met and initially decided on a relocation strategy, but the specific location still needs detailed inspection and survey, and also requires the approval of shareholders.

Matthew has completed his postgraduate studies ahead of schedule, Clarice will graduate at the same time as Margaret early next year, Sean and Robert's postgraduate careers will end soon, and there are laboratories for these two people It's enough to let them toss, the location doesn't matter.So now it's up to Margaret's opinion.

"It's up to you to decide. I just need to get a dividend. Just remember to let me know when you decide, so that I won't find my way to the company in the future."

Margaret is completely indifferent to this. She is not a person who directly manages the company, and she does not understand business matters. Professional things should be done by professional people. She never likes to interfere.Since the two de facto managers, Clarice and Matthew, said they would move the company, let's move.Anyway, her role in this company is no different from a rubber stamp, and now it is just a small company owned by a few people, without the participation of angel investors, and there is no financing process of A round and B round, and it is not even a listed company , Have not experienced the baptism of those smart investors on Wall Street.Maybe the company will grow stronger in the future, and the above things will be experienced again, but at that time, maybe it will no longer be her who will attend the shareholders meeting, but her business agent will attend.So no matter from that point of view, moving really doesn't matter to her.

"Then I'm starting to work on this matter now. The idea of ​​me and Matthew is to put the company on the east coast. After all, the high-level personnel in the company are all from families on the east coast, and they are more accustomed to the style there."

Life habits are really hard to change, Clarice herself will not say, Margaret is from New York, but she was actually born in Washington; Matthew is from Boston, Massachusetts; Robert is from Connecticut, the hometown of Katharine Hepburn State, Sean is from Rhode Island.If you look closely, you will find that three of the five people are from New England, and the other two grew up in New York, all of whom are from the East Coast.They are totally unaccustomed to the laid-back West Coast habits of the Californian people, let alone the usual way of life.

Just like Margaret always dresses appropriately in front of the crowd, Matthew never takes off his long-sleeved shirt all year round, even a naturally enthusiastic guy like Sean never puts on a shirt A free and unrestrained floral shirt, Clarice is dressed up by elites all the year round. Before going out, she will definitely check whether her dress is decent and not rude.This somewhat rigid way of life has long been branded into their bones.

In Caltech, a school where grouping is not popular, Matthew and his small group were even dubbed the elites from the east coast. This has to be said to be an interesting and fateful thing.After all, it is not easy to find like-minded people among more than 2000 people, isn't it?

After the relocation was settled, Clarice was out, and she still had some work to do.

Margaret received another call from Harry Croft.

"Good afternoon, Harry. Do you have any good news for me?" Margaret who received the call thought that the other party had probably completed what she asked for.

"Of course, you can rest assured of my ability to handle affairs. However, I have to say, Margaret, it is not easy to earn your salary. Not only do I have to manage the company for you, but also attend various shareholder meetings for you; On this basis, you have to find new investment directions for your profits, and sometimes you have to fight fiercely with the wolves outside, I think I am really a hard-working old guy."

Old Harry Fox on the other end was joking.He really enjoys this kind of life of playing around with his opponents.

"Well, well, dear Harry, you're not old at all. So your good news for me is Gucci or the movie company?"