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Just in time for "Forbes" to announce the new annual list of the 400 richest people in the United States. After working during the day, Simon kept receiving various party invitations from local Italian forces.

Now that he decided to expand to Europe, Simon did not refuse the hospitality of the Italian local snake.

Moreover, these people were sincere enough to deliberately choose Naples as the meeting place.

Tonight is a gathering of the famous Agnelli family in Italy, which is held on a yacht off the coast of Naples.

As the founder of the Fiat Group, the Agnelli family is known as the true "royal family" of Italy. The family has passed down for a hundred years and controls the largest industrial group in Italy. Its status in Italy is higher than that of the Ford family and the United States.

Of course, the wealth of the Agnelli family is incomparable, only relative to Italy.

The family's overall wealth is converted to less than $50 billion.

However, the influence of the Agnelli family on Italy is far beyond the reach of a new rich man like Simon.

Although he accepted the invitation of the Agnelli family, Simon has no idea of ​​entering the traditional automobile industry.

As we all know, after entering the new century, the traditional automobile industry will decline rapidly.

However, Simon's participation in the gathering of the Agnelli family is of course not aimless.

In addition to building a good relationship with Italy, the largest local snake, the two parties actually have a lot of places to cooperate, such as the car advertisement placement in the film produced by Daenerys Entertainment.

Car implants have always been a big advertising project in Hollywood, and the most famous one should be the 007 series for Aston Martin.

In addition, the establishment of this network will definitely benefit the development of the Westeros system in Italy. The Agnelli family also has the idea of ​​going out of Italy and entering North America. The two sides hit it off.

When I returned to my residence in downtown Naples, it was already ten o'clock at night.

Considering some details of tonight's party, Simon called Janet to Los Angeles as usual to have a conversation on the phone, discussing something about the statement, and was teased by Janet at the end, claiming that his aunt was sitting next to Yunyun, asking Simon wants to go back early.

Definitely not in advance.

Tomorrow is the start of Milan Fashion Week.

Gucci's big show this fall is scheduled for the day after tomorrow, and Simon must participate in the big show the day after tomorrow before he can return.

Chapter 438 Spokesperson (Revised)

The next day, Simon continued to spend the morning on the set of "Wonder Woman" in Naples and flew to Milan in the afternoon.

Frani district on the eastern outskirts of Milan.

The abandoned factory where the big show was held two years ago has been bought by Gucci.

Referring to the design style of Daenerys Studios office LOFT, Sophia has successively transformed the original abandoned factories into Gucci's Milan branch park. At present, there are more than 60 employees here, and a product display area and a more professional show have been set up. field.

Gucci's recent spring and autumn shows are held here.

In the show venue in the park, Simon briefly visited the preparations for the big show tomorrow morning, and did not disturb Tom Ford leading the team to do the final rehearsal, and sat down with Sofia on the bench under the catwalk.

"Angie will come to Europe to take over Gucci at the end of the year. She and Tom are both Americans, and they work very well together. This is what reassures me the most."

The Angie that Sophia is talking about is naturally Angela Ahrendts, president of Gucci America.

Simon and Sophia had the idea of ​​letting Ahrendts run Gucci when they first hired Angela Ahrendts, a female executive who has proven herself in recent years.

Sophia's letting go of Gucci this time can just turn her energy to the development of other businesses of Van Cleef & Arpels and Melisandre.

Since it was the original plan, Simon just nodded to express his understanding.

Sophia and Simon mentioned this matter, changed the subject, and said: "Also, regarding the spokesperson of Van Cleef & Arpels, I am considering several candidates, Demi Moore, Julia Roberts, and Valerie Golino, which one do you think is suitable?"

Demi Moore, Julia Roberts and Valerie Golino are three of Hollywood's hottest stars thanks to the successes of "Ghost Story," "Pretty Woman" and "Batman Begins." actress.

It's not surprising that Simon didn't hear Sandra, who was closest to him.

Although Sandra is very young, she is not beautiful enough, and her personal image does not fit Van Cleef & Arpels, a high-end jewelry and watch brand.

After thinking about it, Simon smiled and said, "Are you more inclined to Demi Moore?"

Among the three actresses, Demi Moore, who has been a model and has a better temperament, is obviously more suitable for Van Cleef & Arpels.

Sophia nodded, and said: "Julia is a little younger, and Valerie is not pretty enough, and her appearance is not very good."

When choosing Catwoman, Simon did not consider launching a big vase like Michelle Pfeiffer, but considered acting skills and appearance factors.Valerie Golino won the Venice actress, and her appearance is just right. In addition, she is very young and malleable enough to complete a large part of the action scenes that Catwoman needs, so she got this role.

Speaking carefully, the casting of this version of Catwoman is similar to the Black Widow Scarlett Johansson of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Simon's memory.

Scarlett Johansson is actually not too beautiful. As for the figure, after watching "Under the Skin", probably not too many people will have illusions about Scarlett Johansson's figure.

Marvel's casting also considers comprehensive factors.

In his previous life, Simon occasionally complained about the looks of many Marvel actresses. Now he was in the middle of the game and realized that Marvel's casting strategy was actually very correct.Launching a big vase that only curls lips and frowns may be successful for a while, but it is difficult to support the huge framework of the movie universe with this strategy.

Simon didn't have much feeling for Demi Moore, but he still said: "Since you are inclined to Demi Moore, then Demi Moore is fine, you don't need to ask me."

"However, I invited her to participate in Gucci's big show this time, and they said there was no time."

"Really running out of time?"

"fake."

Simon was a little speechless.

Before "Ghost Love", Demi Moore was very enthusiastic about Gucci, and she took her husband Bruce Willis to participate in Gucci activities several times in a row.

After the consecutive "Ghost Love" and this summer's "A Few Good People" were sold, this woman immediately became 'busy'.

If it's someone else, you can use it as a perfunctory excuse.

For Sophia, with her contacts in Hollywood, Demi Moore's schedule can be found out with just one phone call.

Simon asked again: "Have you disclosed the endorsement with her?"

Sophia nodded and said: "So, I think there is another possibility that Moore should be in contact with other brands, so he deliberately avoided it."

"Ask which one it is?"

"No."

"Forget it, I actually don't think Moore is suitable."

Although she became famous at the same time as Julia Roberts, Demi Moore's relying on "Ghost Story" is more like a flash in the pan.

Compared with Julia's peak throughout the 90s, Demi Moore's vision for picking movies is really not satisfactory.When Julia Roberts relied on "Never Compromise" to win the actress, Demi Moore has been reduced to the point where she played a supporting role in "Charlie's Angels 2".

"In that case, Julia, or Valerie?"

"Both of them are not suitable."

As a high-end jewelry and watch brand, the spokesperson of Van Cleef & Arpels should be more glamorous. Julia and Valerie are famous enough, but they lack the eye-catching temperament.

After thinking about it for a while, Simon suddenly thought of someone and said, "Nicole Kidman, what do you think?"

Nicole Kidman herself has that kind of radiant temperament, and then think of Satine in "Moulin Rouge" in memory, or "Princess of Monaco" starring Nicole, she came to endorse the brand of Van Cleef & Arpels , it seems more appropriate.

Sophia thought for a moment, nodded, shook her head again, and said, "Nicole's image is very good, but she's not famous enough."

After the stunning appearance in "Pulp Fiction", Nicole Kidman has not developed as smoothly as Sandra and Roberts in Hollywood in recent years.Although there is no shortage of film appointments, but because of the image drama, there are no more brilliant masterpieces.

Simon doesn't have any idea of ​​"responsible to the end" for the actresses he personally picked up. Given the opportunity, the subsequent development can only depend on themselves.

After the absurdity with Cindy Crawford last time, Nicole Kidman also seized the 'opportunity' to mention to Simon, hoping to get the heroine of "Jurassic Park", and Simon also refused up.

Nicole is too young for the botanist role.

However, Simon gave Nicole a chance to play the role of Poison Ivy in "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises."

The two Batman films became popular with a large number of people. Poison Ivy, an important villain in the Batman series, is also the focus of competition among Hollywood actresses. Nicole failed to get her wish in "Jurassic Park" and got poison Fuji girl is quite satisfied.

However, according to the previous arrangement, in order to further improve the envisioned special effects technology, "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" will not be released until 1994. There will be three years in between, and Nicole can't be idle.

"You talk to Nicole, and I will arrange the rest. Moreover, you don't need to choose the most famous spokesperson, I think the most important thing is the right one."

Simon said, already thinking about which film to choose to help Nicole secure a front-line position.

In recent years, Hollywood's first-line actresses have shown a trend of saturation. If you want to achieve this, you need to plan well.

Sophia nodded: "I'll contact Nicole as soon as possible."

After finalizing this matter, we discussed some corresponding matters of Gucci.

Gucci does not have a spokesperson, which is the practice of many luxury clothing and luggage brands in this era.

Of course, conventions are meant to be broken.

With the continuous expansion of the luxury market and the fiercer competition in the next 20 years, luxury brands have also begun to invite spokespersons.

Just like in the 80s, very few luxury brands invited celebrities to watch shows, and most of the catwalks were magazine editors, journalists or fashion buyers.

Since Gucci took the lead in inviting celebrities to attend the big show two years ago and achieved great success, this trend has risen rapidly.

Superstars and celebrities are also aware that this is a mutual promotion of style, and they have been very enthusiastic about participating in big shows in the past two years.

It is not that Sophia has not considered inviting a spokesperson for Gucci.

However, as the first luxury brand she made herself, Sophia was very cautious.Gucci, which has a full range of product lines, has higher requirements for spokespersons than Van Cleef & Arpels, which focuses on jewelry and watches.

Cindy Crawford was initially considered.

Gucci's consumer group at this stage is positioned as urban elite women, and Cindy's temperament is just right.

However, the supermodel's style is too commercial, not only turned to the hosting industry last year, opened a fashion show on MTV, but also took over the job of Pepsi spokesperson.

It is impossible for Gucci to put itself on the same level as Pepsi in any case. It is too cheap, so Sophia completely dismissed this idea.

Then there were no suitable candidates.

The short-term consideration is to choose regional spokespersons in different consumption areas.

However, relying on Daenerys Entertainment in recent years, Gucci's exposure rate has been sufficient, and the spokesperson is not urgent.

After talking about the spokesperson, Sophia looked around, but no one approached, and mentioned another thing: "The three groups of people I recruited, they and their families have recently immigrated to the UK, South Africa, Australia and Canada. One group of people They will continue to stay in Europe, and the other two groups will probably be able to rush to the United States to start working next month."

Sophia was talking about the former East German Stasi agent she recruited.

Relocating all the selected people out of Germany is not only a welfare, but also a kind of pledge and surveillance.

According to the original idea, Sophia still chose people with families.

This matter is actually very sensitive, so it is done very carefully.Although East Germany has collapsed, it is hard to say whether there will be people with ulterior motives mixed in

Simon had only read the profiles of these people, and out of caution, he did not meet any of them.Even Sophia only communicates with these people through intermediaries most of the time.

Running a private intelligence network is definitely not as simple as imagined.

Now that a large sum of money has been distributed, Simon is not sorry, but he does not have much expectation.After several years of continuous operation, Simon is already satisfied with being able to harvest a small group of loyal people.

Just in time for another runway rehearsal.

Naturally, the main models did not have time to attend in person, and most of the others came in person.

Seeing the cold-looking models coming out of the backstage one by one with the background music, Simon and Sophia automatically stopped the conversation just now.

Gucci also led the way in the style of the fashion show.

In the 80s, the fashion show was not as cold as people remembered it later. The style of the models tended to walk around in the garden, in small groups, with very casual expressions, and there was no shortage of teasing, blowing kisses and winking gestures.

Simon simply can't stand this sense of disorder, and Tom Ford is also a perfectionist.

Therefore, since the catwalk two years ago, Gucci has shown the high-end style that Simon remembers, and it has also become popular in the past two years.

Human pursuit of beauty is endless.

After seeing too many beauties, Simon still admired the long-legged waistlines walking by on the stage with great interest. Many girls on the catwalk saw Simon's figure, and their eyes were obviously shining.

Sophia noticed that a girl with terrifyingly long legs obviously gave Simon a wink when she walked by, and the man beside him also raised his eyebrows, and explained very "interestingly": "This is Najia, she is 20 years old this year. , has just been signed by Elite, and is one of Elite's key training goals in the next stage, and they also applied for a Guinness record for the longest-legged supermodel for this girl."

Simon nodded: "Very good, I'll chat with her in private when I call later."

Sophia rolled her eyes: "Do I need to avoid it?"

"Of course, well, you can go to work now."

I really wanted to pinch this man's waist, but I didn't pinch him when I raised my hand.

Thinking of one thing, Sophia said: "I almost forgot to tell you that Natasha Kinski moved out of the villa in Cannes."

"it's common."

"You don't have a pity at all, how many millions did you spend?"

"It's a good deal to buy a fragrant lace that can last for a long time for tens of dollars."