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Chapter 846
"Song!"

Eric shook hands with Song Yang, and then gave Irene a gentlemanly salute, "Long time no see, Ms. Irene!"

Song Yang, Irene, and Eric are all old acquaintances. Seeing Eric's actions, Irene looked at Eric and couldn't help laughing, "This is not the Houston city I know. Lucifer."

When Song Yang and Eric met, the line from Chicago to Wall Street had not yet been laid, and Irene had seen Eric's style.

Eric is a typical Texas cowboy style. He has the archangel Lucifer tattooed on his arm. He doesn't have so much etiquette. None of them are willing to accept donations from Eric's mother. Of course, now that Eric has been cleansed, let alone the church, even bishop-level figures have to be polite when facing Eric.

In front of Song Yang and Irene, Eric didn't need to maintain that "fashion godfather" style, he tore off his tie, poured a large glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp.

"Now Irene, you are already a big shot in Wall Street and America. TV stations, newspapers, and magazines are all reporting on you and ICQ..."

After drinking a glass of wine, Eric recalled the past and couldn't help sighing, remembering that when he first met Irene, she was just a little assistant beside Song Yang, but now, she has become a real "big shot".

Hearing Eric mention the scene back then, after Irene laughed, she couldn't help looking at Song Yang. Except for a very few people who were by Song Yang's side back then, the rest, no matter the Bruno family The lives of the members, Irene, Eric, and Wesley, have undergone earth-shaking changes.

Irene doesn't know what she would be like now without Song Yang, maybe she can make some big names, but more, she might just be an ordinary employee in the company, working hard every day, trying her best to climb up, Even being targeted by the boss, look at those classmates who are in the same period as Irene, and Irene can probably guess how they are living now!

"The current Victoria's Secret has brands such as Victoria's Secret, Gucci, Balenciaga, and DKNY established by Donna Karen.

Wall Street analysts estimate that within three years, RICK's revenue will exceed US$[-] billion. If Seagram Liquor Company is established, it will not take three years. Next year, RICK Group's revenue will exceed US$[-] billion. knife! "

Donna Karen was the designer dug up by RICK when it acquired Victoria’s Secret from the LB Group. Now it is the chief designer of RICK’s clothing business. DKNY is the brand established by Donna Karen and also belongs to RICK.

After taking a few more sips of wine, Eric couldn't help but said to Song Yang, RICK now has two main businesses, Victoria's Secret and Gucci, and Victoria's Secret is now continuously providing cash flow for RICK, just this year's Victoria's Secret Revenue is expected to reach $30 billion.

Of course, reaching this point is inseparable from the annual Victoria’s Secret show, and the Victoria’s Secret reality show is related to the crazy advertisements placed on major TV stations and magazines around the world, selling a product of the Victoria’s Secret brand , of which advertising costs are estimated to account for 30%.

In addition to crazy advertising, Victoria's Secret is also opening stores in America and around the world and inviting franchisees to join. By the end of this year, Victoria's Secret stores around the world will add up to more than 930!

Song Yang did not stop Victoria's Secret from advertising wildly and opening stores all over the world. Now is the time when Victoria's Secret is on fire.

A brand, no matter how popular it is, is cyclical. Victoria’s Secret has become popular for ten years, which is quite outrageous. Taking advantage of the fire all over the world, you have to open stores and recruit franchisees, and you can get two leeks!
In addition to earning money by selling Victoria’s Secret brand products, and collecting store franchise fees and brand authorization fees, you can also cut a crop of leeks. When the time is right, you can package RICK for the market, and then cut a crop of new leeks.

Song Yang is not polite about cutting RICK's leeks. Although Song Yang is a major shareholder of RICK with nearly 35% of the shares, on the bright side, this is only one of the companies Song Yang invests in. It is not to blame for cutting the leeks. On the other hand, at least you have to find RICK's board of directors and Eric first. As for those infamy and lawsuits, it's not a big deal for Eric to memorize them all.

You know, RICK has been able to play until now, basically empty-handed white wolf, the acquisition of Victoria's Secret, Gucci, Balenciaga, etc., and the money to open stores all over the world are all borrowed from banks, Wall Street institutions, and foundations. Yes, Song Yang is a big guy, and he didn't vote in it.

Now RICK is carrying a huge amount of debt, but it looks really attractive now. He is known as one of the three luxury giants, and he is sitting on Victoria’s Secret and Gucci. company.

The institutions on Wall Street and the major banks in America definitely cannot allow RICK to fall. They can only support RICK to become the largest luxury goods empire in America, and then go public to collect money, so that they can make money, otherwise, all previous efforts will be for naught. RICK was sold and they couldn't get their money back...

"ICQ Board of Directors, can you really sell Seagram Wine to RICK?"

Eric looked towards Song Yang and Irene, and at this moment, he still had to worry about gains and losses.

Irene glanced at Song Yang, remembering Immelt's behavior, "Immelt promised Song, and he should do it. The only thing we need to worry about is the price!"

Even if it is treated as a "non-performing asset" and Seagram Liquor is sold at the price of cabbage, this is a company with an annual revenue of 29 billion US dollars. How much to sell to RICK depends entirely on Immelt's heart. blacken.

After the completion of the acquisition of the Bronfman Group, people from all walks of life left Connecticut one after another, and ICQ entered the era of Immelt's control. merging and splitting.

Some things, when dealing with it, really can't be in a place where there are many people, especially things that need to be done.

Immelt did not set the meeting at GE headquarters, but at a golf club.

When Song Yang and Eric passed by in a golf cart, Immelt, who was dressed in top-level golf preparations, did not swing the club. Even on the golf course, there were still a lot of affairs waiting for Immelt to deal with.

Regardless of personality, luck, etc., Immelt is indeed a very hardworking CEO. His work intensity is even worse than that of Welch. He basically does everything he can do by himself. Handle it yourself.

But a company with a market value of nearly 4000 billion US dollars, and a company that is about to soar to 5000 billion US dollars. The two companies add up to a giant company with more than 28 employees worldwide. There are too many things that Immelt needs to deal with. Some of them have already been reviewed and processed by special personnel, and the documents in Immelt's hands are still as numerous as snowflakes.

Eric has heard the name of Immelt in front of him, but he is not familiar with him, just looking at Immelt who is busy in front of him, and then looking at Song Yang who has started to swing the golf club, he can clearly I feel that Immelt and Song Yang are two completely different styles of people!
Immelt obviously likes to do things by himself, and since he has been with Song Yang for so long, Eric's feeling for Song Yang is that he is willing to delegate power, whether it is like Eric in RICK, or Ertian in Alcatel mobile phones, etc With considerable authority, as long as Song Yang's expectations can be met, Song Yang is willing to delegate power, and rarely directly interferes with Eric's management.

These two styles are not necessarily good or bad. The former may be exhausted, and the result is not well managed everywhere, and finally ends up with chicken feathers. The latter is easy to be deceived, or let the Disney emperor Ace appear in his subordinates. To accept that kind of character, and accidentally get rid of it, this is a test of the wrist and ability of the superior.

But generally speaking, at the level of General Electric, the management is basically a group of experienced managers, many of whom are industry leaders. Is the ability really so unbearable that it can make a giant company like General Electric fall into the sky? For the forum, it can only decline if there are huge problems in internal decision-making, or if Microsoft has completely failed to keep up with the frenzy of the mobile Internet, and it will never be a problem with ordinary management.

"Eric, right, I've heard of you!"

After being busy for a while, Immelt said a few words to the assistant on the side, put all the phone calls and documents on hold, and turned to look at Eric.

(End of this chapter)