My 1999

"Boss Xu, if the look in Obed's eyes could kill, you would have been killed hundreds of times." Lv Hui said with a smile.

"Normal.

Falling from the clouds, even if you don't die, it hurts a lot.

Now he has nothing.

It would be strange if he didn't hate me."

Xu Liang continued with a smile: "But he only hates me now. Vincent Borore will never be released on bail, let alone have his sentence reduced."

"Why?"

"Bernard, Muriez and others will never allow a powerful enemy who hates them to rise again. So, Vincent is in jail.

Adding to Deresi's constraints, Vincent has a chance to regain power in the Borore Group, but it won't be too big." Xu Liang said.

Lv Hui thought for a while and said admiringly: "You still have a long-term vision."

With a faint smile, Xu Liang put Vincent and Obed behind his mind. They are already a pair of dead dogs.

It is impossible to survive in a short period of time.

"Lv Hui, send an email to Patrick Thomas, CEO of Hermès, in my name, and tell them that I'm treating them to dinner."

Lv Hui's eyes were filled with surprise.

But she didn't ask any more questions and nodded quickly.

Looking at the street scene passing by quickly outside the car window, Xu Liang's eyes became deep.

This acquisition by Vivendi Group made him thoroughly understand Bernard Arnault's shrewdness.

If he didn't move, he would seize his weak spot and make huge profits.

In addition to the obvious benefits, Bernard also gained invisible benefits.

This time, the six major families joined forces, and Bernard, as the leader, led everyone to get rich returns.

This undoubtedly formed a certain prestige in the upper class.

In the future, if there are similar actions, these families that have benefited will undoubtedly gather around him.

This loose alliance will become tighter and larger.

Xu Liang, who has suffered a big loss, is naturally more afraid.

In order to fight against this alliance, he must of course develop his own network in France.

There are currently two main ones.

The first one is the Borore Group, which is led by Deresi Borore.

The two of them joined forces to send Vincent Borore to prison and gained the greatest mutual trust.

After completing the transaction with the Havas Group and cooperating on the Pacific Fund, there was a connection of interests.

Therefore, Deresi Borore is an object that can be won.

The second one is the Hermès Group and the family behind it.

As Bernard continued to increase his stake in Hermès, the contradiction between the two sides has become irreconcilable.

As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Therefore, it is necessary for him to form a strategic alliance with Hermès.

However, the situation of Hermès is much more complicated.

In 1993, Hermès went public, and family members held 74% of the shares. Among them, according to the different surnames of their descendants, they were divided into three factions, namely Dumas, Piech, and Guerand.

The three companies have different shares, different degrees of participation in corporate management, and their lifestyles are even more different.

The Dumas lineage in power is the strongest faction among them.

Jean-Louis Dumas, the current chairman of the board of directors of Hermès, has been trying his best to squeeze the voice of the other two branches, and the frictions of all sizes that have occurred in the process are needless to say.

Jean-Louis Dumas is undoubtedly a talented leader.

As the great-great-grandson of the founder of the group, Thierry Hermès, he has led Hermès' globalization since 1978 and brought it to the top of the pyramid of the luxury world.

But people have shortcomings.

This guy has an almost paranoid resistance to cultivating successors.

As a result, after he had to stay away from Hermès due to health problems, no one in the family could take the lead.

The current Hermès is like a feudal dynasty with a "young ruler and a suspicious country".

Patrick Thomas, CEO of Hermès, is the "regent", and Axel Dumas, the selected and apparent family heir, is currently "observing politics" in Hermès' jewelry, leather products and other departments.

No one knows when he will take power.

Therefore, if Xu Liang wants to win over Hermès, he must first get through to the regent.

——

Gulp...

The boiling water rolled down, and the rich aroma of coffee slowly spread.

Patrick Dumas put the coffee in front of his old friend.

"What do you think of this email?"

Bertrand Piech smiled and said, "It's not very clear yet.

But I heard that some time ago, Bernard and Muriez brought a lot of people to visit Golden Caesar, and got a lot of Pacific Fund shares from him, as well as 25% of the Class B shares of the new company after the merger of Sina and Vivendi Network.

Obviously, our Golden Caesar has learned the cunning of the "old wolf" and hopes to unite more people to resist the devouring of this old wolf, and our Hermès is the ally he chose."

Bernard Arnault earned the nickname "Wolf in Cashmere Sweater" because of his frequent ruthless acquisitions of legendary traditional brands.

Patrick thought for a while and nodded slightly.

"This is also a good thing for us. Jin Caesar has strong capital and powerful strength. With him joining us, we can be more relaxed when facing the old wolf."

"I think so too.

I just don't know how Jin Caesar plans to conclude an alliance with us?

Pacific Fund's equity, or will we also be included in the list of shareholders of Sina Corporation?"

Bertrand Piech's words were full of expectations.

After looking at him, Patrick said calmly.

"Benefits can only be exchanged for profits. If we want the assets in Xu Liang's hands, we can only exchange them for other assets. Otherwise, apart from the verbal covenant, we will not get a penny."

Bertrand Pieche was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, he nodded slightly.

Golden Caesar is not a softie who can be manipulated by others.

Judging from the news that circulated, Bernard, with the help of the five major families, and the 'testicle' of the Vivendi Group, failed to make Xu Liang give in and did not get the equity of Hanhua Group.

Instead, both sides took a step back.

What the six major families couldn't do, it's impossible for the Hermès family to do it either.

Mutual benefit is the basis.

If you try to use force to overwhelm others, the only result will be to beat the odds.

"We don't have any valuable bargaining chips now." Bertrand Pieche said with a headache.

"You forget, Hermès is the biggest bargaining chip."

Looking at the smiling Patrick, Bertrand Pieche quickly understood.

"You mean to sell part of Hermès' shares to Xu Liang?"

"That's right. Now the three major families within Hermès are quarreling and it's difficult to unite and resist Bernard's attack, so we can definitely introduce Golden Caesar as a white knight."

Bertrand Pieche pondered for a moment, "How much equity do you think is appropriate?"

"10~15%."

Bertrand shook his head, "There are too many. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the three major families to agree."

"We can only give half of the voting rights. This can not only maintain the control of Hermès by the Dumas, Guéran and Pieche families, but also recruit a powerful helper to resist Bernard.

Moreover, with this cooperation, it will be easier for the three major families to take shares of Hanhua's funds in the future.

I believe that with Hanhua’s super high returns, they will agree. "

Bertrand Pieche thought for a while, "What if Xu Liang throws himself at the old wolf...?"

“It is possible.

But what assets can Bernard, a miser, offer to impress Golden Caesar? LV’s equity? Is he willing to do so?

Not to mention that the two sides already have deep conflicts, making it even more difficult to trust each other.

In the end, we gave Golden Caesars only half of the voting rights.

Even if he sells these shares to Bernard, the latter will not get control of Hermès. "

Bertrand Pieche nodded.

"Let's discuss it with the members of the three major families first."

Although he is the patriarch of the Piesh family, he cannot represent the will of everyone in the family.

"That's fine."

——

"Honey, I'm back."

Christina walked in briskly. She used to like to wear women's suits and high heels, but now she also changed into slightly loose casual clothes and white flat shoes.

The reason is very simple, just as Xu Liang expected before.

Just when he took Sophie Adam as his eighteenth-room concubine, he was so excited that he successfully impregnated Christina.

The first three months is a dangerous period of pregnancy, and it is easy to lose the baby if you are not careful.

So Christina had to give up her favorite professional skirts and high heels that showed off her figure.

"Mother."

The two little guys rushed forward.

But Chris turned a corner halfway.

"Auntie!"

He took small steps and rushed into Sophia's arms behind him.

Holding her daughter in her arms, Christina angrily said, "Chris, you little rascal, you don't even have a mother in your eyes now."

Sticking out his little tongue at his mother, the little guy turned his head, buried it in Sophia's left shoulder, and even hugged her neck with his two little hands.

"Mom, me."

Deren didn't express it clearly yet, but Christina obviously knew what her daughter meant.

He said happily.

"You like mom?"

"Um."

"Hehe, mom likes you too."

He kissed his daughter's tender little face, her expression full of intimacy.

Many Western women have severe body odor and relatively thick hair.

But being able to catch Xu Liang's eyes, Christina naturally does not have these shortcomings.

Coupled with Xu Liang's strong genes, both Deren and Chris have the advantages of Easterners, with less body hair and no body odor; and the advantages of Westerners, with more three-dimensional facial features, relatively longer legs, and better body proportions.

Naturally, it is also more lovable.

After being intimate together for a while, we had dinner.

Putting my son and daughter to sleep.

Xu Liang brought the two girls to the study.

"Have you negotiated with Hongmeng and Sina?"

Christina nodded.

"Sina is valued at US$12 billion, and Vivendi Network is valued at US$8.5 billion. Vivendi Network will be merged into Sina as a whole, and Sina will be the only brand of the new company.

In order to dilute the political impact of the merger, the company's headquarters was moved from Beijing to Shanghai. "

This condition was what he asked for.

As a portal website, its news attributes are definitely higher.

In order to avoid being criticized on this point, Magic City is more suitable as a company headquarters than the capital city.