Chapter 481 Relaxation

Chapter 481 Relaxation

Chapter 481 Relaxation
Interlaced like mountains.

This trip to Milan, as Fan Wumian's "first show" in the global fashion industry, did not attract much attention in the circle.

For example, at the party hosted by Mr. Armani, there was a French super-rich man named François Pinault, who almost stole everyone's limelight.

no way.

Last year, François Pinault took over his father's business and became the chairman and CEO of the French Kering Group, which owns several brands including Gucci, Boucheron and Balenciaga. Recently, there were reports that it planned to acquire Puma for US$50 billion, which made countless people sigh at the strength of the French Pinault family.

Fan Wumian's deepest impression of the Pinault family was that a few years later they donated the Rabbit Head and Rat Head from the Old Summer Palace, which they purchased for a total of 2800 million euros, to a mainland museum publicly and free of charge.

Businessmen never do anything without profit. Considering the rise of the luxury goods market in the mainland, he has reason to suspect that the act of returning the rabbit and rat heads is itself full of "marketing promotion" and the effect is quite good, which is more cost-effective than investing the same amount of money in advertising.

This made Fan Wumian start to wonder whether he should hoard one or two animal heads, so that he could release them to divert people's attention in case the house was about to collapse or he encountered other troubles in the future.

As architectural components of the Old Summer Palace fountain, the animal heads have a special collection value and are extremely well-known after being associated with national sentiments, regardless of whether their actual price is higher than their intrinsic value.

When this thought comes up.

He himself first realized that his utilitarianism seemed to have become stronger recently.

I feel ashamed that I hold nearly 40% of Penguin shares, but I am still thinking about joining others in the race. I am simply asking for trouble.

On the other hand, Mr. Bean, just by playing a funny role, has never had to worry about food and drink for the rest of his life. He feels relaxed and is busy living a comfortable life.

Wander around the party scene and communicate with many strangers.

It can be clearly seen that many wealthy people in Europe are more casual and relaxed than the employees in his company, and the topics they talk about are almost all unrelated to business.

Fan Wumian felt that the reason why he could not learn to calm down and enjoy life was mainly because the living atmosphere from childhood to adulthood made him always tense.

From going to school to entering society, countless voices are asking people to make progress, asking people to work hard to do their best, and asking people to abide by various rules. Parents would rather believe that their children are ruined by external factors than admit that their children are just ordinary people.

Everyone only cares about how high they fly, but no one cares whether they are tired or not.

Influenced by such an atmosphere, even though Fan Wumian already has assets worth billions of Hong Kong dollars, he still subconsciously believes that if he does not spend his time on serious matters, he is wasting his life meaninglessly, and even feels a little ashamed.

Just like the saying goes, "The purpose of working is to redeem yourself and quit as soon as possible, not to stay in a brothel and compete to become the most beautiful courtesan."

After discovering that this sentence also applied to himself, Fan Wumian tried to put aside the many trivial matters he had been worrying about recently and took the initiative to start chatting with some guests who interested him.

I learned a lot of interesting things during this period.

For example, the well-known luxury brand "Boss" specialized in making uniforms for a German painter's minions during World War II. In terms of design style, they are indeed fashionable and classic.

There is also the boss of Givenchy. The self-media said that he had been secretly in love with Audrey Hepburn for many years, but in fact Mr. Givenchy was gay. His boyfriend was also at the party today.

On the day of Valentino’s new product launch.

Just after 7 o'clock in the morning, Zhuang Muxi got up, put on some light makeup, and asked Fan Wumian:
"The reporter wanted to interview you, but you asked us to go instead. Is that appropriate?"

Fan Wumian was still lying on the bed:

"It doesn't matter. I get a lot of exposure all year round. Several influential media outlets in Asia, Europe and the United States have come. Giving you this opportunity to be in the spotlight will help your career a little bit."

During speaking.

He replied to Pu Jiajing's email via mobile phone.

We discussed having the staff at the New York Fifth Avenue store send the object that has a small chance of being the Xi Jia Plate to the Yanjing Museum for identification as soon as possible.

Fan Wumian made the final decision and gave the other party five days of paid leave, plus two weekends before and after, which could make up a nine-day vacation. During this period, he would cover all the expenses such as visa, round-trip air tickets, food and accommodation, and arranged a total of 2000 US dollars in food and accommodation subsidies, which was enough to eat and live well at the current price level in Yanjing.

Unlike Europe, where work pressure is low and social welfare is high, many Americans at the bottom and middle levels do not actually have many opportunities to travel abroad. Their busy lives alone are exhausting. This kind of paid business trip, with expenses reimbursed by the company and no work arrangements for an exotic trip, can indeed be regarded as an employee benefit.

Zhuang Muxi was a little nervous and asked him again:
“What if I don’t perform well on stage and ruin your press conference?”

"It doesn't matter. It's such a big company, and the new product is so outstanding, how could you mess it up? Even if you fall on the stage, I will only care if you are in pain. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Just smile and wave your hands like you did in rehearsal, and walk around on the stage."

After listening.

Zhuang Muxi felt warm in her heart, walked to the bed and kissed him on the face, then continued:

"The hemline was a little long, and I was always worried I would step on it, and the heels were too high for me to get used to."

"Relax a little. People focus on fashion, such as catwalk styles. For laymen like me, I really can't see much difference. People with obsessive-compulsive disorder like to be picky and particular about everything. I think the scene is not important. The key is to take some photos and videos to promote it well."

".That's right. There are so many people who know about the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, but most of them have only seen the photos of the sexy Victoria's Secret supermodels."

Zhuang Muxi put her heart back in her stomach, looked in the mirror and prepared to go out.

After waking up, Fan Wumian was still thinking about how to change his own thinking and make the pace of life less tense.

He made a temporary decision and said to Zhuang Muxi:

"When I'm done with my recent work, how about I find a place to take you on vacation? I've always wanted to go to the northwest of China. Apart from the concert schedule that has already been scheduled, I don't want to arrange too much work for the time being."

Zhuang Muxi said happily:
"Okay, but there are so many people talking, it would be better to find a reason to go out together?"

"That's easy, just say it's the MV for the new album, or the location shooting for the new drama."

After she left, Fan Wumian suddenly felt sleepy and took another nap.

When I woke up again, it was almost 11 o'clock in the morning. My biological clock was in a mess. I checked my phone and found that Yang Mi had sent me two MMS messages, both of which were her selfies.

I casually sent a text message back, which read: "I can't look at beautiful women these days. I'm getting irritated."

After washing and getting ready, he went out to find a place to eat, sitting on the side of the road to eat and drink coffee. It felt quite nice to learn from some Italians and French people to avoid internal friction.

I used to find the locals’ passivity and laziness a bit unacceptable, but when I think about it carefully, I realize that they are just pursuing a comfortable pace of life, which is actually not wrong.

But as a boss, it is still very uncomfortable to encounter such employees.

For example, Fan Wumian really hopes to put some new products on the shelves immediately after the press conference today, but unfortunately the Italian factory is not efficient, and the new factory in Serbia is still in the running-in stage, so the old products in the store can only be eliminated in batches.

After dinner, we went to Santa Maria delle Grazie to admire Leonardo da Vinci's fresco "The Last Supper" that we had seen in art textbooks.

Before the press conference started at 4 pm, Fan Wumian came to the Milan Royal Palace show again, and was warmly invited by Hong Kong actresses Zhang Baizi and Chen Farong to sit between them.

At a glance, I saw that many familiar people came to support me today.

Of course, Zhang Ziyi would not be absent from such an international occasion easily. TBV's mainstay Ouyang Zhenghua also came with his wealthy wife to show her support.

The boss of Benny Lu, the company endorsed by Fan Wumian, even came to say hello to him and mentioned that he hoped to have more opportunities for cooperation in the future.

The advantage of arriving late is that you can avoid countless social headaches.

Just a few minutes after Fan Wumian sat down, the press conference began. Yang Mi opened the show wearing a horse-faced skirt and a white shirt, with a new messenger bag on her waist.

Many guests were amazed and praised Valentino for changing its owner. It was indeed different from before.
(End of this chapter)