The evening banquet will be held on the first floor of the villa. When Jing Gao went downstairs with Ouyang Wan and Chen Qingshuang, the hall was almost decorated.
Dong Youwei's subordinate, a young married woman who was engaged in auditing, took the lead in asking a few male employees to help and arranged a circle of balloons in the living room, which looked very similar. Be beaming with joy!
LVMH Group's shares have fallen below the limit for two consecutive days. Everyone knows that the war is coming to an end and they can return to their hometown!
Jinggao This villa is very big. Lift out the oak dining table in the dining room and put several tables together to form a large rectangular dining table.
The dining table has long been covered with napkins, tableware, and various delicacies. It doesn't matter whether it's Chinese food or Western food, the chefs cook it carefully looking at the ingredients. Just cook whatever dish you are good at.
There are: hand-caught mutton, lamb, grilled lamb chops. Braised chicken with pepper, foie gras cream mushroom soup, fried pork chop, smoked salmon, pan-fried and grilled prawns, sweet and sour carp, fried pork liver with sauce, braised pork, preserved egg mixed with tofu...
The wine is basically red wine.
The main reason is that Jinggao has more than a dozen top red wine chateaus in Bordeaux. Dong Lingxi helped Jing Gao take care of this. Dong Lingxi worked as a wine merchant in the capital in the early years and was very familiar with all kinds of red wine. Therefore, the wine cellar of his villa contains a lot of fine red wine.
"Everyone, sit down, let's have dinner!" Jing Gao walked to the main seat, made a downward gesture with a smile, and sat down.
He didn't give any pre-dinner speech, nor did he ask everyone at the wine table to toast. Everyone was a team, enjoying the dinner relaxedly and comfortably. During these ten days of getting along, the boundaries between superiors and subordinates were not so clear.
The bodyguard team takes turns eating in the restaurant next to the lobby on the first floor.
Everyone ate lively until around eight o'clock in the evening. At the end of the meal, a bodyguard reported a few words to the soldier on the intercom. Junzi walked to the end of the dining table and reported to Jing Gaohui in a low voice: "Mr. Jing, Bernard Arnault is here. His car is outside the villa."
When these words were spoken, everyone at the dining table immediately became silent.
It was expected that Bernard Arnault, as the chief culprit, would come to sue for peace. But when Arnault actually came to the door, everyone had unspeakable emotions.
First, after working hard for so long, it is finally over and everyone can have a good sleep.
Second, we are witnessing history.
Third, Mr. Jing is awesome!
Jing Gao put down the knife and fork in his hand and ordered: "Ask him to come in." He wiped his mouth with a napkin, prepared to negotiate, and said: "Xiaowan, Xixi, Qingshuang, you will join me later."
"Okay, Brother Jing." The three beauties agreed with pleasant voices, like a beautiful scenery beside the dining table.
Dong Lingxi's beautiful almond eyes looked at Jing Gao expectantly. She suffered a lot during her time in France, and all of this suffering was brought about by Bernard Arnault. Since the richest man in Europe and the emperor of the fashion industry was coming to surrender, how could she not be present?
When Jing Gao saw the look in Dong Lingxi's eyes, he couldn't help but feel funny. He also knew how she felt, so he said, "Lingxi, come and listen."
Dong Lingxi suddenly smiled, her beauty was gratuitous, and she said happily: "Okay, Mr. Jing."
Dong Youwei, Teacher Zheng and others pretended not to have seen it. Don’t think too much about your boss’s personal matters.
Junzi went outside to pick up people. When Bernard Arnault walked in, Denton Glaser couldn't help clenching his fists under the dining table. He came to Jinggao's villa today to "talk about cooperation". In fact, he was showing his flattering and approachable attitude, but the most important thing is that he wanted to witness "history"!
It's now.
Bernard-Arnault was wearing a suit, with a slightly stooped back and short gray hair. He was supported by his butler, Old John, and followed behind him was his personal doctor, Harold, who was carrying a medical kit.
It's a bit like the old godfather in The Godfather 3.
However...
More than a dozen Chinese people in the restaurant glanced at him one after another, and Bernard-Arnault felt a stinging and aggrieved feeling in his heart. But can he turn around and leave?
At this time, he had to bow his head.
Ouyang Wan wore hollow crystal high heels and a slim-fitting black midi skirt, making her look even more graceful, elegant and charming. She stood in the middle of the hall on the first floor and said in French: "Mr. Arnault, come here." She led the three Arnaults to sit down in the reception room on the first floor.
Seeing the staggering back of the richest man in Europe and the fashionable emperor, Dong Youwei couldn't help but slap the table and said: "It's so damn happy!" He picked up the red wine glass and drank most of the red wine in one gulp.
When he first came to Paris, he followed Mr. Jing to visit everywhere and encountered obstacles. How could he forget that humiliation and discomfort?
Teacher Zheng couldn't help but smile slightly, and also picked up the wine glass in his hand and took a sip. When he first came to Paris, most reporters and media friends avoided him. Going out to record a show today is completely the opposite treatment. Let him speak one by one. Although there are still attacks against the motherland, will he be afraid of this after working in France for nearly 20 years?
Several young people in their twenties and sixties raised their glasses and shouted: "Cheers!"
"Cheers to victory!"
The atmosphere in the hall became warm and cheerful! Everyone raised their glasses. That's certainly cause for celebration, isn't it?
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The living room on the first floor is elegantly furnished, with several white single sofas arranged one after another. There are mahogany tables and tables beside the sofa.
Bernard-Arnault walked into the living room with the support of old John, and saw Jing Gao sitting on the sofa in the middle of the top. Next to him stood three oriental beauties with their own styles: either Mingli, or Quiet or charming.
Among them is Dong Lingxi, the president and cfo of Zhaoshi Group. At that time, someone among the conspirators proposed to get rid of Dong Lingxi so that Jing Gao would lose control and grip on the Zhaoshi Group. He had seen photos of Dong Lingxi at that time. You can recognize it at a glance.
Harold, the family doctor, was left outside the drawing room by Arnault and did not participate in the subsequent negotiations.
Igao did not say anything to ask Bernard Arnault to sit down, but looked at him. Just like what happened the night before when he went to meet Bernard Arnault, Arnold Lagardère and others at the party held by Publicis Groupe CEO Denton Glaser.
It is not a gentleman not to avenge one's grudges. It is rude to come and not reciprocate!
Bernard-Arnault had to speak first. He stood still in the living room and said with a weak voice: "Mr. Jing, we meet again. Congratulations on your great victory over me in the stock market."
Jing Gao said with a half-smile: "Mr. Arnault, at Denton Glaser's villa the night before yesterday, a total of four people threatened me and wanted me to step back. Why are you the only one here today?"
Bernard Arnault explained: "My old friend Arnold Lagardère has been in poor health these past two days and is bedridden. His son Arthur Lagardère and I parted ways. As for Louis Froude, He hasn’t thrown in the towel yet.”
Igao nodded and gestured for Bernard Arnault to take a seat.
Bernard-Arnault sat on the sofa with the support of old John, feeling unspeakable resentment in his heart. In his seventy years of life, had he ever suffered such humiliation? Even sitting down requires permission from others. Even if the French commander is standing in front of him, he doesn't need to do this!
After collecting his thoughts for a moment, Bernard Arnault said calmly: "Mr. Jing, I will go to the Paris Stock Exchange tomorrow to apply for an emergency suspension of trading of LVMH Group's stocks for half a year.
After that, I will ask the French government to drop the investigation of Zhaoshi Group and the various lawsuits Zhaoshi Group faces, and I will withdraw my support. Your legal counsel should be able to resolve the issue quickly.
I allow Zhaoshi Group to become a shareholder of lvmh Group, and I can apologize to you in public.
My request is that I hope you can stop shorting lvmh Group. "
Igao frowned slightly and knocked on the wooden table next to him with his hand, "Mr. Arnault, I don't think you have forgotten who started this war in the first place. Restoring the status quo ante is not a bargaining chip that you can use in negotiations. Conditions, this is what you should do. In your European wars, the defeated have always had to cede territory and pay compensation and sign unequal treaties. Is this how you fooled me?"
Bernard-Arnault said: "This is not to fool you, but to compromise. Mr. Jing, how much money have you invested in shorting the stock price of lvmh Group? With the suspension of trading for half a year, all your funds are locked in the stock market. In addition, in half a year, Do you think the judicial investigation process against Zhaoshi Group will never be completed? Do you think that third-rate lobbyist Lanny Clive can stop it. I don’t want to lose both sides with you."
Igao couldn't help but sneer, "Mr. Arnault, since you have such an advantage, why do you come to me to surrender? Let me see your joke? If I were you, I would just walk away."
"Pfft!" Dong Lingxi couldn't help laughing. The peaks held up by her white satin shirt trembled and rippled slightly with her laughter, which was so beautiful.
What Mr. Jing said was very mean! However, it made her feel very comfortable. Some time ago, how did lvmh Group treat Zhaoshi Group? Various tricks and routines are applied to the face, how can it be effective? Moreover, it also wants to annex Zhaoshi Group and seize tens of billions of euros in benefits.
Should we treat our enemies as warmly as spring?
Gu Xixi's character was quiet and quiet, and she also showed a sarcastic smile at this time.
Chen Qingshuang smiled and placed her white palms on the back of Jing Gao's sofa. She did not hide her emotions. The rhetoric of Europe's richest man seems reasonable, but just because the share price of LVMH Group has plummeted, his troubles are a big push. If the stock price cannot rebound tomorrow, even if trading is suspended, his CEO of lvmh Group will definitely lose it. French banks will also come to ask for loans.
Bernard-Arnault was silent for a moment, and the feeling of humiliation was extremely strong. After a while, he struggled to say a few words from his throat: "Mr. Jing, you can make whatever conditions you want."
Jing Gao took a sip of tea and refused: "No, Mr. Arnault, you are a surrenderer, you come and bid. I'm not in a hurry!"
Bernard-Arnault looked straight at Jing Gao, with a cold and stern look in his eyes, like an old lion king in extreme anger, gritting his teeth and saying sentence by sentence: "Young man, don't go too far. Push yourself further. You have already made a lot of money by shorting lvmh Group this time! Moreover, the share price of lvmh Group is supported by performance.
You can’t win this battle just by joining forces with Pinault Jr. and Deutsche Bank. The downturn in stock prices is short-lived. I have contacted UBS and they are willing to become a strategic investor in LVMH Group. "
As he spoke, he softened his tone and said: "I am willing to sell you the spirit brand Hennessy. This is the earliest spirit brand owned by LVMH Group. With this brand, the Arnault family will always be marked as a failure in front of you. The identity of the author. My children cannot raise their heads in front of you.
Are you satisfied with this? "
Idaka was not impressed at all by Bernard-Arnault's performance. His performance has two levels.
First, get angry first and beg later. It smells a little bit erotic. Most people who encounter such a performance will probably think that Bernard-Arnault is already weak. This condition should soon reach his bottom line.
As for Arnault's identity: the richest man in Europe, Napoleon in the fashion industry, and the fourth richest man in the world, such a lowly plea, although it was somewhat obscured by the harsh words in front of him, is still a plea. This will make people feel very good!
So let him go.
Second, Bernard-Arnault’s words are false and true. Is UBS willing to wade into this muddy water? Who knows?
Anyway, if LV, a luxury brand, does not quickly engage in public relations and eliminate the "shoddy" news bomb thrown by Pinault, it will be difficult to say the fundamentals of the LVMH Group's stock price.
"Of course I'm not satisfied. This is not enough." Jing Gao smiled and listed his demands: "First, I want Carl Behrman and Harold Lynn to die. You make arrangements. Second, Zhaoshi Group A cooperation agreement is needed. The lvmh Group must cede its share of the European market, especially the French market, to Zhaoshi Group and assist Zhaoshi Group in restoring its reputation.
Third, you have to compensate me for 2% of the shares of lvmh Group. "
Although the valuation of lvmh Group has plummeted, its 2% stake is still worth 1.9 billion euros.
Bernard Arnault asked angrily: "Then do you want me to give you a seat on the board of directors of lvmh Group?" He believed that Jing Gao held shares of lvmh Group, and with these 2%, it would probably be enough for 5% of the shares. .
Jing Gao raised his eyebrows and sneered: "That's not necessary! Frankly speaking, lvmh Group is a star company in France, and it is of little use for me to have a board seat. I believe you have this ability."
Bernard-Arnault remained silent for a quarter of an hour, and said in a hoarse voice: "Deal! But, Mr. Jing, I have a condition. I need to see the stock price of lvmh Group rise tomorrow."
Jing Gao said unceremoniously: "If the agreement is reached, I will not short LVMH Group's stock. Whether it rises or falls, it is up to the market to decide. The only thing I can do to help you is to remove the Weibo article about the decline in LVMH Group's market share. information."
He will not admit that he is the main force among the short sellers. On the surface, the funds he shorted were the 500 million euros handed over to Deutsche Bank for operation.
Bernard-Arnault took a deep look at Jing Gao. His temptation failed and he said: "Okay."
This is really a tough opponent! Moreover, he is still so young. His children are probably no match for him.
Louis-Froude was right. He needs to solve the trouble once and for all.
