Chapter 480 Todd's Test
Wang Jianye immediately winked at Yu Haoran and said, "Hurry up and follow her to see what's going on, and try to persuade her while you can."
"Yes." Yu Haoran stood up and agreed. After saluting, he quickly chased after him.
Wang Jianye looked at the study room that had become empty in the blink of an eye and cursed in a low voice, "How am I going to explain this bastard if he comes back alive?"
There's no reason to be the only one unhappy!
Wang Jianye stood there for a while, then walked to the cabinet in the study, picked up the phone on the cabinet and dialed a number.
After the other party answered, he immediately said, "I've almost done everything for you. There shouldn't be any more problems, but my family is almost torn apart because of this."
"Hmm?" The person on the other end of the phone didn't seem to understand what Wang Jianye said, and responded in a daze.
"When you return to China, go find Bi Han for me immediately. If she doesn't forgive you, you'll never see me again." After Wang Jianye said these words that were not very threatening, he immediately hung up the phone.
Tang Shuo, who was far away in the British Empire, held up his cell phone with a confused look on his face. After hearing a busy tone from the receiver, he put the phone on the cabinet beside the bed and went back to sleep.
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London, an extremely luxurious manor.
Kerry Barber looked at Todd, who was two years older than him, and asked with a smile, "I wonder what Mr. Todd wants to talk to me about?"
The Burberry family is very wealthy, even comparable to the famous Swiss tycoon family, the Lawrence family.
However, according to family rules, all direct descendants of the Burberry family own a portion of Burberry's shares. Although most people's shares cannot be transferred and can only receive a portion of their compensation through dividends, this has greatly affected the concentration of family resources.
So the Burberry family may surpass the Lawrence family in overall strength, but it is somewhat inferior in terms of personal wealth.
Cribber knew quite a bit about this family whose mainstay business was gambling, so he was very surprised why the other party suddenly came to his house.
"This may be a bit abrupt, but I've always admired the Burberry family's development model," Todd replied with a smile. "This trip mainly aims to collaborate with Mr. Barber."
"cooperate?"
The smile on Cribber's face disappeared completely in an instant. He frowned and asked, "What cooperation?"
Because of his cooperation with Tang Shuo, Cribber has been very disgusted with these two words in recent months.
In addition, the disadvantages of the cooperation between Burberry and Tang Shuo have gradually become apparent. In the British mainland, Burberry's sales share has gradually decreased. Fortunately, however, sales in China have increased significantly.
Although the Burberry family did not show any losses but actually experienced a significant increase in profits, anyone could see that this was definitely not a good sign.
With all the above things, Cribber naturally didn't look happy when he heard about the cooperation.
"Sub-brand thing."
Todd saw the displeasure in Cribber's eyes, but he still resolutely stated his purpose. Half a month had passed since he met Mason, and Todd had become increasingly enthusiastic about the plan.
What he wants to do now is to try his best to persuade Chris Barber and try to get the other party to hand over the management rights of the sub-brand to him.
"I'm afraid I'll disappoint Mr. Todd, but we don't have any plans to add new sub-brands right now," Kribaber responded with a grim expression.
Tang Shuo alone is enough to give him a headache. If the Lawrence family is added to the mix, the Burberry brand will probably become infamous or even forgotten by everyone within two years.
John, who was standing behind Cribber, also changed his expression and looked at Todd with disdain.
"Mr. Barber is wrong." Todd shook his head and said, "I'm not discussing setting up another sub-brand with you. I want to take over the current brand."
Cribber raised his eyebrows. He didn't rush to answer Todd's question, but looked at him silently, wanting to see if he had any other conditions.
"As far as I know, Mr. Barber is working with a Chinese person."
Todd continued, "Since a Chinese person can do it, why can't that person be me? I think I'm more suitable than that Chinese person in terms of both financial resources and connections. And no matter what kind of cooperation agreement you sign with that Chinese person, I can pay you double the compensation and pay an annual licensing fee that will definitely satisfy Mr. Barber."
In fact, Todd's request was already very sincere, and the most important one was the last one, the licensing fee.
With this unlimited licensing fee, the Burberry family can be guaranteed to reap full profits.
Although these conditions made Cribber very tempted, he did not choose to cooperate with Tang Shuo for the profits.
Especially when he saw Princess Miranda showing such support at the unveiling ceremony, Cribber began to have deep doubts about Tang Shuo's background.
"I'm sorry," Kribaber shook his head and said, "We chose to cooperate with the Chinese after careful consideration. Even if I wanted to change, it wouldn't be that easy. Our cooperation with the Chinese has always been going well, and we have no intention of changing partners."
Todd sneered in his heart. This was an extremely official statement that not only he but even an ordinary citizen would not believe it.
"Is Mr. Barber worried about something?" Todd asked tentatively.
Cribber's expression changed slightly, and he forced a smile and said, "What do I have to worry about?"
Todd's words suddenly made Cribber feel uneasy, because he had no idea whether Cribber also knew anything about the inside story.
"I have a piece of news for Mr. Barber." Todd pondered for a moment, whetting Chris Barber's appetite before saying, "Your partner is dead!"
"Dead?"
Cribber asked in surprise, "What's going on?"
John looked at Todd in astonishment. Thinking of his previous agreement with Tang Shuo, his mind went blank.
Why did Tang Shuo die?
In this case, who can help him inherit the Burberry family?
"He had some friction with my son Carl, and then he was killed by my son." In order to make things sound more believable, Todd automatically processed the matter a little.
These things were a mixture of true and false, and now there was no evidence to prove it, so Todd was not worried about being discovered by the other party.
"Later, my son was found by the people behind the other party and unfortunately died." After a pause, Todd continued, "So part of my reason for wanting to acquire this brand was revenge."
"My condolences." Cribber said in a deep voice.
The news that Carl and Louise failed to get married and was then killed by his own bodyguard caused a lot of controversy. Cribber naturally knew something about it, but that didn't mean he believed Todd's words.
He immediately began to think carefully about the impact this incident would have on him and how he should deal with it now.
Since Todd had the guts to say such things, it meant he was certain of his situation, and that Tang Shuo's situation wouldn't be hard to uncover with just a little probing. But the most important issue now was the videotape.
It would be fine if the videotape was in Tang Shuo's hands, but if he had already handed it over, he would still be under someone else's control.
However, no matter from which angle you look at it, this matter is good news for him. He doesn't believe that he will meet another Chinese who is more insidious than Tang Shuo.
After a long time.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Todd, I can't promise you this yet." Cribber shook his head and said, "I need to discuss it with other members of the family."
Todd nodded and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Barber. If you agree to this, I will be responsible for the liquidated damages and other expenses with the Chinese."
He originally didn't think that he could get the deal done in one go, but now that Cribber has agreed, it's a very good sign. He has plenty of time to wait for this matter.
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