Han Chudong has read many books related to investment and management, and gradually got used to thinking like a Wall Street person.

The same goes for the pace of life. As long as there is money to be made, other things can be put aside for the time being.

After taking a flight for more than ten hours and arriving in downtown Milan, I did not go to the hotel to rest, but went directly to Aresio Capital Management Company.

According to the information provided by the service provider, this company owns 17.48% of Gucci's shares. The two parties had communicated on the phone beforehand and the price offered was a premium of about 10%, with the acquisition valued at US$76 million.

Unfortunately, the proposal was rejected by the CEO of the capital management company, but the other party's attitude seemed very unsteady. He did not say that he was unwilling to sell, but instead praised Gucci.

In Han Chudong's eyes, this was very much like a fruit shop owner praising how sweet and fresh his own fruits were, so he guessed that the price might not meet the other party's expectations.

Looking at the direction of Gucci's development in the past two years, while expanding into the American upper class, it has also formulated development plans for the Far East.

The marketing amount is gradually increasing. Overall, it is a high-quality enterprise with development potential. If you want to impress Aresio Capital Management, a premium of about 10% may be a little less.

He learned to think like a Wall Streeter, and naturally understood business people's thinking better.

For companies such as capital management, the management is most concerned about profits. As long as the price is right, all assets can be traded.

Han Chudong is putting his cards on the table, and so are other companies. The key lies in whether they can negotiate a price that satisfies both parties.

We arrived at the door of a building in the center of Milan and waited for the translator to join us.

Not long after, the group took the elevator upstairs. When the elevator door opened, they saw an open office area with more than a dozen employees in total. They were still leisurely drinking coffee and chatting together.

This working rhythm is very Italian.

Seeing Han Chudong and the others, a fat girl with an unremarkable appearance asked, "Who are you looking for? Do you have an appointment?"

The translator dutifully relayed the information to Han Chudong, who then helped translate, "I contacted him the day before yesterday and asked the president of your company to have dinner with me. I came here early because I had something else to do in the afternoon."

A tall white man in the crowd said, "That company in Los Angeles, right? They came to me and want to buy Gucci's shares."

The business environment in Europe is quite different from that in the United States.

To put it in a more vivid way, the difference between Baofeng Electrical Appliance Mall and those single-brand home appliance agents is mainly caused by the smaller domestic market, there are not so many giants, and many companies are managed by a family.

The same is true for Aresio Capital Management. After the death of the older generation of leaders in the 1960s, the trust company was handed over to the most capable son.

The first sentence was in English to Han Chudong and others, and the second sentence was in Italian to his colleagues. The white man then came over and introduced himself, saying, "I studied at the Business School of the University of Leeds in the UK. No translation is needed. Welcome to our company. Just call me Alessio."

What puzzled the young president was that the translator was actually speaking to Han Chudong, which indirectly revealed who was the most important person among them.

“Mason Han, founder and CEO of Mason United Group, even without an introduction, I can guess that you have lived in the UK. Your British accent is very obvious.” Han Chudong joked. After sleeping for several hours on the plane, he was full of energy and took the lead in extending his hand.

With confusion in his eyes, Alessio asked him: "I thought Mason was a white man. Judging from his voice on the phone, he should be quite old."

“You are talking about my employees, right? When I was soliciting opinions on the acquisition, my people talked to you on the phone. It’s a very good office environment. I like Milan.

White people, Asians, etc., race is not a problem at all. After all, my US dollars are real US dollars. Sir, you will not decide not to cooperate with me just because I am Asian, or you may lose a lot of money. You should listen to my offer first. "

The other party actually knew English, which made communication very convenient. Although the translator was very experienced, it was not as comfortable as a direct conversation.

Seeing Han Chudong talking about business right away, Aresio was surprised and shook his head and said, "Of course not, let's talk in my office..."

He asked Driver Wu and the others to wait for a while and only took Kyoko Mochizuki into the other party's office.

He readily took the cigar, held it between his fingers, and sat opposite Aresio.

Alessio was obviously more interested in Han Chudong than in business. Perhaps because he rarely interacted with Asian people, after placing the ashtray, he asked Han Chudong, "Are you an Asian born in the United States? Los Angeles? You look too young. Have you been doing business before?"

"Yes, I'm Chinese American. I'm lucky. I developed a skin care product and made some money."

While speaking, Han Chudong felt a little aggrieved, thinking to himself that he clearly wanted to be a business tycoon, but why was it that whenever he went to any occasion, others were interested in his age first?

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Even mobile phones have not yet been put on the market, let alone civilian Internet. In the future, if you know someone's name, you can just search their personal information online. Since they are celebrities, there will always be news reports.

If you want to know someone now, you can only ask them in person or secretly pay a consulting company to help you find information.

Alessio was totally unprepared. He knew at this moment that Han Chudong, who was sitting opposite him, wanted to buy shares in Gucci. He continued to ask him, "So you are also engaged in the fashion industry in the United States?"

“…mainly sells cosmetics, has some connection with the fashion world, and also operates a chain of home appliance stores and youth toys.

Recently, I suddenly wanted to sell European fashionable women's products to the United States. You know, you can meet many beautiful models and stars in this industry. I asked someone to help me find a famous and prestigious company. They recommended Gucci to me, so I planned to buy it. "

Upon hearing this, Mochizuki Kyoko looked at Han Chudong with a strange expression.

In her impression, Han Chudong was not such a romantic image, and saying this without caring about her presence was really a bit bullying.

"Just to pick up girls?" Aresio was shocked by this reason and asked in a surprised tone.

"I also have the idea of ​​investing. My friend in the bank lent me 10 million US dollars to meet loan performance targets. I have no place to spend the money, and I have more than 4 million US dollars on hand, so I can use it to start a business. Don't say anything, just transfer the shares to me for 14 million US dollars."

Han Chudong pretended to be stupid when he said this, but he was actually very smart. According to the valuation of 76 million US dollars, the shares of this fund management company are worth a little more than 13.28 million US dollars.

He was showing weakness, hoping that the other party would sell the shares to this "playboy who doesn't know how to do business"...