This means that there are only more than twenty days left until the Christmas and New Year holidays.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

On the fourth Thursday of November, Thanksgiving Day, Han Chudong also asked a chef to help prepare a Thanksgiving dinner.

Turkey is indispensable. The cooking method is a combination of Chinese and Western methods. The turkey is roasted in a roast duck oven until it is golden and tender. Even the sauce is the sauce of roast duck, paired with green onions and chewy small noodles...

This was Han Chudong's idea. To be honest, he had wanted to try it long before he came to this era. As a result, he successfully ruined most of the chicken, and only the outer skin and meat part were delicious.

However, the texture of turkey meat is dull, and even if it is roasted in the traditional way, the taste is not very good. It is more like a decoration symbolizing the festival, and few people really like to eat it.

The Han family doesn't have many relatives, and they seldom visited each other in the past. But this year, they changed the norm and came to visit them from time to time.

Han Chudong has more distant relatives on her mother's side, but being in a foreign country, the number of visits between them is very few.

By the time Han Chudong's generation came around, the relationship was already weak, and he was no longer the same person he used to be, so he cared even less.

Occasionally giving some small favors is mainly to consider the face of one's own elders. It's nothing more than sending some small gifts, helping some useless relatives, and arranging some unimportant physical work. The ugly words have been said in advance. If you are passive and lazy or something, you are useless. Don't blame anyone after being fired.

There is no tradition of celebrating Thanksgiving among relatives, so there was only their family at the dinner table, plus Mochizuki Kiko who was called by Han Chudong.

In addition, a big meal was arranged for the bodyguards and others. A table was temporarily set up in the garage. During the meal, they received a red envelope delivered by Han Chudong himself. When they opened it, they found that it contained 500 US dollars. They were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.

In fact, after knowing that they would have to work shifts during the holidays, many bodyguards had already celebrated the holiday at home in advance. They were already very happy to have dinner with their colleagues, and receiving the bonuses further diluted the little sorrow brought about by celebrating the holiday away from home. The only pity was that they could not drink alcohol during work.

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During the four-day holiday, Han Chudong and Mochizuki Kyoko went to Hawaii to experience the sunshine, beaches and tropical jungles.

By the way, we also visited a large piece of land with a total area of ​​more than 50,000 acres, and planned to buy a farm estate called Mauna Loa, and then carry out a major renovation and build several houses on the beach.

Not far from the active Mauna Loa volcano, the volcanic ash provides fertile soil, which is suitable for growing both fruits and coffee beans.

He was wearing beach pants and flip-flops, having a good time at the beach, while his subordinates were still busy making money to support their families. Many stores used quadruple wages as bait to attract employees to voluntarily work overtime, and promised to adjust holiday time so that they could choose to take vacation at other times.

The effect is surprisingly good.

Almost all Baofeng electrical appliance stores are open for business as usual. Posters for old-for-new exchange were put up a week ago. In cooperation with public transportation and taxi companies, old-for-new exchange promotions can be seen everywhere, attracting a large number of consumers to register with their old appliances and choose brand new replacements that satisfy them from the store. The store clerks are so busy that they have almost no time to rest, and the deliverymen have also extended their working hours.

With sufficient inventory, the company now has the confidence to negotiate cooperation directly with various home appliance manufacturers. It can often purchase sufficient goods in large quantities at low prices on a first-come, first-served basis and pay-later basis. This also makes the cash flow abundant, and the company has gradually begun to merge existing chain home appliance dealers.

Mango Toy Company has launched a toy set, as has Rainbow Beauty Company. Compared to the toys, the situation at the beauty companies is crazy.

The store started distributing 50% off shopping coupons to consumers early on, with a limit of three items. So much so that on Thanksgiving evening, there was a long queue outside the store, all going for the large sets because they thought they were a better deal.

Even though sales seemed to be declining on weekdays, the announcement of a price reduction immediately attracted many consumers. This shows that the crazy advertising strategy was effective and the nearly 10 million US dollars in promotion costs each month were not wasted.

Han Chudong has indeed made concessions. Previously, the sales volume was ten times based on the cost, but after the discount it was only five times. What is amazing is that the sales volume in one day is equivalent to the total sales volume in the previous forty days. There is a 50% discount with shopping coupons, and for other consumers, the entire series is 40% off. Many people stock up according to a whole year's usage. This is also a marketing strategy.

GUCCI and YSL also had impressive promotions the day after Thanksgiving. Except for limited editions, all products were sold at 30% off, and a rainbow beauty set was given as a gift after spending a certain amount. The decision-making power of Hermès was not in Han Chudong's hands, so it still maintained a high profile and even closed its business as usual for two days over the weekend.

Look back.

There weren't many big events in November.

It successfully acquired 27% of Maybelline's shares, and also obtained 20% of Christian Dior's shares through financing. It signed a technology licensing agreement for Otto with Xerox. After the holiday, it will also invest in Buffett and Munger's Berkshire Hathaway. The specific details have almost been discussed.

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It is worth mentioning that after the financing, Christian Dior intends to take out the less profitable beauty projects and carry out in-depth cooperation with Rainbow Beauty, leaving only the fashion department that produces clothing, shoes, bags and other products. Han Chudong certainly would not be stupid enough to refuse.

In addition, the actual persons in charge of Margaux, one of the top five wineries, and Cheval Blanc, a top winery, are interested in selling part of their shares to the Maison Union Group, but the price is a bit high.

With money in hand, it is expected that he will be able to get a large loan from the Swiss Bank Group. Although all the wineries are maintaining a high profile, the fact is that there is a lot of room for choice. Take the legendary Romanee-Conti, and the winery consortium that will merge with LV in the future to form the Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton Group - Moët Hennessy Group. Han Chudong is confident that he can get some shares.

After tasting success in the beauty industry, Han Chudong has been eyeing both luxury goods and wineries. An important reason is that he was inspired by the Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton Group in his memory. When the prices of such assets are generally not high nowadays, he was excited and started to make plans in advance.

With the help of loans, industries are flourishing everywhere.

Acquisition is one thing, just like his concerns about Intel, he is not sure whether after spending a lot of money to buy these assets back, they can reach the heights he remembers in his hands.

These doubts did not stop Han Chudong from lying on the beach basking in the sun, with nothing in his mind except the thought of relaxing.

Kiko Mochizuki was lying next to him in a bikini. She had no intention of getting a tan, so she had a large parasol over her head to protect her from the sun. She occasionally drank a cocktail, and it was just right to feel dizzy...