Silicon Valley

v2 Chapter 485: Gifts (2 sheets in 1)

   Henry and the others ran into the delivery room in a hurry. On the bed, Ulysses' hair was a little loose, his face was very haggard and pale, and he was lying weakly. Henry felt distressed when he saw her. Although he has never given birth to a child, the pain of a woman giving birth is definitely not an ordinary pain. Those heart-piercing cries from the delivery room are really heart palpitating!

   Henry ran over in a hurry, shook her hand, and said with concern: "My dear, thank you for your hard work!"

   Ulysses showed a happy and sweet smile.

   Henry looked at the doctor on the side and asked, "Is her body okay?"

   "Mrs. Ulysses has just given birth to a child, she is weak, and she only needs to nurse her for a while!"

   "Well, that's good, that's good..."

   Henry turned his head to look at Ulysses, kissed her on the forehead, and said: "In the future, take a good rest and recover sooner."

   Ulysses smiled and nodded at him.

   At this time, Henry noticed that there were two babies in the cradle beside the bed. I cared too much about Ulysses just now, so I fooled him.

   The two babies are lying there before opening their eyes, yawning from time to time, as if they are asleep. Because they are fetuses of the dragon and phoenix, the two little guys are smaller than ordinary children. However, it's so cute and cute. Henry couldn't help reaching out his hand to touch their little feet. The feet are really small, pink and tender, exquisitely cut, and very comfortable to the touch. Henry deliberately stretched his index finger into their little hand for them to hold, "Oh, these two little guys are quite powerful, they are quite fun!"

   "Mr. Williams, the elder sister on the left hand side, and the younger brother on the right hand side." said the doctor on the side.

   "The daughter looks like her mother, and the son looks like me!" Henry looked up and smiled, "One will be all over the world, and the other will be handsome..."

   As he said, Henry suddenly felt a little wet in his hands, and when he looked at it, I wiped it. Little Beibi actually urinated.

   "Hey... okay, little guy, let's meet for the first time, you treat your dad like this!"

  Karina, Helen and the others laughed, and laughter gradually filled the delivery room, all filled with happiness and joy...

   After Henry watched Princess Ulysses and the children, he let them rest. After leaving the delivery room, Henry thought to himself, how should Ulysses be rewarded, but she gave birth to a pair of twins for herself...

"Smith, go to France right away to help me buy Louis Vuitton lv. Remember, I must purchase the Louis Vuitton Group wholly. This is my gift to Mrs. Ulysses!!!" Henry returned to the study and called The phone ordered.

   "Yes, boss!" Smith responded.

  Louis Vuitton lv is the world's luxury goods giant. Since 1854, Louis Vuitton, which has been passed down from generation to generation, has become a symbol of fashion travel art with its outstanding quality, outstanding creativity and exquisite craftsmanship. Products include handbags, travel goods, small leather goods, accessories, shoes, ready-to-wear, watches, high-end jewelry and personalized customized services.

   Rich people like to give away mansions, Henry doesn't think it is necessary. There are so many mansions in the Williams family, and they are not sincere. Henry thought for a while. Ulysses was a British princess with a noble status. What matched their status was luxury accessories. Therefore, Henry thought of buying a luxury goods company and giving it to Ulysses.

   Smith arrived in Paris, France, and came to Louis Vuitton non-stop. In fact, Louis Vuitton merged with the wine family Moët Hennessy in 1987 to become the "Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton Group". Moet & Chandon was established in 1743 and is one of the most popular champagne brands in the world. Hennessy was founded in 1765 and is the world's best-selling cognac distillery. Relatively speaking, louis-vuitton (Louis Vuitton), which has a history of more than a hundred years, is rather "young".

   Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton Group, referred to as lvmh, the largest shareholder is Bernard Arnault, the richest man in Europe, who holds more than 47.5% of the company's shares. The Arnault family was originally in a construction business, but in 1987, the "greedy" Arnault set his sights on the lvmh company. Perhaps it was a hero of the times. At the end of the 1980s, just in time for the economic downturn, Arnault was able to buy a large number of shares of lvmh at a very low price. He took advantage of the power struggle between the company's management and after a rather difficult lawsuit, he finally got the lvmh company into his hands as he wished.

   With the strong cash flow of Moët and Hennessy, he has enough financial resources to acquire various boutique brands: such as Guerlain, Dior, Givenchy, Fendi, Bulgari, Sephora, Bomarscher and so on. At this moment, Bernard Arnault is embarking on the acquisition of lvmh's rival-Gucci. However, it ran into trouble during the acquisition of Gucci.

   As early as 1999, lvmh acquired a 34% stake in Gucci. Gucci immediately lost freedom and was subject to lvmh. Faced with this situation, Gucci comh acquired Gucci in its entirety. Arnault refused. The reason is naturally very simple-all acquisitions will cost a lot of money. Arnault hopes to achieve the goal of killing two birds with one stone by controlling Gucci: on the one hand, it can control Gucci at a relatively small cost, thereby inhibiting the strong competition of Gucci, and on the other hand, obtain considerable benefits from this investment.

   But this time Arnott miscalculated. After being rejected by lvmh, Gucci's management decided to use its killer trick: to expand the share capital and sell 42% of the total share capital to Arnott's French compatriot company ppr at a price of 3 billion US dollars. After the share expansion, PPR became the largest shareholder of Gucci, while the shares of lvmh in Gucci were diluted from 34% to 20%. Gucci was smashed and planted a big somersault!

   Currently, lvmh is in a lawsuit with Gucci. Arnott was in despair at the moment, but at this moment he suddenly received the news that someone wanted to buy Louis Vuitton, and for a while, he was very angry.

   "Who wants to buy Louis Vuitton?!!!" Arnott asked loudly. He thought which competitor wanted to buy Louis Vuitton, so his tone was very bad.

  The secretary whispered: "It's Henry Williams, the richest man in the world. At this moment, the negotiator he sent is in our company!"

   Arnott heard that Henry was going to buy Louis Vuitton, his tone couldn't help but relax a little, "Tell them, I won't sell!"

   "Chairman, don't you listen to their offer? The price is unexpected and shocking!"

   Anos was silent for a moment, and said, "What is their offer?"

   "A wholly-owned acquisition of the Louis Vuitton lv brand for US$20 billion. No other brands under the group!"

  20 billion U.S. dollars! !

   Bernard Arnott was taken aback, really rich! At present, the entire lvmh group is only more than 20 billion euros, and the market value of Louis Vuitton lv will never exceed 14 billion US dollars. Bernard Arnott suddenly hesitated. If this business succeeds, the lvmh group can make a lot of money!

   "Chairman, the other party said that if we don't immediately agree, they will leave and buy other luxury goods companies, such as our competitor Gucci..."

   Bernard Arnott said solemnly: "Go and invite them to see me!"

   "Okay, Chairman!"

   Five or six minutes later, Smith came to Bernard Arnott’s office.

   "Hello, Mr. Bernard Arnott."

   "Hello, Mr. Smith, welcome, please sit down!"

Bernard Arnott said, "My secretary just told me your intentions and sincerity, and I am also very satisfied with your conditions! Oh... please let me take the liberty to ask, Henry ·Mr. Williams's eagerness to acquire Louis Vuitton is related to the birth of Princess Ulysses?"

   "Yes, that's right!" Smith laughed. "Our boss wants to give Louis Vuitton to Mrs. Ulysses to thank her for having two children for the Williams family!"

   Bernard Arnott was shocked after hearing this, but at the same time he felt an indescribable sense of gap. I think he is the dignified European richest man, but his worth all adds up to more than 20 billion US dollars, which is about the same as a gift given by someone else...

   "Mr. Williams really loves his wife!!!"

   "Of course," Smith nodded.

   Then, Smith continued: "Mr. Bernard Arnott, you see, you are very satisfied with our offer. Can the two parties be handed over as soon as possible to complete the acquisition?"

   "Oh, no problem, I will notify other shareholders, and immediately call a board meeting to discuss this matter."

   "Thank you so much!"

Bernard Arnott holds 47.5% of the shares in the lvmh group, basically he is alone in the calculation, but the company is a listed company, and the sale of the company is still a matter of meeting the board of directors to discuss the matter according to the rules, so as not to be undermined. Shareholders blamed and violated their rights.

   Smith said at this time, "Mr. Bernard Arnott, please keep quiet about the plan to acquire Louis Vuitton. Our boss is going to surprise Mrs. Ulysses!"

   "Haha, no problem, we try to deal with it as low-key as possible!" Bernard Arnott laughed.

   After Smith left, Bernard Arnott notified the major directors to convene a board of directors. Because Henry’s offer was too high, it was heart-pounding. The board members passed almost unanimously. So on the second day, when Smith came to Bernard Arnott's office again, he was told that the lvmh group decided to sell lv Louis Vuitton to Henry. lv Louis Vuitton is just a subsidiary of the lvmh group, not listed, which saves the trouble of delisting. Soon, the two parties signed an acquisition agreement. Since lv is owned by Henry, the lvmh group can no longer use lvhm. In fact, the name lvhm itself is not well-known, but its brands are famous, such as lv Louis Vuitton, Guerlain, Dior, Givenchy, Fendi, Buge Li and so on... Therefore, the group company only changed its name, and the impact was not great. It was all easy to say in terms of money.

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Among the various parties in the United States, the baby-shower is definitely the warmest and most lovely one, that is, within one or two months before the baby’s due date, the female friends of the expectant mother will meet the expectant mother’s girlfriends and female colleagues. , The female relatives gathered together to sprinkle blessings, advice, gifts and humor to the mother-to-be, in order to help her prepare both materially and spiritually.

   Henry also held a baby-shower in Williams Manor, but the Williams family is extraordinary after all. After the child was born, many countries in the world who had good relations with Henry contacted Henry and expressed that they would send gifts. Therefore, Henry decided to hold a birthday party for the two children on the seventh day of the birth of the child, and at the same time officially named the two children on this day. It is the custom of the United States to hold a birthday party on the seventh day after the birth of a child, and this day is also the deadline for naming the child, called "Seven Nights."

   The birthday party is approaching, and many guests have come from all over the world. Fortunately, the Williams Manor is large enough to live in even tens of thousands of people.

At this time, many countries in the world sent a lot of gifts. The most exciting thing for Henry was that China sent two red pandas. The female was called Beibei and the male was called Tintin. They were put in the zoo of Williams Manor by Henry to take care of them. With. When they first arrived, they were a little restrained, but it didn't take long for the two little guys to get acquainted with the environment and regarded them as their own homes. If no one was playing around, the naive and restrained look was really likable! It's just that these two little guys can climb trees. Henry didn't pay attention, both of them climbed to the tree two or three meters above the ground. Henry was shocked when he saw it. My dear, don't fall down. , You two are national treasures...

   Queen Elizabeth II of England sent two very delicate, beautiful and cute puppet teddy bears, one gray and one blue. Teddy bears are almost the first gift given by every parent to their children in the UK, and they have won the love of the general public. Speaking of, teddy bears also have a deep connection with the British royal family. At a palace banquet in 1901, Edward VII saw a duke’s child holding a cute puppet bear wearing a British guard. Edward found it very interesting, so he asked the little boy: "What is your baby's name?" He replied: "He is Teddy and he is my best partner." At this time, many nobles were scared and pale, because Edward VII's nickname was Teddy, and no one dared to call the king's nickname directly. . Edward VII laughed loudly. He squatted down and said to the little boy: "My name is Teddy, can I be your best partner?" Since then, Teddy bears have been wildly sought after by the upper-class aristocratic society in Britain. It not only symbolizes honorable status and taste, but also symbolizes loyalty and protection to the king!

Hasbro Company at this time sent a specially customized Barbie doll and a set of Transformers~lightnovelpub.net~ This set of Transformers is specially created by Hasbro Company, unique in the world, and all Transformers characters are included in Inside, the materials used use graphene fibers, diamonds, gold, emeralds, etc., and the cost is very expensive. The most expensive "Optimus Prime" has a price of more than $500,000!

   Barbie is the longest-selling toy in the world toy market, and it has almost become the favorite of little girls all over the world. It's perfect for Hasbro to send Transformers to his younger brother and Barbie to his sister. This Barbie originally belonged to Mattel Toys. After Henry acquired Hasbro, he started with Mattel Toys because of his huge financial support, and incorporated the "Barbie" brand into Hasbro's banner. !

The Barbie doll sent by    is the most expensive Barbie doll in the world, worth 5 million U.S. dollars. This sky-high Barbie doll is the result of a joint collaboration between Hasbro and Tiffany, a well-known American jewelry design company. The shining diamond necklace on Barbie's neck is composed of a 2-carat pink diamond and multiple square white diamonds. There are also 50 different crystal high heels and a lot of beautiful clothes, all seasons, and even mini glasses...In short, you can dress Barbie as you like!

   Everyone gave gifts to their children, and Henry would naturally not leave them. Not only did he send them, but he also engraved their names on the gifts...

   (The two in this chapter are in one. Besides, everyone said, what gift should I give...)

   (To be continued.)