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In the early 90s, the cable TV industry was still in a stage of rapid and vigorous development.

Although it is a professional women's TV network, just like CNN, MTV and other professional cable TV media, through careful and reasonable operation, USA TV Network still has a lot of room for development in the future.

With the great success of "Desperate Housewives", the USA operation team began to consider opening up more refined sub-channels. The initial plan included girl TV stations for young women under the age of 18 or urban elite white-collar women with strong spending power, etc.

Considering that half of the shares of the USA TV network are owned by Paramount Communications, Simon did not agree to the request of the USA management to start further layout immediately.

On the original timeline, Viacom Group will initiate the acquisition of Paramount Communications next year.

Only, this time the situation is different.

The current Viacom Group, affected by Daenerys Entertainment, a rapidly rising 'big butterfly', does not have the strength to acquire Paramount Communications, which is comparable to its own size.

The crux of the matter is Blockbuster.

Viacom in the original time and space is one of Blockbuster's important shareholders. As a video chain company, like many retail companies, Blockbuster has a huge cash flow of billions of dollars that can be called at any time.

In the past, in order to make up for the shortage of funds for the acquisition of Paramount Communications, Summer Redstone first completely swallowed Blockbuster at an ultra-high premium of US$80 billion, which nearly doubled, through a share swap and merger. , and with Blockbuster's abundant cash support, it successfully won Paramount Communications by adopting the cash plus stock model.

Because of the appearance of Simon, currently Blockbuster and Daenerys Entertainment are the largest shareholders holding 35% of the shares.

Viacom did not take a stake in the company because of Daenerys Entertainment's beard cutoff.

Not only that, under the management of Nancy Brill, Blockbuster's recent market value has exceeded 60 billion US dollars.

Even though Viacom still wants to acquire Blockbuster this time, Daenerys Entertainment and other shareholders agreed. Without the advantage of its own shareholders, Blockbuster’s stock price is obviously too high, let alone double the premium, even if At only a 50% premium, Viacom couldn't afford it either.

Because of this, after the share swap, Redstone's control over Viacom will be shaken.

The economic downturn caused by the collapse of the bond market has not yet passed, and the difficulty of financing mergers and acquisitions in recent years is still very large.

Without Blockbuster's huge cash support, Viacom could only exchange shares if it wanted to acquire Paramount.

The size of Paramount Communications is comparable to that of Viacom, and without actual cash benefits, it is impossible for Paramount shareholders to agree to sell the company just to exchange for another stock with unknown market prospects.

Although Paramount Communications is unlikely to be acquired by Viacom again, there is still a lot of capital coveting the company.

Simon can be sure that Paramount Communications will inevitably change hands in the next few years.

Like Columbia Pictures, the buyer is also likely to be overseas capital.

The restrictions on overseas capital in the US TV industry have not been lifted. Once Paramount Communications is acquired by overseas capital, Daenerys Entertainment can take back all the equity of USA TV Network.

Of course, these are things to follow.

September and October are the four annual fashion weeks.

This year's Milan Fashion Week is from September 9st to September 21th, a period of nine days.

The summer file has passed, and the autumn file has started smoothly. Hollywood has a little leisure time. It coincides with Fashion Week. Simon and Janet flew to Europe together. Few things need Simon to deal with.

As usual, the first stop of the couple flew to Finland.

The trend of digital communication technology has been fully opened, and countries around the world have begun to deploy second-generation digital communication technology.

Nokia not only took the lead in investing in the development of mainstream GSM technology, but also was the first among major European manufacturers to launch digital mobile phones in GSM format.

Taking advantage of this industrial wind, Nokia has developed very rapidly in the past year.

During the confrontation with the Soviet Union, countries such as Britain, France, Germany and Italy opened up their telecommunications markets to these small countries in order to win over Eastern European and Nordic countries.Although the Soviet Union has collapsed, the policy of opening the market has not been tightened, thus laying the foundation for Nokia's rapid expansion in Europe.

Chapter 501 Fashion TV Station (Revised)

The aftermath of the European currency crisis is still continuing, but Simon and Janet's itinerary has not been affected. Even the September 9th "Wall Street Journal" article has been arranged in advance.

I’ve been to Helsinki, participated in Gucci’s catwalk, and spent the rest of my time traveling around.

There are too many beautiful scenery in Europe in autumn, and you can see fairy-tale towns surrounded by red leaves everywhere.

So until September 9, the closing of Milan Fashion Week.

Simon and Janet made it back from the Alps to attend Fashion Week's closing party.

Due to the rapid rise of Gucci, Milan Fashion Week, which was only more popular than London Fashion Week, has become more and more lively in recent years. There are obviously more supermodels, celebrities and superstars participating in Fashion Week than before.

With the growing influence of the Westeros system in the fashion and entertainment industries, many of them are actually coming for Simon.

"After the next New York Fashion Week is over, I hope to go to Los Angeles to see, Simon, can you let me participate in the Victoria's Secret catwalk, even if only one theme is fine."

Closing party scene.

Nadja Allman held a glass of red wine, looked at Simon with beautiful blue eyes, and leaned slightly towards the man, with a pitiful begging expression on her expression.

The girl is wearing a black suspender dress tonight, the style is average, but her foundation is too good to hide her slender figure.

As a "legged" girl who was promoted by Simon together, Nadja Orman not only did not get the endorsement spot of Victoria's Secret Angel like Yasmine Gary some time ago, she even had no qualifications for ordinary Victoria's Secret Angels. Not earned.

The main reason is that Nadja Allman's appearance and figure are more suitable for high fashion (High Fashion), lacking the beautiful face and slim figure that Victoria's Secret Angels need.On the other hand, the girl's original career focus has always been in Europe, and she is usually based in Paris. Although she has also begun to expand her business to North America after she became famous, she can't even speak English very well. She just spoke to Simon in German. .

Therefore, Nadja Allman did not participate in the original selection of Victoria's Secret Angels.

Of course, because it was promoted by Simon, it would not be good not to participate in the fashion show run by the other party himself. Nadja Allman also specially explained it to Simon through Elite executives.

Simon also felt that the girl was not suitable for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, so naturally he didn't care.

Many people in the circle understand the reason, but it does not prevent some media from talking about it.

The "waist fine" and "leg fine" are also held by Westeros himself. The waist fine has obtained the qualification of Victoria's Secret Angel spokesperson, but the leg fine has not even been able to participate in the Victoria's Secret fashion show.

So, has it fallen out of favor, has something offended Westeros?

Or, there are other more unknown insider?

After fashion models rely on becoming the muse of certain brand designers to become famous, even if they fall out of favor, their fame will still exist.

However, if the current circle falls out of favor in front of Westeros, the problem will be a bit serious.

Hollywood is not without such precedents.

Example: Meg Ryan.

Westeros is really good at praising women. Similarly, if a woman is neglected, the end will be bleak.

Nadja Allman's agency has repeatedly stated in the media that the girl did not participate in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, simply because her image is inappropriate. Moreover, the girl also has an endorsement with Melisandre's CK brand Cooperate, so things have absolutely nothing to do with being snubbed by Westeros.

However, the media always likes to watch the excitement and not think it's a big deal.

Moreover, the pool in the fashion industry is not big after all. If a newcomer with supermodel potential can be suppressed, no matter whether it is a well-known model with a competitive relationship or a brokerage company, they don't mind making a move.

So, to explain is to cover up.

The cooperation with CK cannot be canceled because of the agreement. Whether there will be cooperation in the future is not certain.

Conclusion: Definitely still left out!

These things, Sophia actually chatted with Simon as a gossip, and Simon didn't take it to heart.

At this time, seeing Nadja Allman's pitiful appearance, she realized that this incident seemed to have a great impact on her.

After thinking about it, Simon still shook his head and said, "But, Najia, the main fitting and rehearsals were over last month, so you can jump in now, at least one theme needs to be rearranged."

Nadja Allman saw that Simon's tone was not too firm, and immediately said: "I have contacted Mr. Casablanca, Simon, as long as you agree, Elite can replace one of its models and let me replace it."

The Casablanca the girl is talking about is John Casablanca, founder and president of Elite Modeling Agency.

This time, there are 40 Victoria's Secret angels, a large part of which are from famous modeling agencies such as Elite and Ford. One of them is replaced by Nadja Allman, who is not so famous. It seems that the problem is also not big.

Now that the girl has already made up her mind and Elite cooperates, Simon nods.

As for who was replaced, Simon didn't care too much.

However, Simon still warned: "Arrange this matter, and no messy news is allowed. Also, since you missed the rehearsal in August, after New York Fashion Week, stay in Los Angeles to prepare for this event."

Nadja Allman's pathetic look just now was swept away, with a bit of joy in her expression, she nodded and said, "I promise."

Simon looked at the girl in front of him who was taller than himself in high heels, and couldn't help but sigh.

Women really are fickle.

Noticing Simon's expression, Nadja Allman restrained himself a little, and said, "Simon, you're going back to North America soon, right?"

Simon didn't understand, so: "Yes."

"Then," the girl's expression was a little more hopeful: "Can you give me a ride?"

Simon froze for a moment, and soon a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, Milan International Airport."

Seeing that the girl was about to jump for joy again, Simon immediately added: "However, this time there will be many people together."

In recent days, not only Nadja Allman, but many people have inquired whether Simon can take his Boeing 767 when he returns to North America.

From Madonna, Cindy Crawford to Nadja Allman now, Simon couldn't resist Queen McGregor's little entanglement at first and agreed. Madonna came to Europe specially to support the Gucci show, and she asked for a pick-up. Not too much.

Now that there was a beginning, when other people mentioned it, Simon agreed, and then he simply invited some people to join him.

Sending out this kind of favor will definitely not hurt.

As a medium-sized airliner with a standard passenger capacity of 200 people, even if it is converted into a private jet, it is easy to take dozens of people together.

In addition to the Simons' own entourage, more than 20 other men and women will eventually return to North America together, and Janet also planned an aerial party for this.

After finishing her own business, Nadja Allman noticed that Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall and his wife came together, greeted each other politely, and took the initiative to get out of the way.

As one of the famous models of this era and the wife of Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall will certainly not miss the four major fashion weeks.

Simon greeted the duo, chatting casually with Mick Jagger about things like movies and music.

Wearing a silver dress today, Jerry Hall, whose temperament is much stronger than that of Najia who just left, just stood by, occasionally echoing a few words with the two men.

However, when the woman looked at Simon inadvertently, she would inadvertently show a slightly teasing smile on her expression.

It seemed to be reminding Simon of something.

Of course, Simon will not forget the weekend he spent in Hawaii with Jerry Hall and another Australian supermodel Ella MacPherson.

Of course, Simon didn't have any guilt in front of the woman's husband.

The couple in front of them are not fuel-efficient lamps.

Despite being married to Jerry Hall and having two children, Mick Jagger's affairs have been making frequent appearances in the gossip media.

Of course, Simon has no position to give pointers to Mick Jagger. The only thing he does better is that he will not let the media catch him.

After chatting for a while, Jerry Hall, who was about to separate, said, "Simon, at the party the night before yesterday, I heard Madonna say that she is going back to North America in your private jet. Can you take me with you?"

"Of course," Simon nodded, then realized something, looked at Mick Jagger, and asked, "Isn't Mick going to North America together?"

Mick Jagger shook his head and said, "I have other agendas here."

"It's a pity, because there are more people together this time, and Jenny specially prepared an aerial party. It will definitely be more lively if you can join us."

"It's really a pity, I can only look forward to the next time."

After a few more words of politeness, after the couple left, Simon continued to socialize for a while. When it was almost time, he found Janet in the crowd and planned to leave the party.

Sofia also returned to the mountain villa on the shore of Lake Como in the northern suburbs of Milan.

It was already past ten o'clock at night when I got home, and Janet, who was very caring about maintenance, ran to take a shower, intending to rest as soon as possible, but Sophia was not sleepy, and talked with Simon about the ideas she had been thinking about recently.

Melisandre now has four brands under its umbrella. Gucci is the main revenue maker, accounting for more than 70% of Melisandre's turnover. Van Cleef & Arpels and CK are also developing very well.

The last Château Latour is basically Simon’s personal collection and does not pursue commercial interests.

However, because of her past experiences, Sophia is able to handle Chateau Latour with ease.At present, Chateau Latour basically keeps the best red wine for itself, and the excess output every year, through the operation of Sofia, also generates a good income steadily.

In general, except for the newly acquired CK, which is still being adjusted, the other three brands continue to provide Melisandre with more or less profits.

For most companies, if the funds are sufficient, of course they will choose to expand further.

Compared with the LVMH Group, which has the two pillars of Dior and LV, Melisandre still has a big gap to catch up.

However, Sophia has not yet found a suitable acquisition target. In the luxury industry, it is even more difficult to create a brand from scratch, so she came up with the idea of ​​developing other side businesses.

Sofia recently came up with the idea of ​​a dedicated fashion TV station, inspired by her dealings with the media over the past few years running Melisandre.

Doing so can greatly increase Melisandre's voice in the fashion media.

The pattern of paper media in the fashion circle has long been finalized, and it is not easy to get involved.

Although there are also specialized fashion TV stations, their influence is not very large, and they are usually only fringe channels that will be skipped casually.

Not many people in the TV industry think that professional fashion TV stations can do too much.

After all, fashion is a little far away from most ordinary people.