At seven o'clock, Sophia fishy got up on time when she heard the alarm clock ticking.
First, I went to see my son next door. Yesterday, I flew to New York from Europe. Probably because of the long journey, the little guy said that he was not feeling well at night and called a private doctor to come home for examination. There was no problem, so he was relieved.
She gently touched her son's forehead, stood by the bed and looked at her contentedly for a moment, then turned to the next room to see her daughter.
Two children are everything to her.
However, she does not indulge her children.
In Europe, children were not allowed to sleep in since they were six years old, and they had to get up on time at seven every day. When I first arrived in North America, I need to get some time difference. I plan to let the two kids sleep until eight o'clock.
Parents have already got up, and the old people always have little sleep.
I prepared breakfast with my mother and discussed buying a boat for my father.
Of course, I don't need to fish any more. But after being a fisherman all my life, my father would be at a loss when he left the boat for a long time. When he was in Geneva, he would float on Lake Geneva in a boat for a day. Before he came to the United States, he asked Greenwich if there was a lake around. I was very happy to hear that it was by the sea.
In those years, there has been some estrangement between her and her parents, but over the years, she has no resentment, or there is not much resentment. It can only be said that the ideas of the two generations are different. Her parents love her and even feel sorry for her all the time. She knows that she also cares about her parents.
It's just hard to be intimate again.
After breakfast, I had two personal interviews in the morning. My family also needed to hire a full-time maid and a tutor.
She was very careful about hiring people, especially taking care of her family.
At the beginning, I was taken in by the little man. I heard that I was severely investigated. In fact, I was dissatisfied. Later, he helped him manage the house. All the maids and servants employed still had to hire a detective company to do background investigation.
After getting acquainted, she occasionally asked Janet if it was necessary. Janet told her that it was something Simon said.
A couple hired a maid. They were very nice to each other, and even lent her a lot of money. They only hoped that each other would take good care of their family and children. As a result, the maid actually had such bad deeds as gambling, stealing and so on. She also went to prison. Later, she stole things from the owner's family and paid gambling debts. She wanted to cover up and set fire to it. As a result, the hostess and two young children were burned to death.
Hearing this story, she checked the maid who took care of her parents and children for the first time. She was not sure about it, so she checked it for the second time.
OK, no problem.
It's the same this time.
Before she came to the United States, she asked Angela arenz, the head of Gucci in the United States, to help find candidates. After careful selection, she got two white women. They had no history of bad deeds, including their families. Their former employers also had a good reputation.
Because she needed to be close to her two children, she also insisted on arranging a psychological test for the tutor.
Of course, both are paid well.
However, she is not troubled by money. The little man often looks like a bad boss, but he doesn't treat her badly in terms of salary.
Yesterday, Simon and his wife were invited to have lunch at home. Towards noon, they began to prepare for it.
On Sunday, Simon and Janet were out of work and arrived at Sophia faessy's house on time at 12 o'clock. It's a formal visit. I specially brought a gift for two children, a set of Lego building blocks for the boy and a beautiful white bear puppet for the girl.
The two children were very well taught by Sophia. They didn't need to be reminded by their mother. After receiving the gift, they would thank them politely.
Janet obviously liked the two little guys. When she handed the teddy bear to Gemma, she couldn't help holding the little girl over and kissing her. She looked like a strange aunt.
After greeting, we went straight to the restaurant.
A long table, Simon and Janet sitting side by side, Sophia's family sitting side.
Sofia personally finished the lunch, sat down in the seat opposite Simon, and added, "there's another mushroom soup to wait for a while."
Janet noticed that opposite Daniel was a little gaudy, and asked, "does it seem that Daniel is not feeling well
Sophia reached over to touch her son's forehead and said, "it should be because of the jet lag. It will be fine in a few days."
"Did you ask the doctor to check it?"
Sophia nodded: "I called last night."
With that, Sophia saw that her son was still in a state of low spirits. She leaned over to help the little guy put on his napkin, and then kissed him on the face before sitting down again. But she didn't pay attention to Gemma next to Daniel. Without the help of her mother, the little girl put on her napkin.
Janet looked at the situation just now, clearly some envy, but it's a pity that her stomach didn't move during this time.
I can't help but look at Simon next to me. I find that his eyes are a little dazed.It seems that they are also envious.
So he reached under the table and gently poked at the man's waist.
Simon was poked by Janet. He responded by giving a woman a look at what you poked me for. He picked up the tableware as if nothing had happened. He noticed Sophia's parents next to the little girl. He took the initiative to look over and find a topic.
Daniel and Gemma have no problem speaking English, but the old couple can only speak French.
Simon took the initiative to use French.
In a few words, Sophia's father talked about buying a boat. He was a little closer to the young man who was said to be very distinguished but would take the initiative to talk to him.
Simon is not keen on boats and yachts. He doesn't like the insecurity of drifting on the sea.
However, I still talked about this topic very skillfully. Unconsciously, I also talked about my trip to Antarctica in Australia at the end of last year.
Hearing Simon's description of Antarctic glaciers, penguins and polar day, Gemma, opposite the dining table, looks forward to it. When Simon's voice falls, she looks forward to her mother: "Mom, can I go to the Antarctic to have a look?"
"No, you're too young now."
"Next year, then?"
"Not next year, at least, well, until you're 18."
The little girl frowned and thought for a moment, "can I celebrate my 18th birthday next year?"
Sophia smiles and shakes her head: "no, birthdays can only be passed one by one."
Looking at the girl's disappointed expression, Janet said, "as long as little Gemma listens to her mother, I can have people take some videos from Antarctica, so that you can see penguins and glaciers on TV, and maybe the aurora. So, it's going to be Gemma's birthday present next year. "
The little girl looked at her mother. Seeing that she had no objection, she nodded, but immediately asked, "what is the aurora?"
"Aurora, well, is a beautiful light that floats on the sky at night."
"Can we see the aurora at night here?"
"Probably, only the South Pole and the North Pole."
Janet said, looking uncertainly at Simon.
Simon nodded and said, "it's really only the South Pole and the North Pole."
The little girl looked at it curiously and persevered: "why only the South Pole and the North Pole have Aurora?"
Simon didn't know how to explain to the little girl the discharge phenomenon of solar particles after being absorbed and excited by the strong magnetic field at the earth's poles. He raised his chin to Sophia and said, "well, can you ask your mother?"
The little girl continued to shift her target: "Mom, mom?"
"Honey, mom doesn't know either. I'll tell you when mom finds out, OK?"
The little girl nodded seriously, then turned back to Janet and reminded her, "aunt Jennie, Gemma's birthday is May 19 this year, and it will be the same next year."
Janet couldn't help bending her mouth and said, "I remember."
Hearing that the opposite aunt and his sister had agreed on a birthday present for next year, Daniel looked up at Janet and then at his mother.
Sophia gently grabbed the napkin on her son's chest and helped him wipe the corners of his mouth, but she just laughed and didn't mean to help.
Before waiting for the shy little boy to speak, Janet asked with a smile, "what gift does Denny want?"
So the little boy looked at Sophia again, got his mother's encouraging eyes, then said: "train, train with tracks."
Janet understood and said, "OK, next year we'll send Denny a train toy. The track can cover the whole room. So, what's Denny's birthday? "
"July 23."
Daniel said, with a look of joy in his eyes, but he looked at his mother again, with a feeling of guilty in his expression. Maybe this kind of request was rejected by his mother.
Sophia patted her son's head with a smile, and there was no objection.
There was a smell of cream in the air. Sophia thought again and said, "by the way, there's mushroom soup. Go ahead."
Then he got up and went to the kitchen.
A moment later, Sophia came in with mushroom soup, put it on the table and served it to everyone in a small bowl.
However, the woman handed Simon the first bowl of soup, probably because it was too hot. When Simon reached for it again, she let it go ahead of time, so a bowl of hot soup accidentally fell in front of Simon, and most of the soup splashed on Simon's suit and trousers.
It's nothing to wear two layers of clothes on his upper body. Although it's autumn, Simon still wears only one pair of trousers. The boiling water seeps through the cloth on his thigh, which directly makes Simon breathe.
There was a rush.
Two women around Simon carefully wipe, Sophia see the man is still a mess look, is very sorry, think of the heat of mushroom soup, and said: "or, first wash with cold water?"
Before Simon spoke, Janet nodded and said, "that's it. I'll call someone to send me a suit."As soon as the two women agreed, Simon stopped talking and went upstairs with Sophia.
Because the mind is a little confused, Sophia hastily pushed open a door, just remembered, this is his bedroom. But it's not easy to change it again. He leads Simon into the door, takes him to the bathroom door and says, "it's right there, just change it inside."
The layout of the surroundings and the femininity in the air confirmed that this was Sophia's bedroom.
Inexplicably, there was a strong impulse.
At the moment of entering the door, Simon took the woman by the wrist and pulled her in.
Sophia was taken into the bathroom by Simon and watched the man lock the door. After she turned around, her eyes were blazing with some kind of destruction. She felt her heart was a little tight. She subconsciously raised her hand and said, "Simon, no, here, now, No."
He said and retreated until he was against the wall.
Simon looked at the woman in dismay. His mind was clear again. He shook his head and took a deep breath. He turned to open the door again and said in a low voice, "go out."
Sophia was stunned again. She noticed that the little man's eyes were clear again. She relaxed, walked over carefully, stopped and whispered, "I'm going to Manhattan these days, you know, about Gucci brand activities in fashion week."
Milan Fashion Week has come to an end and Gucci walk show has been completed in Italy.
However, for the sake of brand promotion, Gucci will hold a brand marketing activity, similar to the original Gucci night, although it will not arrange a walk show at New York Fashion week.
Simon heard the woman's words, pause, soft voice should be a sentence, tone more slowed down, said: "you go out first, and, just sorry, scared you."
"No, it doesn't matter."
Sophia said, feeling a strange pity from the bottom of her heart. She looked up at the little man next to him, reached out and stroked his face. She felt Simon's body was obviously stiff and instinctively noticed something wrong. She quickly withdrew her hand and left the bathroom without saying anything.
Simon changed his clothes in the bathroom and washed them with cold water. Soon someone from the manor sent a suit of clothes.
During the episode, except for Simon and Sophia, no one else noticed.
After lunch, there was no more accident. He washed it with cold water in time. In addition, Simon's physical fitness was very good, and he soon recovered without any other treatment afterwards.
After the weekend, the time also entered October 1990.
There are a lot of things to do in New York this time.
There are mainly two acquisition cases, especially the preparation of Bell Atlantic acquisition case is in full swing.
If Panasonic's acquisition of MCA continues to be deadlocked, Simon plans to launch a formal offer to MCA in early November, and then make an offer to Bell Atlantic at the same time after the signing of the intention agreement.
If you want to buy a company with a market value of billions of dollars, especially Bell Atlantic, which is also regulated by the federal government, the preparation work in advance is very complicated and arduous.
Just in the early stage of preparation, we need a special law firm to investigate the possible legal obstacles to the acquisition and draw up a response plan. We also need the acquisition team to investigate and evaluate Bell Atlantic's assets and liabilities information in order to make an accurate offer. To complete the front-end investigation work, we need to draw up targeted acquisition plans and reserve plans for unexpected situations such as bidders.
In addition, the issue of raising billions of dollars of huge funds also needs to be treated with caution.
In addition, the whole preparation process also needs to pay great attention to confidentiality. Therefore, Simon only gives the team a month's preparation time, which is very tense. Cersei capital, leibulde law firm and another employed accounting company have been working nonstop for Simon's two-line acquisition plan.
Of course, as long as the acquisition can be successful, the consulting service fees of tens of millions of dollars for the two acquisitions are absolutely worth all the efforts of the team in the whole process.