Simon only knew that a group of girls came to Los Angeles. He didn't want to pay too much attention to other details. They were all arranged by the people below. When Girl A mentioned it, she just smiled and shook her head: "No, I've been so busy these past few days and I don't have time to deal with them."
Simon's busy schedule is mainly due to the birthdays of the six little ones who were born together last year.
After celebrating Inas's little Toby's birthday in New York yesterday, Simon flew back overnight, but tonight, he still had to set off again, and his destination was Milan, Italy.
Carla Bruni celebrated her little one Christopher's birthday at a mountain mansion on the shores of Lake Como.
He also said that the autumn scenery in Milan is very beautiful now.
Barabara.
Simon didn't object.
When girl A heard Simon mention this, she paused and couldn't help but said: "Boss, there is no need to let yourself run around like this."
Simon opened an investment plan for Nokia's plan to expand the Latin American market. After hearing this, he raised his head and glanced at Alison, and said with a smile: "Apart from other things, in fact, I still like to be in Los Angeles in the morning and at night. The feeling of being able to stay in Milan, I personally think, this is actually a very romantic thing. A, you have to know that if a person is only trapped in one or a few places in his life, it is really a very romantic thing. It’s a sad thing, the world is so big”
Of course, Girl A had no problem with what the man said. She lowered her head and started to help her boss organize his desk.
Simon glanced at the girl opposite, smiled, and motioned to him: "Come, stand here."
Understand that this is called red sleeves adding fragrance.
Girl A obediently turned around the desk and stood next to her boss.
Simon continued to flip through the documents with one hand, and held the waist of the girl next to him with the other hand. Feeling Xinran's daughter's fragrance, he deliberately sighed: "This is also one of the great joys of life."
Girl A wanted to cuddle up to him, but the man didn't tell her, so she just stood there obediently, hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "Boss, I was jealous just now."
"If you take the initiative to admit your mistakes, you won't be punished."
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Xiao Xiao was silent for a moment, and then Girl A said, "You will be punished."
"Then, come with me to Milan tonight, and I'll punish you on the way."
"Um."
He agreed with a little satisfaction in his tone, glanced at the documents his boss was looking through, and took the initiative to find a topic to delay the time he could stay by his side: "Boss, Nokia has been developing very fast in recent years, but you seem to Not satisfied?"
Nokia has surpassed Motorola a few years ago to become the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer, and now accounts for more than 40% of the global mobile phone market.
Not only that, Nokia is now the world's largest communications base station manufacturer, also holding more than 30% of the global market share.
It stands to reason that with such results, it would be difficult for anyone to find fault with Nokia.
However, as a person around her, Girl A can clearly understand that her boss is obviously not very satisfied.
When Simon heard what Girl A said, he nodded, sorted it out a little, and said, "Nokia, um, reversed some of the positioning of the two major business segments."
In fact, she can still guess some of her boss's thoughts, but girl A pretends not to know: "What?"
“Mobile phones and base stations are two major business sectors,” Simon said. “Let’s talk about mobile phones first. Although Nokia’s market share continues to expand, on the other hand, the average price of its mobile phone products is declining rapidly. This may be due to It is conducive to occupying more markets, but it also means a rapid decline in the profit level of a single machine. I do not want Nokia to become a cheap mobile phone manufacturer. Furthermore, in terms of base stations, it is just the opposite. However, what I hope is that Nokia can pass low prices in this regard. Pricing strategy, occupy more markets, and attack other competitors. You have to know that the base station business actually represents the formulation of communication technology standards. The greater the market share of this part, the more fundamental we will have in the entire mobile communications industry. standard advantages.”
After hearing what her boss said, girl A nodded and said, "But boss, Nokia's choice is also in line with the market trend."
Simon nodded slightly.
Of course I understand.
The current 3G network is still under construction, and the popularity of mobile Internet is still very low. Therefore, semi-smart phones such as the iberry produced by Tinker Bayer are still far from reaching the mainstream of the market.
Functional phones are the mainstream.
Traditional feature phones, even driven by the Westeros system, are gradually adding digital music player functions or camera functions. However, due to factors such as price, similar products are still only in the early promotion stage, and functions Relatively simple ordinary function phones that are only used for making and receiving calls or sending and receiving text messages are the mainstream.
In such a market environment, it is not easy for functional phones to make a difference.
Therefore, in addition to ensuring solid basic functions, a low-price strategy has become the best solution for a mobile phone manufacturer to expand the market.
That's exactly what happened with Nokia.
Although it has some high-end flagship products, Nokia currently accounts for more than 40% of the global market, most of which are made up of low-priced basic function phones. Moreover, Nokia continues to launch cheaper mobile phones, which continues to push prices down. The average price of the entire mobile phone business.
Correspondingly, average profit levels are also declining.
On the other hand, the reason why Nokia, together with several other communication manufacturers in Northern Europe, can stand out in a small corner is because its own market environment factors have contributed to the rapid development of mobile communications, and in the stage of conversion from analog communications to digital communications, Nokia , Ericsson and other manufacturers were lucky enough to obtain a large number of digital communication technology patents.
Until many years later, these manufacturers were still relying on this part of their capital.
Compared with the low-price strategy of mobile phone products, Nokia's base station business has a relatively high-price strategy precisely because of its technology monopoly.
The West does not have the habit of making products at bargain prices once China breaks through a certain technology. Since it has technological advantages, of course it has to make more money.
Again this is what Simon doesn't want.
After all, Simon knew that later on, many Western communication equipment manufacturers were suppressed by several giants in China. If Europe and the United States had not been unable to afford it and overturned the table, companies such as Nokia and Ericsson would have long been out of business.
In general, the pricing strategy that seems to be in line with market choices is obviously not a long-term solution from Simon's perspective as a latecomer.
It may be difficult to reverse the low-price trend of feature phones, but in terms of basic base station equipment, Simon feels that it can be changed.
After continuing to chat with Girl A for a while, Simon made a decision, just in time to ask for Europe, and this time he would go to Finland to have a good talk with Jorma Ollila, the head of Nokia.
After a day's work, Simon returned to the Pointe Dume estate, had dinner, and set off again at around eight o'clock. He boarded his own Boeing 767 at Los Angeles International Airport and flew directly to Milan, Italy.
After a journey of about 12 hours, including a 9-hour time difference, we arrived in Milan on the afternoon of October 21st.
A little guy's birthday party happens to be in the evening.
Calabruni is an Italian. In his early years, his family wanted to avoid gangsters. Yes, Italy back then, or Italy now, was the same. Many people at the top of the pyramid chose to immigrate because of the country's deteriorating social security. Now, again Returning to my own country, there was no problem at all.
At first glance, the women and children of Simon Westeros seem like the world's richest man, a super fat sheep. One ticket can easily feed them for ten lifetimes.
The problem is, even now, the Italian underground world continues to spread the "Atrocities of Westeros". That is a big devil who was so ruthless that he directly caused an entire huge family to evaporate. Go to such a guy. Kidnapping for ransom, what you get is not money, it is more likely to be a ticket to hell, and it is the kind that takes the whole family with you.
The result of the whole thing is that although Simon's children are now scattered all over the world, they have not encountered certain things so far.
In fact, it is not absolutely impossible.
Some thieves who are not smart enough and have not fully considered the consequences cannot do such a thing under the tight security system of the Westeros family. And the underground forces who have the ability to do these things know the consequences very well and will not do them at all.
Of course, even so, Simon never relaxed his security work and that of those around him.
After all, to reach your current position, you must have enough awareness.
For example, Simon would never take the risk to get into a convertible now.
Autumn in Milan is indeed beautiful.
On the shores of Lake Como in the north of the city, the autumn colors are either fiery red, golden, or deep green. Being in it is like entering a fairy tale world.
The birthday party starts in the evening.
Although she does not have the energy of Sofia, as a fashion celebrity, especially in the past two years, she has been branded with a certain label, so much so that mother is more valuable than son. Carla Bruni actually invited many distinguished guests from various circles in Europe to attend her son's 1st birthday. birthday party.
To a certain extent, this is also a declaration.
Before that, even though many people knew about certain things about the little guy, there was something behind them after all.
Now, the little one's first birthday is not only celebrated with great fanfare, but Simon Westeros, the father, also attends it in person. This is obviously a public recognition of the identity of Bruni mother and son. In the future, the relationship between the elder and the younger one will go further. A rising tide lifts all boats.
Compared with the six women at the same time last year, apart from Heidi Klum who was kicked out, Carla Bruni is also the one who has the most own ideas. After all, before being labeled with a certain label, the famous "man-eating woman" in the fashion circle The nickname "Yao" is not for nothing. Someone once said that wearing a Cala Bruni is like a man wearing the most precious Rolex watch, which is a status symbol. However, on the other hand, how can someone not be the prey of a 'sex-eating demon'
Simon's attitude is also very clear.
Except for the few women who are closest to him, for others, even if they have his children, they are not necessarily bound to him permanently. If they want to leave, no problem.
However, if you don't plan to leave and enjoy the benefits of being a woman in Westeros, then you have to settle down.
Otherwise, Simon would not be polite.
As for Cala Bruni, although this woman obviously had a lot of ideas, after the child was born, she came to far away Europe and lived here most of the time. She also made a lot of things with Simon's big tiger skin. However, the former supermodel sticks to Simon's red line.
This made Simon very satisfied.
The lively birthday party lasted until late at night. The titular protagonist had already fallen asleep, but the carnival was still going on.
Italian parties are always lively.
Moreover, even though Carla Bruni had been staying by Simon's side, and his intention was quite obvious, some notes with phone numbers were unknowingly stuffed into Simon's pocket.
This is what girl A brought to her boss the next morning.
In a mountain villa on an autumn morning.
A certain woman drank a lot last night and was tormented until the early hours of the morning. It was obviously impossible for a woman to get up too early today.
Simon still only slept until seven o'clock.
Probably because of the time difference.
However, I am in good health and don’t feel tired at all.
For breakfast, we choose a terrace in the mountain villa, which is facing the lake, mountains and morning sun from near to far.
After having breakfast with her boss, girl A took out a dozen various pieces of paper with phone numbers written on them.
I discovered this last night when I was sorting out my boss's coat.
Simon also looked through it with great interest, and the girl A next to him helped me recall it.
Speaking of which, Italian girls are very consistent with Simon's aesthetics, such as a certain Golden Rose Cave Princess who is still in his collection.
Moreover, over the years, Simon has also discovered that Italian girls can be divided into two types, one is Latin style, with a hot body and darker skin color, while the other type should be regarded as Eastern European style, and the biggest feature is that the skin is very white. The facial features are soft and very close to the aesthetics of Eastern people. For example, Princess Golden Rose Cave is a typical example.
Obviously, Simon prefers the latter.
As for the once famous Monica Bellucci, she is probably somewhere in between.
In addition, the more well-known Italian models often prefer the latter style. After all, if you want to walk on the catwalk, your figure must be fishy enough. Latin girls with bulging front and back are not suitable.
Discussing with girl A like this is a rare leisure time.
Of course there was no result in the end.
After all, the guests last night were basically the result of a certain woman's screening, and it was obvious that they would not deliberately invite people of the opposite sex who might become her enemies.
It wasn't until about nine o'clock that Bruni got up. After the woman had eaten her already late breakfast, everyone rushed to Lake Como to row and fish together. Lunch was also served directly on the boat. Of course, I would definitely not take a little guy who has just turned one year old.
After spending a day in Milan, Simon set off again early the next morning, flying to Helsinki, the capital of Finland.
I also only stayed here for one day, discussing with Jorma Ollila some of the issues that Simon had always imagined. The next day, I set off again and flew back to New York, because October 23 was another little guy’s birthday.