The autumn morning in Jerry Hall's apartment made Simon want to take a vacation. He mentioned it to Janet and the others. After a week's work on the East Coast, the couple flew to Austria together.
The Alps are at their most beautiful in autumn.
Simon owns a holiday villa with stunning views at the southern foot of the Alps in western Austria.
This time it is not a ready-made property, but one built from scratch according to Simon's preferences in recent years, just like Simon's mountain villa in Yangshuo, China. The villa is located halfway up the mountain, backed by snow-capped mountains and surrounded by forests. It can only be reached by a winding mountain road. At the foot of the mountain is an Eastern European town next to a lake. The undulating natural pastures around the town are dotted with paths. Birch forest belt.
In autumn, the birch forest blooms like a flame for the last time, the lake is as calm as ink, the pasture is still like a green carpet, and the quiet and lonely town forms a beautiful picture like the Garden of Eden.
The couple arrived here over the weekend and immediately felt like they didn't want to leave.
I planned this trip as a family.
Jennifer had to take care of two little ones and couldn't leave, so she had to stay. School has started in Melbourne, and there are two little ducks to take care of. It is a weekend trip, and two days will definitely not be enough, so I can't leave. The other two are slightly older, one has a pair of beautiful eyes and is full of curiosity about the whole world, and the other has recently been full of eagerness to hone his two rows of small teeth with everything around him. Janet is not willing to take him, and Simon is also Don't want to take it.
There's nothing we can do about it.
So it became a trip to the world for two people.
It’s rare to relax,
For two days on the weekend, I completely abandoned everything and just hid in the mountain house to read, sleep, draw, listen to music, enjoy delicious food, and do some things I loved.
I don’t plan to leave after the weekend.
It is planned to return to North America before Igret is listed on October 6.
October of this year is very important for Daenerys Entertainment, because after adjusting the fiscal year cycle last year, this month will be the first full-year financial report of Daenerys Entertainment after it went public. Things will not change because of Daenerys Entertainment. The timely release of financial reports will also have a positive effect on the stock price when the two companies reopen after the merger next month.
Simon attaches great importance to corporate financial review, but fortunately he does not need to watch it personally.
As Daenerys Entertainment's special financial advisor, Simon was assigned a directorship after last year's listing. Veronica will come to North America to help with Daenerys' annual financial review until the audit is completed.
However, plans can never keep up with changes.
On Tuesday, October 3, Sofia received a call. Simon and his wife, who were preparing a small boat on the lakeside at the foot of the mountain and planned to go boating on the lake, flew to Milan in a hurry. To be precise, Janet happily took Simon to Milan.
Something happened that was neither big nor small.
Fashion Week, which started in mid-September, is currently in Paris, and next week it will be Milan's turn.
Although Melisandre's Gucci brand is no longer controlled by the Gucci family, most brand events will still invite members of the Gucci family to attend.
This fashion week is no exception.
Maurizio Gucci, the third generation of the Gucci family, recently rushed back from Greece to attend next week's Gucci show and related events. As a result, he was almost murdered.
The main messenger is Maurizio's ex-wife.
After Sofia's call, Simon also remembered that in history, the most sensational event in the fashion industry this year was the murder of Maurizio Gucci, the third generation head of Gucci, by his ex-wife. The impact of the event was no less significant. Two years later, after the shooting of Gianni Versace, the Gucci brand almost collapsed.
Unexpectedly, Simon, the big butterfly, has changed many things, and some things will happen again.
Fortunately the murder was not successful.
When Maurizio Gucci's ex-wife Patricia Mattelli hired a hitman, she quietly approached the Ukrainian gang that had just taken root in Milan in the past year, probably out of the need for maximum confidentiality.
Then there is no more.
As the most important part of last year's plan to infiltrate European underground forces through Ukrainian gangs, Italy has the deepest layout. The leader of the Ukrainian gang in Milan is still a former Soviet KGB elite. It only took one year to gain a foothold in Italy. This Obviously, it is also inseparable from the quiet support of the Westeros system, and it will naturally consider the interests of the Westeros system.
Although the Gucci family has withdrawn from the management of the Gucci brand, anyone with a little bit of brains will understand that once a scandal such as a wife murdering her husband occurs in the Gucci family, it will definitely have an impact on the reputation of the Gucci brand, which has been suppressed by Melisandre in recent years. Competitors who are breathless will not let go of such an opportunity and will definitely make a big fuss.
So Sophia received the news immediately.
Then take action.
Even if the murder was attempted, the matter would certainly not be made public and could only be handled in a low-key manner.
When Simon and his wife arrived in Milan, Maurizio Gucci and his ex-wife were brought back together by Sofia for a face-to-face confrontation. According to Sofia, when she sent someone to find Patricia Mattelli, the woman thought something was wrong. He almost escaped through the back door.
The main cause of the matter is that Patricia Mattelli has been very dissatisfied with the division of property when the two divorced. The former couple has been married for more than ten years and has two girls. In theory, Patricia should take away Mauri. With half of his net worth, he only received a regular monthly alimony payment.
When she was first found, Patricia thought that the people sent by Sophia were the police. She told the whole story like a dumpling, and put all the responsibility on a good friend. The reason for the murder was the other's instigation. Once Maurizio died, , the personal assets of this Gucci family member will be inherited by his two daughters. The two daughters of the former couple are still underage, which means Maurizio's assets will fall into the hands of Patricia.
In order to prevent the two of them from causing trouble again, Sofia specially borrowed the interrogation room of a police station in the east district of Milan for the two of them to hold peace talks.
Simon, his wife and Sofia stood outside the interrogation room together and watched through the one-way glass as the two men were sometimes hysterical and crying bitterly. Simon was actually not very interested in this kind of nonsense. Seeing that the two people in the interrogation room had almost finished talking, he weighed it. Janet, who was still in high spirits as she held her arm around him, asked with a smile: "I'm not the monkey who was pulled to watch the chicken being killed, am I?"
After hearing this, Janet finally looked away and glanced at Simon with a smile: "I won't find anyone else to kill you."
Simon pretended to be frightened: "You mean, do it yourself?"
"Yes, while you are asleep, so, dear, you won't be in too much pain." Janet said, reaching over with her little hand and pressing on his heart, as if she was 'stepping on the spot' in advance. There was a threat in his eyes: "Are you afraid?"
Simon nodded decisively: "Afraid."
Janet snorted proudly and looked into the interrogation room again. The two of them had a toss-up. The matter was coming to an end. Maurizio, who was also frightened for a while, agreed to give his ex-wife a compensation. From then on, the two of them were completely separated. It was obvious that they were inseparable. Their two daughters didn’t intend to pay any more attention to him.
Simon felt that Maurizio would probably never come back to Italy again. How could he feel at ease when a woman who wanted to kill him lived here
Seeing that the matter was almost settled, Simon said something to Sophia and dragged Janet, who was still a little unhappy, to leave early.
After dealing with this matter, they had lunch with Sofia at noon. Sofia still had work in the afternoon, and Simon and his wife rushed to the mountainside villa on Lake Como in the north of Milan, planning to continue their vacation.
This side actually belongs to the Alps.
Just because of the climate difference, although the scenery is equally beautiful, it is not as beautiful as the oil paintings in western Austria.
We found a new yacht to complete the boating on the lake that was originally planned for Austria, but the location was changed to the larger Lake Como.
The yacht floated on Lake Como. Janet, who was worried about getting tanned and wearing a tight pink casual suit, lay on the deck with Simon to enjoy the afternoon sun. They hugged the man like a cat and rubbed each other for a while. Janet leaned into Simon's ear again. , said softly: "My dear, I won't kill you."
Simon smiled: "Why?"
"Because I know you won't get rid of me," Janet said, opening her mouth and biting Simon's shoulder: "You are a pervert, bad guy, how can you get rid of me."
"Forehead… "
"Haha," Janet laughed, turned over to Simon, then turned to the other side, wrapped around her again, and said, "Actually, I just want to remind you to pay attention to other women. Do you think you can give them a lot of things? They don’t necessarily think so if they don’t owe anything, because women are all greedy.”
Simon hugged Janet over and put her back on him: "The women around me are all good and smart, but there is no black widow."
Janet shook her head and said: "No, it has nothing to do with whether you are smart or not. Moreover, there is a very dangerous potential black widow beside you."
"You mean yourself?"
"Of course not," Janet shook her head, raised her body slightly and called into the cabin: "A."
Alison's figure soon appeared and said respectfully: "Madam?"
Janet gestured to Girl A: "Now, I think A is most likely to kill you suddenly one day," she said, looking up at Alison: "A, do you want to kill Simon?"
Girl A shook her head slightly: "No, ma'am."
"It must be," Janet looked determined, but then she suddenly reacted, ah let out a little scream and sat up directly on Simon, staring at Girl A: "I understand, you want to kill me. "
Girl A gently shook her head again: "Madam, if nothing happens, I will go down first."
"You must want to kill me."
Girl A lowered her eyes slightly: "No, madam."
Janet threw herself on Simon again: "My dear, A is going to kill me. I'm so scared. You have to protect me."
Simon hugged the coquettish Janet, glanced sideways at Girl A, and asked with a smile: "A, will you hurt Janet?"
Girl A paused and shook her head again, as if to assure herself: "No, boss."
"Okay, let's go rest," Simon sent Girl A away, patted Janet and said, "Look, I said I can't do it anymore."
Janet watched Girl A disappear from the hatch of the ship, but still pouted and said: "She obviously agreed not to kill me after hearing your order."
"A wouldn't do this without my order. Now, don't talk about this anymore, come and kiss me."
"Well."
After all, Janet was not a psychologist, and it was impossible to keep an eye on Alison's every move. Therefore, she obviously noticed some abnormalities in Girl A, but she couldn't explain what was going on. Her thinking was inevitably a bit confusing. Deviation. Simon would not explain to Janet this kind of private matter for Girl A.
No matter what, if we talk about the most trustworthy person around us, Girl A must be one of them.
The interception of the Gucci family's murder case helped Melisandre, who was about to hold her autumn show, resolve a storm, but it was just a small thing for Simon.
However, from this small incident, Simon also discovered that his quiet layout in Italy was not in vain.
Not only this, but the entire Westeros system is destined to be unable to do without the help of these underground forces if it wants to continue to develop in Italy.
Because this is what is happening in Italy.
If the European Union, which pursues European integration, would not allow Italy to be too chaotic, this country may well become the Mexico of Europe.
Although Simon's deterrent action last year prevented Italian underground forces from easily reaching out to the Westeros system, apart from the secret chess in the southern city of Regio, the underground forces were not able to provide services to the Westeros system on the surface. This is Direct lineage required.
After this incident, of course Simon would not contact certain people personally, but he asked Ukraine to send him a piece of information on the layout of underground forces in Western Europe.
After all, time is short, and this darknet has only just begun to take shape.
Because local forces are generally xenophobic and there are language barriers and other factors, teams infiltrated from Ukraine can only concentrate in large cities such as Milan and Rome. The battle for territory is not as smooth as imagined. Within a year, various deaths occurred in various parts of Europe. There are more than 60 members of the Ukrainian underground forces engaged in a vendetta.
However, because of the secret support of the Westeros system, these forces are still expanding in general.
Simon has no intention of obtaining direct benefits from these underground forces that have come out of Ukraine. He does not like them and cannot benefit from them, but his control over these forces has never been relaxed.
Controlling underground forces is not as difficult as imagined.
In fact, many underground forces around the world are attached to some larger backers, especially in modern society. They can't accomplish much by just relying on the courage to fight and fight.
When Ukraine's underground forces go abroad and want to grow bigger, they need local resources to support them, and the profits they gain also need to be cleaned up through behind-the-scenes channels. If you can't do this, you will be destined to be a group of hooligans who can't stand on the stage, which is even more insignificant. If you do it, you must choose to rely on it and obey it.
Of course, Simon doesn't like it, but that doesn't mean that the spokesmen of the Westeros system in Ukraine don't like it.
However, these people are more dependent on the Westeros system.
If you have the mentality of independence, the Westeros system may have to lose most of Ukraine's interests, which is insignificant to Simon. In comparison, Simon can make those people lose everything. This price is not something that the betrayer can bear.