Chapter 184 Next Stop, Boston

Bella's signing in New York was very successful, and friends from all walks of life were very enthusiastic.

The fat history teacher Carl Elijah has been helping her with the arrangements. The order at the scene is not very good, but very good! Not to mention gangsters, not even the little hooligans who were used to whistling at her didn't show up.

Bella's impression of New York is getting better and better now. Who said New York is troubled? Absolutely slander!

The first stop at the signing was New York, and after proving the Hunger Games had the potential to sell well, the second stop was Boston.

In the past life, Boston is not very famous, but many of the elites in the United States are from Boston, and the academic atmosphere here is strong. It is neither focused on making money like New Yorkers nor shouting political slogans like Washingtonians every day. .

There are many elites, and naturally many people buy books.

Whether it is the publisher of Random House or Chanel, who has followed along to sell perfume and cosmetics, they all attach great importance to Boston's signings.

Bella wants more fame and more compliments. She only gets 10% of the revenue from the signing event. How much interest can she have? Like many well-known writers, royalty income is still the main source of her income, but in the future, book operation and peripheral income will be the bulk.

This time, selling goods together with Chanel is an attempt.

The Chanel of this time and space lacks Karl Lagerfeld, which has led to the company's poor performance, not to mention compared with Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Gucci and other giants, even standing in front of Dior, she is a sister.

Chanel is not a listed company, the shares are completely owned by individuals, and almost no financial reports are released, but Bella still investigated the current situation of the company through some means.

The company's equity is entirely in the hands of the Jewish Widmore brothers, 66-year-old Alain Widmore and 63-year-old Gerard Widmore, each holding 50% of the shares.

The two rarely appeared in public. Chanel held some big shows and other events, and they sat in the fourth or fifth row. I don't know, I thought the two old men were passing by.

The prudence, calculation, and disregard for false names in the bones of the Jewish people, but only pay attention to the practical character, are vividly displayed in the two of them.

The two brothers are very calm, but Chanel has not developed well in recent years. It is also a French fashion brand. Chanel is pressed to the ground by Dior on a daily basis, and its sales are declining year by year.

It is not a listed company, and naturally there is no market value. The outside world can only make a brand evaluation. Analysts believe that this brand is about to be out of date.

It is worth up to 500 million euros, or even lower. It is said that the Widmore brothers have the idea of ​​selling shares, but it has not been confirmed by the outside world.

In fact, if you want to buy this company, it is not so much money, but even if it is less, 300 million euros is necessary.

Bella doesn't have that much money, and she doesn't know how to make Chanel reach the heights it once had. Fashion is too elusive. She believes that she does not have the level of Karl Lagerfeld. This leak is not easy to pick up. There is a high probability that it will fall into the pit if it is not picked up properly.

"The management has complained many times that the company should go public, but the two legendary shareholders just wouldn't agree!"

The sales manager of Chanel's Los Angeles area was complaining to Bella that this was an extremely ordinary middle-aged American man. They met through the Stanford Alumni Association. One wanted to advertise and the other wanted to make money, and they naturally hit it off.

It's entering the 21st century, everyone has to go public to make money, and there are still companies that are not listed? Bella is a layman in the economic field, and she can't guess the thoughts of the two old men. She can't see whether they have a deep layout. From the existing intelligence analysis, the two old men are stingy.

While the staff was setting up the venue, she chatted casually with the sales manager.

"Why not go public?" she asked.

The middle-aged man said with great dissatisfaction: "What else? The Jews are holding onto their purses, for fear of being taken away by outsiders for a penny."

The Widmore brothers firmly hold their equity, refuse foreign investment, and will not give management equity incentives.

The management can only get an annual salary, there is not much enthusiasm for the work, and the brain drain is very fast.

This is also the main reason why the private company Chanel was beaten to the ground by the listed company Dior.

Bella thought for a while, is this the Chanel of the original time and space? According to the stingy character of the Jews, most of them are like this... It's just that Chanel in that time and space is developing very well, and the Widmore brothers have enough connections at the top to resist pressure from all aspects. Now it is another situation.

She is somewhat interested in Chanel, but the time is not ripe in all aspects.

She persuaded the sales manager: "It's all part-time jobs anyway, look at me? I'm also working for you."

The sales manager shook his head and chuckled: "Your income is much more than mine..."

After chatting for a while, Bella went to change her clothes. The clothes were all provided by Chanel, which was also part of the advertisement.

The sales manager was busy arranging the venue. Although there was no equity incentive, there was still a commission. It would be good to earn a little bit.

Bella sat in the dressing room in a daze, the hair stylist combed her hair nervously, and she picked up a fashion magazine and flipped through it.

I was thinking about designers. Without a good designer, Chanel would only be a second-rate brand even if it was bought.

She even calculated the assets in her hands and took all the mortgages. How much money could she borrow? The calculated result is a huge difference.

Thinking about it, she felt that her eyelids were fighting. She closed her eyes slightly and wanted to rest for a while.

When she was doing her hair, the clothes were very loose and dazed. She felt a hand touching her neck, then down the collarbone, all the way down.

No reason! Who is so brave?

She grabbed the hand, wanting to throw it over the shoulder, then break the hand, then break the neck or something.

But when I touched it like this, I found that it didn't feel right. I grabbed a woman's hand. She touched it twice. The palm was smooth, the fingers were round, and the softness contained strength. Shana had a slightly teasing look in her eyes.

"Let go! So hard?" Natasha smiled, looking inward from her loose neckline.

Seeing that it was a misunderstanding, Bella snorted, how dare this cheap sister take advantage of her? She tightened her neckline and asked strangely, "Why are you here?"

Natasha was wearing a very formal professional attire, with a golden head shawl, a watch and a necklace.

It's totally the dress of a working woman.

"My mother heard that you were signing the sale, so she asked me to come and help you. If you have nothing to do, help you carry bags, pass water or something." Natasha pouted, looking like a strong man being caught.