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"What tricks are you going to do again?"

Marlena felt the strength of her waist from behind and couldn't help but shake her head like a close sister.

"I've worked hard on you during this time." Chen Jun let go and grabbed Marlena's plump and jade-like hand, "Look at how rough your hands are."

"I can't do anything except take care of your daily life." Marlena smiled and shook her head and said, "This is what I should do."

"This is how Sicilian women take care of their men."

"But now I am not in Sicily. I have you staying by my side like a housewife every day. I simply feel guilty." Chen Jun said.

"Of course this is not to belittle your work. In fact, I think this work is great, but you need to have your own value, your own hobbies and tastes, so that your life will be more exciting. For example, when I go out to meet other people

When you are there, you can go do other jobs.”

"But..." Marlena hesitated for a few seconds.

Chen Jun said: "Do you know how the housekeeper Saqira complained to me? She said that you took away her job every day, which made her feel useless and would be fired."

"Let's go, I'll take you to see the gift I gave you."

Chen Jun didn't say anything, and just pulled Marlena out.

The car drives along the Pacific Coast Highway to BMW Hill Park until the center of Sunset Boulevard. The location here is excellent and is synonymous with the bright stars of Hollywood. When you stop the car, you can see Beverly Hills in the distance and close to West Hollywood. You can see the stars here.

Not surprising.

"Have you seen that boutique store? Let's go in and take a look?" Chen Jun pointed to the department store that seemed quiet and empty of customers.

Marlena nodded, she was curious about what would be inside.

Chen Jun took Marlena into the store. There were not many employees inside, and they looked calm when seeing customers coming in in groups of twos and threes. They let customers choose, as if they had strong confidence in their products.

But it was indeed true. As soon as Malena entered the store, her eyes were attracted by the clothes, sachets, and silk scarves on the display shelves, and she took it back with great determination.

Love of beauty is the hidden nature of every woman, Chen Jun snickered secretly.

Not long after, a neutral lady walked out of the store. Her expression was slightly cold, but her tone was quite warm, "William, sir, you are ready."

"Thank you, designer Celia, please send it to me."

Chen Jun respects those who rely on craftsmanship for a living and maintains a calm and friendly tone.

Celia nodded helpfully and hooked her fingers. Amidst the astonished eyes of several clerks, a clerk came over holding a document decorated with a crystal frame.

Marlena looked at the writing on it, covered her mouth with her hands, and couldn't hide the shock in her eyes.

“Now this store is officially renamed ‘Malena’, and she belongs to you now!”

In luxury design companies, many company names are named after people, such as Armani, Estee Lauder, Louis Vuitton, and Hermès. This is a sign of confidence and a romantic pursuit of artistic quality.

All the shop assistants cast envious glances at Marlena. They knew the value of this store and yearned for themselves to be surrounded by such romantic means.

Marlena hugged him tightly and was speechless.

Celia was also a little bit amused, and said expressionlessly: "Mr. William, I need to correct you. What you acquired is not this one store, but 32 clothing design companies with stores across the United States that own private aesthetic magazines.

The total value is more than 4 million US dollars, of course if you just acquired one before, I would be very happy."

"Ms. Malena, you are really very lucky and happy." Celia continued, "Originally, these stores all had only one name, which was my family name. It has a long history of more than fifty years and is one of the most popular stores in Hollywood.

When it was born, she started from a private workshop and gradually became the fashion pursued by many Hollywood female stars."

"Our store is only for high-quality products. It is famous for women's clothing, sachets, scarves, perfumes, lipsticks, and cosmetics. Every item launched is a popular luxury product that is in short supply."

Marlena was dumbfounded when she heard this, and she was even more moved in her heart. Chen Jun glanced at it and estimated that he would be very happy at night, but he did not have much reaction to the words of the chief designer and store manager of this store.

Celia luxury jewelry and clothing store is indeed leading the fashion trend in Hollywood, but it is not without rivals. At least several major luxury brands from Milan, Italy and Paris, France are gradually squeezing and encroaching on the market of Celia stores.

It is precisely because of this that Celia, as the person in charge of the company, intends to expand channels and increase investment in store expansion, so she borrows money from the bank. However, the capital chain is unexpectedly broken, and some people from the fashion guild are looking for trouble. Chen Jun's

intervention.

He helped her solve the problem with the Fashion Guild and purchased 56% of her company's shares at a slight premium. He refused to do anything more than that.

Moreover, Chen Jun promised that if he opens another professional fashion magazine in "Daily Headlines", Selia Company's products can be promoted at a lower market price, and he will also use newspapers, movies, TV broadcasts and other resources to promote them in the future.

Product promotion.

The professional fashion magazine is a piece of the puzzle that enriches the "Daily" media and should not be underestimated. The recruitment of relevant personnel has been handed over to Celia Company and Wilde.

In addition, for the selection of relevant professional film magazines and music magazines, these "Daily" media will not let them go, and they are also acquiring them with corresponding personnel.

Making money is secondary. With the rapid development of the U.S. economy in the future, it will naturally evolve into a money-grabbing beast. What Chen Jun wants is the right to speak and influence in the industry.

Think about it, in the future, the professional fashion magazines under the "Daily" series of paper media will include "vogue", "Cosmopolitan", "Flaunt", the film magazine "Variety" and "Movie Review", and the music ranking "Grammy"

", the magazine "Billboard", what would it be like.

Nowadays, most of the magazines that will influence the world in the future have been born, but they are far from successful. Acquisition is simply picking up cabbage.

By then, it is conceivable that "Daily Series" Media will definitely become a media giant that sets industry standards, and this does not include the film field and the wireless television broadcast field.

And once these fields are connected, the influence will be an extremely terrifying thing. This is the right to speak to promote world public opinion.

"Marlena will hold corresponding positions as designer and vice president in the company in the future." Chen Jun said slowly, "Relevant financial and personnel management will also come in one after another. Your operating model is too backward, family-style personal management.

Professional management talents must be recruited.”

Celia nodded in agreement without refuting. She was indeed aware of the problems in this area, but... "Can she be a designer? For a design company, this is the soul position."

"She is Italian and has a natural keen sense and talent for the design of fashionable luxury goods. There is no doubt about this."

Chen Jun smiled and said: "The men's clothing I am wearing was designed by her. I'm sure there is no such avant-garde design in your store."

Marlena blushed slightly after hearing this. In fact, many of Chen Jun's suits and uniforms were his own ideas, and then she cut and made them for him.

Celia was speechless after looking at it. Indeed, apart from the handsomeness of Mr. William in front of her, he was just like a clothes hanger. The seamless stand-up collar design on his body was wonderfully ingenious. Even at this moment, she had many thoughts.

Sure enough, the talent of Milanese people in Italy in design is hard to fathom... Celia nodded in agreement.

After leaving, sitting in the car, Marlena couldn't help but worry, "Those are your ideas. You are deceiving her. Then I will be laughed at."

"How come?"

"Who dares to laugh at you, you can fire her."

"Besides, you also have a lot of small designs. For example, the cuff buttons are neither tight nor loose. They don't feel strangling, which is very nice. The collar is also very soft. At least it doesn't look that sharp. Recently, I feel that many people are like this.

Afraid of me."

Marlena opened her mouth when she heard the next sentence, but in the end she didn't say anything.

Chen Jun asked: "Do you like this gift?"

"I like it very much, thank you William, but for such an expensive gift, I'm afraid I need to invest a lot of time, and then I won't be able to take care of you."

"No, we'll talk about those things later, go back first."

Chen Jun started the car and returned to the villa. Looking at the smile on his face, Marina shook her head helplessly and kissed him...

The fierce battle lasted for a long time, but the romance is not enough to boast.

After Marlena fell asleep peacefully, Chen Jun covered her with a quilt, got up and poured a glass of whiskey.

He walked out of the door, walked to the living room and sat quietly by the phone. The gorgeous villa behind Chen Jun overlooked the artificial wonderland behind the manor; the orange decorative lights wrapped around the trees illuminated the transplanted palm trees, faintly

Under the starlight, two huge swimming pools shimmered with deep blue light. The sandy and gravel mountains on the horizon surrounded the neon-lit Los Angeles that never sleeps.

Soon the phone rang.

"I have a few things to report." Tom Hagen was on the other end of the phone.

Chen Jun took a sip of wine and said, "Tell me!"

"The 80 million yuan has been spent a lot, and it has acquired many hotel chain shares and casino gaming businesses in Las Vegas."

"Does Moglin agree simply? The old man funded him at the beginning, will he hand over the shares smoothly?"

"I tried many methods, but he didn't let go, but yesterday he was accidentally shot and killed in his residence. Did you do it?"

"It's me! It's just that my people haven't given me any news yet." Chen Jun said calmly: "To speed up the progress, gambling in Las Vegas is completely legal, and all obstacles can be removed."

Hagen felt a chill in his heart: "More than half of it has been completed. I have opened up the relationships at the relevant levels, and the next tasks will be smooth."

"I know you did a good job."

The two were quiet for a while, and Hagen continued: "The pharmaceutical company has acquired all the shares. I have conducted experiments based on several pharmaceutical formulas you gave me, and the results are surprisingly good."

"But I feel that this business is too terrible. The profit is terrifying. It is more valuable than all the Corleone family's businesses currently. All we need to do is to open up the relevant network of relationships."

"I think if the drug is produced and sold, it will bring in cash flow of over 100 million in one fell swoop, and this may just be the beginning."

Hagen's voice couldn't help but tremble. He felt terrible when he thought of the crazy and joyful eyes of the laboratory personnel when he inspected the pharmaceutical laboratory.

"I know."

Hearing the calm voice coming from the other side, as if he had expected it, Heigen instantly regained his composure.

Chen Jun said: "This is a real pillar industry that involves people's livelihood. Even if the Corleone family can fully afford it, I will take the initiative to find a few partners."

"Um."

Hagen is a top lawyer and knows the connection here. He expressed his understanding and continued: "Also, I heard that the five major families have made changes to the Corleone family. They are plundering the Corleone family's territory."

"right."

"The Corleone family has sold off most of its businesses in New York, including part of its shares in the olive oil company. It is difficult to hide this from them. They have already noticed the Corleone family's intention to move its focus to the west."

Hagen asked: "Then they plan to take the opportunity to take a big bite? Or to destroy the Corleone family when its eastern power is weak?"

"Is this possible?" Hagen asked in an urgent voice: "This can easily cause a crisis. If we are not careful, we may completely collapse."

"They are still under my control. They are still in the trial stage. There is nothing to worry about. Moreover, Kalemenza and Tessio are already semi-independent. They will act as a buffer in front of the Corleone family."

There was a cold reply from the other end of the phone. After hanging up the phone, Hagen took a deep breath. He had already expected that Calemenza and Tessio, the two commanders of the old godfather's corps, would be decisively cut off, but he didn't expect it.

So fast and so decisive.

William had planned everything in his mind long ago. He planned so accurately like a prophet, weaving a complicated and tight network step by step. They were like puppets in the network, seemingly independent of themselves.

Thoughts and will, but in the end still can't escape from this big net.

He seemed to be hidden in the darkness. He was sitting on a chair with his hands flat. A little light shone down on him. It could be seen that he seemed to have the ability and courage to face everything and control everything. He was isolated from all living beings.

Looking down coldly.

Has he become a godfather?

William Don Corleone, can he have this title now?

He has either become the head of the Corleone family or the godfather. He is not qualified yet. Hagen knows that this title may not fall on him until the net is closed.

At the moment, the situation is undecided. No one knows whether the network will be closed successfully or whether people will die and the network will be broken.

This is a zero sum game!

Either life or death.

Hagen suddenly remembered that a year ago, he said to him with a slightly raised smile, and who would have thought that he had grown to this height in the past.

**

Chen Jun hung up the phone, and the ring rang again soon after.

"Mr. William, the National Broadcasting Corporation [abc] has accepted your acquisition conditions. Next, you can send professionals to connect with them."

It was a call from the head of a top law firm.

"Mr. William, the Coca-Cola Group is considering your investment request, and we will follow up on the relevant matters and report to you."

"Mr. William, Goldman Sachs Group agrees to your conditions, but has certain objections to the investment amount of both parties. The relevant report will be submitted to you later."

"Mr. William, the University of California is grateful for your financial donation. Their laboratory has carried out research on related voice recording equipment and color television at your request."

"Mr. William, the University of Southern California thanks you for your financial donation. They have established a special fund to provide laboratories in microelectronics-related fields."

"Mr. William, National Radio Records has agreed to your request for a controlling stake. They are very interested in your idea of ​​recording equipment and hope to have a discussion."

.....

There was no ringing in the living room and it seemed unusually quiet.

Chen Jun stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, drank the whiskey in the glass, and quietly watched the dots of light outside the window floating in the blue swimming pool.