"Your Highness, if I hadn't seen you just starting to learn, I would have thought you were an old hand at skiing."
Cuibisi couldn't help but give Barron a thumbs up and said in appreciation.
"Haha, thank you for your compliment, Cuibisi, but I said, just call me Barron, and you ski very well."
"I like this sport very much, and my family and I go skiing every winter..."
They are now at the Abetone ski resort, about 100 kilometers away from Florence. It is a very famous ski resort in Italy and the hometown of the legendary skier Zeno Colò.
Beatrice's bestie wisely left early because "there were things to do at home", leaving the opportunity to be alone to Barron and Beatrice.
Although Barron had never skied before in this time and space, he had accompanied his girlfriend at the time in his previous life... They had skiing experience in China and abroad.
Beatrice is different. It can be seen that she is a skiing enthusiast and her movements are quite skillful.
After learning that Barron had not skied often before, Beatrice volunteered to help him practice.
Thanks to Barron's experience in his previous life and his "reborn benefits", his physical fitness and coordination were excellent, so he was able to advance from the beginner track to the advanced track soon.
This scene also surprised Beatrice, because later, Barron was able to start trying some difficult moves that she herself had stopped.
It must be said that sliding down the track on the top of the mountain is really addictive, and skiing has another advantage, that is, although Abetone is a popular ski resort, after putting on the equipment, it is difficult for the two to be recognized by others, and they can get along as "ordinary people" without any scruples.
And in such an environment, Barron and Beatrice tried to ski together holding hands, and there was an inexplicable feeling.
After all, skiing itself is a very exciting sport. In psychology, there is a term called "suspension bridge effect".
It means that in dangerous or stimulating situations, people tend to have faster heartbeats and shortness of breath, forming corresponding fear or tension. This physiological excitement makes people seek a reasonable explanation for their physiological performance.
When meeting the opposite sex in this situation, people may mistakenly attribute this physiological reaction to the charm of the other party, thus creating an illusion of love.
In addition, some people have proposed the "magic effect of ski resorts" - it is easier to fall in love at ski resorts, which refers to the strange effect that love at first sight is very likely to occur at ski resorts.
Ski resorts always give people a refreshing and comfortable feeling. People in this snowy world always have a feeling of wanting to fall in love. The opposite sex wearing heavy down jackets always makes people have a wonderful fantasy.
Some women may slip because of their poor skiing skills, and then men will have the opportunity to "save the beauty".
Women will find a sense of security and dependence in men, and men will also have a desire to protect women under their delicate posture.
In any case, after the two people's skiing trip, at night, they spent a romantic night in a warm wooden villa on the snow-capped mountains.
On this night, Barron became a mentor, teaching Beatrice to learn and try out a lot of life knowledge...
...
In England, the "phone-hacking" incident is still going on.
On March 5, the British police announced the arrest of four staff members and one policeman from The Sun, a newspaper under Murdoch's News Corporation. The four staff members were suspected of bribing the police to obtain sensitive information.
According to relevant reports, the arrested staff members of The Sun include deputy editor-in-chief Fergus Shanahan, executive editor Graham Dudman, political and legal news editor Mike Sullivan, and head of the news department Chris Farrow.
Another policeman was arrested while on duty. In addition, the police also searched the headquarters office of The Sun in London.
London police said that the investigation was related to the phone-hacking scandal of the News of the World.
After the "phone-hacking scandal" broke out, a considerable number of newspapers and media criticized it because they were dissatisfied with the inefficiency of the police investigation.
The Conservative MPs became more active, which also caused people to gather at the newspapers of News Corporation to protest.
Last month, Brown announced the establishment of an investigation team led by Appeal Court Judge Brian Leveson on phone-hacking cases.
So far, more than 10 people have been arrested in the "phone-hacking scandal" investigation, including employees of News Corporation's News of the World, Sun and Daily Mirror, as well as two active police officers.
Before leaving London this time, Barron also met with Sir Stephenson, the director of Scotland Yard, at Neverland.
In fact, since the media concentrated on detonating the "phone-hacking scandal" of News Corporation, many celebrities and the families of the victims of the subway bombing have successively denounced and sued the newspapers of News Corporation.
As for the handling of these lawsuits, James Murdoch, the executive chairman of News International, who is responsible for the British affairs of News Corporation and is also Murdoch's second son, chose to solve them by spending money.
They tried to reach a settlement with the victims to avoid going to court.
In the process, they inevitably had some deals with some police officers involved.
Before this, Scotland Yard did not investigate too strictly and even had some intention of letting it go.
This also led to the media's condemnation later.
After the meeting between Barron and Sir Stephenson, Scotland Yard began to work closely with the special investigation team to investigate the people related to the "wiretapping gate" and some "insider transactions".
...
"Your Highness, this is the minutes sent by the Gucci-Hermès Group on its brand positioning and development plan after the acquisition of Bruno Magli." Barron
took the information from his personal assistant Wang Wanting and took a simple look.
In fact, as a high-end luxury brand, Gucci-Hermès Group did not spend too much money to acquire Brumani, mainly because Brumani is at the top in the field of shoemaking, but because the products are all handmade, although the profit of a single product is considerable, the production is limited, and the entire company cannot make much money.
It is also for this reason that the development plan formulated by Opera Fund for Brumani at that time included opening new product lines in other categories in addition to shoemaking, using the Brumani brand to make more profits.
But after Gucci-Hermès Group acquired Brumani, it made adjustments to this.
Barron remembered that in his previous life, he first learned about the Brumani brand, not its footwear products, but a watch given to him by a girlfriend, which was Brumani...
Yes, Brumani later entered into fields not only limited to shoemaking, but also including perfumes, watches and other products.
But to be honest, Brumani's other products are not successful. Watches have become a "niche brand", and the sales of perfumes are acceptable, but its perfume brands are too affordable, which has damaged its brand tone.
In the final analysis, the Gucci-Hermès Group does not need Brumaney to get involved in other product lines. It is enough for them to maintain the high-end luxury attributes of shoes.