Francesco

"The fact is that in the late spring of 2016, the French send an emissary to Milan to have a coffee with Leonardo. The two meet a stone's throw from the fashion district at one of the most elegant hotels in the city, which bears a hope for the future in its name: Palazzo Parigi. The boss doesn't believe in it much, he asks Francesco to take care of it, setting only one condition: he wants to count for his entire share. Instead, Milleri finds the right solution. The evolutionary leap is ready. The big day has arrived. It is a cold January night in 2017. The Financial Times breaks the news just after midnight. "Luxottica and Essilor have reached a 50 billion euro merger deal.""

"A few years later, in March 1317, a license was granted to Francesco, the son of master Nicolò Di Nicola, a Venetian surgeon, to make oglarios de vitro on the island north of the Venetian lagoon. Thus, Francesco is the first eyeglass manufacturer in history whose name has come down to us, a forerunner of the Venetian tradition that in the twentieth century will lead Italian frames to conquer the world."

"Del Vecchio shares his anxieties and concerns with Francesco, who, as a supplier, sees from the inside how the company is evolving under Guerra."