Chapter 1492: Can't Go Back
ps: Anti-theft, I was almost finished writing, but I found that I started to deviate again, I want to restrain myself, delete and rewrite
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When NATO's large-scale bombing of Yugoslavia dominated the headlines of the world's major mainstream media, in distant Hong Kong, China National Offshore Oil Corporation quietly canceled the Hong Kong stock listing ceremony planned to be held on March 26, declaring the complete failure of CNOOC's listing plan.
The current sense of presence in China is really not too strong.
Therefore, even if we learned from Chen Qing that after the CNOOC team confirmed that there was no hope of going public, several high-level executives cried in the suite of the Four Seasons Hotel in New York, and some even had the idea of jumping from the hotel building, but at the level of international public opinion , except for some professional financial media, there are very few reports on this matter on other platforms.
Maybe that's a good thing too.
After all, the noise of failure is too great, and it will definitely be more difficult to try again next time.
Simon was actually in New York when James Raybould received Mr. Wei from CNOOC. As for the total financing of 2.5 billion US dollars, it is just a matter of one sentence for Simon.
In the end nothing was done.
Just like the old Chinese saying, being on the pole is not a business.
In his heart, Simon has always been the kind of person who has no expectations for the so-called 'gratitude' emotion of human beings, because it is against human nature and against genetic instinct. Therefore, he never felt that as long as he gave enough, he would get enough in return. Although this is Simon's personal creed, it is always somewhat idealistic.
All in all, a friend must be a friend, and a business must also be a business.
If someone does business with you because of the word "friend", that is luck. If you think your close friends don't do business with you, it's actually normal. If you feel resentful because of this, you should reflect on yourself.
In addition, according to Chinese sources, although this IPO ended in failure, CNOOC's team did not receive too much blame.
After all, the international situation is there.
The outbreak of war, the sharp drop in international oil prices, the turmoil in the stock markets of various countries... These are force majeure events that can be called extremely rare in commercial activities.
Just as the NATO air force continued to bomb Yugoslavia, the incident came to April 1999.
In 1999 Easter was April 4th. The Easter schedule in North America will start on April 2. Resident Evil produced by New World Pictures under Daenerys will cooperate with Daenerys, MGM and Westinghouse Electric, which has already bought Columbia. "Public Enemy", which is in charge of publishing, led the opening.
In addition, the American version of "Love Call Transfer" in the Valentine's Day schedule continued to earn 5.16 million US dollars in the box office week from March 26 to April 1 before Easter. .
With the approach of Easter, the market popularity of the American version of "Love Hull" will inevitably rebound, and the follow-up should have a box office potential of no less than 10 million U.S. dollars, pushing the total local box office to more than 140 million U.S. dollars.
Furthermore, it is worth mentioning that the US version of "Love Hurting" was officially released in theaters in Mainland China on March 25th.
After all, it is a project that has won glory for the country, and the attention in the mainland is very high. Counting the extra Thursday on March 25, the box office won more than 67 million yuan in eight days in the first box office week, which is higher than the previous Spring Festival. Party A and Party B’s box office in the first week is even higher, and it is expected that the total box office in mainland China will hopefully exceed 200 million, which echoes last year’s Chinese version of “Love Call”.
Simon is not too concerned about the Chinese box office of the American version of "Love Hurting", which is equivalent to a little over 20 million US dollars, but can see from it that the past few years in the end of the 1990s were supposed to be the darkest Chinese movies in history. For a period of time, no matter whether it was a domestic film or an imported film, there were very few films that could exceed 100 million yuan each year.
Now, under the influence of Simon, the big butterfly, things obviously changed a lot.
Let’s just say that from 1999 to the present, China’s domestic productions, “Party A and Party B” and “Flash Girl” during the Lunar New Year period, as well as the American version of “Love Hurling”, which was green-lighted and released quickly, are already three films. A movie with a box office of over 100 million RMB.
Next...Simon can only hope again that the incident in May will not happen.
In fact, after the war broke out, although some intentions could not be clarified, Simon still told his personal military adviser Celia Miller to pay more attention to Washington's various trends related to the war. Not only that, the Pentagon and NATO officials have once again expanded their cooperation with the Ukrainian private army stationed in Ukraine.
After all, although air strikes are the mainstay, ground assistance is still necessary. For some missions with a high risk factor, in order to reduce the casualties of official troops and reduce possible public opinion pressure, it is undoubtedly the most cost-effective to hire private troops that will not be counted as damage.
Therefore, before and after the outbreak of this war, in addition to the cooperation that had been maintained before, nearly a thousand private Uyghur troops sneaked into Yugoslavia in batches. While performing missions for NATO forces, it is his own armed force after all, so Simon can also grasp the first-hand information on the front line of the war.
Speaking of Ukraine, after Easter, Simon went to Rivny again.
Ukraine has also been agitated recently.
On the second day after NATO launched an air strike on the Yugoslavia, a group of hardline members of the Ukrainian parliament suddenly launched a motion, hoping to cancel their commitment to a nuclear-free country and rebuild Ukraine’s nuclear arsenal. The subsequent vote won more than half of the vote. 231 votes in favor.
When the news came out, whether it was the United States, the European Union or Russia, they immediately expressed their stance and unanimously expressed their opposition.
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NATO Secretary-General Solana also publicly threatened at a press conference that once the Kiev authorities have a substantive move to acquire nuclear weapons again, Ukraine will become the next Yugoslavia.
As for the result, Simon, as a latecomer, of course knows.
Nuclear weapons are not things that can be dismantled and built as they want. For Ukraine, since the abolition of martial arts, it is even more unrealistic now.
First of all, all neighbors and eight houses are not allowed.
NATO Secretary-General Solana's threat is definitely not just a verbal statement. Once Ukraine restarts the construction of nuclear weapons, it is tantamount to voluntarily giving up its current neutral and harmless status. If the Kiev authorities want to protect themselves, they must completely fall to one of the United States and Russia. However, this is another deadlock, because if you completely fall to one side, you will inevitably find a fierce reaction from the other side.
Secondly, a more realistic reason is lack of money.
In the past 1998, under the influence of the financial turmoil spreading from Asia to the world, Ukraine's domestic economy was devastated. Compared with 1997, the annual GDP not only did not rise, but also plummeted by as much as 16%, falling from more than 50 billion US dollars to Less than $42 billion.
It's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice. What's more, after being poached by various surroundings, it is hard to say how many "smart women" are left in Ukraine, and whether they can support the new nuclear weapons program.
In any case, Simon's trip to Ukraine after Easter was just to appease the uneasiness of the Kiev authorities, and by the way, to see his family's industry here, as well as a group of big beauties and small water onions.
Speaking of which, the reason for Ukraine’s sudden idea of having nuclear weapons again is very simple. After so many years, especially after NATO launched air strikes in Yugoslavia, Eastern European countries have finally woken up.
Be cheated.
At that time, including Russia, the biggest leader, all the former Soviet Union countries, large and small, rushed to leave the red camp. One of the important reasons was that Western countries promised to help Eastern Europe develop its economy after its disintegration, so that it could have three meals a day A good life with meat, car, and wine.
However, after so many years, the Garden of Eden that was once imagined has not been seen at all, but it has become more and more dire.
The war launched by NATO against Yugoslavia made the Eastern European camp, which was waiting for a better life, completely give up the last sliver of illusion.
Liar!
However, no matter whether it is a resentment or a jump, the old ticket is destined to be an old ticket, and the broken ship is too broken.
I can't go back.
As for this awakening, it is doomed to be in vain.
Let’s talk about Ukraine. Even if the Kiev authorities obviously began to have some voices to re-establish and strengthen the alliance with Russia, after so many years of operation, the influence of Western spokespersons in the Ukrainian government has been deeply entrenched, and it is impossible for the pro-Russian faction to succeed. As for the Ukrainian people, although there are a little more in number, there are actually not many people who care about the upper layers of the pyramid.
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After all, it is a project that has won glory for the country, and the attention in the mainland is very high. Counting the extra Thursday on March 25, the box office won more than 67 million yuan in eight days in the first box office week, which is higher than the previous Spring Festival. Party A and Party B’s box office in the first week is even higher, and it is expected that the total box office in mainland China will hopefully exceed 200 million, which echoes last year’s Chinese version of “Love Call”.
Simon is not too concerned about the Chinese box office of the American version of "Love Hurting", which is equivalent to a little over 20 million US dollars, but can see from it that the past few years in the end of the 1990s were supposed to be the darkest Chinese movies in history. For a period of time, no matter whether it was a domestic film or an imported film, there were very few films that could exceed 100 million yuan each year.
Now, under the influence of Simon, the big butterfly, things obviously changed a lot.
Let’s just say that from 1999 to the present, China’s domestic productions, “Party A and Party B” and “Flash Girl” during the Lunar New Year period, as well as the American version of “Love Hurling”, which was green-lighted and released quickly, are already three films. A movie with a box office of over 100 million RMB.
Next...Simon can only hope again that the incident in May will not happen.
In fact, after the war broke out, although some intentions could not be clarified, Simon still told his personal military adviser Celia Miller to pay more attention to Washington's various trends related to the war. Not only that, the Pentagon and NATO officials have once again expanded their cooperation with the Ukrainian private army stationed in Ukraine.
After all, although air strikes are the mainstay, ground assistance is still necessary. For some missions with a high risk factor, in order to reduce the casualties of official troops and reduce possible public opinion pressure, it is undoubtedly the most cost-effective to hire private troops that will not be counted as damage.
Therefore, before and after the outbreak of this war, in addition to the cooperation that had been maintained before, nearly a thousand private Uyghur troops sneaked into Yugoslavia in batches. While performing missions for NATO forces, it is his own armed force after all, so Simon can also grasp the first-hand information on the front line of the war.
Speaking of Ukraine, after Easter, Simon went to Rivny again.
Ukraine has also been agitated recently.
On the second day after NATO launched an air strike on the Yugoslavia, a group of hardline members of the Ukrainian parliament suddenly launched a motion, hoping to cancel their commitment to a nuclear-free country and rebuild Ukraine’s nuclear arsenal. 231 votes in favor.
As soon as the news came out, whether it was the United States, the European Union or Russia, they all expressed their positions immediately and unanimously expressed their opposition.
NATO Secretary-General Solana also publicly threatened at a press conference that once the Kiev authorities have a substantive move to acquire nuclear weapons again, Ukraine will become the next Yugoslavia.
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As a result, Simon, as a latecomer, of course knows.
Nuclear weapons are not things that can be dismantled and built as they want. For Ukraine, since the abolition of martial arts, it is even more unrealistic now.
First of all, all neighbors and eight houses are not allowed.
NATO Secretary-General Solana's threat is definitely not just a verbal statement. Once Ukraine restarts the construction of nuclear weapons, it is tantamount to voluntarily giving up its current neutral and harmless status. If the Kiev authorities want to protect themselves, they must completely fall to one of the United States and Russia. However, this is another deadlock, because if you completely fall to one side, you will inevitably find a fierce reaction from the other side.
Secondly, a more realistic reason is lack of money.
In the past 1998, under the influence of the financial turmoil spreading from Asia to the world, Ukraine's domestic economy was devastated. Compared with 1997, the annual GDP not only did not rise, but also plummeted by as much as 16%, falling from more than 50 billion US dollars to Less than $42 billion.
It's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice. What's more, after being poached by various surroundings, it is hard to say how many "smart women" are left in Ukraine, and whether they can support the new nuclear weapons program.
In any case, Simon's trip to Ukraine after Easter was just to appease the uneasiness of the Kiev authorities, and by the way, to see his family's industry here, as well as a group of big beauties and small water onions.
Speaking of which, the reason for Ukraine’s sudden idea of having nuclear weapons again is very simple. After so many years, especially after NATO launched air strikes in Yugoslavia, Eastern European countries have finally woken up.
Be cheated.
At that time, including Russia, the biggest leader, all the former Soviet Union countries, large and small, rushed to leave the red camp. One of the important reasons was that Western countries promised to help Eastern Europe develop its economy after its disintegration, so that it could have three meals a day A good life with meat, car, and wine.
However, after so many years, the Garden of Eden that was once imagined has not been seen at all, but it has become more and more dire.
The war launched by NATO against Yugoslavia made the Eastern European camp, which was waiting for a better life, completely give up the last sliver of illusion.
Liar!
However, no matter whether it is a resentment or a jump, the old ticket is destined to be an old ticket, and the broken ship is too broken.
I can't go back.
As for this awakening, it is doomed to be in vain.