Chapter 986 European Factory

In Ukraine at this stage, in addition to the Rovno gang, which is controlled by the Westeros system in the northwest, and the Petrovsk gang, which holds power in Kyiv, another important political and economic force is the Donetsk Oblast, an important industrial city in East Ukraine. The Donetsk Gang in the base area.

According to information obtained by Simon, Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko was assassinated, and the commander behind the scenes was Yev Sherban, the leader of the Donetsk gang.

As for the reason, in the final analysis, it is still for profit.

Unlike Western Ukraine, which is dominated by agriculture, Eastern Ukraine concentrates most of the country’s energy and industrial assets, especially Donetsk, where 90 percent of Ukraine’s coal resources are stored. Lazarenko In the past two years, when he was only the Minister of Energy, he has been trying to infiltrate the territory of the Donetsk Gang. This year, he was successfully promoted to the Prime Minister of Ukraine. This politician who has a reputation for being insatiable and greedy in any project he passes will naturally no longer. Convergence, together with his partner Yulia Tymoshenko, try to carve up the steel and coal mining industries in the Donetsk region.

The result was the most violent backlash from the Donetsk gang.

Just yesterday, July 18, Lazarenko was hit by a car bomb on his way to the airport, and he was a near miss.

As a latecomer, Simon actually knows the follow-up.

After all, even in a small country like Ukraine, the assassination of the number two person will inevitably attract the attention of the international community.

After this incident, probably at the end of the same year, Lazarenko’s family chose tit-for-tat. Yev Sherban was not as lucky as Lazarenko. Sherban and his wife were beaten by several professional killers together. sieve.

In fact, this is the most brutal situation in the former Soviet Union.

It's not just that the top business oligarchs who took advantage of the situation during this period did not have a very clean foundation. Even the middle and lower classes, in many cases, competing for a small business, a real estate, or even a department store may cause a fire. In order to prevent possible armed robbery at any time as much as possible, many major commercial places in major cities in Eastern European countries will have security guards with AK47s hanging directly.

In fact, whether it is a security guard or a gang, no one can say.

It is like a barbaric era that has lost the constraints of the rules.

In a high-end club in the north of Rivny, Simon is standing in front of a wall with a map of Ukraine with a glass of red wine. Next to him are Sergei Komorov, the head of Aldek, and UFMS. President Klim Derevyanko and Rivno Governor Andrei Smirnov, Rivny Media Head Alexander Ludayev and others.

Raising his hand and taking a sip of red wine, Simon stroked his other hand towards the location of Rivne State, and said to the people around him: "I know that you are becoming more and more dissatisfied with limiting your power to Rivne State, and want to To expand outwards, but as you should have seen this time, it is not an easy task. The Petrovsk gang holds political power in the country, and the Donetsk gang inherits most of the former Soviet era. Industrial foundation, compared to, think about yourself, what?"

Simon said so, seeing Derevyanko raised his eyebrows slightly at himself, and said with a smile: "Yes, you have me."

Everyone laughed lightly.

Simon waited for a while, but shook his head and said: "But I have to pour cold water on you, I have no interest in fighting with those people for the assets you value, because I don't like it, there is such a time. Energy, I can find hundreds of more lucrative investment opportunities in other parts of the world.”

Considering the recent news about Simon's latest personal fortune of $1.3 trillion, there was absolutely no way anyone in the reception hall could refute it.

And everyone also understands that the core of Simon's fundamental demands for Rivne is actually only one point: the Ukrainian Frontline Military Service (UFMS), a private armed force that was launched by the Rwanda war two years ago and has continued to be active. The fundamental reason why young people with billions of dollars will appear here.

Otherwise, as Simon just said, he would not look down on this dilapidated border state in northwestern Ukraine at all.

And...them.

It's a fact that Simon Westeros doesn't look down on them, and another fact is that the biggest reliance of everyone on the scene is this young man standing in the middle of the crowd at this time. , or just an ordinary businessman who can only do a small business in a corner, or just a veteran who does not know where he will go after retiring, or just a marginal politician who was overturned by a storm...

But now, they are the Rovno gang that no one in this country can ignore.

Even if the political forces cannot compare with the Petrovsk gang, and the economic strength is not as good as that of the Donetsk gang, but with the backing of the towering tree of the Westeros system, other forces are fighting for various interests. When Liu Shi, the Rovno Gang, which has been silent and rapidly developing, will be able to go in the future, who can be sure?

In the reception hall, Simon poured cold water, took another sip of red wine, looked at the map of Ukraine in front of him, and suddenly asked, "Do you know why I have a wealth of more than one trillion US dollars?"

Everyone looked at each other again.

They really hadn't seriously considered this question. Facing Simon's question, even if there were some vague thoughts in their minds, they didn't dare to speak up.

Simon did not wait for an answer, nor was he disappointed, he answered himself: "Because I am good at taking a path that others have not traveled, and developing industries that others have not noticed. The most typical example is the Internet. The term Intercom was actually used in the 1970s. has appeared, but until the twenty

Years later, the Internet began to break out. It is no exaggeration to say that the Westeros system dominated the outbreak. Cisco, America Online, and Igret, three companies, constituted network equipment providers and network service providers. There is a whole industry chain with online content providers. Now, just these three companies have a combined market value of more than 1 trillion US dollars. In comparison, according to the national wealth equivalent to 5 times GDP, the entire Ukraine is worth 200 billion. Dollar. "

Having said this, Simon glanced at the expressions of the people around him, some were fascinated, some were surprised, some were thoughtful, smiled again, and continued: "I said this, not to show you anything, but to point out a point. Road. The assets left over from the Soviet era, as well as various mining resources in this country, seem to be very tasty pieces of fat, but if you want to get them, the price is not small at all, and you may even lose your life. Focus on these things, and most of your time in the future will be spent in all kinds of strife, which will hinder your progress. Then, the problem comes again, except for those who are fighting for these, you say, What other precious treasures in Ukraine have not been noticed by Lazarenko and the others?"

Yet another question.

This time the crowd was no longer silent, and Sergey Komorov said quickly: "Simon, I remember you once said that it should be... um, the population."

Simon raised his hand and snapped his fingers: "Yes, the population, more than 50 million people, is definitely the most valuable and underappreciated wealth in Ukraine."

Having said this, Simon no longer read the reaction twice, but made a swipe at the gray area around the map of Ukraine, and then said: "This has to start from the overall situation. On April 15, 1994, the World Trade Organization was established. This is an important time node, a node of accelerated globalization of the world economy. The most obvious result of globalization is that capital will naturally flow to regions with lower costs, such as China, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe. In comparison , Human resources in Eastern Europe are also cheap, but they are not competitive in the slightest compared to Asia, and you should understand why.”

Simon's surroundings, whether he really understood it or not, smirked again in cooperation.

China has been reforming and opening up for nearly 20 years, and Southeast Asia has always been a key target for Western countries to contain China, so the industrial foundation is relatively solid.

In fact, this is not impossible to catch up. The most important point is that the Eastern European region at this stage is too chaotic, not to mention Yugoslavia and other countries that are in civil war, even Russia or Ukraine, there is no suitable condition for introducing foreign capital to develop the economy.

The business environment is really bad.

If it weren't for a super oligarch of the level of the Westeros system, ordinary businessmen would like to invest in these countries, from officials to gangsters, and they would be skinned layer by layer. In the end, not to mention whether the enterprise can be run or not, can people leave safely? is the problem.

Simon habitually read the relevant newspapers when he arrived.

Just before the afternoon reception, in addition to the extensive news about the assassination of Lazarenko in today's "Kifu Newspaper", there is also less attention-grabbing news that a German businessman opened a flour mill in Kyiv three years ago. After the factory was built, it was coveted by gangsters in the area where it was located. They wanted to extort 30% of the shares. Naturally, the businessman would not agree, and then he was shot in the street last year.

The content of the news is that the Kyiv police announced that the case was officially solved and the relevant suspects were brought to justice.

However, it seems that justice has been served on the surface, but most overseas businessmen will probably cut off the idea of ​​investing in Ukraine after seeing this news.

Simon quickly continued: "No matter what the other states and counties in Ukraine are, Rivne is different. Now that we have complete control of this area, we should make the best use of it. Compared with Asia, Ukraine has a geographical advantage. In terms of raw materials, as the granary of Europe, no other country can compare with Ukraine. As long as Rivno Oblast provides enough opportunities, there is no need to expand outward, and human resources will naturally gather around us. With the rapidly advancing process of globalization, and taking advantage of Ukraine’s demographic advantages, we can completely turn Rivno Region into a European factory, where clothing, furniture, electronics, food, etc. can all be involved, and all have the potential to do well.”

Once again, giving the people around him time to digest, Simon took a few sips of red wine, glanced at the people who looked very moved, and then said: "Also, once the plan is achieved, this matter will bring another result, then That is you will get the public support. Think about it, whether it is the Petrovsk gang or the Donetsk gang, they are dividing up the assets of this country, ignoring the life and death of the people, and the Rovno region, can create countless A job opportunity, allowing countless people to live a prosperous and stable life, it is self-evident who the public will support at that time. All in all, as long as you follow this plan and succeed, this country will be yours for at most ten years. ."

Simon was never too talkative. However, this does not mean that Simon is not good at speech and incitement. At the end of the remarks, these remarks containing a big picture and great ambition made everyone on the scene feel emotional.

However, frankly speaking, this is still just a big pie drawn by Simon.

As Simon originally said, if he wants to make money, he will not look at Ukraine, a turbulent place, and there are too many better investment targets.

On the other hand, regarding the idea of ​​the 'European factory', Simon has already produced it very early.

In the past two years, in addition to the top priority UFMS, Simon has also been laying the foundation for this plan, intentionally or unintentionally. Now that Rivne State has been completely mastered by the Westeros system, the next

, With the expansion of Lazarenko's forces and becoming a threat to the Kuchma family, the infighting of the Kyiv authorities has intensified, and there is no time to worry about the Rivne Oblast. Therefore, it will be the best time for the rapid expansion of the Rivno gang. .

Not only that, the economic crisis in Southeast Asia that will start next year will also slow down the flow of European and American capital to Asia. After the economic crisis spreads to the world, the trend of Western real industries shifting to lower-cost regions will intensify. Provides the best external conditions.

With both internal and external conditions, the next step is to execute.

In the end, it remains to be seen how far the Rovno Gang, which Simon has helped support, can go.

Success, everyone is happy.

Failed, regardless of the overall situation.

Simon didn't leave the club in Rivney North until 11 a.m. due to a lot of talk about the 'European Factory' plan.

I didn't go to the Chengnan Villa nearby.

The three girls of Ekaterina over there are not in Ukraine, but went to Atlanta to watch the Olympics, and followed Simon for two years. For those three girls who have grown up, Simon has fewer and fewer restrictions. I mentioned it to Simon a few days ago, and I agreed casually.

Of course, Simon will not talk about coming to Ukraine soon.

After guessing that Simon would come based on various signs in the morning, the girls in the hot spring manor were excited for a day. As a result, no one showed up until late at night, thinking that he would probably not come. So when Simon arrived at the manor around the early morning, most of the people had already go to sleep.

Only Eve Besonoskova was quietly waiting.

And Lyudmila, who got the exact hint from her sister, Eve obviously has her own little selfishness in this regard.

Seeing Simon entering the door, Lyudmila threw herself directly into Simon's arms, hanging on the man like a sloth, and couldn't wait to complain about Simon's suspension of the Victoria's Secret show. She will be 18 next year, and she wanted to rely on the Victoria's Secret show. The show platform became famous in one fell swoop, and now, there is no chance.

Simon didn't pull the stubborn Lyudmila off his body, hugged the girl's waist and greeted Eve, and looked at the other people, except the waitress beside Simon, there were two, because he had read the information in advance, They recognized at a glance, one in name and one in fact two hot spring manor housekeepers. Natalia Bansikova and Marta Becknatz.

Two women with completely different styles.