Chapter 988 Buyer's Market

I still returned to the hot spring manor very late today. Compared with yesterday, the manor villa in the middle of the night was still very quiet. Just looking at the bright lights in the manor, it was obvious that the girls had not slept.

Did not bring back the three girls of the Holy Maidens.

Although the three girls are looking forward to it.

However, Simon did not intend to let go, but instead ordered the people around him to arrange a special service team for the three girls, two for each person, one guard and one guard, which was officially and clearly accepted as forbidden. As for when to eat it, it depends on your interest. Or it doesn't matter if you haven't had time to eat it, and collectors don't necessarily need to fumble and play with all their collections.

A lot of times, in fact, I like the feeling of possession.

After entering the door, it was still Eve who came to greet him, but there was no Ludmila who couldn't wait to stick to it, and let Eve help him take off his coat. Simon asked, "Where's Mila?"

"Going home," Eve said, remembering the absurdity of last night, she dodged the man's gaze in embarrassment, and then seemed to add superfluous words: "Go back to visit Mom and Dad."

"Um."

Eve noticed the smile on the corner of Simon's mouth when he responded. He didn't know if he guessed it, or if he wanted him to guess. The younger sister was driven back by her, not because of last night, but because the girl was too entangled. From the time Simon came to the manor last night until he left this morning, she has been occupying Simon tightly. Only her sister is willing to share a little bit. .

Deep down, of course, I hope that my sisters can occupy this man forever.

But how is it possible?

Eve is actually very smart. Her sister is a stupid girl who doesn't know how to stop. If she continues today, it will inevitably backfire. So after the man left during the day, she also forcibly sent her sister back to her parents' house in the city. This girl is a heartless person. Every time she comes back, if she doesn't drive her, she doesn't even want to go home.

Thinking so, following the man through the hall, Eve whispered, "Boss, do you want to take a bath?"

Simon nodded.

After a busy day, come back and soak in the hot springs, which is the best way to relax and relieve fatigue.

Eve watched her boss turn to the west corridor again. The girl A, who had just accompanied her, went upstairs directly as she did yesterday, and subconsciously followed up with Marta and several housekeepers and maids to the indoor bath.

Natalia Bansikova followed the crowd and went into the bath. Seeing that Eve naturally stepped forward to help the woman unbutton her shirt, Marta leaned over diligently, kneeling without any reluctance. At that time, he bowed to help the man take off his shoes and socks, then straightened up a little and reached for the man's belt. The other two waitresses stood by to take the clothes, feeling a little helpless for a while.

Don't know what to do.

It's not that she can't please Marta in an area like this. She doesn't even have any thoughts of resistance in her heart for a man who can't even look up to a man with any halo.

It's just that no one told her what to do.

Immediately, when the man swept over seemingly unintentionally, Natalia even felt a slump and panic, worried that he thought she was too useless, so she took a small step forward subconsciously.

It's a pity that there seems to be no place for her by the man's side.

Fortunately, Eve, who soon discovered this, rescued her and asked her to bring the bathrobe not far away. Banshikova, who was amnesty, did so quickly. After carefully choosing a white bathrobe that I don't know if it fits, the man has already stepped into Mr. Chi.

This time without Ludmila to drive away, Marta was able to stay, waited for the man to enter the water and went over to test: "Boss, do you want a massage?"

Simon shook his head.

I never liked this tone, mainly because Simon was very resistant to being touched by people, even people he was familiar with.

Marta's words are not some obvious hints of pink. For this sentence, this girl has secretly learned formal massage techniques in private, which belongs to the kind that can really bring relaxation to people. Unexpectedly, obviously... … This preparation was in vain.

However, he was not discouraged, and before the other women spoke, he quickly said, "Do you want something to drink, boss? I'll prepare it?"

Simon habitually climbed on the rocks on both sides with his arms again, and heard the words: "Bring a pot of tea here, green tea."

Marta agreed quickly and got up from the pool.

Simon didn't forget the others either. He turned his head and glanced at Natalia and gestured: "Let Galina and Eva come to accompany me, and the others can go to rest."

Natalia was stunned for a moment when she heard the words, and then she came to her senses. She subconsciously agreed, and glanced at the man's arms that were full of a certain sense of strength when he looked at the muscular lines. bath.

The others left immediately, and Eve stayed until the end, placed a pair of slippers neatly by the pool, and said softly, "Boss, shall I come back later?"

"No, go to sleep."

Eve nodded, hesitated a little, but said nothing, got up and left.

This is his man.

Subconsciously, such a powerful man who takes her for granted like her savior, does everything for granted.

Natalia quickly re-entered the bath with her pair of daughters, and Marta then sent a pot of green tea in, but no one was there until Eve sent all the girls who had been waiting until late at night to rest. Come out of the hot spring bath.

The next day was still busy.

Return to downtown Rivney in the morning and participate in the Orleans consecutively

Three sessions of Dirk Corporation, Rivney Media and the newly formed Rivney Chemical Group.

In order to match Simon's schedule, the three teams had to gather the meeting place in an office building in the north of the city. From nine to twelve, three hours, one hour for each team, Simon finished a meeting without leaving, Another company's team came to the conference room.

For Aldek, in addition to the discussions on the expansion of business operations in the past few months, inspired by Simon, Sergey Komorov came up with the business idea of ​​a 'light industrial complex', taking Rivno Oblast as the In the base area, create a comprehensive light industry conglomerate organization involving clothing, furniture, food and other aspects.

This is a very large program.

In order to implement it, the current Aldeck company even had to streamline itself first, eliminating various industries unrelated to this plan and focusing on a series of core light industries.

The Aldek company meeting lasted for an hour, because of Sergei Komorov's idea, half an hour was devoted to discussing the feasibility of this plan.

Of course, the specific plan still needs to be formulated in detail, but Simon is quite optimistic about it. If Komorov can really create a blueprint for the plan, Simon doesn’t mind giving the entire Westeros system to Aldek. maximum support.

Ukraine in memory, because of the long-term turmoil that lasted for decades after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the population of more than 50 million in the early 1990s, in the end, lost a full 10 million, and, obviously, the lost population of 10 million, Absolutely the best quality workforce.

From Ukraine's standpoint, this is a huge waste.

That's why Simon came up with the idea of ​​building a 'European factory' in Ukraine.

In fact, if the situation in Ukraine can be stabilized and the economy develops like China's, Ukraine will definitely become the richest country in Europe with its superior agricultural resources and industrial base. It's a pity that a good hand will be a mess.

To be precise, no one cared about the deck at all, or the people who cared didn't have the full energy to step on the table.

All in all, Ukraine, which was enough to become a "mini Soviet Union" without burdens and no transfer payments, eventually became the largest settlement in Europe.

The world is like that.

Wonderful and ironic.

Simon can't change the status quo in Ukraine, and he has no idea of ​​changing, but he is more and more interested in creating a small economic miracle in a base area that belongs to the Westeros system in Rivno Oblast.

Moreover, speaking of this matter, the more chaotic the overall situation in Ukraine, the more convenient it is for Simon to operate in a corner.

After all, the stronger the region, the more control the Westeros system has over the country.

Simon is also not worried about getting out of control.

Compared with the power of the entire Westeros system, and even the U.S. government, which is bound to stand on the side of the Westeros system, not to mention a single Rovno state, even the entire Ukraine, is too small. If someone rebels, they want to suppress it. , hundreds of ways to do it easily.

Subsequent Rivni Media mainly discussed the topic of increasing the control of public opinion in Ukraine.

Alexander Ludayev is planning to buy several newspapers and a national TV station. Ukraine is relatively small, so a national TV station is naturally far from the size of the ABC TV network in the United States. Compared with, it is also incomparable and has value, so it also means that it does not cost much, and Simon naturally supports it.

The last Rivni Chemical Group, the topic is mainly about the further integration of the large fertilizer plant in Odessa, which has just recently been acquired. purpose of production.

The merger of Odessa Fertilizer Plant has been completed. After the integration, the total output of Rivni Chemical Group has exceeded 900,000 tons. The three types of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers are complete, and it is equivalent to the current Ukraine's 3 million tons of national fertilizer production. one third. It seems to be close to the target, but in fact, before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine's annual production was close to 7 million tons.

The 3 million tons is entirely the result of a sharp contraction.

With the recovery of agricultural production in Ukraine, fertilizer production will certainly continue to increase. Therefore, in order to control nearly half of the country's spending production, Rivni Chemical Group needs to have an annual output of at least 3 million tons in the future to meet the standard.

Another fact that Simon is gradually aware of as Rivney Chemical Group continues to expand, sounds a bit ironic.

As a European granary, at this stage Ukraine, the utilization rate of spending is pitifully low.

In fact, the most direct response is that in recent years Ukraine has halved its annual output of more than 50 million tons of grain compared to before the disintegration of the Soviet Union. In 1995, even if it continued to recover, Ukraine’s total grain output was still only 24.7 million tons, still not as good as ever. half the level.

At the core is the collapse of Ukraine's modern agricultural system.

This incident is reflected in the Rivni Chemical Group. As a result, with the continuous expansion of the Rivni Chemical Group, the annual output of 900,000 tons of Rivni Chemical after full-load operation at this stage is used throughout Ukraine. No.

That's right.

In all Ukraine, compared to the peak period before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, at this stage, the annual consumption of the whole country is less than 500,000 tons. Without spending, no matter how good Ukraine's land base is, it is obviously impossible to produce enough food.

At the same time, after continuous expansion, it is impossible for Rivni Chemical Group to occupy the meager fertilizer market in Ukraine after all.

So only export.

This is the most ironic point.

Before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Ukraine, as a European mass producer, was definitely the largest grain exporter in Europe.

Now, it has become the largest fertilizer exporter in Europe. Every year, more than 80% of the fertilizers are not used in their own countries, but are exported to earn foreign exchange. And, on the other hand, even as an exporting country, and the global consumption demand is very considerable, but because it is really broken and the fertilizer production in Ukraine is very scattered, it is naturally impossible to obtain too high prices from the two.

Fortunately, with the formation of Rivni Chemical Group, next, with this chemical group as the head, it will drive the integration of the Ukrainian fertilizer industry and gain considerable bargaining power externally.

Simon also took the initiative to help connect and contacted some US spending importers.

Before that, Ukraine's expenditure was naturally mainly exported to Europe, which is nearby. The United States was too far away and did not obtain it, nor did it look down on it.

As for the United States, which is also a big agricultural country, there is a huge demand for fertilizers. Moreover, even if the freight is added, after all, the cost of various aspects in Ukraine is really connected, and the cost of exporting here is still very competitive in terms of price.

With the opening of the US export channel, the next expansion of Rivney Chemical Group will also be smoother.

The main reason is that many Ukrainian consumer producers in Xiangrong are simply unable to make ends meet. Compared with the previous peak, the output of related consumer industries has plummeted. In fact, it means that countless Ukrainians who are engaged in related occupations have lost their jobs. Although the Nigerian Chemical Group's offer for the acquisition is very low, almost the same as Mingqiang, but now, the state of Ukraine is that as long as someone grabs it, it is a good thing. Moreover, compared to steel interviews, this aspect of the business is really uninteresting to those oligarchs, and it can be described as a complete buyer's market.