Janet continued to flip through the documents in her hand and said, "Then, what do you think of the theme park that Tymoshenko wants to build in Kyiv?"

"It's just a ticket, and after all, it's only tens of millions of dollars a year," Simon shook his head casually, thought for a while, and said, "However, it may involve security issues, which is troublesome." ”

"Security concerns?"

"Yes, this is not an ordinary theme park after all, but a military theme park, the theme park in Rivne, I personally intervened in the formulation of safety regulations, very strict, to ensure the safety of visitors to the greatest extent, even if it is not a loss of fun in the park. It's hard to say on the Kyiv side, in case they fool around and there are tourist deaths and injuries, the theme park on the Rivne side will inevitably be implicated at that time. ”

Jenny nodded, "That's a problem." ”

"But maybe," Simon smiled and said, "Even if it is not as large as Universal Studios, according to Tymoshenko's vision, it is at least an investment of tens of millions of dollars, and frankly speaking, Tymoshenko's side can't come up with so much money now, so she can only borrow money from overseas." And if there are high-level changes in Ukraine in the next two years, such as Lazarenko being taken by Kuchma, the project will basically be unfinished. ”

Janet finished reading the documents in her hand, closed the folder and said: "I don't think so, even if Lazarenko loses power, after all, the military theme park in Rivne is very profitable, maybe there will be people who want to continue in the future, such as the Kuchma series." ”

Simon just shrugged his shoulders, but he didn't deny the possibility.

On the Ukrainian side, the rift and conflict between the Kuchma and Lazarenko lines is, in the final analysis, a conflict of interests.

The reason why the rift between the two sides has not spread to Rivne Oblast is that they are currently competing for heavy industrial assets with higher gold content in East Ukraine, mainly concentrated in Petrovsk Oblast, the old nest of the Petrovsk Gang, and later the famous Donetsk Oblast, not only because of its proximity to Russia, most of the heavy industry groups left over from the former Soviet Union are in East Ukraine, but also 90% of Ukraine's coal mining assets are also in the Donetsk region.

Due to various gas-related news later, the outside world always thinks that Ukraine is a country that lacks energy and minerals.

This is not the case.

The coal reserves of the Eastern Ukraine region, if well utilized, are enough for the whole of Ukraine to burn for a century.

This is still the proven coal reserves.

It's a pity that because of the long-term turmoil and chaos in the world and the involvement of the interests of all parties, the coal mining assets in the eastern Ukraine region have not been well utilized, but have to spend the original shabby to pitiful foreign exchange to import natural gas from Russia, so they are also constrained by Russia everywhere.

Looking at Xiwu again, the more and more prosperous Rivne region, although Simon also acquired a large number of local state-owned assets with Sergei Komorov's Ordeck Company as a shell, but at this stage, most of the industries in the Rivne region are, in the final analysis, the result of Simon's large amount of real money.

In addition, there is another special high-income group in the Rivne region, the UFMS private army, which is more than ten times more than the local ordinary residents.

Whether it is Simon's real money smashed down or the creation of a group of high-income people, it is not so easy to snatch, which is another important reason why Simon can quietly cultivate the power of the Westeros system in Rivne.

Janet put down the surveillance data she had just received about a series of events in Ukraine, and took a thick file box containing archival materials in brown paper.

Pick up a copy at random, the cover says 'Banshikov family', open the file bag, pull out the information, the first one is a girl, Galena Banshikova, 16 years old, just look at the ID photo in the upper right corner, this is a beautiful girl like a doll, chestnut hair, big eyes, delicate nose, small mouth, exactly to the liking of a certain guy.

So he shook the information in his hand at the man next to him: "This is what you plan to build, um, relatives?"

Simon didn't hide some of his thoughts from Janet.

Glancing at the file in Janet's hand, Simon nodded, noticing the name on the page, and added, "This one has been abandoned." ”

On weekdays, Janet is in charge of the family's intelligence network, and she knows certain things before Simon, so she pouted when she heard this, and said, "Don't think I don't know, you got that guy's wife and two daughters to the hot spring manor." ”

There is no answer to this.

Simon simply pretended not to hear, and still had the information about the Russian election in his hand.

Janet only took a symbolic taste, and her eyes fell back to the file in her hand, skipping the second information on Maxim Banshikov, who had cut off his future, and looked directly at the back.

Natalia Banshikova, 36 years old, can give birth to such a daughter, the mother's appearance is naturally not bad at all, the same ID photo, but equally attractive.

The last one, Eva Banshikova, 14 years old, is two years younger than her sister Galena, but she looks more immature on the ID photo, different from Gailina's height of 169CM on the data, probably because it has not been opened, Eva Banshikova is only 153CM small.

After reading it, Janet symbolically expressed her dissatisfaction twice, and suddenly asked: "Cousin, speaking of which, Simon, is our family also a relative to you?"

Simon didn't raise his head, and his tone didn't seem to hesitate: "No." ”

Even if the man didn't add much, Janet was already curling the corners of her mouth with a little satisfaction, of course not, if it wasn't for a guy who was so strong that even the old man couldn't resist it, this one next to him should be Simon Johnston, who was originally a family, where is a relative.

Leaning over and slamming on the man's body slightly, Janet continued to look through the file in her hand, and said after a while: "This time, the 14 families don't seem to be able to use much in the immediate family, but the collateral relatives can still be expanded." Simon, what are you going to do?"

Simon said: "Drop it casually, plug it wherever you need it, and take it down if it doesn't work or make a mistake." If you look more carefully, the elections in Ukraine in two years' time, the last time was not the right time, this time, it should be the congressman of the Rivne region, and I intend to take it as much as possible. ”

Janet thought for a moment and said: "The number of members of parliament in Ukraine is 450, a total of 25 oblasts, and Rivne Oblast can be divided into 18, which doesn't seem to be much, and our existing people can divide it all." ”

Unlike the Senate and House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress, the Ukrainian parliament adopts a unicameral system, and the election process is a special hybrid electoral system, which is roughly divided into two relatively equal parts of the 450 seats, one of which belongs to the constituencies of the country, and the other part is distributed by each participating party according to the proportion of votes.

As a result, the number of seats in each state is not as fair as in the United States, with strong states getting forty or fifty votes, and weak states perhaps only having single-digit seats.

With the current strength of the Rivne region, it was more than enough to win 20 seats in the 1998 general election.

Ukraine is now a presidential-parliamentary system, relatively speaking, of course, there is a parliamentary-presidential system, the difference between the two is actually very simple, whoever is in front, who has more power, for example, the former, the president can designate the prime minister, and the latter prime minister must be nominated by the parliament.

However, the parliament still has a deep influence on the country's political direction, especially at this stage, Leon Kuchma is still a leader who likes to play balance rather than authoritarianism, whether initiative or helplessness, which means that as long as there are enough seats in parliament, the Westeros system can maximize its influence in Ukraine.

Simon thought so, heard Janet's words, and smiled: "You can't do it too obviously, and just like Sergei and Kerim, they have too many things in their hands, but they don't have the energy to do anything Congressman." ”

Janet couldn't help but laugh: "Then you're going to let these little lovers of yours be congressmen, it's too messy." ”

Simon emphasized, "It's the parents of little lovers." ”

Janet raised her hand and slapped Simon on the shoulder.

Simon didn't think it either, and he said it was true: "In the next few years, Ukraine's economy will continue to decline, and at the same time, the internal political situation in this country will continue to be turbulent, and more eyes will only be on Kuchma, and not too many people will care who is in the parliament." ”

This is also a strange thing about Ukrainian politics.

In the original time and space, Akhmetov, the richest man in Ukraine, pushed all his drivers, bodyguards, dentists and other people around him to the position of congressman, and did not cause any backlash. After being successfully elected and winning a large number of seats in Parliament, many actors, producers and other main creators in a TV series in which the actor president once participated became members of Congress.

After gradually learning more about it, Simon no longer wants them to waste time on being a congressman for the more capable spokespeople on the Ukrainian side.

Just like Ivgenia's father, Vladimir Kolkoshko, Simon initially hoped that the other party would run for Congress, but as Vladimir showed corresponding ability at the top of the Rivne regional government, Simon gradually hoped that the other party could take root in his base and directly win the governorship in the future.

As for the number of deputies in those councillors, it is enough to send a group of obedient puppets over.

Janet read the 14 files in her hand one by one, and also marked them in a few places, looked up again, and found that Simon next to her was still looking through the information on the Russian election, temporarily put down the documents in her hand, and asked, "How is the Russian side?"

Simon said: "Yeltsin won steadily. ”

The two had already had some discussions about Russia, including a private contact with a certain gray bishop of the Smolny Palace in St. Petersburg, and Simon did not hide it from Janet. Therefore, Janet is already very familiar with Simon's business ideas in Russia, and she still can't help but say at this time: "Actually, I still think that for Russia, it is completely possible to adopt the same strategy as Ukraine." ”

Simon tilted his head against Janet's head and smiled, "Don't you think our goal is too obvious?"

"Uh-huh. ”

"So, if there is a lack of external targets, the authorities in Washington may turn their attention to us. In fact, this is also the reason why I quietly reached a tacit understanding with the Bush family, forget it this time, next time, it will definitely be better for the Bush family to take the position than Gore, because the Bush family's ruling genes have been determined, and they prefer to turn their attention abroad. ”

Janet smiled and added, "I also like to fight. ”

"Yes," Simon nodded and said, "Now the world's major economies, except for the United States, are not very good, and there may be another comprehensive decline next year." If Al Gore succeeds in the future and continues Clinton's strategy of 'the problem is economic', the US economy will continue to rise, and it is likely that it will reach an unprecedented height. All of this is what we need for the Bush family to change this momentum and even fundamentally weaken the federal power through war. ”

After hearing Simon, Janet suddenly leaned over a little more, and her face was pressed against Simon's face: "Simon, you always have to think about it so much, aren't you tired?"

"I'm not tired," Simon smiled and put his arm around Janet, "because of you." ”

Janet didn't bother with whether the 'YOU' in the man's words was singular or plural, and said, "Actually, I know that you have always hoped that the world could be a better place." ”

"Not necessarily. ”

"Huh?"

"There is such a parable," Simon still has a smile on his lips, "the hero who slays the dragon is elected king by the people, and then the hero on the throne begins to grow dragon scales. ”

Janet, of course, had heard the parable, and did get closer to her man, and whispered, "I'd rather you be a dragon than a hero." ”

Simon kissed Janet's smooth cheek and said, "I want the world to be a better place, but I only do what I can and never want to be a hero." Or, I was originally an evil dragon who broke into this world. ”

Janet can actually feel that the men around her always talk about certain things with some banter and ridicule, and even take the initiative to contribute to it and participate in it, but in fact, this man is a little sad about this in his heart, a kind of sadness that is extremely disappointed in the world.

Because of this disappointment, Simon has been putting himself higher in recent years.

Like, a few years ago, Simon felt that if he wanted to change the country, the world, he should start with the most basic education system, pay attention to primary education, and put it into action. Now, he's more focused on certain things that focus on the future of humanity as a whole, space migration, nuclear fusion, solar energy, and so on.

This kind of change is actually a worst-case plan.

When some of the worst-case scenarios that are almost impossible to escape arise, perhaps, these arrangements at this time can leave a ray of life for this race in this world.

That's all.