A meeting was held in the morning, and in the afternoon the high-level core of the entire Rivne region began to move quickly.

This is the main reason why Simon will bet more on Rivne.

Because of control.

Even if it does not reach the rooted-roots, but at this time Rivne, at this time Rivni, basically there is only one voice of the Westeros system, there is no nonsense, no disturbance, no confrontation, and if you want to promote the implementation of certain plans, you will naturally get twice the result with half the effort.

Simon actually refers to the rise of many countries.

Just like South Korea, like Argentina, and even in the early Soviet Union, many countries in modern times often have a prerequisite for rapid economic development, that is, a high degree of concentration of power. During the Park Chung-hee period in South Korea, the political strongman was in power for 18 years, and South Korea's GDP increased by 27 times, while also laying a solid foundation for South Korea's later development.

Of course, this precondition is only one condition.

Because there are many positive examples, and there are many negative examples, after all, if a train cannot turn and go down one road, it will either be heaven or hell.

Also on August 26, Alexander Lyudaev, the headquarters of Rivni Media and Entertainment in another part of the center of Rivni, personally presided over the opening ceremony of the company's national television station Basic Network in the morning.

There wasn't much of a battle.

Because everything is just beginning, Rivni Media has recently obtained a TV license from the Kiev authorities that can broadcast TV signals to the whole of Ukraine, and has the right to operate, but in order to truly cover the country, it still needs to invest a lot of manpower and material resources, such as establishing or contacting signal relay facilities, etc.

You must know that Ukraine's TV industry is basically at the level of the former Soviet Union at this time.

What level?

Speaking of televisions, at this time, the televisions in many residents' homes are still old models in the former Soviet Union, and it takes a minute or two to turn them on, and because the quality is very unstable, they often cause fires. Even so, TV sets are not just anyone can own, especially before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, because of the collapse of the economy, compared to the heyday of the former Soviet Union, more than 60% of households owned TV sets, at this time in Ukraine, the penetration rate of TV sets has been less than 50%.

In addition, television broadcasts in the regions of Ukraine are also in the era of analog signals.

In this case, one can imagine the state of the television industry in Ukraine.

This is also the reason why Rivni Media was able to obtain a national TV license relatively easily.

The TV industry has been depressed to the extreme, there is a lack of lobbying, and all kinds of oligarchs are naturally too lazy to compete, even if the Kiev authorities do not ignore the role of the TV network in controlling public opinion, but after all, the Rivnee gang is also on the side of Kuchma, so there is no reason to oppose it.

As a result, the Basic Network was successfully established.

The name Basic Network, which translates to 'Basic Network', also has a reason, and during the internal discussion, everyone preferred the name Basiv Network, because Alexander Lyudaev lived on the shores of the city's largest lake, Basiv Lake, in the southern part of the city.

Unlike the small man-made lake of less than a hectare adjacent to Simon's villa in the south of the city, BASF Lake is the largest lake in the Rivni region, with an area of nearly one square kilometer. In the last two years, the lake has been encircled by the wealthy and wealthy in Rivni, and estates have been developed along the perimeter of the lake, including Simon, and several additional properties have been carved out on the shores of BASF Lake.

When the name of the Basiv Network was reported to Simon and then called back, one of the letters changed and became the Basic Network.

Alexander Lyudaev didn't find out that the name Basic Network was indeed more appropriate than the original Basiv Network. Because it's ordinary enough, it's generic enough, and even, it's international enough. After all, it is not easy for the average person to understand the meaning of the word Basiv, but Basic is well known.

In the future, it may be able to go out and become an international television station, which is the least profitable, and it will be easier to expand to the entire Russian-speaking area.

After obtaining the license, the TV network was officially established, and the next step was to take various measures to open up the national signal, as well as the production and arrangement of TV programs.

The team of the Basic Television Network, which was personally headed by Alexander Lyudaev, lasted all day.

However, the business strategy of the TV network has been locked by someone in advance.

The basic cable network will touch as little as possible into the political sphere and focus on entertainment content such as television, movies, music, sports, etc.

That's right.

Simon never forgot about a certain 'pacifier plan'.

The Basic Network will be a pacifier that Simon has stuffed for Ukraine.

One of them.

Of course, this does not mean that the Basic Network will not be involved in politics, anyway, it is a private television station, and this TV network can broadcast relevant content 24 hours a day when necessary, but this kind of public opinion manipulation weapon will definitely not be used lightly unless it is absolutely necessary.

In terms of operation, the problem of TV broadcasting is relatively easy to solve, and what Ukraine lacks most now is high-quality TV content.

This is precisely the least problem for the Westeros system, after all, the basic TV network can be said to be backed by the entire Hollywood, plus, the current Ukraine is completely open to the West, there are not too many content review barriers, even Simon knows that a TV network cannot broadcast all foreign content, local programs are more important, but in the short term, the basic TV network is backed by the Westeros system, which is enough to defeat other Ukrainian competitors who are interested in entering the TV field in the same period.

After a busy day, after getting off work in the afternoon, Alexander Lyudaev again received an invitation from Sergei Komorov.

Only then did I know about the $200 million resettlement community development plan that had just been announced at the top level in the morning.

Alexander Lyudaev was also a little shocked when he heard the figure of 200 million US dollars, a certain young man really does not take money as money.

Rushed to an agreed restaurant on the commercial street in the center of the city, where Sergei Komorov, Vladimir Kolkoshko and others were present, and everyone continued to discuss the resettlement of the community while eating together.

According to Simon's plan and more details discussed in the morning, first of all, all the dormitory apartment projects under preparation in the various factories of the Westeros system in Rivni will be stopped, the last batch of projects under construction will be completed, and all dormitory apartments will be transferred to a real estate company under the Aldecker company for unified management.

The real estate company will also be responsible for the resettlement community program.

The specific development plan is that the two banks, Rivni Development Bank and Rivni Union Bank, will provide funds in the form of loans to Aldeck's real estate companies, and the completed resettlement communities will be rented out to the employees of the Westeros system in Rivni's related industries.

Although it was tentatively determined that the communities would use the 'tube buildings' promoted by Khrushchev during the former Soviet Union as the main template, Simon's request was that the relative specifications of the properties should be a little higher, at least including a separate kitchen and bathroom.

Such a standard is really a bit high.

Because even in the capital Kyiv, a large number of silos at this time are still in the stage of communal kitchens and toilets.

However, since someone said that they wanted to give the people who lived in it a sense of 'home' and let them be reluctant to leave after they stayed, they were just executors, and of course there was not much reason to object.

Anyway, it's the big boss who pays for it.

Of course, everyone also faintly felt something from the word 'home' emphasized by someone.

Despite its population of 50 million, Ukraine is still sparsely populated compared to its size, so land and houses are in some ways worthless. If you can't stay in a city, or if you find it too hard, it's easy to leave.

It's just that when the living conditions in a city are much better than those in a small town or country, it is not so easy to leave after getting used to it.

It's like this placement plan.

Simon's proposed building specifications with perfect kitchens and bathrooms are just a foundation, in addition to the most basic resettlement apartments, it is also called around the construction of schools, hospitals, supermarkets, cinemas, parks and other infrastructure, which can really allow the people who live in them to settle down during the period. All in all, this is quite a comfortable and advanced modern community.

Of course, although it is a resettlement community, it may not sound so high-end, but it is definitely not everyone who can apply for rent.

These settlements are only available to employees who work in Westeros related properties, and if you are not a member of the bureau, you are not even eligible to rent. Moreover, once you leave your job or are fired, you will naturally lose this rental qualification. And the Westeros system in all the industries of Rivni, stupid, lazy, restless people, certainly do not want it.

Because Simon had no intention of making money from these projects anytime soon, anyone who could live in them, at least ostensibly, was receiving subsidies from the Westeros system.

As for the deeper level.

If you want to raise a better quality flock, you must provide a more comfortable place to live, after all, you must also give the sheep some hope, and there are all kinds of radish greens hanging in front of you, so you can't help the sheep not run hard. At least, if you want to maintain this kind of life, let alone be lazy, if you just want to run 8 hours a day, you are doomed to be eliminated.

It is always said that Westerners are absolutely unwilling to give anything outside of 8 hours, and Simon's plan is to change this state.

All in all, how much you invest now, it will be the flock that will earn you back in the future.

After the meal, they went to the cabaret entertainment, which is also an industry of the Westeros system, and continued to discuss these issues, the core of the Rivno gang could not understand Simon's deepest considerations after all, but for the future of Rivni, for the future of Rivne, for the future of the Rivne, through this plan, everyone is full of confidence.

Then, after less than half an hour of entertainment in the box, everyone received a document.

A magazine from North America, to be exact.

Forbes.

On the same day, August 26, the 1996 Forbes 400 richest list in the United States was released.

Seeing the wealth figures attached to the name of the top of a certain list on the copy of the magazine, the Rivno Gang couldn't help but feel a little unreal.

1.5 Trillion。

$1.5 trillion!

Obviously, compared to the $700 billion figure on last year's list, $1.5 trillion has not only more than doubled in just one year, but Simon is also clearly the first super-rich person who can use the volume of 'Trillion' to describe his personal wealth under the premise of dollar counting units.

1.5 trillion US dollars, what is this concept, even according to the forecast of the GDP volume of the world in 1996, Simon's personal wealth is enough to rank in the top five among more than 200 countries in the world, second only to France's GDP volume of about 1.6 trillion, which happens to rank fifth.

At the same time, such a wealth figure is like a huge mountain pressing on these people of the Rivne Gang.

After all, the estimated GDP of 45 billion US dollars in 1996 in the whole of Ukraine is only equivalent to a mere 3% of Simon's personal wealth, so when I saw this latest wealth list, all the cores of the Rivne gang suddenly did not have much emotion about the 200 million US dollars investment plan that I just got today.

A drop in the ocean.

That's a drop in the bucket!

When the Rivnor Gang executives lamented the latest Forbes 400 list of the richest people in the United States, the whole world was basically like this.

First of all, the United States.

Forbes, after all, is an American magazine.

This morning, local time, a new issue of Forbes magazine was released, and at the same time, the new annual Forbes 400 rich list was announced at the same time in the print media and on the official website of Forbes.

$1.5 trillion.

Such a figure, as anyone with a little sharper knows, is obviously only a relatively general statistic.

And, to a large extent, it's clearly deliberate as well.

On the contrary, the more general the number, the more vague it will be, and subconsciously feel that it is just a number.

It's just that, how can this be just a number?!

Not to mention the growing size of the entire Westeros system, just as the core of this terrifying business system, Simon Westeros's wealth alone is already equivalent to a large 'economy' ranked fifth in the world, and 1.5 trillion US dollars, not to mention last year, is only predicted to be 8.07 trillion US dollars in GDP this year, even if the two figures are two concepts that are quite different, but one person has 18.6% of the GDP of the strongest country on the planet The proportional wealth figures are already close to two layers, which is a little too terrifying.

After all, modern society has long been out of the primitive period of profiteering, whoever owns a knife and gun is the boss, and the status of businessmen is low.

The current situation is that whoever has more money has power.