At this stage in Ukraine, in addition to the Rivne gang in the northwest controlled by the Westeros system and the Petrovsk gang that holds power in Kiev, another important political and economic force is the Donetsk gang based in Donetsk Oblast, an important industrial town in eastern Ukraine.

According to the information obtained by Simon, the assassination of Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko was behind the assassination of Yev Scherban, the leader of the Donetsk gang at this time.

As for the reason, it comes down to profit.

Unlike Western Ukraine, which is dominated by agriculture, East Ukraine concentrates most of the country's energy and industrial assets, especially Donetsk, where 90% of Ukraine's coal resources are stored. Together, Tymoshenko tried to carve up the steel and coal mining industries in the Donetsk region.

As a result, it suffered the fiercest backlash from the Donetsk gang.

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

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

After all, even in a small country like Ukraine, the assassination of the No. 2 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 to retaliate, and Yev Sherban was not as lucky as Lazarenko, and Sherban and his wife were beaten into a sieve by several professional killers together.

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

Not only are none of the top business oligarchs who have risen during this period too clean, even if they are middle and lower-class, many times in order to compete for a small business, a property, or even a department store, it may cause a fire. In order to prevent armed robberies that may occur at any time as much as possible, there are AK47 security guards hanging directly in the main commercial premises of large cities in many Eastern European countries.

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

It's like a wild era that has lost the shackles of rules.

In an upscale club north of Rivni that is not open to the public, Simon stands with a glass of red wine in front of a wall with a map of Ukraine, surrounded by Sergei Komorov, head of the Oldek company, Klim Derevyanko, president of UFMS, Andrei Smirnov, governor of Rivne Region, Alexander Lyudaev, head of Rivni Media, and others.

Raising his hand and taking a sip of red wine, Simon drew his other hand towards the location of Rivne Oblast, and said to the people beside him: "I know that you are becoming more and more dissatisfied with limiting your influence to Rivne Oblast, and you are more and more eager to expand outward, but this time you should also see that this is not an easy thing." The Petrovsk gang has political power in the country, and the Donetsk gang has inherited most of the industrial roots of the former Soviet era.

Simon said this, seeing that Delevyanko raised his eyebrows slightly at him, and said with a smile: "Yes, you have me." ”

Everyone chuckled.

Simon waited for a moment, but shook his head and said, "But I have to pour cold water on you, I have no interest in competing with those people for the assets you value, because I don't think that with such time and energy, I can find hundreds of investment opportunities in other parts of the world with better returns." ”

Thinking about the recent news about Simon's latest $1.3 trillion personal net worth, everyone in the reception hall is completely unable to refute it.

And everyone also understands that Simon's fundamental appeal to Rivne Oblast is actually only one point: the Ukrainian Front Military Service Company (UFMS), a private armed force that was launched by the Rwandan war two years ago and continues to be active, is the fundamental reason why this trillion-dollar young man is here.

Otherwise, as Simon just said, he simply does not look down on this dilapidated border state in the northwest of Ukraine.

And...... These are the people of them.

Simon Westeros doesn't look down on them, this is a fact, and another fact is that the biggest reliance of everyone on the scene is really this young man standing in the center of the crowd at this time, if there is no other party, everyone at the scene, or just an ordinary businessman who can only do a small business in a corner, or just a veteran who doesn't know where he will end up after retiring, or just a marginal politician who has been swept to the ground by a gust of wind and waves......

And now, they are the Rivnee gang that no one in the country can ignore.

Even if the political forces cannot be compared with the Petrovsk gang, and the economic strength is not as good as the Donetsk gang, but with the backing of the towering tree of the Westeros system, the Rivne gang, which has been silent and rapidly developing for various interests, 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 a trillion dollars?"

Everyone looked at each other again.

They really hadn't seriously considered this question, and in the face of Simon's question, even if they had some faint thoughts in their minds, they didn't dare to speak rashly.

Simon didn't wait for an answer, nor was he disappointed, and replied to himself: "Because I'm good at taking the road that others haven't taken, to develop industries that others haven't noticed, the most typical is the Internet, the word Internet, in fact, has appeared in the 70s, but it wasn't until twenty years later that the Internet began to explode, it is no exaggeration to say that the Westeros system single-handedly dominated the outbreak, Cisco, AOL, Igret, three companies, constitute the network equipment provider, At present, the combined market value of these three companies exceeds $1 trillion, compared to the fact that the national wealth is equivalent to five times the GDP, and the entire Ukraine is worth $200 billion. ”

Speaking of this, Simon glanced left and right at the expressions of the people around him, some were fascinated, some were surprised, some were thoughtful, smiled again, and continued: "I am not saying this to show you anything, but to show a way. The assets left over from the Soviet era, as well as the various mining resources of this country, may seem like very tasty pieces of fat, but the price to get your hands on is not small, and you may even lose your life, and once you set your sights on these things, you will spend most of your time in various battles in the future, which will hinder your progress. So, the question arises again, in addition to what those people are fighting for, what other precious treasures in Ukraine have not been noticed by Lazarenko?"

Another question.

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

Simon raised his hand and snapped his fingers: "That's right, the population, more than 50 million people, is definitely the most valuable and unappreciated wealth of Ukraine." ”

Saying this, Simon no longer looked at the reaction twice, but drew a false line towards the gray area around the map of Ukraine, and continued: "This has to start from the overall situation, on April 15, 1994, the World Trade Organization was established, which is an important time node, a node in the accelerated globalization of the world economy. One of the most obvious consequences of globalization is that capital will naturally flow to cheaper regions, such as China, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe. In comparison, Eastern Europe has the same cheap human resources, but it is not in the slightest competitive compared to Asia, and you should understand why. ”

Simon's surroundings, whether they really understood it or not, all smiled cooperatively again.

China's reform and opening up has been nearly 20 years, and Southeast Asia has always been the focus of Western countries to contain China, so the industrial foundation is relatively solid.

In fact, this is not impossible to catch up, the most critical point is that the current stage of Eastern Europe is too chaotic, not to mention Yugoslavia and other countries that are in civil war, even Russia or Ukraine, there are no suitable conditions for introducing foreign capital to develop the economy.

The business environment is too poor.

If it weren't for the super oligarchs of this level of the Westeros system, ordinary businessmen wanted to invest in these countries, from officials to gangsters, layer by layer, and in the end, not to mention whether the enterprise could be run or not, and whether people could leave safely was a problem.

Whenever Simon arrived, he habitually read the relevant newspapers.

Just before the afternoon reception, in addition to the news of Lazarenko's assassination, there was also a not-so-noticeable news in today's "Basic Counseling Daily" that a German businessman opened a flour mill in Kiev three years ago, and after the factory was built, it was coveted by the local gangsters who wanted to extort 30% of the shares.

The content of the news is that the Kyiv police announced that the case has been officially solved, and the relevant suspects have been brought to justice.

It's just that on the surface, it seems that justice has been served, but most overseas businessmen will probably cut off the idea of investing in some business in Ukraine when they see this news.

Simon quickly continued: "No matter what happens to other regions and counties in Ukraine, Rivne Oblast is different, since we have completely controlled this area, we should make the best use of it, compared to Asia, Ukraine has an absolute advantage in geography, in terms of raw materials, as the breadbasket of Europe, there is also no country that can compare with Ukraine, as long as Rivne Oblast provides enough opportunities, there is no need to expand outward at all, and human resources will naturally gather around us." With the rapid progress of globalization and the demographic advantage of Ukraine, we can fully build Rivne Oblast into a European factory, clothing, furniture, electronics, food, etc., can be involved, and all have the potential to do well. ”

Giving the surrounding people a time to digest again, Simon took a few sips of red wine, glanced at the crowd with their eyes quite moved, and continued: "And, once the plan is achieved, this matter will have another result, and that is that you will be supported by the public. Think about it, whether it is the Petrovsk gang or the Donetsk gang, they are dividing up the assets of the country and ignoring the life and death of the people, while the Rivne region can create countless jobs and allow countless people to live a rich and stable life, and when the time comes, it is self-evident who the public will support. All in all, as long as you follow this plan and succeed, for a maximum of ten years, this country will be yours. ”

Simon has never been a man who likes to talk too much. However, that doesn't mean Simon isn't good at oratory and demagoguery. At the end of the remarks, this remark containing the big picture and big ambition made everyone at the scene feel surging.

But, frankly, this is still just a big pie that Simon drew by playing on the topic.

As Simon initially said, if he wanted to make money, he would not have set his sights on the turbulent land of Ukraine at all, and there were too many better investment targets.

On the other hand, the idea of a 'European factory' was conceived by Simon very early on.

In the past two years, in addition to the most important UFMS, Simon has also been laying the foundation for this project, consciously or unconsciously. Now that the Rivne Oblast has been completely controlled by the Westeros system, and then, as Lazarenko's power expands and becomes a threat to the Kuchma family, the infighting of the Kiev authorities intensifies, and there will definitely be no time to care about the Rivne Oblast, so it will also be the best time for the Rivne Gang to expand rapidly.

Not only that, the Southeast Asian economic crisis that will begin next year will also slow down the flow of European and American capital to Asia, and after the economic crisis spreads to the world, the trend of Western real industries to move to lower-cost regions will intensify, which in turn provides the best external conditions for Simon's 'European Factory' plan.

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

As for the end, it can only be seen how far the Rivnor gang that Simon has raised can go.

If you succeed, everyone will be happy.

Failure, it doesn't matter the big picture.

Because of the lot of talk about the 'European Factory' plan, Simon didn't leave the club until 11 p.m. in the north of Rivni.

Didn't go to the villa in the south of the city.

The three Catherine girls over there were not in Ukraine, but went to Atlanta, USA to watch the Olympic Games, and followed Simon for two years.

Of course, Simon will not talk about coming to Ukraine in the near future.

After guessing that Simon would come in the morning, the girls at the hot spring manor were excited for a day, but as a result, someone didn't show up late at night, thinking that he probably wouldn't come, so when Simon arrived at the manor around the morning, most of them were already asleep.

Only Eve Bessonoskova is quietly waiting.

and Lyudmila, who gets a definite hint from her sister, Eve obviously has her own petty selfishness in this regard.

Seeing Simon enter 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 years old next year, and she originally wanted to become famous in one fell swoop with the Victoria's Secret show platform, but now, there is no chance.

Simon didn't tear Lyudmila off his body, hugged the girl's waist and greeted Eve, and looked at several other people, in addition to the maid next to Simon, there were two, because they had read the information in advance, they all recognized at a glance, one in name and one in fact two housekeepers of the hot spring manor. Natalia Banshikova and Marta Beknac.

Two women who are completely different in style.