"The owner of a very large fashion group in Spain originally planned to visit Rivni in the next few days, and if the investment plan is finalized, it can bring at least 3,000 jobs to Rivni, but I didn't expect such a vicious incident to suddenly happen in Donetsk, and the boss hesitated, which is why Simon is angry. Victor, Simon means, we are just businessmen and don't want to get too involved in the politics of other countries, but as investors, since we have created enough benefits for the Ukrainian people, our interests should also be protected. ”

The evening banquet was held in an upscale hotel owned by the Aldeck company in the center of the city, and the long tables were flanked by the core of the Rivneau gang, and the only guest was Viktor Pinchuk, the president's son-in-law.

Viktor Pinchuk was arranged to sit with Celia Miller, and when he heard the explanation of this Westeros henchman, he was half convinced, but his face was extremely sincere: "We are sorry for this, Celia, the president has personally inquired about this incident, and I promise to give you an explanation in the short term." ”

"But the bad effects of this matter are already being formed. ”

Viktor Pinchuk shook his head and said: "No, it's different, it happened in Donetsk, it has nothing to do with Rivne, I believe that after careful communication, the Spanish entrepreneur will understand." Moreover, the president has always been very concerned about the Rivne region, and he also recognized that Andrei, Vladimir, Sergey, and Kerim jointly led the development of this region. ”

"In that case, we are very grateful for the trust of Mr. President. ”

Pinchuk added: "In fact, the president is also concerned about the resettlement community project that Mr. Westeros has invested in Rivni, which is the real sense of social responsibility of entrepreneurs, so the president also wants to take the time to come and see it in person and express his gratitude to the builders of the project." ”

The president's son-in-law's words raised his voice slightly, and everyone present was full of people who echoed and welcomed him.

Only one person was invited to the banquet tonight, and the assassination of Sherban was successfully brought over, and looking at the attitude of everyone at this time, Viktor Pinchuk was very satisfied with the results of this trip to Rivne, at least on the surface, Simon Westeros did not have any intention of changing sides. Then, unless the other side makes a substantial move, the alliance between the two sides remains strong.

The waiter brought the dish again, and after a short pause in the conversation, he tasted the charcoal-grilled sturgeon that had just been served, and Viktor Pinchuk continued: "In addition, Celia, the president is very disappointed with the lag and chaos in Donetsk in recent years, and if Mr. Westeros is interested in investing in Eastern Ukraine, Kiev can give all the conveniences." ”

Pinchuk's tone was sincere, but Celia, who had been involved in political circles for many years, immediately sensed the possible intentions of Kuchma's side, and the other party hoped that the Westeros system would help him suppress the Donetsk gang, which had quickly formed itself and confronted the Kiev authorities in recent years.

There are pros and cons to this.

The disadvantage is that if you really listen to Pinchuk's instigation, not only will this side be used as a gunman, but Donetsk will not be so easy to eat, otherwise Lazarenko and his family will not have hit a wall in Donetsk in recent years.

The benefits are also obvious.

Donetsk Oblast has more than 90% of Ukraine's coal resources, which is necessary for the western regions to expand their thermal power networks with Rivne as the core.

Then there is the heavy industry of the Donetsk region.

This is also the most solid part of Ukraine's inheritance from the former Soviet Union, if it can be eaten, and through transformation and integration to reactivate the potential of related steel, machinery, chemical and other industries, it may even become the 'Pittsburgh' of Europe in the future.

However, these can only be thought about.

Celia talked to her boss that the focus of the Westeros system in Ukraine will not change in the next five to ten years, and it will still be based on the Rivne region and the development of light industry.

Of course, taking advantage of this opportunity, the Donetsk gang has already taken the initiative to send representatives over, and Kiev has such an attitude that it happens to intervene in the coal resources of Donetsk, which are enough for the whole of Ukraine to burn for a century.

Thinking so, Celia was unwavering on the surface, interested in Pinchuk's suggestion, but did not make any substantive promises.

Viktor Pinchuk finally did not forget to talk about the 'Ukrainian Progressive Alliance Party' established by the Rivne Gang, on the one hand, on behalf of her own boss, Selia reiterated that she would not interfere too much in Ukraine's internal political issues, and on the other hand, she directly assured the core of the Rivne Gang present that the Progressive Alliance would only stand with the Kiev authorities. He also half-jokingly said that if it were not for the insistence of Mr. President on not building a party, the Rivne region would not have needed such trouble.

It's also interesting to say.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Leon Kuchma did not form or join any partisan organizations, so the Ukrainian president is one of the few non-partisan heads of state in the world.

The dinner was a joyous one.

In the villa on the shore of the lake in the south of the city, Celia and her assistant Emily Joplin stayed here last night, and the three girls in the villa who are getting more and more free only returned from Japan a few days ago, and at breakfast Balabala and Celia talked about their travels, and Eve Bessonoskova, who heard the news and came here quietly, sat at the table.

Celia felt the carefree in the tone of the three girls, and when Catherine's voice fell, she looked at Natalia Lyudaeva and smiled: "Nata, if I'm not mistaken, you're eighteen years old, aren't you?"

"yes," Natalia nodded, "it was last month." ”

The girl curled the corners of her mouth as she spoke, remembering that although she hadn't seen a man last month, she had received a birthday present from him.

Celia's tone was still gentle, and there was concern: "Then have you thought about going to college?"

Natalia blinked a little confusedly, and for a moment she didn't understand why Celia asked like this, but the girl quickly said, "I listen to Simon's arrangement. ”

"Simon doesn't have time to arrange this for you," Celia said, "Even if you are very satisfied with your current life, even if it continues like this, Simon's side is fine, but you also need to think about the future properly, you can't live like this for the rest of your life." ”

Future?!

The three girls were stunned, and then found that before they knew it, two years had passed.

It was definitely the happiest two years of their lives.

Therefore, when Celia mentioned it, the girls realized that time is really fast, Natalia is 18 years old, Ekaterina and Evgenia, adulthood is the past two years.

Actually, of course, I occasionally think about the future.

It's just that it's so beautiful now, and men don't have any dissatisfaction with them, in such a state, how can there be too much thought about the future?

Celia's words made the girls wake up.

Oh, yes.

After all, it can't be like this for a lifetime. But so what?

Seeing that the three chicks were no longer happy, Celia was very satisfied, and picked up the spoon and began to eat cereal.

Emily, the female assistant who has been with Celia for two years, listened to the conversation just now, and the corners of her mouth quietly hooked up an arc, and she understood her boss's voice very well: Why do you work hard, you little girls are so carefree together?

The atmosphere was silent for a moment, and Natalia spoke again, with a little expectation and apprehension: "Celia, that, when will Simon come to Ukraine next time?"

The girl's question came out, and Bessonoskova, who had been eating quietly, paused slightly, and couldn't help but glance at Celia.

Celia shrugged: "I don't know, but Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming up in North America, at least, the boss shouldn't have time to come here before next year." ”

There was a wave of loss at the table.

In fact, there is no restriction on girls going to North America now, but when they go there, they can't see Simon at all in many cases. After the experience of being called by Janet to her side after the last Atlanta Olympics, the girls didn't dare to take the initiative to find the door.

The more I thought about it, the more I was lost, and the sumptuous food on the table was not fragrant at all.

After breakfast, Celia said goodbye to the girls, and reminded Eve that she would go to the northern hot spring manor tonight, and was about to take Emily in the car to leave, when Eve Genia trotted over, looking like she was about to stop talking.

Celia motioned for Emily to get in the car first, and took the initiative to bring Eve aside.

"That's right," Eve followed Celia to the side of the road, and then said, "Celia, it's a festival soon, I'...... Our family has prepared some gifts, some good rough amber stones, I ...... Dad wants to send it to Mrs. on Thanksgiving, can you help me talk to Mrs. first?"

Celia raised her eyebrows slightly, and then understood.

The Wei family's maid guard team has always been personally managed by Janet, the hostess, that is to say, on the Ukrainian side, whether it is Eve or the housekeeper Marta Beknac on the hot spring manor, if there is anything, you can contact the Dumemont Manor.

The girl in front of her didn't ask Eve or Marta to help pass the word, but found her, obviously with her own careful thoughts.

Other girls on the Ukrainian side probably can't think of giving Janet holiday gifts, or even if someone thinks of it, they will inevitably feel that they are not qualified or Janet doesn't like it, and they will give up after thinking about it.

As a result, Ivgenia, who did not let other girls know about the quietly put into action, and even the Kolkoszko family, will definitely receive more attention from Janet.

The reason is simple.

In any case, the courtesy is not to blame.

Celia thought of this, and realized that perhaps a small topic she had just provoked at the dinner table did not actually have much effect. Even if the three girls really don't think about the future on weekdays, listening to Evgenia's words at this time, the family behind them will definitely think about it.

What's more, wake up at such a point, the next time the girls see Simon, mention that the man makes a casual arrangement, and they have a future.

Therefore, Celia found that this was not a melancholy for a few girls at all, but a help.

I'm really a good person!

A little depressed, Celia did not refuse Ivgenia's request, and agreed to help with this, which was regarded as making the Kolkuszko family owe herself a favor: "No problem, I will tell Madame there, by the way, do you need me to help send it over, I promise not to swallow it privately." ”

"No, no," Evgenia refused, reacted again, and hurriedly said: "Celia, of course, there is also your gift, I will give it to you tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow is not a holiday, you should want to go to North America on Thanksgiving, and you can visit my house then. ”

Evgenia was a little embarrassed, but nodded in agreement.

Leaving the villa in the south of the city, the meeting with the deputy governor of the Donetsk region, Viktor Yanukovych, in the morning went just as well.

The first is the political dimension.

Due to the industrial system and ethnic implications, the Donetsk gang has close ties to Russia.

If the United States and Russia re-engage in hostility after the millennium, it will be difficult for different forces in Ukraine to get together. Now it is different, the United States and Russia are in the honeymoon period, and the antagonism between East and West and Ukraine is far less serious than it was later, so there is no ideological barrier.

Secondly, the head of the assassination was killed, the Donetsk gang was greatly injured, this time in order to befriend the Westeros system, was ready to hemorrhage, as a result, the Westeros system only wanted to get involved in some coal mining business, in order to ensure the supply of thermal power fuel in the western states, did not touch the core heavy industry of eastern Ukraine, such as steel, machinery, etc., Yanukovych even felt that this requirement was not a requirement, and even hoped that the price here could be higher.

After all, if you want more, it means that the interests established by both sides will be more deeply involved.

All in all, it's clear that Simon Westeros has no intention of going deep into Eastern Ukraine.

This also disappointed the core of the Rivneau gang.

If Simon is willing, taking advantage of the turmoil of the Scherban assassination, the Westeros system can cooperate with Kuchma to clean up Lazarenko's line, and take the opportunity to expand into eastern Ukraine, when the time comes, even the President Kuchma group may no longer be able to compete with the Rivne gang.

After the meeting with Yanukovych, Celia, accompanied by several high-ranking officials of the Rivne Gang, began to help her boss 'patrol the mountains' and check the various properties of the Westeros system in Rivne. For most of the day, from the industrial area on the northern outskirts of Rivni to the resort and entertainment area, located 30 kilometers north of the city.

As expected, the number of overseas visitors to this entertainment base has decreased significantly since the onset of winter.

Fortunately, as the snow fell, the ski resort near the resort was officially opened, and the resort increased its opening to local tourists, it was finally able to continue.

Ukraine actually has the world's best ski resorts, but unfortunately, the location is located near the Carpathian Mountains in southwest Ukraine, compared to the fact that the city of Rivni is basically surrounded by plains, so the quality of the ski resorts near the hot spring resort can be imagined, but the lowest level of simple ski resorts built by relying on the hills with a drop of less than 100 meters, leisure and entertainment can be, and it cannot attract professional skiers at all.

In the afternoon, the group walked along the forest path next to the ski slope.

Andrei Wardmilka, the head of the spa resort, personally explained to Celia.

"Today is a working day, and it is inevitable that it will be deserted. In order to attract local tourists, we have opened a free weekend shuttle bus from the city to this side since the end of October, and the last few weekends have been very busy, with the ski resort almost full last week, the weekend performances of singing, magic, acrobatics and other performances are close to full, the hot spring baths are in short supply, and the casino is considerable, and the resort is generally able to maintain its balance of payments. ”

Celia has not been to the military theme park and the hunting grounds, and it is not surprising that in addition to the UFMS private army family, with the development of Rivni, there is another group of high-income people who have grown rapidly, and these people constitute a very considerable local consumer group for hot spring resorts.

However, Celia ignored the crux of the matter and turned to the head of the military theme park, Alexander Nagiev, and said: "How much has the number of overseas tourists decreased recently?"

When Alexander heard this question, his face showed a bitter expression: "The entire entertainment base is less than thirty percent compared to the previous quarter, and it is mainly concentrated in the resort. ”

Alexander didn't say anything about the situation of the military theme park, and Celia could imagine that after all, no one likes to experience cold planes and tanks in the cold winter weather, which is to be expected.

It's still a party in the evening, dedicated to Celia, and it's also a party for the Rivneau gang, who are very busy on weekdays.

Andrei Wardmirka and Alexander Nagiyev found Celia again at the party and talked a little more.

After more than half a year of operation and in-depth understanding of related industries, the two leaders gradually understood that the hot spring resort should be the core of this entertainment base, so the two of them invested all the surplus funds here in the expansion of the hot spring resort after obtaining Simon's consent, and the ultimate goal is to create a comprehensive small casino city on the basis of the hot spring resort, with the gaming industry as the core and diversified entertainment as the auxiliary.

The Principality of Monaco, which is famous for its gambling industry in Europe, is just over 2 square kilometers in size. This side is not comparable to Las Vegas and other casinos, but it is not difficult to surpass Monaco in terms of scale. Only by moving away from the resort model and developing into a 'casino', even a mini-casino, can this resort and entertainment base better make a name for itself on a global scale, attracting tourists from all over the world regardless of the season.

"In recent months, Alexander and I have visited Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Macau and Monaco and have come up with a development plan based on our specific environment. Celia, since Simonken is spending $200 million for a resettlement community, I think our project should have more commercial potential. If you have time tomorrow morning, can we talk?"

Celia shook her head and said, "I'm sorry, Andre, I have other arrangements tomorrow morning, if you want, you can directly give me the plan, and I will bring it to Simon." In fact, everyone can see the business status of several projects on the resort side, and Simon is very satisfied with the work of the two of you, but he doesn't want everyone to be too eager. ”

Andre nodded, hesitated slightly, but said, "The budget we made is about 200 million US dollars." However, as long as Simon agrees, and only needs to give us $100 million in start-up capital and the corresponding financing authorization, I believe that with the appeal of the Westeros system, there will definitely be other investors who will be willing to follow suit. ”

Alexander paid attention to Celia's expression and added in time: "The entire development plan will take about 5 years to complete, and the early investors will definitely occupy a larger share, so even if Simon only gives 100 million US dollars, the Westeros system can have absolute control." ”

Celia shook her head slightly: "Frankly, I think 200 million dollars is too much, the 200 million dollar resettlement community in the Rivni urban area is expected to accommodate at least 150,000 people, which is almost equivalent to building a new city, I can't imagine where you plan to spend these 200 million dollars." However, since you have faith, expect Simon to give an affirmative answer. ”