Hollywood Hunter

Chapter 58.

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In addition to the Rovno gang, which is controlled by the Westeros system in the northwest, and the Petrovsk gang, which holds power in Kiev, another important political and economic force in Ukraine is the Donetsk gang, which is based in the Donetsk region, the industrial capital of Eastern Ukraine.

According to Simon's information, the assassination of Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko is behind the assassination of the head of the Donetsk gang, Yevhen Serban, at this time.

As for the reason, it boils down to profit.

Unlike the agriculture-based West Ukraine, East Ukraine concentrates most of the country's energy and industrial assets, especially in Donetsk, where 90% of Ukraine's coal resources are stored. Naturally, the politician will not restrain himself any longer and together with his partner Yulia Tymoshenko is trying to divide up the steel and coal mining industries in the Donetsk region.

The result was met with the fiercest backlash from the Donetsk gang.

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

As a later date, Simon actually knows the follow-up.

After all, even in a small country like Ukraine, the assassination of the number two man is bound to attract international attention.

After this incident, around the end of the same year, the Lazarenko line chose to return the favor, Yev Shelban was not as lucky as Lazarenko, and together the Shelban couple were beaten to death by several professional killers.

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

It's not just that none of the top business oligarchs that rose to prominence during this period had too clean a bottom, even in the lower-middle classes, and in many cases a fight over a small business, a property, or even a department store could start a firestorm. In order to discourage as much as possible the possibility of an armed robbery at any moment, many of the major commercial establishments in the major Eastern European countries have security guards with AK47s clearly and directly attached.

Whether it was actually a security guard or a gangster, no one could tell.

As if it were a barbaric age that had lost the constraints of rules.

In an upscale club north of Rivne that is closed to the public, Simon stood with a glass of wine in front of a wall with a map of Ukraine, surrounded by Sergei Komorov, the head of Aldec, Klim Deryvienko, the president of UFMS, and Andrei Smirnov, the governor of Rivne, and Alexander Lyudayev, the head of Rivne Media.

Raising his hand to sip his red wine, Simon dashed his other hand towards where Rovno Oblast was, and said to those around him, "I know you've become increasingly dissatisfied with limiting your power to Rovno Oblast, and increasingly want to expand outwards, but as you should have seen this time, it's not an easy task. The Petrovsk gang holds the political power in this country, the Donetsk gang has inherited most of the industrial roots of the former Soviet era, and in comparison, think of yourselves, what do you have?"

Simon said so, and saw Jerevyanko raise an eyebrow at him and smile, "Yeah, you have me."

Everyone laughed softly.

Simon waited a moment, but shook his head and said, "But I have to throw cold water on you, I'm not at all interested in fighting head to head with those people for the assets you value, because I don't, and with that kind of time and energy, I could find hundreds of investment opportunities in other parts of the world with much more lucrative returns."

Considering the recent news about Simon's latest personal fortune of $1.3 trillion, everyone in the cocktail lobby was completely at a loss to refute it.

And everyone understands that the core of Simon's fundamental claim to the Rivne region is really only one thing: the Ukrainian Front Military Services (UFMS), the private arm that was initiated by the war in Rwanda two years ago and continues to remain active, is the fundamental reason why the trillion-dollar young man would be here.

Otherwise, as Simon just said, he simply doesn't see this shabby border state in northwest Ukraine.

And ...... them these people.

Simon Westeros doesn't like them, that's a fact, and another fact is that all the people on the scene, the biggest dependence is really the young man standing in the center of the crowd, if not for each other, the crowd, or just an ordinary businessman in the middle of nowhere who can only do a little business, or just a retired soldier who doesn't know where he will end up, or just A fringe politician who was toppled over in a storm above ......

Now, however, they are the Rovno gang that no power in this country can ignore.

Even though its political power is not comparable to that of the Petrovsk gang and its economic power is not as strong as that of the Donetsk gang, who can be sure how far the Rovno gang, which has been growing silently and rapidly with the support of the Westeros system, will go in the future while other powers are fighting for their interests?

In the cocktail lobby, Simon finished splashing cold water, took another sip of red wine, surveyed the map of Ukraine in front of him, and suddenly asked, "Do you know how I can have a fortune of over a trillion dollars?"

Again, we all looked at each other.

It was a question they hadn't really given serious thought to, and they didn't dare take the liberty of opening their mouths in the face of Simon's question, even though there were some thoughts hidden in the back of their minds.

Simon didn't wait for an answer, and wasn't disappointed, and answered: "Because I'm good at going where no one else has gone before, and pioneering industries that no one else has noticed, most notably the Internet, a term that actually existed in the 1970s, but didn't start to explode until twenty years later, and it's no exaggeration to say that the Westerosi system single-handedly led that explosion," he said. Cisco, America Online, and Ygritte, three companies, forming an entire industry chain of network equipment providers, network service providers, and network content providers, now, just these three companies, the combined market capitalization is more than $1 trillion, compared to the entire Ukraine is only worth $200 billion, based on the national wealth equivalent to five times the GDP."

At this point, Simon scanned the expressions of the people around him left and right, some were enthralled, some were surprised, some were thoughtful, smiled again, and continued, "I am not saying this to show off anything to you, but to point out a path. The assets left over from the Soviet era, as well as the various mining resources of this country, seem to be a piece of very tasty fat meat, but to get your hands on it, the price is not small at all, and you may even lose your lives, and once you set your sights on these things, you will have to spend most of your time in the future on all kinds of dumping and fighting, which will hinder your progress. So, the question arises again, besides those that those people are fighting over, what other precious riches of the Ukraine do you tell me that have not been noticed by Lazarenko and his men?"

Another question.

This time there was no silence 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, over 50 million people, is definitely the most valuable and under-appreciated asset of Ukraine."

So saying, Simon stopped looking twice at the reaction and instead dashed towards the grey area around the map of Ukraine and continued, "It starts again with the big picture, on April 15, 1994, the World Trade Organization was established, a significant point in time, a point of accelerated globalization of the world economy. One of the most obvious results of globalization is the natural flow of capital to cheaper regions, such as China, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe. By comparison, Eastern Europe has similarly cheap human resources, but is not the least bit competitive with Asia, and as to why, you should understand."

All around Simon, whether he really understood or not, again matched the accusatory smile.

It had been nearly two decades since China's opening up, and Southeast Asia, which had been the focus of the West's efforts to contain China, had a relatively solid industrial base.

This is not actually impossible to catch up, the most critical point is still, at this stage of Eastern Europe is too chaotic, not to mention the ongoing civil war in Yugoslavia and other countries, even Russia or Ukraine, there is simply no suitable conditions to introduce foreign investment to develop the economy.

The business environment is just too bad.

If it wasn't for the super oligarchs at the level of the Westeros system, ordinary businessmen who want to invest in these countries, from officials to gangsters, layer after layer of skin down, not to mention whether the enterprise can do it or not, whether people can leave safely is a problem.

Simon arrived at a place to get used to reading the relevant newspapers.

A German businessman opened a flour mill in Kiev three years ago, and after the factory was built, it was coveted by the mob in the area, who wanted to extort 30% of the shares.

The news story is that the Kiev police announced that the case was officially solved and the suspects involved were brought to justice.

Only, on the surface it seems that justice was served, but most overseas businessmen reading the news would probably have cut off the idea of investing in some business in Ukraine.

Simon quickly continued: "Regardless of the other states and counties of Ukraine, Rovno State is different, since we have full control of this area, we should make the most of it, compared to Asia, Ukraine has an absolute advantage in terms of geography, raw materials, as a European granary, also no country can be compared to Ukraine, as long as Rovno State provides There are enough opportunities to expand outward at all, and human resources will naturally gather around us. With the globalization that is rapidly advancing, and taking advantage of Ukraine's population, we could turn Rovno Oblast into a European factory, with the potential to get involved in clothing, furniture, electronics, food, etc., and do well."

Again giving the crowd around him time to digest, Simon sipped a few sips of red wine, took aim at the crowd who all looked quite impressed, and continued, "And once the plan is in place, there's another result that will come out of this, and that's the public support you'll get. Think about it, whether it's the Petrovsk gang or the Donetsk gang, they are all dividing up the country's assets and ignoring the people's lives, while the Rivne region can create countless jobs and allow countless people to live a prosperous and stable life, when the time comes, it goes without saying who the public will support. In short, if you follow this plan and succeed, this state will be yours for ten years at the most."

Simon has never been one to talk too much. However, that didn't mean that Simon wasn't good at oratory and agitation. The end of the speech, a speech that contained a big picture and ambition, left everyone in the room feeling emotional.

But, frankly, it was still just a big pie Simon was drawing on to make a point.

As Simon said at the beginning, if he wanted to make money, he wouldn't even be interested in the volatile Ukraine, there are too many better investment targets.

On the other hand, the idea of a 'European factory' had been in his mind for a long time.

Over the past two years, in addition to the top priority of UFMS, Simon has also been intentionally or unintentionally laying the foundation for this plan. Now that Rovno was completely in the hands of the Westeros system, the next best time for the rapid expansion of the Rovno gang would be as Lazarenko's power swelled to become a threat to the Kuchma line and the internal strife between the Kiev authorities intensified, there would definitely be no time to worry about the Rovno side.

Moreover, the economic crisis in Southeast Asia starting next year will also slow down the flow of capital from Europe and the US to Asia, while the global economic crisis will intensify the shift of Western industries to lower-cost regions, providing the best external conditions for Simon's 'European factory' plan.

Both internal and external, the next step was execution.

In the end, it remains to be seen how far the Rovno gang Simon has nurtured will go.

Success, everybody's happy.

Failure, no big deal.

Because of a lot of discussions about the 'European Factory' plan, Simon didn't leave the club in the north of Rivne City until 11:00 at night.

It wasn't close enough to go to the villa south of the city.

There Ekaterina three girls are not in Ukraine, but went to the United States Atlanta to see the Olympic Games, with Simon for two years, for the three gradually growing girl, Simon's restrictions are also less and less, the other day and Simon mentioned, casually agreed to.

Of course, Simon wouldn't have mentioned that he would be coming to Ukraine recently.

After a day of excitement in the morning based on indications that Simon would be coming over, the girls at Spa Manor ended up waiting until late at night when someone didn't show up, thinking he probably wouldn't come over, so when Simon arrived at the Manor around midnight, most of them were already asleep.

Only Eve Bessonoskova was still quietly waiting.

As well as Lyudmila, who was getting definite hints from her sister, Eve apparently had her own little personal agenda in this regard.

When she saw Simon enter, Lyudmila jumped right into Simon's arms, hanging onto the man like a sloth, and couldn't wait to complain about Simon's suspension of the Vimeo show, which she'll be 18 next year and was hoping to make a name for herself with, now, no chance.

Simon didn't pull the rascally Lyudmila off of him either, greeting Eve with an arm around the girl's small waist and looking at the others, except for the waitress at Simon's side, and two others, both instantly recognizable because they had read the file in advance, one nominally and one actually the two spa manor housekeepers. Natalia Benshikova and Marta Becknets.

Two women who were completely different in style.