Hollywood Hunter

Chapter 800.

"The owner of a very large Spanish fashion group had planned to visit Rivne in the last few days, and if the investment plan was finalized, it could bring at least 3,000 jobs to Rivne, but I didn't expect that such a vicious incident would suddenly happen over in Donetsk, and that owner hesitated, which is why Simon was angry. Viktor, what Simon means is that we are just businessmen and don't want to get too involved in other countries' politics, but as investors, since we have created enough well-being for the Ukrainian people, our interests should be protected."

The evening banquet was arranged in an upscale hotel owned by the downtown Oldaker Company, with long tables flanked by the nucleus of the Rovno gang, and the only guest was the president's son-in-law, Victor Pinchuk.

Viktor Pinchuk was seated with Celia Miller and heard the Westeros heartthrob's explanation, half-hearted inside, but incredibly sincere on his face: "We're sorry about that, Celia, the President has personally interrogated this incident and I promise you that we'll have an explanation in short order."

"But the ill-effects of this incident have been established."

Viktor Pinchuk shook his head, "No, it's not the same, it happened in Donetsk, it has nothing to do with Rovno, and I'm sure that after serious communication, that Spanish entrepreneur will understand. Moreover, the President has been very interested in Rovno oblast, and is quite impressed by the fact that Andrei, Vladimir, Sergei, Klim and the others are jointly leading the development of this region."

"In that case, we are very grateful for Mr. President's confidence."

Pinchuk added: "In fact, the president is also concerned about the resettlement community project that Mr. Westeros has invested in in Rivne, which is the true social responsibility of an entrepreneur, so the president also wanted to take the time to come and see for himself and thank the builders of the project."

The president's son-in-law's words raised his voice slightly, and the people in the audience, all of whom were human beings, echoed the welcome.

With only himself invited to the banquet tonight, the Sherban assassination brought through smoothly, and the attitude of the crowd at this point, Victor Pinchuk was very pleased with the outcome of the Rovno trip, and, at least on the surface, Simon Westeros had no intention of changing sides. Next, unless the other side made a substantial move, the alliance between the two sides remained strong.

The waiter brought the dishes again, and the conversation paused briefly to taste the charcoal-grilled sturgeon that had just been served, and Viktor Pinchuk continued, "Also, Celia, the President is very disappointed with the lag and chaos of recent years in Donetsk, and if Mr. Westeros is interested in investing in Donau, Kiev can give every facility."

Pinchuk spoke sincerely, but Celia, who had been involved in politics for many years, immediately sensed Kuchma's possible intentions, hoping that the Westerosi system would help him suppress the Donetsk gang, which in recent years has quickly become its own family and is at odds with the Kiev authorities.

There are pros and cons to this matter.

The downside is that if you really listen to Pinchuk's prodding, not only is this side being pawned, but Donetsk is not so easily eaten, otherwise the Lazarenko line wouldn't have been in Donetsk for the last few years.

The benefits are also obvious.

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

Another is the heavy industry of the Donetsk region.

This is also the Ukraine inherited from the former Soviet Union's most substantial share of the family, if it can be eaten, and through transformation and integration to rekindle the potential of the relevant steel, machinery, chemical and other industries, in the future may even become the 'Pittsburgh' of Europe.

But these can only be thought about.

Celia has talked to her own boss, and the focus of the Westeros system's operations in Ukraine will remain the same for the next five to ten years, still focusing on the Rovno region and the development of light industry.

Of course, taking advantage of this opportunity, the Donetsk gang had already taken the initiative to send representatives over, and Kiev had taken such an attitude again.

So much for Celia's apparently immobile and interested look at Pinchuk's suggestion, but she gave no real promise.

Viktor Pinchuk ended by talking about the "Progressive Union of Ukraine" party, which was founded by the Rivne clan. On the one hand, Celia reiterated on behalf of her boss that she would not interfere too much in the internal politics of Ukraine, but on the other hand, she directly assured the core of the Rivne clan that the Progressive Union would only stand with the Kiev authorities. She also half-joked that if the President hadn't insisted on not creating a party, the Rivne would not have had to go through all this trouble.

Interesting to say the least.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Leon Kuchma did not form or join any more party organizations, making the Ukrainian president a rare non-partisan head of state in the world.

The dinner party ended happily.

In the villa on the south side of the lake, Celia and her assistant Emily Joplin stayed here last night, and the three girls in the villa, who are increasingly free, returned from Japan a few days ago.

Celia felt the carefree tone of the three girls' voices, and when Ekaterina's voice trailed off, she looked to Natalia Lyudayeva and smiled, "Nat, if I remember correctly, you've turned eighteen, haven't you?"

"Yeah," nodded Natalia, "that was last month."

The girl said and curled her lips, remembering that she had received a birthday gift from some guy last month even though she hadn't seen him.

Celia's tone was still gentle and concerned, "So have you thought about going to college?"

Natalia blinked slightly confused, not understanding for a moment why Celia had asked, but the girl quickly said, "I'll listen to Simon's arrangements."

"Simon doesn't have time to help you arrange this," Celia said, "Even if you're happy with your life now, even if it stays like this, which is fine on Simon's side, you need to think properly about the future, you can't live like this for the rest of your lives after all. "

The future?

The three girls were all startled, and then realized that unknowingly, two years had already passed.

It was definitely the happiest and carefree two years of their lives.

So when Celia mentioned it, the girls realized that time really flew, Natalia was 18, and Ekaterina and Evgenia, adulthood was just a year or two.

Actually, bar, of course occasionally they have considered the future.

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

It took a comment from Celia to wake the girls up.

Yup.

It can't be like this forever after all. But, what then?

Seeing that the three little birds were no longer excited, Celia was very satisfied, twirled her spoon and began to eat the porridge.

Emily, who had been with Celia for two years and had listened to the conversation, quietly curved her lips and understood her boss's voice: "Why do you have to work so hard for yourselves, but you girls are so carefree together?

After a moment of silence, Natalia spoke again, with a bit of anticipation and apprehension, "Celia, so, when is Simon coming to Ukraine next?"

When the girl's question was voiced, Besonoskova, who had been eating quietly, paused her movements a little and couldn't help but look at Celia.

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

There was a flutter of lost emotions all over the dining table.

In fact, the girls had no restrictions on even going to North America now, except that, when they went over there, they often times couldn't see Simon at all. After the experience of being summoned to Janet's side to admonish and discipline her after the last Atlanta Olympics, the girls are even more afraid to come to the door.

The more they thought about it, the more lost they became, and the plentiful food on the table didn't smell good at all.

After breakfast, Celia said goodbye to the girls, and reminded Eve that she would go to the northern spa manor tonight, and was about to take Emily to the car to leave, Evgenia trotted over, and stopped talking.

Celia motioned for Emily to get in the car first and offered to take Eve aside.

"It's like this," Eve followed Celia to the side of the tunnel, which said, "Celia, it's the holidays soon, and I ...... prepared some gifts for our family, some very nice raw amber stones, and I ...... Dad would like to send it to Madame for Thanksgiving, will you help me speak to her first?"

Celia raised her eyebrows slightly, then understood.

The team of the Vikings' maids' guards had always been personally managed by Janet, the mistress of the house, which meant that on the Ukrainian side, both Eve and Marta Becknatz, the housekeeper of the spa manor over there, could contact the Dume Point Manor side if they had something to do.

The girl in front of her didn't ask Eve or Marta to help pass on the message, but instead approached her, obviously having her own little mind.

The other girls in the Ukraine probably would not think of giving Janet a holiday gift, or even if someone did, they would inevitably think that they are not qualified or Janet does not look good enough, and then give up after a second thought.

So, not letting the other girls know that Evgenia, who quietly put it into action, and even the Kolkoško family, could certainly get more attention from Janet.

The reasoning was simple.

In any case, it's no wonder that the gifts are many.

Celia thought about all of this and realized that perhaps a certain small talk she had just started at the table hadn't actually had much effect. Even if the three girls really hadn't thought about the future in their day-to-day lives, listening to Evgenia's words at this point, the family behind their curtain would definitely have something to think about.

What's more, with such a little wake-up call, the next time the girls saw Simon, a mention, and a casual arrangement from the man, they would all have a future.

Thus, Celia found that it wasn't planting the blues for a few girls at all, but helping.

You sure are a good person yourself!

Somewhat depressed, Celia, however, did not refuse Evgenia's request and agreed to do this favor as a way to make the Kolkoško family owe themselves a favor: "No problem, I'll tell Madame's side, by the way, do you need my help to send it over, I promise not to take it for personal use."

"No, no," Evgenia refused, and then reacted, even as she said, "Celia, of course there's your gift too, I'll give it to you tomorrow."

"Tomorrow isn't a holiday, you're supposed to want to go to North America for Thanksgiving, so you can come visit my house then."

Evgenia was poked and prodded, a little embarrassed, but nodded her head and agreed.

Leaving the villa in the south of the city, the morning's meeting with Donetsk Deputy Governor Viktor Yanukovych went equally well.

First, there was the political aspect.

The Donetsk gang is very close to Russia due to the industrial system and the ethnic aspect of their involvement.

If it had been after the millennium, the US and Russia would have renewed their bad blood, and even the different forces in Ukraine would have found it difficult to get together. Now it is different, the US and Russia are in the honeymoon period and the antagonism between East and West Ukraine is far less severe than later, so there is no consciousness level barrier.

Secondly, the head of the assassination of the Donetsk gang was greatly wounded, in order to make good friends with the Westeros system, would have been ready to bleed, the result of the Westeros system side only want to get involved in some coal mining business, in order to ensure that the western states of thermal power fuel supply, without touching the East Ukraine steel, machinery and other core heavy industry intentions, Yanukovych even think that this demand is simply not much to ask, and even hope that the price can be higher.

After all, asking for more would also mean that the interests established by both sides would be more deeply involved.

All in all, things were clear that Simon Westeros had no intention of going deeper into East U.

This was also quite disappointing to a core of the Rovno gang.

If Simon was willing, taking advantage of this storm over the Sherban assassination, the Westeros system could have cooperated with Kuchma to clean up the Lazarenko line and take the opportunity to expand into East U. By then, even President Kuchma's group might find it difficult to compete with the Rovno gang.

After the meeting with Yanukovych, Celia, accompanied by several senior executives of the Rovno gang, began to help her own boss to 'patrol the mountains' and check out the various properties of the Westeros system in Rovno. Most of the day went from the industrial area on the northern outskirts of Rivne all the way to the resort and entertainment area located thirty kilometers north of the city.

As expected, the number of overseas visitors to this recreation base had decreased significantly after the winter.

The good news is that with the fall of the snow, the opening of the ski slopes near the resort, and the increased opening of the resort to local visitors, it has been possible to maintain this level of activity.

Ukraine actually has the world's best quality ski resorts, but unfortunately, the location is located in southwestern Ukraine near the Carpathian Mountains, compared to the city of Rivne around the basic are plains, so the quality of ski resorts located near the hot springs resort can be imagined, just rely on less than a hundred meters of hills to create the lowest level of simple ski slopes, recreation can be, simply can not attract professional ski enthusiasts.

In the afternoon, a group of people strolled on the forest path next to the ski run.

The head of the spa resort, Andrei Vodmirka, was personally giving Celia a tour.

"It's a working day, so it's inevitably quiet. In order to attract local tourists, we started a free weekend shuttle from the city to here at the end of October, and the last few weekends have been very busy, with the ski slopes almost packed last week, the attendance of all kinds of cabaret, magic, acrobatics and other shows on weekends close to full, the hot springs baths in short supply, the casino is also substantial, and overall the resort is able to break even."

Celia hadn't been to either side of the military theme park or the hunting grounds, and it wasn't surprising to hear from Vodmirka that in addition to the UFMS private military families, there was another group of high income earners that had grown rapidly with the development of Rivne, and these people made up a very substantial local consumer group for the spa resort.

However, Celia doesn't ignore the crux of the matter and turns to the head of the military theme park, Alexander Nagyev: "How much has the number of overseas visitors decreased recently?"

Alexander had a bitter look on his face when he heard the question, "The entire entertainment base, if you will, is less than thirty percent compared to last season, and it's mainly concentrated on the resort side."

Alexander didn't say explicitly about the state of the military theme park, Celia could also imagine, after all, no one would like to experience cold airplane tanks in the winter weather, it was also inherently expected.

The evening was still a party, dedicated to entertaining Celia and the Rovno gang, who were all busy on weekdays.

Andrei Vodmirka and Alexander Nagyev found Celia again at the party to discuss the situation more.

After more than half a year of operation and in-depth understanding of the related industries, the two managers gradually understood that the spa resort should be the core of this entertainment base, so they asked Simon to agree to put all the surplus funds into the expansion of the spa resort, the ultimate goal is based on the spa resort, the gaming industry as the core, with diversified entertainment as a subsidiary, to create a A small integrated casino.

The Principality of Monaco, known in Europe for its gambling industry, is only a little over 2 square kilometers in size. This side is not comparable to Las Vegas and other gambling cities, but it would not be difficult at all to surpass Monaco in size. Only by moving away from the resort model and developing into a 'gambling city', even if it is a miniature casino, will this resort and entertainment base be better able to make a name for itself globally and attract tourists from all over the world regardless of the seasonal effects.

"In recent months, Alexander and I have been visiting Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Macau and Monaco, and have made a development plan based on our specific environment. Celia, since Simon is willing to shell out $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, "I'm sorry, Andrea, I have other plans for tomorrow morning, if you want, you can just give me the plan and I'll bring it to Simon. In fact, the business situation of several projects here at the resort is obvious to all of us, Simon is very satisfied with the work of you two, just don't want you to be too eager."

Andre nodded and hesitated a little, but still said, "The budget we made is about $200 million as well. However, as long as Simon agrees to give us only $100 million in start-up capital and the corresponding financing authorization, I'm sure that with the appeal of the Westeros system, there will be other investors willing to follow suit."

Alexander paid attention to Celia's expression and promptly added, "The entire development plan will take about 5 years to complete, and the early investors will definitely take a larger share, so even if Simon only gives $100 million, the Westeros system will still be able to take absolute control."

Celia shook her head slightly, "Honestly, I think $200 million is too much, the $200 million to resettle the community in Rivne City, which is expected to house at least 150,000 people, is almost equivalent to building a new city, and I can't imagine what you plan to spend the $200 million on. However, since you are confident, expect a positive answer from Simon."