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The four seasons along the Mediterranean coast are not clear, but there are differences.

In the manor south of Rome, the spring sunshine was just right. After the nap, Simon was accompanied by Sofia doing yoga for pregnant women on the open lawn covered with blankets.

This is Friday, April 28.

Last night in Rifney, Simon rushed to Rome this morning.

Five months pregnant, as an older pregnant woman, Sofia has basically stopped working. For the two little guys in her belly, she cares more than Simon. She went to Los Angeles during the last Academy Awards and returned again. I have been staying in this manor in the south of Rome. I eat, sleep, read books, prenatal education, and do yoga very regularly every day. I have regular pregnancy tests. I have a beautiful cow cat. I also like flower arrangements recently. The days are warm and full. .

This is actually the most leisurely time for a woman to grow up.

"Yes, that's it, Mr. Westero. Slow down. Pregnant women can easily get cramps. Oh, you're so gentle."

On the lawn.

A hot yoga coach wearing a pale pink tight sports suit instructed Simon to help Sofia perform a set of leg lifts. The delicate and delicate body kneeling next to Simon came over intentionally or unintentionally, with a light fragrance and cool fingertips. Pressing on Simon's arm holding Sophia's calf, it was teasing.

After completing this set of movements, he noticed that Sofia's forehead had oozed fine sweat, and Simon no longer continued, and instructed the yoga instructor around him: "Come here today, you go back first. Sophie and I basked in the sun for a while."

Simon rushed directly, but the girl named Evelyn acted impeccably and stood up respectfully and said, "I'll help Mr. and Mrs. with a glass of water."

When the girl walked away, Sofia sat up, with a ridiculous smile on her lips: "I thought you would not be able to stand it, and I planned to make up a nap after doing yoga."

Simon helped Sophia move around and sit down next to herself, feeling the warm sunshine in the spring together, and laughing: "I am not interested in women recently."

"Ah..." Sophia was puzzled, and suddenly she smiled more: "That's enough play, do you want to return to the family, it seems that I will be dumped by you soon, right?"

"Of course not. The current state is the life I have dreamed of in my life. It's just that, you know, people's minds are fickle."

Sofia looked sideways and nodded quickly: "Well, I understand."

"What do you understand?"

"Like our women," Sofia smiled. "There are so many days in every month."

Simon lifted the right hand around the woman's shoulder with angrily, and flexed her fingers gently on her earlobe, making a few laughs, and let the woman lie down, lying on her raised belly and listening to the two little guys. The movement seemed to be a bit tiring to accompany my mother to practice yoga. The little guys did not respond to the face very much, and probably fell asleep.

Evelyn brought the water over and it was impossible to get the sun shining for too long. The two continued to stay in the warm sun for more than ten minutes before they got up and returned to the villa.

Coming to a living room on the first floor, Sofia ordered a waitress. Soon a cow cat that was just over three months old was brought in. Sophia screamed meowly. The little guy who likes to be held on his lap explains: "This is Luna. Gemma sent me when I came to Rome last week, saying that I can accompany her on my behalf."

With that said, there was obviously a bit of grudge in the tone.

Simon picked up a document placed on the coffee table by girl A and said, "It's great, but why is it called Luna, the name is too big."

Luna, this is the lunar god of ancient Rome.

Sofia didn't care, and gently pressed the little guy who was going to escape: "Jema got up, I think this name is good. Or, if you send me a cat, what will it be called?"

Simon thought about it and said, "A cat, it should be meowed."

Sophia gave Simon a white look: "Children are so named.

Simon nodded: "Of course."

Feeling that the little guy really didn't want to stay by his side, Sofia finally let it go and watched the little thing run out of the room, and then he was curious to look at the documents Simon was looking through, knowing that she could be put in the living room by A girl and let Simon be free I didn’t read any important information, so I asked, "What is this?"

Simon passed it directly.

Sophia took it, roughly flipped it, and suddenly laughed again: "You bought a large piece of land in Africa, um, 150,000 acres?"

"Any questions?"

Sophia glanced at Simon like a fool, and looked back at the information in front of him: "Coffee plantation, uh, are you sure that Africa can grow coffee like this? Or, Angola, where the place seems to have been fighting for decades. Now."

Simon Road: "In the 1970s, Angola was one of the most important coffee producers in the world, with annual coffee bean exports exceeding 200,000 tons."

"In the early seventies, it should have been a colonial era," Sofia said, asking again: "What about now?"

Simon did not conceal, said: "In the past year, this data is about 500 tons."

"..."

From the world's major coffee producing countries that exported 200,000 tons of coffee beans annually to 500 tons in 1994, the gap is really a bit large.

The reason is actually very simple.

Angola declared independence in 1975. Until then, this country has been a colony of Portugal, and domestic agricultural production is controlled by white people.After independence, a large number of white people withdrew, and large coffee plantations in Angola were taken over by inefficient black people. Then, after another two decades of civil war, the national economy completely collapsed, and the once prosperous coffee plantation system also declined.

However, it is for this reason that Simon was able to obtain 150,000 acres of land through a contract worth only $10 million.

You know, this is really more than 600 square kilometers of land. The highest quality coffee growing area was not the original forest of Tasmania that basically could not be developed by Simon and was not intended to be developed.Moreover, the cost of 10 million US dollars in weapons orders and consultant team contracts, the Westero system really needs to pay, in fact, less than half, just 10 million US dollars on the book.

Although the current coffee plantation area is almost deserted, according to the record of coffee plantations in Angola in the 1970s, this land can produce about 30,000 tons of coffee beans per year.

After several years of operation, even if the output of this coffee plantation area only recovered to one-third of its peak period, it can harvest 10,000 tons of coffee beans every year.

The recent global price of coffee beans is about 1100 US dollars per ton.

The annual production of 10,000 tons of coffee beans, according to the market price, is 11 million US dollars.Obviously, under ideal conditions, within a year, Simon can basically recover the investment in order to obtain this land.

Of course, it is just an ideal state.

In the end, what is the situation in Africa, because of many memories, Simon is very clear.

To be straightforward, it's just that the mud is not on the wall.

Coffee plantation is very dependent on labor, because coffee beans are matured in batches, and it is difficult to pick them by machines. Coffee production around the world basically accounts for more than half of the input.

Simon did not expect the coffee plantation to resume production with the support of the local black labor force in Angola at the outset. Even coffee bean picking is not too difficult for monkeys.Simon's plan is mainly based on the white people left by the immigration era, and then hire a group of Ukrainian or Chinese overseas laborers, as well as a small number of local residents who are active in labor.

What's more, Simon's fundamental purpose is not to make money to win this land.

Therefore, it is sufficient as long as you don’t keep going.

Sofia listened to Simon's general explanation and realized that her doubts were completely superfluous. The man obviously had his own perfect ideas, and maybe there were some deep layouts that she didn't know about.However, Sofia quickly replied: "Due to the long-term turbulence in Africa, Angola exports only 500 tons of coffee a year. You make a coffee plantation with an annual output of 10,000 tons. Many diamond mines still have huge incomes. Are they sure that they will not be snatched away by those warlords?"

Simon Road: "A team is already sponsoring some children of high-level government in Angola to study in the United States."

Sofia puzzled: "Huh?"

Simon explained: "This is just the first step. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, because of the lack of gaming between major powers, African countries will basically stabilize. As long as they get the political power, there will be no changes for a long time in the future. My plan is Funding these authorities to integrate with the United States, inviting their children to study in the United States, inviting their relatives to settle in the United States, inviting them to invest in financial management in the United States after accumulating certain wealth, and gradually realize the bundling of interests. Imagine taking Angola In other words, if the vested interests of this country and their wives and children are all in the United States, would these people still dare to face me?"

Suddenly, Sofia gave Simon a white look: "I thought you would directly overthrow their government as in Rwanda."

"This is the most inferior way," Simon shook his head and put it in Chinese. "It's why it's a hundred battles and victories, and it's not good. It's a soldier who surrenders without a fight, and a person who is good. It's why the soldiers attack the plot." , Followed by cutting down, followed by cutting down soldiers, and then attacking the city. The law of siege is a last resort."

Sophia naturally couldn't understand it, but listened very seriously, and finally asked, "What is this?"

Simon said: ""Sunzi Art of War."

"I know, a book full of wisdom that I read in college. Which paragraph is this?"

Simon probably explained it.

Sophia realized that she caressed her bulging belly and said, "Say it again to the babies, they must like it."

Simon said: "Are you sure you want to teach children this now?"

"Of course, they are two Westeros. They must be different."

Simon did not refuse. He just posted it and started to read it from the beginning of the "Sun Tzu Art of War". Unfortunately, he didn't remember much, and he soon switched to the Daode Jing.

Five thousand words of Lao Tzu, who used to memorize after hours, is very skilled.

Sofia was influenced by Simon to learn a little Chinese, far less thoughtful than Janet, so it is impossible to understand his own man quietly replacing "Sun Tzu's Art of War" with "Daode Jing", just listening with a smile, not knowing whether the twins sensed it His dad was stealing beams and changing columns, and soon began to make trouble, Simon had to stop and accompany the woman to appease the two restless little guys.

Also spent three days in Italy.

In addition to accompanying Sofia, Simon also paid attention to another thing.

After the opening of Universal Studios Osaka, the negotiations between Daenerys Entertainment Group and the Italian government on the Universal Studios Europe project have entered the final stage. Although there is no official announcement, the choice to build Universal Studios Europe near Rome is already a staple.

It is still kept secret for the time being, and a lot of smoke bombs are also released, just to avoid that after the news spread, some people will encumber the land price in advance on the plot where the movie city may be built.

This has happened during the construction of many large theme park projects.

After the weekend, the time entered May 1995.

The beginning of this year's summer season should be regarded as starting from May 12th, "Red Tide Storm" produced by Jerry Brookheimer, directed by Tony Scott, and starring Denzel Washington, similar to "Hunting Red October" "The submarine war movie, produced by Disney, cost $53 million.

Simon doesn't have much memory of this film, and Disney chose to land on May 12, and can predict the quality of the project.

This summer's real super bombshell is sure to be "Jurassic Park 2" produced by Daenerys Entertainment on June 2nd.Before "Jurassic Park 2", Simon paid more attention to only the films of Daenerys Entertainment's two local box offices that have broken through or are expected to break through 200 million US dollars in the first half of the year. "This man is from the earth" and "Fighting Stars 3"

Because of the two box office dark horses, many of the films released in the first half of the year were dismal, including other projects produced by Daenerys Entertainment.

Arriving in London on May 1, the plan is still 3 days.

The work here is mainly "Soul 2".

Simon drew up the plot of "Summer 2" with reference to the version in memory, and the story still happened in London.However, he did not copy the original version any more. Since a horror film universe is to be developed, Simon feels that in addition to the crossover of character images, some more continuous details should be added.

As a result, during the preparation of the project "Spirit 2", Simone intended to let a leading creator repeatedly watch the classic Hong Kong film "Mr. Zombie" from the 1980s.

Of course, it is not to add comedy elements to the Soul Movie Universe series.

One of Simon's most important impressions of the "Spirit" series in memory is that it is too casual. The protagonist's process of subduing a ghost seems entirely based on luck, and there is no regulation of the use of the cross and the Bible.

By comparison, Lin Dao's ghost catching routine in "Mr. Zombie" is full of ornamental features.

Copper money swords, black donkey hooves, glutinous rice, yellow charms... even influenced the ghost culture of the Chinese circle in the following decades, which made many ordinary people feel that Taoists should be like this, and ghosts should be like this.

Therefore, Simon also hopes that the two protagonists will have a sense of ritual like "Mr. Zombie" to form a set of process rules that can convince the audience, rather than shouting in the ghost house without headless flies. Screaming holding a cross and bumping around like luck.

In fact, Simon had this idea before the opening of the two last year.

However, since it is necessary to create a cosmic movie universe, it is obviously not a wise choice to be in place at one time, so the opening script basically follows the script in memory.

In this way, you can maintain a gradual growth.

From the second part, add relevant elements.

Later, it gradually matures.

Simon is to let the Warren couple step by step promoted from rookie paranormal investigator to master ghost catcher, and form a set of their own unique methods against ghosts.

Those who can make their way to Hollywood are basically not stupid.

The main creative team has watched "Mr. Zombie" without any reminder, and soon realized Simon's intention, and began to implement it during the project preparation process.

The first is to combine Western legends with a clearer plan for the attributes of ghosts.

In terms of ghost catching, traditional props such as crosses, bibles, holy water, garlic, and amulets are also more standardized, and they are no longer used randomly.The project team also discussed the idea that different chapters of the Bible can restrain different ghosts, and they were applied in "Soul 2".