Hollywood Hunter

In St. Petersburg, Simon ended the call with Amy Pascal, did some other work, turned off the computer, and got up and walked out of the study.

This is a coastal suburb southwest of St. Petersburg.

For how to choose a residence in a city, follow the power and residence or government departments, it is absolutely right.

Close to the southwestern coastal area of ​​St. Petersburg on the Gulf of Finland, there are many big and small houses, including the former Peter the Great Summer Palace, which were the Russian celebrity residences of the Tsarist era. Simon began to lay out Russia a few years ago, and he naturally took himself in The residence of St. Petersburg is here.

Russia has a vast territory and a sparse population. The most important thing is land.

Therefore, this Linhai manor in Simon has a 100 hectare plot, located between the summer palace of Peter the Great and another Constantine palace. It took three years to complete the construction. The main building in the manor is a building Baroque castle-style three-storey villa similar to the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, but the exterior is simple and heavy in original lime, not the grass green of the Winter Palace.

Moreover, in order to avoid being "mixed with sand" during the construction process, the building materials including the construction team are all from Ukraine.

Simon knows that the bricks of the US embassy are all filled with stories of bugs.

Since that experience at the Plaza Hotel, Simon has been shadowed by this kind of thing.

Simon left the study, girl A quickly brought two waitresses, the waitress was still holding two sets of clothes, picked a random set, put it in the next bedroom, and then went downstairs.

The car is already waiting outside the villa.

Realizing that Simon was about to go out, a little bit ran away from his mother's arms.

Want to be together.

Simon picked up the little girl and saw that Shul Higgina came over to pick up the child, shook her head with a smile, and said to the little guy in her arms, "Allow, but be obedient."

The little guy's mouth is sweet. "Of course, Dad, Nina is already very good."

Yulia Shurgina didn’t quite know what Simon was going to do next, but she knew that it was definitely not ordinary entertainment, and she stepped forward and tried to reach out. "Sir, give me the child, Nina. Not suitable."

When the little guy in Simon's arms saw his mother approaching, he immediately wrapped around Simon's neck like a koala and urged "Dad to go."

Shaking his head again at Shul Higgina, Simon took the child to the outside of the villa, and the waiting bodyguard drivers saw Simon holding the child, slightly surprised, but said nothing, just pulled the car door for his boss.

Simon hugged the child into the car, and the girl A followed. When the door closed, the girl immediately made a grimace to her mother outside the window.

Without reminding the little guy that her mother could not actually see the car, Simon just told the driver to drive.

Two identical black Mercedes-Benz sedans leave the manor through the long corridor and turn into the highway towards St. Petersburg.

It was already more than seven o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky in St. Petersburg at high latitudes was still bright, and it was expected to be dark around eight o'clock. Simon dealt with the problems of the little boy in his arms while looking at this one outside the car window. city.

This ancient city at the estuary of the Baltic Sea is a testimony of Russia's move from a small, backward country to a powerful European country.

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, Peter the Great moved the Russian capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg, and forcibly promoted the Europeanization of Russia, accepting various advanced technological cultures, and finally laid Russia's status as a European power for nearly three hundred years before the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Speaking of it, Peter the Great happened to be in the same period as Emperor Kangxi of China.

The two have led the two countries in two completely different directions.

A forced push for opening up will eventually become a world-class power.

One insisted on shutting down the country, but was abandoned by history.

Now, this city, which has experienced nearly three hundred years of vicissitudes, has fallen into the lowest period of its life.

When Simon’s seat drove into St. Petersburg,

However, Simon knew that it is still not the period of the lowest valley in Russia.

Although Russia's gd has fallen from 517.9 billion US dollars when the Soviet Union just disintegrated in 1991 to 399.5 billion US dollars in 1995, a decline of 24, but the real abyss is still after 1997.

The turning point happened just this year.

In 1996, it was not only the year of the presidential election in the United States, but also the year of the presidential election in Russia.

Yeltsin succeeded in stealing the power of the Russian president. In recent years, it has completely messed up the country. Therefore, at the beginning of this year, the Russian people’s support for the president who escaped the speculator from the politician is only 3 Either 30 or insignificant 3.

Yeltsin, who knows exactly what situation he would encounter once he stepped down, decisively joined forces with major Russian oligarchs and invested huge amounts of money to reverse the situation.

Before the advent of the information age, it was still fairly easy to manipulate public opinion because of limited media communication channels. So, a few months later, Yeltsin’s approval rating has risen to around 50, leading his own competitors. Will be re-elected in the July general election.

Since the major oligarchs have given Yeltsin so much support, of course they must be rewarded.

As a result, the second feast to divide Russian state-owned assets became more unscrupulous during Yeltsin’s second term, coupled with the spread of the Southeast Asian financial crisis, the Russian economy fell into a deeper abyss.At the lowest point in 1999, Russia's gd had only more than $190 billion, which was a further 50% drop from the $400 billion at this time.

If it was not Yeltsin who did the only thing right in the last period of his ruling and chose a qualified successor, even after the millennium, it would not be impossible for Russia to go on to sell land in Alaska once again and rely on land sales.

Simon and his party entered the city of St. Petersburg from the southwest suburbs, crossed the Neva River, and after more than forty minutes, finally entered another private mansion in the east suburbs of the city.

This is a private house of the oligarch Mikhail Friedman, fostered by the Westeros system in Russia.

Tonight, there will be a small reception in the political and business field.

The reception was arranged in person by Simon.

Over the years, as Simon's big butterfly became more and more influential, few things began to turn back to the history in memory.After all, according to the butterfly effect theory that people usually understand, two things that seem to be completely irrelevant will eventually affect each other under all kinds of implications, not to mention, Simon has begun to participate in it very early.

So some things are inevitable.

In order to avoid history going in an unfamiliar direction that he completely cannot understand, Simon decided to push the wheel of history at a critical moment.

Just like this time.

On the Russian side, the highly anticipated presidential election is related to the future political trend of the country in the next four years, and the other thing is that the election of the mayor of St. Petersburg, which happened almost at the same time, is almost related to Russia in the next two decades. Political direction.

Because it involves a very critical person.

In fact, the Mayor election in St. Petersburg had already ended before May 19, and the current mayor Sobchak lost to his competitors with an insignificant 15 votes.Unlike the United States, which is usually sworn in the following year after the elections are completed, in St. Petersburg, the mayor will be sworn in on the last day of August, and will take office in September.

If there are no other external influences, then the original mayor's team will probably be scattered, and go to various unknowns.

One of the guys who was entrusted with the task by the current mayor Sobchak is certainly impossible to be left behind, and in memory, the other party can finally get a vacancy in Moscow, which is actually full of chance.

If Simon does not intervene, it is difficult to say what will happen next.

Even if Simon wants to change history now, it is actually very easy.Give the other party a high-paying position in a private enterprise that cannot be refused. Then, in the future, Russia may no longer be the one in Simon's memory, and everything will change.

Due to too many considerations in his mind, Simon does not intend to change.

In the night that the city was slowly shrouded, Simon had just got off at this private mansion. Mikhail Friedman, who was cautious about the big boss’s visit this time, personally welcomed him, and There is obviously something to say.

Simon gave the little girl in his arms curious and looked around to the girl behind him, without much hint. The bodyguards around him backed away a little, and Friedman only leaned into Simon's ear and whispered. A few words.

Simon also had some surprises when he heard what the other party revealed, but he still said, "Go talk."

Mikhail Friedman immediately made a please gesture "Simon, here."

The two entered through the villa's side door, and Friedman noticed that Simon's followers naturally followed, and paused without stopping.

The corridor of the villa connected by the side doors is not turned on. In the dim light, you can clearly see the crowded reception in the hall.

Simon explained to the girl behind her and asked her to go directly to the hall. She and Friedman turned to the stairs and came to the second floor of the villa. There was also no light in the hallway. There was a doorway to the room. Standing on the right, two burly figures, seeing the two of Simon appear, first watched this side alertly, and then relaxed after confirming their identity.

However, when they saw the bodyguards behind Simon, the two stopped talking again.

Simon ignored the two of them and went straight to the door. One of them seemed to stop, but he actively helped open the door and said something softly inside.

This is a study.

Only one wall lamp was turned on, and the light was as dim as the outside corridor.

Simon entered the door and saw a woman in a black professional suit with short hair sitting on the sofa in the reception area. Until Simon approached, the woman stood up leisurely. Although she raised her face because of her height, she was proud to face Simon reached out his hand. "Hello, Mr. Westeros."

Simon smiled and shook hands with the woman "Hello."

The woman paused and said, "You can call me Tatyana."

"Okay."

Simon nodded and walked directly to the single sofa opposite to sit down.

The woman had just squeezed it subconsciously, but it felt like she was completely vacant. At this moment, when she saw the man sitting down on her own, she couldn't help but frowned slightly, but she sat down with her and saw a guy on the opposite side very relaxed. Looking at her on the sofa, she finally spoke again and pointed to a bottle of whiskey on the coffee table in front of him, "Mr. Westeros, would you like a drink?"

"No, you are free."

The woman nodded and hesitated a little. She still picked up a glass of wine that she had just poured, and then she felt that she was completely downwind, just like a guilty little girl subconsciously picked up something to protect her body.After a pause, the woman put the wine glass back on the coffee table and wanted to learn to lean on the sofa as relaxed as the man opposite, hesitating a little, but still sitting upright.

Simon looked at the corner of his mouth with a smile for a moment, and finally said again, "It is now a critical moment for the election. If you are exposed to Simon Westero at this time, it will definitely bring a very great potential risk to your father."

The woman heard the words and couldn't help but say, "We are not Mr. Westeros. We will be known wherever we go. This secret ability can still be done."

Simon arrived in St. Petersburg in the morning. It was originally a secret itinerary. There was no news in the public media. Now he was suddenly approached and apparently still noticed by many people.

Just smiled, Simon said, "Tanya, so, what are you doing with me?"

When the woman heard Simon's question, her expression was obviously stagnant, and it was just a matter of remembering the secret visit.

However, I just couldn’t help running a guy, and just changed my tone, it seems... but she is also not a muddy woman. In recent months, she took the initiative to stand in front of the stage to organize a campaign for her father. "Mr. Westeros, my father has always admired you very much. He said you are definitely the most unexpected miracle of this era."

"Thank you."

The woman had another meal, a little stingy, shouldn’t you be polite to each other at this time?

I finally regretted the initial deliberate manipulation.

In fact, I read the secret file about the young man in front of me in advance, many things are very detailed, and the conclusion about the personality of the other party is uncertain.

It seems like multiple personality mixed together.

This does not seem strange, after all, the experience of a guy who once lived in a psychiatric hospital was well known.

Because it is too complicated, it is difficult to set targeted responses.

After a moment of consideration, the woman finally said, "Mr. Westeros, what do you think of this Russian presidential election?"

Seeing that the woman was squeezing out a problem of no nutrition, Simon shook his head directly and said, "Tanya, I think we're still a little more direct, let's say, are you looking for my purpose?"

Tania.

It's Tania again.

Are we so intimate?

The woman was slightly sullied, and finally said, "Mr. Westeros. We found that the spokesperson of the Westeros system in Russia, Mr. Mikhail Friedman, seems to be unsatisfactory in the development of our country in recent years. . And this election, no surprise, my father can be re-elected. So, if Mr. Westero wants to further develop in Russia, maybe we can become allies?"

Simon finally showed some interesting expressions "Who are we referring to?"

The woman said, "The Westeros family, the Yeltsin family."