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After greeting and socializing for more than half an hour, Simon finally came to a short, middle-aged man with a rigid face and thin hair seemingly casually, and raised his glass to him: "Hello, Vladimir."

The middle-aged man didn't seem to be surprised that Simon called his name directly, and also raised his glass: "Hello, Mr. Westeros."

There was a smile on the corner of Simon's mouth, and he got straight to the point: "I know something about you, the gray cardinal of the Smolny Palace, heh, after Sobchak left, are you sure about your next plan? Stay in the city government , or something else?"

The Smolny Palace is the seat of the city government of St. Petersburg, where Lenin directed the October Revolution.

The Gray Clothes Bishop of the Smyrny Palace, obviously, is roughly the master behind the scenes.

This is a nickname given to someone by people from all walks of life in St. Petersburg in recent years. Because Sobchak was only a university professor and had no ability to govern at all, so many affairs of the city government were actually taken care of by his former student and deputy mayor. .

This actually shows someone's ability.

When the middle-aged man heard Simon jokingly mentioning the title of 'Grey Bishop of Smolny Palace', he still smiled a little restrainedly, shook his head and said: "Not yet, but definitely won't stay in the city hall." gone."

Simon cut straight to the point again: "Are you interested in working for me?"

The middle-aged man was finally a little surprised: "Huh?"

Simon said: "You know, this is a common practice for Western politicians to serve the country for a few years and then engage in private employment after leaving office."

"Mr. Westeros, I don't know much about business."

"Anyone does everything from scratch. There is no one who is born with everything. Moreover, to work for me, you don't have to be in business."

The middle-aged man hesitated a little, glanced at his mentor Sobchak not far away, and soon looked over again, his expression turned serious, and said: "Mr. Westeros, I admit that I am very moved by your invitation, However, if you want me to work for you, you need to agree to one request first."

"what?"

"Use your influence in Moscow to help Anatoly get out of the predicament he is in at this time."

Anatoly is Sobchak's given name.

Anatoly Sobchak, although he has not achieved much in the past few years in power, he actually does not have too many stains.However, because of his radical political leanings, he unknowingly provoked many people, which led to the failure of the election this time.

According to Russian political practice, the next step is liquidation.

Simon also knew about this in advance.

Now Sobchak is already facing various lawsuits, one of which is well-documented, using powers to help relatives solve housing problems.

Gee.

Compared with the oligarchs in Moscow who crazily embezzled state assets, the mighty mayor of Russia's second largest city helped his relatives solve the housing problem. In fact, he bought a house at a lower price during the privatization process in recent years. Public housing.

Can this kind of mayor fail a little more?

Simon nodded directly: "No problem, but you can do this yourself."

"Ok?"

Simon said: "I just talked to some people. Someone will invite you to Moscow soon. The position will not be too low. At that time, you can use your authority to help Mr. Sobchak get out of trouble."

The middle-aged man didn't react for a while.

Simon raised his hand and patted the other person's shoulder, saying: "Vladimir, you will understand one day in the future, and then, you can pretend that what I just said was not said, or it was just a joke. However, don't refuse the invitation from Moscow." invite."

After saying this, Simon stopped talking and turned to walk towards others.

In the past, one of the reasons why a certain person became Yeltsin's final chosen successor was actually a betrayal. After entering Moscow, in order to help his mentor who had encountered political strife get out of prison, he privately used his strength to arrest him. Sent out of Russia, and then frankly went to Yeltsin to surrender.

Because Sobchak was also an opponent of Yeltsin.

As a result, Yeltsin did not pursue this matter, but instead saw the loyalty of the other party for the sake of his former mentor and boss, and finally made up his mind.

At this moment.

No one knows what the less than one-minute conversation in the eastern suburbs of St. Petersburg really meant.

Simon stayed at the reception for another ten minutes, said goodbye and left.

The next day is January 6th.

Saturday.

Simon set off again early in the morning, flying to the capital of Rivne Oblast in northwest Ukraine.The airport invested and built by the Westeros system has been put into use, and there is no need to divert from Kyiv.

Another 'Weeding Operation' of the Westeros system in Rivne State had begun before Simon's arrival.

Unlike Russia, which has temporarily stabilized, Ukraine's economic downturn still shows no signs of stopping.

According to Ukraine's domestic economic data that has passed several months this year, it is estimated that Ukraine's GDP in 1996 will drop by about 1995% compared with 10.

It is always difficult for ordinary people to intuitively understand these economic data, but if they are in it, they will understand what it means for a country's GDP to drop by 10% a year.

disaster!

In Ukraine today, the unemployment rate continues to be high, criminal activities soar, domestic political turmoil, and a large number of people who have no hope at all flee abroad. The situation is even more miserable than the Great Depression in the 30s in the United States.

In this state, Rivne State, located in the northwest of Ukraine, has almost become the only bright color of this country because of the spare no efforts of the Westeros system.

For ordinary people, this is the best place to make a living.

Therefore, the current population of Rivni, the capital of Rivne Oblast, has continued to skyrocket to more than 70 people.After all, although fleeing to Western Europe seems to be a better destination, if they can stay in the country they are familiar with, most people will not want to leave their hometown after all.

On the other hand, in the eyes of some other people, the vibrant Rivne region is undoubtedly a piece of fat.

Simon only needs to get the maximum control over this area. As for the benefits, he never thought of being alone, or even making any profits from this dilapidated land.

Look down.

Therefore, for many projects here, the benefits that Simon should distribute are not lost at all.

Also intentionally give some more.

However, because of greed, some people in this country at this time, like those oligarchs who have fallen into madness in Russia, are so unscrupulous that they think they can stuff anything into their pockets.

So keep trying to get more from this area.

Precisely.

In fact, it is to ask for more from Simon.

In Simon's current position, there is actually no more pursuit of wealth, and Simon's attitude towards wealth has never changed.

what's mine is mine.

I am willing to give you, it is yours.

If someone thinks that Simon Westeros has too much, it doesn't matter if he grabs a little, then be prepared to have a bloody head or even a broken body.

When Simon's private plane landed at Rivni West Suburb Airport, the mowing operation was basically over, leaving only some special matters that Simon had to decide on himself.

This time, they did not enter the villa in the south of the city again.

Simon and his party left the airport in the western suburbs and rushed directly across the city to the hot spring estate in the north of the city.

Because of the summer, it was Saturday again, and the prosperity and vitality of this city under the sun were more obvious.

Also in the sun, some things cannot be hidden.

For example, on a street in the north of the city where the Simon team deliberately passed by, a five-story building on the side of the road was still shockingly scorched on the outside. It seemed that there had been a fire recently. When passing by, you could smell the burning in the air when you pressed the window of the car. taste.

At two o'clock in the morning three days ago, there had just been an arrest operation in this building.

The Rivni police made a strong attack and cleared out a gang den entrenched in the dance hall inside the building. During the exchange of fire, one policeman died and two were seriously injured. The dance hall also caught fire during the exchange of fire. .According to the public news, 3 gang members were killed and 7 were injured.

About the actual situation, probably only the incinerator operator of the urban funeral parlor who was called to work overtime before dawn that day knew a thing or two.

As for the inside story.

It's Simon chopping off some tentacles that shouldn't be reaching into the city.

Before this operation, a deputy mayor who had just been transferred to Rivni at the beginning of the year was arrested by the police. At the same time, Celia Miller also personally represented Simon and launched a strong negotiation with Kyiv, finally forcing some people to compromise.

That's just one item of weeding this time.

The key is still within the Westeros system on the Rivne State side, especially UFMS (Ukrainian Frontline Military Services).

Simon's control over this private army is far stricter than in the commercial field. To put it bluntly, the commercial layout of the Westeros system in Ukraine is basically based on this private army.If someone wants to make money in Rivne State, as long as it is not too much, Simon will turn a blind eye. However, whoever dares to try to mix sand into this private army of Weijia, Simon will not be polite at all.

This is the red line.

Therefore, this time without hesitation, a group of restless people were cleared out again, and six of them disappeared directly from the world.

Arriving at the hot spring manor in the north of Rivni, it can be said that it is ready for battle.

UFMS directly dispatched 300 elite soldiers with live ammunition to station around the manor, and the manor also went through repeated inspections by the private security team of the Westeros family who arrived in advance to ensure that there were no eavesdropping devices or potential safety hazards.

Simon got off the car in front of the main villa in the manor, and Celia Miller greeted him with his assistant Emily Joplin.

In addition, there were eight girls standing in front of the villa in two rows, wearing the uniforms of Wei's maids.

It was like the scene when Simon first arrived at the villa in the south of Rivni.

This is the second batch.

In fact, Grace helped to choose them.

Elite has started the new annual Elite World Elite Model Contest in April, and the finals are expected to be held in July.Because of Simon's layout in Ukraine and the fact that the quality of girls in this country is really high, Grace, who followed in the footsteps of men, also opened a sub-field in Ukraine.

During the period, I helped Simon choose some girls as collections.

These eight are not far away.

It seems that the girls are about the same age as the original six girls, just as immature and tall, giving Simon the impression that they are like a group of young water onions.

Saying hello, Simon didn't immediately pay attention to those girls, but noticed Celia's expression that he obviously had something to talk to him, so he led her straight into the villa and came to a study.

"Boss, before you came, I received a strange call from Moscow." Celia said, and had already handed over a folder, and continued: "The other party said her name was Tatiana, and she just met with the boss last night. However, she hopes that after the boss finishes his trip to Ukraine, he can find time to go to Moscow."

Simon took the folder from Celia, and there was only one page inside, with a string of time and place written on it.

In a flash, I quickly understood what was going on.

Actually it is understandable.

Simon's conversation with Yeltsin's daughter Tatiana last night was too involved.When you look deeper, this is almost directly controlling the future of a country, and it is not a small and dilapidated country like Ukraine, but a large and powerful country whose underlying strength cannot be underestimated.

This is one aspect.

On the other hand, when Simon talked about the future arrangements involving the Yeltsin family, some simple words were really hard to convince.

So some face-to-face communication is required.

The communication partner this time is definitely no longer Tatiana from last night. Since the other party invited Simon to go directly to Moscow, it is obvious who to meet in private.

Glancing at the address on the document again, Simon told Celia to find a lighter.

Lit directly.

Not going to the appointment.

The choice has been given, and how Yeltsin will choose in the future is the other party's business.Moreover, Simon also believes that someone has few other options in the future.Now, if you intervene too much, there is a high probability that it will be counterproductive.

Chapter 943 Patrol the Territory

Celia Miller didn't understand what happened from the beginning to the end. Seeing Simon burn the page with the time and place on it, she tactfully didn't ask more questions, but waited for her boss to sit down behind the desk again, and reported another one thing.

"About the suppressed article in Ukrainian Rural News, it has been found out that behind the scenes it is sponsored by an offshore NGO controlled by France, and its registered name is the Eastern European News Transparency Foundation. Employees are also trying to find other outlets for publication at the Kyiv event, but they are already under our monitoring."

It happened over a week ago.

Rural Izvestia, one of Ukraine's largest-circulation newspapers, almost published an investigative article with the headline "Rivne region is becoming a colony of the Westeros system".

The article directly brings out the word colony.

It is conceivable that given the current turbulent and sensitive political situation in Eastern Europe, once this article is published, it will inevitably cause an uproar.

With the support of the Westeros system, the Rivne region has become the region with the best economic situation in Ukraine at this time, so even if this article is published, the people in the Rivne region will not actually have much rebound.

However, the various benefits obtained by Rivne State in recent years have not fallen on the people of other Ukrainian states and counties. , there will be no regrets in destroying it.

At that time, under the raging public opinion, the Kyiv authorities will need to give the public an explanation anyway.

No matter what degree of explanation, it will inevitably damage the layout of the Westeros system in Rivne State. Even if it touches the UFMS that Simon values ​​most, it will damage the foundation of the layout of the Westeros system in Ukraine. .

It's France again!

Simon twitched the corner of his mouth slightly.

After chasing and biting for several years, he is simply a flat-headed brother.

Don't bother to get angry.