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Simon simply pretended not to hear it, and still had the material about the Russian election in his hand.

Janet also just had a symbolic taste, and her eyes fell back to the file in her hand, skipping over the material of Maxim Banshikov who then cut her own career, and looked directly at the back.

Natalia Banshikova, 36 years old, can give birth to such a beautiful daughter, and the mother's appearance is naturally not bad at all. It is also a ID photo, but it is also attractive.

The last one, Eva Banshikova, is 14 years old, two years younger than her sister Galina, but she looks more immature in the ID photo, which is different from the 169CM height of Galina in the information, probably because she has not opened her eyes yet Because of the reason, Eva Banshikova is only 153CM small.

After Janet finished reading, she clicked her tongue twice to express her dissatisfaction, and then suddenly asked: "Foreign relative, speaking of it, Simon, is our family also a foreign relative for you?"

Simon didn't raise his head, and his tone didn't hesitate at all: "No."

Even though the man didn't add anything, Janet immediately curled the corners of her mouth with a little satisfaction when she heard this.Of course not, if it wasn't for a certain guy who was so powerful that even the old man couldn't beat him, the one next to him should be Simon Johnston, who was originally a family, not a foreign relative.

Leaning over to touch the man slightly, Janet continued to look through the files in her hand, and continued after a while: "For the 14 families this time, it seems that there are not many direct relatives, but collateral relatives can still use it." Expanded. What are you going to do, Simon?"

Simon said: "Put whatever you want, put it where you need it, and take it down if it doesn't work or if you make a mistake. If you want to be more careful, the Ukrainian general election in two years later, the last time was not the right time, this time, it should be Rivne Oblast share of MPs, I intend to take as much as I can."

Janet thought for a while, and said: "Ukraine has 450 members of parliament, a total of 25 states, and the Rivne region can be allocated 18. It seems that there are not many, and we can divide them all among our own people."

Unlike the Senate and House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress, the Ukrainian Parliament adopts a unicameral system, and the election process is a special mixed election system. The 450 members of Congress are roughly divided into two parts that are relatively even. Each political party is allocated according to the proportion of votes received.

Therefore, the number of parliamentary seats each state can obtain is not as fair as in the United States. Strong states can get forty or fifty votes, while weak states may only have single digits.

With the current strength of Rivne State, in the 1998 general election, it is more than enough to get 20 congressmen.

Ukraine is now a presidential-parliamentary system. Relatively speaking, there is also a parliamentary-presidential system. The difference between the two is actually very simple. Whoever is in front has more power. For example, in the former, the president can appoint the prime minister, while in the latter The prime minister is nominated by parliament.

However, the parliament still has a deep influence on the political direction of the country, especially at this stage Leon Kuchma is still a leader who likes to play balance rather than authoritarian, whether it is active or helpless, this means that, As long as there are enough seats in the parliament, the Westeros system can guarantee its own interests in Ukraine to the greatest extent.

Simon thought about this, and when he heard Janet's words, he smiled and said, "You can't make it too obvious, and just like Sergey and Kerim, they have too many things in their hands, but they don't have the energy to be congressmen. "

Janet couldn't help laughing: "Then you let your little lovers become members of Congress, this is too messy."

Simon emphasized solemnly: "It's the parents of the little lovers."

Janet raised her hand and slapped Simon on the shoulder.

Simon added: "In the next few years, Ukraine's economy will continue to decline. At the same time, the country's internal political situation will continue to be turbulent. More eyes will only be on Kuchma, and not many people will care about whether Who's the MP."

This is also a peculiarity of Ukrainian politics.

In the original time and space, Akhmetov, the richest man in Ukraine, pushed all his drivers, bodyguards, dentists and other people around him to the positions of members of Congress, and it did not cause any rebound.Later, a certain actor president was even more wonderful. After he was successfully elected and won a large number of parliamentary seats, many actors, producers and other main creators in a certain TV series that the actor president had participated in became members of Congress.

After getting to know more, Simon, who is a more capable spokesperson in Ukraine, no longer wants them to waste time on things like acting as members of Congress.

Just like Evgenia's father, Vladimir Korkoshko, at first Simon also hoped that the other party would run for Congress. As Vladimir showed his corresponding ability at the top of the Rivno state government, Simon changed his mind and hoped that the other party could take root in his base area and directly win the position of governor in the future.

As for those congressmen, it is enough to send a group of obedient puppets there.

Janet went through the 14 files in her hand one by one, and took a pen to mark some of them. She looked up again and found that Simon beside her was still looking at the materials of the Russian election. She put down the files in her hand and asked Said: "What's going on in Russia?"

Simon said: "Yeltsin is sure to win."

The two had had some discussions about Russia before, including private contact with a gray bishop of the Smolny Palace in St. Petersburg, and Simon did not hide it from Janet.Therefore, Janet is already very familiar with Simon's layout ideas in Russia, and she still couldn't help but said at this time: "Actually, I still think that for Russia, the same strategy as Ukraine can be adopted."

Simon leaned his head against Janet's head and said with a smile: "Don't you think our own goal is too obvious?"

"Hmm."

"So, if there is no external goal, the Washington authorities are likely to turn their attention to us. This is actually the reason why I have quietly reached a tacit agreement with the Bush family. This time, let it go. Next time, it will definitely be the top of the Bush family. Al Gore is better, because the Bush family's ruling DNA has determined that they prefer to turn their attention abroad."

Janet added: "And love fighting."

"Yes," Simon nodded, and said, "The world's major economies, except the United States, are not doing very well. There may be another global economic crisis next year. If Gore succeeds in the future, continue Clinton The implementation strategy of 'the problem is the economy', the US economy continues to rise, it is likely to reach an unprecedented height, when the economy is strong enough, there are no worries about employment and taxation, politicians will often try to do more, when the time comes It is about to point at us. Therefore, we need the Bush family to change this momentum, and even weaken the national power of this country fundamentally through war."

After hearing Simon's words, Janet suddenly leaned closer and pressed her face against Simon's: "Simon, you always have to think about it so much, aren't you tired?"

"I'm not tired," Simon smiled and put his arms around Janet: "Because of you."

Janet didn't worry about whether the word 'YOU' in the man's words was singular or plural, and said, "Actually, I know that you have always hoped that the world can become a better place."

"Actually, not necessarily."

"Ok?"

"There is such a fable," Simon said with a smile still on the corner of his mouth, "the hero who slays the dragon was elected as the king by the people, and then the hero on the throne began to grow dragon scales."

Of course, Janet had heard this fable, she leaned closer to her man, and said softly, "I'd rather you be a dragon than a hero."

Simon kissed Janet's tender face, and said: "I hope the world will be better, but I only do what I can, and I never thought of becoming a hero. Or, I was originally a The dragon that broke into this world."

Janet can actually feel that when Simon occasionally talks about certain things, there is always a strong sense of ridicule and sarcasm, and he will even take the initiative to contribute to the flames out of a vicious attitude of watching dramas, but in fact, this man's heart There is some sadness about this, a kind of sadness of being extremely disappointed in this world.

Because of this disappointment, Simon has repeatedly placed himself in a higher position in recent years.

Just like, a few years ago, Simon felt that if he wanted to change this country and the world, he should start with the most basic education system, pay attention to primary education, and put it into action.Now, Simon is gradually paying more attention to certain things related to the future of mankind, such as space immigration, nuclear fusion, solar energy and so on.

This change is more like a worst-case plan.

When some almost unavoidable worst-case scenarios arise, perhaps, these arrangements at this time can leave a glimmer of life for this world and even this race.

That's it.

Chapter 976 Smuggling

Since getting his new job, former Stasi agent Ulrich Sandmann feels more turbulent than ever in recent years.

Ulrich had never met his new employer in person, but everyone knew who he was.

Because there is no direct contact, once there is a problem, for example, if they are arrested for murder and other crimes, that high-ranking big shot will not be involved, just like a long, long time ago, if the Stasi agent failed to perform the task, he would not get involved Any public recognition by East Germany.

This is the norm.

Ulrich Sandmann is 43 years old this year. For agents, especially field agents, this age is a bit old. When the country he once loyal to collapsed, Ulrich also considered taking advantage of the trend to retire and find a dull job. work.

It's a pity that things in the world are never controlled by others.

First of all, his background is very dirty.

Even if you want to get out, it depends on whether the merged German government is willing to let you go. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the new German government has never stopped investigating and pursuing the former Stasi members. Former Stasi members were arrested, many were forced to flee, and countless were assassinated for unknown reasons.

In comparison, Ulrich has been very lucky.

Secondly, even if he escaped liquidation by chance, it would not be so easy for Ulrich to stabilize.

Because he has a lot of people to feed.

Not only elderly parents, wife and four children, but also a younger sister who is 21 years younger than him. The younger sister has good academic performance and had no chance before. Now, she is about to graduate from Columbia University in the United States and plans to spend the next four years After getting a Ph.D., if he turned to mediocrity at the beginning, even his younger sister's tuition fees would not be able to pay, not to mention, there are also his children who are growing up.

This is just family.

Ulrich also needs support for the families of six dead comrades.

This again involves a series of unbearable past events.

He used to work hard to climb the ranks and once reached the rank of major. It is even a bit ridiculous to say that it is sad. Either he has some official addiction, or he wants to get more salary subsidies, and secretly use this status to earn some shady extra money, just to Be able to help as many people around you as possible.

Therefore, it is impossible to turn to flatness in any case.

Now, except for his little sister who is studying in the United States, Ulrich’s family members all live in Australia, living a prosperous and stable life. Even though he understands that his relatives are fundamentally taken as hostages, Ulrich doesn’t feel wrong.

That's right.

If the behind-the-scenes boss didn't even have similar defenses against them, he would look down upon them instead.

Moreover, as long as he does not betray, nothing will happen. Even if he dies during the mission, Ulrich believes that his relatives will be well taken care of.After all, what the young rich man with trillions of dollars in assets lacked most was money, and what the other party wanted was his loyalty.

Once he could be loyal to his own country, now, Ulrich can also be loyal to a certain person.

Deep down in his heart, Ulrich understood that this was a very fair exchange, that he would sell his life to the other party, because the salary given by that person was much richer than in East Germany, so much that he even doubted himself. Is it worth it? In any case, not only did his family get the best placement, but he could also help the families of those comrades-in-arms more generously.

Nothing bad.

The current Ulrich Sandman publicly holds an Australian passport. Although his name has not changed, under the operation of the Westeros system, it is basically equivalent to changing a person, and he will no longer be subject to the previous passport. The entanglement of the past.

Probably confirming his loyalty and reliability, Ulrich is still in charge of five action groups.

After several years of silent observation, Ulrich understood that for the Westeros family's private intelligence network, which has a relatively flat structure and is not related to each other, this is already a very high level, and it is also quite trustworthy.

Ulrich was a little more fortunate.

In recent years, the group he led may have killed people, but no one died.

Therefore, the debt is no longer increased.

Moreover, this time, even if someone dies, it will only be that person who needs to be made up for, and has nothing to do with him.

He used to be equivalent to a military officer. It was natural for an officer to command soldiers to charge into battle, but he was never used to commanding others to die, and he was even more willing to die by himself.Perhaps when I was promoted to the rank of major at a young age, I was not promoted again for many years, because the Stasi executives discovered the benevolence of a woman like him.

This time, Ulrich also did it himself.

It is also a somewhat inexplicable task to investigate the smuggling routes leading to France from all over the world.

Perhaps it was necessary to personally follow up the snakehead organization, which was quite dangerous, so they used their team.

There's nothing wrong with that either.

Although, Ulrich couldn't figure out what that young rich man wanted to know about these things. Just like in the past few years, they always received all kinds of seemingly unreasonable tasks. One of Ulrich's subordinates once Laughing and pointing out that the big guy probably just doesn't want to keep them idle.

Maybe there is such a possibility.

Still, it would be nice if it was true.

Ulrich would not be so naive. Just like two years ago, some trivial actions they participated in in southern Italy seemed to be unreasonable at first. However, after one night, a family of the Southern Italian Honor Society was uprooted .Ulrich did not know how many people were killed in the whole process.

Certainly a lot.

That night, the city of Reggio in southern Italy, across the sea from Sicily, saw gunshots and explosions in many areas, and even made people think that there was a riot.

According to the subsequent signs, Ulrich also discovered that their behind-the-scenes boss also took advantage of the opportunity to support a puppet family in Reggio City. Their investigation of the smuggling route was given by the Danieli family under the Gloria. quite a help.

Then there is the rush of thousands of kilometers.

The team directly led by Ulrich was composed of six people. This time, only two other members were selected. The three first came to a small town on the northern border of Iraq.

There is a smuggler stronghold here, responsible for recruiting clients.

After waiting patiently for a week, the three of Ulrich and a group of 129 smugglers recruited by the smuggler team left Iraq and entered Turkey. They traveled all night and arrived at a small village near the sea in south-central Turkey.

Temporarily lurk down.

So it was another three days of waiting until late one night, when all the smugglers who were a bit depressed due to long-distance travel and mental tension were woken up, hurried to a pier by the sea, boarded a freighter, and entered the most difficult A sea voyage.

129 smugglers, 93 males and 36 females, were all driven into the lowest cabin after boarding the ship. Members of the smuggler team wore masks throughout the entire process, and collected 1000 US dollars in cash from each stowaway after entering the warehouse. This is only half, and the other half will be collected after arriving at the destination.

This is a rule of more formal smuggler organizations.

In other words, it is a rule formed after a long run-in with smugglers, because there have been too many bad incidents of smugglers being murdered and abandoned on the smuggling route, the smarter smugglers will keep half of their funds, and when they arrive at the destination If the payment is made, the formal smugglers will not forcefully ask for it.

Formal smuggler organization, it sounds a bit weird.

It is a fact.

Because there are many irregular and unprofessional smugglers, as well as poor stowaways who don’t know the rules and are deceived or even killed.

The three of Ulrich carried out quite delicate disguises during the entire mission process, including brand new identities. After boarding the ship, because they had been arranged in advance, they were considered VIPs on the ship. Wearing a mask, they have no defense against them, because they heard that they will have big business with these people in the future, and they cooperated with each other to give the three of them the information they needed.

Even taking pictures is fine.

The mission of the three people required photographs, so as long as they didn't take photos of sensitive information such as faces, the three of them were free to do so.

Roughly speaking, this is a cargo ship registered in the Panama Islands.

Freighters sailing on the Mediterranean Sea are registered in Panama, which is actually a common practice. There are even many ships registered in the less popular Africa or South Asia. In the final analysis, it is convenient to shirk responsibility in case of an accident.

The smuggler organization that the three followed was also responsible for smuggling. From France to Greece, they sent goods, and when they returned, they brought back a group of smugglers, making money on both sides.

The price tag for each smuggler is 2000 US dollars, which is also the current market price.

The cost of smuggling in the Mediterranean is basically the same. Those unprofessional smugglers may be cheaper, and maybe 1000 US dollars is enough. Of course, the smuggling scale they organize will be small, and it may even be a small team inside a regular shipping company secretly earning extra money. By the way, hide a few people in the cabin.

After all, although seafarers work hard, their salaries are not high.

Even smuggling ten or eight people at a time is still a considerable amount of extra money.

As for this formal smuggler organization, in addition to the $2000 smuggling fee, they can earn more in the future.

Because after arriving, there will be another group of people who will arrange jobs for these smugglers. Then, the smugglers need to use the work in the next few years to pay another commission in batches. The amount is uncertain. The public figure this time is equivalent to about 8000 US dollars .In other words, the overall cost of smuggling these stowaways is US$10000.

It seems high, but these smugglers are actually lucky.

Because after paying [-] U.S. dollars, everything for them can be settled quite properly, unlike some amateur smugglers who leave people on the shore and ignore them.It is good that the smugglers have defected, but if they are some smugglers who think that they can live a good life when they reach the other shore, they often end up very miserable.

Of course there is no binding agreement.