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However, these people will be tightly controlled by the smugglers in the next few years, almost equivalent to cheap labor, or, to use another word to describe it, they are slaves.

In Western developed countries, ordinary citizens are often unwilling to do some dirty, tiring and low-paying jobs, so they need these cheap laborers who are almost slaves. Of course, there are regular legal laborers. In fact, there are more illegal laborers, and almost The authorities' acquiescence, because not only do the authorities not need to provide these people with any benefits, but they can also use them as much as they can.

If someone makes trouble, it's even simpler, deportation.

Therefore, it seems that the follow-up 8000 US dollars is only two or three months’ wages for ordinary Western citizens. For these smugglers, it may take several years to repay. Moreover, because they are controlled by smugglers, it is said that it is 8000 US dollars. The smugglers may not even know how much the smugglers got.

In any case, for these smugglers, as long as they can reach Western Europe and settle down, it is probably worth paying more.

For example, on this ship at this time, Ulrich knew that the smugglers in the bottom warehouse were all Kurds in northern Iraq, and the Kurds in the Middle East were like European gypsies, and their living conditions were even worse, even the most basic life. It is difficult to get guarantees, especially as the economic situation in Iraq, which has been severely sanctioned in recent years, has deteriorated, and the situation of the Kurds has also become worse.

"Actually, this is not a very good route." On the deck in the dark, Ulrich was smoking a cigarette with the captain who claimed to be Renault. People may be curious, but they don't have too many guards. At this time, they are a little eloquent: "Since the end of the Cold War, smuggling has been a very popular business in recent years. However, the Middle East and France are not the best starting point, and the other is not the best place to start." Not the best destination, John, do you know why?"

John was Ulrich's pseudonym for the operation.Shaking his head, Ulrich asked, "Why?

Captain Renault said: "Here in the Middle East, if you think about it, you must be very clear. Because of religious habits, they are not very qualified laborers. Smuggling these people is often not worth the loss."

Ulrich asked, "Then why are you still doing it?"

Some shrewdness flashed in Captain Renault's eyes, and he said with a smile: "Because we can guarantee that after they arrive at their destination, they can't do whatever they want. If someone is lazy, the whip will definitely be very useful." So saying, don't wait for Ur Richie asked, and Captain Renault said again: "As for France, because the right-wing government has been in power for these years, the crackdown on illegal immigrants is very strict, and smuggling is very difficult."

Speaking of which, Captain Renault changed a cigarette, took a deep breath after lighting it, and continued: "The best smuggling route is actually from Eastern Europe to Western Europe. Because of the similar skin color, it is easier for Eastern Europeans to integrate into Western Europe. Moreover, Unlike blacks in Africa and those in the Middle East, Eastern Europeans are more capable, so that the governments of some countries, such as Germany, almost acquiesced in allowing illegal immigrants from Eastern Europe to sneak into their countries because these countries lack cheap labor. In addition, oh, actually There is also Asia, but this line is too far away, and it is very difficult to do, but, maybe you also know that Asians are very hardworking, if it is not that there is no connection, I would actually prefer to do this line in Asia.”

Ulrich smiled, wrote down these silently, and chatted with Captain Renault for a while, and when it was dinner time, everyone entered the cabin to eat together.

Then it is to deliver meals to the stowaways in the bottom warehouse.

This is a job that many people don't like to do. Ulrich and his two attendants offered to help, and the smugglers loved it.

Six or seven people came to the bottom of the cabin with plastic buckets containing rice and fresh water. As soon as they entered, a disgusting mixed smell came over their faces.

The members of the smuggler organization responsible for distributing food and fresh water knocked on the buckets in their hands and huddled in the dark cabin. Many stowaways who looked like ghosts came up to receive the food. It's not that they didn't want to put down the food and leave, but maybe someone who did this There will be no food, and some people will even die of hunger and thirst.

These are cheap labor that can continue to provide profits for the organization in the future. The smuggler team on the ship does not want anyone to die, so they can only do it themselves as much as possible.

Chapter 977 Shock 4000 billion

The smugglers each had only a spoonful of rice and a cup of fresh water, which were quickly distributed. Ulrich Sandmann and his two subordinates skillfully packed up the empty plastic buckets, and the others went down to the bottom bin together. However, the members of the smugglers groped their way into the crowd. There was a tug and dispute in the dimness, accompanied by begging and sobbing. Soon seven or eight women were driven away from the crowd and walked towards the hatch not far away.

The other stowaways just kept silent.

There were very few women involved in smuggling, and Ulrich knew that these were women without owners.Lacking the protection of men, not only now, maybe after arriving in France, the end will not be too good.

The three of Ulrich followed them out of the bottom cabin with an empty bucket, and just arrived on the deck, it was already lively here, and the members of the smuggler organization on the ship were all involved, wearing masks and naked, like a sea under the stars. An open-air carnival above.

Rejecting Captain Renault's invitation, the three of Ulrich returned the empty barrel to the galley, and then returned to their cabins together.

The two subordinates who have followed Ulrich for a long time may be moved in their hearts, but they did not mention the meaning of participating in it at all. Their boss is very gentle when he is gentle, and strict enough when he is strict. Even, Ulrich would kill them if necessary.

Not being able to participate in the carnival on the deck was not because of any moral factors, they were already walking in the dark, let alone morality, the law did not have much binding force on them.

Mainly it may affect their tasks.

That's it.

Back in their cabin, the three of them played poker for a while, then rested, and woke up again, the outdoors were still dark.

darkness before dawn.

The freighter quietly arrived on the coast of France.

There was no pier, and more than 100 people arrived at the shore by several speedboats that came to meet them. This is near the city of Nice in southern France.

Three days after landing, there were another 129 smugglers quietly and cautiously. Except for a few who went to seek refuge with relatives and friends, most of them were divided into several groups and rushed to Paris, the capital of France. Ulrich’s team continued Follow up, I have seen the entire smuggling process, the task is not over, and I have to investigate the illegal immigration resettlement network on the French side.

The smugglers who arrived in France were led by organized illegal immigration gangs, and were quickly assigned to dark corners of the country according to factors such as gender, age and skills, and started their 'new' lives.

After dutifully following up the entire placement process, Ulrich rushed to one of their strongholds in Geneva, Switzerland, with two subordinates.

The time is already May 7.

This time, all five teams under Ulrich's name were dispatched, taking all the smuggling routes from Latin America, Africa, Asia and other parts of the world to France. Several groups all returned smoothly.

The next step is to organize the data and submit the task report.

In a lakeside villa in the northern part of Lake Geneva, which is somewhat remote from the center of Geneva, Ulrich is carefully drawing in front of a huge world map with a red pen. The door of this large open office is pushed open , A subordinate hurried in from the outside, holding a document in his hand: "Boss, the results of the general election in Russia came out, and Yeltsin won the election."

Ulrich's drawing hand didn't stop at all, obviously not very interested.

Dennis Peck, the leader of Ulrich's second team who had just completed a smuggling voyage from Libya to France, saw that his boss was not interested, so he put down the printout of the online news page, and randomly pulled an office chair and sat down. , looked at Ulrich's drawing, thought for a while, and said, "Boss, I think, I might guess what our big boss wants to do?"

Ulrich continued to work in silence.

Dennis Peck smiled helplessly again, and turned to the other person who was busy in front of the computer: "Rafael, do you want to know?"

A white man in his early thirties named Raphael Klich shook his head with a smile, also looking very shameless.

Dennis Peck showed a wounded and frantic look, and he couldn't hold back, no matter whether his companion wanted to hear it or not, he said, "I think our big boss wants to do something completely opposite to Hitler back then. thing."

Hearing what Dennis said, Ulrich frowned slightly, and finally reprimanded: "Danny, I don't want to hear your words like trying to figure out the intention of the higher-ups, otherwise I will report it. You are not suitable for the current job."

Dennis Peck shrank his neck when he heard the words, knowing that Ulrich was not joking at all, and quickly said: "Boss, I promise, it will never happen again."

Regarding the current job, Dennis Peck has no dissatisfaction whatsoever. He doesn't want to be kicked out. In fact, Dennis is definitely not a talkative person. He is only talkative in front of Ulrich, mainly because Because Dennis was a subordinate brought out by Ulrich himself when he was in the Stasi, he was not only a teacher but also a friend, and even had a close relationship with him.

Of course Dennis also understood that Ulrich's warning was actually for his own good.

Ulrich was not interested in the just-released Russian general election results, however, on this day, the attention of the global media was on the matter.

Simon also received the news immediately.

After half a year of difficult election campaigns, Yeltsin, who had nearly collapsed in popular support, finally defeated his biggest competitor Zyuganov with 53% of the votes, and successfully re-elected as the Russian president.

In Simon's view, this general election is another watershed in Russia since the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

If Russia’s economy has collapsed in the past few years, with the results of this election, the major Russian oligarchs who supported Yeltsin’s re-election further controlled all aspects of the country and began to increase the speed of expansion. The country's economy has fallen into a deeper abyss as a result of its inaction.

The second day after the end of the Russian general election, the time came to July 7th.

American Independence Day.

Simon and the two Jeannies were busy all day, mainly attending the wedding of Daenerys Entertainment CEO Amy Pascal, a Hollywood executive who followed Simon all the way and took credit for the development of Daenerys Entertainment Zhiwei, therefore, Simon also gave [-] points of importance to Amy's wedding.

Amy Pascal did not make a fuss, and the total number of guests invited was less than 100, but it was also lively all day long. The female executive then only planned to spend a short Independence Day holiday weekend with her husband before re-entering Work, make up after the honeymoon.

On the same day, the summer holidays in North America also opened a new week.

Although July 7th is Thursday, but because of Independence Day, this box office week has been moved forward by one day. There are three important new films on that day. Connelly starred in the action blockbuster "The Island of Death" and Sony's comic book adaptation film "Phantom Man".

Immediately afterwards, the next day, the previous full box office week also came to an end.

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Although without the halo of the previous "Batman" series, Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow" still received a lot of praise, with a comprehensive media score of 8.8, which is close to the classic level.

Even, Simon felt that it might be because of the lack of the drag of the "Batman" series that was getting worse and worse in the 90s, instead, Tim Burton's new film got more attention and praise.Speaking of it, because of the absence of the previous "Batman", Tim Burton's coffee position in Hollywood has been greatly reduced, and costs can be saved in all aspects. The production budget of this "Sleepy Hollow" is only 7000 million US dollars in the end. Much lower than the $1 million in the original time and space.

In the first seven days of its opening week, "Sleepy Hollow" earned an average of nearly US$1.7, earning US$5139 million in its first week.

In the past, the domestic box office of "Sleepy Hollow" was only about 1 million US dollars. This time, with the support of Daenerys Entertainment's powerful publicity campaign, the film was promoted as "every frame is enough to serve as A fantasy movie with a beautiful poster, which earned 5139 million US dollars in the opening, coupled with the near-classic word-of-mouth, the domestic box office can increase by at least 50%.

Considering that the total cost of production and publicity of the film is only US$1 million, it is estimated that the local box office will not be less than US$1.5 million, which is enough to recover most of the cost.Moreover, most of the blockbusters produced by Daenerys Entertainment are often overseas. Therefore, just the box office is enough for Daenerys Entertainment to recover a considerable profit.

With the success of "Sleepy Hollow", the popularity of the film's leading actors and actresses, Johnny Depp and Mia Kirschner, has increased significantly.

Speaking of which, after becoming famous with "Edward Scissorhands", Depp's development in recent years can be described as bumpy. Although there are still excellent works such as "A Different Sky", the business has not been tepid, and even appeared from the second-tier The sign of slipping to the third line, the wonderful performance in "Sleepy Hollow", coupled with the commercial success of this film, sent Depp to the first line of Hollywood in one fell swoop.

The other Mia Kirshner is more typical.

Lady of Westeros.

Hollywood does not have a similar name publicly. After all, Simon has a lot of stars who have become popular. However, it is obvious that Mia Kirschner is another classic case of someone who became popular.

After all, she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress when she was just 20 years old with "Little Women", which is still one of the few in Hollywood.

Well-informed people in the circle also know that Simon Westero gave Tim Burton very high authority at the beginning, but he did not compromise on the heroine and insisted on using Mia Kirschner, who looks innocent. The actress with a particularly cold and melancholy atmosphere also interprets the heroine in "Sleepy Hollow" brilliantly.

Therefore, after the tempering of the previous films, Mia Kirschner also became famous in one fell swoop.

It's a real hit with the absence of moisture.

Blockbuster movies can bring popularity gains to actors that low-budget films that only make a few million dollars at the box office can't match.

In the final analysis, if an actor wants to become famous, what he wants to fight for is popularity. The more people you can let your name know, the higher your status will be, and if you participate in a blockbuster movie that is destined to be released on a large scale around the world, even if the movie Without success, it was enough for the actor to gain considerable popularity.

With the success of "Sleepy Hollow", Daenerys Entertainment also took advantage of the official announcement that Mia Kirschner will star in the new film "The Girl Who Moved Soul" by Hollywood cutting-edge director James Mangold, together with Oscar Angelina Jolie, daughter of actor Jon Voight.

Because of the Independence Day holiday and the fact that the two films do not have too much conflict in terms of themes, "007: Spectre" was released for the third week. Facing the impact of "Sleepy Hollow", the box office decline remained strong. 31%, and another 3860 million US dollars. Within three weeks of its release, the cumulative box office of this 007 series of super blockbusters quickly reached a high of 1 million US dollars.

With the current box office trend, "007: Spectre" is basically locked in the box office champion position of the 1996 summer file.As for whether it can secure the annual box office champion, it depends on the box office performance of films such as "Wonder Woman 2" and "Charlie's Angels" at the end of the year.

The two blockbusters accounted for most of the box office share, and the other films on the weekly box office list can only be described as scattered.

So it's not worth mentioning.

After the Independence Day weekend, on July 7th, the new week, the Westeros system officially opened the bond issuance plan for the second half of the year.

First announced was AOL's $30 billion bond financing package.

The continuous reduction of holdings in the Westeros system in the first half of the year has made too many people wary of the bursting risk of the new technology bubble. When it came out, many people were caught off guard.

Even though AOL announced that the US$30 billion bond will be mainly for overseas investors, the North American stock market still experienced a significant decline on the day the news was announced, and the Nasdaq market, which has been soaring all the way, fell by 1.2% in a single day , after all, the market is not stupid.

However, wisdom and reason are often two different things.

After the 1.2% drop on Monday, the Nasdaq market rebounded by 0.7% on Tuesday, and rebounded again by 0.8% on Wednesday. Therefore, in three days, the Nasdaq market as a whole not only did not fall, but also showed a slight rise .

As of the close of Wednesday afternoon on July 7, the Nasdaq index has reached 10 points.

At the same time, among the leading technology stocks that have attracted the most attention from the capital market, Eaglet Corporation has gradually begun to stand out. On Wednesday, the market value of this Internet giant has reached 3876 billion U.S. dollars, following Nasda After the gram index broke through 4000 points, it is obvious that a company with a level of 4000 billion US dollars will soon appear in the North American stock market.

According to industry forecasts, Eaglet’s final market value may monopolize about 10% of the entire Nasdaq market.

Compared with the former Yahoo, this seems a bit unbelievable. However, the current Eaglet is far from being comparable to the previous Yahoo portal.

With continuous business upgrades, the proportion of the portal business in the current Eaglet company has become smaller and smaller, or even insignificant.

On the other hand, it is actually the most important point, whether it is Eaglet’s complete monopoly of Internet-based tools and software, or its fast-growing online advertising business, or even its e-commerce business with rapidly growing transaction volume, and the cloud computing industry of other peers in the world. The computing business has really brought a large amount of operating income to Eaglet, which is completely incomparable to Yahoo, which has not yet formed a complete business model even after reaching the peak of [-] billion market value.

Chapter 978 Trapped Beast

Rwandan Vice President and Minister of Defense Paul Kagame's official visit to the United States began on July 7 and lasted for three days. On the last day, he left Washington suddenly and arrived on the west coast of the United States as a guest at Simon Westero's Cape Dume Manor, which attracted a lot of media attention.

Paul Kagame's visit to the Cape Dume Manor was mainly to express the Rwandan people's gratitude to Simon Westero for preventing the tragedy of the Rwandan massacre two years ago.

From the Woodfield Manor bombing to intervening in the Rwandan war, and then to the subsequent elimination of the entire Ndrangheta family in Italy, in order to avoid certain covetousness to the greatest extent, Simon revealed all the sharpness of the show, including these violent means The meddling of the 1994 mid-term elections and the quietly completed 'Sword of Damocles Project'.

After showing the edge, it is restrained.

Especially when this year is still an election year in the United States, the Westeros system must keep a low profile to avoid backlash from all parties.

Therefore, Simon actually did not want to entertain Paul Kagame, an African politician, at the Cape Dume estate.

After all, it really reminds too many people of too many things.

However, if it is not entertained, it will also have some negative effects. First of all, it will lead to speculation. Has the Westeros system’s efforts in Africa completely failed?Other allies of the Westeros system may even be shaken by this, and after weighing the pros and cons, they still arranged a lunch.

Now that the decision is made, it will be lively.

By the way, a group of celebrities and politicians from California were invited, and media interviews were also arranged.

Many times, the attention of the media and the public is always a bit strange, just like people don’t care about Paul Kagame’s meeting with the president and other high-level Washington officials, and the lunch menu when Simon Westero entertained this African politician But very interested.

Others, of course, see more from other dimensions.

You know, the Rwanda War ended two years ago. Faced with many people's concerns that the Westeros system might control Rwanda, Simon chose to withdraw quite simply, as if he really is a Robin Hood who does not care about gains and losses but only maintains justice in the world. .Then, in two years, people even gradually forgot what the Weijia private army had done in Rwanda, and some people thought that the impact of the Westeros system on Rwanda had been minimized.

It wasn't until some time ago that the Westeros system used the name of the Rwandan government to launch an attack on France, which made the Chirac authorities ashamed, and everyone didn't realize it.

Many people have responded to this.

For example, the Dos Santos authorities in Angola expelled the arms trading team of the son of former French President Mitterrand, and completely fell to the Westeros system.

The line of sight is extremely high and far away, and I look down again.

It seems that unconsciously, the powerful influence of the Westeros system has spread all over the world.

Needless to say North America.

In addition, the Westeros system has created quite a strong influence in Asia, Africa, and Europe. China in Asia, Rwanda and Angola in Africa, Ukraine in Europe, and even Russia, which is looming for some people.This seemingly unrelated move has unconsciously affected the entire chessboard pattern.