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The one-hour Aldek company meeting, because of Sergei Komorov's impromptu idea, spent more than half an hour discussing the plan.

The specific planning plan may take several months to draw up, and the future implementation will not be able to start in the short term.However, Simon is quite optimistic about this plan. If Sergei Komorov can really build the planned "light industrial complex" step by step, Simon doesn't mind calling the entire Weiss in the process. The resources of the Tello system are supported.

As for the feasibility of the plan, there is no doubt about it.

Because Ukraine's foundation is actually very good, not as good as generally imagined.

In terms of human resources, in the past Ukraine, due to the long-term turmoil that lasted for decades after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, in the early 90s, it had a population of more than 5000 million. In the end, it lost nearly 1000 million people. The population is definitely the best quality labor resource.

If all the 1000 million top-quality human resources stay in Ukraine, if the situation in Ukraine can be stabilized and the economy develops like China, with Ukraine’s superior agricultural resources and industrial base, it is conceivable that these 1000 million people will contribute to this What a wealth of country creation, Ukraine is even enough to become one of the richest countries in Europe.

It's a pity that these people have basically become the cheapest labor at the bottom of Western Europe.

A standard hand of good cards, played to a pulp.

In other words, in Ukraine right now, not many people really care about this deck of cards, and even a few people who care do not have the right to sit at the poker table.The final result is enough to become a 'mini-Soviet' Ukraine without burdens and transfer payments, and finally reduced to the largest bankrupt settlement in Europe.

This is the world.

Fantastic and ironic.

Simon can't change the status quo in Ukraine, and he doesn't have any idea of ​​changing it. However, his interest in creating a small economic miracle in a base area that belongs to the Westeros system in Rivne State is getting stronger and stronger.

Speaking of it, the more chaotic the overall situation in Ukraine is, the more convenient it is for Simon to operate in this corner.In the future, the stronger the economic strength of this region, the stronger the control the Westeros system will have over this country.

In the modern society after the emergence of nuclear weapons, except for the devastating war that may eventually be unavoidable, before that, the economy is the most important position in the game between countries. Mastering the economy of a country is almost equivalent to mastering the country. , Defeating the economy of a country is tantamount to destroying the country.

The Soviet Union, which eventually fell apart, is the most typical annotation of this theory.

There are countless explanations for the reasons for the disintegration of the Soviet Union. In Simon's view, it boils down to one, the economy.A country that can't even keep its people fed and clothed, no matter how powerful its military force is, will inevitably go to ruin.

Simon, on the other hand, isn't worried about getting out of control, even if Rivny ends up being an economic miracle for Ukraine.

Compared with the power of the entire Westeros system, plus the Washington authorities with a strong voice in the Westeros system, let alone the Rivno State, even the entire Ukraine is vulnerable. If someone rebels , To suppress, Simon can think of hundreds of ways.

Moreover, when the time comes, mastering the economy of this area will actually master the aspirations of the people.

In the subsequent Rivny Media, the main topic was to increase the control of public opinion in Ukraine.

Alexander Lyudaev is planning to buy a Ukrainian national TV station and several newspapers. The core interests of the Westeros system in Ukraine are located in the Rivne region, but the media system needs to expand to the whole country. This has been done before It has to be more restrained. Now, with the stability of the Kuchma authorities, the partner of the Westeros system in Ukraine, this layout can also be accelerated.

In addition, Ukraine is not that big, and a national TV station is naturally far from being able to compare with the ABC TV network in the United States, so it also means that the cost is not much, and Simon naturally supports it.

The last Rivny Chemical Group is mainly about the recently completed acquisition of the large fertilizer plant in Odessa and the subsequent further integration. The goal is still that Simon set to control half of Ukraine's fertilizer industry and even indirectly control the country's agricultural production. .

The merger of the fertilizer factory in Odessa has been completed. After the integration, the current total output of various types of chemical fertilizers of the Rivny Chemical Group has exceeded 90 tons, which is close to one-third of Ukraine's total national fertilizer output of 300 million tons at this stage.It seems to be close to half of the target, but in fact, before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine's annual fertilizer production was close to 700 million tons.

Obviously, the current 300 million tons is completely the result of a sharp shrinkage.

As time goes by, even if the chaos in the country remains, Ukraine's fertilizer production will gradually recover. Therefore, in order to control about half of the country's fertilizer industry, Rivny Chemical Group needs to have at least 300 million tons of production in the future. The annual output is considered to be up to the standard.

There is another fact that Simon gradually discovered as the Livni Chemical Group continued to expand, which also sounds a bit ironic.

As the granary of Europe, in Ukraine at this stage, the use rate of chemical fertilizers is pitifully low.

Compared with the nearly 700 million tons of consumption and production in the Soviet period, most of them were used in Ukraine. At this stage, the amount of chemical fertilizer used in Ukraine is even less than 50 tons.

This is actually the main reason why Ukraine’s annual grain production has been directly reduced by more than half compared to the former Soviet Union’s 5000 million tons or more. In 1995, Ukraine’s annual grain production was only 2500 million tons, because the economy continued to decline. Compared with 1994 The annual 2700 million tons not only did not increase, but fell again.

At the core is the collapse of Ukraine's modern agricultural system.

Crops lack chemical fertilizers and nutrients, and even if Ukraine has a good land base, it is impossible to produce enough food.

This incident was reflected in the Rivny Chemical Group. As a result, as the scale of the Rivny Chemical Group continues to expand, the annual output of 90 tons of fertilizers after the company is currently operating at full capacity cannot be achieved in Ukraine. Digest it all.

Moreover, even if it is still expanding, it is impossible for Rivny Chemical Group to occupy the national market of Ukraine after all.

Can only be exported.

As a result, the once major grain exporter in Europe has ironically become a fertilizer exporter.

At this stage, more than 80% of Ukraine's fertilizers are not used in its own country, but are turned to export.

Could it be that Ukrainian farmers do not want to use chemical fertilizers?

of course not.

The point is that you can't afford it.

In the current world of this country, for most farmers, there is enough food in the fields, or even if it is not enough, there is no way.

As for fertilizers, I can't control that much.

On the other hand, due to the fragmentation of the fertilizer industry and narrow export channels, Ukraine still has no bargaining power in this regard even though the demand for fertilizers is very strong worldwide. The price is already low enough, but it will still be kept down by importing countries. .

Of course, Simon would not allow this kind of thing to happen to the Rivni Chemical Group, so he used the relationship of the Westeros system to open up the export channel of the United States.Prior to this, Ukraine's fertilizers were mainly exported to neighboring countries in Europe.

As for the United States, it is also a big agricultural country and has a huge demand for chemical fertilizers.Moreover, even considering the freight factor, after all, Ukraine's fertilizer production cost is too low, and exports were still very competitive in the past.

With the opening of export channels in the United States, the next expansion of Livni Chemical Group will also be smoother.

The main reason is that at this stage, most of the domestic fertilizer companies in Ukraine are unable to make ends meet.Even though Rivny Chemical Group’s asking price for the acquisition is very low, which is not much more than a free grab, the current state of Ukraine is that as long as someone grabs it, as long as many chemical fertilizer factories do not go bankrupt, as long as many industrial workers Keeping your job is a good thing.

Moreover, compared to lucrative industries such as steel, coal, and natural gas, it is really difficult to arouse the interest of those oligarchs. It is basically a buyer's market in the Westeros system.

Chapter 989

The schedule in the morning was over, and the high-level executives who attended the meeting were invited for lunch. In the afternoon, we took a look at several industries located in the urban area of ​​Livni. Simon rushed to the UFMS children's school in the west of the city at four o'clock in the afternoon.

Of course, the name after the official opening is not this, but Livni West City School.

This school, which is still expanding until now, provides education for all ages from kindergarten to high school, and mainly enrolls the children of UFMS mercenaries and the children of executives of the Rovno Gang.

Because of the high quality of the school, there are still many parents who want to send their children here. They do not refuse here. The only difference is that the education for the children of UFMS mercenaries and the children of Rovno gang executives is completely free, which is a special benefit. Others Outsiders need to pay expensive tuition fees.

In the eyes of many people, the most powerful feature of Livni West City School is that the total number of students in this school is about 3700, while the number of teachers has reached an astonishing 2100, regardless of other functional personnel. , the pure teacher-student ratio is only 1.7 to 1, which is terrifying for a school that provides primary education.

This is mainly due to Simon's original strategy of recruiting a large number of talents.

Because of the collapse of this country, Ukraine, which used to have a very developed education system, is struggling financially, and a large number of teaching staff cannot even pay their salaries, so they have to find another way out.As an elitist in his bones, Simon instinctively didn't want to see this kind of thing. In addition, when a top physics professor couldn't even get a pension equivalent to $5, he had to write a letter begging for a job. Stimulated by the incident, the school was asked to let go of recruiting talents.

The end result is that there are more than 2100 teachers, basically all of whom have a doctoral degree or above, and many of them are university professors in Ukraine or even Russia.

The average salary level given by Simon is 500 US dollars, which is a joke in the United States. In Ukraine, it is already a top-level high salary level, which is more than ten times the average monthly income of Ukrainian residents at this stage. It is enough for these elites to live in Rivni. Live a very rich life.

A teaching staff of more than 2100 people should deal with 3700 students. Surplus is almost inevitable. Therefore, many teachers do not actually attend classes. After all, not all the elites recruited by Simon are suitable to go to the podium. Surplus talents, or open up for students according to their own majors Interest groups, or research institutes that have just established on the Livni side are engaged in their own research, or they simply provide various consulting services for the enterprises of the Westeros system here.

It's okay to be idle and have nothing to do.

It doesn't matter to Simon even if these people's compensation expenses exceed a million dollars a month.

According to ancient Chinese sayings, he should be regarded as a supporter of thousands of gold.

However, taking Simon's relatively generous salary in Ukraine, not many people are really lazy on purpose.

Although Simon entered the school during the summer vacation, there were still many people active in the campus.

Simon understood very early on that the key to affecting a person's life is not college education, but primary education. Therefore, when he determined the direction of charity for the Westeros family, he also had the idea of ​​making efforts for it.

In the end, face reality and take the initiative to give up.

However, for this school here, even without the relevant expectations of Sowell College in Los Angeles, the education style that Simon personally determined is still a strict elite education, rather than the happy education that is generally fooled by the bottom in Europe and the United States.Want to be happy, want a childhood, sorry, turn left when you go out, Rivni Westside School does not provide a happy childhood.

Although all qualified students can enroll for free, and other qualified self-supporting students are not rejected, but from the elementary school stage, students in this school will be in a state of competition.

No one will be expelled unless they do something particularly bad. However, all students will be divided according to their academic performance.Of course, because the faculty is strong enough, this school will also teach students in accordance with their aptitude.

For example, between arts and sciences, or those who are really not interested in all cultural subjects but are good at sports, can be cultivated.

Simon has also customized scholarship regulations, not only from elementary school to middle school, but as long as he can be admitted to a designated university in the future, he will continue to receive funding from the Westeros system, and even directly study abroad under the arrangement of the Westeros system.

As for parents, if you can't accept this kind of Spartan education, then feel free.

However, since the school started, only more and more people want to send their children in, and no one has let their children drop out of school because the school's education system is too strict.Emphasizing education and looking forward to their children's success is definitely not just the educational concept of Chinese parents, it can be said to be the instinct of almost all parents in the world.

Simon walked around the campus.The entire campus, even the kindergarten area, has many students.

There are obviously some parents who don’t have the time to watch their children take the initiative to send them over to the kindergarten. After all, the quality of the kindergarten teachers here is also top-notch after careful selection, not to mention it’s free. In other primary and secondary school areas, there are students or students in classrooms everywhere. Take summer tutoring, or various interest groups, or physical exercise, the list goes on.

Generally speaking, this campus is filled with a kind of determination that this ruined country does not possess at all.

It was probably a special arrangement by a caring person. Simon also met the physics professor at Kyiv National University who wrote a letter to ask for a job. The old man named Sergey Ershakov is 68 years old this year and is still in good spirits. He is working for a group of The students were tutoring high school physics, and Simon also sat in for a while. Compared with the physics courses in his high school career in memory, it can only be said that the difference is obvious.

At the end of the chat, the old man expressed his gratitude to Simon. His current job has almost supported a large family.

Then there was some unavoidable regret.

Simon stayed at the school for two hours and didn't leave until six o'clock.

Another banquet in the evening.

This time is quite special, the target of entertainment is some high-level Ukrainian military.

With the establishment of the Ukrainian Constitution, Ukraine's political and military systems have begun a new round of adjustments. On the military side, the Kyiv authorities have begun to prepare another military reform.

To put it bluntly, continue to disarm.

Even though the more than 70 troops in Ukraine had been reduced to more than 20 when the Soviet Union just disintegrated, Ukraine still cannot afford it now.

Simon also obtained some information in advance.

In this reform, the entire Ukrainian army will be planned and integrated into three major military regions, mainly the Northern Combat Command with Kyiv as the core, the Southern Combat Command with Odessa as the core, and the Western Combat Command with Rivni as the core. department.

The three major military regions, Kyiv and Odessa are not surprising, one is the capital, and the other is the outlet of the Black Sea.However, the Kyiv authorities intend to set up the base of the Western Combat Command, which integrates the nine states in the west, in Rivni, the capital of the Rivne region.This is obviously also targeted.

Of course not outside.

Simon didn't try to change anything about it.

If it was the Soviet era, or other countries with a stable political situation, if the authorities did this, Simon might still have a grudge.Ukraine now has an army of more than 20. Frankly speaking, it is a group of chickens and dogs that may not even be as good as the Iraqi army in the Gulf War.

As for why.

Serving as a soldier requires food, and in Ukraine now, let’s say that in 1995, the defense budget squeezed out by the Kyiv authorities was equivalent to a measly 9.1 million U.S. dollars, which was less than 10 billion U.S. dollars in military expenditures. The state of skinning has fallen to about 24 troops last year, and there may not even be half of them left.

It may be a problem for soldiers to have enough food, let alone fighting.

The current Ukrainian army is trying to fend for itself from top to bottom. After all, the Soviet Union has just disintegrated for a few years, and Western society and Eastern European countries are in the honeymoon period. At least on the Ukrainian side, there is no sign of war or even confrontation. , naturally no one would think or care about their own army.

What Simon hosted was Vasily Borisov, a 56-year-old high-ranking Ukrainian military commander who had already been designated as the commander of the Western Combat Command. He was a lieutenant general.

Speaking of which, it was the general who mobilized a regiment of engineers to help the military theme park with infrastructure construction. The Borisov family is also one of the secret shareholders of the military theme park. Vasily Borisov's 17-year-old son, Alexander Borisov, is part of the Children's Study Abroad Funding Program.

The Borisov family is also involved in the arms transaction with Angola, and Borisov’s eldest son, Alesek Borisov, is still working in a related arms trading company.

All in all, this is a 'one of my own'.

Of course, on the surface, Vasily Borisov belongs to the Kuchma line in the Kyiv authorities, but he is not considered the core. In the end, he was able to successfully win the position of commander of the Western Combat Command among several competitors, and he also has The reason why the Stroll system is working quietly.

Compared with the Northern Combat Command, which defends Kyiv, and the Southern Combat Command, which has a navy, the Western Combat Command is the smallest. Even without considering the subsequent further drawdown, there are less than 6 people at this stage.

Simon secretly had a certain idea, 5000 UFMS private army against 6 Western Combat Command soldiers, I don't know what the result will be?

Of course, the chances of this happening are almost zero.

Even if the eventuality happened, Simon would watch from a distance. Of course, he would feel sorry for the loss of the UFMS private army, but he would not hurt his bones.

Vasily Borisov is more like a bureaucrat than a soldier. It is not hard to imagine just looking at the other party's belly. In front of Simon, this lieutenant general does not have the air of a commander who is about to become a large military region. On the contrary, with obvious humility, the leader is like this, not to mention other high-ranking Ukrainian troops who participated in the banquet.

Therefore, a dinner party, the host and guest enjoy themselves.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, the dinner ended, Simon did not stay in the city, but continued to rush back to the hot spring manor in the north of the city.

When the vehicle entered the main road, the girl A sitting next to Simon talked about something serious: "Boss, another invitation has been sent from Moscow, and I hope you can attend a banquet tomorrow night, mainly to entertain a friend from the United States." Investment mission, Yeltsin will be there too."

Simon leaned on the leather seat and closed his eyes to rest. Hearing this, he shook his head directly: "No."

Having been by Simon's side for a long time, Girl A knows more than the others. After thinking about it, she said, "Boss, I think that sometimes you need to show your presence."

Simon opened his eyes and looked at the female assistant beside him, smiled, and said, "A, then tell me, why did Yeltsin invite me again?"

Alison said: "It should be to show some kind of sincerity, or some communication. In short, it must be related to the layout of the boss in Russia."

Simon shook his head: "You may have guessed wrong this time."

"Ok?"

Simon didn't explain anymore.

About someone's arrangement, except for the two Jenny, Simon has not told anyone else, even girl A, only knows that Simon has some special arrangements in Russia, and would never have thought that Simon's arrangement would be Russia's next president.

This matter is too big. It's not that Simon doesn't trust girl A, but he doesn't want to leave such an insignificant opening.

Let's talk about Yeltsin's invitation this time.