On the east coast of the United States, on a manor on Masa Vineyard Island at the eastern end of Long Island, Celia, who returned to North America, met Simon again. It was Friday, November 15th.

In just a few days, facing the strong concern of international public opinion, the task force sent by the Kiev authorities to Donetsk quickly solved the Sherban assassination case.

At the press conference on the case summary, Ukraine said that one of the five arrested murderers was jealous of the layoffs after their factory was acquired by a company under Sherban, and contacted several other accomplices to launch the assassination.

This reason is nonsense.

Bystanders who have a little understanding of the inside know that the whole thing is the fierce struggle between two major Ukraine forces to compete for Dongwu industrial assets. Moreover, contacting that Lazarenko was attempted to assassinate a few months ago, both sides were not clean.

Such a scandal is definitely not suitable for the public to know.

Even if you cover up your ears and steal the bell.

Since the case has been quickly resolved, Leon Kuchima also personally held a press conference to assure reporters around the world that Ukraine would strengthen its protection for overseas investors. In addition, Russia and the United States did not make any substantial follow-ups after making a statement. The matter came to an end.

As for the continued surge and turmoil in private, no one can find out.

In the living room of the manor villa near the sea at the southern end of Masa Vineyard Island.

Celia Miller sips slowly in her coffee, occasionally looking at her own boss who was hugging Erin Lauder on the sofa next to her and looking through the casino development plan.

After more than ten minutes of this, after reading the information, Simon stroked Erin's waist in his arms, tilted his head and kissed the girl's cheeks and neck carefully, while asking, "How do you think of this plan?"

Erin, who deliberately swears sovereignty in the man's arms because Celia appears, turned rosy quickly under Simon's movements. She held one of his big hands that was causing trouble and shook her head, "I don't understand this, but I don't know where Rifny is. If you really invest a lot of money to build a casino, will it attract tourists in the future?"

"Las Vegas was just a desert town before it became famous."

Seeing Simon saying this, Erin kissed her mouth again, she was really embarrassed to be so kind to me in front of outsiders, so she acted to bite him and said, "Then you decide for yourself, it's all your money anyway."

Simon was not scared by Erin's fake bite, and kissed the girl's earlobe again, saying, "Or the Lauder family will also participate, and the little Noah who will be left to us in the future will make him the Eastern European gambling king. It sounds very powerful, right?"

Erin felt even more embarrassed: "I don't know it's a boy or a girl, and I can't control the investment matters, if I ask my father and the others to decide."

After saying this, Erin, who has been trained as a lady since childhood, finally couldn't stand being so intimate by Celia, broke free from Simon's arms and hugged her and said, "Okay, I'm going to take a nap, you guys can chat."

Simon reluctantly pulled the girl's arm until she got up and broke away little by little, feeling affectionate: "I know you can't sleep alone, I'll come here to accompany you soon."

Erin gave Simon a blank look: "I like sleeping alone."

As he said that, seeing that Simon was holding his little hand, the man turned his face and could only go forward and kiss him, so he was able to be let go.

However, just as she was about to turn around and go out, Erin, who was not stupid in her head, realized that a guy had just intentionally just now, so that she could not stand it and leave on her own initiative.

Finally, he threw out a look of "I understand" and nodded politely to Celia, but Erin still walked out.

When Erin left, Simon glanced at Celia with a strange expression: "Are you very envious?"

Simon did not deliberately conceal some things, so Celia naturally knew that although she was inevitably moved, the woman did not respond, but said, "Noah, a very good name."

"Yes, Irene raised it, we all hope it's a boy, and then it's called Noah Lauder Westeros."

After all, it was the boss’s personal matter. Even if he had an intimate relationship, Celia still put her position very straight, nodded without saying anything more, and asked instead: "What do you think of this plan?"

Simon said: "If everything costs only $200 million, you can try it, but if it really starts, the money will definitely not be enough."

Celia also expressed her approval.

Infrastructure such as casinos, casinos, hotels, etc. is just the beginning. Two hundred million US dollars are placed in Ukraine, and the stalls can indeed be expanded.

The key is the subsequent operation.

Just like Atlantic City, although it is not too much of a failure, compared to the vigorous momentum of the city building at the beginning, the results are now far lower than investors' expectations.

The same is true for Atlantic City, which has many advantages. It is located in an unknown remote state and county in Eastern Europe. It is absolutely difficult to do it. At that time, once the casino is not ideal, the project may be like an out-of-control film project like "Future Water World" or "Titanic", which is still filming. If investors want to avoid the huge investment in the early stage, they will have to grit their teeth and continue to burn money.

It's hard to say whether it will become a bottomless pit.

After careful consideration, Celia said: "From the operation of hot spring resorts and military theme parks, Andre and Alexander are both excellent in their abilities, and they are still exploring and learning, which is an important positive factor. If the passion of the two can last for five to ten years, or if the boss is willing to use the resources of the Westeros system to support it, I believe that the possibility of this casino success is more than 70%.

Simon closed the documents in his hand and said, "I'll find someone to evaluate them again, Siri, tell me about your Ukrainian itinerary a few days ago?"

Celia sorted out her thoughts and talked in detail about the contacts with Victor Pinchuk, Victor Yanukovych, Yulia Tymoshenko, as well as some other schedules. Even the Korkosko family hoped to come to give gifts on Thanksgiving.

Simon has learned some of the matters in the memorandum submitted by Celia. When he heard that Evegania wanted Thanksgiving to come, he just smiled and said that Celia directly told Janet that it was.

In addition, I also felt a little moved.

Yanukovych also appeared.

This politician who was born in the Donetsk Gang and once became the president of Ukraine can be said to be the worst of the previous and last presidents of Ukraine. The root of the matter lies in the other party's pro-Russian position. Unfortunately, Russia is no longer the former Soviet Union, and it is all about to be suppressed by the United States, let alone support Yanukovych's rule. What he can do in the end is to give this troubled younger brother political protection, so as to avoid being captured and thrown into prison by Ukraine.

After roughly speaking, Celia couldn't help but ask: "Boss, this storm is an excellent opportunity for us to expand heavily in Ukraine. Why give up? Everyone feels regretful and confused about this? Just like Tymoshenko, if the boss agrees to the woman's surrender, we can directly control the natural gas supply in Ukraine."

"If I want to invest in natural gas, I can go directly to Russia to buy oil and gas fields. This is the real energy business. Tymoshenko is just a second-hand dealer who relies on monopoly distribution channels to make profits," Simon shrugged and said, "As for why I don't take the opportunity to expand, I certainly know what you think. Taking this opportunity to destroy the Razalenko group and enter the East Ukraine to the Donetsk Gang. By then, we will basically control the entire Ukraine, right?"

Celia did not nod and asked back, "Boss, is there any problem with this?"

"To be honest, I almost couldn't control this desire to expand. Fortunately, I finally held this line," Simon said, seeing Celia still confused, and said again: "Cialia, ask you a question, why do you think the Westeros system has grown and grown at a nearly miraculous rate in the past decade?"

This problem is too big, Celia thought about it and could only smile and said, "Because the boss is a genius."

Simon smiled and shook his head, and did not force Celia to answer, and took the initiative: "I don't deny that I have my own secret. However, one of the key factors in the Westeros system has risen rapidly in the past decade is that I have never competed with people in various traditional industries that have formed monopoly, so I bypassed the competitive obstacles that many entrepreneurs often encounter. Just like Daenerys Entertainment, since its establishment, in order to avoid the suppression of the seven old brands at that time, I have been engaged in foreign cooperation and gave up many interests. Until now, this company still has cooperation projects with several other Hollywood giants. In addition, the Internet field, this is even more typical, it is a completely new industry starting from scratch, so the Westeros system can also grow rapidly in an environment with almost no competitors."

Celia felt enlightened.

Simon looked at Celia's expression and continued: "My layout in Ukraine is the same. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the most valuable assets inherited by this country from the former Soviet Union were in the east and south. However, I did not develop to the southeast, but instead focused on a border state and county in the poorest and backward northwest, and invested a large amount of funds to develop from scratch. In addition, I continued to give concessions to Ukrainian local tyrants, so this did not arouse the covetousness and rebound of the local Ukrainian forces."

Seeing Celia's nodding look, Simon still did not stop: "People always like to get something for nothing. This is nature, but things that are too easy to get are often difficult to hold in their hands for a long time. Just like the fierce confrontation between the Razalenko and the Donetsk Gang for the competition for industrial assets in Dongwu, they all thought it was something that could be obtained without paying too much. As a result, Yev Sherban even lost his life. And Tymoshenko, the natural gas princess seems to be very glorious, but as long as the political situation in Ukraine changes

, the monopoly natural gas distribution channels she now masters will be taken away almost immediately, which is something that cannot be held. In comparison, our layout in Rovno Prefecture in the past two years has been formed. Next, we only need to manage patiently and create a super Rovno consortium that is strong enough to easily control the Ukrainian economy. At that time, this Eastern European country will naturally be controlled by us. Just like Hollywood, with Daenerys Entertainment's current strength and size, I say I am the king of Hollywood. Do you think anyone is against it?"

Celia nodded slightly subconsciously, reacted, and shook her head quickly. Finally, she didn't know whether to nod or shake her head, so she could only smile: "Boss, I understand."

Simon showed a satisfied expression, but took the initiative to change the subject: "However, I have actually been considering this issue in recent days."

"Um?"

"We have made such a big disturbance. If we don't take the initiative to ask for something, it will make the Ukrainian local snakes uneasy and think we are planning something bigger."

Celia suddenly felt deeply: "Boss, this is actually what I want to say."

Simon said: "So, next, Rivni can apply to the Kiev authorities to establish a free trade zone, just as we hope to get this time."

“Free Trade Zone?”

"Yes, you also know this. The Rifney Municipal Government had already proposed it two years ago. However, the initial imitation of China's plan to establish a special economic zone will definitely not work. As long as Kiev is not crazy, it will not be possible to fully tilt Rifney's resources. They do not have enough resources. Then take a step back and promote Rifney to establish a free trade zone with tariff exemption. Without the restrictions on trade categories and tariffs, it will not only attract more investors to enter Rifney, but Sergei's proposed "light industry consortium" plan can also obtain a better development platform. Moreover, the storm of the Sherban assassination has just passed, and neither the Kiev authorities nor other forces will rashly jump out to oppose this plan."

Celia then remembered the proposal that was temporarily suppressed by Simon.

Development plans such as casinos are just corners after all. The core of Rovno Prefecture's industry is still light industry products and OEM industries, and both aspects focus on exports. In this case, in order to promote the further development of Rovno Prefecture, it is indeed better to build Rivni into a free trade zone.

Moreover, under the current situation in Ukraine, the resistance to obtaining Kiev's release from the free trade zone proposal is the lowest.

So he quickly became interested and discussed with his boss carefully for more than half an hour before Celia finally said goodbye and left, intending to contact Rovno immediately.

Simon personally sent Celia onto the helicopter back to Greenwich. He watched the helicopter disappear into the clear blue sky in the winter, felt the loneliness of the surroundings being covered with green shade due to the withering leaves. He raised his arms and stretched his body casually, and walked towards the villa for a while.

This is actually a manor of the Lauder family.

After Erin became pregnant, Estee Lauder, who was still alive, was of course also a girl's grandmother. Estee Lauder, who personally took charge of the manor to his granddaughter's name and said it was a gift to a little guy in Erin's belly.

When he returned to the common white wall and blue roof villa in the United States, he heard the sound. Simon looked up and saw a girl who had woken up by the window of the second floor bedroom greeting him. He responded with a smile, made a wait move, and soon entered the villa and came to the second floor bedroom.

However, although obediently allowing the man to pick him up from the sofa by the window and put him on his legs, Erin leaned over to Simon's collar and sniffled, saying dissatisfied: "I've been talking for so long, and I'm still saying that I'll take a nap with me?"

"Why do you want to sleep again?"

"How can I sleep?" Erin raised her hand and hit the man's shoulder, leaned softly, and said in a resentful tone: "Do you want to leave later?"

I was so angry. Although I had been with the woman for two days the afternoon before yesterday, Simon could only say, "Of course not, we will still live here tonight and tell you ghost stories."

Erin pouted, pulled Simon's big hand and put it to her mouth and bit it. She didn't use any force. After letting go, she still resented: "You don't love me, don't marry me, you just want to possess me, and you have gotten pregnant. It's time to spend more time with me, right?"

Simon in turn pressed a little hand on the girl to her heart: "It's so guilty that I stop jumping."

Erin felt it for a while, rolled her eyes and said, "Lie."

Simon lowered his head and kissed the girl on the lips again.

After a while of warmth, the two separated. Erin, who had a little satisfaction, did not release the resentful magic anymore. She wore thin socks and pointed a thick stack of information on the coffee table next to her. These were brought by Simon yesterday, and the girl couldn't help but look at it curiously: "It's all information from the Mellon family, are you planning to do bad things?"

Simon subconsciously played with a meme: "Why do you say it again?"

Erin obviously couldn't get it, just said: "The Mellon family is much stronger than the Hurst family. I advise you not to do anything randomly."

Simon nodded, and saw the girl's eyes still with concern and reminder, and smiled: "In order to avoid being messed up by others in the future, or even affecting our children, I will certainly not do it easily, and it must be within the rules."

Erin saw that Simon understood what she meant and stopped talking.

Simon glanced at the stack of information and was also moved.

Through the investigation of the Mellon family these days, Simon found that compared to the Hurst family who trapped himself in the media field, the Mellon family's asset territory and network are almost the ultimate goal template that he has been laying for the Westeros family in his subconscious.

At this stage, the Mellon family has the Mellon Financial Group, which controls a large number of local city banks, the mining capital has the Aluminum Corporation, which ranks among the world's top production capacity, the transportation capital has the GTI companies that control a large number of domestic railways, the pharmaceutical capital is involved in Warner Lambert, which was acquired by Ruihui for a huge sum of US$90 billion in memory, and the Energy Capital holds stakes in the famous Chevron.

All of these listed companies have market value of more than 10 billion US dollars, and their annual profits are quite rich and stable, which generally constitute the current asset foundation of the Mellon family.

After a century of inheritance, the Mellon family has held very little shares in these companies, basically within 10%. As for Warner Lambert or Chevrolet, it is less than 5%. However, through the entire family's hundreds of family funds, trust funds, charitable funds holding these companies and networks built over a century of time, the Mellon family directly or indirectly controls a large number of board seats in these companies and affiliated companies. Therefore, although they only hold a small amount of shares, the Mellon family still has considerable voice in these companies.

Among them, such as the industrial transport company GTI, is still CEO of Timothy Mellon, and is directly controlled by the Mellon family.

This is how the entire Mellon family has only a few billion dollars in assets, but it can affect the capital heritage of the trillion-dollar industrial empire.

With the small profit and big and complex capital structure, even if the Westeros system has formed an absolute crush on the Mellon family's involvement in the industrial scale, if Simon wants the Mellon family to decline in a short period of time, the traditional suppression method will not work at all.

Because once Simon attacks the Mellon family, it will touch a huge capital system involving finance, medicine, energy, mining and other fields.

This is only the capital level.

Through more than a century of continuous donations of dozens of funds under the name of almost every family’s children, the Mellon family’s network of personal connections in the fields of politics, economy, culture and other fields has become larger.

As for education, the Mellon family’s foundation has almost donated to most of the world’s top-ranked top universities such as Harvard, MIT, Yale, and even Cambridge, Imperial College overseas. Once there is a conflict with the Mellon family, if the family background cannot compete with it, perhaps just one word from the other party can close its opponents outside the gates of a large number of famous universities.

This is the real deep-rooted one.

Simon wanted to suppress the old money like the Mellon family. Within the rules, he could only use a long-term training to extract the capital that the Mellon family relied on, and then slowly cut off its network, which ultimately made the family completely lose its influence on the federal government.
Chapter completed!