Chapter 1123 Secret meeting(1/2)
Looking at the cute appearance of the little girl after she fell asleep, Simon put down the children's book in her hand, stood up and left the bedroom, and Yulia Shulhikina and Ivana Antonenko, who had been guarding next to her, hurriedly followed her together.
After leaving the door, Simon asked Ivana casually, "How are Yulia and the others doing recently?"
Of course Yulia was not Shulhikina next to her, but Ivana's sister Yulia Antonenko. After some of the things that happened, the girl and two other girls were arranged by Simon to study in London. Seeing the man talking to him, Ivana hurriedly approached a little, with a careful and respectful tone in her tone: "Very good, sir, Yulia has always missed you very much."
Simon said with a smile that Ivana missed Shulhicinna's name for herself, "Don't you miss me?"
Ivana showed a embarrassed expression, flashed her eyes slightly, but nodded quickly: "I thought about it."
Shurshikina and others greeted Ivana and said softly: "Sir, do you want to rest, or eat something?"
"Prepare some food, and also prepare hot water in the underground swimming pool, so I'll take a bath."
The three of them came to the stairs and turned downstairs. Shulhikina agreed and asked again, "What do you want to eat, sir?"
"You can do it."
"Then, sir, please take a rest first," Shulhikina led Simon to a living room next to the hall, turned to Ivana who was still following him, "Eva, go and prepare the bath water, I'll go to the kitchen."
Ivana heard Shulhikina's instructions and watched the man sit down on the sofa, hesitant, but he turned around and went out.
Shulhikina fell behind, but she was not in a hurry. She helped the man turn on the TV. According to the man's habits in memory, she took a bottle of soda from the refrigerator in the corner of the room and sent it to Simon. Finally, another female servant was summoned to guard here, and then she turned to the kitchen.
After more than ten minutes, Shulhikina appeared again, with Ivana behind her, signaling the man to prepare for the night snack and the swimming pool.
Simon got up and left the living room, looked at the two girls, and said, "Let Nata come here to accompany me too. If I do hide on purpose, I will take her back to Ukraine."
"OK."
Shulhikina agreed softly, but looked at Ivana. Ivana was finally a little reluctant this time. The two followed the man, and were a little stalemate. After all, Ivana retreated and took the initiative to walk away.
With comfortable private jets and reasonable timing, jet lag has never been a big problem for Simon.
I took a bath and ate a midnight snack, and three women accompanied me to add another 'after-meal dessert', and then I woke up until dawn.
Early morning.
In a bedroom on the second floor of the luxury house on the Kensington Garden Street, Shulhkina, who got up early and was busy with various affairs, finally came to her daughter's bedroom when she was close to breakfast. She stayed too late last night, and the little guy was still sleeping soundly. If it were other times, Shulhkina would let her daughter sleep for a little longer, which wouldn't work today.
Feeling her mother calling herself lightly, the little girl over five years old opened her eyes, blinked her eyes, and finally remembered something. She sat up without any intention of staying in bed, looking around with her little head: "Mom, where is Dad?"
"Dad is downstairs."
Shulhikina said, bringing the girl's clothes to help her daughter put on, and then said softly: "Baby, what should I say first when I see my dad later?"
"Good morning," the little girl obediently opened her arms and put on her clothes, and then curled her lips: "Mom, you have said it many times, Nina will never forget it."
"What about that?"
The little girl said: "You can act coquettishly in front of your father, but you must be more sensible. If your father has something to do and cannot bother others, otherwise your father will not want Nina."
Shulhikina nodded and continued to help her daughter dress, but continued, "What else?"
"Nina is a secret. In front of outsiders, you must not mention your father's name, otherwise your father will not want Nina. Mom, you have said this many times. Nina is very smart and has never told anyone."
“Awesome.”
This has been so quietly and tempted to help my daughter put on her clothes and wash up, and then she came downstairs.
It's past seven in the morning.
At the gesture of her mother, the girl trotted all the way to the restaurant, but found that Aunt Ivana had already appeared here with Vera, sitting in front of her father and talking about something.
The little girl had no scheming and said politely to good morning, then pounced on Simon again, and was quickly held on her legs. She looked at Vera, who looked listless and pitiful in Ivana's arms, although she was also like a doll, but looked listless and a little pitiful. Tong Yanwuji said, "Auntie Eva, Vera looks so sleepy."
Ivana Antoinko smiled unnaturally and replied: "Yes, but Vera will be four soon. She must be like Nina and can't sleep in anymore."
Upon hearing this, the little girl nodded in approval, and tried to raise her face to look at Simon behind her: "Dad definitely doesn't like children who sleep in, Nina never sleeps in."
Simon lowered his head and pressed his chin against the girl's head: "Nina is so good."
Ivana looked at the interactions between the big and the small, hoping to pinch the little girl in her arms. She just couldn't coax her and carried her to the man. Unexpectedly, she started crying because she saw a stranger. She finally coaxed her, but she still didn't dare to talk to the man next to her, like a little mute.
Not to mention calling a man...that.
Speaking of which, she didn't dare to teach without someone's permission.
Shulhikina looked softly at her daughter and talked to the man, and after a moment, she said, "Okay, baby, I'm going to have breakfast, so I can't stay in my father's arms."
The little girl nodded obediently, remembering the various teachings her mother had on weekdays. Although she didn't want to leave her father's arms, she didn't want her father to not want her and her mother to get up and sit on the chair next to her.
Shulhikina was very satisfied with her daughter's reaction and looked at Ivana on the other side of the dining table: "Eva, let Vera go to sleep for a while."
Ivana really wanted to say no, but was stared at Shulhikina's seemingly plain gaze. She just insisted for a moment, compromised again, held the child and got up. Finally, she wanted her daughter to say goodbye to the man. After teaching a few words, the girl didn't speak, and she looked like she was about to cry again, so she had to give up.
Simon seemed to have not realized the little undercurrent between women. When Ivana hugged the little girl, she casually said to Ivana: "You can often bring Nina to the United States in the future."
Before the mother could answer, the little girl was excited to pounce on Simon's arms again.
After all, as she grew up, the girl actually knew that Simon lived in the United States for a long time. It was just because of her mother's indoctrination that she knew that her father was very busy at work. Moreover, in order not to disturb her father's work, they could not visit her frequently, so they could only wait for him to come over. Because she waited for too long, she whispered to Meow Meow three times and almost decided not to love her father anymore.
Now, Dad said this, he should be able to go to that United States frequently in the future, right?
After a little reaction, the girl looked at her mother again.
Shulhikina nodded slightly and gave another reminder look: "Thank you, dad."
"Thank you dad."
Shulhikina watched the girl pounce on Simon's arms again, but the man did not refuse. She also stopped saying anything, got up and walked to the kitchen next door, and soon served breakfast with Carmen Cath, the girl A and others.
Today is Friday, April 11th.
After two consecutive days, Simon spent the full work schedule.
Mainly the various industries in the Westeros system here.
Daenerys Entertainment UK branch, Egret UK branch, Westeros UK branch, and even the growing number of private properties in the UK. It also took time to go to the ARM headquarters in Cambridge City, which has been fully acquired by Tincobaier. The iPad-10, which will be released this fall, uses ARM's latest processor architecture.
So on Saturday night, it was finally the most important meeting of this trip to the UK.
The location is at the Royal Opera House, not far from the River Thames west of Kensington Park.
The first stop of the National Style Art Troupe's tour after New York was selected here. Starting in March, compared with the 9 performances in New York, London signed a total of 12 events, one each Wednesday and Saturday.
Because of the sensation caused during the performance in New York, it is also hard to get a ticket here in London.
Of course, these so-called tickets are hard to come by and must have nothing to do with people from some classes.
The meeting was matched by Murdoch, and the old man came to London recently. In this evening, he specially set a private room. Not counting as a guard, only three people, Simon, Murdoch and Labor leader and prime minister candidate Anthony Blair.
In history, on the public level, Blair was the first Labor Prime Minister after 18 years of the British Conservative Party rule, but in private, this British Prime Minister was largely actually Murdoch promoted the rise of power, so the two sides were deeply involved.
Unfortunately, this relationship came to an abrupt end after the affair between a strange woman and Blair was exposed.
Simon remembered this incident when he was watching the show with the two in the private room.
If he hadn't appeared, Murdoch might have met a strange woman, but this time, he might have regrets again. Looking for a needle in a haystack. Even if Simon wants to help Murdoch, well... plus Blair, it is not easy to find someone again.
Simon and Murdoch are very familiar with each other, but Blair is meeting for the first time, so it is impossible to talk about too formal topics.
However, Simon also understood that compared to the Conservative Party, even though the Labor Party’s political stance is somewhat similar to that of the Democratic Party in the United States and tends to be working class, in fact, Blair is still a standard establishment.
This is easy to operate.
Although Britain's influence on the international political stage is getting weaker and weaker, this time, since the Westeros system is rooted in the United States, the United Kingdom is the natural ally of the Westeros system in Europe.
It even serves as a bridgehead.
The Westeros system's operations in the UK in recent years seem to be silent, but it also has a very broad layout in all aspects, including entertainment, technology, fashion, etc.
Therefore, we must establish good relations with the authorities.
After more than an hour of performance, everyone was not very focused on the stage. Blair obviously hoped to establish a good relationship with Simon. In the end, he took the initiative to mention a serious matter, suggesting that he would help Simon get things done about Platinum Engine Company.
Carlyle Group's acquisition of Platinum Engine has been completed.
However, when Carlyle Group recently revealed that it would close some factories in the UK and turn its production lines to Asia, it immediately attracted attention and rebound from all parties. After all, the closure of factories means that a large number of workers are unemployed, and workers also means votes, and even the union forces involved behind it.
All in all, it's also a mess.
The question now is whether the British authorities will intervene more seriously. If they are serious, it will definitely be very troublesome. After all, it involves technology transfer. A ban on Downing Street can make it difficult for you to move forward. If you don’t be serious, turn a blind eye and things can be implemented. The workers can make trouble for a while at most, and they will not be able to make a fortune.
Blair made such a promise, obviously implying that he would turn a blind eye to this matter after he came to power.
Simon is also quite intimate about this.
The connections are becoming deeper step by step in this way.
Therefore, this meeting was a joy.
At the end of the performance, Blair took the initiative to say goodbye, leaving Simon and Murdoch some private communication space.
After all, this meeting was also a favor given by Murdoch.
Murdoch was not polite, and when Blair left, he mentioned the matter of "Mummy 2", hoping that this project could be developed as soon as possible, rather than dragging on like Paramount's "Mission: Impossible" series.
Simon didn't plan to make things difficult, so he agreed casually.
After seeing off Murdoch again, Simon did not leave. Instead, he quietly picked up a woman named Liu and turned to another private house on the banks of the Thames.
It's not too late.
He took the woman back to his residence, and a little girl named Miumiu did not rest. She looked quite happy when she saw Simon appear.
To be continued...