A remote farm in West Virginia.

After a few low whimpers, the German shepherd, who had just moved to this family for a long time, disappeared.

The lights were not turned on, and even the street lights on the roadside outside the farm had broken at some point. There were shadows in the dim farm villa.

The hostess who was reminded not to speak was waiting for a long time, and her husband, who was leaving with a gun, returned. She couldn't help but feel worried and fear in her heart. She wanted to go to the next door to take a look at her child, or take the little guy to the basement, and there was a slight sound of footsteps in her ears.

Then, the big bed sank slightly.

This is definitely not my husband.

It seems to be a woman.

The woman mustered up the courage and was about to quietly fumble at the desk lamp at the head of the bed, intending to take it as a weapon to attack the person. A sudden blow came from the shoulder of the hand that stretched out her hand. She felt half of her body hurt so much that she lost consciousness, and tears slid out of her eyes uncontrollably.

This is not over yet.

Obviously in order to completely remove her resistance, her shoulders and abdomen were attacked twice.

The woman wanted to curl up, but unfortunately she couldn't. A light body was already slung over her and organized her movements.

After a slight sound, the desk light lit up with a snap.

The woman finally saw the person coming.

This is a slender and slim girl. She just took off her night vision device and showed a pure and beautiful face, a simple ponytail, and a simple T-shirt and hot pants. At first glance, she looked like an ordinary high school student, but the retro-style dagger that the girl hung on her chest gave her a little more dangerous atmosphere out of thin air.

Seeing the woman staring at the dagger on her chest, the girl took it off with a smile, skillfully scattered a string of light and shadow in her hands, and looked at the woman in front of her: "Do you like this?"

The woman finally woke up and shook her head quickly: "You, who are you?"

The girl tilted her head, seemed to think for a while, and said, "No. 7."

The woman hesitated a little and asked again, "Where is my husband?"

The girl's eyes were filled with some jokes about the cat playing with the mouse: "Die."

The woman trembled, and her eyes looked at the girl's slender body again, trying to resist. The continuous severe pain on her body reminded her again that the seemingly harmless girl in front of her was not something she could resist. She could only beg: "I don't know anything. Please don't hurt me, and my child."

The girl nodded seriously: "It's a coincidence that I don't know anything."

The woman couldn't react for a moment: "Then why do you hurt us?"

"Because this is an order." The girl took it for granted: "The order we received was a family and a dog, so that they could all disappear."

The woman stared blankly at the girl who was still playing with the antique dagger. After a moment, tears continued to flow from the corners of her eyes, and the tremor in her body was also intensifying: "Please, I really don't know anything. At least, let my daughter go, please."

The girl seemed moved and looked down at the woman: "Oh, you are such a good mother. I have a mother too, but my mother is very afraid of me. Last time I went back to see her, she was so scared that she was incontinent and refused to treat me to a meal. I was very hungry and angry that day, but the master didn't like me to attack that woman, so I didn't dare to do anything. In this way, can you be my temporary mother?"

The girl said strangely as if she was talking to herself, and before she knew it, she bent down, as if she was seeking her mother's hug.

The woman on the bed felt that the girl was getting close to her, and her mood seemed to be a little unstable. She thought she had the last chance, so she quietly reached out to hold the desk lamp at the head of the bed again. The slowly stretched out arm suddenly straightened and struggled to knock the desk lamp down. The sound of shattering came, and the bedroom was once again dim, and the strange hoho sound that seemed to be trying to breathe.

...

East Hampton.

At breakfast Monday, Girl A casually placed a Virginia local newspaper in front of her boss, and the expanded page was a local news.

A fire broke out in a farm last night, but after the fire was extinguished, the family of three, including a pet dog, who had just moved there, disappeared, as if it had evaporated from the world.

This is actually the continuation of the poisoning case in Atlantic City in July.

The content in the newspaper today mainly gives some people a signal, but Simon still couldn't find the behind-the-scenes he wanted, so he could only continue to dig slowly. Simon's attitude is very simple, even if he digs all the way to the White House, he will never compromise. Anyway, the United States does not lack assassinated presidents.

Of course, the Lin sisters sitting side by side opposite Simon could not know about this.

Finally got what he wanted last night. Lin Zhao got up early in the morning and was a little shy. However, Lin Zhi was very bold and took the initiative to talk to the man, and was a little envious of Chen Qing who was sitting next to the man.

Lin Zhi is currently in a private high school in Manhattan. He plans to study at Columbia University next year like his sister. He has already thought about majoring in economics, so he took the initiative to talk about this topic and turned to China unknowingly: "Simon, so, are you optimistic about the Chinese economy?"

"Of course," Simon nodded with a smile: "With the current growth momentum of China's economy, if there is no big accident, it will become the world's largest economy in at most 30 years."

Lin Zhi didn't expect that this man had such a high opinion of the Chinese economy, so he couldn't help but feel honored and subconsciously bent his mouth.

Chen Qing curled her lips and glanced at the opposite girl: "The boss said that if nothing unexpected happens, the problem is, which country in the world will have smooth economy, not to mention that the annual growth rate of domestic GDP can reach 8%. When the volume reaches a certain level, it will definitely decrease. Like the West, 3% is a high growth."

When Lin Zhi heard Chen Qing say this, he looked at Simon.

Simon smiled and said, "Xiao Zhi's understanding just now is what I want to say, there is no surprise."

The girls were a little surprised in the morning at the dining table.

Simon slowly cut the sausage in front of him and said, "China is implementing the strategy of keeping low profile. Many people know this, but in my opinion, there is actually a problem. Do you know what the problem is?"

The Lin sisters shook their heads.

Chen Qing thought for a while and said, "Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. If you pretend to be a pig for a long time, it may be true..."

After all, he came from China. Chen Qing finally stuck out her tongue and still couldn't finish her words.

Simon continued: "I have read an article. During the Song Dynasty in China, GDP accounted for 80% of the world. It's very powerful, right?"

Chen Qing did not answer, and the Lin sisters opposite him didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Simon said: "The result is that the Song Dynasty, which accounts for 80% of the world economy, was ravaged by the northern nomadic peoples with only a few million or even hundreds of thousands, and finally destroyed the country. So, let's see, even if the economic scale reaches the world's first place and exceeds the sum of other countries on this planet, what can it do?"

The three girls were all thinking for a moment.

Simon didn't want to say more, but hesitated a little and couldn't help but say again: "There is a very famous saying in China, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind or the west wind presses the east wind. This seems to me to be the essence of this world. When the east wind is suppressed by the west wind, there is no way to hide your strength and bear humiliation. Then, one day, the east wind finally has the ability to overwhelm the west wind, but does not press it, but to do a good east wind. I forgive you all the things in the past, and it is a great power. So, wait, when the west wind recovers its vitality again and suppresses the east wind, you will not be polite at all, and you will be crushed to death. The west wind will not remember that when the east wind is strong, it has been trying to be a good east wind that is kind to others."

Speaking of this, Simon paused for a moment and continued: "Recalling your Chinese history, the Five Barbarians invaded China, the Mongolians destroyed the Song Dynasty, and the Qing army entered the pass, this is how it is. Look, when, China's GDP was not the world's number one at that time, what's the use?"

At the dining table, Chen Qing listened with interest, but the Lin sisters opposite looked at each other.

Is this a man saying good things or bad things?

It seems that I feel a little disappointed.

However, it seems that the position is not right.

...

After breakfast, Simon set out to return to the West Coast.

This is August 24th.

on Monday.

When boarding his own Boeing 767 private jet, Simon started his day's work. First, he was in South Korea and held a video conference with Chen Qing who stayed in New York and the team in South Korea, and discussed in more detail the solution to the LG Group, which had just completely surrendered to the Westeros system.

You should know that LG is not just LG Electronics, but also a diversified comprehensive consortium.

However, due to South Korea's own size, even if its business involves energy, steel, chemicals, electronics, retail and other aspects, it is still only a scale of 20 to 30 billion US dollars.

Of course, the consortium of two or three billion US dollars is actually quite large.

The problem is that the Westeros system is too large at the moment. It is just that the highest market value of Igret, with a market value of more than US$500 billion, so it seems that the Korean chaebol is very small.

In short, because it was forced to surrender because it was too much to breathe. LG did not have the Hyundai that initially surrendered and compromised. Samsung and SK were treated as good as those of the three companies. In addition to divesting and integrating LG's electronic business as planned, LG's energy, chemicals and other aspects will also be completely dismantled. The LG Gu family will only retain a certain property this time and in name, in order to cover up the title, the actual asset control will be completely digested and controlled by the Westeros system.

The IMF team in South Korea controlled by the Westeros system still firmly controls South Korea's economic trend. In addition, the continuous Daewoo Group and LG Group collapsed under the pressure of the Westeros system. Although Simon has never been to South Korea several times, he has definitely become the controller behind the Korean economy at this time.

The so-called control is the key to building an effective management system.

From a country to a small enterprise, as long as you install your own manpower, it is actually equivalent to having control. Once formed, countless communities of interest are entangled, it will be even more difficult for others to break such a network.

For South Korea, this is what Simon wants to achieve.

With the speed of manpower deployment of major chaebols in South Korea and even the South Korean government system, in the next few years, even if South Korea pays off its debts in advance and breaks away from the supervision of the IMF system, it is impossible to break away from the actual control of the Westeros system.

Outside South Korea, Simon did not ignore the economic situation in Eastern Europe and even Asia during the week back to the West Coast.

The Russian ruble crisis a few days ago was the root of the financial crisis in Southeast Asia. Then, the ruble crisis broke out and transmitted the impact back to Asia, triggering another round of economic turmoil in Southeast Asian countries.

The repeated destruction finally made some people unable to bear it.

On August 27, the Malaysian government suddenly completely overturned the table, voluntarily gave up negotiations with the IMF, implemented foreign exchange controls, and closed the bond market. This move triggered one-sided condemnation from the international community, and many Southeast Asia and even Eastern Europe that did not have the courage to do so, finally chose to surrender, quietly watching and curious about what would happen to Malaysia.

For Simon, things seemed to be back on the track once again.

The difference is also very big.

With Simon's current position, he must follow the world's mainstream financial circles and condemn and even impose sanctions on Malaysia's rules-breaking behavior.

As for all this, it can even be said to be a reminder to many people who did not play according to common sense during the process of helping Hong Kong last year... It doesn't matter, people are forgetful, how many people can still remember what happened last year, let alone what can they do if they remember it?

Does anyone want to reason with Simon Westeros?

Don't make trouble.

In short, with Malaysia's overturning the table, in order to prevent other economies from being unable to withstand the pressure to follow suit, triggering even worse impacts, the Asian financial crisis that lasted for more than a year was finally coming to an end.

After a while, this year, we have established closer potential ties with the Chinese authorities through Hong Kong to achieve the goal; forcing South Korea to surrender and completely invade the South Korean economy, with the goal; taking advantage of the impact of Eastern European economy and strengthening control over Ukraine, with the goal of achieving the goal; avoiding Russia falling into a complete collapse, with the goal of achieving it.

A very fulfilling year.

North America.

At the same time, at the same end of August, the 1998 summer season also came to an end.

For Daenerys Entertainment, this summer starts with "Los Angeles City Secret" and ends with "Magic Mike". The 10 movies, according to the current box office data, are expected to be around 1.57 billion US dollars, far exceeding the box office tone of 10 movies within Daenerys Entertainment before the summer season.

With a box office of more than $1.5 billion, including the 1998 part of the phenomenal Titanic last year, both have reached $2 billion. With the expected North American box office volume of about $6.5 billion in 1998, this is already nearly one-third of the North American box office share.

Coupled with box office revenues in other subsequent periods, Daenerys Entertainment will still be able to control more than half of the North American market in its film business this year.
Chapter completed!