Chapter 1531

The first weekend of September, the Simons were in Washington.

It's the evening of September 4th.

After various social engagements during the day, at night, a private banquet specially held by the Clintons for Simon.

Of course, Simon did not come here bored, but of course he had serious things. In a small restaurant in the White House, when the waiters served dinner, they were complimenting each other and were polite, and the topic quickly got on track.

"For Russia, Bill, my ideas have always been clear. Economic infiltration is far better than military interference. Therefore, my soldiers in Ukraine will definitely not touch the upcoming Chechen conflict. If Washington insists on interfering, you can only cooperate with other private soldiers."

The topic is about the upcoming Second Chechnya War in Russia.

In history, the Second Chechen War broke out at the end of August. This time, under the swearing of Simon, the big butterfly, things inevitably deviated.

The main reason is the end of the Kosovo War. Compared to the past, when someone began to gain more and more power, it was inevitable that he would have been involved in Yugoslavia even deeper. In addition, the confrontation with Western countries has inevitably delayed a little longer.

So it was not until September that it was clear that it had shown signs of re-using force against Chechnya in recent days.

When Washington noticed this, his first reaction was to interfere, but this time it was not easy to intervene, so he once again hoped that Simon's private troops in Ukraine would enter Chechnya.

Simon won't agree this time.

If it is limited to this, I will just say hello. However, Simon also felt that it was time to take the opportunity to talk to some people in Washington. After all, just like controlling his own business empire, if Washington wants to maintain a sufficient sense of presence, Simon also needs to come here often, so he has this itinerary today.

It is already the seventh year of his term, and he will hand over the baton to his ambitious wife. Clinton is quite peaceful. As a result, Mr. President is smiling and brewing something. The President's wife has spoken: "Simon, don't you think that Russia has once again shown an unsanguage in Yugoslavia. We must try to suppress it?"

Simon also smiled and looked at the President's wife: "Hillary, I am certain that Russia should be suppressed. Moreover, as I have said just now, this kind of suppression is undoubtedly the most effective from the economic level. After all, the result of the US-Soviet battle has confirmed this point. According to China's military strategy theory, we should use what we are good at and attack what the enemy is not good at. In addition, I have to say that many of my private troops in Ukraine are actually Soviet veterans, and they have some feelings for the former Soviet Union. If they are sent to the Chechen region, it is difficult for me to determine whether they will not be able to shoot because they are worried that their opponents are former comrades."

Simon's tone was mild, and Hillary suddenly realized that she seemed too strong just now. After all, she would run for the New York State Senate next year. If the young man in front of her felt something bad, it would definitely not be worth it. So she quickly eased down with a smile: "The problem is, Simon, we all know that Russia is a group of barbarians, and barbarians are more accustomed to solving problems in barbaric ways. Therefore, I have to remind you that for them, economic means may not necessarily apply. Maybe one day, I mean, not just you, Simon, many federal companies may have invested in Russia, but just because of a single barbaric Russian, they were all confiscated and returned to zero."

When Simon heard Hillary say this, he had to admit that this woman saw it thoroughly. Just say that last year, if it weren't for Simon's interference, Russia would have been a big deal. However, because the aid plan that could collapse at any time at that time led to turmoil in the financial market, it still caused many Western financial giants such as long-term capital management companies.

Therefore, it is obvious that barbarism does have a great enough "advantage" in the face of civilization.

Thinking of this, Simon said: "Hillary, the problem is that Russia is a group of barbarians, but if necessary, I mean, we cannot always be civilized people. However, under the current state, I think it is more effective in a civilized way. Of course, I will not oppose Washington's response to Russia's expected actions in Chechnya, but I will not participate."

After Simon said this, the President finally inserted his first sentence, picked up the goblet next to him, and said in a smooth tone: "Okay, dear, and Simon, we are all for the Federation, aren't we?"

Simon cooperated to pick up the red wine, and Hillary opposite also followed suit.

After drinking a drink, the President finally stopped losing the initiative in his words and said quickly: "Simon, I already understand what you mean. I will definitely not force you to some of Washington's deployments to Chechnya next, and of course, our happy cooperation will never change. Skip this matter. Simon, let's talk about China. On the 11th, the APEC Leaders' Meeting in New Zealand, I will have a meeting with the Chinese leaders. You know, the main thing is to discuss the WTO. You are a China Connect and have been helping to promote China's participation recently. So, can you give me some suggestions this time?"

He is worthy of being a veteran politician. He said he was asking for advice, but when he mentioned that Simon was helping to lobby China for joining the WTO, he immediately became favorable.

If Simon follows the trend and hopes that Clinton will help promote China's entry into the WTO, it is obvious that he will give him a favor. In fact, Simon does not mind owing such favors. The so-called favor is actually about having come and go. If he only lets others owe him, he will inevitably raise the grudge against Mien. If he only owe others, it will definitely not last long.

Thinking of this, Simon did not answer directly, but said: "Bill, what do you think is the biggest diplomatic mistake the Soviet Union made during the battle for hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union?"

Clinton didn't expect someone to push the problem back. Moreover, as a smart man and a personal experience of the US-Soviet battle, he was also a top politician. Of course he knew. He hesitated a little, Clinton did not pretend to be stupid and said, "Perhaps, he broke up with China."

Simon nodded: "For China, the Soviet Union, which was strong back then, was more inclined to directly develop the other party into its own sphere of influence, even if it was not a franchise, it could only be a vassal state. However, China demanded its own independence and was unwilling to lose its independence, so the two sides broke up. The result was not only as simple as the Soviet Union lost a strategic ally in Asia, but it lost more than a production base and consumer market at the level of 1 billion people. Haha, as a businessman, obviously,

This is still a problem I have considered from the commercial level, but I believe this is a very critical revenue. The Soviet Union's weakness in agriculture and light industry was very obvious from beginning to end, and China can make up for this big weakness of the Soviet Union and provide a very large potential market for the heavy industrial products of the Soviet Union. However, the Soviet Union voluntarily gave up all this and therefore largely directly lost the qualification to confront the federal side. So, Bill, this time, do we still have to give up?"

Clinton nodded slightly.

It is not a pity that I didn’t get favors. After all, Simon Westeros’ favors are not that easy to get.

Hillary next to him spoke again: "Simon, I think you are a bit absolute. As for the current Federation, we are not short of other options except China."

"Others," Simon looked at the President's wife: "Hillary, are you referring to Africa that is fighting in a bunch, or Latin America, where the economic structure is basically solidified, is it difficult to rejuvenate?"

Hillary was not outdone: "Where is Eastern Europe?"

Simon smiled and shrugged: "In Eastern Europe, Hillary, I think you should be able to understand."

The President's wife was also very strong for a while. Simon said so, and she roughly realized.

The collapse of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe changed drastically, so the Eastern Europe region was equivalent to an additional economic virgin land waiting for development that embraced hundreds of millions of people.

However, it has to be said that even if the Federation spends more effort, Eastern Europe is undoubtedly more reserved in Western Europe because of its proximity to the water.

To put it bluntly, this is undoubtedly the most valuable asset in Eastern Europe. Western European countries want to maintain their own high welfare and maintain a comfortable working system of less than eight hours for their own people. However, if society wants to operate, some things still have to be done. Therefore, hundreds of millions of cheap workers in Eastern Europe can just fill all this. These people flock to Western Europe because they do not need to be given an identity immediately, so they cannot enjoy the social welfare of local residents. At the same time, because they do not have an identity, they can do the most work, the least money and the labor results they create are enough to allow Western European residents to maintain a comfortable and relaxed life.

Compared to Western Europe, which can be reached in just a few steps, the difficulty of traveling across the ocean to the United States is immediately increased by geometric levels.

In short, Simon can build a stronghold in Ukraine, and even then gradually erode and eat the entire Ukraine, but it is not impossible to expand his power to the entire Eastern Europe. After all, when there is a ready-made "beautiful life" that can be easily pursued, not many people are willing to strive for one step at a time. Even if the beautiful life that some people fantasize about is just going to economically developed Western European countries to brush dishes and work as cleaners, relatively speaking, it is indeed more than staying in their own country.

This is reality.

What's more, for the United States itself, with the issuance of the euro, there is still the most critical issue that needs to be solved at the moment, which is to maintain the hegemony of the US dollar.

China, with a population of 1.2 billion, has now entered the top ten in the world, and is definitely an object that cannot be ignored. In order to maintain the hegemony of the US dollar, the Federation must take the initiative to pull China into the WTO system rather than letting the other party surrender to the euro zone.

After chatting like this, I couldn't help but talk about Latin America, Africa, and even the last thing about the New York State Senate election that Hillary will participate in next year. Dinner starts at seven o'clock and lasts until ten o'clock. The two sides are generally very happy.

The next day is Sunday.

Simon continued to stay here, attending a cocktail party organized by the Carlyle Group headquartered in Washington at noon, and another private banquet in the evening, with the vice president and his wife.

In fact, such a private banquet could have been together last night.

However, as Al Gore also announced his plan to participate in next year's presidential election some time ago, the Vice President has more clearly begun to draw a line with the already infamous President, saying that when he announced his plans to participate next year, neither of them brought Clinton to help.

From a mature politician's perspective, this is a pretty wise choice.

However, Gore probably ignored that most ordinary people are not politicians. Moreover, ordinary people are also the most susceptible to being affected and losing their judgment. Their positions...or they have no accurate positions at all.

This means that in the past few years, the Vice President has always been a close partner with the President. Now, in order to run for president and to prevent the bad reputation of the current President from affecting himself, he has decisively cut off his robe and righteousness from the other party. What will such a person make the public think?

Can a person who is so ruthless to his close friends still be loyal to his voters?

What a good focus of public opinion operation.

Having said that, since the Vice President and his wife drew a clear line with themselves, and the White House invited Simon to a private banquet, the Clintons would certainly not call the Gore and his wife.

Are there any come and go?

Of course, Simon won’t draw a clear line with the Vice President and his wife on the surface, but instead attend the banquet happily. After all, this is actually equivalent to maintaining a good relationship with the entire Democratic Party.

Perhaps they also felt that their weight was somewhat insufficient compared to the White House. The Gores also invited some Democratic bosses from Washington to help. Therefore, the private banquet on Sunday was more lively than on Saturday night. Everyone was too enthusiastic. When Simon left, he was inevitably a little drunk because he drank a lot of alcohol.

In the new week, Simon just woke up in a private residence in the western suburbs of Washington and received news.

In the early morning of Sunday local time, the Russian troops that had completed the assembly launched an attack on the Chechnya region.

The Second Chechen War broke out.

This time, someone was very prepared. Not only did there have been many attacks in Chechnya in Russia some time ago, which has won the authorities' support in public opinion, and the name of the war has also been labeled as "anti-terrorism", which is legitimate. Moreover, compared with the Russian army's confusion in all aspects of the First Chechnya War, the troops entering Chechnya this time were basically the last batch of elite families that Russia could take, and it can be said to be a destruction.
Chapter completed!