"Mr. Westeros, please look here. This is the most beautiful one among all kinds of meteorites. It is composed of minerals such as olivine and iron nickel. It is called an olivine meteorite. Some research points believe that olivine meteorites come from the core substance after the impact of the asteroid, but we have no direct evidence. The universe is too vast and we can understand very little. Also, this is a slice of an olivine meteorite. Under the transmission of the bottom light, it is like golden amber embedded between silver metals, irregular, but has a natural beauty."

"So beautiful, it must be good to make jewelry."

"Come from space, be careful of nuclear radiation."

"If I'm a fool, if there is nuclear radiation, how could I put it here for people to visit? Well... right, Simon?"

This weekend, when the Valentine's Day period in North America begins, on Sunday, February 13, Simon arrived in Odessa, a major port in the southern port of Ukraine in the morning. People are now at the Rock Mineral Museum at Odessa National University. The museum was established in 1865 and has more than 12,000 rock mineral specimens from all kinds from the universe to the deep sea.

The quarrels were Natalia Lyudmira and Evegenia Korkoshko, and Katerina Noskova, another small water-scented sausage in the trio, were also there.

In addition, there are more than ten people including Vladimir Korkoshko and Sergei Komorov, President Kuchima's son-in-law Victor Pinchuk, the governor and mayor of Odessa State University, and the president of Odessa State University.

Hearing the conversation between two girls who were gathering in front of the glass cabinet, without waiting for Simon to answer, the tall and hot female tour guide in a black windbreaker and high boots said softly with a decent smile: "Two ladies, there is no radiation. The main components of the olive meteorite are the ferromagnesium silicate and iron-nickel alloy of the crystal part."

Although the tour guide was kind, Evegenia Korkoshko curled his lips, and was quite alert to the tour guide with light blonde hair, perfect face, and fair skin. He seemed to have lost interest in the olive meteorite in an instant. He came to Simon and held the man's arm to make a intimate look.

The other two girls saw Evegania robbing the first, but they might not be able to get over it together. After all, the man only has two arms, and there are people around him, so they can't make people laugh, so they can only continue to follow the crowd.

The tour continues.

However, Simon came to Odessa, of course he did not see the stone specimens.

It was also a series of plans for the layout of various mineral industries agreed on during the New Year in Australia. In Ukraine, the Westeros system focused on Odessa.

Mainly because Odessa is a port city located on the northern shore of the Black Sea with convenient sea transportation.

As we all know, Ukraine's industrial center is near Donetsk in the east. However, because it is a rare piece of fat in the country after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a group of local snakes were bleeding from the ground in order to compete for related assets. They did not get involved too much. After all, Simon has always adhered to a certain "starting from scratch" development strategy, which can minimize the collision with the vested interest class.

After Rovno Prefecture, Odessa happened to be the development goal of the second Westeros system.

First of all, this is an important port city that conforms to the planning of the Westeros system. It can not only introduce raw materials from all over the world, especially Africa, but also export Ukrainian industrial products to the world.

Secondly, after the disintegration, Odessa is not as good as Dongwu in industry and lags behind Kiev in politics. At the interests of all parties, the local tyrants are relatively smaller. In addition, the continued recession over the years, the resistance to penetration of the Westeros system will be very small.

In fact, in recent years, the Rovno Gang has made many forward-looking arrangements in Odessa.

One of them is the huge smuggling network that uses Odessa as a port to import materials from all over the world and radiate to the entire Eastern Europe. The shortage of materials in Eastern Europe in recent years has provided a soil for rapid development for this trend network. In order to support this smuggling network, the Rovno Gang currently has its own port, fleet, open trading companies, private gangster teams, government-level protective umbrellas and other series of supporting facilities in Odessa.

Therefore, what we need to do next is to put many layouts on the table and then expand.

Simon's visit to Odessa National University is also one of the links.

Later, when people talked about the Soviet Union, even Eastern Europe in the 1990s, they were often barbaric, dilapidated, strong military strength, and difficult people's lives. Therefore, they extended to the Soviet Union's education system, as well as talent reserves and scientific and technological strength, people who are not sure of this may feel very backward.

Actually, it is not the case.

The Soviet Union's education system was definitely the forefront of the world, and its scientific and technological strength was completely comparable to that of the United States at that time. Therefore, even after many years of disintegration, the former Soviet Union had a very rich reserve of high-end talents, and they were all bargaining.

Simon's initial layout in Ukraine had already taken this issue into consideration, so he recruited soldiers and attracted various top talents in the Rovno area.

Rovno Oblast is actually one of the most backward states in Ukraine, and the same is true for education. Although Odessa is not as good as Kiev or Donetsk, it is also the first echelon in the Ukrainian region. In terms of the number of higher education institutions, even if the decline of Ukraine is inevitable in recent years, it still has 14 higher education institutions including Odessa State University, Odessa University of Technology, Odessa University of Navigation, and more than 20 secondary vocational colleges. With a large number of libraries, laboratories, research institutes, etc., you can imagine that this city is full of talents.

On the other hand, it once again showed how rich Ukraine inherited from the former Soviet Union.

Unfortunately, a good hand of cards turned out to be a mess.

Of course, Simon personally has no regrets about this. If Ukraine can play this deck well, what else does the Westeros system have to do?

In short, Simon brought a cooperation plan of $100 million this time for Odessa universities. Speaking of which, this is not the first move. The Westeros system has set up several research institutes here around the 3G plan.

However, the 3G plan mainly involves the future of mankind, and the current cooperation plan faces the current situation. It plans to rely on the talent resources of various universities in Odessa and even the surrounding states to integrate and assemble a series of research teams to establish research institutes and laboratories to provide talent and technical support for the recovery and development of Odessa's shipbuilding, oil refining, steel and even other mineral smelting industries such as aluminum, sodium, lithium, magnesium, rare earths and other industries.

I visited Odessa University and attended an investment seminar between the Rovno Gang and the senior management of Odessa Prefecture. At noon, it was a cocktail party in a manor in the north of Odessa.

The manor with a private pier covering an area of ​​50 hectares is naturally Simon's property here. The main villa is a blue-roofed and white-walled palace style common in the Soviet Union. It covers an area of ​​one acre, with a total of three floors and more than two hundred rooms. The three little girls of Liudaeva came back here early after visiting Odessa University, and they couldn't finish the tour until the lunch party. So even if they get used to it on weekdays, they can't help but feel that a man was really spending money randomly.

Can you live in such a manor once or twice a year?

Moreover, as usual, there are a large group of beautiful waiters of different types, styles and ages in the manor, which is really too luxurious.

In the lobby where the cocktail party is held.

Simon heard the three little girls come and act coquettishly, and smiled and drove them away, then faced Victor Pinchuk who had been waiting for a long time.

"Good cocktail party," Victor Pinchuk signaled to the guests around him, complimenting routinely. The two walked naturally to a corner of the hall, and continued this time, and went straight to the topic: "Simon, it seems, are you planning to increase your investment in Odessa?"

"Obviously," Simon responded with a smile, asking back, "What do you think?"

"As the largest port city in my country, of course, it's a great idea," said Victor Pinchuk, looking at Simon, seemingly unintentionally: "However, in recent years, the smuggling here has been a bit too far."

Simon's smile remained unchanged when he heard Pinchuk say this: "This is indeed a problem."

When Victor Pinchuk saw the young tycoon responding just like this, his expression was not even curious or puzzled, such as "How do you plan to deal with it?", feeling that he had punched the space, and he felt that he might have made a big mistake.

He picked up the red wine in his hand and sipped it a little, and calmed down slightly. Pingchuk looked up again, looked at Simon, and said, "That's right, Simon, do you think that the Westeros system and our cooperation are very pleasant over the years?"

Simon nodded slightly: "Of course."

"So, maybe," Pingchuk looked straight into the eyes of the young man in front of him, paused a little, and then said, "I mean, Simon, such cooperation can be continued permanently, right?"

Simon faced Pingchuk's gaze with a calm expression. Seeing that he finally expressed his purpose for this trip, he smiled and said again: "Of course, Victor, I am a businessman. As long as my investment can get good returns, I definitely hope to cooperate with my partners forever."

A light flashed in Victor Pinchuk's eyes, and he quickly tried to suppress it. He organized the language briefly again and then said: "Simon, since this is the case, if Leon seeks his third term in five years, there is also the Rovno Gang on the Westeros system, in short, you must be willing to support it, right?"

Simon did not answer immediately this time, and still looked at Pingchuk with a smile for a moment. When Pingchuk was about to unable to help speaking again, he finally said: "I was thinking, Victor, what do you plan to do if I don't support it? Will you give some counterattack immediately like the little hint you just said?"

This time, Victor Pinchuk realized that he could not help but add a sentence because of some lack of confidence. It was really a big mistake. He subconsciously shook his head: "No, of course not, Simon, I just now, I...you can pretend that I have never said anything."

Simon shook his head: "I'm sorry, I can't act like you haven't said anything."

Victor Pinchuk was speechless for a moment.

I also regretted it a little. Maybe I should apologize immediately instead of a bullshit 'when I didn't say anything'.

Hesitating, Simon has continued: "Victor, I just said that as long as the interests of the Westeros system can be guaranteed, I am happy to have any partner for this ally. Therefore, for you, if Leon can achieve his third term through a series of compliant means in five years, we will definitely support it." Speaking of this, Simon raised the red wine in his hand, interrupted Pinchuk's opening, and then said: "The problem is, just now, you have started to coerce me, don't deny it. And I don't like this very much, I can't help but think that everything has not begun, you are already considering coercion. If I support Leon to extend his third term, or even his fourth term, in the future, will my business here be subject to more and more coercion?"

"No, no, just now..." Victor Pinchuk was left with cold sweat after being said by the young tycoon in front of him, and he began to worry. If his father-in-law knew that he had angered Westeros because of a small mistake this time, and the purpose could not be achieved, would he want to kill him directly? Subconsciously raised his hand and wiped his forehead sweat. Pinchuk finally continued his words: "Simon, I apologize to you just now, and, I, I promise you, I don't think anything against Westeros system will happen."

"Do you know, Victor, businessmen value commitment the most, but at the same time, they also do not believe in commitment the most," Simon said, restraining some sharp eyes and saying, "At least, I am personally like this, so I never only look at what my partners do, and I don't listen to what they say. This experience, haha, you are also a businessman, and it's very useful to give it to you for free."

"Oh, thank you."

Victor Pinchuk was a little confused. He felt that the topic was being led by the other party and wanted to bring it back, but he didn't know how to speak.

However, Pingchuk roughly felt that he should have understood Westeros' attitude.

The other party did not object, but the premise was that the process was done in Kiev was more beautiful and it was beyond reproach. The Westeros system would go with the flow.

This result is very reasonable.

After all, the cooperation between the two sides has been very pleasant over the years. Victor Pinchuk could not think of any reason why Simon Westeros would not support his father-in-law in pursuit of his third term. However, it was obvious that he accidentally annoyed the other party because of his own extravagance, so he could not get a positive answer.

Thinking of this, Pingchuk's cold sweat broke out again, secretly reminding himself that he must forget this and must not tell his father-in-law the details.

In short, bringing the conclusion back is enough.

Simon watched the middle-aged man's emotions ease from tense to ease, and also eased down. He roughly understood that the other party might have gotten a pretty satisfactory answer from him.

However, for Simon personally, there is certainly no answer.

Simon really values ​​promises, even if it is a verbal promise, so even if Pinchuk does not take the initiative to give him, he will find other reasons to get around this matter.

As for private, Simon's attitude is certainly very clear.

Not supported.

reason?

Victor Pinchuk couldn't figure it out, but Simon was very clear.

Simply put, Simon's ambition is greater than what Pinchuk and even Kuchima imagined. The other party felt that Simon would be satisfied as long as he could develop his business smoothly here. Therefore, local snakes still have enough living space. The problem is that what Simon wants is, but the entire Ukraine, heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, everything, like South Korea, is not going to let go.

To achieve this goal, an important premise is that Ukraine's political situation cannot be too stable.

Just like South Korea.
Chapter completed!