Simon then continued: "Then let's talk about the issue you wanted to talk about the most at the beginning," and said this, both of them laughed and continued, and then turned to seriousness: "Vladimir, next, you have about 10 years to restore Russia's vitality. During this period, Russia will be under very little external pressure. At the same time, you can also gain a lot of benefits from the rapid rise in international energy prices."

The middle-aged man listened carefully and was puzzled again: "Simon, why is it 10 years?"

Simon said: "If the economic cycle of capitalist society is calculated from 10 years, 10 years is already an optimistic prediction."

The middle-aged man thought for a while and immediately understood.

The once-decade economic crisis, so what will happen if the crisis occurs?

Think about the past few years.

At that time, Russia will have a high chance of becoming the target of transferring conflicts. Or, according to the plan of the young tycoon in front of him, even if there is no conflict, at that time, someone will inevitably create conflicts to transfer them.

Thinking of this, the middle-aged man asked: "Simon, how can you be sure that international energy prices will rise rapidly?"

Middle-aged people are more concerned about this issue than the '10-year' time forecast just now, because Russia is a standard energy exporter. If international energy prices soar, they will become the most direct beneficiaries and use this benefit to quickly help Russia recover.

When Simon heard this question, he once again showed his 'candidity': "If nothing unexpected happens, the next president of the United States will be Bush Jr. The Bush family has close ties with major federal energy giants. Once they come to power, they will try every means to push the rise in oil prices."

This answer surprised middle-aged people again.

Although he has just ascended to the top, because of that contact four years ago, middle-aged people have been paying attention to this young tycoon in recent years, and of course they are not the kind of ordinary people who can only see the superficial attention.

However, no matter what, he did not expect that the US election was already in full swing. This time, Westeros would support the Bush family.

Simon did not directly admit it, but he was able to make judgments from the other party's words.

Then, another question that puzzled him: Why did the young tycoon support the Bush family, not Argor on the Democratic side?

Of course, Simon will not give another answer this time. Seeing that the other party was speechless for a moment, he continued: "Russia has 10 years to recover, and at the same time, I will continue to develop my layout in Western Europe until the next crisis comes. My goal is to destroy the euro as much as possible and disintegrate Western Europe again. This is a long-term plan. In the short term, Vladimir, the problem you need to deal with is the group of oligarchs in Russia."

When the middle-aged man heard this, his expression was slightly strange.

I have to admit that even though this meeting was sufficiently prepared in advance, the young tycoon still brought him many surprises.

For example, the person in front of him can definitely be said to be the largest capital oligarch in the world. However, he never expected that the other party would turn his target to another group of oligarchs.

Speaking of which, middle-aged people had already planned to combat oligarchs. However, considering that the Westeros system may have a cooperative relationship with some oligarchs in Russia, not only the obvious direct lineage of Mikhail Friedman, but also several others, he even planned to make some compromises.

What's the situation now?

Simon noticed the other party's expression and understood what he was thinking. He smiled and said, "Of course I am also an oligarch, Vladimir, but I am different from those in Russia. The biggest difference is that I know very well for my country that if this country is a ship, I will be one of the passengers. Therefore, I do not deny that I will earn as much as possible to gain the benefits I deserve, but will not gain benefits by harming the ship. Not only that, if the ship goes further, I must take the initiative to strengthen and repair it at the appropriate time. However, you must understand the oligarchs in Russia.

They do not have such awareness. Those people have no position and just want to control a ship called "Russia" so that they can squeeze profits to the greatest extent and be prepared to jump ship at any time when the big ship is about to sink. To extend it, I highly recommend a philosophy of China, which is probably that everything must have a scale, not too high, not too low, not too large, not too small. This scale can be applied to all of us, all countries and even the entire planet. If we want this world to develop more vigorously for a longer period of time, everyone should take the initiative to abide by it."

The doctrine of the mean and other things cannot be explained clearly in a few words, so Simon used a more straightforward analogy.

The middle-aged man obviously understood it, nodded in agreement, and understood what he should do next. Mikhail Friedman still had to bypass it. Yeltsin's side had guaranteed it, and he couldn't take action too ruthlessly. In addition, he didn't need to have any other oligarchs.

Then he asked again: "Simon, you just talked about China. Do you have any specific suggestions?"

Simon said: "Absolutely, China will soon join WTO, and then this country will enter a period of rapid economic development. The development of a big country will first bring huge energy demand. This is one of them. Secondly, while many things have not completely dissipated, try to pick up the industrial foundation left by the Soviet era and cooperate with China to the greatest extent. My suggestion is that it is best to convert these technologies into corporate shares that can bring long-term benefits. Of course, the premise is that these shares are held by Russian state-owned companies, otherwise you will still not be able to benefit from it. In addition, in terms of agriculture, the Chinese are the most good people in the world who are good at farming. Russia can open up the Far East and cooperate with China to carry out large-scale agricultural production."

The middle-aged man subconsciously said: "Simon, agriculture is a very sensitive field."

"I understand that no country would want others to interfere in their own basket of bread," Simon shrugged: "But if you would rather continue to be abandoned in the Far East, I don't care."

A middle-aged man suddenly thought of something: "Simon, I know you have always been interested in land. Since that's the case, why do you recommend me to cooperate with China instead of participating in it yourself?"
Chapter completed!