Chapter 706 Flaws (Repair)
Business models do not exist as naturally as mathematical theorems.
Simon's idea of an open financial information platform has no very successful cases now or in his memory, but this does not mean that this idea lacks prospects. The key is whether the team of Aliya has enough execution to turn this idea into a sustainable business model.
After planting a seed again, ending the Aliya company meeting, Simon rushed to the Military Affairs Assistant Office set up in Greenwich.
The Assistant Office of Military Affairs is mainly responsible for coordination and contact between three private military companies in North America, Australia and Eastern Europe, which are respectively set up in Simon and Westeros systems. The office is under the responsibility of Celia Miller.
There are many topics in this meeting.
The Ohio-based Military Consulting and Security Services (MCSS) recently received the first order from the U.S. government to Serbia to provide military training for local U.S.-backed armed groups. The contract lasts for a year and is worth $20 million. It requires 100 MCSS mercenaries to be dispatched.
This order is not worth mentioning compared to the huge defense budget of the United States, but it is a good start, including the Miller family led by Celia Milloff, the Westeros system's own connections and the White House's joint efforts.
Not only that, under the coordination of the president and his wife, MCSS has also become the private cooperative department of the CIA.
Since it has been discovered that using various foundations and private organizations as tools to interfere in other countries, many sensitive government departments in the United States have begun to affiliate with more and more private companies.
In the past, the "Prism Gate" incident was a private company that was responsible for the prism project, because even if it was exposed, the US government could shirk responsibility to the greatest extent. The US used various foundations overseas to interfere in other countries' internal affairs. Even if everyone knew that the US government was behind the scenes, it could still sound high-sounding because it had the shell of a public welfare organization.
For MCSS, the biggest advantage of being affiliated with the CIA is that it can save many of the company's businesses from unnecessary monitoring and scrutiny on the grounds of state secrets.
The CIA can be said to be the temporarily dormant Bush family territory. Bush Sr. was the director of the CIA for eight years.
After the Westeros system proposed this idea to the White House, it was always clear that since it came to power, the Bush family was unwilling to lose the election and was plagued by the President, who quickly agreed to this affiliation. The next step was the traditional routine of the White House using power, the Westeros system to use two cooperations to erode the Bush family's influence.
The order received by MCSS from the US government was also an attempt by the Clintons to extend their influence to the military.
As long as MCSS grows and grows, the Westeros system can legitimately hire former military executives as company executives or consultants with high salaries, thereby building a bridge between the White House and the military. Moreover, the Westeros system itself has strong enough strength and does not need to worry about being destroyed by both sides in the future.
Even if the dynasty changes in the future, the Westeros system will inevitably be the object that the new government needs to win over and rely on.
In addition to MCSS's first order, there is a problem with Rwanda.
According to the agreement reached by the Westeros system and the United Nations, Simon needs to withdraw all Ukrainian mercenaries stationed in Rwanda in October.
In order to avoid additional political turmoil, and to allow African countries interested in expanding to see that the Westeros system does not have a long-term ambition to interfere in other countries, Simon did not try to extend the original agreement.
However, after half a year of business layout, after this withdrawal, the Westeros system will not lose its influence in Rwanda.
In recent months, when the team of the Westeros system discovered considerable natural gas reserves below Lake Kivu, Rwanda, Simon arranged for people to register and establish two companies, Lake Kivu Energy and Lake Kivu Electric Company, based on the 2,000-acre Westeros mercenary base on Lake Kivu, Rwanda.
Both companies are in a joint venture with the Rwandan government. Both parties hold 50% of the shares. The company's operations are under the responsibility of the Westeros system, including the funds required for the start of the project. Of course, the two companies will definitely provide the Rwandan government with many high-paying positions that are generously treated and do not need to work.
Although the army is about to be withdrawn, the private military companies of the Westeros system will still set up offices in Rwanda, and the arms trading companies of the Westeros system will continue to use Rwanda as an important transit. The Johnston family's original series of projects in African countries have naturally strengthened their own security work.
Overall, after Westeros' mercenaries are broken into pieces, they will still maintain a force of about 1,000 in Africa.
This military force seems to be small, but if it is gathered together, it will be more than enough to overthrow the regime of one or two small countries in Africa. Moreover, as the Westeros system's layout in Africa deepens, the military power of the Westeros system that penetrates into African countries will only become stronger and stronger.
The afternoon meeting also discussed the layout of Ukraine.
This was not originally within the plan Simon initially discussed with Raymond Johnston. Ukraine's geographical location is quite sensitive and it is very difficult to operate.
However, now is an opportunity.
Because in recent years, the West and the former Soviet countries are in a honeymoon period of cooperation and have not yet begun to confront each other again, Simon's early layout at this stage will not cause too much fear among countries in the East and the West. Ukraine's collapsed economy and chaotic current situation have also given the Westeros system enough opportunity to take advantage of it.
As for the future, I can only adapt to the situation for the time being.
After the afternoon work ended, Simon hosted a series of important senior and military advisers of MCSS at the manor in the northern suburbs of Greenwich in the evening. Celia Miller's husband and father-in-law came from Washington.
The social event was late at night, and the guests and guests were all happy.
The next day is September 30, Friday, the last day of September.
After getting up early in the morning, Sofia called me to go to the next door for breakfast and would fly back to the West Coast this afternoon.
After breakfast, Simon was about to rush to Manhattan when he made an appointment to meet with Raymond Smith of Verizon Telecom in the morning. Ken Dixon received a call and he had to temporarily change his schedule.
Lisa Lockhart, one of the Wild family maids who is responsible for taking care of the Gralf family, happened to meet a young man who claimed to be working on Wall Street while having dinner with a friend half a month ago. The man was tall and handsome, with elegant and funny words and behaviors, and also had a generous job. He was simply the most suitable boyfriend candidate.
The two fell in love at first sight and soon began dating.
There are not many restrictions on the private life of the Westeros’s periphery maids. The only requirement is to report. Of course, once you have a partner, you can only work on the Westeros’ periphery in the future, and it is impossible for you to come to Simon and his wife again.
Lisa Lockhart is a very law-abiding girl.
Moreover, before joining the company, Lisa received quite strict codes of conduct for the maids and was explained in detail the benefits and interests of various behaviors.
In the contract signed by Lisa Lockhart, her freedom of private life is not too restricted. Even as long as her dating partner is fine, she can still get help from the Westeros system in the future.
This is also true. Part of the ‘Westerosian’ plan was not a big pie that was deliberately drawn.
So, after confirming the relationship between men and women with the man named Zach Rubbins in a private equity fund on Wall Street, Lisa Lockhart quietly informed the housekeeper Angeli Davis.
The Westeros family's intelligence team immediately conducted a background review of Zach Rubbins.
The problem was discovered soon.
Zach Rubbins, who was born in an ordinary middle-class family in Pennsylvania, once admitted to Harvard University. In the second year, he chose to drop out and then pursued various seemingly inconspicuous careers until he became an investment manager of a private equity fund on Wall Street.
On the surface, there seemed nothing wrong with it. After a deep investigation, the Westeros family's intelligence team quickly found out from the channels of Zach Rubbins's hometown classmate, the man who was 29 years old in public information should actually be at least 33 years old. Moreover, in the 1980s, for six years, Zach Rubbins had been working abroad.
Although there is no evidence, many acquaintances in Zach Rubbins' hometown have rumored that the other party is actually a spy abroad. Of course, insiders basically regard this matter as a joke, and they don't know where the rumors first came from.
However, members of the Westeros family's intelligence team do not think so.
There is no rush to alert the enemy.
Neither the person involved, Lisa Lockhart, was informed.
Until the night before yesterday, Simon spent the first night at his villa on East 92nd Street.
Then, Lisa Lockhart, who was on vacation by the housekeeper Angeli, happened to have time to spend time with her boyfriend, and Zach Rubins took a day off to accompany her girlfriend to go shopping and play.
I also had a candlelight dinner together last night.
Zach Rubbins thought that Lisa Lockhart had been fascinated by him for a while, so after the two fell in love last night, Rubbins showed up to his girlfriend and claimed that there were some problems in his business. A secret in the East 92nd Street villa where Lisa served happened to help him get through the difficulties. He hoped that Lisa could install a wiretap in the apartment and obtain some necessary evidence.
Her boyfriend said these things tenderly and sweetly in the bed, but Lisa's heart was completely cold.
Lisa Lockhart knew very well that she was actually serving the Westeros, and she did not forget the miserable end of a Wei family maid who was used by the Hurst family. During the training before this job, Lisa was also taught how to deal with this situation.
Although he was heartbroken, Lisa forced herself to not reveal her flaws on the spot. She just took the opportunity to take a shower and quietly called the butler Angel Davis.
In fact, after discovering the suspicious point, the relationship between the two has been under the surveillance of the Westeros family intelligence team.
Lisa Lockhart made a phone call. In less than fifteen minutes, someone rushed to Zach Rubbins' apartment in the Midtown area. Lisa Lockhart personally opened the door. Ignoring the follow-up, the girl returned directly to her residence under the arrangement of the Westeros family intelligence team. When she was in the car, she also told the agents who drove her back that she hoped to completely forget this matter.
Zach Rubbins was taken to a remote secret stronghold in the western suburbs of New York overnight.
After interrogation, this is a CIA agent.
Although Zach Rubbins can only provide information on his own direct online, Simon can roughly guess who is manipulating this matter behind the scenes.
Whether it is the US presidential election or the biennial midterm election, the various messy scandals that are constantly exposed in the federal political struggle are not revealed by politicians themselves.
Where the source comes from is self-evident.
Simon is now an obvious target.
Originally, because Simon never tried to manage the image of a perfect man for himself in the media, he was more inclined to playboys. It was not very effective to attack Simon through men and women, but it would add some gossip to the public.
The Gralfs are obviously different.
Simon naturally wouldn't not understand this.
In fact, if you are just purely interested in those three women, the best way to place them in areas that are off the crowd, rather than Manhattan where dragons and snakes gather.
Simon didn't do this, of course it was not because of negligence.
From the beginning, this was a flaw that Simon took the initiative to reveal, a flaw that was far from fatal even if it was really exposed, but would definitely arouse the strong interest of many people.
Rather than asking some people to pursue the Woodfield Manor bombing, it is obviously a good choice to actively release such a flaw that is attractive enough but not fatal, and attract some eyes that covet the Westeros family.
Because of this idea, the Westeros family intelligence team operating around the villa on East 92nd Street is far beyond many people's imagination.
Unexpectedly, fish began to bite the hook so soon.
Simon didn't care whether there was anyone in the secret to keep watching. Since he caught a fish, he would deal with one.
Simon issued a very harsh warning in the first half of the year.
At that time, a group of followers who had been following and monitoring the Westeros family for a long time were thrown away to the southernmost island of Tierra del Fuego in the distant southern part of Latin America. Simon also asked those people to send a message to their master behind the scenes. Next time such a thing happened, they would not be sent to Tierra del Fuego as well, and their destination would only be heaven or hell.
Simon had no intention of discounting his promises at all.
After listening to Ken Dixon's report on Zach Rubbins' confession, Simon no longer paid attention to this unlucky guy who was destined to evaporate the world. Instead, he instructed Ken Dixon to continue digging in accordance with Zach Rubbins' confession, including the private equity fund where Zach Rubbins worked, and Simon did not intend to let go.
Since some people use public services for private use, Simon does not believe that the other party dares to reveal the truth after suffering losses.
The CIA's responsibilities and authority lies in the United States and is usually not allowed to interfere in domestic affairs without authorization. Now, it is also a serious illegal act to use CIA agents to investigate a federal super rich man without approval. Once exposed, many people will not be able to take advantage of it, and may even cause an unpredictable political storm.
As for how some people should recover after the official agent suddenly evaporated in the country, this is not something Simon needs to consider.
Chapter completed!