After finishing the call with Celia Miller, Simon put the information on the two projects of the Rifney Nuclear Power Plant and the Nokia Plant aside and read the other two documents that had just been discussed with Celia.

The first one comes from the Rifney City Government.

During his last trip to Ukraine, Simon accidentally talked to several senior government officials of Rovno Prefecture about the achievements of China's reform and opening up, and casually mentioned the idea of ​​establishing Rivni City into a special economic zone similar to some China's special economic zones. It was originally a chat during the cocktail party, but unexpectedly it was remembered by the other side and quickly tried to take action.

The documents in hand are the special economic zone plan that the Rifny Municipal Government has drafted during this period and submitted to the Kiev authorities.

Not only that, some senior executives of the Rovno Prefecture Government also planned to go to China for field visits. When the documents arrived at Simon's hands, the inspection team had already set off.

Simon never had the idea of ​​helping Ukraine develop its economy towards prosperity.

However, if this plan is successful, it will be more beneficial to the layout of the Westeros system in Rovno Oblast.

Because special economic zones often mean a more open financial investment environment, it is easy to enter and exit overseas capital like the Westeros system. It can be said that it comes and goes freely, and it will inevitably mean a strong stimulus policy that is beneficial to foreign investors such as import and export tariff reductions.

On the other hand, although the developed industrial zone of Ukraine is located in the southeast of the country and the northwest of the country is a backward traditional agricultural zone, the Rovno Prefecture actually has its own advantages. This northwestern border prefecture is only separated from Poland by Warren, geographically a prefecture and county close to Western Europe, and has a complete expressway and railway transportation network connecting Western Europe, which basically meets all aspects of the "trade port".

The idea is good, but it is not easy to implement.

The entire Ukraine is now in a state of decline. Once such a "special economic zone" concept that will inevitably increase its attractiveness to foreign capital, all parts of Ukraine will inevitably raise objections and even compete with each other.

Compared with the capital Kiev, the city of Petrovsk, the strongest base behind the Ukrainian authorities, Odessa, the port city on the Black Coast in the south, and Donetsk, the important industrial city in the east, no matter from any perspective, Rivni, which is still in a mess, is not qualified to become a special economic zone.

Therefore, Simon's reply to Celia was to ask the government of Rovno State to postpone the proposal to the authorities for at least one year.

Otherwise, even if the Kiev authorities adopt this plan, even if there are more than one place in the special economic zone that has been finalized, the possibility of falling on Rivni is very small. Of course, the Rovno State Government is now starting to take various preparatory measures, such as going to China for inspection, etc., which is also possible.

Rome is not built in one day, so it is impossible to make mistakes in preparation in advance.

Another document is the loan application for Katerina's father, Maxim Norskov.

Simon directly rejected the application when he was in Ukraine, and then rejected Maxim's request for an interview. Unexpectedly, the other party still did not give up and even came to Celia.

According to Celia's description, Maxim was obviously not a person who was good at convincing others. When interviewing her, the other party just introduced the purpose of each payment to Celia in detail, and counted it carefully for an hour and a half. Then Celia inexplicably couldn't help but agree.

In fact, this money is not much, involving more than 100 individual farms and collective farms, and the cumulative amount is equivalent to US dollars and is only about 25 million.

Celia learned that Simon had rejected the loan application and privately used her connections to help Maxim solve the problem.

Funding comes from the Netherlands.

The Netherlands, a developed Western European country with a land area of ​​only 40,000 square kilometers, has a population of more than 14 million, and its population density is far greater than that of several neighboring countries. The compact land area obviously cannot support the grain production of 14 million people. Therefore, the Netherlands is also one of the largest grain importers in Western Europe.

During the former Soviet Union, the Netherlands was one of the important target countries for grain exports in Ukraine. It was ranked among the top three grain exporters in Ukraine for many years, bringing foreign exchange income worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the former Soviet Union every year.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine's agricultural production collapsed. As a "European granary", it once showed a ridiculous degree of needing to import food to meet the national needs of food and clothing. The Netherlands' grain imports to Ukraine were also interrupted, and they had to spend relatively high prices every year to import food from North America and Latin America.

As the political situation in Ukraine gradually stabilizes, the Netherlands naturally wants to reopen this cheap food import source.

As one of the most profitable industries in Ukraine, the Westeros system will not miss the business of grain exports in the country's layout. The Oldek Company, which Sergei Komorov, was founded last year with a subsidiary focusing on grain exports and has successfully started its business.

Using the connections of the grain export company under Aldek, Celia quickly obtained a loan of 50 million guilds from a Dutch bank that intends to support Ukraine's grain production, equivalent to US$29.5 million, which is more than the loan Maxim applied for.

Because it is a supporting agricultural loan, the three-year term and annual interest rate are only 4.5%, and it can be directly repaid with food in the next three years.

After all, he used the resources of the Westeros system. Although the matter was basically finalized, Celia would talk to Simon first and said that if he insisted, the cooperation could still be cancelled.

Of course Simon wouldn't do that.

Moreover, Simon probably understood Celia's thoughts. She was sincerely requested by a middle-aged man who only wanted to do something for the people who were in trouble around her, and it was even more difficult for people with a little emotional attitude to refuse.

Now it's the Netherlands that are paying for it again, and Simon has no reason to intervene.

Simon doesn't need to worry about whether this money can be implemented. Since the Netherlands is willing to pay for it, it will definitely carry out relevant supervision, so it just agreed directly.

A girl's voice came from the desktop landline, reminding Frances Levison that she had arrived. Simon took back these thoughts and asked Alison to bring the other party in.

Some details of Westeros system's investment in Levison Group are still under negotiation, but this matter has basically been finalized. Unless Simon himself repents, there will be no more changes. Simon and Francis Levison, the helmsman of Levison Group, agreed to discuss some of the company's future development ideas today. Levison just flew over from Florida in the morning.

In the plan, after obtaining the $1.5 billion invested by Westeros, Levison Group's tight capital chain will be completely alleviated. After repaying a part of the urgent maturing debt, the remaining funds will be used for corporate operations, mainly the development of Levison Group's reserve land in Miami.

The real estate industry in the United States has begun to recover.

Now that new project development is launched, the market will recover from next year, and it will just take a step forward to gaining more market share before other real estate developers, and through this opportunity, it will form a virtuous cycle in the US real estate boom that will last for more than ten years in the future.

Because the real estate industry in the United States itself is very mature, coupled with the policy restrictions of the real estate industry, it is difficult for the country to have too large-scale real estate giants. Therefore, Simon's plan is to allow Levison Group to expand overseas.

For example, China, Eastern Europe.

Simon is certainly also aware of the various barriers and protections of the real estate industry.

However, the rapidly expanding Westeros system is no longer a problem to break through these hidden industry restrictions through intricate interest links.

Just like China, even if Levison Group cannot take action in person, it is also feasible to enter the Chinese market through joint ventures. Levison Group's experienced real estate development and operation team can help joint ventures supported overseas avoid many detours. In my memory, many real estate giants in China, such as the CBD model, are actually imitating overseas real estate companies.

The two chatted for an hour and a half, and Francis Levison said goodbye and left.

The other party also needs to fly back to Florida directly.

Simon continued to handle some matters until after six o'clock, Janet called to urge him, and then returned home from get off work. Even on the way back to Dumei Point Manor, Simon was still reading a draft of the Communications Weathering Act that had just been sent from Washington.

Just the word "weathering" can probably understand the content of this bill.

The main reason is that the federal government has legislated and regulated adult-related content that is already quite rampant on the Internet at this stage.

There are probably not many people, both men and women, who have never been exposed to adult content on the Internet. However, there are probably not many people who have considered how much benefits this field involves.

Simon knew it.

According to the information in memory, only the online part of the adult industry accounts for up to 20% of the entire Internet traffic, and the revenue brought by related industries also reaches 100 billion US dollars every year, no less than the revenue volume of super technology giants such as Google or Amazon.

Although it would be very bad to get involved, it was definitely a piece of fat that people flock to. When I think about it occasionally, Simon had to admit that he wanted to cut a piece of cake out of it.

Of course, with Simon's current status, if you don't want to be drowned by saliva, you can only think about it.

Many others do not have such concerns.

Therefore, in recent years, many related websites have appeared on the Internet, and even some video websites have appeared very early.

You should know that due to factors such as traffic costs, in addition to the launch of a small amount of video or live content by the Igrit portal, professional and formal content video websites have not appeared yet, including companies that have obtained relevant patent authorizations from Igrit, and can only temporarily put relevant projects on hold.

But the adult industry first created something.

Even if it is just a very rough video with very low resolution, it is definitely a pre-emptive behavior.

In Simon's view, this is almost the same as the war promotes the development of science and technology.

Although it will never be involved, the Westeros system is still very active and quietly promoting legislation in related aspects. Because, an irrefutable fact is that related industries have indeed greatly promoted the development of the Internet, and the reason why many Internet users choose to access the Internet is to find some free content from it.

Moreover, the legislative norms of related industries can also avoid litigation risks for companies such as Igrit, American Online, as network channel portals.

For example, search engine business.

Simon will not get involved in related industries, but as an online search tool that gathers and organizes Internet content, search engines will inevitably touch certain fields.

If formal legislation is lacking, this aspect is in a gray area. Once search engines provide relevant links, some people will inevitably make a big fuss and initiate claims and lawsuits against relevant companies on reasons such as harming young people. Once similar lawsuits occur, they are often class action lawsuits.

Igrit actually started to encounter such a thing last year.

Fortunately, Google search engine has always been the marginal business of Igret for outsiders. Although the usage has been rising rapidly, the attention has been low under the operation of the Westeros system. After the related lawsuits were properly handled, they did not evolve into large-scale class action lawsuits.

Therefore, at this stage, the Google search engine under Igrit has temporarily blocked or hidden the relevant websites, and users often have to look through several pages to find a single and a half-bare.

As long as the Communications Weathering Act is passed next and it is confirmed that there is a law to follow, Google will no longer need to hide it.

As long as you follow the rules, you won’t worry about someone deliberately seeking trouble.

In fact, Simon has always believed that for teenagers, whether it is electronic games or some content on the Internet, the regulatory body should be parents.

This is a responsibility that parents take for granted, not a matter that content providers should be responsible.

Parents who are a little responsible will not have all kinds of troubles as long as they pay a little attention to restricting their children on weekdays.

In my memory of my previous life, whenever I saw reports that minors recharge tens of thousands of dollars in order to play games, and after the incident, parents asked the game company to return the reports that the game company had accused the game of making minors addicted, Simon couldn't help but find it ridiculous, and he didn't think the problem was the game at all. The root cause lies in the hateful parents who shouted loudly.

How willing and indulgent these people should be to give some children aged seven or eight, 11 or 2, the opportunity to recharge the game?

Entertainment is the normal need of everyone in modern society.

Whether it is movies, TV, or music games, they are very legitimate. The more developed the country, the more prosperous the related industries are. Why don’t others yell all day long that these things poison teenagers should be banned?

Because parents who should have been responsible for supervision and education seriously neglect their duties, they put the blame on the game after the accident, which is as ridiculous as a murder case and a crime on the weapon.

It is the fault of the father if he raises or does not teach.

The ancestors had already explained this simple truth thousands of years ago.

Therefore, whether it is Daenerys or Igrit, Simon never has much scruples in the fields of film, television, games, social, music, etc. as long as it is content production within the scope of the rules.
Chapter completed!