The story of the Trojan Massacre is so famous, so whether it is Troy in Chinese, Troy in English, or other language pronunciation, as long as this word is spoken, people will basically think of the corresponding events and the extended meaning of this word.

Simon's recent Troy plan, as its name suggests, is still about invasion and infiltration.

This was mainly inspired by the last time James said he wanted Philip Rebeld to go to the US Treasury Department for his experience.

Who is controlling the United States?

This has always been a hot topic.

Putting aside all kinds of boring conspiracy theories, the United States is actually controlled by the elites of this country.

The American elite class is far from the rich people commonly recognized by ordinary people. Although those who can be classified as elites will not be too poor, to be precise, this class should control the country's elite groups in all aspects such as politics, economy, military, and culture.

The Westeros system already has a strong influence in both the economy and culture of the United States. It has relatively weak influence on politics and military. These two aspects are very suppressive on the areas involved in the Westeros system.

If you want to make up for this shortcoming, it will definitely be solved by supporting the election and winning over a group of MPs.

Not to mention anything else, James' arrangement for Philip made Simon realize that he had ignored a very important non-election official class in the United States, the more typical of which is the US presidential cabinet.

These huge official classes distributed in the capital and localities of the United States also have huge powers to influence U.S. policies. This is not the most critical. More importantly, because they are directly appointed by departments such as the White House or Congress, and are not obtained for elections. Relatively speaking, these positions are easier to gain, with lower public attention, unrestricted term, and even hereditary.

Of course, there are also disadvantages.

If you are not careful, you may be replaced by your boss. This is why many people often see news in the media that officials in a certain department of the United States were fired or voluntarily resigned due to a certain incident.

However, as long as your own strength or backer is strong enough, this disadvantage is not a disadvantage.

At worst, you can rest for a while and change the department and start again.

Many veteran politicians in the United States are in this state.

It just so happens that you can use your idle time to enter the private enterprise department to redeem the dividends you have accumulated over the years of serving the financial owners behind the scenes.

Just like Richard Cheney, who had no experience in corporate management after Bush stepped down, became the CEO of the energy company Halliburton Company, in a scattered manner. In recent years, this company has been in chaos, but Cheney comfortably holds an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars a year.

The Westeros system is already trying to invest in Gilead, a pharmaceutical startup behind the scenes, has the same routine.

In the future, Simon will certainly not be stingy in this regard as long as he brings enough benefits to the Westeros system.

This year happens to be the year of elections.

Last time, he didn't have the energy or strength to do this. This time, Simon did not intend to miss the opportunity to get some key positions from the Clinton Cabinet. Congress cannot let it go. Many sensitive departments in Washington, such as the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission (sec), the Federal Communications Commission (fcc), etc., are actually affiliated with Congress.

And the military.

Simon also gradually realized that he was in a misunderstanding.

No matter how high-sounding the mission of the United States is, the United States' military is largely serving the interests of the United States.

The most typical example is these wars around the millennium.

Since the Westeros system is now one of the large interest groups in the United States, Simon himself can try to use this force instead of trying hard to build the private armed forces of the Westeros system. After all, the private armed forces are a bit sensitive in any case.

Having done so much, Simon certainly would not give up some layout because of this awakening. However, the power of the Westeros system can also be gradually penetrated into the US military.

Simon intends to take a two-pronged approach. One direction is Washington's military civilian position, which can also be obtained through spokespersons in the White House and Congress. On the other hand, it is to directly find spokespersons among all walks of the US military. Through Simon's personal military assistant Celia Miller, the key is not difficult to implement.

Simon initially considered whether to train from the bottom layer, but later gave up, not because he didn't have the time and patience, but mainly because there was no need.

Just like former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfield, who was currently a director of Gilead.

It would be easier for Simon if someone else could do this.

What the Westeros system lacks the most now is the position of director who is named and earns money.

Not to mention the series of directly affiliated companies in Westeros system, with the continuous expansion of Cersei Capital, there are countless affiliated companies under the three subsidiaries, especially Black Rock Asset Management. Not to mention the directors who are just named and earn money, Simon can afford it even if it is a position like Halliburton CEO.

After leaving office, a senior American official entered a private enterprise is another unspoken rule that everyone understands.

Very convenient to operate.

Even if someone wants to deal with the Westeros system in the future, they will not easily use these things as excuses, because this is equivalent to destroying everyone's jobs. It is not impossible to commit suicide in a car accident every minute, after all, the world is so dangerous.

The further infiltration of the two major areas of American politics and military is Simon's recent Troy plan.

Inside the manor in the northern suburbs of Greenwich.

Sofia and Simon snuggled together on the sofa in a living room in the villa, and the sound of the TV was sounding softly. While flipping through Simon's recent memos on two plans, the woman said: "The question now is how to select personnel and how to ensure that these people are loyal to the Westeros system, right?"

Simon hugged Sophia's soft waist, nodded, and shook his head slightly: "It's really a bit troublesome to pick a hand. However, my goal is not to ensure that these people are absolutely loyal, but how to bring them together as much as possible and to develop a sense of recognition and belonging to the Westeros system."

In the original time and space, Bill Clinton unexpectedly defeated Bush the Sr. as president in the 1990s, and had been in charge for more than 20 years. When Hillary Clinton ran for president, the Clinton family was no longer a political nouveau riche in the 1990s. Before the election began, the planned Hillary Clinton cabinet was already full.

In a strong contrast, a certain golden retriever real estate developer, who was a complete political amateur, had a cabinet still lost its fortune until the end of his first term.

This is the most obvious gap in the accumulation of foundation.

Speaking of which, Simon's rise has been almost ten years since 1986. However, the real increase in the layout of the political field was still starting from the 1992 general election and showing its strength in the 1994 midterm elections.

This time, the Troy plan is a deeper penetration.

Since it is also lacking in background and overly demanding loyalty is not realistic, Simon has always had high expectations for the so-called loyalty, so he still believes in his position more. It is still inspired by the biochemical mode of a shooting game in memory. Once the player becomes a zombie, he will immediately change his position to attack his former teammates. This is actually the most intuitive manifestation of human nature in extreme environments.

What Simon needs is the people who will support next, and can recognize his position of belonging to the Westeros system.

Sophia heard Simon say this and asked, "So, what do I need to do?"

Simon said: "This idea came up last year. Iger and I had to talk about things and could only borrow other people's club venues. You know, I'm not used to this. So the Westeros system should have some of its own top clubs to facilitate communication between our people."

Sofia nodded and said, "Actually, I thought about this a few years ago. I just understood that you are not very interested in communication and have not joined any clubs on your own initiative, so I didn't mention it. Now, just like, ha, many of our existing resources can be used directly, just like Christie's Auction. Every auction is actually equivalent to a club-style event. Also, the military theme park you set up in Ukraine can be used as an event venue and regularly invite some people to play. In addition, don't you control a real estate company in New York? I remember that this company has many entertainment facilities such as casinos and golf courses, which are very useful. In fact, the key to establishing a club is to keep a good member check. Many people care about this, and they don't want to get along with people who are not at the same level as you. In addition, it is to hold events regularly, which is what you want to bring people together."

Seeing Sophia say so much without thinking, Simon smiled and said, "It seems that you have really thought about it seriously, so let me leave this matter to you."

Sofia agreed and said, "You can't be anxious about this matter. What you just meant was to set up more than just a club, obviously it also means to divide different circles, which requires more cumbersome planning."

"Of course there is no hurry. After all, the prerequisite for implementing the Troy plan is to select people first. The workload is very large, and you don't need to delay your work. Just prepare slowly and just do it by the end of this year."

"It won't take that long," Sofia said again: "And I think the existing personal resources of the Westeros system can be brought in in in advance in a variety of categories, so as long as the plan is determined, it can be started directly. By the way, in this way, you need to attend more events next."

"I don't plan to join all those clubs."

"Of course not, but first of all, you have to let people know who is standing behind the scenes of this club. When the club gets on track, it will be fine if you don't come out for a year or two."

Simon thought so, so he nodded.

The two discussed some details again. Sophia continued to flip through Simon's memo and soon saw a photo. This was a black and white photo of A4 paper size, with twenty or thirty people on it. The woman brought the folder across and recognized the person in the center of the photo at a glance: "Is this, Einstein?"

Simon looked at the photo in Sophia's hand together and nodded: "Yes."

After saying that, he pointed out the other names of people in the photos that were well-known.

In addition to Einstein, there are also Madame Curie, Schrödinger, Planck, Lorentz, Bohr and others in the photo. Almost all of the big names in the field of physics and chemistry that have changed modern human history are covered by this photo.

Simon finished his introduction without missing a glance, and explained in his slightly wide-open eyes: "This is a photo of the attendees of the Solvie Conference held in Brussels in 1927. The Solvie Conference is a discussion summit in the field of physics and chemistry sponsored by Ernest Solvie, an European entrepreneur."

Sofia only realized that she had her fingertips across the photo and exclaimed: "I didn't expect these people to get together, it was unbelievable."

Photos of the Solvey Conference in 1927 were widely circulated on the Internet in Simon's previous life. The gathering of a group of legendary scientists such as Einstein, Madame Curie, Schrödinger must be more than any star photo. However, the photos in front of him were found by Simon after all. The Internet at this stage has not been rich enough to the extent of more than ten years later.

After Sophia sighed, she continued to turn the page and saw two beautiful handwritten words: solvay  plan. The woman did not rush to read the content, but aimed at Simon.

Simon reached out to help the woman turn a page and explained actively: "Do you remember that I planned to enter a series of cutting-edge technology fields last year, aerospace nuclear energy, etc."

"Remember, that, iter, the International Thermonuclear Fusion Experimental Reactor Project, $5 billion, and the newspaper also said that you want to sponsor it yourself, why is there no further information?"

“Because of disappointment.”

"Um?"

"Actually, I really want to sponsor this project. However, I personally studied the current situation in this field and was very disappointed, so I temporarily gave up these ideas." Simon said this, seeing Sophia was puzzled when she saw Sophia looked puzzled and continued: "These fields, whether in aerospace or nuclear energy, have been controlled by various governments for a long time. It is not that private enterprises are not allowed to enter, but the cost is too high and everyone cannot afford it. It can only be continued through government funding. As a result, whether in North America or Europe, due to government control, various bureaucracy, red tape, and lack of incentive mechanisms, these fields have already lost their vitality. Many technologies in the aerospace and nuclear energy field are actually still at the level of the 1950s and 1960s. Just like the Iter project, if I really invest $5 billion in, I found that it is not worth so much money after investigation. The result may be better than exchanged for gold coins to waste water."

"So," Sofia signaled to the folder in her hand: "Solvie plan?"

Simon nodded: "Yes, the point I saw before, human history was created by ordinary people. Later, I gradually discovered that this was a joke. The so-called history promoted by ordinary people is often just a cycle of reincarnation that was standing still. The real human history was actually created by geniuses, just like these people in this photo, and many other great scientists of that era, who have truly made humans complete a breakthrough that has not been achieved in thousands of years in more than a hundred years, and entered the steam era, the electrical era and even the information era. Now, with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the most dangerous confrontation of mankind in the electrical era has ended, and the world has re-entered the peace period. Without faith and confrontation, society will inevitably stagnate. Do you know, this is actually very dangerous."

Sophia listened carefully to Simon's words and was a little confused: "Aren't it great for us to enter peace? And, I can't see where the danger is?"

Instead of answering Sophia's words directly, Simon asked again: "Do you know the level of Kardashev?"

Sofia shook her head honestly: "I don't know."

Simon explained: "This is a hypothesis of the level of cosmic civilization proposed by the former Soviet astronomer Nikolai Kardashev. He divided the universe civilization into three levels. Simply put, the first-level civilization can use the resources of the entire planet, the second-level civilization can use the resources of the star system, and the third-level civilization can use the resources of the large galaxy at the level of the Milky Way. Which level of civilization do you think we are at now?"

"Of course it's a first-level civilization."

"You are wrong. According to our ability to use the resources of the earth, it is actually only a level 0.7 civilization. Only by realizing controllable nuclear fusion and having theoretical endless energy can we reach a level one civilization," Simon said, without waiting for Sophia to ask, "Every level of civilization has its own survival limitations, and the core is actually resources. Just like the farming era that has lasted for thousands of years, because the level of civilization has not been broken through, they can only reincarnate or destroy. Now, although we have entered the information age, this is actually just a continuation of the electrical age, and the steam era is the prelude to the electrical age. Therefore, the resources that humans can use are actually not much different from a hundred years ago. In this century, two world wars, and even the Cold War that lasted for half a century, Sophie, do you think, fundamentally, why did they happen?"

Sofia understood a little: "Fight for survival resources?"

Simon nodded: "Yes, in the final analysis, it is just to compete for survival resources. Because the resources we can use at the 0.7 level civilization are limited, so for more than a hundred years, wars are always happening, and economic crises of all sizes are constantly erupting. This is essentially that every year human beings develop, the resources in their hands are no longer sufficient. First of all, the economic crisis is adjusted and mankind is forced to optimize resources. When the optimization brought about by the economic crisis is no longer effective, war will arise, and the most cruel means will be used to directly reduce the population and reduce resources.

Consumption. Therefore, if we stop now and seem to usher in the era of peace, we are still in the 0.7 reincarnation. Because the civilization level stagnates, perhaps after the accumulation of several economic crises, we find that the optimization of resources is no longer effective, and the result is still a war. This time, because we have mastered nuclear weapons, it will basically only be a nuclear war that leads to the self-destruction of human beings. Don’t think that human beings have enough rationality to avoid the outbreak of nuclear war. If human beings have this rationality, two world wars will not happen, and there will be no Cold War that lasts for half a century.”

Sophia looked at Simon for a moment, then reached out and touched the man's face: "Simon, you are so pessimistic."

Simon pasted the woman's warm palm: "Where are you?"

"I'm pessimistic now," Sophia said, asking again: "How long do you think we have?"

Simon shrugged: "Who knows, maybe 30 years, maybe 50 years, maybe, time is shorter."

Sofia's attention turned to the document in front of her: "So, Solvey's plan, well, should be to create a group of geniuses like Einstein and others, break through technologies such as controlled nuclear fusion, and let humans enter the real era of level 1.0 civilization?"

"That's right. According to some survey statistics, the proportion of humans' natural high IQ is actually very high. Some statistical results believe that the proportion of people with natural IQs of more than 130 genius levels exceeds 2%. However, most people cannot fully tap these advantages due to the limitations of their living environment, so these talents are buried the day after tomorrow. Solvey's plan is to actively find these genius children, educate and indoctrinate them in a targeted manner, and ultimately cultivate the geniuses we need to change the world."

Sofia worried: "If you do this, it may cause controversy."

To many people, manipulating a child's life is simply anti-human to manipulate the life of a group of children. According to those people's ideas, children should grow up happily and freely according to their own ideas.

When Simon heard this, he raised his hand and said, "Give enough money!"

“…”

Sophia rolled her eyes lightly, but actually thought it was the best solution, so she asked, "Simon, what?"

"What?"

"If we successfully reach level 1.0 civilization, then what, do you think everything will change?"

Simon shook his head: "No, maybe it's just another level of reincarnation, but it's definitely better than now. Moreover, I only provide one possibility. As long as we achieve controllable nuclear fusion and have endless energy, we can easily get rid of the constraints of this planet. At that time, we can even choose to immigrate to Mars. As for the people on the ground, it doesn't matter how hard it is. Even if we toss ourselves, it has nothing to do with me."
Chapter completed!