Chapter 975 Fable
Janet continued to flip through the documents in his hand and said, "Well, what do you think about this theme park that Tymoshenko and the others want to build in Kiev?"
"It's just a fun ticket, and it's only tens of millions of dollars a year," Simon shook his head casually, thought for a while, and said, "However, it may involve safety issues, which is troublesome."
"Security Question?"
"Yes, this is not an ordinary theme park after all, but a military theme park. I personally intervened in the formulation of safety regulations. It is very strict to ensure the safety of tourists to the greatest extent. Even if the fun of the park is lost, it is hard to say in Kiev. If they do something randomly and tourists are killed or injured, the theme park on Rovno will inevitably be implicated."
Jenny said, "This is a problem."
"But maybe," Simon smiled and said, "Even if it is not as large as Universal Studios, according to Tymoshenko's vision, it will be at least tens of millions of dollars in investment. To be honest, Tymoshenko cannot afford so much money now and can only borrow from overseas. And if there are high-level changes in Ukraine in the next two years, such as Razarenko being taken down by Kuchima, this project will basically be unfinished."
After reading the documents in his hand, Janet closed the folder and said, "I don't think so. Even if Lazarenko loses power, the military theme parks on Rovno's side are very profitable. Maybe someone wants to continue, such as the Kuchima series."
Simon just shrugged and did not deny this possibility.
In Ukraine, the rifts and conflicts between the Kuchima family and the Lazarenko family are ultimately a conflict of interest.
The reason why the rifts on both sides did not spread to Rovno Prefecture is that they are currently fighting for the higher gold-content heavy industrial assets in the East Ukrainian region, mainly concentrated in the Petrovsk Oblast, the old nest of the Petrovsk Gang and the later famous Donetsk Oblast. Not only because of their proximity to Russia, most of the heavy industrial groups left over from the former Soviet Union are in Dongwu, but also 90% of the coal mine assets within Ukraine are also in the Donetsk region.
Due to various natural gas-related news later, the outside world always believes that Ukraine is a country lacking energy and minerals.
This is not actually the case.
If coal reserves in the eastern Ukraine region can be well utilized, it will be enough for the entire Ukraine to burn for a century.
This is still the proven coal reserves.
It’s a pity that due to the long-term international turmoil and chaos and the involvement of the interests of all parties, the coal mine assets in the Dongwu area were not well utilized. Instead, they had to spend the poor foreign exchange to import natural gas from Russia, and therefore were also constrained by Russia everywhere.
Looking at Siu, the increasingly prosperous Rovno region, although Simon also acquired a large number of local state-owned assets with Sergei Komorov's Oldek Company as a shell, at this stage, most of the industries in the Rovno region are ultimately the result of Simon's large amount of real money and silver.
In addition, there is another special high-income group in the Rovno area, the UFMS private army, which is more than ten times more than the ordinary local residents. It will eventually cost money to make money, and therefore drive the local economy.
Whether it is the result of Simon's real money or the group of high-income people he believes are not so easy to grab. This is another important reason why Simon can quietly deepen his efforts in the Westeros system in Rovno Prefecture.
Janet put down the surveillance information about a series of incidents in Ukraine just now, and took a thick file box with archives in kraft paper.
I picked up a copy casually, and the cover reads 'Banshikov Family', opened the file bag, took out the information, and the first copy was a girl, Gelina Banshikov, 16 years old, only looking at the ID photo in the upper right corner. This is a beautiful girl like a doll, with chestnut hair, big eyes, delicate nose, and small mouth, which is exactly in line with a certain guy's preferences.
So he shook the information in his hand at the man beside him: "This is the batch you plan to create, um, relatives?"
Simon did not hide any of his thoughts from Janet.
Looking at the file in Janet's hand, Simon nodded, noticed the name on the page, and added: "This family has been abandoned."
Janet is responsible for the family's intelligence network on weekdays. She knew something earlier than Simon. He curled his lips and said, "Don't think I don't know. You took that guy's wife and two daughters to the hot spring manor."
There is no answer to this.
Simon simply pretended not to hear it, and he still had the information about the Russian election.
Janet just wanted to eat it symbolically, and his eyes fell back into the file, skipping the second self-destructive information of Maxim Banshkov and looking directly behind.
Natalia Banshikova, 36 years old, was able to give birth to such a daughter. The mother's appearance is naturally not bad at all. She is also a ID photo, but she is also attractive.
The last one is Eva Banshikova, 14 years old, two years younger than her sister Galena, but her ID photo looks even more immature. Unlike Galena's 169cm tall in the information, it is probably because it has not yet opened. Eva Banshikova is only 153cm tall.
After reading it, Janet symbolically tsk his tsk again and suddenly asked again: "Friends, speaking of it, Simon, is our family also a relative to you?"
Simon didn't raise his head, and his tone seemed to be hesitant: "No."
Even if the man didn't add too much, Janet had already bent the corners of his mouth with a little satisfaction. Of course not. If it weren't for some guy who was so powerful that he couldn't even resist the old man, the one around him should be Simon Johnston. He was originally a family, so what kind of relatives were there?
He slanted over and was hit by the man with a small impact. Janet continued to look through the files in his hand, and after a moment, he said: "There are not many direct-based companies in this time, but the relatives of the neighbors can still expand. Simon, what are you planning to arrange?"
Simon said: "Make a random move and get whatever you need, and get it if you don't work or make a mistake. If you say it's more careful, the Ukrainian general election two years later will be short of the last time. This time, it's a member of parliament with the share of Rovno State. I plan to get it as much as possible."
Janet thought for a while and said, "There are 450 MPs in Ukraine, with a total of 25 states. Rovno State can be divided into 18. It seems that there are not many. We can all share our own people."
Unlike the House and House of Representatives of the US Congress, the Ukrainian parliament adopts a one-house system, and the election process is a special mixed electoral system, which is roughly divided into two relatively average parts, one part belongs to each constituency in the country, and the other part is distributed by each party to the election based on the vote ratio.
Therefore, the number of parliamentary places that each state can obtain is not as fair as the United States. Strong states can get forty or fifty votes, while weak states may only have single-digit quotas.
With the current strength of Rovno Prefecture, it is still more than enough to get 20 MPs in the 1998 election.
Ukraine is now a president-parliamentary system, and relatively speaking, there is a parliamentary-presidential system. The difference between the two is actually very simple. Whoever is ahead will have greater power. For example, in the former, the president can designate a prime minister candidate, and the latter's prime minister candidate must be nominated by the parliament.
However, the parliament still has a deep influence on the political direction of this country. Especially at this stage, Leon Kuchima is still a leader who likes to play balance rather than autocratic. Whether it is proactive or helpless, this means that as long as you have enough seats in the parliament, the Westeros system can ensure its influence in Ukraine to the greatest extent.
Simon thought so, and when he heard Janet's words, he smiled, "It can't be done too obviously, and it's like Sergey, Krem and others, there are too many things in their hands, but they don't have the energy to be a member of Congress."
Janet couldn't help laughing: "Then let your little lovers be members of Congress, it's too messy."
Simon emphasized seriously: "It is the parents of the little lover."
Janet raised his hand and slapped Simon on the shoulder.
Simon didn't care, and it was the fact that: "In the next few years, Ukraine's economy will continue to decline, and at the same time, the internal political situation of this country will continue to be unrest. More eyes will only focus on Kuchima, and there will not be too many people who are the members of parliament."
This is also a strange thing in Ukrainian politics.
In the original time and space, Ukrainian richest man Akmetov pushed his driver, bodyguard, dentist and other people around him to the position of MPs, without causing any rebound. Later, an actor and president was even more bizarre. After being successfully elected and won a large number of parliamentary places, many actors, producers and other main creators in a TV series where the actor and president once participated in became MPs.
After gradually gaining more knowledge, Simon no longer wants them to waste time on being a member of Congress for the more capable spokesperson in Ukraine.
Just like Evegenia's father, Vladimir Korkoshko, initially Simon also wanted the other party to run for a member of parliament. As Vladimir showed corresponding abilities in the senior management of the Rovno State government, Simon gradually hoped that the other party could take root in his base and directly take over the position of governor in the future.
As for those quotas of parliament, it is enough to send a group of obedient puppets to go there.
Janet finished reading the 14 files in his hand one by one, and also marked them in several of them. He looked up again and found that Simon was still looking through the information about the Russian election. He temporarily put down the documents in his hand and came over, asking, "How is Russia?"
Simon said: "Yelthin won firmly."
The two had had some discussions about Russia before, including private contact with a certain Gray-clothed Bishop of Smolny Palace in St. Petersburg, and Simon did not hide from Janet. Therefore, Janet was already very familiar with Simon's business ideas in Russia, and still couldn't help saying: "Actually, I still think that for Russia, we can completely adopt the same strategy as Ukraine."
Simon turned his head to Janet's head and smiled, "Don't you think our own goal is too obvious?"
"Yeah."
"So, if external targets are missing, the Washington authorities may turn their attention to us. This is actually the reason why I quietly reached a tacit understanding with the Bush family. Forget it this time, next time, it must be that the Bush family will rise better than Gore, because the Bush family's ruling genes have been determined, and they prefer to turn their attention abroad."
Janet added with a smile: "Also like fighting."
"Yes," Simon nodded and said, "Now, the major economies in the world, except for the United States, are not very good. There may be another comprehensive decline next year. If Gore succeeds in the future and continues Clinton's policy strategy of "the problem is the economy", the US economy will continue to rise and will likely reach an unprecedented height. When the economy is strong enough and there are no worries about employment and taxation, politicians will often try to do more, and the fingers will only think of us. All, we need the Bush family to change this momentum and even fundamentally weaken the federal national strength through war."
After hearing Simon's words, Janet suddenly came over again and put her face on Simon's face: "Simon, you always have to think so much, aren't you tired?"
"Not tired," Simon smiled and reached out to wrap his arms around Janet: "Because you are."
Janet no longer wondered whether the 'you' in the man's words was singular or plural, and said, "Actually, I know, you have always hoped that the world can be better."
"It's not necessarily true."
"Um?"
"There is such a fable," Simon's mouth still smiled: "The dragon-slaying hero was elected as king by the people, and then, dragon scales began to grow on the heroes on the throne."
Of course Janet had heard this fable, and it was indeed tighter next to her man, and said softly: "I would rather you be a dragon than be a hero."
Simon kissed Janet's smooth face and said, "I hope the world will be better, but I only do what I can and never think of becoming a hero. Or, I was an evil dragon that broke into this world."
Janet could actually feel that when the men around him always talked about certain things, they always brought some jokes and ridicule, and even actively promoted the fire and participated. But in fact, the man was a little sad about it, a kind of sadness that was extremely disappointed with the world.
Because of this disappointment, Simon has been constantly placing his position higher in recent years.
Just like, a few years ago, Simon felt that if he wanted to change this country and the world, he should start with the most basic education system, attach importance to primary education, and put it into action. Now, he pays more attention to certain things that focus on the future of mankind, such as space immigration, nuclear fusion, solar energy, etc.
This change is actually the worst plan.
When some worst-case scenarios that are almost impossible to escape occur, perhaps these arrangements at this time can leave a glimmer of hope for this world and this race.
That's all.
Chapter completed!