Because there are many large and small lakes scattered in the south of Rivni City, it used to be a gathering place for the powerful and wealthy. This trend has become more obvious in the past two years.
Early the next morning, Vladimir Korkoshko woke up from a villa owned by the Korkoshko family in the south of the city. It was only around five o'clock in the morning, and he was already 51 years old. Man, his sleep began to decrease. At the same time, his wife got up to prepare breakfast, while Korkoshko was jogging in the gym. He was not keen on exercise. He was too busy in his daily life and could not care too much about his body. Jogging was just to stay healthy. .
After exercising for half an hour, he came to the living room at six o'clock. The maid at home brought him today's newspaper and at the same time helped him turn on the TV and slowly learn about various current events that happened today.
Seven o'clock, breakfast time.
He sent his wife to wake up the two lazy sons who were brought back last night. He watched the second son come to the restaurant shirtless and even touched the buttocks of the beautiful maid at home. He couldn't help but stare angrily. In the past, Kirill Korkoszko felt his father's gaze, woke up instantly, remembered something, showed a sneer, turned around and ran upstairs again, put on a coat, and then returned to the restaurant.
Listening to his mother's instructions to him to wear more clothes while sharing the meal for himself, he pretended to be a fool, picked up the tableware and started eating.
Vladimir drank the sweet soup, but got down to business again, and asked his eldest son Nicholas, who was quite upright at home: "What happened to those TV sets you talked about last night? I remember you didn't do that before?" Do this?"
Nicholas said: "It was Simon's people from China who took the initiative to help us make arrangements. Alexander said that she was a woman that Simon valued very much in China. Including this amber business, we didn't expect it to sell so well at first. The woman also helped to introduce the price, otherwise I would definitely be cheated."
Vladimir frowned slightly: "Woman?"
Kirill, who was immersed in eating, said at this time: "Dad, don't you know, there are a group of very powerful women around Simon, like ABCD, with net worth of hundreds of millions and billions of dollars, the one in China, um, Her name is Chen Qing, she is also very powerful, Alexander said she is supervising a large company listing project in cooperation between Cersei Capital and the Chinese government."
Vladimir nodded slightly, but immediately warned: "For these people, remember, cooperation is allowed, but no thoughts are allowed."
"Hey, how dare we? There's no shortage anyway."
Mrs. Korkoshkov, who was listening to the conversation between father and son, finally interjected: "Nick, Kirill, do you have a girlfriend now? Since life is so good now, you should get married as soon as possible."
"Mom, can you stop nagging about this? Nick and I are still so young."
Vladimir glared at his second son: "Don't talk to your mother like that."
Kirill didn't dare to talk back, but the maid happened to bring another small cake. Obviously on purpose, Kirill reached out and waved it behind the maid again. Only the maid in her early twenties, with a pretty face and a plump body, dodged. , although Kirill didn't take any photos of him, he still couldn't help but glance at Vladimir on the other side of the dining table, with a little pity in his eyes.
Vladimir could only glare again, but still didn't say anything. He waited for the maid to leave before continuing the topic: "I won't say much else. Regarding the customs duties, you should pay attention. You should pay some. Don't. There is too much leverage to be caught. After all, the port is on the other side of Odessa, and now Kiev is staring at us more and more. If something happens, it will be very difficult to handle."
Nowadays, smuggling is prevalent in Eastern Europe. Many oligarchs have relied on smuggling to make their fortunes over the years, such as Berezovsky in Russia. Due to the collapse of the country, the government cannot do anything about it. Instead, many government officials are involved.
Nicholas said: "Dad, don't worry, this matter has been settled a long time ago and there will be no problem."
"Also, you two, try to show up as little as possible. Let Alexander and the others handle the specific matters. Don't be stingy with the benefits that should be given. Remember, stinginess will not accomplish great things."
Kirill nodded repeatedly: "Yeah, yeah."
Vladimir wanted to fight again, but unfortunately he hesitated slightly across the dining table and said solemnly: "I said last night that I plan to nail myself to Rivne Oblast, and my abilities can only be limited to this area. The region, the future, the Korkoshko family, everything belongs to you two. If you don’t have the ability to continue, even if Simon cares about friendship and protects you, you may have no choice but to leave Ukraine and live overseas.”
Nicholas felt his father's serious words and nodded seriously this time.
Kirill didn't play around anymore, but he still couldn't help but said: "Dad, have you ever thought about living overseas? They say it is better than Ukraine."
"No matter how good it is, it is someone else's territory. You can go and play there. If you want to settle down, if you don't have to, who do you think would be willing to leave their country and immigrate overseas?"
"I might be willing to do that."
"Stop talking back to your father," Mrs. Korkoshkov saw that her husband had reached a critical point. She quickly changed her mind and said, "Also, Nick, you two should take more care of your sister in the future."
"Sister, we don't need to take care of her."
"It's different, it's different," Mrs. Korkoshkov couldn't help shaking her head and said, "After all, a lover is not a wife, so how can she last long."
The brothers were immediately speechless.
This also seems to be a problem when you think about the number of lovers someone has.
If it were anyone else who dared to do this to their sister, the brothers would have beaten them with their weapons. However, because it was Westeros, it seemed... probably... they couldn't do anything at all. After all, everything in the Kolkoszko family is now... It was given by that man. If the other party wanted to take it away, it would not be difficult.
"Maybe," Nicholas said after a moment, "Maybe my sister can be like the powerful women around Simon, maybe."
Before the other two men in the restaurant spoke, Mrs. Korkoshkov had already smiled and shook her head: "No, your sister is just a stupid girl. There are no very smart people in our family." Then there was another twist. , said to his two sons: "You two, you must find a very smart girl to be your wife in the future. I heard that the children born in this way can also be smarter."
“…”
After breakfast, the brothers, whose mother was obsessed with urging them to get married, left in a hurry, and Vladimir also rushed to the state government in a car.
As soon as he arrived at the government building in the city center, Vladimir's secretary came over and informed him that there would be an impromptu meeting in the morning and also delivered materials.
First coming to his office, Vladimir opened the meeting materials with a slightly strange expression.
The topic of the meeting was the resettlement solution for residents of shantytowns in the west of the city.
On the way home from the hot spring resort last night, Vladimir also thought that he needed to pay attention to this issue next. Unexpectedly, the first meeting of the day would be like this.
Moreover, there is already a quite complete draft in the materials in hand.
Two private commercial banks directly controlled by the Westeros system in Rivne Oblast, Rivni Union Bank and Rivni Development Bank, will invest US$200 million to cooperate with Sergey Komorov’s Together with the Oldek Company, we are building a number of resettlement communities in the west and north of Rivni.
Two hundred million dollars.
Vladimir suddenly remembered that Ukraine had voluntarily given up nuclear weapons a few years ago, only to receive a total of 330 million US dollars in pitiful compensation from the West.
Now, the Westeros system is worth 200 million US dollars.
This is simply... a lot of money to burn.
As Mrs. Korkoshko said at breakfast, there is no one in the entire Korkoshko family who is too smart. Therefore, I read the materials carefully and found that the two hundred million US dollars will be an investment in the next two years and will not be given at once, but it still seems to be too wasteful.
The lower-class civilians in the shantytowns in the west of the city, and even the Ukrainian people who are increasingly flocking to Rivni, are not worth the money that the Westeros system has spent in vain in Vladimir.
If it was for the UFMS mercenaries, Vladimir would easily understand. After all, the army has always been a gold-eating beast, the kind that can only get in but cannot get out.
Beyond that, for these people, what the hell is going on
Angels descended on Ukraine
However, Vladimir also quickly figured out that this plan could only be approved by Simon himself. Otherwise, no one else in the Westeros system would dare to spend such a sum of money to waste it.
So, is Simon possessed by an angel
This is obviously a joke too.
In any case, it is hard for Vladimir to recover the US$200 million used to build resettlement communities for those poor people. After all, if you sell it, you will definitely not be able to sell it. How can those people afford it? It is not cost-effective to rent it out. After reading the information, I pondered for more than half an hour. During this period, I made several phone calls to no avail. Unable to figure it out, Vladimir could only think that Simon was really being bent over by an angel.
At ten o'clock, the meeting begins.
Vladimir came to the large conference room of the government building and found that other high-level government officials and related leaders of the Rivne Gang who were already present were whispering. Obviously, everyone did not quite understand the purpose of the sudden plan.
In the subsequent two-hour meeting, Boguslav Edelman and Marek Perlman, the presidents of the two banks, became the protagonists and personally introduced the general plan of the plan to everyone.
Everyone listened carefully.
Immediately, when the two persons in charge mentioned that in order to cooperate with this development plan, they hoped that the state government would promote the formulation of relevant land allocation and real estate development bills, Vladimir Korkosko finally felt that he had caught one of them. One scale and half a claw.
Due to the influx of a large number of people, real estate and rental prices in the Rivni area have risen rapidly, and Vladimir is also aware of this.
However, this kind of increase is only relative after all.
Not to mention the real estate industry in other overseas countries, even compared with the Ukrainian capital Kiev, Rivni is far behind.
Therefore, if you want to develop real estate in this city, it will only happen if someone is crazy or has too much money to burn. After all, if you have money, wouldn't it be nice to go to London, Paris, or New York? What's more, 200 million US dollars is definitely not a small sum of money. Even for those international metropolises, this amount of money is enough to play.
In this case, by spending 200 million US dollars now, Vladimir feels that it can only be said that Simon is investing in the future. If it is clearer, the other party plans to make plans in advance so that it can completely control Rivni's real estate industry.
Then, consider that Rivni has grown from a population of just over 200,000 to more than 800,000 in just two years. If this growth rate can be maintained, it will only take a short time for the population to exceed Kiev's 3 million. The problem is, as there are more people, the demand for real estate will naturally increase.
The advance layout has locked the city's real estate industry, and future profits can be expected.
However, after thinking that he had roughly figured it out, Vladimir Korkoszko still felt a little pity. Two hundred million dollars was really completely unnecessary.
It must be said that this senior official of the Rivne government who is quite loyal to Simon does lack sufficient vision and insight.
Also in the conference room, Sergei Komorov, the head of Oldek Company, who also just received the materials this morning, saw more than Vladimir Korkosko. Let’s take a relatively large case: the merger of East and West Germany. In order to support the development of East Germany, West Germany has already invested tens of billions of dollars in just a few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Germany also set up a special A 'flat tax'.
In short, it is impossible for any country or city to rise from nothing, especially a city like Rivni, which is almost completely impoverished.
If you want to develop, funds are essential.
Such is the case with Rivney.
Now that we have seen the possibility of rising, if we want to develop further, we must invest real money to solve various people's livelihood problems regardless of cost or return.
Just like the shanty towns that appeared in the west of Rivni.
If this problem is not solved and allowed to develop, an increasingly large slum may form in the future.
Whether it is Latin America or Southeast Asia, the impact of slums on a city is absolutely negative, dragging down urban development, hindering the introduction of capital, encouraging the breeding of crime, etc. Moreover, for people, residents who live in slums for a long time will often be completely lost. hope for the future.
There is no hope left, let alone efforts or changes.
Therefore, since Simon is quite optimistic about the future of the city of Rivni, this problem must be solved.
This is a big picture and a big vision.
Of course, there are not many people in the world who have this vision. Many times, they just don’t have enough capital to solve these problems.
It has to be said that these people in the morning meeting room understood some of Simon's intentions to a certain extent.
However, it is not comprehensive after all.
This plan is indeed a decision made by Simon himself after understanding the current situation of Rivni. However, Simon is definitely not so kind. In the final analysis, when launching this plan, Simon is pursuing the Westeros system versus Rivne State. absolute control.
As for how to control it, it refers to the Chinese real estate industry in memory.
After controlling the land, controlling the real estate, controlling the banks, and controlling the absolute pricing power, most of the income of everyone in the city will flow back to West in the form of purchasing real estate or paying rent. In the hands of the Luo system. Then, after entering the game, everyone must work tirelessly in various industrial chains in this area of the Westeros system if they want to maintain their lives.
Life after life, the struggle never stops.