Simon originally didn't intend to pay attention to Zhu Momo's mother's request for dialogue. He didn't have that much time to deal with the needs of his lover's mother. However, I suddenly thought of what I had said to Zhu Momo about the other party's family, and I felt a little more interested. I typed a reply to Chen Qing, saying that I could take time to chat on Saturday. The email also asked Chen Qing to investigate by the way. Here are the detailed information about Momo’s family.
Then I processed some emails, and it was almost noon.
Girl A came over to remind that Janet's eldest brother Anthony Johnston and his family had arrived, and Simon left the study.
Anthony is in Brazil these days, and for the privatization of Vale, Brazil's largest iron ore manufacturer, Johnston Holdings finally decided to take part of Vale's shares.
Simon also talked about this with the old man a few days ago.
It’s still the original idea.
The Johnston family should not try to intervene in all major iron ore manufacturers in the world, because this will inevitably lead to antitrust risks in the future and will easily encounter precise targeting.
The old man partly agreed with Simon's idea.
On the Australian side, the Johnston family will not attempt to fully integrate, but will take the initiative to leave another apparent competitor, but on the Brazilian side, they still have to intervene.
If you want to actually control the world's iron ore industry, just reaching an alliance or tacit understanding in private is ultimately unreliable. On the Australian side, the Johnston family, backed by the Westeros system, has enough confidence to maintain strong influence, but on the Brazilian side, Even if Vale cannot be seized, a certain degree of actual say must be guaranteed.
In fact, it is a share purchase.
After all, Simon was an outsider in the iron ore industry, and the old man's ideas largely coincided with his, so he didn't force it.
After greeting the Anthony family who arrived, there was still some time before lunch. Simon and Anthony came to a study room on the first floor, sat down separately, and waited for the waitress to bring coffee. Anthony took the initiative to talk about the trip to Brazil that had just ended: " It is basically determined that we can get 15% of the shares, and Mitsui of Japan will get about 30%.”
Regarding Simon's ideas, we had communicated on the phone in advance. Of course, there was no need to say more at this time and we talked directly about the results.
Simon nodded: "So, the Brazilian government still retains absolute controlling interest?"
"There is also resistance in Brazil. This matter cannot be rushed." Anthony took a sip of his coffee, held the cup in his hand, and continued: "However, if you want the Brazilian government to sell more shares, you only need to If there is another economic crisis, then the Brazilian government will have to let it go even if it doesn't want to. In fact, the Brazilian economy has been prosperous on the surface in recent years, but it is seriously unbalanced on the inside."
The Brazilian economy had been up and down in the early 1990s and was very unstable. The Mexican peso crisis two years ago hit Latin America, which was also an important reason why Brazil was willing to promote the privatization of Vale.
In the past two years, with the economic recovery in Europe and the United States and the development of Asia, especially China, entering the fast lane, the Brazilian economy has rebounded rapidly. However, Brazil, which relies on the export of iron ore and agricultural products as its main economic driving force, is easily affected by changes in the external economic environment. The impact was confirmed both before and later in Simon's memory. This industrial model makes the Brazilian economy far less than the smooth upward curve that China started in the 1990s, but continues to stumble up and down.
So Anthony's statement is basically correct.
As long as there is a crisis, the Brazilian government will have to sell its assets in order to provide relief.
Thinking this way, Simon said: "Then three years at most. You know, someone will take action in Southeast Asia next year. By then, the entire Asian economy will be in a downturn. Asia has been Brazil's main export growth point in recent years. This impact will be transmitted to Latin America, up to three years.”
"Three years is a bit short, at least five years later. However, this has nothing to do with us. According to your thinking, we only need to maintain a certain influence on Vale and will not pursue more. What is anxious is Japanese talent. Yes," Anthony said, smiled, and continued: "Speaking of which, our layout in China also blocks the Japanese's way to a great extent, and the country there is not very friendly to us now."
"Then I'll take the time to go to Japan a few more times to repair the relationship."
Simon said teasingly, and Anthony immediately laughed.
Based on Simon's past failure to land, which triggered the 'Westeros Effect', he is definitely the most unpopular person in Japan now. If he goes there a few more times, he still doesn't know how the Japanese stock market will be filled with disasters.
After joking for a while, Anthony added: "I saw the latest immigration and labor bill drafted by the Liberal Party government on the plane back. I have to say that this is more in line with Australia's long-term plan. I really don't understand what those politicians used to do. .”
Anthony was talking about the latest immigration and labor policy bill quietly promoted by the Westeros system and the Johnston family, which is the direct local leader.
In fact, it was Simon himself who initially initiated the push.
This matter started in March this year. After the latest election, Australia’s Labor government, which had been in power for 13 years, finally stepped down. The Liberal Party, which had been in opposition for many years, formed an alliance with another national party to become Australia’s latest ruling party.
To put it simply, the Labor Party and the Liberal Party in Australia roughly correspond to the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in the United States, one is conservative and the other is open.
Now that the Liberal Party has come to power, it stands to reason that immigration policy will definitely become more open again.
The Westeros system that pushed for this election behind the scenes does not want to see this happen. However, because the Labor Party prefers high welfare and low taxes, low taxes are no problem. If they continue to increase high welfare, no country can sustain it. Live, that’s why everyone tacitly agreed to oust the Labor Party from power.
The Liberal Party came to power, tightened welfare policies, and increased taxes, all of which were acceptable to the Westeros system.
The only thing Simon doesn't plan to let go is immigration.
However, due to its vast land and sparse population, and Australia's chronic labor shortage, it is impossible not to introduce immigrants. Therefore, Simon followed Singapore's thinking. The latest policy is to open up high-net-worth immigrants and at the same time openly introduce low-end labor in the form of a bill.
High-net-worth immigrants entering Australia can increase the country's economic strength.
The introduction of low-end workers is certainly not something that no one has thought of before, but it is more difficult to promote because the people at the bottom are always not so smart. When they hear that the country wants to introduce workers, they are obviously trying to steal their own jobs. How can this be accepted? Therefore it has been difficult to implement.
This result actually led to the prevalence of illegal labor in Australia.
This time, as the Westeros system continues to control and penetrate Australia, as its own backyard, Simon certainly spares no effort, fully exerts his efforts at all levels such as public opinion and campaign, spends large sums of money, and clearly explains to the opponents It was so powerful that the bottom class of Australia believed that doing so was more in line with their interests, and the bill was naturally promoted.
In the final analysis, Simon is still for his own 'Eden Project'.
Since he plans to make Australia the Garden of Eden for the Westeros family, not only Tasmania, but also the entire continent will be regarded as his private territory to some extent by Simon. Simon knows very well that many years later The United States is in a chaotic state where the main ethnic group has lost power due to excessive ethnic diversity.
Of course Simon would not allow this situation to happen in Australia.
Therefore, the low-end workers involved in this bill are just like Singapore, or even more stringent than Singapore. Visas are reviewed twice a year. In order to avoid "long-term love", they can work in Australia for a maximum of two years and then have to leave. If you change to the next batch, there is basically no possibility of naturalization.
Chatting with Anthony casually, it wasn't until Janet came to call for someone in person that the two of them left the study to have lunch together. The Anthony family only stayed here for two days and left voluntarily without disturbing the Simon family's private time too much.
However, it is actually almost time to leave here. We plan to end this week and return to North America next week.
The time soon came to Saturday, September 7th.
If it hadn't been for Girl A's reminder, Simon would have almost forgotten something. In the evening, in a small private study on the second floor of the manor villa, a family outside was preparing a BBQ, and Simon took the time to come over.
Girl A has prepared video call equipment. On Simon's side, the 100-inch projection screen on the wall will serve as the interactive interface. As for the Chinese side, it is probably a computer.
The communication was connected, and Simon first saw Chen Qing.
Chen Qing just smiled and waved to her boss, said hello, and then moved away.
Then, a woman in a black dress sat in front of the camera. The woman's appearance was somewhat similar to Zhu Momo's. However, as Zhu Momo said at the beginning, her mother was more beautiful than her. The woman in front of her was obviously a resister. She is a fairy type who has survived the erosion of time. Her fair and round oval face is more in line with Simon's aesthetics than Zhu Momo's. The whole person also has a charming charm that has been accumulated over the years.
Simon was sitting behind the large desk, looking at the projector screen, wearing wireless headphones. On the other side of the call, what Zhu Momo's mother, Mo Yiling, saw was a young foreign man leaning on the leather chair behind the large desk. Go up, looking at yourself with a smile.
Even though the situation of this video call has been brewing over and over again these days, facing this super rich man with a net worth of 1.5 trillion US dollars, even if he has a strong personality since he was a child, even if the young man opposite does not seem to be aggressive at all, even if neither Even though they were thousands of miles apart, Mo Yiling still naturally felt an inexplicable restraint. For a moment, he even forgot to speak up and fight for the right to speak.
In a study room in the courtyard house in China, Chen Qing, Lin Su, Zhu Momo and Zhu Momo's aunt Mo Wuling, who was also staying in the capital these days, saw Mo Yiling's reaction when he saw Mo Yiling sitting in front of the computer. Different.
Zhu Momo sighed in her heart: This is the first time I have seen my mother like this!
In the end, it was Simon who spoke first: "Hello, Ms. Mo."
Mo Yiling finally came to his senses, quickly put away his thoughts, and greeted: "Hello, Mr. Westeros."
Then he reacted.
This foreigner's Chinese was so standard that she almost forgot that she was talking to a foreigner.
Simon looked at the woman's expression on the projection screen and raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "So, you want to talk to me?"
Mo Yiling quietly took a deep breath, calmed down, and nodded: "Yes, Mr. Westeros, I hope you can let go of my daughter, she is still just a child."
With that said, Mo Yiling quietly straightened up and looked directly at the computer screen. A certain strong woman temperament began to emerge quickly in Mo Yiling, so that when Zhu Momo heard her mother suddenly say these words, even though she was prepared, she wanted to He opened his mouth to interrupt, but in the end he couldn't muster up the courage.
On the other side, Simon was not surprised by Mo Yiling's words, and was not affected by the change in femininity. He nodded readily and said: "As long as this is Momo's personal wish, I have no problem here. I have never Don’t force yourself on the women around you, they are all free and can leave at any time.”
This time it was Mo Yiling's turn to be stunned.
I didn't expect that the man opposite would be so easy to talk to, and... well, how could he be so easy to talk to!
With some inexplicable anger in her heart, Mo Yiling stared at the computer screen: "Mr. Westeros, it seems you don't care about my daughter."
Simon admired Mo Yiling's angry look through the projection screen. The woman probably had no experience in video calls, so she didn't know that staring at the computer screen was useless and she should look at the camera.
Of course, Simon didn't mean to remind the other party, but instead laughed: "Ms. Mo, you remind me of a saying from Confucius, only women and villains are difficult to raise. Those who are close will not be inferior, and those who are far away will be resentful. I will not agree to let go. If your daughter leaves, you will definitely be very angry. Now, I agreed, but I didn’t expect you to still be so angry, which makes me very embarrassed.”
Pfft—
Hearing what Simon said, Zhu Momo couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Mo Yiling was immediately embarrassed, and it was a bit unexpected again. Moreover, this man was really hateful.
I just didn't expect Simon to let go so easily, which made many of the strong rhetoric prepared by Mo Yiling useless. If it were someone else who was so weak and 'useless', Mo Yiling would never have any more entanglements with the other party. , but, this time, it is different after all.
For this call, she stayed in Beijing for a week. In fact, it means that she was left out by a certain man for a week, which caused a lot of work in her hometown and caused dissatisfaction among some people.
Unexpectedly, the result would be like this.
In the final analysis, although he was unwilling to admit it no matter what, Mo Yiling understood that the reason why he performed abnormally today was ultimately due to the identity of the man opposite him.
A super rich man with a fortune of US$1.5 trillion, Mo Yiling is not a little girl who is inexperienced in the world. Of course, he understands the meaning behind such a huge capital. If it were not for his daughter, he would probably be the executive of a remote town in China. The deputy county magistrate is unlikely to have any interaction with such a big shot in his life.
After quietly taking a deep breath again, Mo Yiling said, "In that case, Mr. Westeros, I have some other conditions."
Simon felt that he should not be too talkative this time, so he shook his head: "Ms. Mo, what you said is too unreasonable. Since I have let go of your daughter, you can't ask for anything else from me."
now it's right!
Mo Yiling immediately found the feeling and responded tit-for-tat: "This is what my daughter deserves. When she was with you, she was still a... little girl."
“…”
Zhu Momo, who was listening in, didn't expect that her mother would speak so bluntly, and she had the urge to cover her face.
Of course Simon understood what Mo Yiling was referring to, but he insisted on shaking his head: "But, Ms. Mo, you may also know that we Westerners don't care too much about this."
Mo Yiling immediately shook his head: "No, Mr. Westeros, since you are so familiar with Chinese culture, you must understand what this means, and you should also be very concerned about it."
“…”
I wish Momo wanted to cover my face.
When Mo Wuling heard his elder sister arguing with Simon Westeros, he had the urge to facepalm: Sister, is it appropriate for you, a mother, to argue with your daughter and a man