A remote farm in West Virginia.
After a few whining and barking sounds, a German shepherd who had recently moved into this family's house and had raised it for a long time became silent.
There were no lights on, and even the street lights on the roadside outside the farm had broken down at some point. There were many shadows of people in the dim farm villa.
The hostess, who was reminded not to make any noise, waited for a long time, but her husband, who had gone out with a gun to slander him, returned. Unable to suppress the worry and fear in her heart, the hostess wanted to go to the next door to see her child, or take the little one to hide in the basement. There were slight footsteps.
Then, the big bed sank slightly.
This is definitely not her husband.
It seems to be a woman.
The woman mustered up her courage and was about to quietly fumble for the bedside table lamp, intending to use it as a weapon to attack the visitor. Suddenly, she received a painful blow on the shoulder where she stretched out her hand. She felt that half of her body was instantly so painful that she lost consciousness. She burst into tears. Eyes welling up under control.
This is not over yet.
Obviously in order to completely remove her ability to resist, there were two more attacks on the other shoulder and abdomen.
The woman wanted to curl up, but unfortunately she couldn't. A light body had already straddled her, stopping her movement.
After a slight noise, the desk lamp turned on with a snap.
The woman finally saw the person coming.
This is a slender and graceful girl. She has just taken off the night vision goggles on her head, revealing a pure and beautiful face with a simple ponytail. She is also wearing a simple T-shirt and hot pants. At first glance, the whole person Just like an ordinary high school student, but the retro-style dagger hanging on the girl's chest gave her an air of danger.
Seeing the woman staring at the dagger on her chest, the girl smiled and took it off, skillfully playing a string of light and shadow in her hand, and looked at the woman in front of her: "Do you like this?"
The woman finally woke up and shook her head quickly: "Who are you?"
The girl tilted her head, seemed to think for a moment, and said, "No. 7."
The woman hesitated a little and then asked, "Where is my husband?"
The girl's eyes looked a bit like a cat playing with a mouse: "Dead."
The woman's body trembled, and her eyes once again glanced at the girl's slender body. She wanted to resist, but the severe pain that was still continuing in several places on her body reminded her that the seemingly harmless girl in front of her was not something she could resist at all. Can beg: "I don't know anything, please, don't hurt me, and my child."
The girl nodded seriously: "What a coincidence, I don't know anything either."
The woman couldn't react for a moment: "Then... why do you want to hurt us?"
"Because this is an order." The girl said matter-of-factly: "The order we received is that there is a family here and a dog, so that they all disappear."
The woman stared blankly at the girl who was still playing with the antique dagger. She paused for a moment, tears continued to pour from the corners of her eyes, and the trembling of her body also intensified: "Please, I really don't know anything. At least, let it go." My daughter, please.”
The girl seemed to be moved. She lowered her head and looked at the woman: "Oh, you are such a good mother. I have a mother too, but my mother is very afraid of me. The last time I went back to see her, she was so frightened that she became incontinent and couldn't even eat a meal. They refused to treat me to food. I was very hungry and angry that day, but the master didn’t like me doing anything to that woman, so I didn’t dare to do anything. In this way, can you be my temporary mother?”
The girl was talking strangely to herself, and unconsciously leaned down, as if seeking a hug from her mother.
The woman on the bed felt the girl coming closer, and her mood seemed a little unstable. She thought she had got the last chance, and quietly reached out to hold the bedside lamp again. However, the slowly stretched out arm suddenly straightened, struggling to knock the lamp off. Next, a crashing sound was heard, the bedroom fell into darkness again, and there was a weird whooshing sound that seemed like someone was struggling to breathe.
…
East Hampton.
During breakfast time, Girl A casually placed a local newspaper from Virginia in front of her boss. On the unfolded page was a piece of local news.
A fire broke out on a farm last night. However, after the fire was put out, the family of three who had recently moved there, including a pet dog, disappeared, as if they had evaporated.
This is actually a continuation of the poisoning case in Atlantic City in July.
The content in today's newspaper was mainly to send a signal to some people. However, the behind-the-scenes information Simon wanted was still not found, so he could only continue to slowly dig deeper. Simon's attitude is very simple. Even if he digs all the way to the White House, he will never compromise.
Anyway, the United States has no shortage of assassinated presidents.
Of course, the two Lin sisters sitting opposite Simon could not know this.
Last night, he finally got what he wanted. Lin Zhao was a little shy when he woke up early, but Lin Zhi was bold and took the initiative to talk to the man. He was also a little envious of Chen Qing, who was sitting next to the man.
Lin Zhi is currently in a private high school in Manhattan. Next year, he plans to attend Columbia University like his sister. He has already decided on a major in economics, so he took the initiative to chat about this topic and unknowingly switched to China: "Simon, So, you are very optimistic about China’s economy?”
"Of course," Simon nodded with a smile: "With the current growth momentum of China's economy, if no major accidents occur, it will become the world's largest economy in at most 30 years."
Lin Zhi didn't expect that this man had such a high opinion of China's economy, so he couldn't help but feel proud and subconsciously curled up his lips.
Chen Qing curled her lips and glanced at Nizi opposite: "The boss said it, unless something unexpected happens. The question is which country in the world will have smooth sailing economically, not to mention the current annual growth rate of domestic GDP. It can reach 8%. When the scale reaches a certain level, it will definitely decrease. Just like the West, 3% is high growth.”
Lin Zhi heard what Chen Qing said, but looked at Simon.
Simon smiled and said: "What Xiaozhi just understood is what I want to say, there are no surprises."
Now the three girls at the table were a little surprised.
Simon slowly cut the sausage in front of him and said: "China is implementing the strategy of keeping a low profile and biding its time. Many people know this. However, in my opinion, this is actually problematic. Do you know what the problem is?"
The Lin sisters shook their heads.
Chen Qing thought for a moment and said: "Pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger. If you pretend to be a pig for a long time, it might really..."
After all, she was from China. Chen Qing stuck out her tongue at the end, but she still didn't finish her sentence.
Simon continued: "I read an article. During the Song Dynasty, China's GDP accounted for 80% of the world's GDP. It was amazing, right?"
Chen Qing did not answer, and the Lin sisters across from her didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Simon said: "The result is that the Song Dynasty, which accounted for 80% of the world economy, was repeatedly ravaged by the northern nomads with only a few million or even hundreds of thousands, and was finally destroyed. So, look, even if the economic size reaches No. 1 in the world, more than all the other countries on the planet combined, so what?”
The three girls were lost in thought for a while.
Simon originally didn't want to say more, but after a slight hesitation he couldn't help but added: "There is a famous saying in China, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind. This seems to me to be the essence of the world. The east wind is suppressed by the west wind. Sometimes, there is no other way, just hide your strength and bide your time, endure the humiliation and bear the burden, and then, one day, the east wind finally has the ability to overwhelm the west wind, but instead of overpowering it, it wants to be a good east wind. I have forgiven you for all the things you did in the past, you are a big country and you have the courage to do so. . Then, just wait, when the west wind regains its strength again and suppresses the east wind, it will not be polite at all, until it is crushed to death, the west wind will not remember that when the east wind is strong, it has been trying to be a good east wind that is kind to others. "
Having said this, Simon paused and continued: "Recall the history of your China. The Five Husties invaded China, the Mongols destroyed the Song Dynasty, and the Qing army entered the customs. It was all like this. Look, at which time did China's GDP not be the first in the world? , what’s the use?”
At the dinner table, Chen Qing listened with interest, but the Lin sisters opposite looked at each other a little bit.
Are these words of a man good or bad
It seems that some people hate iron but cannot become steel.
However, it seems that the position is not quite right.
…
After breakfast, Simon set off back to the west coast.
This is August 24th.
on Monday.
After boarding his Boeing 767 private jet, Simon started his day's work.
First, the Korean side held a video conference with Chen Qing who stayed in New York and the Korean team to discuss in more detail the solution for the LG Group, which had just completely surrendered to the Westeros system.
You know, LG is not just LG Electronics, it is also a diversified comprehensive consortium.
However, limited to the size of South Korea itself, even if its business involves energy, steel, chemicals, electronics, retail and other aspects, the overall scale is still only 20 to 30 billion US dollars.
Of course, a consortium with a level of 20 to 30 billion US dollars is actually not that small.
The problem is that the Westeros system is currently too large. Just the most valuable Ygritte has a market value of more than 500 billion U.S. dollars. Therefore, South Korea’s chaebols appear to be very small.
In short, because it was forced to succumb to the pressure of the Westeros system, LG did not receive as good treatment as Hyundai, Samsung and SK, which initially surrendered and compromised. In addition to the planned divestiture and integration of LG's electronics business, LG's energy, chemical and other aspects will also be completely dismantled here.
This time, the LG Goo family will only retain a certain amount of property and a nominal title to hide from others, and the actual asset control rights will be completely digested by the Westeros system.
The IMF team in South Korea controlled by the Westeros system still firmly controls South Korea's economic direction. In addition, the successive Daewoo Group and LG Group fell apart under the pressure of the Westeros system. Although Simon has not been there a few times before and after South Korea, but at this time has definitely become the controller behind the Korean economy.
The key to control is to build an effective management system.
As big as a country or as small as a company, as long as you have your own people deployed from top to bottom, you actually have control. Once formed, it is very difficult for others to break through the entanglement of countless interest communities.
For South Korea, this is what Simon wants to achieve.
With the speed at which the Westeros System has deployed manpower to South Korea's major chaebols and even the South Korean government system, in the next few years, even if South Korea pays off its debts in advance and breaks away from the supervision of the IMF system, it will not be able to break away from the Westeros System. actual control.
Outside of South Korea, Simon did not ignore the economic situation in Eastern Europe and even Asia during his week back on the West Coast.
The Russian ruble crisis a few days ago was rooted in the financial turmoil in Southeast Asia. Then, the ruble crisis broke out and spread its impact back to Asia, triggering another round of economic turmoil in Southeast Asian countries.
The repeated torture finally became unbearable for some people.
On August 27, the Malaysian government suddenly completely overturned the table and voluntarily gave up negotiations with the IMF, implemented foreign exchange controls, and closed the bond market. This move triggered overwhelming condemnation from the international community, and Southeast Asia and even Eastern Europe, which did not have the courage to do so, finally chose to surrender. Many countries are quietly waiting and watching, wondering what will happen to Malaysia.
For Simon, things seemed to be back on track again.
The difference is also huge.
Based on Simon's current position, he must closely follow the world's mainstream financial circles and condemn Malaysia's rule-breaking behavior, and even impose sanctions.
As for all this, it can even be said that in the process of helping Hong Kong last year, it was a reminder to many people that they did not follow common sense... It doesn't matter, people are forgetful, and a few people can still remember what happened last year, not to mention, remember it again. What can be done
Does anyone want to reason with Simon Westeros
Don't make trouble.
All in all, with Malaysia's overturning the table, in order to prevent other economies that could not withstand the pressure from following suit and causing even worse effects, the Asian financial turmoil that lasted for more than a year has finally come to an end.
Looking back and calculating, in this year, the purpose of establishing closer potential ties with the Chinese authorities through Hong Kong was achieved; the purpose of forcing South Korea to surrender and completely invading the South Korean economy was achieved; the purpose of strengthening control over Ukraine while the Eastern European economy was affected was achieved. Achieved; to prevent Russia from falling into complete collapse, the goal was achieved.
A very fulfilling year.
At the same time, at the same end of August, the 1998 North American summer season also came to an end.
For Daenerys Entertainment, this summer season starts with "L.A. Confidential" and ends with "Magic Mike." There are 10 movies. According to the current box office data, the total box office is expected to be around 1.57 billion U.S. dollars, far exceeding Before the summer season, Daenerys Entertainment's internal box office expectations for the 10 movies were approximately US$1 billion to US$1.2 billion.
With a box office of more than 1.5 billion U.S. dollars, including last year's phenomenal "Titanic" in 1998, the combined total has reached 2 billion U.S. dollars. Based on the expected North American box office volume of approximately US$6.5 billion in 1998, this is already close to one-third of the North American box office share.
Coupled with the box office revenue from other subsequent schedules, Daenerys Entertainment will still be able to control about half of the North American market in the film business this year.
In comparison, just talking about this summer season, under the strong suppression of Daenerys Entertainment, only a few films such as "Lethal Weapon 4", "The X-Files Movie", and "The Mask of Zorro" have slightly better box office results. .
But it was only better-looking, because under the monopoly of Daenerys Entertainment, other studios did not even have a movie that entered the 100 million yuan box office club.