A one-day trip to South Korea is considered a routine inspection of his own territory. Simon has always held some rather simple or primitive ideas about this. If the superiors do not pay attention to some things for a long time, things like "separation and self-reliance" will often occur. tendency.
It’s all a full schedule arranged in advance.
Arriving in South Korea around nine o'clock, the morning was a meeting with Michael Gate, the chief representative of the IMF team in South Korea, to discuss the next IMF operational strategy after the rapid recovery of South Korea's economy.
With the improvement of its finances, South Korea has stopped disbursing the original IMF agreement funds and is already considering repayment matters. Combining the current situation and past memories, it can be roughly determined that the IMF team can supervise South Korea for another two years at most. By 2001, South Korea will be able to pay off its debts and get rid of the IMF system.
The Westeros system must further consolidate all layouts and achieve deep roots before this happens.
The content of the two-hour secret meeting was basically this.
Michael Gate has been assigned to the IMF team by the Westeros system from the beginning. He is said to be the representative of the IMF, but in fact he is the representative of the Westeros system. Over the past year or so, Gate's performance satisfied Simon. Therefore, Simon pretended not to know that the other party inevitably accepted some 'fruit boxes', 'mooncake boxes' and the like in private.
After all, this is the trend here in South Korea, and it is really inevitable.
What's more, if the water is clear, there will be no fish.
Of course, the key is that this 'fish' has not mistaken its position and has been conscientiously planning for the Westeros system.
Under the general direction, there are three main specific operational strategies in the next two years.
First, continue to increase the Korean won exchange rate.
The rapid recovery of South Korea's economy is not unrelated to the sharp depreciation of the Korean won over the past two years. The depreciation of the Korean won may have made South Korea's economic data bleak, but it has actually greatly stimulated South Korea's exports. For a country with an export-oriented economic structure, a substantial increase in exports will naturally lead to an improvement in the economic situation.
Therefore, after the Korean won returned to a high of 1,300 to 1 against the U.S. dollar at the end of last year under the operation of the Westeros system, although the appreciation rate this year has slowed down, the trend has not changed.
Simon's goal is to have the Korean won-dollar exchange rate continue to rise to around 1,000 to 1 before South Korea completely breaks away from the IMF system in the next two years. This is similar to the exchange rate before South Korea's economic crisis.
The Korean won has appreciated and exports have been suppressed. Even if South Korea gets rid of the IMF system, it will still be more constrained by the Westeros system.
Because of a very simple reason, people who have no money in their pockets will always find it difficult to straighten their waist. Even if we don’t talk about South Korea, the biggest buyers of many of South Korea’s key export products, ranging from ships to chips, and even cultural films and music, are often companies related to the Westeros system.
Again, when the Westeros system controls the jobs of all Koreans from the inside out, it actually controls the country.
This is power.
Secondly, the second operational strategy is to continue to guide more capital to flow to related companies controlled by the Westeros system in South Korea, and to suppress companies outside the Westeros system in South Korea.
This goes without saying.
The third is to continue to encourage investment in China.
Regarding this matter, to put it bluntly, it is not about allowing Korean capital to invest in China. Fundamentally, South Korea is a shell used by Simon to lay out China.
The direct deployment in China is too big and too broad. Even if the relationship between the two parties is good, it will inevitably arouse people's jealousy. Therefore, Simon has been attaching great importance to the matter of "backdooring" in recent years. Outside of North America, he has borrowed money from Australia, Europe, Southeast Asia, and even Africa... In short, if Simon is now asked to speak out his views on China, Frankly speaking, Simon doesn't know how big the layout is.
Since Simon himself doesn't know, it's even less likely for outsiders to know.
Then there were various meetings and entertainments at noon, afternoon, and evening. Simon really just wanted some people to understand that he was always watching them, and at the same time, he also wanted the Koreans to gradually get used to having an emperor.
After all, the power of habit is very powerful.
I woke up a little late the next day.
This is June 30, the last day of June, Wednesday.
It was around seven o'clock in the morning.
When I woke up, I was surrounded by warm fragrance, a big bed, eight girls, six young girls from a girl group that was about to debut from StarWorks Entertainment, a company invested by the Westeros system. The other two, one is Lee Young-ae and the other is Jang Nara. Little girls are often naive, and they always need to be taught what to do by their seniors. Simon has always liked the two small mouths of these two women.
Moreover, the girls fasted for 24 hours in advance, and last night was refreshing and enjoyable.
Lin Guili and Jin Somin helped Simon get up together, ignoring the girls on the big bed who didn't know whether they were sleeping or unconscious, and personally helped their boss get dressed. Lin Guili mentioned that Princess Li from Samsung had already called twice in the morning to ask Simon what he wanted. When the time came to leave, she could only express her ignorance.
Simon just hummed, but he didn't like girls who were too clingy.
No more morning exercises, Simon sat in the restaurant and was eating breakfast while reading a piece of information about the just-concluded 'First EU-Latin America Summit' in Latin America, when Miss Li came over in person.
It looks very resentful.
Simon arrived in Seoul yesterday, and Miss Li received the news quickly. She thought that the man would take the initiative to contact her. Unexpectedly, after a day, she did not receive any message. She roughly understood that he probably didn't care about her that much. .
In fact, I understood it from the beginning.
Otherwise, some guy wouldn't have dragged two other women with her the first time.
So I thought, forget it, since I don't rely on him to support me anyway. However, the problem is, well... there's just something about it that I just can't stop.
In recent months, Miss Li has deeply realized the benefits of being labeled as his woman.
Her family no longer forces her to go on all kinds of blind dates, which is just the most trivial matter. At present, South Korea's upper-class circles, from the senior bureaucrats at the Blue House to the children of the same age from various conglomerates in South Korea, are all very polite to her, and she is responsible for The family hotel business has become a lot smoother inexplicably. There is also the Jeju Island entertainment complex project that I personally went to North America to get from him last time. Although it is a pity that the casino is missing, if the entire project develops in the future, the profits will be huge. It will definitely not be much worse than a simple casino, and the entire project, from funding to approval, has recently received a green light.
South Korea's preference for sons over daughters is well known. Therefore, Miss Li initially tried to get involved in the family business because she had a legitimate brother, but the process was simply bumpy. Now, even if she competes with her brother for the position of the future head of Samsung Group, Miss Li thinks it is not impossible.
For a woman who has been influenced by her career ambitions since she was a child, it is really difficult to let go of the aura of convenience brought to her by a certain man.
Not only that, even her father was very in favor of this relationship, even if she was destined to have nothing to do with her status as his wife.
Just like today, since he didn't contact her, Miss Li also wanted to get angry and pretend that he never came. As a result, in addition to feeling a little helpless, she was also driven here by her father, who also threatened that if she broke off the relationship, he would continue to arrange blind dates for her.
He even hinted that she could give him a child.
So, half-heartedly, he was sent over by his own driver.
When Simon saw Miss Li coming in, he didn't get up, but he still turned sideways and opened his arms to the girl. Miss Li threw her bag to Lin Guili next to her, reluctantly moved forward and hugged him, and then she, who was very slender, relaxed He was held in his lap.
I'm not used to this kind of close gesture, but it's still barely enough.
She glanced at the information next to the dinner plate and was about to take the initiative to ask what he was looking at when she heard the man say in her ear: "Forget it, you'd better sit next to me. Your head is too big and it's a bit blocking me from eating." "
Mention... this again? !
Annoyed.
He looked around, grabbed the man's arm and moved him over.
I bite!
I've wanted to do this for a long time, Simon Westeros, you damn bad guy!
After a while of commotion, she finally sat down next to him, her face turned rosy because of the entanglement just now. Miss Li glanced at the two rows of deep red tooth marks behind the man's sleeves, feeling a little guilty, but she still didn't apologize.
Because... the designer specially asked the designer to reshape her face, which would make her face look smaller.
did not expect.
Disgusting guy!
The waitress brought breakfast and ate it without speaking to him.
After all, he was very angry.
The girl next to him just held it in her mouth without any harsh words. Simon just rubbed his wrist, picked up the tableware and continued eating, while casually asking: "How are you doing?"
The man's tone became serious, and she relaxed her cautious attitude and replied: "I have been following up on the project in Jeju Island. I fly there at least once a week. It's so... troublesome."
I wanted to say I was tired, but I didn't want him to take it as a complaint, so I changed my words.
Simon smiled and said: "Based on the two-year construction period, if it opens in 2001, there may be a period of downturn, and then you will feel more trouble."
Miss Li looked over: "Aren't you already asking people to make Jeju Island expand visa-free access to China and other neighboring countries? In the next two years, it should be done, right?"
"Yes," Simon did not deny it, nodded and said, "However, greater opening up does not necessarily mean that more tourists will appear immediately. Speaking of which, the gaming industry is also cyclical, and the economy When the situation is good enough, the gaming industry will prosper. On the contrary, it will definitely fall into a downturn. The tourism industry is. In addition, by then, the main mainland China region, Jeju Island, will not be able to compare with Macau, which will return at the end of the year. "
Miss Li frowned slightly. If the current project is completed but the operating conditions are unsatisfactory, she will definitely be under great pressure within the family.
After thinking about it, Miss Li said: "In this case, I am wondering, should we start to strengthen the promotion of Jeju Island from now on?"
Simon couldn't help but look at the girl next to him, nodded and said: "Smart."
Miss Li wanted to laugh, but then she became a little suspicious. She didn't know if this guy was teasing her again. After all... there is a saying that people with big heads are smarter.
After thinking about it, I felt that I might be too preoccupied, so I shook off my thoughts and chased, "Then you can make arrangements."
"It's already been arranged," Simon said, "It's actually very simple. We'll shoot more movies and TV series in Jeju Island and spread them to other parts of Asia."
Miss Li nodded, knowing that tourism promotion through film and television dramas often has unexpected effects. Just like after several Chinese martial arts movies became popular in the West in recent years, many Western tourists went to China to visit related scenic spots. Thinking of this, Miss Li said: "Can you, Hollywood, also make a few movies related to Korea, similar to "Hero" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and shoot them on Jeju Island?"
Simon has carefully read the information about Jeju Island. Although there are also famous places such as Ten Scenic Spots and Eight Scenic Spots, the entire island is only in the water like Chongming Island in Shanghai. He wants to film movies like "Hero" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" there. Movies like this, frankly speaking, really don’t have that kind of background.
However, Simon did not directly pour cold water on the girl next to him. He just said: "You have to find the subject matter yourself. Just like "Hero" and other films, they are all projects chosen by Chinese directors who are familiar with Chinese culture."
"Then I'll contact Samsung Entertainment," Miss Li became more and more interested. Then she changed the subject and showed a sly smile: "But you have to give me authorization."
Simon glanced at the girl next to him and understood immediately.
Even though it has the prefix of 'Samsung', Samsung Entertainment, like other SK Entertainment and Modern Entertainment, is actually completely controlled by the Westeros system. Even the families behind the relevant chaebols would not be able to intervene if Simon did not agree. Now, if Simon authorizes it, the eldest lady of the Samsung Li family can legitimately intervene in Samsung Entertainment, even if it is completely controlled in the future, it is not impossible.
Although he reacted, Simon did not refuse and nodded: "No problem." Then he said to Lin Guili, who had been standing beside him: "You can inform Samsung Entertainment later and say it was me."
As for the major entertainment companies here, the majority of the shares are in the Westeros system. Simon will not allow the girls around him to interfere in personnel and finance. The rest is irrelevant.
Lin Guili responded and took note of it.
Miss Li suddenly became in a good mood, and unconsciously touched the man next to her. However, after turning her head a few times, she still had no clue. She couldn't help but look to her side: "Hey, you know so much about Eastern culture, how specific is it?" Give me some advice?"
suggestion
Simon thought for a while. As for Korean costume movies, the one he was familiar with before was, well, "The Traitor".
This obviously doesn't do much to promote the scenery or anything like that.
Simon finally shook his head: "Forget it, don't even think about "Hero" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". On the Hollywood side, I will try to arrange some Hollywood blockbusters to be shot in Jeju Island, and the effect is not bad at all. In addition, Have you seen Roman Holiday?"
Miss Li was a little disappointed when she heard the first half, then nodded again.
Simon said: "The place where the love story takes place is actually more resonant with the audience than ancient costume martial arts. After the success of "Roman Holiday", tourists from all over the world flocked to Rome. This is probably the effect. So, you can Try to shoot some romance films in Jeju Island, whether they are tender or tragic, as long as they are done well, they can attract a large number of tourists in the future."