A golf course in East Hampton, Long Island.
Simon casually swung and hit a ball, looked at the direction of the flying ball, and walked over with Celia Miller beside him, while saying: "Angola must strictly follow the script I gave, Savimbi Armed subordinate troops are harassing our plantations, and we not only need to clean up those minions, but we also need to settle accounts with their boss and eradicate the entire Savimbi armed force."
Celia Miller was dressed in white casual clothes and a sun hat. She was also holding a club and followed her boss step by step. She said: "We are already making arrangements. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be done in May. However, the boss , It’s not 1994 anymore, and frankly speaking, I think, well, your words about deterring some potential opponents are not very necessary.”
That time in 1994, Simon's personal wealth expanded rapidly, but the power that matched the corresponding wealth was far behind, like a troublemaking child with a lot of money. In order to avoid attracting covetousness, we could only adopt a series of more drastic measures, and even launched a war in Africa.
Now, it's really different.
Let’s just talk about the most important continental United States. Through 1994, 1996, 1998 and the ongoing 2000 election, the Westeros system has cultivated a large number of allies and spokespersons in the federal political circles, and there is no shortage of political power.
At the military level, not only the Wei family's private army has been quietly developing, but also the Westeros family's other private intelligence network has been fully rolled out, penetrating all aspects of all circles in the United States, enough to ensure that the Westeros family immediately Get a lot of first-hand information about the country, especially those that may threaten the interests of the Westeros family.
In terms of media, the Hearst family, which was once arrogant, has now completely sunk. The Westeros system not only controls the national television media platform ABC TV Network, but the Internet can also be called its own private domain.
With political power, mastery of violent machines and intelligence networks, and deep roots in public opinion, coupled with a huge amount of capital that can easily kill many opponents, Simon really has nothing to worry about in this country today.
Of course, what Simon is thinking about is still next year: 911.
However, there is definitely no way to explain this to Celia, even if this is also one of the women on her pillow.
Moreover, because there have been many changes to the future layout during this period, Simon is also considering one thing, whether to take action to prevent the attack next year.
Because Simon is already hesitating whether to completely let go of the next George W. Bush administration and allow a group of oil traders to quickly consume the United States' wealth through a series of wars.
After all, this is now considered the foundation of the Westeros system.
The wealth shared by everyone has been exhausted, and Simon will not be able to benefit from it in the future.
Simon's general consideration is that the war will still have to be fought, but it can be as straightforward as possible like the Gulf War or the Kosovo War in the 1990s, and not protracted. In this way, it can not only demonstrate the strength of the United States and maintain the hegemony of the US dollar, but also avoid excessive waste of people and money.
It is a boat after all.
In any case, this matter is not imminent. Since there is a plan, Simon first implements the deterrence plan on the African side.
Not only is the script completely designed over there, but once things are completed, there will be a wave of publicity with great fanfare. Most likely, you sent a group of minions to cause trouble for me, and the minions will not let you go. However, no matter you are a warlord leader or a Middle Eastern prince, no one standing behind the minions can escape as long as they are related to the matter.
After doing this, if the Westeros Building in Manhattan or Universal Studios in Los Angeles are listed as targets of attacks next year, and even actions are taken, Simon will not be polite at all. Since the U.S. military can defeat Iraq, it would be okay to attack Saudi Arabia, which only has veteran soldiers. As for the hard-core relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, the relationship between the Bush family and Washington before 9/11 was extraordinary.
Feeling that Celia was still looking at him, since he couldn't explain it, Simon did not explain and directly changed the subject: "There is one more thing, you know, I plan to invest in Southeast Asia next."
Seeing that her boss didn't say anything, Celia didn't ask any more questions. She nodded after hearing this: "A lot of people in the circle have been talking about it recently. Hey, some people are already rushing over to look for projects and plan to cut off your hair."
Simon also smiled and didn't mind this. He also hoped that more people would do this. The more deeply rooted everyone's interests in Southeast Asia are, the greater their effectiveness will be in the future. Of course, the Westeros system still needs to maintain its dominant position as much as possible.
Thinking like this, Simon said: "In addition to the obvious actions, I also hope to cultivate some private armies in Southeast Asia. On your side, please investigate as soon as possible and make a plan."
Simon doesn't have much information about this matter yet, but it's not difficult.
Because of the strong imbalance of economic development, some countries in Southeast Asia seem to be one country, but in fact they have similar political systems to those formed by tribal alliances in Africa. Some places are in civilized societies, and some places are just barbaric without rules. For example, the southern Philippines, eastern Indonesia, or the famous Golden Triangle.
In short, as long as the strategy is appropriate, it will not be a problem to gradually organize thousands or even tens of thousands of private armed forces throughout Southeast Asia. Mastering such a private military force can be used to do many things not only at certain times in the future, but even in peacetime, such as turning the military into a black man, with just one sentence.
As Simon's personal military consultant, Celia had already thought of Southeast Asia when her boss mentioned it. She nodded and asked, "Boss, how big is the scale needed?"
Simon said: "Do it little by little, and you can get as big as you want." Simon said: "The key point is that I only want the most elite ones, and they must be obedient."
As he spoke, he arrived at the next hitting point.
The two played ball and continued to move forward. Celia asked again: "What's the purpose, boss, what are you organizing these people for?"
"The ultimate goal is to launch a coup in some countries in Southeast Asia when necessary," Simon said: "However, this will not happen for a long time in the future. Therefore, people who are trained or turned into gangsters will operate in Southeast Asia. Or drag them to Africa or Eastern Europe to fight. You know, I won’t just feed people but not use them, that would be a waste.”
Celia agreed again, thought for a moment, and said: "In this case, not only cultivation alone, we can also directly recruit some official or semi-official armed forces in Southeast Asia to act as spokespersons, just like we did in Eastern Europe and Africa. , In this way, any coup in the future will be quite legitimate."
Simon nodded: "Okay."
Celia added: "Also, boss, we don't have much deployment in Southeast Asia yet, so we can put the training base nearby in Australia, is it okay?"
"No problem," Simon nodded again: "In addition to Western Australia, another military base can be built in Northern Australia. There is a rainforest in Northern Australia, which just simulates the environment of Southeast Asia. Of course, you also know that there can be no mistakes in this matter, otherwise There’s always going to be some trouble.”
With the Westeros system's deep cultivation in Australia over the years, if anything happens, it can be easily covered up. After all, it has not never happened. Celia did not refute her boss. She also knew that if she could avoid getting into trouble, it would be best not to get into trouble.
"There is also an intelligence network," Celia said again: "The boss will definitely not be left behind. Do you need cooperation from here?"
The Wei family's private army and the private intelligence network have always been closely related. However, even if these forces are affiliated with the private army team, they are basically two lines.
Simon would not mix the two things into one because of his trust in Celia. He shook his head and said: "You two will do it now, and we will discuss it based on the situation."
While playing ball, they continued to discuss details until a female guard came over and mentioned that another guest had arrived, George Soros. Her boss had no intention of participating in the subsequent conversation, so Celia took the initiative to leave.