In the early morning, Emma Treston came to the restaurant in person with her little baby who had celebrated her first birthday yesterday. However, Emma Treston found that the man who came in early was missing again. Curiously, she asked the housekeeper who was placing the tableware and learned that the man had just A cup of milk was spilled on my pants, so I had to change it.
After a moment, the man reappeared.
Signing for the little guy in her arms to greet her father, Emma glanced at the waitress following the man.
This is a member of the team of attendants assigned to her by the Westeros family. She is a beautiful woman with blonde hair and blue eyes. Emma also noticed that the collar of the attendant's uniform was slightly open, revealing a small piece of delicate skin and a jade-like figure. Perfect collarbone.
Probably understand something.
Some common female tricks.
However, Emma had no intention of pursuing it, because every time she thought about herself, she always felt that there was indeed such a thing as destiny in this world. If this girl had a certain destiny, there was nothing she could do to stop it. If not, no matter how hard you try to seduce, it will definitely be useless.
What's more, Emma doesn't think that even if she is so lucky, it means that other girls can easily go to a certain man. If this is really the case, the other party will definitely not be able to spare the time to attend his little Jack's birthday party in person.
Therefore, even if the waitress took the initiative to stay after breakfast was served and took care of the little guy who was put in the child's chair, Emma did not chase the person away, and occasionally instructs the other person to do some small tasks as usual.
He is also not shy about discussing topics with men.
After all, those around her were to some extent assistants assigned to her by the Westeros family, and they were all excellent ones.
"Simon, I have some doubts about the foundation I am responsible for. Why should we fund primary and secondary education? I have done some research in private. In theory, investing in higher education is more in our interests?"
It's the charity fund Emma is responsible for.
This is an education fund, mainly for Kansas, where Emma was born. The funding direction is primary and secondary education in Kansas, assisting in building schools, recruiting better teachers, providing bursaries to poor students, and so on.
Of course, he also undertakes some tasks to help the Westeros family discover talents.
The gifted children at Solvay Academy do not fall from the sky.
Simon picked up the cup of milk that the housekeeper quietly replaced with the right temperature and took a sip. He looked at Emma opposite and said with a smile: "I had the same idea as you before."
Emma hummed, slowed down her eating movements, and looked at the man opposite her seriously, waiting for an answer.
Simon said: "Perhaps you should have experienced how bad the federal primary education system is, and according to our investigation, this situation continues to worsen. If the public wants to obtain a good education, or even change their lives, they often can only enter expensive schools. private schools, but this is beyond the reach of most ordinary people.”
Emma thought she understood, nodded, and subconsciously complimented: "Simon, you are such a kind person."
"I said..." Simon smiled. Seeing the sincere look of the woman opposite him, he didn't say anything at all, and continued: "Although I can accept your compliment just now without blame, there is indeed a deeper consideration in this matter. . In our country, a large number of top private schools have actually hindered the upward path of the entire society through their monopoly on high-quality educational resources. This is the instinct of vested interests. I don’t want to say more. However, in a country like this In a world where science and technology continues to develop rapidly, if you want to be strong and stay strong for a long time, you must have a complete education system for all. Otherwise, only a small number of elites have mastered the top knowledge, which is actually unsustainable. A large society continues to function.”
More than ten or twenty years later, the United States desperately wanted to promote the return of manufacturing. However, not to mention the middle and low-end industries, the most high-end industries such as the semiconductor industry wanted to move to the United States, but they were embarrassed to find that even enough It is unable to recruit many qualified technical talents. Fundamentally, this is actually a serious problem in the United States' own education system.
If Emma realizes something.
The maid standing next to the ignorant little guy suddenly said: "Mr. Westeros, I am also aware of the issues you are worried about. Listening to what you said, I feel that the compliment just given by Ms. Treston is not enough. , your long-term consideration for this country can be described as great."
Simon looked to the side, remembering that the girl had just introduced herself, Claire Wheeler, and said with a smile: "Have you studied this problem?"
Knowing that this was her opportunity, Claire Wheeler nodded immediately: "Mr. Westeros..."
"I prefer you to call me boss."
Claire immediately changed her mind: "Boss, I graduated from Northwestern University with a journalism major. When I was a junior, I happened to do a social survey on federal education issues. Although it was limited to some areas around Evanston, Illinois, where the school is located, I...well, and several classmates who did this survey also came to a very pessimistic conclusion. The poor primary education system is having a very serious negative impact on our entire country, such as various industries in recent years. In addition to cost factors, another important reason for the rapid relocation is that it is increasingly difficult for companies to recruit large numbers of highly educated professional workers."
Emma listened to Claire's conversation with the man opposite, and it was a bit interesting. After the other party finished speaking, she interjected: "Claire, are you exaggerating? Although there are problems in the primary education system, the Federation has the best higher education in the world. The system attracts the best international students from all over the world, and we still have no shortage of talents."
Claire could feel Emma's taste, and considering that she might not be taken away by a man so easily today, under the eaves, she was smart enough not to refute, and just looked at the man next to her.
Simon ignored the two women's little exchange.
Inexplicably, it reminds me of Boeing, or to be precise, Boeing's "famous" South Carolina factory.
When super tycoons who are familiar with the industry insiders customize Boeing private jets, and even some commercial companies who know the inside story often add a proviso when ordering aircraft: the aircraft is not produced by the South Carolina factory, but must be manufactured by Boeing in Washington State. The factory is responsible for assembly.
As for the reason, according to news that was later exposed after a series of Boeing malfunctions and crashes, many of the employees at Boeing's South Carolina factory did not have the corresponding professional engineer qualifications at all. Before being recruited, some were driving trucks and some were selling insurance. , and some are city cleaners...
However, these people, after a period of so-called professional training, actually entered the Boeing aircraft assembly line, which is the most professional and demanding industry in ordinary people's minds.
Ridiculous
It sounds ridiculous, but it turns out to be so ridiculously true.
As for the result, people probably know it later.
Putting all the blame on India's software problems is just a cover-up.
Let’s talk about the reason: Isn’t Boeing reluctant to recruit professional technical talents
Certainly not.
Compared with the declining U.S. auto industry, Boeing has sufficient profit margins, and corporate executives with a little bit of brains should understand the high level of professionalism required by such a company.
After all, if an airplane has an accident in the air, basically no one can survive.
So why not do it
why
Because it is simply impossible to recruit so many professional talents.
Of course, the United States has long been a strong attraction for the world's top talents. However, these people who go to the United States to study often do not want to work as assemblers in Boeing or Ford factories. After all, international students are either rich or poor. It is impossible for these two groups to rush to become workers if they are talented.
In short, if we want to solve the problem, we still need the United States' own education system to create talent.
The problem is that when a country's basic education system has major problems, how can it carry out complete 'hematopoietic' output layer by layer
From the very beginning, Simon understood the problem.
However, at first, Simon only thought, what does this have to do with him
Therefore, of course, as Emma thought, investing one's own resources directly into the American higher education system and pinching those talents who were about to mature would be the solution with the least investment and the highest yield.
However, that is certainly no longer the case.
I still understand the truth. The Westeros system is on this ship. Even if Simon has the ability to jump off the ship, once something happens, most of the assets of the Westeros system will follow this ship. The ship sank together.
Simon didn't want to see this happen.
Since we don't want to, we can no longer think as simple as before, but must do more things that are truly beneficial to the long-term voyage of this big ship.
It has become inevitable to reverse the investment in the education system and continue to invest resources in reshaping the federal primary education system while taking into account higher education.
After chatting about these things and having breakfast, Simon bid farewell to Emma and her son and rushed to the Westeros Company headquarters in Midtown to start the day's work.
As soon as I sat down in the office, Girl A sent me the latest information.
On October 23, local time, yesterday, a bloody conflict broke out again between Palestine and Israel. At the same time, many countries in the Middle East expressed solidarity with Palestine, and a million-person rally broke out in Yemen.
With the turmoil in the Middle East, international crude oil prices once again hit a two-year high on Monday yesterday, with a 6.5% increase that day, pushing the price of crude oil per barrel to a high of over US$35.
Speaking of which, crude oil at US$35 a barrel is far from the highs of hundreds of US dollars in Simon’s memory.
However, even the current price of US$35 has already made many countries unbearable. After all, in this era, money is still money, and inflation is far from that severe.
The first to bear the brunt is, of course, the United States.
What's more serious is that compared to later, the United States is still a pure crude oil importer. The shale oil era is far from coming, so it is more deeply affected by the fluctuations in international crude oil prices.
In fact, since September, continuous conflicts have broken out between Palestine and Israel, crude oil prices have soared, and people on the federal side have begun to become increasingly dissatisfied.
So, also yesterday, there was a small demonstration in Miami, Florida, to protest against rising oil prices.
Ordinary people watch the fun.
For Simon, of course, the twists and turns can be discerned at a glance.
Not to mention the international excitement, here in China, Florida.
This is a key swing state.
The voting time for the presidential election is getting closer and closer. It is obvious that now is the final stage of the game between all parties. All the means that can be used are spared, and no one will hold back.
First of all, between Palestine and Israel, Clinton can be said to have been running for eight consecutive years during his two terms. He was on the verge of reaching a peace agreement several times, but ultimately failed due to various reasons. Now, as the U.S. presidential election approaches, chaos suddenly breaks out in the Middle East, causing international oil prices to rise sharply. If you say this is just a coincidence, you can only deceive children.
Simon was able to get more information.
So I know it's not a coincidence.
Anyway, it's all about the election.
After reading the information sent by Girl A, Simon only felt a little ironic.
Now, some people may be dissatisfied with the authorities because of the continued rise in oil prices and choose to vote for the Republican Party. However, those people may have overlooked that this guy is the spokesperson of the American Petroleum Group.
The current price of crude oil is only 35 US dollars a barrel. What does this mean
You all will be dissatisfied with this situation. When the time comes, you will have a taste of the price of crude oil exceeding 100 US dollars a barrel.
No matter what, it's your choice.
Everything that needs to be done has been done, and now we are waiting for the results in a few weeks. After Simon read the information, he threw it aside without any intention of doing anything else.
Then I learned about Chevron's merger with Texaco, which has already started another contact.
This time, Texaco's response is still not very positive for the time being.
After all, the recent rise in crude oil prices has led to an increase in the profits and stock prices of oil companies.
Simon was not in a hurry.
When a super bomb is thrown, the entire energy industry will be depressed for a year or two. At that time, if you are still unwilling to let go, there are enough means here to make Texaco management submit.
After dealing with some of the day-to-day business, Simon's attention turned back to Hollywood.
Today is October 24th.
Tuesday.
This year’s Halloween season started last Friday.
For Daenerys, the first film to be launched is "The Cruise" starring Kate Beckinsale, one of the "Charlie's Angels".
Frankly speaking, the structure of this film is too complex, and Simon does not have high expectations for the film's performance in the theater market. Therefore, the production cost of the project is US$15 million, and the publicity expenditure given here is only US$7 million. The number of painting screens is 2107.
It's considered low-profile.
The key is to watch "The Conjuring 4" this Friday.
However, under the control of Lena Kane, the results of "Terror Cruise" were pretty good at the end of the first weekend. It earned 8.79 million US dollars in the first three days of production. It is expected to be around 14 million in the first week. With such a start, 30 million There will definitely be no problem in making local income.
Considering that this film is mainly aimed at the subsequent peripheral channel market such as video tapes, it is obvious that it will also be a lucrative small project.