I dreamed about being a child, and it seemed like a long, long time ago.
Since I was little, I was much taller than my peers, so I was inevitably out of tune with the people around me. I was often teased as "big guy" and so on, so I had no friends. Occasionally, some teachers questioned whether I had an intellectual problem, and I was still in a lower grade at this age. , so I worked hard quietly and got good results, but it was taken for granted.
One time, her brother beat a classmate who was making fun of her, and the parents were called. Her father apologized to the teacher, to the classmate's parents, and went through all kinds of troubles. When he got back, he used a belt to whip his brother until he couldn't get out of bed.
As a result, his character became more and more silent, and he was used to dealing with many things with silence.
When I was eight years old, I finally found the direction of my life, basketball.
In fact, her parents were privately worried about her growing too fast. By chance, she showed her talent for basketball in a physical education class at school. One of her physical education teachers personally visited her parents and explained to her parents that they could allow her to practice basketball and then participate in competitions or even join the national team. Her father immediately paid attention to the prospect of serving the motherland and felt that this was a good way out for her, so he spared no effort to create various conditions for her.
At the age of 18, he finally got his wish to join the national basketball team.
In fact, what makes the family most gratified is that she stopped growing when she reached 188cm. If you go any higher, you won't be able to find a boyfriend.
Then came the violent social unrest.
The ideals and honors that she once had have become a thing of the past in the blink of an eye. Her father is unemployed, her brother has retired, and her sister has dropped out of school. She herself has no whereabouts. Even for her mother's job, the salary is not announced for several months. The family struggles to survive. maintain, and even start to starve.
Until last year.
Once upon a time, a person in charge of the team contacted someone who wanted to hire a group of female bodyguards. Having never found a job, she agreed without thinking. Then she found that it was not easy to get the job. Some of the team members she knew They participated in the test together, but she was the only one who passed this level.
This isn't over yet.
After another three months of intensive training, she also learned that the people she might serve in the future were the Westeros family.
That's right.
That's it, Simon Westeros.
Not to mention anything else, just the three months of training and the monthly subsidy of US$200 made her feel that she had to get the job no matter what. The $200 not only alleviates their family's plight, but can also be used by the parents to support other relatives.
At the same time, 60 people selected from thousands of people to participate in the training all had the same idea.
Knowing that only half of them could stay at most, some of them had other thoughts. Then the two team members who slept with the instructor were expelled together with the instructor. The instructor was also taken away by the police in public. Later, I heard that he was They were quickly sentenced to 10 years, and the two team members did not receive any additional punishment, but they obviously also lost the most precious opportunity in their lives.
After three months of training, only 23 people remained and 37 were eliminated.
When the results were announced, many people cried on the spot, and one of the eliminated players fainted. She didn't cry at the time, but after celebrating at home that night, she lay in bed and couldn't sleep all night.
He was soon sent to protect six girls in a villa in the south of Rivni city.
It is said that they are all girls of Simon Westeros.
According to previous textbooks, he is a typical corrupt big capitalist.
Should be knocked down.
However, with a monthly salary of US$1,000, as a colleague said, Kuchma's bodyguards may not have such a high salary. With so much money, she will knock down whoever Simon Westero tells her to knock down.
Deep down, she actually felt the same way.
So when she met him for the first time, he told her to clean up and wait for him on the bed, so she did.
In fact, I am mentally prepared.
Evil capitalists, as it should be.
Then, while he did nothing that time, her salary went from $1,000 a month to $200,000 a year.
I still don’t know how to spend so much money.
She just felt that she was completely sold to him. Although the girl A who made her a little scared said that she would be free to leave after one year, she never thought about leaving because she was not greedy for the 200,000 US dollars a year. , but instinctively felt that he had sold himself.
Keep your word.
Unconscious dreams turned into scattered thoughts when she was about to wake up. She finally opened her eyes. Everything about last night quickly rushed into her mind. On the soft big bed, she was leaning sideways against the man lying on her back. Her chin rested on his shoulder, and she still held the man's arm in her arms, looking very intimate.
Also, there was something strange about my body after the first time.
Worried about disturbing him, even though he woke up, he didn't dare to move at all. He just looked at the man's side face close at hand like a thief, and his breathing became cautious.
This is his own man.
Well, no, she is just one of the many women of this evil capitalist, and she may be forgotten by him in less than a year.
Thinking of this, I feel a little disappointed for no reason.
Thinking about last night again.
When he came back from the party and saw her, he asked her to go upstairs and give him bath water as a matter of course. Then, he didn't understand anything and just obeyed stiffly and let him do whatever he wanted. He gritted his teeth and didn't dare to make a sound, worried. Disturb his mood.
later.
It seems that he calls it 'little wood'.
Um.
Definitely not a 'big piece of wood'.
She could feel that this title was completely different from the 'big man' that she was teased about when she was a child, and it had a different meaning that she couldn't quite understand. In short, she only felt that after hearing it, she felt a little sweet in her heart.
I don’t know that he seemed to have forgotten it as soon as he woke up.
Her mind was confused and she didn't know how long she had been looking at him. The faint morning light filtered in outside the window. The man moved as if he was about to wake up. She quickly closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.
The arm holding him was pulled away, and the man quickly came over again and kissed her on the cheek.
The man's lips are hot.
Then I felt my heart warm.
Sensing that he should start getting dressed, she pretended to just wake up and opened her eyes, carefully sat up, hesitated for a moment, and did not deliberately pull the quilt to cover her body. The man's eyes turned around, landed on her, and then showed a smile that made her feel very comfortable: "Good morning."
He quickly responded: "Morning."
As he spoke, he took the initiative to move forward and said in a small voice, "I'm here to help you."
"No," Simon looked at Eve, whose cheeks were still flushed, and refused with a smile: "You can continue to sleep. You can get up whenever you want. You don't need to work these days, so have a good rest."
As the man spoke, he reached out and pressed her shoulder. She lay down again obediently, but her eyes were still quietly locked on him. When he looked over, she quickly dodged. It wasn't until the man left the master bedroom after washing up that she completely relaxed and fell asleep again.
The time is January 28, Saturday in Ukraine.
It's seven o'clock in the morning.
Simon went downstairs, and the maids in the villa had already gotten up early and started busy.
After arriving at the gym and jogging on the treadmill for less than ten minutes, Celia Miller, who was wearing a women's sports suit, also walked in. The two greeted each other. Celia turned on the treadmill next to her and said while jogging with Simon. : "What do you think of Tymoshenko's suggestion last night?"
Simon shook his head: "Not very good. If it's not necessary, don't have contact with those two people in the future."
At the party at Sergei Komorov’s house last night, Yulia Tymoshenko, who came to Rivne Oblast with Ukrainian Energy Minister Lazarenko, proposed to Simon that he invite the Westeros System Invest in the energy company 'United Energy Company of Ukraine', which is being reorganized under the name of the Tymoshenko family.
In Simon's memory, Tymoshenko used this company and relied on Lazarenko's support to monopolize the entire natural gas supply in Ukraine in the following years and make huge profits.
A single company monopolizes a country's natural gas supply. This kind of unscrupulous monopoly behavior is destined not to last long. Lazarenko fell quickly in 1997, and it involved the Tymoshenko family business being seized by the Ukrainian government. A large part of the reason was also Here it lies.
Judging from the information at hand, Tymoshenko is definitely a very powerful woman. Compared to the greedy Lazarenko, this woman probably knows that a single business cannot last long, so she tried to recruit Simon to join the team.
Moreover, despite seeming to have a monopoly on the entire natural gas supply in Ukraine, Unified Energy Company of Ukraine will eventually import natural gas from Russia.
This company wants to do a separate business, but actually does not have that much money to support its expansion.
In the past, in order to get Russia to relax the payment deadline for the multi-billion-dollar debt of Ukraine's Unified Energy Company, Tymoshenko carefully pretended to have "close" consultations with Russian energy oligarchs on many occasions.
During the party last night, Simon also received a personal business card with a phone number quietly slipped in from Tymoshenko.
Certain things speak for themselves.
If there is a world-class super chaebol like the Westeros system as the backing, not only will the shortage of funds faced by Ukraine's Unified Energy Company be solved, but Simon, a powerful backer with strong influence in the US government, will also definitely be far more powerful. Super Pavlo Lazarenko.
Simon likes women with outstanding abilities and strong personalities.
Except for Black Widow, though.
For such a woman who is sometimes pro-Russian and sometimes pro-American but lacks a firm stance, even if she understands that this is the helplessness of a small person in the big game, Simon is too lazy to get too involved with her.
As for the companies involved in the other party, this is even less likely.
Simon's initial plan to run Ukraine was to avoid involving the sensitive energy industry as much as possible, let alone monopolizing a country's natural gas supply. This would make the Westeros system a thorn in the side of many powerful people in Ukraine who covet this piece of fat. In this way, not to mention how many years this monopoly can be maintained and how many benefits can be obtained from it, it is certain that the other layouts of the Westeros system in Ukraine will not be able to continue peacefully in the future.
When Tymoshenko came into contact with Simon last night, Celia was also there.
After hearing the other party's suggestion, Celia was actually a little moved, and she made a little plan in private. At this time, she didn't expect the man's rejection to be so straightforward. After thinking about it, she said: "Simon, even if you don't buy shares in Tymoshenko company, we can also increase investment in natural gas, which is a good business in Ukraine."
Because of the severe cold weather in winter and the fact that it is located on the gas pipeline from Russia to Europe, Ukraine consumes a very large amount of natural gas every year.
Related businesses are naturally very profitable.
Simon said: "Sergey is already doing it. He has acquired a natural gas company at the end of last year. In the next few years, we are expected to control the natural gas supply in the Rivne region. This is enough. Celie, our roots in Ukraine are actually It’s not that deep, so at this stage, try not to get involved in things that may offend most of the local forces in Ukraine, and natural gas happens to be the one that cannot be touched.”
Celia nodded, but noticed another meaning in Simon's tone: "Simon, what about the future?"
Simon shrugged slightly: "We'll talk about the future in the future. Moreover, I told you that I don't have any plans to gain too much economic benefit from this country. I just want to ensure that there is a team here dedicated to the Westeros system." Private armed forces, if we want to do this, the more unstable and poor the country is, the better it will be for us."
Celia agreed and remembered another thing: "Simon, Washington is planning a secret military operation recently. I don't know the details. However, according to the news that Philip gave me, they intend to lend us a UFMS. The team is stationed in Serbia, I said I want to ask your opinion first."
Yugoslavia, between the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, disintegrated in 1992. Because it involved sensitive land oil passages from the Middle East to Europe, the United States, fundamentally in order to maintain its petrodollar hegemony, made many arrangements in this region.
MCSS, the private military company of the Westeros system in North America, has already cooperated with the US Department of Defense last year, and therefore also received an amulet from the US official. If anything happens in the future, just say 'national secrets' and it can be blocked. A lot of trouble.
This time the Ministry of National Defense wants to extract people from the UFMS in Ukraine, and it is obviously planning to carry out some small actions that will not involve the Washington authorities.
Since we have benefited from cooperation with Washington, it is inevitable to cooperate with the authorities.
Simon thought for a moment and said: "I need to see detailed information, and in addition, there is corresponding endorsement."
Although he is willing to "contribute to the country," Simon is absolutely unwilling to "take the blame for the country." Simon also needs to make sure Washington doesn't use UFMS as a scapegoat if things go wrong.
Celia knew what Simon meant and nodded: "I understand, boss."
The two chatted and jogged together for more than half an hour. Simon took a shower and changed clothes, then went downstairs to the restaurant.
Today is still a full day.
In the morning, I have to rush to the UFMS military base. As the ultimate controller of this private military force, it is necessary to frequently appear in front of the soldiers. In the afternoon, I will discuss with Rivne Oblast government officials about the planning of a series of cooperation projects such as the 'Nokia Factory' and the 'Military Theme Park'. In the evening, I will also host a banquet for the core members of the Westeros system in Ukraine.
After breakfast, he left the villa in the south of the city and rushed to the UFMS military base in the north of Rivni. Simon also listened to Girl A's report on various matters in the Westeros system along the way.
On the east coast of the United States on Friday afternoon, both houses of Congress finally completed the vote to lift the 'media integration ban', and the relevant bills have been sent to the White House.
There will be no surprises: Clinton will sign her name to the bill next week.
The repeal of this bill, which restricted the US film and television industry from merging with each other, in Simon's view, is actually tantamount to declaring that the three traditional US television networks, ABC, CBS and NBC, are in a state of 'for sale'.
Historically, the three major established television networks have successively merged with major Hollywood studios in recent years to form larger media giants.
This time, history has changed a lot.
The other six Hollywood majors, which have been severely weakened by Daenerys Entertainment, simply do not have the strength to merge with the three major television networks. On the other hand, it is not easy for the three major TV networks to annex major Hollywood studios, because the seven major film companies already have major owners for the time being and will not transfer them in the short term.
The biggest benefit of this situation is that it can reduce the resistance of Daenerys Entertainment Group to acquire one of the three major TV networks.
Because the chance of a competitor emerging during the acquisition process is very small.
After all, not counting FOX, which is definitely not for sale, there are three TV networks.
If the Westeros system likes one of them, even if someone else wants to acquire the TV network, it is unlikely that they will compete with Daenerys Entertainment for the same goal.
On the other hand, because Daenerys Entertainment is currently too powerful, if it wants to expand further, the antitrust review pressure it faces will also increase significantly.
Of course, these will not affect Simon's established plan at all.
After hearing Girl A talk about this, Simon directly dialed Amy Pascal's number in Los Angeles using a satellite phone in the car and asked the other party to immediately start preparations for the acquisition plan.