In the evening, Simon returned from the city of Kelebani, northwest of Rivni.
On this day, from the location of the city airport on the southwest outskirts of Rivni to a paper mill in Kelebany, Simon non-stop visited many companies that the Westeros system had merged in Rivne Oblast in the past six months.
In the black Mercedes-Benz, next to Simon sat Sergey Komorov, the head of the Oldeker Company, which held 80% of the Westeros system's shares. He also held a series of assets of the Oldeker Company in his hand. List of lists, covering food, real estate, clothing, papermaking, building materials, breeding and many other fields.
And, this is only a small part.
Simon will not leave the larger Nokia factory and other industries to the control of Komorov. The foreign banks that have been established in Rivni will also be remotely controlled by Cersei Capital in New York. There are also media and entertainment assets that involve the control of public opinion, and Simon will also not let Komorov get involved.
In any case, with all these industries added up, Simon will be able to control every aspect of Rivne Oblast.
There is a city belonging to the Li family on the other side of the ocean.
Ukraine, far away in the hinterland of Europe, will have a state named Westeros in the future.
After browsing through the list of assets in his hand, Simon looked out the car window. The convoy had not yet entered the city of Rivni, so he said to Komorov next to him: "This paper mill in Kelebani will be closed down directly. Bar."
Sergey Komorov could feel that his boss was quite satisfied with today's itinerary. He did not expect him to say this suddenly. He quickly recalled the details of Simon's visit to the paper mill and the operating conditions of the factory in his mind, and asked carefully. Said: "Boss, do you have any questions?"
Simon shook his head: "I know that this paper mill still has good profits, but the pollution caused is too serious. Sergey, I am not a harsh environmentalist, but since Rivne Oblast is our future Within what we can afford, it is completely worth it to make the air in this area better and the water quality clearer, what do you think?"
Sergey Komorov did not expect this to be the reason. He hesitated for a moment and nodded quickly: "No problem, boss."
Simon was very satisfied with Sergey Komorov's attitude. The key is that he is still a very capable person, so he continued: "Whether it is what I saw in person today or what I have witnessed in the past six months. , Sergey, I am very satisfied with the results of your work. Therefore, in the next few years, not only will I not dilute your shareholding in Oldek Company, I will also transfer an additional 15% or so of the shares to you. At that time, your shareholding in Oldeker can be increased from the current 15% to 30%."
Sergey Komorov was initially just a local small business owner in Rovne Oblast with a net worth of only a few hundred thousand dollars. In less than a year, he acquired a series of businesses at low prices in various ways based on the actual total. Calculating the value, Komorov is already worth tens of millions of dollars for just 15% of his current shares.
During this process, apart from the initial US$10 million to buy out 80% of Oldek's shares, Simon's subsequent capital injections were all in the form of debt, which also made Komorov more aware of the young boss's ambition and pattern. .
After hearing Simon say that he could increase his shares from 15% to 30%, Komorov was even more sure that he was not following the wrong person.
30% still doesn’t seem to be much. Even the 5% owned by the Derevyanko family is still far from absolute control. However, when Oldek Company finally develops, the shares may reach hundreds of millions or even billions this time. Dollar. What's more, Simon rarely comes to Ukraine. In most cases, Komorov is the actual controller of the company.
For a country like Ukraine to have such an asset, even if it does not reach the level of the richest man, it is actually not much different.
With this in mind, Sergey Komorov quickly said: "Thank you, boss, and I also assure you that your investment and trust will be adequately rewarded."
Simon smiled and nodded, then looked at the list in his hand and said: "I know that Rivne Oblast is very rich in forestry resources. After the paper mill is closed, you can try to transform it into furniture that is higher than wood processing." Factory, Sweden’s IKEA, you know?”
Sergey Komorov nodded.
Simon said: "As a global furniture retail chain, IKEA itself does not directly produce furniture, but mainly purchases goods from Eastern Europe. Of course, this is the case for many other similar chains. You can try to contact these companies. First, Bu Xian becomes their product factory. However, foundries are usually the lowest-profit link at the bottom of the industrial chain. If you want to earn higher income, it is best to create your own brand."
Sergey Komorov nodded slightly. As a top student who graduated from Kiev University majoring in economics, he certainly knew this. However, he couldn't help but said: "Simon, do you think it is possible for Ukraine to develop a global furniture company?" Brand?”
Simon paused for a moment before he understood.
This problem is very similar to the China in my memory.
As the world's factory, China manufactures products for almost all world-famous brands, but it did not develop many global national brands until many years later.
The reasons are very complicated and cannot be explained in a few words.
After thinking about it, Simon said: "For consumers in developed countries, it is indeed difficult for products from developing countries to get rid of the impression of low-end and inferior quality, but this is not absolute. Take Ukraine, overseas consumers may feel that this The products on the other side are low-end, but in other words, being far away from the industrial areas of Western Europe, our products can be more environmentally friendly, which will become an advantage. Product quality control and corporate brand building are not things that can be accomplished overnight, but as long as If we work hard, I believe consumers will recognize our products sooner or later."
Sergey Komorov thought thoughtfully and said after a moment: "I will give it a serious try."
Simon only thought that Komorov listened to what he said, but he did not expect that many years later, another global home furnishing giant larger than IKEA would pop up in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine.
In the car at this time, after talking about this topic, Simon's thoughts quickly moved to the next one, marked another item on the list in his hand, and said: "There is also real estate, Sergey, since you are studying economics, you must know a lot. Real estate bubble in developed countries. In my opinion, if Rivne Oblast develops in the future, there will definitely be a real estate bubble in Rivni. Because of huge profits, it is inevitable that the real estate industry will suck blood from the real industry. We cannot let others take ours. The fruits of labor are taken away, so what you have to do is to hoard land in advance. In the short term, the real estate industry will only be a marginal business of Oldecker Company, but in five or ten years, as long as the economy prospers, I want you to ensure that we have enough prime land reserves in downtown Rivni to develop real estate to reap the most lucrative profits.”
Sergei Komorov obviously didn't expect Simon's other deeper layout for the real estate industry. He just felt that what his boss said was very reasonable again.
I couldn't help but be curious.
How did this young man, who turns 27 next month, accumulate so much knowledge
Not to mention anything else, Komorov was extremely surprised by his fluent Russian every time he communicated with him.
As the two chatted, the convoy entered the city of Rivni and just arrived at the villa in the south of the city. Simon immediately saw a tall girl pushing a bicycle at the gate of the mansion, confronting two villa bodyguards. The bodyguards seemed to want to drive the girl away. , but the girl was determined not to leave far away, and even put one hand on the lamppost beside the road, as if to resist resolutely.
Seeing the three cars approaching, the confrontation paused for a moment. One of the bodyguards ran towards the door, and the other stood in front of the girl, with a slightly uneasy expression on his face.
Simon didn't intend to pay attention to it. The motorcade was about to drive directly into the mansion. Unexpectedly, the girl who was blocked by the bodyguard suddenly came out and cleverly threw herself on the hood of Simon's car in the middle of the three cars. A pair of light-colored He looked in through the front windshield of the car with bright eyes. Unfortunately, there were barriers between the driver's seat and the back row, so he couldn't see the people behind him at all.
Normally very careful about his personal safety, Simon would not show up rashly just because a seemingly beautiful and harmless girl stopped his car.
Seeing the girl blocking the car, the bodyguard stopped being polite and quickly stepped forward to pull the girl away. The bodyguard in the car behind Simon also quickly got out of the car and helped to restrain the girl easily. When Simon's car entered the door, he only saw the girl shouting something in his direction with an aggrieved face.
Komorov also watched all this, remembered something, and tried: "Boss, there are only three girls left here. Do you want me to help you pick some more?"
Simon shook his head and smiled: "Don't do this kind of thing in the future. You should concentrate on the company's affairs. Besides, if you like a beautiful girl, I would actually prefer to find her myself."
Komorov responded and stopped adding any further details.
Simon added: "By the way, you should take over and reopen the cabaret opened by Pavlenko recently."
The Pavlenko family, one of the ones behind the Six Girls, was liquidated by Simon some time ago. The cabaret that the other party had embezzled funds from Simon and opened in downtown Rivni was also temporarily closed.
Komorov was a little puzzled by this. As an industrialist, he didn't pay much attention to this matter, but he didn't know how profitable a dance hall could be.
Simon knew it.
No matter how declining a country is, people always need entertainment.
In the 1990s, some of the dance halls in big cities in China can definitely be described as making a fortune every day. Some large discotheques can even bring in huge profits of hundreds of millions of yuan a year.
As for Rivni, as the city develops rapidly under the support of the Westeros system, people's demand for entertainment will also increase significantly, and the profits will also be very generous.
Of course, this type of entertainment venue touches many edge areas, so not just anyone can open it.
This is true for any country.
First there must be a background.
In Rivni, this problem is not a problem at all for the Westeros system.
The bodyguard opened the car door and after the two got out of the car, Simon said: "That's it for today. You go back first. You can find out about the song and dance hall yourself. This kind of occasion cannot be avoided in any city. I let you I just want to do it, I just hope it can be more formal and there won’t be too many messy things.”
Sergei Komorov agreed, said goodbye to Simon, and returned to the car at his signal. Simon's driver would take him home.
After Komorov left and before Simon asked, Ken Dixon beside him smiled and said: "The girl outside, she said she is Miss Besonoskova's sister, come to see her sister."
After pestering Simon for two consecutive nights, Eve was too embarrassed to stay at the villa today. It happened that Simon was building a hot spring manor in the mountains and forests more than 30 kilometers north of Rivni, so she sent the girl to check on the progress of the project today. Rivne Oblast has relatively rich hot spring resources. It may not be as famous as some hot spring resorts in other European countries, but after professional testing, the quality is not bad at all.
In addition to reserving the best springs for himself to build a hot spring estate, Simon also plans to build a hot spring resort that will be equipped with a military theme park.
Rivne Oblast does not have much tourism development value.
However, with the completion of a series of facilities such as a military theme park, a natural hunting ground where northern beasts are active, and a hot spring resort, it basically has considerable tourism resources, and it will mainly face lucrative overseas customers.
Hearing that she was Eve's sister, Simon walked into the villa and asked with a smile: "Have you confirmed your identity?"
The team around Simon have detailed files, including those of his family.
Ken Dixon nodded: "I just checked, it's true, my name is Lyudmila." After a pause, Dixon smiled again: "The rest of the Besonoskov family have good personalities, this one The girl is an exception, a very...naughty girl..."
Simon came to the door of the villa, heard what Dixon said, and smiled: "Let her in."
Ken Dixon did not follow the door. He said yes at the door of the villa and then retreated.
Girl A and Celia, who had just sat in the car in front, were waiting in the living room. After hearing what Simon said, Girl A turned upstairs as if nothing had happened. Seeing this, Celia blinked narrowly at Simon. , just turn around and walk away.
The three girls, Ekaterina, who welcomed Simon home, did not dare to be as petty as Girl A. They stepped forward to help Simon take off his thick coat, and asked the man what he wanted to drink before turning to prepare.
Simon came to a living room next to the living room. As soon as he sat down, a tall and thin girl wearing furry white fur entered the door under the guidance of Evgenia. His lustful eyes were wandering around, which was really obvious.
Simon motioned for the girl to sit down on the sofa opposite. Ekaterina brought coffee. Just as he was about to leave, the phone in the living room rang.
The girls and servants in the villa have their own lines, and those who can reach this room can only call the master's house.
Ekaterina took the microphone and handed it to Simon, but when she left, she couldn't help but glance at Lyudmila with hostility in her eyes.
Simon gestured with his fingers to signal Lyudmila to be casual and greeted the other person on the phone. It turned out to be Sofia Fesi.
The woman is currently in England.
At the beginning of the new year, Melisandre Company quickly launched a new round of acquisitions. This time the target is the old British top fashion brand Burberry. This luxury company has a well-known unique product style and will not compete with Melisandre’s Brands such as Gucci and Versace have created too much competition, so they are good targets for mergers and acquisitions.
I thought the woman called to talk about Burberry. However, after just chatting for a few words, Simon couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
Sofia didn't talk about the ongoing acquisition, but about a prenatal check-up she had just had in the afternoon.
Counting from the end of November last year, Sophia has been pregnant with the little boy for two months. Today, she had a check-up at a private hospital in London that is very confidential. It was found that there was not one little boy in the woman's belly, but two. twin.