Simon's trip to Ukraine was mainly for further planning of the Uighur private army.
Before this, Simon had been hesitating whether to recruit Weijia's private army from veterans or train it from scratch. During this time, he finally made a decision.
Recruiting retired military personnel is convenient and fast, and can save a lot of manpower and material resources. However, these people are unlikely to have the absolute loyalty that Simon needs after all, and they may also be tricked by interested parties during the recruitment process.
Since it is decided to create a Westeros system that is independent of each country's political system, as a violent machine to protect this system, the Wei family's private army must be cultivated by this system itself, so as to obtain physically qualified soldiers while also Able to accurately shape their loyalty and values.
Eventually, the Wei family private army will become a group of real 'Westerosians'. This group of people will not belong to a certain country, nor will they depend on a certain nation. They will only be completely loyal to the Westeros system.
Like Simon's infiltration plan in Africa, this is also a huge project that requires slow and careful work.
However, whether it takes ten or twenty years, as long as a group of real Wei family private armies are created, the interests of the Westeros system and the Westeros family can be protected to the greatest extent.
You know, in modern society, the number of troops can no longer affect the trend of a war.
Modern war consumes more of a country's heritage.
With the development momentum of the Westeros system, it may only take ten years for its own internal strength to compete with most countries on the planet. Therefore, the resources that the Wei family private army can use based on this economic system are enough. Serve as a deterrent to all pretenders.
For example, three nuclear warheads buried in the Gobi Desert of Western Australia.
Simon's decision to cultivate the Wei family's private army from scratch was influenced by this incident. Any weapon needs to be operated by humans. If it is absolutely necessary and the time comes to use these killer weapons, It is impossible for Simon to deliver and detonate it himself.
It is obvious that the Wei family's private army at this stage may go to the battlefield for generous financial rewards, but they may not necessarily have the loyalty to detonate a nuclear bomb for Simon.
Simon arrived in Ukraine, joined the team brought by Celia Miller from the United States, and stayed in the city of Rivni for three days. In fact, it was just a symbolic and decisive beginning. Next, there will be an advisory team composed of people from the United States and Ukraine to draft a detailed institutional framework for all aspects of the Uighur private army from training to maintenance and subsequent decommissioning.
Rivni, villa in the south of the city.
April 27th.
After finishing the day's work and returning to his residence, Simon continued to discuss another matter with Girl A and Celia in a living room on the first floor of the villa after dinner.
Regarding recruiting scientists from the former Soviet Union.
Speaking of which, this matter has been done before. The UFMS children's school has a luxurious teaching staff that Simon has recruited before.
However, this time and last time were completely different.
Simon plans to recruit experts in nuclear energy, aerospace, genetic engineering and other fields this time, and continue to provide these people with funds and platforms to conduct relevant research.
The unspeakable purpose is that Simon needs to legitimately get involved in related sensitive industries in order to obtain the most cutting-edge technological power of this era.
On the face of it, of course a valid reason is needed.
"If you have paid attention, you should have discovered that during the technological explosion of the past hundred years, many great inventions that have completely changed the course of human civilization are basically related to war. The end of the struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union for hegemony has a profound impact on the world's future. A long period of peace is a good thing. However, in my opinion, this matter is a catastrophe for the development of science and technology. Without urgent confrontation, nuclear energy and aerospace can promote the next stage of human civilization. All important research has slowed down significantly. If this situation continues, for a long time in the future, the best resources of human society will only be used in various fields of people's livelihood. Of course, ordinary people can benefit from it. However, From the perspective of human development as a whole, this is actually a kind of drunken life and death without seeking progress. The wealth I have now has reached a level that is difficult to spend all no matter how much I squander it. In this case, I must always find a goal. . It is my choice to continue research in these important fields that are closely related to the prospects of human civilization."
Girl A listened carefully with bright eyes, her expression showing blind obedience to whatever her boss said.
Celia Miller was more rational after all. Even though she was touched by Simon's words, she still said: "But, boss, you have to know that these fields are quite sensitive."
Simon said: "Of course I understand, and I didn't say that I would break away from national-level supervision and study these things secretly like terrorists. These will be stated openly. I plan to set up a space exploration technology company, well, just It’s called SpaceX, what do you think?”
Saying this, Simon continued without waiting for the two women to answer: "The research direction of this company will be launch vehicles, space shuttles, controllable nuclear fusion, space reactors and other projects related to space exploration. Of course, there must be a The goal is to immigrate to Mars and land humans on Mars within at least twenty years. I know that these projects are very expensive. However, not to mention all the corporate stocks I hold, it is just the net profit generated by the entire Westeros system every year. It has already reached the level of tens of billions of dollars. I believe that in more than ten years, this number will add another zero and reach the level of hundreds of billions. I will never be able to spend all of this money. I invest tens of billions of dollars every year for These studies are absolutely fine.”
After hearing what Simon said, Celia couldn't help but make a slight swallowing movement.
Having worked in the Department of Defense, she was very aware of the U.S. budget investment in some sensitive areas during the struggle for hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Just talking about aerospace, the annual budget of NASA in recent years has only been in the tens of billions of dollars. However, as a government department, NASA's budget actually has to take into account too many aspects, including space observation, space station maintenance, North America Not even half, not even one-third, of the operating expenses of a large number of affiliated institutions in various places are actually spent on technical research.
Of course, the technical resources that NASA can utilize actually come from many aspects.
However, if Simon wants to do this, he can also use various resources. On this basis, his boss can also invest ten times the research funds equivalent to NASA every year. It is difficult to imagine if this plan really spreads. , to what extent it will develop in the future.
Simon took a look at Celia's reaction and probably realized that his excuse was very convincing.
Unlike China, where Simon once lived, in the West, relatively sensitive fields such as nuclear energy and aerospace must also be subject to certain supervision. However, it is not difficult to participate as long as you have enough capital. In fact, many Western companies in sensitive fields are theoretically private companies held by the public and are rarely state-owned.
Just like Musk's SpaceX in my memory, what restricts the development of this company is basically financial issues. It is rare that the US Congress or other departments jump out to point fingers and say that you can't play this, blah blah blah.
At this time, Simon described a big pie for all mankind. In fact, of course, he would not spend all his money to do this.
It is planned to establish a SpaceX in advance. Simon’s main goal is still rockets.
At the critical moment, if the rocket is modified and used as a missile, it will not be a big problem. Only for this purpose, except for a few people around him who can be absolutely trusted, Simon will definitely not disclose it easily to the outside world.
Compared to immigrating to Mars, Simon is really interested in projects such as genetic engineering.
As a modern man, even though he has stood at the top of the human pyramid, Simon is still very rational and will not pursue the illusory immortality like the ancient emperors did. However, Simon also believes that with the development of modern technology and continued investment in research, it will definitely be possible for people to easily live for decades longer in the future.
Simon remembers a point.
A very important reason that restricts the development of human science and technology is that human life span is relatively short. Many people tend to spend one-third of their lives learning and growing, and only one-third of the time they devote to work. The last one-third of their lives often accomplish nothing while aging.
Think about it, if Einstein could live to be 100 years old instead of dying at the age of 76, the extra 24 years would have brought many possibilities to human technology for a great scientist. What would happen if all the scientists who could advance human science and technology were given a few more decades
Celia will also stay in Ukraine for some days.
Simon had no intention of persuading his subordinates. He had just announced his decision. Just like the new operational plan for the Wei Family Private Army, Simon asked Celia to set up a dedicated talent search team during her stay in Ukraine. Find suitable experts in relevant fields in the countries of the former Soviet Union.
While they were chatting like this, the open door of the living room was knocked lightly several times.
Ekaterina Noskova was holding a tray with a pot of steaming coffee on it. When she saw the three of them looking over at them, she shrank her neck slightly and said, "Simon, there are two more." Madam, I think your coffee needs to be changed.”
The matter was almost said. Simon planned to stop here today. He smiled and waved his hand to the girl. Ekaterina immediately relaxed and walked into the room.
When Celia and the two girls saw this, they both got up and left knowingly.
Ekaterina refilled Simon's cup with coffee. Seeing the other two women leaving, she got the signal, picked up the coffee cup and walked over, handed the cup to Simon, and snuggled obediently next to the man.
Simon held the coffee in one hand and hugged the girl's slender waist with the other. He felt a faint and pleasant fragrance and asked with a smile: "It smells very good. What is this?"
"Lavender."
"Well," Simon responded, and then asked: "Why have you been so cautious these days? Have you done anything wrong?"
Ekaterina quickly shook her head in denial: "No." Then she paused, her tone obviously uneasy: "Simon, I didn't mean to quarrel with Lyudmila. I, um, I will do it next time in class. Apologize to her."
Simon didn't expect this.
Lyudmila Besonoskova, Eve's sister.
The last time Simon came to Ukraine, he happened to meet this little goblin and casually arranged for her to take classes with the three girls Ekaterina. The girl's conditions were very good and she planned to become a model next year.
It's just a small thing.
However, the three girls Ekaterina obviously rejected Lyudmila. They probably thought that this was another little lover that Simon liked. It is difficult for women to get along well with each other regardless of their age when they compete for favor. Therefore, it is inevitable A conflict occurs.
In fact, the women around Simon are always being watched, and some things are reported regularly.
On the plane to Ukraine, Simon casually glanced at the recent movements of the three girls and found that the three girls often quarreled with Lyudmila. If no one was watching, sometimes they would even fight. For Simon, It's actually just kittens scratching each other, so of course I don't mind. After coming to Rivni, he casually joked about this matter with Ekaterina.
I didn't expect that the girl would remember it.
Just smiling, Simon raised his arm around the girl's slender body, grabbed a delicate little chin and pinched it, and said: "It's nothing to argue, as long as you don't scratch your face, I don't care about the fight. Of course, if Even if you get beaten up, don't cry to me."
Ekaterina was grabbed by the man's chin and couldn't help but shrink her head and agreed.
However, I still am not completely relieved.
In fact, the cautiousness these days has not all been due to the quarrel between her and Lyudmila that Simon mentioned.
Rather, the man has not touched the three of them in the past few days.
He didn't even let them sleep with him.
This gave all three Ekaterina girls a sense of crisis. They knew the dire situation of the girls who were kicked out of the villa in the south of the city.
If the man next to them suddenly loses interest in the three of them, it's hard to say whether they themselves, or even the family members behind them, will suddenly be like the other three families who were driven away at the beginning of the year.
They have already enjoyed such a princess-like life. Even though they know that many people around them are gossiping about them, their envy is still obvious. How many men in this world can give their girls a whole plane worth of gifts. Also, after learning about Eve, the other female guards in the villa have become more proactive when meeting the men around them in recent days.
Yekaterina couldn't help but wonder if the man had not had time to pay attention to them these days and was focusing on several female guards in the villa who also looked good.
The current villa can be called a land of daughters. Counting the three of them, there are a total of 11 women living here. All women want and want from the men around them.
In addition, Ekaterina has another troublesome thing recently.
When her father learned that Simon was coming, he called her several times and asked her to ask Simon for a favor.
I really don't want to help.
Ekaterina knew that her father had a good reputation among outsiders, so she worked hard for the fertilizer factory and spared no effort to raise funds to help some farms in Rivni resume production.
However, the relationship between father and daughter has always been cold.
Because Maxim Noskov is a typical male chauvinist who has a deep-seated contempt for women and believes that women should stay at home and be housewives 24 hours a day. For the girls at home, the only good thing about her father over the years is probably that he will not use domestic violence.
Of course, I have been scolded and scolded countless times since childhood.
Especially when she was selected to be the maid in this villa, she was not very willing at first. She was only 14 years old last year, so how could she be willing to be a servant.
It was Maxim himself who made the decision.
The reason even made Ekaterina a little resentful towards her father, because the salary offered here was very high, and this money allowed the family to continue to support her brother through college. There are four children in the Noskov family, one boy and three girls. Their father has always only regarded their eldest brother as the successor of the family, so he attaches great importance to his elder brother's education.
As for the three sisters, they just need to be literate.
Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the family was relatively well off. The three sisters lived a good life and were able to go to school. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the country's economic collapse, the three sisters all dropped out of school. Because of their father's insistence, the family had to find ways to support their eldest brother, who was a graduate student at Kiev University.
This time, there was a problem with the agricultural loan my father raised at the beginning of the year.
Regarding the purchase of a batch of agricultural machinery.
Placed the order.
As a result, the director of the agricultural machinery factory ran away with the money and his family. It is said that he smuggled himself to Germany, which amounted to 260 billion hryvnia. Because the tractor ordered did not arrive in time, it also affected the recent spring plowing.
Actually, Ekaterina was a little gloating about her father's misfortune about this matter.
I really hope something bad happens to him.
Don't even want to care.
Ekaterina is actually very smart and knows that she has no say in a certain man's side. In addition, Simon has not let them go to his bed in the past few days, and the girl does not want the man to think that she is a trouble.
In case, I am kicked out of this villa.
From princess to Cinderella.
Ekaterina felt that she would rather die.
Simon gently stroked the cute kitten in his arms, drank a cup of coffee slowly, and reorganized the events of the past few days in his mind. Finally, he patted the girl's waist and said, "If there is nothing else, Just go to bed, I want to rest too.”
Ekaterina paused, mustered up the courage to take the initiative to rub against the man, and said: "Simon, can I sleep in your room tonight, um, and Natalia and the other two."
Simon happened to be abstinent again recently.
In order to avoid misfire, I simply slept alone at night.
Of course, the little girl's jerky teasing would not make him change his will. He just smiled and shook his head, then picked up the girl's chin and said: "Not tonight, go to bed. In addition, if you are tired of staying in Rivni Now, you three can go and play wherever you want, as long as you don’t go behind my back and look for little boys.”
Ekaterina held Simon's wrist with her two small hands and said expectantly: "Well, Simon, you will leave tomorrow and take us with you, okay?"
"I have business," Simon shook his head and said, "But let's go to London. I will go there in a few days and take you to watch a movie, a horror movie."
"Well," finally getting a positive response from the man, Ekaterina nodded quickly, but she still didn't want to leave and continued to linger: "Simon, I learned a dance recently, can I dance for you?"
Simon wasn't too sleepy, and the little goblin was so annoying that he agreed: "Okay."
Ekaterina immediately stood up: "I'm going to prepare the music. I need music." She looked around again and took Simon's big hand: "We can't do it here. We have to go upstairs to our practice room."
Simon stood up with a smile and followed him upstairs.
The other two girls also appeared soon. It turned out that it was a dance performed by three girls together. It was not a ballet that the girls practiced to stay in shape, but a Ukrainian native style dance. It was very lively and the girls did not wear national costumes. , but a small white T-shirt and a red and black plaid skirt, sexy and playful.
Invincible youth.
Before starting the dance, he prepared vodka for Simon, as if he was going to get him drunk.
Of course I wasn't drunk in the end.
Moreover, Simon actually knew about Maxim Noskov's side. The girls quarreled in private and Simon knew that Maxim Noskov had been defrauded of a large sum of money. Simon could not have known it.
260 billion hryvnia, which is about more than 800,000 US dollars according to Ukraine’s continuously depreciating currency exchange rate.
It's a lot of money indeed.
Simon has ordered the intelligence team of the Westeros family to find the agricultural machinery factory director and his family who absconded with the money. Once found, they will let the underground forces that have spread to Eastern Europe in the past six months bring them back, or directly kill them. also.
Although the money came from the Netherlands, Noskov considered it his own. The advantages of the Westeros system are not so easy to take advantage of.
Since you dare to do it, you must be aware of the consequences.
However, Simon never specifically informed Maxim Noskov himself about such a trivial matter.