Celia Miller didn't understand what was going on from beginning to end. She watched Simon burn the page with the time and place written on it. She wisely didn't ask any more questions, but waited for her boss to sit down behind the desk again and report another story. one thing.
"Regarding the suppressed article in Ukraine's Rural News, it has been found out that behind the scenes is a French-controlled offshore NGO sponsoring the organization. Its registered name is the Eastern European Journalism Transparency Foundation. Currently, two of the foundation's The staff also tried to find other publishing channels at the Kiev event, but this is already under our monitoring."
It happened more than a week ago.
One of Ukraine's most widely circulated newspapers, Rural Izvestia, almost published an investigative article titled "The Rivne Oblast is becoming a colony of the Westerosi system."
The word colony was directly used in the article.
It is conceivable that given the current volatile and sensitive political situation in Eastern Europe, once this article is published, it will inevitably cause an uproar.
With the support of the Westeros system, the Rivne region has become the region with the best economic situation in Ukraine at this time. Therefore, even if this article is published, the people of the Rivne region will not actually have much backlash.
However, the various benefits that Rivne Oblast has gained in recent years have not fallen to the people of other Ukrainian states and counties. The Ukrainian people who are at their lowest point are now the easiest group of people to incite. Since they have not benefited , there would be no regrets in destroying it.
At that time, under the fierce public opinion, the Kiev authorities will need to give an explanation to the public no matter what.
No matter what level of explanation, it will inevitably damage the layout of the Westeros system in Rivne Oblast. Even if it touches the UFMS that Simon values most, it will damage the foundation of the Westeros system's layout in Ukraine. .
France again!
Simon twitched the corner of his mouth slightly.
After chasing and biting him for several years, he was like a flat-headed brother.
Too lazy to get angry.
Moreover, it sounds ironic for a country that even in the 21st century still has a large number of French colonies around the world to accuse others of colonialism.
but.
Colony.
This is a pretty good idea.
Celia saw Simon leaning back in his chair and seemed to be thinking about something. She waited for a moment and then said, "Boss, do you want us to use the materials about Rwanda again to fight back?"
Simon was brought back from his thoughts by Celia's words and nodded: "You can arrange it."
The idea that just came up will not take a day or two to execute. Now that the French guy is scratching him again, Simon doesn't mind hitting him right back.
Since this is still an entanglement that started in Rwanda two years ago, let’s continue.
Celia realized that her boss obviously had other ideas, but still did not ask further questions. She also reported the outline of this 'mowing operation', which was mainly about some explicit matters that she was responsible for.
Neither Simon nor Celia would bother with certain dark operations in private.
After all, many things are never foolproof, but as long as you do not operate directly, even if it is exposed in the future, there will be too much room for maneuver. For example, whenever a scandal breaks out, some people often use the most classic excuse: ignorance.
I have no idea.
It's all the people below who are good at making opinions.
The best I can do is quit my job and find another job.
What else
It was already noon when Simon and Celia finished talking.
After lunch, Simon left the Hot Spring Manor, and his first stop was the UFMS military base.
In order to ensure loyalty and build a UFMS private army with truly 'Westerosian' attributes, Simon launched a plan to train UFMS mercenaries from scratch last year, selecting teenagers over the age of 16 for all-round training such as cultural education and military training. , and it has already achieved some results.
Simon watched a group of young-looking UFMS recruits conduct military exercises live, and also directly communicated with some of the best in English.
These people will be the true direct descendants of the Wei Family Private Army in the future.
However, if they want to officially join the battlefield, they have to wait until they are at least 18 years old, and not all of them can stay. The initial selection is already very strict, and only one tenth of them will be able to stay after two years. two.
The nature of Wei's private army means that it cannot be too big, and we can only work hard on the quality of individual soldiers.
So Simon only needs special forces.
Expensive essence is not expensive.
Two hours later, after leaving the UFMS military base, Simon went to the Ukrainian Peace Military Theme Park that had been officially opened.
After more than a year of preparation, this military theme park covering an area of 20 square kilometers quietly opened on April 1 this year. After all, its nature is different from that of ordinary theme parks. It has adopted a customized package strategy, mainly for Western Europe and North America. Visitors offer a variety of military experiences ranging in price from $2,000 to $10,000.
According to different packages, tourists can experience projects ranging from the most basic gun shooting to the most advanced fighter jet flying.
In addition to the package package, in order to increase the popularity of the theme park, the most basic visiting tickets are also provided to local and overseas tourists. These tickets are very cheap, so you can only visit various military facilities inside the theme park according to limited routes. As for target shooting Driving a tank, flying in an airplane, etc., I can only watch.
Because it is still in the trial operation stage, the park currently only accepts reservations from 300 package tourists per month.
After all, it is not the kind of independent visit to Universal Studios, and it is also dangerous. Therefore, Simon repeatedly requires only one thing for the operation of this theme park: safety, safety, safety.
Because in the event of an accident, although a comprehensive insurance plan has been purchased, such an incident will inevitably seriously affect the reputation of the theme park.
Without tourists, everything else is in vain.
In order to achieve this, package tourists, no matter what kind of package they are, will receive one-on-one escort throughout the entire journey to ensure maximum safety.
After the official opening, through accurate advertising and marketing operations in relevant European and American military magazines and online military forums in the early stage of the opening, as well as word-of-mouth from tourists who completed the experience, not only the 300 tourist quotas in the first two months were booked, but reservations are now being made. The quota has been reserved until August.
So much so that the person in charge of the theme park has repeatedly proposed shortening the half-year trial operation period.
Just didn't get a response.
On the other hand, in the first two months of opening, the theme park’s revenue was US$1.96 million and US$2.07 million respectively.
If such revenue data were placed on any Universal Studios owned by Daenerys Entertainment, it would definitely be described as miserable. For this military theme park, all other shareholders outside the Westeros system are overjoyed. ,
Because the cost is really low.
The land is allocated directly by the Rivne Oblast government and basically does not cost money.
Weapons, Ukraine is in short supply of these things at this stage.
Many of the large amounts of military equipment left over from the former Soviet Union were simply discarded, and no one wanted the scrap metal. The industrial system has collapsed, and factories have shut down in large areas. Why do we still need scrap metal
Therefore, several armies almost started fighting in order to provide weapons to this theme park in exchange for shares. The most expensive part of the expenditure was not money at all, and whether it was tanks, aircraft or several military ships in the artificial lake of the theme park, etc. When it comes to equipment, we choose the latest and best.
Finally, there is infrastructure.
This part of the funds was provided by the Westeros system.
However, because during the construction process one of the military shareholders directly transferred a regiment of engineers to come over to work voluntarily, and even brought their own machinery, even though Simon, a fairly good capitalist, took the initiative to give those soldiers some extra money on top of providing food, clothing and housing. In addition to salary subsidies, the final construction of all facilities such as artificial lakes, airstrips, standard shooting ranges, leisure accommodation areas, etc. was completed, with a total investment of only US$30 million.
This figure actually exceeded Simon's initial expectations, but it is still not on the same level as Universal Studios, which can easily reach 1 billion.
And, now it seems, the income is quite considerable.
The monthly revenue from the trial operation has reached the level of 2 million U.S. dollars. The converted cost of labor, fuel, ammunition, etc. is less than 400,000 U.S. dollars, and the gross profit exceeds 80%. It is expected that after the official operation, all the initial investment will be recovered within the next year. cost.
Simply huge profits.
Simon also knew that this state of affairs was unlikely to last forever.
Because at this stage, the theme park mainly consumes various materials inherited by the Ukrainian army from the former Soviet Union, and the price is almost the same as the price of a pack of instant noodles for a military telescope in the former Soviet Union in the 1990s. Once these military materials are used in the former Soviet Union, In the next few years, the weapons and ammunition may expire, be resold, or be wiped out in other ways. If the theme park wants to continue to maintain the current model, it can only order weapons and ammunition from regular channels, and the cost will inevitably soar.
However, let’s talk about the future in the future.
Simon spent half an hour in the military theme park, then moved to the nearby hunting ground and then the hot spring resort.
The theme park, hunting ground and hot spring resort in the north of Rivni City are combined to form a large-scale resort center. You can escape the heat in summer and soak in hot springs in winter. In addition to hot spring baths, the hot spring resort also has a casino, Theaters, bars, clubs and other Vegas-style entertainment venues.
These are all operated by the Westeros system team.
Although it has not been open for a long time, it has become famous unknowingly due to its relatively low consumption level and the fact that the Westeros system uses resources for global marketing.
Leaving the resort area, Simon kept looking at a fertilizer factory run by Ekaterina's father, Maxim Noskov, a furniture factory owned by the Oldek Company, and a factory in the northern suburbs of Rivni that had started to open. The Nokia factory and several other important industries of the Westeros system in Rivne Oblast.
When I came to the bustling commercial street where I met Yulia Antonenko by chance last year, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening. Even though the summer days in Rivni are also long, the night has already fallen.
Finally, we ate in a high-end restaurant run by the Westeros system in the commercial street.
Throughout the afternoon, in addition to Celia Miller and her entourage, several core members of the Westeros system in Rivne Oblast, including UFMS head Klim Derevyanko and Oldek Company head Sergey Komorov, Alexander Lyudaev, the head of Rivni Media and Entertainment Company, and Andrei Smirnov, the governor of the Rivne region who was personally selected by Simon last year, accompanied him throughout the process.
Simon is actually patrolling his territory.
Like the Lion King.
Simon was not at all keen on this kind of thing, but something had to be done. Because if you don’t do this, over time, some people may gradually forget who has the final say in this area.