I returned to the Hot Spring Manor very late today. Compared to yesterday, the manor villa seemed very quiet late at night, but just looking at the bright lights in the manor, it was obvious that the girls had not fallen asleep.
Simon did not bring back the three girls from the Holy Maiden Group.
Although the three girls are looking forward to it very much.
However, Simon had no intention of letting go. Instead, he ordered the people around him to arrange a special service team for the three girls, with two people each, one attendant and one bodyguard. They were officially and clearly accepted as concubines. As for when to eat it, it depends on your taste. Or maybe I never got around to eating it, it doesn’t matter.
Collectors don’t necessarily need to touch and play with all of their collections. Many times, I just purely like this feeling of possession.
After entering the door, it was still Eve who came with a few people to greet her.
However, he did not see Lyudmila rushing forward clingingly, and allowed Eve to help her take off her coat. Simon was still a little curious and asked: "Where is Mila?"
"Going home," Eve said, remembering the absurdity of last night, she avoided the man's gaze in embarrassment, and then added, as if superfluous: "I want to go back to visit my parents."
"Um."
Eve noticed the smile on Simon's lips when he responded, and wondered whether he had guessed it, or whether she expected him to guess it.
Her sister was driven back by her, not because of last night, but because the girl was too clingy. From the time Simon came to the manor last night until she left this morning, she had been occupying the man tightly. Only her sister was willing to share a little bit. .
Deep down, of course, she hoped that her sisters could possess this man forever.
But, how is it possible
Eve is actually very smart, and she is still a woman who is self-taught in certain things.
Her sister was a stupid girl who didn't know when to stop. If she continued to pester people like this today, it would inevitably be counterproductive, so after Simon left during the day, she also forcibly sent her sister back to her parents' house in the city. This girl is so heartless. Every time she comes back, if she doesn't drive her away, she won't even want to go back home.
With this in mind, Eve followed the man through the hall and asked softly: "Boss, do you want to take a bath?"
Simon nodded.
After a busy day, come back and soak in the hot springs, which is the best way to relax and relieve fatigue.
Eve watched her boss turn to the west corridor again, and the girl A who had just accompanied him went directly upstairs like yesterday, so she subconsciously followed Marta and several housekeepers and maids to the hot spring bath.
Natalya Banshikova followed the crowd and entered the bathtub. Seeing that Eve naturally stepped forward to help Simon unbutton his shirt, Marta even more diligently came over and knelt down without any sign of reluctance. On the ground, he bent down to help the man take off his shoes and socks, then straightened up slightly and reached for the belt around the man's waist. The other two waitresses stood beside him and took over the clothes.
Somewhat at a loss.
Don't know what to do.
It's not that she can't be as willing to please as Marta, but she doesn't have the slightest thought of resisting such a man who is so influenced by every aura that she can't even look up to him.
It’s just that no one told her what to do.
So, when the man glanced over at her unintentionally, Natalia even felt depressed and panicked, worried that he would feel that she was too useless, so she subconsciously took a small step forward.
It's a pity that there seems to be no place for her beside the man.
Fortunately, Eve, who quickly discovered this, rescued her and asked her to bring over the bathrobe not far away. Banshikova, who was amnesty, quickly did so and carefully chose one, not knowing whether it would suit her. The white bathrobe came back again, and the man had already stepped into the pool.
This time there was no Ludmila to chase her away, so Marta was able to stay. After the man entered the water, she went to the edge of the pool and whispered: "Boss, do you want a massage?"
Simon shook his head. He had never liked this kind of thing. The main reason was that Simon was very resistant to being touched, even by familiar people around him.
Marta's words were not all hints that obviously contained pink connotations. For this sentence, the girl secretly learned formal massage techniques in private, which are the kind that can really bring relaxation to people. Unexpectedly, apparently... All this preparation was in vain.
But she was not discouraged. Before the other women could speak, Marta quickly said, "Boss, do you want something to drink? I'll prepare it?"
Simon once again used his arms to climb on the rocks on both sides, leaning comfortably on the edge of the pool. Hearing this, he said: "Send me a pot of tea, green tea."
Marta quickly agreed and stood up from the edge of the pool.
Simon did not forget about the others. He turned around and raised his head to indicate to Natalia: "Let Galina and Eva come over to accompany me. Everyone else should go and rest."
Natalia was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then realized that the man was talking about her two daughters. She agreed obediently, her eyes glancing at the man's arms with clear muscle lines that seemed to be full of explosive power, and her heart He tightened his grip slightly, quickly averted his gaze, turned around and walked out of the indoor bath.
Others left one after another, but Eve stayed until the end, neatly placing a pair of slippers by the pool, and asked softly: "Boss, can I come back later?"
"No, go to sleep."
Eve nodded, hesitated a little, but didn't say anything more, got up and left.
This is my man.
Subconsciously, for such a powerful man who is like her savior and takes possession of her as a matter of course, everything he does is natural.
Natalia quickly returned to the bathtub with her pair of daughters, and Marta then sent a pot of green tea in. However, until Eve sent all the girls who had been waiting until late at night to rest, nothing happened. People come out of the hot spring bath again.
The next day was still a busy schedule.
Simon returned to Rivni city in the morning and attended three consecutive meetings between Oldek Company, Rivni Media and the newly integrated Rivni Chemical Group.
In order to accommodate Simon's schedule, the three teams gathered their meetings in an office building in the north of Rivni. From nine o'clock to twelve o'clock, three hours, one hour for each team, to end the meeting, Simon did not have to leave. , a team from another company immediately picked up.
For Oldek Company, in addition to discussions on corporate operating conditions in the past few months, inspired by Simon, Sergey Komorov came up with an industrial idea of a 'light industrial complex', which was proposed in the conference room today. , hoping to use Rivne Oblast as a base to create a comprehensive joint enterprise organization involving light industrial production in various aspects such as clothing, furniture, and food.
Even if the general idea only exists in Komorov's mind, the general explanation at the meeting can make people realize that this is a very large industrial plan.
If you really want to execute it, it can almost be said that one move affects the whole body.
Both the Westeros system and the Ukrainian authorities will be actively or passively mobilized to provide a large amount of resource support.
Specifically for Oldeke Company, the first thing to do is not to expand, but to streamline itself, eliminate various factories and enterprises in the Oldeke system that have nothing to do with this plan, and concentrate on the core series of light industries. manufacture. Once this plan succeeds, the importance of Rivni will even exceed that of the Ukrainian capital Kiev in the future.
The meeting of Oldek Company lasted for one hour, because Sergey Komorov's temporary idea was proposed, and most of the hour was spent discussing this plan.
Specific planning plans may take several months to formulate, and future implementation will not be launched in the short term. However, Simon is quite optimistic about this plan. If Sergey Komorov can really build the planned 'light industrial complex' step by step, Simon will not mind using the entire Vis in the process. Tello system resources provide support.
As for the feasibility of the plan, there is no doubt about it.
Because Ukraine’s foundation is actually very good, not as good as generally imagined.
In terms of human resources, due to the long-term turmoil that lasted for decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine had a population of more than 50 million in the early 1990s. In the end, it lost nearly 10 million people. Moreover, it is obvious that these 10 million people The lost population is definitely the best quality labor resource.
If all these 10 million high-quality human resources remain in Ukraine, if the situation in Ukraine can be stabilized and the economy develops like China, with Ukraine’s superior agricultural resources and industrial base, it is conceivable that these 10 million people will contribute to this country. The wealth created by the country is so considerable that Ukraine is even enough to become one of the richest countries in Europe.
Unfortunately, these people have basically become the cheapest labor force at the bottom of Western Europe.
A standard hand of good cards, played to pieces.
In other words, in Ukraine today, not many people really care about this deck of cards, and even the few who care do not have the right to sit at the card table. The final result was enough to turn Ukraine into a 'mini-Soviet Union' with no burdens and no need for transfer payments, and finally became the largest broken settlement in Europe.
The world is like that.
Wonderful and ironic.
Simon cannot change the current situation in Ukraine, and has no intention of changing it. However, his interest in creating a small economic miracle in a base area unique to the Westeros system in Rivne Oblast is becoming more and more intense.
Speaking of which, the more chaotic the overall situation in Ukraine is, the more convenient it will be for Simon to operate in this corner of the country. In the future, the stronger the economic strength of this region will be, the stronger the Westeros system will have control over this country.
In modern society after the emergence of nuclear weapons, except for the inevitable destructive war, before that, the economy was the most important battleground between countries. Controlling a country's economy is almost equivalent to controlling the country. Likewise, , defeating a country's economy is tantamount to destroying the country.
The Soviet Union, which eventually fell apart, is the most typical annotation of this theory.
There are countless explanations for the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union. In Simon's view, it boils down to one: economics. A country that cannot even feed and clothe its citizens will inevitably lead to destruction no matter how powerful its military force is.
On the other hand, even if Rivny turns out to be an economic miracle for Ukraine, Simon has no fear of losing control.
Compared with the power of the entire Westeros system, coupled with the Washington authorities who have a strong say in the Westeros system, let alone the Rivne state, even the entire Ukraine, is vulnerable. If someone rebels , Simon can think of hundreds of ways to suppress it.
Moreover, when the time comes, controlling the economy of this region will actually control the aspirations of the people.
Subsequently, the main topic of Rivni Media was to increase its control over public opinion in Ukraine as a whole.
Alexander Lyudaev is planning to purchase a Ukrainian national television station and several newspapers. The core interests of the Westeros system in Ukraine are located in the Rivne Oblast, but the media system wants to expand to the whole country. This has been done before Now, with the stability of the Kuchma authorities, the Westeros system's partner in Ukraine, this layout can also be accelerated.
In addition, Ukraine is not a big country, and a national TV station is naturally far smaller than the ABC TV network in the United States. Therefore, it does not cost much, so Simon naturally supports it.
The final Livni Chemical Group is mainly about the large fertilizer factory in Odessa that has just been acquired recently and its further integration. The goal is still Simon's original goal of controlling half of Ukraine's fertilizer industry and even indirectly controlling the country's agricultural production. .
After completing the merger of the Odessa fertilizer factory, the integrated Rivni Chemical Group's current total output of various types of fertilizers has exceeded 900,000 tons, which is close to one-third of Ukraine's current national fertilizer output of 3 million tons. It seems close to the half target, but in fact, before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine's annual fertilizer production was close to 7 million tons.
Obviously, the current 3 million tons is completely the result of a sharp shrinkage.
As time goes by, even if the country's chaos remains, Ukraine's fertilizer production will gradually recover. Therefore, if it wants to control about half of the country's fertilizer industry, Rivni Chemical Group will need to own at least 3 million tons in the future. The annual output is considered to be up to standard.
There is another fact that Simon gradually discovered as Rivni Chemical Group continued to expand, which also sounded a bit ironic.
As the breadbasket of Europe, the current use rate of chemical fertilizers in Ukraine is pitifully low.
Compared with the nearly 7 million tons of production during the Soviet Union, most of which was spent in Ukraine. At this stage, the amount of fertilizer used in Ukraine is even less than 500,000 tons.
This is actually the main reason why Ukraine’s current annual grain output has been reduced by more than half compared with the former Soviet Union’s more than 50 million tons. In 1995, Ukraine’s annual grain output ended up being only 25 million tons. Due to the continued economic downturn, compared with 1994, Ukraine’s annual grain output was only 25 million tons. The annual output of 27 million tons not only did not increase, but fell again.
The core is the collapse of Ukraine’s modern agricultural system.
Crops lack chemical fertilizers and nutrients, and no matter how good Ukraine’s land foundation is, it is impossible to produce enough food.
This incident is reflected in the Rivni Chemical Group. The result is that as the scale of the Rivni Chemical Group continues to expand, the company's current annual output of 900,000 tons of fertilizers at full capacity cannot be achieved by the entire Ukraine. Digest it all.
Moreover, even if it continues to expand, Rivni Chemical Group will not be able to occupy the national market in Ukraine.
Can only be exported.
As a result, what was once Europe's major grain exporter has ironically become a fertilizer exporter.
At this stage, more than 80% of Ukraine's fertilizers are not used in their own country, but are instead exported.
Could it be that Ukrainian farmers don’t want to use chemical fertilizers
of course not.
The key is that I can't afford it.
The current world in this country means that for most farmers, the food in the fields is enough to eat, or even if it is not enough, there is nothing they can do about it.
As for chemical fertilizers, I can’t control that much.
On the other hand, due to the fragmented fertilizer industry and narrow export channels, even though the global demand for fertilizers is very strong, Ukraine still has little bargaining power in this regard. The price is already low enough, but it will still be continuously suppressed by importing countries. .
Of course, Simon would not allow this to happen to Rivni Chemical Group, so he used his connections in the Westeros system to open up export channels to the United States. Prior to this, Ukraine's fertilizers were mainly exported to neighboring European countries.
As for the United States, it is also a major agricultural country and has a huge demand for chemical fertilizers. Moreover, even if freight factors are taken into account, Ukraine's fertilizer production costs are too low after all, and exports have still been very competitive in the past.
With the opening of export channels in the United States, Rivni Chemical Group's subsequent expansion will be smoother.
The main reason is that at this stage, most fertilizer companies in Ukraine are unable to make ends meet. Even though the price offered by Rivni Chemical Group for the acquisition is very low, almost as much as grabbing for nothing, the current situation in Ukraine is that as long as there are people grabbing it, as long as many fertilizer factories will not go bankrupt and many industrial workers will Keeping your job is a good thing.
Moreover, compared with lucrative industries such as steel, coal and natural gas, this business is really difficult to attract the interest of oligarchs. It is basically a buyer's market in the Westeros system.