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Monday morning, January 18.
Get up early in another manor in East Hampton. Together with Chen Qing, a girl said she didn't want to be with a group of vases
It's still about children.
Lin Su's stomach has grown up again. Chen Qing's desire to be a little guy is inevitably more urgent.
This breakfast is very special.
The chef team comes from a Chinese restaurant just opened in the upper west side of Manhattan years ago, called "Jiangnan time".
Yes, it was in the name of "Jiangnan time", one of the we media teams established in China by Simon in the past years. However, behind the scenes, it was dominated by Westeros system capital, and endorsed by Xie Qingtai, Yu Xiaomin and Jing Xiaosui, the three most successful we media bloggers of pastoral scenery in China. The three women also came to the United States when they opened their business.
Therefore, it can be imagined that this restaurant focuses on all kinds of Chinese food in the program of three we media bloggers.
There are mainly two kinds.
All kinds of hall dishes that need to be made now, as well as Chinese snacks that can be packed and taken away.
China attaches great importance to a series of YouTube Chinese we media studios that can support the attribute of cultural output, and has given sufficient support to this restaurant. In addition to providing official convenience in the process of establishing the chef team, it has quietly given a special support fund.
When it opened here, there were many reports in China.
Coupled with the easy operation of the westero system in the United States, for example, Madonna went to try fresh food for the first time on the opening day. In addition, there are other New York celebrities. Driven by various, this special Chinese restaurant soon became famous in the upper west side, and recently has logged in some TV and paper media.
Under the cultural output, of course, there is a complete game of chess.
It's all business.
This "Jiangnan time" restaurant is just a signboard. Using this signboard, behind the scenes catering chains and food companies are quietly rolling out, which has been rolled out in advance. Of course, considering the actual situation, the current operation is mainly for China, focusing on chain restaurants, bars, cooked food, instant food, snacks and other ready-made food types.
Foreigners like brands. Such gimmicks are very popular in China.
In the restaurant in the morning.
Simon ate the small wonton in front of him with satisfaction. He didn't talk much about it. After all, he has given a good start and sufficient resources. If the following people can't do well, what should they do.
The topic is mainly about the recent affairs in Asia.
"On the 5th of the beginning of the month, the anti smuggling police department was officially established in China to crack down on smuggling," Chen Qing said. In front of Chen Qing was a glutinous rice dumpling, a special salty meat filling. Her boss didn't like sweets, and a girl didn't like it. She ate it with the same satisfaction "Boss, you don't know that domestic smuggling has been fierce in recent years. In the past two years, there was even an oversupply of refined oil. After investigation, it turned out that oil smuggling is too rampant. Even oil can be transported to China ship by ship. Other industries can imagine that if they don't crack down, they will go to heaven."
When Simon heard Chen Qing mention it, he immediately remembered that a major smuggling case broke out in the original time and space this year, which is obviously a typical case of being caught to kill monkeys and make an example of chickens.
Thinking so, Simon asked directly, "what about you, are you involved?"
Chen Qing immediately shook her head: "I don't do such things without goods. I can't make enough money..." she said. Facing the eyes of her boss, a girl still shrunk her neck and smiled and said, "the Black Star Club in South Korea, the boss remember. Before I came, I specially reminded them to stop the semiconductor smuggling business exported to China."
Simon nodded, but nothing.
Even though China's anti smuggling police force was established in 1999, the huge parallel market in coastal areas has never been cut off, so that many genuine products have been impacted and will be much cheaper in coastal areas.
Chen Qing also knows that her boss won't care about this. After all, the original black star club, but he personally told him to support it, and then said: "However, the black star club's business in Europe continues, mainly through shipping from Russia and Ukraine, and then to other European countries. Boss, you know, the PC industry has exploded in recent years. Even in Eastern Europe, there is a great market demand for PC chip products such as CPU and memory. The problem is that all countries have high tariff barriers."
Simon certainly knows that.
For example, in Ukraine, the kolkoshko family controls a huge smuggling network, and Ukraine is only a transit base, covering the whole of Europe. Because the upper class of Ukraine can eat meat and drink soup, it can be said that it is quite prosperous. Even if a few people who understand the harm of smuggling to the national economy want to control it, they can't control it at all.
China's luck is that the authorities have enough executive power to suppress this matter. Even if it cannot be eradicated, it can avoid hurting the root cause.
Chen Qing didn't wait for her boss to answer, so she continued: "This is actually a good thing for excellence. We focus on cost performance, but even if we can get preferential policies from suppliers, we still can't compare with those low-cost parallel goods. If we can kill the limelight this time, the market share of excellence can be improved. Well, Lenovo will basically retain its excellent product line after the merger."
Simon nodded and turned to say, "tell me about the two refining projects."
"The preliminary work has been completed, and these bosses should have read the relevant materials," Chen Qing said "The next step is construction. The construction period of the two projects is expected to be controlled at about one and a half years, no more than two years at most. By the way, we are still discussing supporting thermal power plant projects. At present, there is still a serious power shortage in China. Our projects are large power users, and building supporting power plants by ourselves is the best choice. In addition, further away, it is the original power plant after putting into operation As for the material problem, the above has promised us an import quota of 10 million tons of crude oil, but the specific procedures can only be handled before it is put into operation. After all, this quota license is time-consuming and a small trouble, but the problem is not big. "
"What about future product sales?"
"The boss doesn't need to worry," Chen Qing said "Although there is a surplus of refined oil in China, there has always been a shortage of crude oil deep-processing products, and this situation cannot be changed in a short time. Moreover, we are also investing in the textile industry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which are large demand for olefin raw materials. Even if outsiders don't want it after it is put into operation in the future, we can fully digest it in our own industrial chain. Oh, it's old The layout of the board, isn't it? "
Simon knows that a girl said that the oil exploitation project he started in Angola could be supplied to China in a year or two.
Just a question about sales.
China is now in a shortage of crude oil deep-processing products. Next, China's accession to the WTO will open the world market and stimulate the outbreak of productivity. For a long time, the relevant shortage will only be more serious.
After breakfast, Chen Qing stayed to deal with some trivial things in East Hampton. Simon rushed to Manhattan by helicopter.
Westeros headquarters in midtown.
In the morning, I mainly discussed some potential cooperation projects of the stock exchange plan with James Leibold.
"On the Russian side, all the replacement applications from oligarchs such as Berezovsky have been pushed away. The variables in this country in the next few years are too great. It is not the kind of operational object we are more sure of in Ukraine. If they must want to change, either cash or gold, nothing else."
A conference room at Westeros headquarters.
When discussing some replacement applications from Russia, Simon directly rejected them all, which puzzled James: "Simon, through the cooperation during the crisis last year, I think we have established a very good relationship with all aspects of Russia. Moreover, these exchange applications also meet your requirements. Russia has given more concessions to allow us to have a considerable voice?"
Simon did not rashly talk about some of his layout to James, but shook his head and said: "I heard from Australia during Christmas that the Russian opposition forced Yeltsin to withdraw his presidential chief of staff Valentin yumashev. You should have seen some information. Yumashev is actually the lover of Yeltsin's second daughter. In addition, primakov, who took office last year, recently threatened to launch an attack on the Yeltsin family Investigation, Jim, through these, you should be able to feel how unstable the political situation in Russia is. "
"But the Russian economy..." James continued: "I mean, the oligarchs who have basically controlled the Russian economy, I believe it should be very stable, and it will only be more stable next."
"Well, according to the common sense inference, maybe it's right," Simon nodded and shook his head. "The problem is that Russia can't use the common sense inference."
James became more and more puzzled.
Simon's saying that is a little mysterious.
Simon also knew that these words were difficult to convince others. After a little consideration, he revealed to James: "frankly, Jim, I have reached some tacit understanding with Yeltsin, but I am not sure whether things will succeed. Next year, I mean, at least another year, and then we will decide whether to make a further layout for Russia."
James accurately grasped the key: "the next president?"
Simon nodded, "yes."
James went further: "Simon, or, if I guessed right, will the next Russian President conflict with the existing oligarchs?"
Simon was a little surprised this time, but he didn't deny it. He nodded again.
"It doesn't seem to be in our interests," James said. "Russia under capital control is more suitable for us to layout, rather than another strong leader?
Simon shook his head and said, "when lobbying Washington and the IMF to save Russia last year, I happened to discuss with them that if Russia collapses completely, it will not be good for the Federation and us."
"I know," James nodded. "But I think what we need is a formal opponent, not a really tough opponent?"
"Jim, if you are just a scarecrow, do you think it will be useful to those smart birds? Just like recently, with the release of the euro, in order to avoid threatening the status of the dollar, there needs to be some turbulence in Europe, and a weak scarecrow is even less likely to stir up any wind and rain," Simon stopped a little and then said: "Moreover, since I have a layout, at least our economic interests in Russia can be guaranteed."
James thought about it and nodded, "well, you're the boss."
With a little hesitation, seeing that Simon didn't take the initiative to reveal his meaning, James didn't ask.
But then I remembered another thing: "Simon, one more thing."
Then he found out a piece of information and handed it over, and then said: "This was sent along with the replacement plan of Russia last Friday. The investment plan for the construction of an oil pipeline from Siberia to Northeast China has been discussed since 1996. It has been put on hold for various reasons, mainly financial problems. Yukos oil company, which currently leads the project, hopes that we can participate in the investment together , the budget is $2 billion. At the weekend, I asked our team to make some assessments. The actual completion may cost $2.5 billion to $3 billion, but the expected income is very considerable. You know, it's like building a toll highway, and the income is more rich and stable than the highway. "
Simon took the folder and didn't wait to open it. Just listening to James, he knew that this should be the "anda line" that had been completed for more than ten years. He silently opened the information and browsed it quickly. A few minutes later, Simon closed the folder, pondered a little, and said, "you'd better wait for next year."
If someone comes to power smoothly next year, he will always have some achievements.
This project happens to be a gift.
Of course, Simon didn't give it away.
Westlow system gives political achievements and takes back benefits.
As for whether the oil pipeline will make money or not, it can be imagined that a group of big countries around Beixi No. 2 will make all kinds of chickens fly and dogs jump. The natural gas pipeline is the same as the oil pipeline. Simon is not worried that the repair of this pipeline will cause losses because China does not have enough demand. China's demand for energy will only continue to increase in the next 20 years at least.
However, even if things can be done, Simon will certainly not cooperate with Yukos.
In the original time and space, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who is behind Yukos, can be described as the most unlucky of the seven oligarchs in Russia. Other oligarchs are either lucky to survive the robbery or flee overseas in the face of pressure. Only Khodorkovsky has been arrested and firmly worked as a tailor in the Siberian prison for many years.
In short, Simon is more inclined to cooperate with Russian officials than Yukos.
It's not that the official is necessarily reliable. Simon is just on the side of the winner. In particular, the winner is also inextricably connected with his own family, which must be more secure than some unlucky second-hand tailor.
Besides China.
If the project can succeed, it will be a great favor.
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Monday morning, January 18.
Get up early in another manor in East Hampton. Together with Chen Qing, a girl said she didn't want to be with a group of vases
It's still about children.
Lin Su's stomach has grown up again. Chen Qing's desire to be a little guy is inevitably more urgent.
This breakfast is very special.
The chef team comes from a Chinese restaurant just opened in the upper west side of Manhattan years ago, called "Jiangnan time".
Yes, it was in the name of "Jiangnan time", one of the we media teams established in China by Simon in the past years. However, behind the scenes, it was dominated by Westeros system capital, and endorsed by Xie Qingtai, Yu Xiaomin and Jing Xiaosui, the three most successful we media bloggers of pastoral scenery in China. The three women also came to the United States when they opened their business.
Therefore, it can be imagined that this restaurant focuses on all kinds of Chinese food in the program of three we media bloggers.
There are mainly two kinds.
All kinds of hall dishes that need to be made now, as well as Chinese snacks that can be packed and taken away.
China attaches great importance to a series of YouTube Chinese we media studios that can support the attribute of cultural output, and has given sufficient support to this restaurant. In addition to providing official convenience in the process of establishing the chef team, it has quietly given a special support fund.
When it opened here, there were many reports in China.
Coupled with the easy operation of the westero system in the United States, for example, Madonna went to try fresh food for the first time on the opening day. In addition, there are other New York celebrities. Driven by various, this special Chinese restaurant soon became famous in the upper west side, and recently has logged in some TV and paper media.
Under the cultural output, of course, there is a complete game of chess.
It's all business.
This "Jiangnan time" restaurant is just a signboard. Using this signboard, behind the scenes catering chains and food companies are quietly rolling out, which has been rolled out in advance. Of course, considering the actual situation, the current operation is mainly for China, focusing on chain restaurants, bars, cooked food, instant food, snacks and other ready-made food types.
Foreigners like brands. Such gimmicks are very popular in China.
In the restaurant in the morning.
Simon ate the small wonton in front of him with satisfaction. He didn't talk much about it. After all, he has given a good start and sufficient resources. If the following people can't do well, what should they do.
The topic is mainly about the recent affairs in Asia.
"On the 5th of the beginning of the month, the anti smuggling police department was officially established in China to crack down on smuggling," Chen Qing said. In front of Chen Qing was a glutinous rice dumpling, a special salty meat filling. Her boss didn't like sweets, and a girl didn't like it. She ate it with the same satisfaction "Boss, you don't know that domestic smuggling has been fierce in recent years. In the past two years, there was even an oversupply of refined oil. After investigation, it turned out that oil smuggling is too rampant. Even oil can be transported to China ship by ship. Other industries can imagine that if they don't crack down, they will go to heaven."
When Simon heard Chen Qing mention it, he immediately remembered that a major smuggling case broke out in the original time and space this year, which is obviously a typical case of being caught to kill monkeys and make an example of chickens.
Thinking so, Simon asked directly, "what about you, are you involved?"
Chen Qing immediately shook her head: "I don't do such things without goods. I can't make enough money..." she said. Facing the eyes of her boss, a girl still shrunk her neck and smiled and said, "the Black Star Club in South Korea, the boss remember. Before I came, I specially reminded them to stop the semiconductor smuggling business exported to China."
Simon nodded, but nothing.
Even though China's anti smuggling police force was established in 1999, the huge parallel market in coastal areas has never been cut off, so that many genuine products have been impacted and will be much cheaper in coastal areas.
Chen Qing also knows that her boss won't care about this. After all, the original black star club, but he personally told him to support it, and then said: "However, the black star club's business in Europe continues, mainly through shipping from Russia and Ukraine, and then to other European countries. Boss, you know, the PC industry has exploded in recent years. Even in Eastern Europe, there is a great market demand for PC chip products such as CPU and memory. The problem is that all countries have high tariff barriers."
Simon certainly knows that.
For example, in Ukraine, the kolkoshko family controls a huge smuggling network, and Ukraine is only a transit base, covering the whole of Europe. Because the upper class of Ukraine can eat meat and drink soup, it can be said that it is quite prosperous. Even if a few people who understand the harm of smuggling to the national economy want to control it, they can't control it at all.
China's luck is that the authorities have enough executive power to suppress this matter. Even if it cannot be eradicated, it can avoid hurting the root cause.
Chen Qing didn't wait for her boss to answer, so she continued: "This is actually a good thing for excellence. We focus on cost performance, but even if we can get preferential policies from suppliers, we still can't compare with those low-cost parallel goods. If we can kill the limelight this time, the market share of excellence can be improved. Well, Lenovo will basically retain its excellent product line after the merger."
Simon nodded and turned to say, "tell me about the two refining projects."
"The preliminary work has been completed, and these bosses should have read the relevant materials," Chen Qing said "The next step is construction. The construction period of the two projects is expected to be controlled at about one and a half years, no more than two years at most. By the way, we are still discussing supporting thermal power plant projects. At present, there is still a serious power shortage in China. Our projects are large power users, and building supporting power plants by ourselves is the best choice. In addition, further away, it is the original power plant after putting into operation As for the material problem, the above has promised us an import quota of 10 million tons of crude oil, but the specific procedures can only be handled before it is put into operation. After all, this quota license is time-consuming and a small trouble, but the problem is not big. "
"What about future product sales?"
"The boss doesn't need to worry," Chen Qing said "Although there is a surplus of refined oil in China, there has always been a shortage of crude oil deep-processing products, and this situation cannot be changed in a short time. Moreover, we are also investing in the textile industry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which are large demand for olefin raw materials. Even if outsiders don't want it after it is put into operation in the future, we can fully digest it in our own industrial chain. Oh, it's old The layout of the board, isn't it? "
Simon knows that a girl said that the oil exploitation project he started in Angola could be supplied to China in a year or two.
Just a question about sales.
China is now in a shortage of crude oil deep-processing products. Next, China's accession to the WTO will open the world market and stimulate the outbreak of productivity. For a long time, the relevant shortage will only be more serious.
After breakfast, Chen Qing stayed to deal with some trivial things in East Hampton. Simon rushed to Manhattan by helicopter.
Westeros headquarters in midtown.
In the morning, I mainly discussed some potential cooperation projects of the stock exchange plan with James Leibold.
"On the Russian side, all the replacement applications from oligarchs such as Berezovsky have been pushed away. The variables in this country in the next few years are too great. It is not the kind of operational object we are more sure of in Ukraine. If they must want to change, either cash or gold, nothing else."
A conference room at Westeros headquarters.
When discussing some replacement applications from Russia, Simon directly rejected them all, which puzzled James: "Simon, through the cooperation during the crisis last year, I think we have established a very good relationship with all aspects of Russia. Moreover, these exchange applications also meet your requirements. Russia has given more concessions to allow us to have a considerable voice?"
Simon did not rashly talk about some of his layout to James, but shook his head and said: "I heard from Australia during Christmas that the Russian opposition forced Yeltsin to withdraw his presidential chief of staff Valentin yumashev. You should have seen some information. Yumashev is actually the lover of Yeltsin's second daughter. In addition, primakov, who took office last year, recently threatened to launch an attack on the Yeltsin family Investigation, Jim, through these, you should be able to feel how unstable the political situation in Russia is. "
"But the Russian economy..." James continued: "I mean, the oligarchs who have basically controlled the Russian economy, I believe it should be very stable, and it will only be more stable next."
"Well, according to the common sense inference, maybe it's right," Simon nodded and shook his head. "The problem is that Russia can't use the common sense inference."
James became more and more puzzled.
Simon's saying that is a little mysterious.
Simon also knew that these words were difficult to convince others. After a little consideration, he revealed to James: "frankly, Jim, I have reached some tacit understanding with Yeltsin, but I am not sure whether things will succeed. Next year, I mean, at least another year, and then we will decide whether to make a further layout for Russia."
James accurately grasped the key: "the next president?"
Simon nodded, "yes."
James went further: "Simon, or, if I guessed right, will the next Russian President conflict with the existing oligarchs?"
Simon was a little surprised this time, but he didn't deny it. He nodded again.
"It doesn't seem to be in our interests," James said. "Russia under capital control is more suitable for us to layout, rather than another strong leader?
Simon shook his head and said, "when lobbying Washington and the IMF to save Russia last year, I happened to discuss with them that if Russia collapses completely, it will not be good for the Federation and us."
"I know," James nodded. "But I think what we need is a formal opponent, not a really tough opponent?"
"Jim, if you are just a scarecrow, do you think it will be useful to those smart birds? Just like recently, with the release of the euro, in order to avoid threatening the status of the dollar, there needs to be some turbulence in Europe, and a weak scarecrow is even less likely to stir up any wind and rain," Simon stopped a little and then said: "Moreover, since I have a layout, at least our economic interests in Russia can be guaranteed."
James thought about it and nodded, "well, you're the boss."
With a little hesitation, seeing that Simon didn't take the initiative to reveal his meaning, James didn't ask.
But then I remembered another thing: "Simon, one more thing."
Then he found out a piece of information and handed it over, and then said: "This was sent along with the replacement plan of Russia last Friday. The investment plan for the construction of an oil pipeline from Siberia to Northeast China has been discussed since 1996. It has been put on hold for various reasons, mainly financial problems. Yukos oil company, which currently leads the project, hopes that we can participate in the investment together , the budget is $2 billion. At the weekend, I asked our team to make some assessments. The actual completion may cost $2.5 billion to $3 billion, but the expected income is very considerable. You know, it's like building a toll highway, and the income is more rich and stable than the highway. "
Simon took the folder and didn't wait to open it. Just listening to James, he knew that this should be the "anda line" that had been completed for more than ten years. He silently opened the information and browsed it quickly. A few minutes later, Simon closed the folder, pondered a little, and said, "you'd better wait for next year."
If someone comes to power smoothly next year, he will always have some achievements.
This project happens to be a gift.
Of course, Simon didn't give it away.
Westlow system gives political achievements and takes back benefits.
As for whether the oil pipeline will make money or not, it can be imagined that a group of big countries around Beixi No. 2 will make all kinds of chickens fly and dogs jump. The natural gas pipeline is the same as the oil pipeline. Simon is not worried that the repair of this pipeline will cause losses because China does not have enough demand. China's demand for energy will only continue to increase in the next 20 years at least.
However, even if things can be done, Simon will certainly not cooperate with Yukos.
In the original time and space, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who is behind Yukos, can be described as the most unlucky of the seven oligarchs in Russia. Other oligarchs are either lucky to survive the robbery or flee overseas in the face of pressure. Only Khodorkovsky has been arrested and firmly worked as a tailor in the Siberian prison for many years.
In short, Simon is more inclined to cooperate with Russian officials than Yukos.
It's not that the official is necessarily reliable. Simon is just on the side of the winner. In particular, the winner is also inextricably connected with his own family, which must be more secure than some unlucky second-hand tailor.
Besides China.
If the project can succeed, it will be a great favor.
Monday morning, January 18.Get up early in another manor in East Hampton. Together with Chen Qing, a girl said she didn't want to be with a group of vasesIt's still about children.Lin Su's stomach has grown up again. Chen Qing's desire to be a little guy is inevitably more urgent.This breakfast is very special.The chef team comes from a Chinese restaurant just opened in the upper west side of Manhattan years ago, called "Jiangnan time".Yes, it was in the name of "Jiangnan time", one of the we media teams established in China by Simon in the past years. However, behind the scenes, it was dominated by Westeros system capital, and endorsed by Xie Qingtai, Yu Xiaomin and Jing Xiaosui, the three most successful we media bloggers of pastoral scenery in China. The three women also came to the United States when they opened their business.Therefore, it can be imagined that this restaurant focuses on all kinds of Chinese food in the program of three we media bloggers.There are mainly two kinds.All kinds of hall dishes that need to be made now, as well as Chinese snacks that can be packed and taken away.China attaches great importance to a series of YouTube Chinese we media studios that can support the attribute of cultural output, and has given sufficient support to this restaurant. In addition to providing official convenience in the process of establishing the chef team, it has quietly given a special support fund.When it opened here, there were many reports in China.Coupled with the easy operation of the westero system in the United States, for example, Madonna went to try fresh food for the first time on the opening day. In addition, there are other New York celebrities. Driven by various, this special Chinese restaurant soon became famous in the upper west side, and recently has logged in some TV and paper media.Under the cultural output, of course, there is a complete game of chess.It's all business.This "Jiangnan time" restaurant is just a signboard. Using this signboard, behind the scenes catering chains and food companies are quietly rolling out, which has been rolled out in advance. Of course, considering the actual situation, the current operation is mainly for China, focusing on chain restaurants, bars, cooked food, instant food, snacks and other ready-made food types.Foreigners like brands. Such gimmicks are very popular in China.In the restaurant in the morning.Simon ate the small wonton in front of him with satisfaction. He didn't talk much about it. After all, he has given a good start and sufficient resources. If the following people can't do well, what should they do.The topic is mainly about the recent affairs in Asia."On the 5th of the beginning of the month, the anti smuggling police department was officially established in China to crack down on smuggling," Chen Qing said. In front of Chen Qing was a glutinous rice dumpling, a special salty meat filling. Her boss didn't like sweets, and a girl didn't like it. She ate it with the same satisfaction "Boss, you don't know that domestic smuggling has been fierce in recent years. In the past two years, there was even an oversupply of refined oil. After investigation, it turned out that oil smuggling is too rampant. Even oil can be transported to China ship by ship. Other industries can imagine that if they don't crack down, they will go to heaven."When Simon heard Chen Qing mention it, he immediately remembered that a major smuggling case broke out in the original time and space this year, which is obviously a typical case of being caught to kill monkeys and make an example of chickens.Thinking so, Simon asked directly, "what about you, are you involved?"Chen Qing immediately shook her head: "I don't do such things without goods. I can't make enough money..." she said. Facing the eyes of her boss, a girl still shrunk her neck and smiled and said, "the Black Star Club in South Korea, the boss remember. Before I came, I specially reminded them to stop the semiconductor smuggling business exported to China."Simon nodded, but nothing.Even though China's anti smuggling police force was established in 1999, the huge parallel market in coastal areas has never been cut off, so that many genuine products have been impacted and will be much cheaper in coastal areas.Chen Qing also knows that her boss won't care about this. After all, the original black star club, but he personally told him to support it, and then said: "However, the black star club's business in Europe continues, mainly through shipping from Russia and Ukraine, and then to other European countries. Boss, you know, the PC industry has exploded in recent years. Even in Eastern Europe, there is a great market demand for PC chip products such as CPU and memory. The problem is that all countries have high tariff barriers."Simon certainly knows that.For example, in Ukraine, the kolkoshko family controls a huge smuggling network, and Ukraine is only a transit base, covering the whole of Europe. Because the upper class of Ukraine can eat meat and drink soup, it can be said that it is quite prosperous. Even if a few people who understand the harm of smuggling to the national economy want to control it, they can't control it at all.China's luck is that the authorities have enough executive power to suppress this matter. Even if it cannot be eradicated, it can avoid hurting the root cause.Chen Qing didn't wait for her boss to answer, so she continued: "This is actually a good thing for excellence. We focus on cost performance, but even if we can get preferential policies from suppliers, we still can't compare with those low-cost parallel goods. If we can kill the limelight this time, the market share of excellence can be improved. Well, Lenovo will basically retain its excellent product line after the merger."Simon nodded and turned to say, "tell me about the two refining projects.""The preliminary work has been completed, and these bosses should have read the relevant materials," Chen Qing said "The next step is construction. The construction period of the two projects is expected to be controlled at about one and a half years, no more than two years at most. By the way, we are still discussing supporting thermal power plant projects. At present, there is still a serious power shortage in China. Our projects are large power users, and building supporting power plants by ourselves is the best choice. In addition, further away, it is the original power plant after putting into operation As for the material problem, the above has promised us an import quota of 10 million tons of crude oil, but the specific procedures can only be handled before it is put into operation. After all, this quota license is time-consuming and a small trouble, but the problem is not big. ""What about future product sales?""The boss doesn't need to worry," Chen Qing said "Although there is a surplus of refined oil in China, there has always been a shortage of crude oil deep-processing products, and this situation cannot be changed in a short time. Moreover, we are also investing in the textile industry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which are large demand for olefin raw materials. Even if outsiders don't want it after it is put into operation in the future, we can fully digest it in our own industrial chain. Oh, it's old The layout of the board, isn't it? "Simon knows that a girl said that the oil exploitation project he started in Angola could be supplied to China in a year or two.Just a question about sales.China is now in a shortage of crude oil deep-processing products. Next, China's accession to the WTO will open the world market and stimulate the outbreak of productivity. For a long time, the relevant shortage will only be more serious.After breakfast, Chen Qing stayed to deal with some trivial things in East Hampton. Simon rushed to Manhattan by helicopter.Westeros headquarters in midtown.In the morning, I mainly discussed some potential cooperation projects of the stock exchange plan with James Leibold."On the Russian side, all the replacement applications from oligarchs such as Berezovsky have been pushed away. The variables in this country in the next few years are too great. It is not the kind of operational object we are more sure of in Ukraine. If they must want to change, either cash or gold, nothing else."A conference room at Westeros headquarters.When discussing some replacement applications from Russia, Simon directly rejected them all, which puzzled James: "Simon, through the cooperation during the crisis last year, I think we have established a very good relationship with all aspects of Russia. Moreover, these exchange applications also meet your requirements. Russia has given more concessions to allow us to have a considerable voice?"Simon did not rashly talk about some of his layout to James, but shook his head and said: "I heard from Australia during Christmas that the Russian opposition forced Yeltsin to withdraw his presidential chief of staff Valentin yumashev. You should have seen some information. Yumashev is actually the lover of Yeltsin's second daughter. In addition, primakov, who took office last year, recently threatened to launch an attack on the Yeltsin family Investigation, Jim, through these, you should be able to feel how unstable the political situation in Russia is. ""But the Russian economy..." James continued: "I mean, the oligarchs who have basically controlled the Russian economy, I believe it should be very stable, and it will only be more stable next.""Well, according to the common sense inference, maybe it's right," Simon nodded and shook his head. "The problem is that Russia can't use the common sense inference."James became more and more puzzled.Simon's saying that is a little mysterious.Simon also knew that these words were difficult to convince others. After a little consideration, he revealed to James: "frankly, Jim, I have reached some tacit understanding with Yeltsin, but I am not sure whether things will succeed. Next year, I mean, at least another year, and then we will decide whether to make a further layout for Russia."James accurately grasped the key: "the next president?"Simon nodded, "yes."James went further: "Simon, or, if I guessed right, will the next Russian President conflict with the existing oligarchs?"Simon was a little surprised this time, but he didn't deny it. He nodded again."It doesn't seem to be in our interests," James said. "Russia under capital control is more suitable for us to layout, rather than another strong leader?Simon shook his head and said, "when lobbying Washington and the IMF to save Russia last year, I happened to discuss with them that if Russia collapses completely, it will not be good for the Federation and us.""I know," James nodded. "But I think what we need is a formal opponent, not a really tough opponent?""Jim, if you are just a scarecrow, do you think it will be useful to those smart birds? Just like recently, with the release of the euro, in order to avoid threatening the status of the dollar, there needs to be some turbulence in Europe, and a weak scarecrow is even less likely to stir up any wind and rain," Simon stopped a little and then said: "Moreover, since I have a layout, at least our economic interests in Russia can be guaranteed."James thought about it and nodded, "well, you're the boss."With a little hesitation, seeing that Simon didn't take the initiative to reveal his meaning, James didn't ask.But then I remembered another thing: "Simon, one more thing."Then he found out a piece of information and handed it over, and then said: "This was sent along with the replacement plan of Russia last Friday. The investment plan for the construction of an oil pipeline from Siberia to Northeast China has been discussed since 1996. It has been put on hold for various reasons, mainly financial problems. Yukos oil company, which currently leads the project, hopes that we can participate in the investment together , the budget is $2 billion. At the weekend, I asked our team to make some assessments. The actual completion may cost $2.5 billion to $3 billion, but the expected income is very considerable. You know, it's like building a toll highway, and the income is more rich and stable than the highway. "Simon took the folder and didn't wait to open it. Just listening to James, he knew that this should be the "anda line" that had been completed for more than ten years. He silently opened the information and browsed it quickly. A few minutes later, Simon closed the folder, pondered a little, and said, "you'd better wait for next year."If someone comes to power smoothly next year, he will always have some achievements.This project happens to be a gift.Of course, Simon didn't give it away.Westlow system gives political achievements and takes back benefits.As for whether the oil pipeline will make money or not, it can be imagined that a group of big countries around Beixi No. 2 will make all kinds of chickens fly and dogs jump. The natural gas pipeline is the same as the oil pipeline. Simon is not worried that the repair of this pipeline will cause losses because China does not have enough demand. China's demand for energy will only continue to increase in the next 20 years at least.However, even if things can be done, Simon will certainly not cooperate with Yukos.In the original time and space, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who is behind Yukos, can be described as the most unlucky of the seven oligarchs in Russia. Other oligarchs are either lucky to survive the robbery or flee overseas in the face of pressure. Only Khodorkovsky has been arrested and firmly worked as a tailor in the Siberian prison for many years.In short, Simon is more inclined to cooperate with Russian officials than Yukos.It's not that the official is necessarily reliable. Simon is just on the side of the winner. In particular, the winner is also inextricably connected with his own family, which must be more secure than some unlucky second-hand tailor.Besides China.If the project can succeed, it will be a great favor.
