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"Simon, I really don't want your money. I know you want to push me to the stage to resist the pressure of public opinion. It seems that I can't escape this fate. So in exchange, what do you think of Russia? "
The manor in the northern suburb of Greenwich.
After lunch, the schedule continues, and Simon is entertaining George Soros.
Operations in Southeast Asia have long been planned, and cersei's hedging team is also planning.
In order to minimize the operation volume of cersei capital and avoid being targeted by Asian countries, Simon hopes to put part of the capital into Soros' Quantum Fund. The two sides have reached an investment agreement of $3 billion. After all, it's a big customer, and the follow-up of westero system has a different meaning. Soros took the initiative to give a good discount in terms of management fees and commissions.
The financial tycoon is just whining.
Once upon a time, Soros became the target of the financial turmoil in Southeast Asia. However, to be honest, this hedge fund tycoon was just a shield pushed by the west to attract firepower. There were countless hunting capitals behind this giant. These capitals were crazy to prey on him, dry the blood on his mouth at will, and in a twinkling of an eye, he could jump out as a Savior and enter Southeast Asia again Second harvest.
Simon wants to be a "noble" savior.
They have just discussed some details of the layout of Southeast Asia. Simon listened to Soros mention Russia, and looked at himself with bright eyes. He rubbed his coffee cup and said, "George, what do you want to know about Russia?"
"Political prospects," Soros said, adding, "I know you have been to Russia some time ago, and the westero system has always had various layouts in Russia, but I can't understand what you want to do?"
"Political prospects, it is obvious that with our joint efforts, Yeltsin can be re elected this time, and then we can be very happy to privatize Russia's large state-owned enterprises and share interests."
Soros felt the banter in Simon's tone, but his expression was more cautious: "Simon, don't you think it's a good idea to permanently eliminate the hidden danger of Russia?"
"These are actually two questions, George," Simon said seriously. "Can we do it, and do we need to do it?"
"Well?"
Simon was just about to continue to speak when a girl in a light pink skirt came over with a pot of coffee. Seeing that they were looking at themselves together, they were a little embarrassed and raised the coffee pot in their hands.
Watching the girl add coffee to them, Simon says to the confused Soros, "this is Gemma, Sophia's daughter."
Soros naturally knew that Sophia faessy was a little displeased in his face, and immediately turned into a kind man, smiling and nodding to the girl.
Simon said to Gemma, "this is Mr. Soros, a great financier."
Gemma put down the coffee pot and said, "Hello, Mr. Soros, nice to meet you. Simon and mom have talked about you, the first person to beat the pound."
Soros shook hands with the little girl: "Hello, Gemma, you can call me George. And you're beautiful. "
"Thank you."
After they said hello, Simon said to Gemma, "I'll leave at about four o'clock. Would you like to go to Los Angeles to see the 007 premiere?"
Gemma didn't sit down. She looked at Simon and said, "I just came to say hello to you. I don't want to go. Besides, I have homework."
"Homework aside, where do beautiful girls need to do their homework, and some other people will go together. You can also bring some small partners and play on the west coast for a few days."
"I don't want to. Denny went to summer camp. I can't leave my grandparents and run around."
Gemma's expression was slightly affected, but she refused. She leaned over and hugged Simon, said goodbye to Soros, picked up another empty coffee pot and left.
When Gemma's figure disappeared, Soros complimented, and then turned the topic to just now: "Simon, the two questions you said?"
"Yes, there are two problems," Simon said after sorting out his thoughts. "First of all, Russia has been a powerful country for hundreds of years since the Czarist era, so it means that this country has a deep-rooted powerful gene. It sounds unpredictable, but it can't be ignored. It's doomed that Russia will not fall completely . Moreover, to be more practical, even if the Soviet Union has disintegrated, Russia's inside information is still there, and it is also a nuclear power, so it is difficult to continuously dismember and indirectly control it according to your ideas. "
Soros thought a little and said, "Simon, I don't think anything is eternal. How do you know if you don't try?"
"That's the second question," Simon continued, taking a sip of his coffee. "Do we have to do this? There is a Chinese saying to the effect that a country in a state of constant vigilance and anxiety is easier to survive. If it lacks enemies and is peaceful and slack for a long time, it may perish at any time. ""I see, Simon, do you want to preserve a strategic opponent like Russia?"
"That's right."
"Simon, I don't think the United States will ever lack strategic rivals, such as China you just mentioned. In my opinion, Russia is a rather uncertain and dangerous country. "
Simon shook his head and said: "times have changed, George. It's not hundreds of years ago, or even decades ago. The world has formed a set of international order that will be quite stable for a long time in the future, so you don't need to think about things according to the thinking of decades ago. Unless the leader of Russia is a madman in the future, the country will certainly comply with the existing international order as much as possible, and even if it violates it, it will be punished accordingly. "
Soros thought for a moment and said again, "Simon, I'll stick to my point."
Simon nodded with a smile: "of course, you can carry out your plan, and I will also carry out my plan. There is no conflict of interest, even between us, because I will not fight for Russia's state-owned assets in the next few years."
Once upon a time, Soros began to bet heavily on Russia after Yeltsin was re elected.
At the last secret meeting, Yeltsin's daughter Tatyana talked about the privatized shares of Russian telecom giant that she wanted to give to Simon as a gift. In the original time and space, it was Russian oligarch potanin who was supported by Soros' huge funds. In addition to eating a large number of privatized shares, Soros also bought a large number of Russian government bonds and corporate bonds.
It was not until 1998 that Russia's economy bottomed out and even had a rare default on its national debt. As a result, Soros, who had just been in high spirits in Southeast Asia, lost billions of dollars and then failed from Russia.
From Simon's point of view, what Soros has done is actually a kind of economic penetration. At the same time, he tries to control Russia's economy and then control the country strategically.
Simon is actually doing the same thing.
Soros's failure is also a negative case for Simon.
The main thing is to do according to one's ability.
For big countries, we should not expect absolute control, but strive for more influence step by step. As for Ukraine, a small country doomed to decline, it can only be controlled. After all, a country that has been fooled into abandoning its own martial arts and losing its territory can only be reduced to a standard pawn in the game of great powers.
Even if the game is broken, neither side of the game will be serious.
Seeing off Soros, Celia Miller, who had returned from Europe, reported to Simon the results of her negotiations with France.
The Chirac authorities basically agreed with Simon's request.
A senior French military officer who has been working quietly for two years will retire in the near future, and Paris has promised that there will be no more entanglement. At the same time, the Chirac authorities also asked Simon not to support Rwanda to make trouble in the international community and let it go completely.
Simon, of course, has no objection.
It seems that a good ending has been achieved. In fact, both sides know that it is impossible to end it completely.
Just as the French side did not mention the evidence that Simon kept in his hands about the confession of the captured soldiers of the French Advisory Group, because he knew that if he did not come back at all, it would not be in vain.
I'll talk about it later.
Nothing but you come and I go.
After talking about this, Simon and his entourage rushed to Kennedy International Airport by helicopter. The Boeing 767 crew here has been waiting for takeoff.
There are others waiting.
A few times later, Jerry Hall's daughter, Elizabeth, was already familiar with the subject. It happened that during the summer vacation, some unruly little girl who was used to calling Simon's father took a group of friends to Los Angeles to attend the premiere of 007 ghost party.
This time, there are no parents but Jerry hall.
It's Jerry Hall who has three children, and then there are a group of familiar girl swindlers, such as the Hilton sisters and the Kardashian sisters, who are chatting with each other.
after a little bit, we can see why they can get together.
It's obvious that a group of rebellious girls are not very progressive. The picture of smoking in public with the head of a chicken coop as a teenager is very popular, which shows which group of Manhattan she is. But like Sophia's daughter Gemma, or grace's daughter Rita, either obedient, or very progressive, this is not able to play together.
When the private plane took off from Kennedy International Airport, the two little children were taken care of by the waitress, and the girls in the middle cabin were told. Jerry hall came to the front cabin and saw Simon sitting on the sofa by the porthole of the living room, turning over a document and looking a little distracted. He sat down on the man's lap, put his arms around his neck and asked, "what are you thinking?"
Simon put his hand around the woman's waist, put the folder on the amazing long legs, and said casually, "I wonder why there are no good children to play with. They are all little girls who don't make progress."
Jerry hall laughed and said, "Liz and her parents are still young, and they are very good. Liz has opened a channel on the YouTube platform and has more than 600000 fans. Now she doesn't need my pocket money."Simon nodded.
Jerry hall glanced at the document in the man's hand. Seeing that Simon didn't seem to care, he looked more and said, "this is Well, are you going to buy the newspaper assets of Hurst group? "
The document in hand is an asset sale plan of the Hurst group. In the past two years, the more miserable Hurst family intends to sell another batch of newspapers, and the project is in the charge of Goldman Sachs.
And then, naturally, it's in Simon's hands.
Shaking his head, Simon said, "just look."
Simon has never completely let go of the Hurst group, so he has been staring at it intentionally or unintentionally. With his unique advantage as a prophet, Simon only needs to ensure that the family can not go on the right road, and the decline is inevitable.
Just like two years ago, Simon has stripped off all the cable TV assets that the Hurst group later occupied more than half of the family's assets and have long-term growth potential, especially the shares of ESPN. Now, the Hurst family is only confined to the paper media field doomed to decline.
Due to the chain reaction brought by the westero system, the decline of Hurst group is faster than that of the print media. For example, the San Francisco Chronicle, the most valuable newspaper of Hurst group, as the second largest newspaper in California after the Los Angeles Times, has begun to fall into a loss and its value has shrunk significantly since 1996.
In a few years, even bankruptcy is not impossible.
In order to avoid a desperate situation, Simon has not made any big moves. He has been slowly suppressing the situation like a frog in warm water. Even in the end, the Hurst family can still retain considerable assets, enough to maintain a decent life. However, the family will no longer have the kind of media that can even start a war in American society The right to speak.
Jerry hall, who is well aware of Simon's entanglement with the Hurst family, didn't ask any more questions. He talked with the man about some recent things. He brooded in his ear and said, "shall we go to the bedroom for four hours?"
Four hours is not a long time.
When the Boeing 767 landed at Los Angeles International Airport, it was 5 p.m. on the west coast.
The red carpet also starts at 5 p.m. for the premiere of 007's ghost party.
Simon didn't plan to walk on the red carpet, so he was not in a hurry. Instead, Jerry hall wanted to take this opportunity to show his face, so he was ready on the plane, got off the plane, and went directly to the sacred citizen hall in the center of the city in the extended limousine.
The choice of the holy citizen auditorium for the premiere of 007's ghost party, rather than the usual Hollywood Chinese theater, is also a big deal for MGM.
This is the beginning of a new stage for MGM.
There must be no loss.
So do your best.
Simon and a group of girls are riding in other cars, but they don't connive at the request of these girls to rub the red carpet. They are all big stars. It's not strict to put a group of girls on.
Arrive at the holy citizen hall and enter directly through the back door.
The girls run to take their seats. Simon doesn't walk on the red carpet, but has to take some publicity photos. They come to a media area in the auditorium with Shirley Lansing. After the shooting, they are chatting with Lansing. The big Arnold Schwarzenegger comes with his wife and greets Simon warmly with some flattery.
Simon knows why Schwarzenegger came to the premiere.
It's about the copyright of terminator.
After the failure of evaporation secret order and the whole Hollywood environment, Schwarzenegger thought of restarting the terminator series again in order to avoid the coffee drop.
Simon also agreed to transfer the shooting right after consideration.
This matter was almost settled, however, because Schwarzenegger found a partner who was Disney controlled by Vivendi. A few days ago, the French side made small moves and deliberately reviewed the release of films related to cardanilis entertainment in France. Simon gave a tit for tat and directly shelved the copyright negotiation of terminator.
Now, when things are settled in France, it's time to let go.
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"Simon, I really don't want your money. I know you want to push me to the stage to resist the pressure of public opinion. It seems that I can't escape this fate. So in exchange, what do you think of Russia? "
The manor in the northern suburb of Greenwich.
After lunch, the schedule continues, and Simon is entertaining George Soros.
Operations in Southeast Asia have long been planned, and cersei's hedging team is also planning.
In order to minimize the operation volume of cersei capital and avoid being targeted by Asian countries, Simon hopes to put part of the capital into Soros' Quantum Fund. The two sides have reached an investment agreement of $3 billion. After all, it's a big customer, and the follow-up of westero system has a different meaning. Soros took the initiative to give a good discount in terms of management fees and commissions.
The financial tycoon is just whining.
Once upon a time, Soros became the target of the financial turmoil in Southeast Asia. However, to be honest, this hedge fund tycoon was just a shield pushed by the west to attract firepower. There were countless hunting capitals behind this giant. These capitals were crazy to prey on him, dry the blood on his mouth at will, and in a twinkling of an eye, he could jump out as a Savior and enter Southeast Asia again Second harvest.
Simon wants to be a "noble" savior.
They have just discussed some details of the layout of Southeast Asia. Simon listened to Soros mention Russia, and looked at himself with bright eyes. He rubbed his coffee cup and said, "George, what do you want to know about Russia?"
"Political prospects," Soros said, adding, "I know you have been to Russia some time ago, and the westero system has always had various layouts in Russia, but I can't understand what you want to do?"
"Political prospects, it is obvious that with our joint efforts, Yeltsin can be re elected this time, and then we can be very happy to privatize Russia's large state-owned enterprises and share interests."
Soros felt the banter in Simon's tone, but his expression was more cautious: "Simon, don't you think it's a good idea to permanently eliminate the hidden danger of Russia?"
"These are actually two questions, George," Simon said seriously. "Can we do it, and do we need to do it?"
"Well?"
Simon was just about to continue to speak when a girl in a light pink skirt came over with a pot of coffee. Seeing that they were looking at themselves together, they were a little embarrassed and raised the coffee pot in their hands.
Watching the girl add coffee to them, Simon says to the confused Soros, "this is Gemma, Sophia's daughter."
Soros naturally knew that Sophia faessy was a little displeased in his face, and immediately turned into a kind man, smiling and nodding to the girl.
Simon said to Gemma, "this is Mr. Soros, a great financier."
Gemma put down the coffee pot and said, "Hello, Mr. Soros, nice to meet you. Simon and mom have talked about you, the first person to beat the pound."
Soros shook hands with the little girl: "Hello, Gemma, you can call me George. And you're beautiful. "
"Thank you."
After they said hello, Simon said to Gemma, "I'll leave at about four o'clock. Would you like to go to Los Angeles to see the 007 premiere?"
Gemma didn't sit down. She looked at Simon and said, "I just came to say hello to you. I don't want to go. Besides, I have homework."
"Homework aside, where do beautiful girls need to do their homework, and some other people will go together. You can also bring some small partners and play on the west coast for a few days."
"I don't want to. Denny went to summer camp. I can't leave my grandparents and run around."
Gemma's expression was slightly affected, but she refused. She leaned over and hugged Simon, said goodbye to Soros, picked up another empty coffee pot and left.
When Gemma's figure disappeared, Soros complimented, and then turned the topic to just now: "Simon, the two questions you said?"
"Yes, there are two problems," Simon said after sorting out his thoughts. "First of all, Russia has been a powerful country for hundreds of years since the Czarist era, so it means that this country has a deep-rooted powerful gene. It sounds unpredictable, but it can't be ignored. It's doomed that Russia will not fall completely . Moreover, to be more practical, even if the Soviet Union has disintegrated, Russia's inside information is still there, and it is also a nuclear power, so it is difficult to continuously dismember and indirectly control it according to your ideas. "
Soros thought a little and said, "Simon, I don't think anything is eternal. How do you know if you don't try?"
"That's the second question," Simon continued, taking a sip of his coffee. "Do we have to do this? There is a Chinese saying to the effect that a country in a state of constant vigilance and anxiety is easier to survive. If it lacks enemies and is peaceful and slack for a long time, it may perish at any time. ""I see, Simon, do you want to preserve a strategic opponent like Russia?"
"That's right."
"Simon, I don't think the United States will ever lack strategic rivals, such as China you just mentioned. In my opinion, Russia is a rather uncertain and dangerous country. "
Simon shook his head and said: "times have changed, George. It's not hundreds of years ago, or even decades ago. The world has formed a set of international order that will be quite stable for a long time in the future, so you don't need to think about things according to the thinking of decades ago. Unless the leader of Russia is a madman in the future, the country will certainly comply with the existing international order as much as possible, and even if it violates it, it will be punished accordingly. "
Soros thought for a moment and said again, "Simon, I'll stick to my point."
Simon nodded with a smile: "of course, you can carry out your plan, and I will also carry out my plan. There is no conflict of interest, even between us, because I will not fight for Russia's state-owned assets in the next few years."
Once upon a time, Soros began to bet heavily on Russia after Yeltsin was re elected.
At the last secret meeting, Yeltsin's daughter Tatyana talked about the privatized shares of Russian telecom giant that she wanted to give to Simon as a gift. In the original time and space, it was Russian oligarch potanin who was supported by Soros' huge funds. In addition to eating a large number of privatized shares, Soros also bought a large number of Russian government bonds and corporate bonds.
It was not until 1998 that Russia's economy bottomed out and even had a rare default on its national debt. As a result, Soros, who had just been in high spirits in Southeast Asia, lost billions of dollars and then failed from Russia.
From Simon's point of view, what Soros has done is actually a kind of economic penetration. At the same time, he tries to control Russia's economy and then control the country strategically.
Simon is actually doing the same thing.
Soros's failure is also a negative case for Simon.
The main thing is to do according to one's ability.
For big countries, we should not expect absolute control, but strive for more influence step by step. As for Ukraine, a small country doomed to decline, it can only be controlled. After all, a country that has been fooled into abandoning its own martial arts and losing its territory can only be reduced to a standard pawn in the game of great powers.
Even if the game is broken, neither side of the game will be serious.
Seeing off Soros, Celia Miller, who had returned from Europe, reported to Simon the results of her negotiations with France.
The Chirac authorities basically agreed with Simon's request.
A senior French military officer who has been working quietly for two years will retire in the near future, and Paris has promised that there will be no more entanglement. At the same time, the Chirac authorities also asked Simon not to support Rwanda to make trouble in the international community and let it go completely.
Simon, of course, has no objection.
It seems that a good ending has been achieved. In fact, both sides know that it is impossible to end it completely.
Just as the French side did not mention the evidence that Simon kept in his hands about the confession of the captured soldiers of the French Advisory Group, because he knew that if he did not come back at all, it would not be in vain.
I'll talk about it later.
Nothing but you come and I go.
After talking about this, Simon and his entourage rushed to Kennedy International Airport by helicopter. The Boeing 767 crew here has been waiting for takeoff.
There are others waiting.
A few times later, Jerry Hall's daughter, Elizabeth, was already familiar with the subject. It happened that during the summer vacation, some unruly little girl who was used to calling Simon's father took a group of friends to Los Angeles to attend the premiere of 007 ghost party.
This time, there are no parents but Jerry hall.
It's Jerry Hall who has three children, and then there are a group of familiar girl swindlers, such as the Hilton sisters and the Kardashian sisters, who are chatting with each other.
after a little bit, we can see why they can get together.
It's obvious that a group of rebellious girls are not very progressive. The picture of smoking in public with the head of a chicken coop as a teenager is very popular, which shows which group of Manhattan she is. But like Sophia's daughter Gemma, or grace's daughter Rita, either obedient, or very progressive, this is not able to play together.
When the private plane took off from Kennedy International Airport, the two little children were taken care of by the waitress, and the girls in the middle cabin were told. Jerry hall came to the front cabin and saw Simon sitting on the sofa by the porthole of the living room, turning over a document and looking a little distracted. He sat down on the man's lap, put his arms around his neck and asked, "what are you thinking?"
Simon put his hand around the woman's waist, put the folder on the amazing long legs, and said casually, "I wonder why there are no good children to play with. They are all little girls who don't make progress."
Jerry hall laughed and said, "Liz and her parents are still young, and they are very good. Liz has opened a channel on the YouTube platform and has more than 600000 fans. Now she doesn't need my pocket money."Simon nodded.
Jerry hall glanced at the document in the man's hand. Seeing that Simon didn't seem to care, he looked more and said, "this is Well, are you going to buy the newspaper assets of Hurst group? "
The document in hand is an asset sale plan of the Hurst group. In the past two years, the more miserable Hurst family intends to sell another batch of newspapers, and the project is in the charge of Goldman Sachs.
And then, naturally, it's in Simon's hands.
Shaking his head, Simon said, "just look."
Simon has never completely let go of the Hurst group, so he has been staring at it intentionally or unintentionally. With his unique advantage as a prophet, Simon only needs to ensure that the family can not go on the right road, and the decline is inevitable.
Just like two years ago, Simon has stripped off all the cable TV assets that the Hurst group later occupied more than half of the family's assets and have long-term growth potential, especially the shares of ESPN. Now, the Hurst family is only confined to the paper media field doomed to decline.
Due to the chain reaction brought by the westero system, the decline of Hurst group is faster than that of the print media. For example, the San Francisco Chronicle, the most valuable newspaper of Hurst group, as the second largest newspaper in California after the Los Angeles Times, has begun to fall into a loss and its value has shrunk significantly since 1996.
In a few years, even bankruptcy is not impossible.
In order to avoid a desperate situation, Simon has not made any big moves. He has been slowly suppressing the situation like a frog in warm water. Even in the end, the Hurst family can still retain considerable assets, enough to maintain a decent life. However, the family will no longer have the kind of media that can even start a war in American society The right to speak.
Jerry hall, who is well aware of Simon's entanglement with the Hurst family, didn't ask any more questions. He talked with the man about some recent things. He brooded in his ear and said, "shall we go to the bedroom for four hours?"
Four hours is not a long time.
When the Boeing 767 landed at Los Angeles International Airport, it was 5 p.m. on the west coast.
The red carpet also starts at 5 p.m. for the premiere of 007's ghost party.
Simon didn't plan to walk on the red carpet, so he was not in a hurry. Instead, Jerry hall wanted to take this opportunity to show his face, so he was ready on the plane, got off the plane, and went directly to the sacred citizen hall in the center of the city in the extended limousine.
The choice of the holy citizen auditorium for the premiere of 007's ghost party, rather than the usual Hollywood Chinese theater, is also a big deal for MGM.
This is the beginning of a new stage for MGM.
There must be no loss.
So do your best.
Simon and a group of girls are riding in other cars, but they don't connive at the request of these girls to rub the red carpet. They are all big stars. It's not strict to put a group of girls on.
Arrive at the holy citizen hall and enter directly through the back door.
The girls run to take their seats. Simon doesn't walk on the red carpet, but has to take some publicity photos. They come to a media area in the auditorium with Shirley Lansing. After the shooting, they are chatting with Lansing. The big Arnold Schwarzenegger comes with his wife and greets Simon warmly with some flattery.
Simon knows why Schwarzenegger came to the premiere.
It's about the copyright of terminator.
After the failure of evaporation secret order and the whole Hollywood environment, Schwarzenegger thought of restarting the terminator series again in order to avoid the coffee drop.
Simon also agreed to transfer the shooting right after consideration.
This matter was almost settled, however, because Schwarzenegger found a partner who was Disney controlled by Vivendi. A few days ago, the French side made small moves and deliberately reviewed the release of films related to cardanilis entertainment in France. Simon gave a tit for tat and directly shelved the copyright negotiation of terminator.
Now, when things are settled in France, it's time to let go.
"Simon, I really don't want your money. I know you want to push me to the stage to resist the pressure of public opinion. It seems that I can't escape this fate. So in exchange, what do you think of Russia? " The manor in the northern suburb of Greenwich. After lunch, the schedule continues, and Simon is entertaining George Soros. Operations in Southeast Asia have long been planned, and cersei's hedging team is also planning. In order to minimize the operation volume of cersei capital and avoid being targeted by Asian countries, Simon hopes to put part of the capital into Soros' Quantum Fund. The two sides have reached an investment agreement of $3 billion. After all, it's a big customer, and the follow-up of westero system has a different meaning. Soros took the initiative to give a good discount in terms of management fees and commissions. The financial tycoon is just whining. Once upon a time, Soros became the target of the financial turmoil in Southeast Asia. However, to be honest, this hedge fund tycoon was just a shield pushed by the west to attract firepower. There were countless hunting capitals behind this giant. These capitals were crazy to prey on him, dry the blood on his mouth at will, and in a twinkling of an eye, he could jump out as a Savior and enter Southeast Asia again Second harvest. Simon wants to be a "noble" savior. They have just discussed some details of the layout of Southeast Asia. Simon listened to Soros mention Russia, and looked at himself with bright eyes. He rubbed his coffee cup and said, "George, what do you want to know about Russia?" "Political prospects," Soros said, adding, "I know you have been to Russia some time ago, and the westero system has always had various layouts in Russia, but I can't understand what you want to do?" "Political prospects, it is obvious that with our joint efforts, Yeltsin can be re elected this time, and then we can be very happy to privatize Russia's large state-owned enterprises and share interests." Soros felt the banter in Simon's tone, but his expression was more cautious: "Simon, don't you think it's a good idea to permanently eliminate the hidden danger of Russia?" "These are actually two questions, George," Simon said seriously. "Can we do it, and do we need to do it?" "Well?" Simon was just about to continue to speak when a girl in a light pink skirt came over with a pot of coffee. Seeing that they were looking at themselves together, they were a little embarrassed and raised the coffee pot in their hands. Watching the girl add coffee to them, Simon says to the confused Soros, "this is Gemma, Sophia's daughter." Soros naturally knew that Sophia faessy was a little displeased in his face, and immediately turned into a kind man, smiling and nodding to the girl. Simon said to Gemma, "this is Mr. Soros, a great financier." Gemma put down the coffee pot and said, "Hello, Mr. Soros, nice to meet you. Simon and mom have talked about you, the first person to beat the pound." Soros shook hands with the little girl: "Hello, Gemma, you can call me George. And you're beautiful. " "Thank you." After they said hello, Simon said to Gemma, "I'll leave at about four o'clock. Would you like to go to Los Angeles to see the 007 premiere?" Gemma didn't sit down. She looked at Simon and said, "I just came to say hello to you. I don't want to go. Besides, I have homework." "Homework aside, where do beautiful girls need to do their homework, and some other people will go together. You can also bring some small partners and play on the west coast for a few days." "I don't want to. Denny went to summer camp. I can't leave my grandparents and run around." Gemma's expression was slightly affected, but she refused. She leaned over and hugged Simon, said goodbye to Soros, picked up another empty coffee pot and left. When Gemma's figure disappeared, Soros complimented, and then turned the topic to just now: "Simon, the two questions you said?" "Yes, there are two problems," Simon said after sorting out his thoughts. "First of all, Russia has been a powerful country for hundreds of years since the Czarist era, so it means that this country has a deep-rooted powerful gene. It sounds unpredictable, but it can't be ignored. It's doomed that Russia will not fall completely . Moreover, to be more practical, even if the Soviet Union has disintegrated, Russia's inside information is still there, and it is also a nuclear power, so it is difficult to continuously dismember and indirectly control it according to your ideas. " Soros thought a little and said, "Simon, I don't think anything is eternal. How do you know if you don't try?" "That's the second question," Simon continued, taking a sip of his coffee. "Do we have to do this? There is a Chinese saying to the effect that a country in a state of constant vigilance and anxiety is easier to survive. If it lacks enemies and is peaceful and slack for a long time, it may perish at any time. ""I see, Simon, do you want to preserve a strategic opponent like Russia?" "That's right." "Simon, I don't think the United States will ever lack strategic rivals, such as China you just mentioned. In my opinion, Russia is a rather uncertain and dangerous country. " Simon shook his head and said: "times have changed, George. It's not hundreds of years ago, or even decades ago. The world has formed a set of international order that will be quite stable for a long time in the future, so you don't need to think about things according to the thinking of decades ago. Unless the leader of Russia is a madman in the future, the country will certainly comply with the existing international order as much as possible, and even if it violates it, it will be punished accordingly. " Soros thought for a moment and said again, "Simon, I'll stick to my point." Simon nodded with a smile: "of course, you can carry out your plan, and I will also carry out my plan. There is no conflict of interest, even between us, because I will not fight for Russia's state-owned assets in the next few years." Once upon a time, Soros began to bet heavily on Russia after Yeltsin was re elected. At the last secret meeting, Yeltsin's daughter Tatyana talked about the privatized shares of Russian telecom giant that she wanted to give to Simon as a gift. In the original time and space, it was Russian oligarch potanin who was supported by Soros' huge funds. In addition to eating a large number of privatized shares, Soros also bought a large number of Russian government bonds and corporate bonds. It was not until 1998 that Russia's economy bottomed out and even had a rare default on its national debt. As a result, Soros, who had just been in high spirits in Southeast Asia, lost billions of dollars and then failed from Russia. From Simon's point of view, what Soros has done is actually a kind of economic penetration. At the same time, he tries to control Russia's economy and then control the country strategically. Simon is actually doing the same thing. Soros's failure is also a negative case for Simon. The main thing is to do according to one's ability. For big countries, we should not expect absolute control, but strive for more influence step by step. As for Ukraine, a small country doomed to decline, it can only be controlled. After all, a country that has been fooled into abandoning its own martial arts and losing its territory can only be reduced to a standard pawn in the game of great powers. Even if the game is broken, neither side of the game will be serious. Seeing off Soros, Celia Miller, who had returned from Europe, reported to Simon the results of her negotiations with France. The Chirac authorities basically agreed with Simon's request. A senior French military officer who has been working quietly for two years will retire in the near future, and Paris has promised that there will be no more entanglement. At the same time, the Chirac authorities also asked Simon not to support Rwanda to make trouble in the international community and let it go completely. Simon, of course, has no objection. It seems that a good ending has been achieved. In fact, both sides know that it is impossible to end it completely. Just as the French side did not mention the evidence that Simon kept in his hands about the confession of the captured soldiers of the French Advisory Group, because he knew that if he did not come back at all, it would not be in vain. I'll talk about it later. Nothing but you come and I go. After talking about this, Simon and his entourage rushed to Kennedy International Airport by helicopter. The Boeing 767 crew here has been waiting for takeoff. There are others waiting. A few times later, Jerry Hall's daughter, Elizabeth, was already familiar with the subject. It happened that during the summer vacation, some unruly little girl who was used to calling Simon's father took a group of friends to Los Angeles to attend the premiere of 007 ghost party. This time, there are no parents but Jerry hall. It's Jerry Hall who has three children, and then there are a group of familiar girl swindlers, such as the Hilton sisters and the Kardashian sisters, who are chatting with each other. after a little bit, we can see why they can get together. It's obvious that a group of rebellious girls are not very progressive. The picture of smoking in public with the head of a chicken coop as a teenager is very popular, which shows which group of Manhattan she is. But like Sophia's daughter Gemma, or grace's daughter Rita, either obedient, or very progressive, this is not able to play together. When the private plane took off from Kennedy International Airport, the two little children were taken care of by the waitress, and the girls in the middle cabin were told. Jerry hall came to the front cabin and saw Simon sitting on the sofa by the porthole of the living room, turning over a document and looking a little distracted. He sat down on the man's lap, put his arms around his neck and asked, "what are you thinking?" Simon put his hand around the woman's waist, put the folder on the amazing long legs, and said casually, "I wonder why there are no good children to play with. They are all little girls who don't make progress." Jerry hall laughed and said, "Liz and her parents are still young, and they are very good. Liz has opened a channel on the YouTube platform and has more than 600000 fans. Now she doesn't need my pocket money."Simon nodded. Jerry hall glanced at the document in the man's hand. Seeing that Simon didn't seem to care, he looked more and said, "this is Well, are you going to buy the newspaper assets of Hurst group? " The document in hand is an asset sale plan of the Hurst group. In the past two years, the more miserable Hurst family intends to sell another batch of newspapers, and the project is in the charge of Goldman Sachs. And then, naturally, it's in Simon's hands. Shaking his head, Simon said, "just look." Simon has never completely let go of the Hurst group, so he has been staring at it intentionally or unintentionally. With his unique advantage as a prophet, Simon only needs to ensure that the family can not go on the right road, and the decline is inevitable. Just like two years ago, Simon has stripped off all the cable TV assets that the Hurst group later occupied more than half of the family's assets and have long-term growth potential, especially the shares of ESPN. Now, the Hurst family is only confined to the paper media field doomed to decline. Due to the chain reaction brought by the westero system, the decline of Hurst group is faster than that of the print media. For example, the San Francisco Chronicle, the most valuable newspaper of Hurst group, as the second largest newspaper in California after the Los Angeles Times, has begun to fall into a loss and its value has shrunk significantly since 1996. In a few years, even bankruptcy is not impossible. In order to avoid a desperate situation, Simon has not made any big moves. He has been slowly suppressing the situation like a frog in warm water. Even in the end, the Hurst family can still retain considerable assets, enough to maintain a decent life. However, the family will no longer have the kind of media that can even start a war in American society The right to speak. Jerry hall, who is well aware of Simon's entanglement with the Hurst family, didn't ask any more questions. He talked with the man about some recent things. He brooded in his ear and said, "shall we go to the bedroom for four hours?" Four hours is not a long time. When the Boeing 767 landed at Los Angeles International Airport, it was 5 p.m. on the west coast. The red carpet also starts at 5 p.m. for the premiere of 007's ghost party. Simon didn't plan to walk on the red carpet, so he was not in a hurry. Instead, Jerry hall wanted to take this opportunity to show his face, so he was ready on the plane, got off the plane, and went directly to the sacred citizen hall in the center of the city in the extended limousine. The choice of the holy citizen auditorium for the premiere of 007's ghost party, rather than the usual Hollywood Chinese theater, is also a big deal for MGM. This is the beginning of a new stage for MGM. There must be no loss. So do your best. Simon and a group of girls are riding in other cars, but they don't connive at the request of these girls to rub the red carpet. They are all big stars. It's not strict to put a group of girls on. Arrive at the holy citizen hall and enter directly through the back door. The girls run to take their seats. Simon doesn't walk on the red carpet, but has to take some publicity photos. They come to a media area in the auditorium with Shirley Lansing. After the shooting, they are chatting with Lansing. The big Arnold Schwarzenegger comes with his wife and greets Simon warmly with some flattery. Simon knows why Schwarzenegger came to the premiere. It's about the copyright of terminator. After the failure of evaporation secret order and the whole Hollywood environment, Schwarzenegger thought of restarting the terminator series again in order to avoid the coffee drop. Simon also agreed to transfer the shooting right after consideration. This matter was almost settled, however, because Schwarzenegger found a partner who was Disney controlled by Vivendi. A few days ago, the French side made small moves and deliberately reviewed the release of films related to cardanilis entertainment in France. Simon gave a tit for tat and directly shelved the copyright negotiation of terminator. Now, when things are settled in France, it's time to let go.
