Hollywood Hunter

In the evening, Simon returned from Klebani, northwest of Rivne.

On this day, from the city airport on the southwestern outskirts of Rivni to a paper mill in Klebani, Simon went non-stop to visit the many companies merged by the Westeros system in the Rivne region in the past six months.

In the black Mercedes-Benz, Simon is sitting next to Sergey Komorov, the head of the Aldek company in which Westeros holds 80% of the shares, and a series of Aldek assets in his hand. The list includes food, real estate, clothing, papermaking, building materials, breeding and many other fields.

Moreover, this is only a small part.

For the larger Nokia factory and other industries, Simon will not be handed over to Komorov. Foreign banks that have been established in Rivne will also be remotely controlled by Cersei Capital in New York. In addition, there are media and entertainment assets related to the control of public opinion, and Simon will not let Komorov interfere.

In any case, all these industries add up, and Simon will be able to master all aspects of Rivne Oblast.

There is a Li family city on the other side of the ocean.

In Ukraine, far in the hinterland of Europe, there will be a state named Westeros in the future.

After browsing the list of assets in his hand, Simon glanced out of the car window. The convoy had not yet entered the city of Rivni, so he said to Komorov next to him: "This paper mill in Klebani, directly shut down. Right."

Sergey Komorov could feel that his boss was quite satisfied with today’s itinerary. He didn’t expect that he would suddenly say so. He quickly recalled the details of Simon’s visit to the paper mill and the operating conditions of the factory, and asked carefully. Said: "Boss, is there any problem?"

Simon shook his head: "I know this paper mill still has good profits, but the pollution caused is too serious. Sergey, I am not a harsh environmentalist, but since Rivne Oblast will be us in the future It’s totally worthwhile to make the air in this area better and the water quality clearer within the range that we can fully bear. What do you think?"

Sergey Komorov did not expect this to be the reason. He hesitated and nodded quickly: "No problem, boss."

Simon is very satisfied with Sergey Komorov’s attitude. The key is that he is a very capable person, so he continued: "Whether it is what I saw in person today or what I have observed in the past half year , Sergey, I am very satisfied with the results of your work. Therefore, in the next few years, I will not only dilute your holdings in Aldek, but also transfer an additional 15% of the shares to you. At that time, your shareholding in Aldeco can increase from the current 15% to 30%."

Sergey Komorov was originally just a small business owner in Rivne region with a net worth of only a few hundred thousand U.S. dollars. In less than a year, according to the actual total amount of low-cost acquisitions of this series of enterprises in various ways In terms of value, Komorov's worth has reached tens of millions of dollars with just 15% of the shares at the moment.

In this process, apart from the initial purchase of 10 million US dollars of 80% of Aldek's shares, Simon's subsequent capital injections were given in the form of debt, which also made Komorov more aware of the mind and structure of the young boss. .

Hearing that Simon said that he could increase his shares from 15% to 30%, Komorov confirmed that he did not follow the wrong person.

30% does not seem to be much. Even if it is the 5% of the Delevyanko family, it is quite different from the absolute holding. However, when the Aldek company finally develops, this time the shares may reach hundreds of millions or even billions. Dollar. What's more, Simon rarely comes to Ukraine. In most cases, Komorov is the actual controller of the company.

In a country like Ukraine, with such an asset, even if it does not reach the level of the richest man, it is actually the same.

Thinking about this, Sergey Komorov quickly said: "Thank you, boss, and I assure you that your investment and trust will be repaid enough."

Simon smiled and nodded, then looked at the list in his hand, and said, "I know that Rivne Oblast has very rich forestry resources. After that paper mill is closed, you can try to transform it into a higher level of furniture than wood processing. Factory, do you know IKEA in Sweden?"

Sergey Komorov nodded.

Simon said: “As a global furniture retail chain, IKEA itself does not produce furniture directly, but mainly purchases from Eastern Europe. Of course, many other similar chains are like this. You can try to contact these companies. Step by step becomes their product factory. However, foundries are usually the least profitable link at the bottom of the industry chain. If you want to get higher income, it is best to create your own brand."

Sergey Komorov nodded slightly. As a top student who once graduated from Kiev University majoring in economics, he certainly knew this, but he couldn't help but said: "Simon, do you think Ukraine may develop a global furniture company. Brand?"

Simon paused before realizing it.

This question is very similar to China in memory.

As the world's factory, China OEM products for almost all world-renowned brands, but until many years later, many global national brands have not been developed.

The reason is very complicated, and it is not clear in a few words.

After thinking about it, Simon said: “For consumers in developed countries, it is really difficult for consumers in developing countries to get rid of the low-end and low-quality impression label, but this is not absolute. For example, Ukrainians, overseas consumers may feel this. Bian’s products are low-end, but to put it another way, far from the industrial areas of Western Europe, our products can be more environmentally friendly, which will become an advantage. Product quality control and corporate branding are not things that can be accomplished overnight, but as long as Do it seriously, I believe consumers will recognize our products sooner or later."

Sergey Komorov thoughtfully, then said after a moment: "I will try it seriously."

Simon only thought that Komorov had listened to what he said, but he did not expect that many years later, in Ukraine's Rivne region, another global home furnishing giant with a scale larger than IKEA emerged.

In the car at this time, after talking about this topic, Simon's thoughts quickly moved to the next one, marked another item on the list in his hand, and said: "There is also real estate, Sergey, since you are studying economics, you must know a lot. The real estate bubble in developed countries. In my opinion, if Rivne State develops in the future, Rivni will inevitably have a real estate bubble phenomenon. Because of huge profits, the real estate industry is also inevitable to **** blood from the physical industry. We cannot let others take our The fruits of labor are taken away, so what you have to do is to hoard plots in advance. In the short term, the real estate industry will only be the fringe business of Aldek, but after five years or ten years, as long as the economy prospers, I want you to make sure that we have sufficient reserves of prime plots in downtown Rivne for the development of real estate and harvest the most profitable plot."

Sergei Komorov obviously couldn't think of Simon's other deeper layout of the real estate industry. He just felt that his boss made a lot of sense again.

Can't help being curious.

How did this young man, who will only be 27 years old next month, accumulate such a wealth of knowledge?

Not to mention other things, just the fluency of Russian every time he communicated with him, which surprised Komorov.

The two chatted like this. The convoy entered the city of Rivni and just arrived at the south villa. Simon saw at a glance a tall girl pushing a bicycle at the gate of this mansion and confronting the two villa bodyguards. The bodyguard seemed to be driving the girl away. , The girl was determined not to leave, and even put one hand on the street light pole beside the road, resolutely resisting.

Seeing the three cars approaching, the confrontation stopped for a while. One of the bodyguards ran to the door, while the other stood in front of the girl, his expression still a little worried.

Simon didn't intend to pay any attention. The convoy was about to drive directly into the mansion. Unexpectedly, the girl who was blocked by the bodyguard suddenly rushed out and cleverly threw himself on the hood of Simon's car in the middle of the three cars. A pair of light-colored His eyes were shiningly looking in from the front windshield, but it was a pity that the driver's seat and rear row were blocked, and the people behind could not be seen.

On weekdays, he pays great attention to personal safety. Simon will not come forward because of a girl who seems to be very beautiful and harmless.

Seeing the girl blocking the car, the bodyguard was no longer polite, and quickly stepped forward to pull the girl away. The bodyguard in the car behind Simon's car also quickly got out of the car, helping to stop the girl easily. When Simon's car entered the door, only the girl yelled towards him with a grieved expression.

Komorov also watched all this, remembered one thing, and tentatively said: "Boss, there are only three girls left here, do you want me to pick some more for you?"

Simon shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't do this kind of thing in the future. You should concentrate on the company's business. Also, if you like beautiful girls, I actually prefer to find them myself."

Komorov responded and stopped superfluous.

Simon said again: "By the way, the song and dance hall opened by Pavlenko, you recently took over and reopened it."

The Pavlenko family, one of the six girls behind the scenes, was cleaned up by Simon some time ago, and the song and dance hall that the other party embezzled funds from Simon to open in downtown Rivni was temporarily closed.

Komorov is a little puzzled about this. As an industrialist, he doesn't pay much attention to this matter, but he doesn't know how profitable a dance hall can be.

Simon knew it.

No matter how the country declines, people always need entertainment.

In the 1990s in my memory, some of the dance halls in the big cities in China can definitely be described as daily Jindoujin. Some large discos can even bring in hundreds of millions of yuan a year.

On the Rivne side, as the city develops rapidly under the support of the Westeros system, people's demand for entertainment will also increase significantly, and profits will also be very lucrative at that time.

Of course, this type of entertainment venue, because it touches many edge areas, not just anyone can open it.

This is true in any country.

First of all, there must be a background.

In Rivne, this problem is not a problem at all for the Westeros system.

The bodyguard pulled the car door, and after the two got off the car, Simon said, "Let’s go here today. You can go back first. You can find out about the dance hall by yourself. No city can avoid this kind of occasion, I will let you To do it, I just hope to be more formal and not to have too many smoky things."

Sergey Komorov agreed, said goodbye to Simon, and returned to the car under his sign. Simon's driver would take him home.

When Komorov left, and before Simon asked, Ken Dixon smiled and said, "The girl outside, she said is Miss Besonoskova's sister, come look for her sister."

After pestering Simon for two consecutive nights, Eve was embarrassed to continue staying at the villa today. It happened that Simon was building a hot spring manor in the mountains and forests more than 30 kilometers north of Rivne, so the girl went over to check the progress of the project today. Rivne Region has fairly rich hot spring resources, perhaps not as famous as some hot spring spots in other European countries, but after professional testing, the quality is not bad at all.

In addition to keeping the best springs for himself to build a hot spring manor, Simon also plans to build a hot spring resort with a military theme park.

There is not much tourism development value in Rivne Region.

However, with the completion of a series of facilities such as military theme parks, natural hunting grounds with active northern beasts, and hot spring resorts, they basically have considerable tourism resources, and they will mainly face lucrative overseas customers.

Hearing that it was Eve's younger sister, Simon walked into the villa and asked with a smile, "Have you confirmed your identity?"

The team around Simon has detailed files, including family files.

Ken Dixon nodded: "I just checked it. It's true. The name is Lyudmila." After a pause, Dixon laughed again: "The other members of the Besonoskov family have very good personalities. Girl, an exception, very...a naughty girl..."

Simon came to the door of the villa, heard Dixon say this, and smiled: "Let her come in."

Ken Dixon didn't follow up the door, he promised at the door of the villa, and walked back.

Girl A and Celia, who had just sat in the car in front, were waiting in the living room. Hearing what Simon said, Girl A turned upstairs casually. Seeing this, Celia blinked at Simon. , Also simply turned and walked away.

The three girls, Ekaterina, who greeted Simone home, didn't dare to make little emotions like Girl A. They stepped forward to help Simon take off the thick coat, and asked the man what he wanted to drink, and then turned to prepare.

Simon came to a living room next to the living room and just sat down. The tall and thin girl with furry white fur walked in under the guidance of Evgenia. The girl looked well-behaved on the surface, but she was just shallow. Luscious eyes were turning around, it was really obvious.

Simon motioned to the girl to sit down on the opposite sofa. Ekaterina brought coffee. Just as he was about to leave, the phone in the living room rang.

The girls and servants in the villa have their own lines, and the only way to call this room is to find the master's house.

Ekaterina took the microphone over to Simon, but couldn't help but glance at Lyudmila when she left, with hostility in her eyes.

Simon gestured to Lyudmila casually, and said hello to the other side of the phone, it turned out to be Sophia Fessy.

The woman is now in England.

At the beginning of the new year, Melisandre quickly launched a new round of acquisitions. This time the target is Burberry, the veteran British top fashion brand. This luxury company has a well-known unique product style and will not compete with Melisandre. Brands such as Gucci and Versace have formed too obvious competition, so they are good merger targets.

I thought the woman was calling to talk about Burberry. However, after just chatting a few words, Simon couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

Sophia did not talk about the ongoing acquisition, but about the checkup she had just done this afternoon.

Counting from the end of November last year, Sophia has been pregnant with the little guy for two months. Today, after an examination at a private hospital in London with a good confidentiality, it turned out that there were not one but two little guys in the woman's belly. twin.