Hollywood Hunter

Simon looked at the middle-aged man on the sofa next to him, and he was as frank as he predicted, even a little too frank: "You know, Vladimir, until the last moment before Boris handed over the temporary presidential position to you, I am still hesitating, whether my decision is wrong, whether I should choose you, or, more importantly, I should change Russia's direction."

The middle-aged man looked at Simon with a slightly serious expression: "Simon, then, what made you make the final decision?"

Simon smiled wryly: "After thinking about it, I think it might be that I lack some adventurous spirit."

When the middle-aged man heard the words, his thoughts raced, and this answer made him a little puzzled. So he blurted out: "Spirit of adventure?"

Simon understands the other party's doubts very well. Of course, it is impossible for middle-aged people to understand the reason. Regarding Simon's previous subconscious hope that history would be more biased towards the familiar trend in memory: "About Russia, I initially had two ideas: the first , to rehabilitate Russia, which can be used to contain the European Union, which is increasingly inclined to get rid of the United States. Second, to further dismember Russia, and then, as I am doing in Ukraine at this time, through continued infiltration, open up Another private domain controlled by the Westeros system."

Speaking of this, Simon paused for a moment, noticed the slightly flickering eyes of the middle-aged man, and continued: "The key to the two choices is very simple, and it is people. In the first way, Boris' successor must be outstanding. He also needs a firm position in his heart, and at the same time, he must be a pragmatic person who understands that compromises are needed when necessary. Just like... I believe you definitely don’t like Boris, but for the stability of the Russian regime’s handover , in order to prevent the top leaders from causing national turmoil due to internal strife, they still signed the amnesty decree."

When the middle-aged man heard Simon say this, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, his eyes drooped slightly, but he quickly greeted him.

Simon didn't wait for the other party to say anything, and continued: "The second way is to push a mediocre, selfish person who doesn't have a firm position in his heart, then I will soon get a puppet."

The middle-aged man finally spoke, and retorted softly: "Simon, the second choice, I believe you will not succeed so easily."

Simon shook his head slightly: "No, it's easy, Vladimir, in my opinion, Gorbachev, and Yeltsin are all such people."

Hearing these two names, the middle-aged man was speechless for a moment.

Indeed, for the middle-aged man, having experienced everything in the past ten years, he also believes that these two people completely destroyed the Soviet Union. As for the few adjectives of the young tycoon just now, even if these two people did not account for all of them, they basically fit most of them.

Look at the broken Russia now, what have they done in just ten years!

As his heart fluctuated, the middle-aged man's face became more and more calm: "Simon, since you have made the first choice, I think you should also understand that I can't...I can't agree to any excessive demands of you. I won't do that either." As you imagined, helping the United States to contain Europe, Russia will go its own way in the future."

Unknowingly, there are still some emotions in the words of the middle-aged man.

Simon picked up the coffee in front of him again, and motioned to the other party. After taking a sip, he held the cup in his hand, watched the middle-aged man take a few sips of coffee, and then continued: "Vladimir , over there in China... Oh, you know, I like to study Chinese culture very much, and there is a very philosophical saying there, which is called 'people are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves'." Simon directly inserted a sentence in Chinese with a perfect accent , Then explained: "It probably means that you are in a social environment, what you want to do, what you don't want to do, and many times you can't decide by yourself. Just like last year's NATO expansion, the Kosovo war and the sharp drop in crude oil prices , just because of the birth of the euro, this series of events followed.”

"I understand, Simon, but I will try my best." The middle-aged man said, not wanting to bring up similar topics too much, and said proactively: "Simon, why don't we talk about some substantive cooperation topics? Frankly speaking, Russia needs help now. I can also guarantee that if you are willing to invest, you can get enough returns."

This is the reason why the middle-aged man agreed to this meeting. He is indeed a very pragmatic person.

In today's Russia, a thousand wastes are waiting to be revived, because the eyes are full of "waste", and there is no sign of "prosperity" at all, and the most critical thing for this country to recover is capital. It just so happens that someone is the biggest capitalist in the world. Moreover, as China just mentioned by a guy, if a batch of investment from the Westeros system can be introduced with great fanfare, more international capital can be attracted to Russia.

These are the urgency of Russia at present.

Of course Simon understood, but shook his head: "Vladimir, what we are discussing is a very substantive issue, which is more important than me simply investing tens of billions of dollars in Russia."

The middle-aged man actually thinks that if he is given a choice, he still needs tens of billions of dollars first. However, since the young tycoon said so, he could only hold back his temper and signal someone to continue.

Simon then continued: "As I just said, some things cannot be chosen by a country whether it is willing or unwilling. Russia's situation has been doomed since the moment the European Union issued the euro. Because the US dollar must maintain its own status, The euro must be suppressed. The most direct way to suppress the euro is to destabilize Europe. However, Europe and the United States have been allies for decades, and everyone is a decent person. It is impossible to do certain things clearly, so we can only launch some villain."

The middle-aged man's lips moved again, but he remained silent.

Someone has made it very clear, obviously, even if Russia does not want to

Be the villain, but, as the sentence just said, people are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves.

Like Kosovo last year.

Why did that war start?

If you suddenly stopped some people on the street to ask this question, probably very few people would be able to answer it right away. However, the war broke out just like that, and Yugoslavia was forced to become a villain. By analogy, the reason is easy to understand. Even if Russia doesn't want to be the villain, most likely, it will be forced to be the villain.

Noticing that the young tycoon started to sip coffee again, the middle-aged man waited for a while, but after all he couldn't suppress his inner emotions, he still spoke, with a bit of sadness in his tone that he would never easily reveal in front of others: "Simon, why must How about this?"