Hollywood Hunter

"Why? Because this is the real world, a very bad world." Simon's tone also showed a bit of loneliness: "Vladimir, you know, my best fantasy for this world is that all countries give up their disputes, Everyone spends all the money used to develop weapons and train the army, focus on developing technology, continuously improve productivity, and continue to optimize social distribution, so that everyone can live a better life. At the same time, if there is any extra surplus, it will be invested in the sea of ​​stars above our heads , to explore the broader future of mankind. Unfortunately, these are destined to be nothing but fantasies. But the reality is, heh, I just participated in the Cannes Film Festival, and one of the things that filmmakers like to discuss most is the so-called complex human nature. Human nature is Complicated, arrogance, jealousy, laziness, greed, etc., etc., it is destined that our world cannot be so beautiful. In this case, if we are unwilling to escape, or cannot escape, we can only face the reality."

The middle-aged man was silent again.

Simon continued: "The reality is that we have to make trade-offs and make choices. In recent years, I have been wandering between different choices, and gradually cleared up my final direction. My personal choice is, since I can't To make the whole world a better place, then be a selfish person and make everything better that you can influence. Besides, if I have spare energy, I will do more for the world, because this It is also a reality that we live on this planet after all, and even if we leave in the future, our children need to continue to live on this planet."

The middle-aged man took the initiative to talk this time, and he was precise: "The 3G plan?"

"That's right," Simon believed that the other party already knew a lot, so he didn't repeat the details. Instead, he looked at the middle-aged man again and said, "Next, regarding Russia, since this is not a beautiful world, everyone is destined to be unable to win together. To be zero-sum, someone needs to make sacrifices. The Commonwealth is the foundation of the Westeros system, and I cannot let it be sacrificed. Russia is your motherland, and I think you are not willing to do so. So, Europe, to be precise, Western Europe , is a very good choice.”

Sacrifice Western Europe? !

Because of what Simon said just now, even if the middle-aged man had a slight premonition, he was still shocked.

It is conceivable that if today's conversation spreads out, it will definitely cause an uproar in the Western world. Because the person who said these words was not some ignorant child, nor a cynical and rebellious teenager, but Simon Westeros, the richest man in the world, and no one can deny that the huge amount of personal assets , It also means that the other party has a powerful power no less than that of any head of state in this world. Then, when the other party said that he wanted to sacrifice Western Europe, he was really capable of trying, and even realized it in the end. And definitely not a joke.

Simon still looked at the middle-aged man with changing expressions, and seeing that he was silent, he smiled again and said, "Actually, Vladimir, I have noticed that you are actively contacting Blair, and German Chancellor Shi Rhodes, you hope to reach a settlement with Western Europe as soon as possible after last year's war. This is indeed in Russia's current interests. Even if Russia can fully integrate into Europe and realize true European integration, then, relying on the economic foundation of Western Europe And Russia's military strength, the world will immediately turn from one superpower to two poles. The problem is that, counting from Peter the Great, Russia has never given up trying to integrate into Europe for hundreds of years. The reality is that Europe has never really embraced Russia either. Given that, do you think you have even a 1% chance of succeeding in this more complicated international environment?"

Simon once again picked up a fact that middle-aged people are unwilling to admit and have to admit, but this time he quickly said: "Simon, Europe is not willing to accept Russia, so is the United States willing?"

Simon shook his head without any pretense, "It's also impossible."

The middle-aged man said: "In this case, Russia is an enemy of Western Europe according to your wishes, and the United States is still an ally of Western Europe on the surface. Then, if I do this, my country will only gain two powerful enemies."

"There are no permanent enemies between countries, only permanent interests." Simon said, shaking his head and laughing: "I can't tell who said this, but this is reality. Speaking of it, recently For the past few days, I've been reading Brzezinski's "The Grand Chess Game", in which the geostrategic guru lays out a worst geopolitical situation for the West, Russia, China and Iran , the three geopolitical powers in their respective regions finally came together under the pressure of a series of wrong policies of the West. Once this happens, it will bring a fundamental threat to the world structure that has been dominated by the West for hundreds of years. Vladimir, you Do you think it's possible for this to happen now that Brzezinski has raised the alarm?"

The middle-aged man hesitated slightly, with a relaxed tone: "Simon, since you have seen it, I think you will definitely not allow this to happen, right?"

Simon shook his head, and gave an answer that surprised the middle-aged man again: "Brzezinski is considering how to maintain the hegemony of the Federation for a longer time from the standpoint of the United States, but I don't care too much about it. History has already It has been proved countless times that no country can be strong forever, and my expectation of the future of the federation is more pessimistic than all of you imagine. Therefore, for this question, I consider another point: why? What kind of premise will you keep making mistakes, so that three countries that should never be united are twisted together, Vladimir, what do you think is the reason?"

The middle-aged man thought about it for a while and said, "Unless the West encounters a crisis that it cannot solve by itself and has to transfer it to the outside world. Moreover, I think that if this happened, the international situation should be very bad, and it may even reach the point of another world war." edge."

Passing on the crisis is the talent of any politician

Skills, not to mention smart people like Vladimir.

"That's right," Simon also nodded: "However, there are many kinds of crises, political crises, or economic crises. Political crises are difficult to achieve a certain effect, because it is impossible for Western countries to have political crises together. Then, we can only It is an economic crisis, and it is the kind of global economic crisis before the two world wars. Over the years, many people have said that the world order has been fixed and history has come to an end. I never think so. The natural defects of the capitalist system It has been proven repeatedly over the years. Let alone this century, the two world wars were caused by the outbreak of economic crises in various capitalist countries, in order to divert conflicts and provoke wars, which ultimately brought huge trauma to the human world. In the second half of the 20th century, the United States and the Soviet Union struggled for hegemony. Although the world has been shrouded in the cloud of nuclear war for a long time, it has maintained relative peace for half a century. War has a depressing effect, Vladimir, do you think so?"

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ps: There will be a chapter later.