Simon looked at the middle-aged man on the sofa next to him. He was indeed as Frank as he predicted, and even a little too frank: "you know, Vladimir, I was still hesitating until the last moment before Boris handed over the position of interim president to you. I hesitated whether my decision was wrong, whether I should choose you, or whether I should change the direction for Russia."
The middle-aged man looked at Simon with a slightly serious expression: "Simon, what made you make the final decision?"
Simon smiled bitterly: "later, after reflection, I think it may be that I lack some adventurous spirit."
The middle-aged man heard the speech and his thoughts flew around. The answer made him a little confused. So he blurted out: "adventurous spirit?"
Simon understands each other's doubts. Of course, middle-aged people can't understand the reason, About Simon's subconscious hope that history is more stable than the familiar trend in his memory: "With regard to Russia, I initially had two ideas: first, to help Russia recover, which can be used to contain the EU that is increasingly inclined to get rid of the United States. Second, to further dismember Russia, and then, as I did in Ukraine at this time, open up another private territory controlled by the Westeros system through continuous infiltration."
At this point, Simon paused a little and noticed the flickering eyes of the middle-aged man, Follow and continue: "The key to the two choices is simply people. The first way is that Boris's successor should not only have excellent ability, but also need some firm position in his heart. At the same time, he must also be a pragmatic person and understand that compromise is needed when necessary. Just like I believe you will not like Boris, but for the sake of the stable transfer of Russian regime and avoiding the internal conflict of senior leaders The amnesty decree was signed after the national unrest caused by the ministerial strife. "
The middle-aged man heard Simon say this, the corners of his mouth moved slightly and his eyes drooped slightly, but he soon came over.
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 retorted, "I won't succeed in the second choice."
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, after experiencing everything in the past decade, he also thought that these two people completely destroyed the Soviet Union. The adjectives of the young tycoon just now, even if they don't account for them, are basically in line with most of them.
Look at the broken Russia. What have they done in just ten years!
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 promise you any excessive demands. I won't help the United States contain Europe as you imagine, and Russia will go its own way in the future."
Unconsciously, middle-aged people still have some emotions in their words.
Simon picked up the coffee in front of him again and motioned to the other party. Gu Zi took a sip, held the cup in his hand, watched the middle-aged man take a few sips of coffee, and then said, "Vladimir, China, you know, I like studying Chinese culture very much. They have a very philosophical saying called 'people can't help themselves in the Jianghu'." Simon directly inserted a perfectly worded Chinese sentence and explained: "it probably means that you are in a social environment. You can't decide what you want to do or don't want to do. Just like the eastward expansion of NATO, the Kosovo war and the sharp decline in crude oil prices last year, just because of the birth of the euro, this series of events followed."
"I understand, Simon, but I will try my best," said the middle-aged man. He didn't want to mention more similar topics. He volunteered: "Simon, why don't we talk about some substantive cooperation topics? Frankly, Russia needs help now. I can also guarantee that you can get enough return if you are willing to invest."
That's why the middle-aged man agreed to this meeting. He is really a very pragmatic man.
Nowadays, Russia is not a country with all kinds of waste waiting for prosperity, because it is full of "waste", and there is no sign of "prosperity". The most critical thing for this country to recover is capital. It happens that someone is the biggest capitalist in the world. Moreover, like China just mentioned by some guy, if we can introduce a number of investment in Westeros system with great fanfare, we can also attract more international capital into Russia.
These are the urgent needs of Russia.
"We are talking about investing millions of dollars in Russia. Of course, I understand that it is more important than Vladimir."
In fact, middle-aged people think that if they are allowed to choose, they still need tens of billions of dollars first. However, since young tycoons say so, he can only be patient and signal someone to continue.
Simon went on: "As I just said, there are some things that a country cannot choose whether it is willing or unwilling. The situation of Russia is doomed from the moment the EU issues the euro. Because the dollar must suppress the euro if it wants to maintain its status. The most direct way to suppress the euro is to undermine the stability of Europe. However, Europe and the United States have been allies for decades. Let's see They are all decent people. It is impossible to do something openly, so they can only launch some villains. "
The middle-aged man's lips moved again and remained silent.
Someone has made it very clear. Obviously, even if Russia doesn't want to be this villain, what did that sentence say just now? People can't help themselves in the Jianghu.
Like Kosovo last year.
Why on earth did the war start?
If you suddenly go to the street and hold some people to ask this question, probably few people can answer it immediately. However, the war broke out and Yugoslavia was forced to become a villain. By analogy, the truth is easy to understand. Even if Russia does not want to be this villain, it will be forced to be this villain as much as possible.
He noticed that the young tycoon began to sip coffee again. The middle-aged man waited for a moment. He couldn't suppress his inner emotion or spoke. His tone was a little gloomy that he would never easily show in front of others: "Simon, why do you have to do this?"