Chapter 612

After a while, Janet whispered, "Simon, would you like to turn off the live broadcast of your little vases in advance? It's getting more lively recently?"

Recently, the media and political circles have attacked Simon's luxurious life and appealed to him to curb his wealth. The most cited is the Uyghur waitress he has cultivated all over the world like a princess. The London girls' team, which is still broadcasting live on the Internet, is undoubtedly the most intuitive evidence.

Simon shook his head and said, "it's none of the business, or it'll make me feel guilty. Since they think my life is like a king, I'm going to get everyone used to it

These days, Janet is mainly integrating the public relations team of westrow system, making a unified response to all kinds of queries and attacks from the media and political circles, and closing the live broadcast ahead of time is also the suggestion put forward by the public relations team to Janet. Seeing Simon's refusal, Janet didn't insist. She looked at her man with bright eyes: "what shall we do next?"

Simon said, "I've been watching a play called broken arrow recently."

Janet blinked, waiting for Simon to continue.

Simon gently pulls the woman up from the sofa. They go to a wall in the study. Here is a map of the world that has just been hung up in recent days.

"Broken arrow" is a special military code of the U.S. military, which means the accidental loss of nuclear weapons. "Simon came to the map and explained briefly. He picked up a fountain pen from the storage rack nearby, drew a circle on a country in Eastern Europe, and then said," you know, I'm not a conspiracy theorist. Most of the time, many things happen in the world Because it may be very simple and crude. Similarly, I have never relaxed my guard against the world. We now have 200 billion US dollars, which is the total wealth of many small countries. If I really die suddenly, it's just more than half of the inheritance tax, which is a feast for many people. "

After listening to Simon's introduction of the meaning of "broken arrow", Janet probably realized something. When the man circled the country in Eastern Europe called "Ukraine" and the subsequent explanation, the woman fully understood Simon's intention.

The collapse of the Soviet Union has made the whole of Eastern Europe a paradise for careerists, speculators and arms dealers in recent years.

The last one is that the collapse of the Soviet Union led to the general collapse of the economy in Eastern Europe, and all countries in Eastern Europe could no longer support the original size of the military. The huge amount of military equipment left over from the former Soviet era to compete with the United States was sold by all military members, from generals to soldiers.

Now in the former Soviet Union, if you want guns and ammunition, it's not a business. A few pieces of bread can be exchanged for a good big fire rifle. Armored vehicles, tanks, submarines, destroyers and even giant aircraft carriers, as long as you pay and dare to accept them, you can drive back to your home.

Among the many arms transactions, the most sensitive one is undoubtedly nuclear weapons.

Simon remembers that in the early days of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine, as a member of the Soviet Union, deployed more than 2800 nuclear warheads. Ukraine chose to abandon its nuclear weapons under the guise of European and American countries, and handed over all its nuclear weapons to Russia for storage or destruction from 1992 to 1996.

However, in the process, more than 250 nuclear warheads disappeared!

After several years of delay, the news was finally disclosed, shocking the world.

After investigation, most of these nuclear warheads were secretly purchased by countries all over the world, including terrorist organizations in the Middle East. Therefore, the plot of action heroes in Hollywood movies to prevent terrorists from detonating nuclear bombs again and again is not completely fictitious. It's just to avoid panic. Similar incidents are often tightly blocked by the government authorities.

Simon explained, felt Janet gently take his arm, looked at her, asked a woman just the same question: "are you afraid?"

Janet's white face was flushed, not with fear, but with excitement: "not afraid."

Women understand that their men are going to forge a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of many people who covet the wealth of the Westeros.

If there is another assassination like last week's, if it is really successful, if it is found that some people are plotting for the wealth of the Westeros, then the slender horsehair that binds the sword of Damocles will break.

Janet is more aware of that.

If the last thing to see happens, she is likely to be the "executor" who cuts off the hanging mane.

Thinking of this, Janet didn't feel guilty. When she was a little girl, she thought the world was too boring. She even wanted to destroy the world.

Now, maybe this is my destiny.

Destiny!

He wants to rule the world and be a king. If someone covets everything he has, or even hurts him, she will help him destroy the world.

Simon just continued, pointing to Ukraine, which has just been circled by himself: "there are more than 2800 nuclear warheads here, most of which have been handed over to Russia, but at least half of them are still in this country. We have about two years to run this thing."Janet also raised her hand to Tasmania, in southern Australia, where Simon continued to buy land: "and hide here?"

"Of course not, this is also our home at the end of the world, and it may be very troublesome if found out," Simon said, sliding his finger from Eastern Europe all the way down to the vast Africa. "This is a continent that is habitually forgotten, and compared with other continents in the world, Africa will only be in a state of long-term war for a long time to come My plan is to run a country here. "

In the 1990s, with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, many people always think that the world has gradually moved towards peace.

This is not the case.

Because in Africa, where people are habitually forgotten, there are chaotic Somalia, the Rwanda massacre in which nearly a million civilians died, the Congo civil war in which more than 3 million people died for 10 years, Zimbabwe in which the economy has been collapsing for a long time, the division of North and South Sudan, the civil war in Angola for 27 years, and so on.

All this happened after the 1990s when the so-called "civilized world" believed that the world had moved towards peace.

Since all countries in the world can support or overthrow one regime after another in Africa for their own interests or even pure influence, the westero system can, of course.

Janet was obviously interested. She released Simon's arm and got closer to the map of the world. She sketched around Africa for a moment. Women didn't care much about Africa in the past. She only knew that the family owned a lot of mining assets in some African countries. Her father used to go hunting in Africa with some friends every year.

However, without much information, Janet points to the Central African region for a moment: "this is the best place, right?"

Simon nodded.

North Africa has oil interests and borders on Europe, where the Westeros cannot take root. Southern Africa, especially South Africa, is not suitable for many people to stare at.

Therefore, Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania are suitable for the Central African region. Even though various resources and mineral deposits are still abundant, due to the sky high and the emperor far away, the comprehensive cost is not worth the loss. Especially for the inland countries, the world's major powers do not have much interest here.

The reason why the Rwanda massacre was ignored by the whole international community lies in this.

Janet selects the location and looks at Simon again.

Simon put his arm around the woman's waist and nodded his other hand in Eastern Europe and Latin America, saying: "after the collapse of the Soviet Union, in addition to a large number of top weapons and equipment, millions of elite soldiers were forced to retire. Civil wars in Latin America, Colombia and other countries have lasted for decades, and there are also many elite soldiers. We can recruit from these two places After confirming the African base, the local army can also be recruited. In a region like Africa, with 10000 people and elite troops equipped with the most top-level equipment, even if it is impossible to establish a political power, it can also become a major warlord influencing the political trend of a country. "

Janet said, "then we can hide our sword of Damocles here."

Simon nodded, "that's right."

Janet thought about it and said, "how much do we need to spend every year for 10000 people?"

"Money doesn't matter at all," Simon pointed to a small corner of the world map. "Israel's defense budget last year was only $5.3 billion, but it can fight against the whole Middle East. Such a sum of money is only available to the westero system now. "

Janet has no objection to that.

If necessary, the westrow system can now raise more than $5 billion a year in cash.

Then I realized that money was really the least of the problems for the westero system. The most important point is how to make such a "violent machine" in Africa continue to be used by the Westeros loyally, and even whether it will cause pressure and rebound from the local and even the international community.

Simon actually thought about it.

At the same time, the purpose of recruiting soldiers in Eastern Europe, Latin America and Africa is to divide and balance, so as to prevent an ambitious from getting rid of the control of the westero system and becoming king. There are many things like Africa, including the spokesmen trained by European and American countries, who are often not so obedient after their wings are full.

Moreover, this kind of consideration is the primary planning.

Now the situation is, the idea is there, but Simon can't find anyone to trust to carry out these.

In the final analysis, the foundation of the Westeros is too shallow.

Janet also thought of this very quickly. She took the man's arm again, put her head on Simon's shoulder, and said, "I'll go back to Melbourne recently. In fact, in order to protect overseas mines and shipping ships, there are mercenaries at home, otherwise my father would not go hunting in Africa often. But I didn't care about it before, and the quantity seems to be small. "

Simon nodded. That's what he thought.

If you want to finish your chance in a relatively short period of time, you can only rely on the Johnston family.Before they met with each other, the Johnston family's wealth was not obvious, but it was a super rich family with a billion level. What's more, it was an old family with a history of 100 years. The accumulation of network resources in all aspects was far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Simon had previously built the intelligence team of the Westeros, which Raymond Johnston himself helped to identify.

This time, it can only be so.

Simon was not surprised that Janet said the johnstons had a mercenary team.

The world is far less peaceful than ordinary people think.

The Johnston family's overseas mines, especially those in Africa, must have their own armed forces if they want to maintain their normal operation and not be attacked by rebel mobs. The same is true for shipping. Many important shipping routes in the world are still infested by a large number of pirates at this stage. If there is no self-defense force, a ship may be gone.

"Now that you're back, take Jennie and the three children with you." just as Janet didn't want to leave, Simon mentioned it again, and the woman agreed. Simon then said, "one more thing, when you go to Melbourne, find out where to build a vault."

Janet wondered, "what's the use of treasury?"

Simon said, "I'm going to buy gold, a lot of gold."

The recent trends of the media and politicians in North America have aroused Simon's strong vigilance. The West may have a common idea that private property is sacrosanct, but it would be silly to believe that. "Plunder" is an instinct rooted in the deepest part of all biological genes. The United States can plunder other people's resources and interests on a global scale. When necessary, it has never said that it cannot plunder its own people.

In this case, Simon needs to give himself some security in advance, including security in the event of some of the most undesirable situations.

For the world, the strongest guarantee is not only powerful enough violence machine, but also wealth.

Therefore, in addition to building a defensive "sword of Damocles" for the Westeros, Simon also plans to continue to store a huge amount of wealth in a safe place.

There are many kinds of wealth.

In Simon's view, the paper currency issued by various countries in the world is undoubtedly the most unreliable kind of wealth. Stocks, land, real estate and so on lack flexibility, and even can be easily banned by the government authorities at some times.

Relatively speaking, gold is undoubtedly the most common and solid wealth in human society.

No matter how countries that have broken away from the gold standard depreciate the value of gold, gold is absolutely worthy of its position as the "king of money". In almost all countries of the world, as long as there are signs of economic crisis or social unrest, people with a keen sense of smell will always think of buying gold as soon as possible. When the international situation is tense, the first thing that some countries think of is to transport their own gold stored overseas as soon as possible.

Gold has been the most common safe haven currency since ancient times, and for many years to come in Simon's memory.

As a result, Simon intends to convert the additional funds gradually remaining in the westrow system into physical gold from now on.

Hearing Simon's plan to buy a lot of gold, Janet just blinked a few eyes and nodded directly. Then she suggested, "it can be built in Tasmania. It's our private property. Well, the original underground shelter is very suitable."

Simon said: "Melbourne is OK. The storage location is too remote to be safe. We can't always have a security team there. If there is no one to guard, no matter how strong the fortress is, it will not be able to stop those who want to

"In this case, we are planning to build a professional vault on the fourth floor of the underground westrow building in Manhattan. It's OK to store hundreds of tons of gold," Janet said. Before Simon objected, she responded and shook her head. "Well, it can't be placed in the United States."

Simon smiles and is about to say something when someone knocks on the door of his study.

"Just a moment."

Simon raised his voice and said, looking at the world map of Ukraine marked by black ink pen in front of him, he reached out and took down the map and rolled it up. Then he told the people outside the door to come in. In the plan just made, any trace that can be caught by others is not suitable for us to stay. We can only communicate with the most trusted people through words.

It's girl a who pushes the door.

After Allison entered the room, she subconsciously looked at the Simon and his wife who were standing by the wall of the study. They were both in good condition, and there was no sign of absurdity. Realizing that she had just wanted to make a mistake, Allison narrowed her eyes slightly and said in a low voice, "boss, madam, lady Veronica asked me to come over and ask what I'm going to eat for dinner?"

Simon doesn't care about it. He pats Janet on the waist to indicate that she can arrange dinner. He goes to the shredder in the study and sees with his own eyes that the map of the world just turned into pieces of irreparable fragments smaller than rice grains in the special shredder. Then he leaves the study.