Chapter 688

Simon quietly left the United States in mid August and flew to Europe. His first stop was Ukraine.

A series of events triggered by the Rwanda massacre in the first half of the year have begun to be forgotten by the public, and the layout of the westero system in terms of private military power is still in close progress.

The first 3000 Ukrainian mercenaries went through several wars, and all the surviving soldiers have become the legitimate private forces of the westero system. Through the addition in recent months, the total number of soldiers registered under the name of "Ukrainian front line military service company" has exceeded 5000, of which 2500 are stationed in Rwanda according to the original agreement, and the other 2500 are left in Ukraine as replacement.

The headquarters of Ukrainian front line military service company (ufms) is located in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. However, its military base is located in the state of Rovno in the northwest of Ukraine, which is far away from Kiev. This is a very backward state in Ukraine. The whole state of Rovno has only 1.1 million people, mainly in agriculture and animal husbandry.

Because of the "sword of Damocles" project of the Westeros, the infiltration of the Westeros system into Ukraine began at the beginning of the year.

The Rwanda war in April unexpectedly accelerated the layout rhythm of the vistro system in Ukraine. Through recruitment and arms procurement, the vistro system established contact with the Ukrainian military.

At the same time, at the critical moment of another regime change in Ukraine, the vistro system successfully opened up the high-level contacts of Ukraine when Kuchi ascended the presidency in the next month by sparing no effort to support the former Prime Minister Leon Kuchma in the previous few months.

Leon Kuchma has been in charge of Ukraine for ten years in my memory. The external evaluation of Kuchma is that through the neutral foreign policy between the West and Russia, the domestic economy began to rebound and the politics tended to be stable.

On the surface, it seems so.

However, the reality is that Leon Kuchma contributed to the situation of Ukrainian oligarchs.

Similar to the "St. Petersburg Gang" in Russia, Leon kutchi first brought the rise of the "petrovsk Gang". In the past ten years around the new millennium, Ukraine's politics and economy were basically controlled by politicians and businessmen from petrovsk state in central Ukraine, the well-known "natural gas Princess" Yulia Tymoshenko At first, he was a member of the petrovsk gang.

A few months ago, Leon Kuchma, who was still in the sprint stage of the election, suggested that the westero system could set up the military base of ufms in petrovsk. Simon was also moved and finally refused.

Keeping in touch with political forces is a necessary condition for the vestro system to take root in Ukraine.

However, Simon does not want to tie the westero system too closely with the petrovsk gang. The petrovsk Gang is not without enemies, and there are many, even full of internal strife. Yulia Tymoshenko later stood on the opposite side of Kuchma.

If they are too tightly bound with each other, they will inevitably suffer in the political struggle in the future.

As it happens, the leader of Ukrainian mercenaries, Kerim jelevyanko, is from the state of Rovno. Moreover, since he was promoted to the rank of Soviet Colonel when he was less than 30 years old, he is only one step away from the rank of general. Apart from his own ability, jelevyanko has no background. Jelevyanko's family has a deep foundation in the state of Rovno.

In order to penetrate Ukraine, the vistro system must choose its spokesperson in this country, and the jelevyanko family and related forces are the best candidates.

Simon arrived in Ukraine on August 16. First of all, he visited the dock.

After a three-day stay in Kiev, he had a low-key meeting with the newly appointed Leon Kuchma and other senior officials, attended a series of banquets and wineries, and then came to the state of Rovno.

Ufms military base is located in the mountains and hills about 60 kilometers north of Rovno state, far away from the crowd, covering an area of 35 hectares. Moreover, compared with the Ohio base in the United States, all the equipment here is ready-made, because the base is originally a former Soviet army camp.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the large-scale disarmament of Ukraine, this camp was left vacant.

At the present stage, Ukraine's land policy is still conservative. However, through the operation of the vistro system, ufms has acquired the ownership of this military base and the surrounding 150 hectares of mountains and hills, and has purchased a large number of military equipment including guns, tanks and helicopters for military training.

Simon was walking in this private area.

There were many people around him, but only three of them were able to walk beside him. This time, Celia Miller, personal military assistant, Klim jelevyanko, who had been appointed president of ufms, and Sergei komorov, another man with black hair, were accompanying him.

Sergei komorov is the chosen business spokesperson for the westero system.

This 36 year old middle-aged man is three years older than jereevyanko. He is only 1.7 meters tall. He is also a little thin and has a very mediocre appearance. However, Sergei komorov is a top student in the Economics Department of Kiev University. During the Gorbachev reform period in the former Soviet Union, komorov gave up his iron rice bowl in an ordnance factory in Rovno state and began to try to do business, mainly in building materials business.Although it is remote and barren, it has very high quality clay, stone and other solid mineral resources.

According to komorov, many of the materials used by the former Soviet high-level officials to build holiday villas in Crimea, southern Ukraine, are from the state of Rovno.

In the process of selecting a spokesperson, Simon naturally tends to be a few oligarchs in his memory.

However, compared with Russia, Simon has much less information in this respect. As for the memory of Tymoshenko or * *, he did not like it. These people are very capable, but they are not smart enough. In the political situation of Ukraine, it is the best policy to hide behind the scenes and be an oligarch. It seems that it is a good thing to jump out and fight for those positions. It will only become a target for everyone.

Klim jelevyanko was the first to introduce some of his family and relatives.

Simon is not averse to cronyism, and even likes it, provided you have enough ability.

The thoughts of the jeleviyanko family are all in politics and the military, and they have no business genes at all. After several searches, Sergei komorov, a businessman from the bottom peasant family in Ukraine, had no background. In recent years, however, he managed his business well and was also familiar with the jelevyanko family, so he was selected successfully.

For Ukraine, Simon doesn't plan to deal with sensitive energy and mineral industries. His plate is too small to be watched by a group of people.

Therefore, it is decided to focus on the field of basic daily necessities.

Clothing, food, housing and transportation are the basic living materials that no one can get rid of.

A few months ago, the westero system injected $10 million into Sergei komorov's aldec company to acquire 80% of the shares. Komorov will hold 15% of the shares and the jeleviyanko family will hold 5%.

"Oldek" is the name of the village where komorov was born and raised.

Before being selected by the westero system, komorov's business had a small local reputation, but aldec's total assets were less than $300000.

At the beginning, only 15% of the shares were given to the other party, and Simon just conducted another small test.

If komorov is too greedy and wants more regardless of his own details, then he is not worth supporting at all.

However, when the Westeros system proposed cooperation, komorov agreed without any hesitation, and did not bargain for the only 15% shares of the company in his name.

This is obviously a very smart guy, very clear to be able to get involved with Simon westero, for him is the most important. Otherwise, with his shallow foundation, he can only be a relatively wealthy businessman in the state of Rovno in the future, and it is difficult to further develop.

After receiving the capital injection from westero system, komorov has acquired a number of construction, food and clothing companies in Rovno state and surrounding counties in recent months, and plans to focus on these three areas in the next few years.

Simon is not optimistic about the construction industry, but more inclined to food and clothing.

As the "granary of Europe", Ukraine is rich in raw materials for food processing. In my memory, Ukraine started from the confectionery industry.

As for the clothing industry, first of all, it needs a lot of cheap labor. Ukraine, with a total population of more than 52 million and a backward economy, just meets this requirement. Simon's plan is that even if he can't run his own brand, he can also serve as an OEM base for vestro system in the clothing field in the future.

Whether it's Gucci, CK or Weimi, a luxury brand of Ltd, it needs supporting OEM.

"At present, many enterprises in the United States and Europe have set up factories in Asia. In fact, Eastern Europe has more advantages than Asia in all aspects, but the geographical factors nearby are not comparable to those in distant Asia. Shel, I won't give you too much business in the short term. However, as long as you can do a good job, I can bring you more business from Europe and the United States, not only from the clothing enterprise orders within the westero system. Of course, the premise of all this is that you have to show me that you have the ability to take on this. "

On an asphalt road outside the base, Simon looks at the surrounding scenery at will, while directly discussing business matters with Sergei komorov in Russian.

In front of the young man beside him, Sergei komorov instinctively said with a little respect: "I understand, Simon, I am now integrating several factories in my hands, and I plan to set up a special training school to train skilled workers. Give me a year, and then you'll see satisfactory results. "

Sergei komorov said, but his experience in Kiev a few days ago is still in his mind.

Komorov's contacts with Kiev authorities through Simon's relationship are enough for him to digest well. He has long understood his disadvantage of serious lack of funds and contacts, so at first he could only make a little fuss in the small pond of Rovno. Now Simon westero has directly made up for all his shortcomings.

In fact, komorov has also thought of taking a shortcut to set foot in Ukraine's energy, mineral and even military industries.

However, through the contact in recent days, he understood the mind of the young people around him, and komorov wisely gave up the idea.Clothing, food, housing and transportation, as long as they can achieve the ultimate, the scale and profits will not be much worse than those of monopoly industries.

What's more, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the economy collapsed. The commodity industry, which should have been relatively competitive, is still in its early stage of development in Ukraine. With the support of sufficient funds and contacts, Ukraine can also achieve monopoly level in the future. Coupled with the network of vistro system, aldec company wants to expand overseas, which is also easy.

Simon nodded and said: "another point, in terms of recruitment in these factories, Shel, I need you to give priority to the families of ufms soldiers, especially the dead and disabled soldiers. You should even have a certain proportion. You can discuss this with Kerim and come up with a specific plan as soon as possible."

Sergei komorov listened to Simon's words, but he did not reply.

He knew it was not negotiable.

The recruitment of family members of ufms soldiers is likely to attract complicated nepotism, which is very unfavorable for the development of enterprises. What's more, compared with the general public in Ukraine, those soldiers are high-income people in this country, and aldek's factory can't pay 500 dollars a month, or even 50 dollars.

Simon saw through komorov's concerns at a glance and added: "in terms of salary, what should be is what should be. I mean, you have to offer them this kind of opportunity, but you don't need to give them any preferential treatment. If they don't want to work in our factory, they don't need to ask for it. "

Sergei komorov was relieved.

In a word, the salary level of ufms mercenaries has been adjusted.

A monthly salary of $500 will only be paid to soldiers when they are on duty.

After returning to Ukraine, the daily salary level will be reduced to $100. However, in addition to the basic monthly salary, these people will also enjoy a series of generous benefits from the vestro system, such as pension, medical insurance, children's education subsidies and so on. Recently, ufms company is preparing to build ufms family community in livny, the capital of Rovno state, including residential buildings, schools, hospitals, supermarkets and other facilities.

On the whole, the basic monthly salary of $100, if it is the United States, the soldiers will mutiny, in Ukraine, is still far beyond the average income level.

What's more, the focus is on the additional benefits of accommodation, education and medical care, which can further bind the interests of these soldiers with the westero system for a long time and closely. Because if you leave, all these benefits will disappear, and if you betray, the consequences will be more serious.

After chatting about various topics for more than half an hour, the group returned to the base.

Through the soldiers undergoing military training, we came to a three story office building in the corner of the base.

Realizing that Simon and jelevyanko still have business to talk about, Sergei komorov took the initiative to leave and said that he would return to downtown Livni. In the afternoon, he could also see the preparation of ufms family community. This project will also be in the charge of the newly established construction engineering subsidiary of aldec company.

Finally, Simon, crim and Celia come to an office.

"Boss, I have selected a team of the most elite special forces who have participated in the Rwanda war. A total of 18 people can set out at any time." everyone sat down on the sofa in the office. Klim handed Simon a piece of information and then said with a smile, "speaking of such a high salary task, boss, would you like to count me in?"