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Bewilderment, anxiety, fear and other emotions kept coming, and Ulyana didn't know when she would fall asleep.
I woke up again because there was a knock on the bedroom door.
It was getting dark outside.
After agreeing, the waitress Katya pushed open the door, looked at her on the big bed in the dark and said softly, "Ma'am, dinner is ready."
Ulyana replied again, and waited for Katya to turn on the lights in the bedroom before sitting up. Seeing that the other party came over to help her take the long skirt, she enjoyed the feeling of being served, and then a certain worry emerged , can not help but give birth to some resentment, that morning... She was seen by the housekeeper of the hot spring manor to have taken the medicine, how could this be? !
Dressed up, washed up briefly, and went downstairs to the restaurant. A pair of children were already sitting at the dining table. Waiting for their mother to sit down, another female guard, Irina, served the dinner. Daughter Anna watched her mother pick up the tableware After eating, he and his younger brother looked at each other and said, "Mom, wait... let's go over there to play, okay?"
The 'over there' that my daughter said is naturally the leisure and entertainment area of the resort.
Ulyana elegantly cut the salmon on the plate without raising her head, and said coldly, "What are you going to do, drink, or gamble?"
The mother didn't look at her, but Anna Meretskova shook her head quickly and said, "No, not at all, Mom, it's a circus performance, the poster I saw at the fountain today."
Ulyana hummed, but still didn't lift her head: "No."
Anna Meretskova was a little disappointed at once, but she didn't give up: "Then, Mom, if you don't go, can Nick and I go?"
"No, you are too young."
The 11-year-old Nicholas Meretskov hurriedly said again at this time: "Mom, you can let Katya or Irina accompany us, then there will be no problem, please, mother."
Hearing the two children coming and going, Ulyana suddenly felt agitated again. In order to prevent her son and daughter from continuing to make noise in her ears, she reluctantly agreed: "You must come back before 10 o'clock, or you will sleep tonight." go outside."
Nicholas said: "Mom, the poster says that the circus is from 9 o'clock to 11 o'clock."
"Then don't go."
"No, we promise to be back at ten o'clock."
"Ah."
"Mother……"
"To shut up."
Feeling the mother's impatience, the two children immediately fell silent.
It was not until the end of the dinner that Anna finally carefully asked her mother for change and got a $100 bill from her apparently absent-minded mother. She concealed her excitement and left the villa with the female guard Irina.
Although the weather is starting to turn cold, the hot spring resort is a bit busier than the previous few months. Even though the consumption level here is higher, it is basically for foreign tourists, but some locals with good income can’t help but come to visit on weekends acting or something.
The Anna siblings took Irina through the hotel area and came to the leisure and entertainment area. Looking at the lively scene around under the street lights in the night and the various surrounding entertainment venues that were even more lively without looking, they were very excited. During the period Anna, who was over 1.7 meters tall and beautiful, was accosted by a guy who spoke broken English, but was stopped by Irina to negotiate a few words, and soon left in despair.
It was still early, and the siblings walked around here. They dare not enter entertainment places such as casinos and bars, but they are quite excited just looking outside.
In this way, it was not until nearly nine o'clock that he walked towards the theater.
However, at an intersection not far from the theater, Anna's appearance was a bit eye-catching after all, and Anna was stopped by two young male tourists to strike up a conversation. Irina stepped forward to negotiate. They were arguing with the tourists, and a few young people from the parking lot suddenly stepped forward, two of them were tall and burly guys who looked a bit similar, and they had black leather jackets open, and each of them was holding a foreign tourist shoulder, giggled and dragged the other party away, while gesturing towards the female guard.
When Irina saw that the other party was making a rescue, although she didn't quite understand, she still nodded and hurried away with the siblings.
The two guys who were indeed the two brothers locked the tourist in their arms firmly, and one of them said in the same broken English: "Man, how about I ask our men to buy you a drink at the bar, I will pay, but, When you see a woman in uniform like that just now, it’s best not to provoke her.”
The two tourists from Spain saw that they were accompanied by a group of entourages who were not like good people. They were already a little bit weak in fright. They nodded quickly when they heard the other party invited them to drink and the accompanying reminder.
Only then was he let go, and obediently followed the one assigned by the two guys to the bar.
After sending the two away, one of the young men in the leather jacket ordered a subordinate to follow the three who had just left, and after taking care of them, he said to the other: "Nick, do you know who those two little guys are?"
The two brothers are Evgenia's elder brother, Nicholas Korkoshko and Kirill Korkoshko.
Seeing his younger brother asking, Nicholas Korkoshko shook his head: "But it must be the Weijia female guard, so it's right to take care of it."
Kirill Korkoshko nodded when he heard that, but suddenly he said angrily: "These foreigners, come here to play and don't obey the rules. I really want to beat them up."
Nicholas shrugged and reminded: "Don't mess around."
"Of course, I'm just talking, otherwise I wouldn't have cooperated with you just now."
This is an industry that made them admire and respect their sister's lover from the very beginning. Who dares to make trouble here is more serious for the brothers than making trouble in their own home. Of course, the two themselves will not destroy this place business.
The two brothers came to the club building in the resort. This time, instead of looking for a woman to accompany them, they followed the waiter to a reserved box.
Guests have arrived early.
These are two middle-aged men. Ordinary people have no way of knowing, but the upper echelon of Rivno knows. Recently, the underground forces in Rivne Prefecture have encountered another integration. It is these two middle-aged men who take the lead, Yuri. Yagushevsky and Boris Orlevich.
That's why tonight's meeting started.
Although at the request of Simon, the two brothers of Evgenia broke away from the ranks of punks and started to do serious business, but at the same time, the two brothers still relied on the resources and contacts provided by the Westeros system for the past two years. Pulled up a large group of people, neither black nor white.
Under Simon's arrangement, Yuri Yagushevsky and Boris Orlevich began to integrate the underground forces in Rivne State, and it was inevitable that they would overlap with a group of people of the same size as the brothers.
In order to avoid any unpleasant things, this matter is to be discussed tonight.
In fact, it was also planned in advance by Simon.
Yuri Yagushevsky two people, what they do is pure gang business, drugs or arms and so on.
The Korkoshko brothers, after all, have been gradually cleansed, or have never been completely black. Before their sister was selected by someone, both of them were just low-level punks. , just use some shady means when doing your own amber mining business or import and export trade.
This meeting was just to clarify some things.
Yagushevsky and the two are completely engaged in black business, while the brothers occupy the smuggling area. Of course, it does not involve arms smuggling, but various living materials that are in great demand in Eastern Europe at this stage.After drawing the way and speaking clearly, we can live in harmony and even cooperate in the future.
Yagushevsky and the two also understood that they were tool men introduced by a certain big shot, better than puppets, and they naturally backed down a bit to the Korkoshko brothers who were closer to that big shot.
What's more, the other party's request was not high, the two sides finalized it quickly, and they had a good chat. After chatting for more than half an hour, they finished talking about business and were about to have some fun when there was a knock on the door of the private room. A subordinate of the Ko brothers came in, said that their father, Vladimir Korkoshko, was also in the club, let the brothers go, and also invited Yagushevsky.
In terms of the political layout of the Westeros system in Rivne State, after two years of observation and screening, Vladimir Korkoshko is one of the very favored ones. He has just been promoted again recently and became the The deputy governor of the state and the minister of economic development and trade, in charge of the economic affairs of Rivne state, is only one step away from the governor, and has a high weight.
Both the brothers, who were sons, and Yagushevsky, when they heard Vladimir Korkoshko let them pass, put aside the subsequent activities for a while, got up and went to a nearby box.
Chapter 1013 This City (3)
The Korkoshko brothers and Yuri Yagushevsky were taken to the largest box in the club, only to find that several bigwigs from the Rovno gang were here.
In addition to the brothers' father, Vladimir Korkoshko, the Governor of the Rivne Region Andrei Smirnov, the head of the Ordek Company Sergey Komorov, Ridge Alexander Liudayev, the person in charge of Funy Media Company, and others, as well as Andrey Vodmilka and Alexander Nagiyev, who are in charge of the resort, can only accompany the last seat.
Moreover, there are one or two pretty girls with different styles sitting beside these big guys.
The lights in the box flickered dimly, and the smells of tobacco, spirits, and perfume mixed together in the air. For those who are not used to this kind of occasion, it is absolutely hard to explain. A middle-aged man whose face was already flushed from drinking was holding a girl with a microphone in his arms. Sing mesmerizingly and loudly on the small stage on the side of the box.
A revolutionary song of the Soviet era.
After the four of them entered the door, they simply greeted each other and sat down for a while. After the middle-aged man who was drunk to the blushing sang a song, everyone greeted and introduced each other. Several high-level state government leaders in Warren State are in the west of North Carolina. The one who just sang was Ilya Cherpchenko, the governor of Warren State.
Although it is still not completely on the right track, the Korkoshko brothers know the reason why several high-level government officials from Warren State came to Rivne State.
Mainly for the power delivery cooperation thing.
Compared with other regions in Ukraine that are still struggling in the quagmire of collapse, the development of Rivne Oblast is too fast, and the economic development of a region has never been separated from the support of strong and comprehensive infrastructure, just like the Chinese saying Like the essence of "If you want to get rich, build roads first" that has been spread from time to time, construction, transportation, energy, water conservancy, telecommunications, etc. are indispensable.
In the current Rivno State, with the support of the Westeros system, various industries have developed extremely rapidly. Factories have sprung up in the state capital Rivni and other places in Rivno. Only energy, especially power supply, has become the biggest shortcoming restricting the development of the region.
In fact, this problem was already anticipated by everyone last year, so funds were introduced to start the construction of Unit [-] of the Rovne Nuclear Power Plant, but the new unit will not be commissioned until next year, and whether it is the Rovne Nuclear Power Plant or the original thermal power generation system, it is very important The power supply in Rivne region has reached its limit, so that in order to ensure the industrial power consumption, many parts of the state are now experiencing frequent power outages.
Considering the future development prospects of the Rivne region, while the fourth unit of the Rivne nuclear power plant is being built, a thermal power plant with a planned power of 2000 megawatts and an annual power supply of 100 billion kWh has also been planned. However, just like the new units of the nuclear power plant However, it is impossible for a thermal power plant to be completed in a short time, and it can only temporarily import power resources from other surrounding states.
This is a good thing for all parties.
Before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the annual power generation capacity in Ukraine could reach 2900 billion kWh, and there was no shortage of power resources.With the collapse of the economy after the disintegration, except for a few stable nuclear power plants, the power generation of thermal power plants in various states has shrunk sharply. Two years ago, Ukraine’s annual power generation had plummeted to 1700 billion kWh, a drop of more than 40%.
The power generation capacity has fallen, but the power infrastructure of the year is still there, especially thermal power plants. As long as the funds are in place and there is demand, the power generation capacity can be greatly increased in a short period of time.
The main issue now is funding.
After all, unlike nuclear power plants that can operate stably for decades at a relatively low cost once they are built, thermal power plants need a lot of coal to generate electricity, and coal needs to be bought with money. In addition, if you want to import electricity from other states, the grid lines also need to be installed. Transformation, which also involves funding issues.
Fortunately, this problem is relatively easy to solve in the Rivne region.In any case, compared with building a new power plant, bringing in electricity from other places has advantages in terms of time and cost.
The business has already been discussed during the day, and the box tonight is just for entertainment.
Vladimir Korkoshko called his two sons over, just to let them have more contact with the other people in the Rovno gang, and Yagushevsky and the two stayed for a short while and took the initiative to leave. Both parties should avoid suspicion.
Such fun until late at night, and we broke up happily.
Several high-level government officials from Warren State took their favorite girls to the hotel area to stay. The Korkoshko brothers were going to stay and continue, but they were called by Vladimir Korkoshko to leave together. Lil Korkoshko protested, was slapped on the back of the head, and immediately became honest.
When they came to the parking lot, a subordinate of the two brothers stepped forward to report that they had watched the pair of siblings they met a few hours ago return to the hotel area without any problems.Moreover, this clever subordinate also helped to inquire and learned the identity of the mother of the siblings.
When Vladimir Korkoshko heard the report from his son's subordinates, he questioned him in detail and confirmed that his two sons had not lied to him, so he dragged them into a Mercedes-Benz car and sat in the car by himself. In the back row, the eldest son was beside him, and the younger son was driven to the co-pilot.
After the car started, Vladimir Korkoshko, who was tired all day, leaned on the leather seat and said to the eldest son next to him: "You guys did a good job with that just now."
Kirill in the front row turned his head and said, "If I had known it was the woman in the recent rumors, Nick and I would have ignored it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Vladimir leaned over again, and unceremoniously slapped his second son on the forehead.
Kirill just rubbed his head. After being beaten a lot, he got used to it. He couldn't help but think of his sister's petty temper in front of their two brothers, which was completely infected by his father.
After pumping out his second son, Vladimir did not forget to teach the lesson: "You must never think like this in the future. Haven't you two always respected and admired Simon? It will only benefit you two idiots if you stick to this. Last year, why our family was fine, and now we can get more attention from Simon, because we all know how to position ourselves."
Seeing his father start nagging, Kirill quickly said, "Old man, I understand."
Vladimir wanted to raise his hand again, but after thinking about it, he put it down. The two sons have been beaten since they were young, and they haven't changed much.Fortunately, this kind of reckless temperament can be mixed better in Ukraine's current turbulent era.At least, the various businesses that the two sons are currently managing are actually doing pretty well.
Nicholas Korkoshko, who was somewhat smarter and more stable than his younger brother, waited for his father to teach his younger brother a lesson, then remembered what happened in the box, and said, "Dad, Cherpchenko invited us to open a factory directly in the Volyn region. Good idea, why don't you all seem interested?"
Hearing what his brother said, Kirill said again: "Yes, Dad, this way, we can also develop the power of our Rovno Gang in the past, and directly swallow Warren State in the future."
That's business.
The two sons were able to mention this, which made Vladimir very relieved. He moved his body in the seat to make himself more comfortable. He did not shy away from the confidant driver who drove in the front seat, and said: It is not yet time, we need to penetrate our roots in the Rivne region to the deepest before we can try to expand outward.”
Kirill said: "I think it's very deep now."
Vladimir shook his head and took out a cigarette. Seeing that the second son in the front row was twisting his body and eagerly reaching for a lighter to light his own cigarette, he stretched out his head to light it, and pulled down some car windows before saying: "In fact, many people in our circle have the same views as you. Some people made suggestions to Simon, but they were rejected by Simon because they didn't understand a little bit. We seem to have completely controlled Rivne State, but this This kind of control is far from reaching the extreme, and once there is a change in Kyiv, or if they make up their minds to attack us, it will still be very troublesome."
Nicholas wondered: "Then what is the ultimate?"
Vladimir remembered the words of the young man when he met Simon last time, and said: "When we tie millions or even tens of millions of people to the train of the Rivno Gang through benefits, once the train changes , Millions of people will follow suit, so that they have to firmly support us, to this extent, we are really deeply rooted."
Nicholas realized something.
Kirill seemed to understand something, and couldn't help but stare wide-eyed and turned to look at his father from the front row: "Dad, the entire Rivne region only has more than 100 million people. If we want to bind 1000 million people, it happens to be It needs to be developed."
Vladimir shook his head and said, "Of course not. We won't develop it, but we can attract more people to Rivne Oblast. Think about it, how many people were there in Rivni two years ago, and how many people are there now?"
Kirill obviously didn't care much about these things, and asked tentatively, "50?"
Vladimir shook his head, did not let his two sons guess, and said directly: "It has exceeded 80 recently."
Two years ago, when the Westeros system had not made any effort to develop Rivne State, Rivni, the state capital, because of the economic collapse, many people fled the city for food and clothing. They either returned to the countryside to farm or smuggled to Western Europe, so that the population of nearly 30 dropped to just over 20.
But now, because of the Westeros system, many foundries of Nokia, Tinkbel, LTD and other companies are opened here, coupled with the development of local industries with Aldek as the core, gradually emerging The demand for hundreds of thousands of labor force has attracted people from all over Ukraine to gather here. According to the latest statistics, the population of Rivni, the state capital, has swelled to more than 80, and it continues to increase rapidly. It is expected that by the end of the year It will exceed 100 million people before.
Breaking through 100 million is still just the beginning.
If the various commercial plans in the plan can be implemented, it is not impossible for Rivni to surpass Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and develop into a super city with millions or even tens of millions of people in the future. After all, the city behind the It is a super economy whose volume has reached trillions of dollars, which is equivalent to dozens of times that of Ukraine, which has a GDP output value of about 450 billion dollars this year.
Hearing the figure of 80, the brothers were also a little surprised.
However, it can probably be understood by thinking about the large number of apartment buildings built by the construction company of Aldek Corporation in the north of the city without interruption.
What the brothers didn't know was that because of the rapid population expansion, not only the house sales and rental prices in the urban area of Rivni had risen sharply, but also a large area of shantytowns with a population of more than 10 people had appeared in the west of the city. Migrant workers in Funo Prefecture simply set up board houses in the shantytowns to settle down.
This is also a matter that the senior officials of the Rivne region and the Rivni city government have paid close attention to recently.
Huge shantytowns, it’s okay to say now, in winter, think about the temperature in northern Ukraine that can reach minus [-] degrees, if it is not handled properly, it is not impossible for people to freeze to death.Moreover, because the shantytowns are too dense and the houses are all simple board houses, if a fire breaks out, it will also be a catastrophe that may cause a series of fires.
Vladimir Korkoshko knows that his ability is not outstanding, and he can rely entirely on someone's favor to be able to get to the present. Since the other party intends to push him to the position of governor in the next few years, he also intends to work in Rome. The Funo State has taken root thoroughly, and has no intention of impacting the core of Kyiv.
People have self-knowledge.
Although I don't know this proverb from the East, the Korkoshko family, the father and son, are all able to come to the present because they firmly position themselves.After all, if you think about the former governor Smirnov's family who was completely dusted off, and the previous internal purges in order to consolidate the Westeros system's control over Rivne State, as long as you are not stupid, you can understand that the young man is far away. Not innocuous because of his age.
All in all, the problem of shantytowns has become his own problem in Vladimir's mind.
After thinking about it for a while, Vladimir Korkoshko remembered what he insisted on taking his two sons home today, and looked at the eldest son and said, "Over the amber mine, in the next few months, we will Leave some of the best ore to your sister."
Before Nicholas made a statement, Kirill objected again in the front row: "Dad, my sister's daily use is much better than ours, and she has already taken away several boxes last time, so there is no need to keep them all for her." Right? We just opened up the market in China. I didn’t expect that the Chinese would like amber so much and would charge high prices, but they also want the best. We just exchanged a batch of amber for 10 TV sets recently, and the freighter has already It’s the Red Sea, hey, TV sets in China are much cheaper than in Western Europe now, I heard that they are engaged in a price war, resulting in a large backlog of inventory, in short, we can earn about 300 million US dollars this time around.”
Vladimir Korkoshko didn't explain too much this time, but just put on his father's authority and asked his two sons to follow suit.
As for the reason, it is not for the daughter to keep the best amber for the brothers, but after learning about her daughter's experience in the United States in the past month, they plan to let her give it to Janet in Los Angeles at the end of the year · Westeros.
What the three girls realized after experiencing it for a month, after all, they have decades of life experience, and Vladimir can understand it better.
Although her daughter was summoned to the Cape Dume Manor for more than half a month of training, on the other hand, this was actually a kind of approval from the official wife of the Westeros family.
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