Hollywood Hunter - Chapter 1625 : If someone has to make a sacrifice...

"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 about this world is that all countries give up disputes, Everyone takes out the money for developing weapons and training the army, focusing on developing technology, continuously improving productivity, and continuously optimizing social distribution, so that everyone can live a better life. At the same time, if there is any additional surplus, it will be invested in the sea of ​​stars above us. , to explore the broader future of mankind. Unfortunately, these are destined to be only fantasies. But the reality is, oh, I just attended the Cannes Film Festival, and one of the things filmmakers like to discuss is the so-called complex human nature. Human nature is Complicated, arrogance, jealousy, laziness, greed, etc., etc., doomed our world to be impossible to 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 choices and make choices. For the past few years, I have been tossing between different choices and gradually clarifying 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 that you can influence better. In addition, if I still have the energy, I will do more for the world, because this It's also a reality, 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 the key point was: "3G plan?"

"That's right," Simon believed that the other party already knew a lot, so he didn't repeat the details, and turned to look at the middle-aged man again and said, "Next, regarding Russia, since this is not a beautiful world, everyone is destined to not be able to win together, only To be zero-sum, someone needs to make sacrifices. The Federation is the foundation of the Westeros system, and I can't let it sacrifice. Russia is your homeland, and I don't think you want that. Well, Europe, Western Europe to be exact , is a good choice.”

Sacrifice Western Europe? !

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

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

Simon still looked at the middle-aged man whose expression changed beside him. Seeing that he did not speak, he smiled and said, "Actually, Vladimir, I have noticed that you are actively in contact with Blair, and German Chancellor Shi Rhodes, you want to reach a reconciliation 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 achieve real European integration, then with the economic foundation of Western Europe And Russia's military strength, the world will immediately turn from the previous superpower to bipolar hegemony. The problem is that since Peter the Great, Russia has never given up its attempt to integrate into Europe for hundreds of years. The reality is, Europe has never really embraced Russia. That being the case, in the current more complex international environment, do you think you have even a 1% chance of success?”

Simon once again picked up a fact that a middle-aged man was unwilling to admit and had to admit, but this time he quickly said: "Simon, Europe is unwilling to accept Russia, so is the United States willing?"

Simon didn't have any excuses, and shook his head directly: "It's also impossible."

The middle-aged human 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. 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 it, but this is the reality. Speaking of which, recently For a few days, I've been reading Brzezinski's "The Great Chess Game," in which the geostrategic guru lays out one of the worst geopolitical situations for the West, Russia, China, and Iran. , the three geopolitical powers in their respective regions finally come 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 pattern that the West has dominated for hundreds of years. Vladimir, you Do you think this could 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 unexpected answer to the middle-aged man again: "Brzezinski is thinking about how to maintain the hegemony of the federation from the standpoint of the United States, but I don't care too much about this. History has It has been proven countless times that no country can be strong forever, and my expectations for the future of the Commonwealth are more pessimistic than any of you can imagine. So, on this question, I consider another point: why? Under 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 for a moment and said: "Unless the West encounters a crisis that cannot be solved 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, even reaching the point of another world war. edge."

Transferring a crisis is the innate skill of any politician, let alone a wise man like Vladimir.

"Yes," Simon also nodded: "However, there are many types 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, only It is an economic crisis, and it is a global economic crisis of the kind before the two world wars. In recent years, many people have said that the world pattern has been set, and history has come to an end. I never think so. The natural defects of the capitalist system have been in the past 100 years. It has been proven repeatedly over the years. Let's not say too far, but in this century, the two world wars were caused by the outbreak of economic crises in various capitalist powers. In the second half of the 20th century, the United States and the Soviet Union competed 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. Everyone says that the birth of nuclear weapons has affected the global scale. The war has acted as a restraint, Vladimir, do you think so too?"

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PS: There is one more chapter later.