Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1039 - 919 Precise Sniping

Chapter 1039: Chapter 919 Precise Sniping

Dozens of major enterprises, with nearly 30 billion US dollars in investments, were enough to support the construction of a square kilometer of the CBD.

Wang Ye’s Moscow CBD planning had clearly won unanimous approval from everyone.

With the entry of enterprises and the availability of construction funds, the follow-up work became much easier to handle.

After unanimous approval by the National Economic Commission, an official proposal was drafted, a member was appointed to take charge full-time, and coordination was led among various departments and institutions, overseeing the initial planning of the entire CBD project, including demolition, land "three connections and one leveling," transportation construction, and more.

Of course, it was not possible for Wang Ye to handle these specific affairs personally; he was only responsible for setting the direction and determining the policy. Once the plan was established, it was handed over to the lower-level staff to manage and execute.

Otherwise, what would be the point of having so many members within the National Economic Commission...

From the time Wang Ye proposed the project, to the discussions in the meeting, to gathering opinions from enterprise representatives, to the Commission’s approval of the final plan, and finally deciding to start implementation, it only took about ten days.

This speed and efficiency were astoundingly high!

This matter didn’t even require approval from the Kremlin, the Government, or the Duma; once the official plan was formed, a record was submitted to the Kremlin, essentially notifying them that the project was about to start...

This was the formidable power of the "National Economic Commission." As long as the issue was related to the economy and there was internal consensus, execution could commence directly.

Any involved departments, institutions, or individuals were obliged to cooperate unconditionally!

Of course, Wang Ye would not use this "privilege" to do anything bad.

Because it might be overlooked once or twice, with the Kremlin turning a blind eye, but if it continued like that, or if anything particularly intolerable to the Kremlin was done, that "privilege" might not last long!

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Initially, after the CBD plan was approved and a person assigned to oversee the project’s progress, Wang Ye didn’t pay any more attention to it.

But what he didn’t expect was that trouble would arise in the most unexpected place...

Wang Ye had chosen this location for the CBD construction because it was close to the city center and had a nice environment.

The second reason was that the region had few buildings, which would make demolition easier.

However, the problem occurred precisely with the demolition!

Within the area designated for the CBD, there was an old neighborhood with more than a dozen Soviet apartment buildings, which had seen many years.

These apartments belonged to a government department’s family compound, but with the breakdown of the Former Soviet, that department also restructured and disappeared, and the apartments in the neighborhood went through various hands and transactions, making the current residents a diverse mix.

However, due to the prime location of the neighborhood, those who could afford a house there were to some extent considered wealthy.

Wang Ye had initially overlooked this factor, assuming that since the neighborhood was a government department’s family compound, it would mostly house public officials and their family members, making the demolition a simple matter of issuing a public notice.

Of course, even if Wang Ye had known about the complex situation of the current property owners in the neighborhood, he wouldn’t have cared much.

There’s no such thing as a struggle with zero difficulties; one can’t just stop working at the first sign of a challenge, right!

Moreover, compared to the construction of Moscow’s CBD and the future benefits the CBD would bring to the city of Moscow, let alone to the country of Russia, demolition was a trivial matter.

No matter what, the neighborhood had to be demolished!

The commissioner in charge of coordinating the CBD project was Tovesky, a seasoned veteran in the field of politics.

After taking on this task, his first action was to communicate with the Moscow City Government and have them "clear out" the area.

Tovesky was well aware that the difficulty of this task might lie in the initial stages, namely the demolition step.

Later, with adequate funding and personnel, it would simply be a matter of how quickly construction would proceed, with no real trouble to speak of.

But if he were to get stuck on the first step, unable to clear out the site for demolition, then the trouble would be significant for him!

This CBD project was not only a major initiative championed by Chairman Mikhail but also a matter of great interest to all sides, including the Kremlin!

Now that he was in charge, if he got bogged down at the first step, it would reflect poorly on his own capabilities in the eyes of the leadership...

Initially, Tovesky thought he might encounter some resistance from Moscow City Government, as everyone was aware that Chairman Mikhail and the Moscow Faction were not exactly on good terms.

Even in the recent Duma turnover, the Moscow Faction was routed, losing many of its seats.

But the control of Moscow City Government was still firmly in the hands of the Moscow Faction, and it was also their stronghold, not easily taken by external forces for the time being.

Tovesky had mentally prepared himself; if the Moscow City Government really became unreasonable and kept stalling, he was ready to use his "imperial sword" to immediately dismiss a few of the involved public officials to establish authority.

The National Economic Commission had such power!

However, to his surprise, Moscow City Government was extraordinarily cooperative. As soon as Tovesky presented the documents, the other party agreed wholeheartedly, saying they would immediately dispatch a work team to assist Tovesky with the demolition work.