Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1046 - 922 The Conspiracy Revealed_2

Chapter 1046: Chapter 922 The Conspiracy Revealed_2

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Before anyone could guess, Miss Dania revealed the answer.

Her eyes blazing, she scanned the crowd and shouted loudly:

"All of us property owners must unite and demonstrate in front of the Duma Building!

We need to tell Deputy Speaker Mikhail that he must take our opinions seriously, respect our demands, and not dismiss us casually like beggars!

As long as Deputy Speaker Mikhail doesn’t make concessions, we will not retreat!

The Duma is supposed to represent us, the common people, but this Vice Speaker, rather than seeking our welfare, is always scheming against us, fearing that we’ll receive more compensation!

Therefore, against such a hypocritical politician, we must stand up, reveal his true face to everyone, and let everyone know his real character..."

It was only now that Miss Dania’s true intentions became apparent.

Compensation and negotiations were just means to an end, and the breakdown of talks with Tovesky was merely part of the plan.

Her ultimate goal was to incite these thousands of property owners to block the Duma Building and demonstrate against Deputy Speaker Mikhail.

Although this probably wouldn’t cause any direct substantial harm to Deputy Speaker Mikhail.

But consider what kind of institution the Duma is?

Every person here is elected by voters’ ballots, representing the vast populace!

In recent years, Mikhail and his faction had made rapid advances, and in the last renewal of the Duma, they had secured the second most seats, even close to rivaling the first faction!

This political star with an excellent reputation, who had never been involved in any scandals before, was now being protested against by thousands in front of the Duma Building.

This in itself was a heavy blow to Mikhail’s reputation!

The intangible damage was significant...

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The crowd looked at one another in bewilderment. There had been many large demonstrations in Moscow over the years, with tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of people involved—thousands in a protest was hardly noteworthy.

But the problem was that this type of action was inherently rather extreme.

Would blocking and demonstrating at the entrance to the Duma Building truly make Deputy Speaker Mikhail compromise?

Thus, a property owner raised this concern.

"Miss Dania, what if this provokes Deputy Speaker Mikhail even more? He might be even less willing to negotiate with us then, making this a loss rather than a gain."

His words also resonated with many other property owners present. Indeed, while Dania’s words sounded compelling, the development of events might not necessarily unfold as anticipated.

Otherwise, the matter of demolition compensation wouldn’t have escalated to this point...

Remember, when Dania first incited everyone to unite and negotiate with the government team, she had also said that there would definitely be no problems as long as everyone exerted pressure together to secure satisfying compensation conditions.

But what was the outcome...

Now she wanted everyone to protest together, block the gates of the Duma, and put pressure on Chairman Mikhail.

What if something went wrong again, who could bear the consequences!

"Yes, yes, although in past years protests were commonplace and nobody cared due to the social chaos, in recent years, such protests have been rare, especially in Moscow. Even if there were, they involved only dozens of people, and hardly ever hundreds! A protest involving thousands like ours will likely face issues, we probably won’t even get the approval."

This too was a consideration that could not be ignored. Although in Russia, you are allowed to take to the streets for certain causes.

However, before any protest, an application must be made and approved by the relevant departments, allowing demonstrations only during a specified time, along a specified route and location, and within a set number of participants...

Including what slogans to chant, what banners to carry, and what demands to make, all these need to be submitted to the relevant departments for approval beforehand—it’s not as simple as just gathering a group of people and hitting the streets!

Since Dania had made this suggestion, she was naturally prepared and calmly stated:

"I’ll handle the application for the protest; all you need to do is follow behind me when the time comes.

Think about it, it won’t take much of your time, just a day.

But the reward we could receive is incredibly significant!

At the very least, each property owner could receive compensation with an additional upscale apartment in the city center!"

Having been thus incited, the property owners present indeed started to feel stirred.

Yes, things had come to this point, were they really supposed to give up?

Everyone was unwilling!

Moreover, compared to the initial compensation terms, after everyone’s efforts, although the ideal result was not yet achieved, the new terms offered by the government task force were clearly much more favorable than at the beginning!

What if everyone persisted a little longer...

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Two days later, Wang Ye had just arrived at his office in the Duma Building early in the morning and hadn’t even had a chance to catch his breath when he saw Nova hurrying in.

"Boss, I just received a notification that there will be a rally outside the Duma Building today."

Wang Ye was stunned for a moment, unable to react, and blurted out in response, "A rally? What kind of rally?"

"Ah, it’s a protest march. And... and this rally is... is..." Nova faltered as she spoke.

Wang Ye frowned slightly, asking sternly, "What is it, just say it!"

"It’s against the CBD Planning Proposal you proposed," Nova quickly replied.

Wang Ye was completely confused. What was this all about?

The CBD plan he had developed wasn’t it widely acclaimed, garnering support not only from the Kremlin, the government, and the Duma but even among the public, where it received more praise, right?

Who would oppose it...

Oh, he suddenly remembered something and everything became clear.

"Is it those affected by the eviction who are making trouble?" Wang Ye asked with a wry smile.

Nova blinked her large eyes, unclearly saying, "I’m not sure about that."

She indeed did not know the details, probably just receiving a notice from some department that there would be a protest under the Duma targeting Deputy Speaker Mikhail, and she hurried over to report.

Wang Ye didn’t mind, waving his hand and saying:

"Go on with your work, it’s okay. Since they want to rally, let them rally.

If I have to compromise every time they rally, I won’t be able to continue my work in the future."

Wang Ye had made up his mind; he would definitely not yield to those eviction property owners again.

It wasn’t about money; he completely disapproved of the property owners’ actions, which were too greedy!

...

While Nova was reporting to Wang Ye, it was just past nine o’clock, and the rally was scheduled to start at ten, so there was still some time left.

Standing by the large window and looking down, one could see that a number of people had already gathered along the road, carrying small flags and various placards.

As the march had not yet started, they were not moving, and several police officers and police cars had arrived to maintain order. They set up a cordon outside the Duma Building, not allowing the protesters to cross the line.

Clearly, it had already started getting busy downstairs.

Wang Ye just looked out the window for a few moments, shook his head and smiled, not too concerned, then turned back to his desk to continue with his work.

Though Wang Ye was not concerned, there were many who were.

As he was burrowing into his files, the office door was knocked again; Grezlov and Rilinov came in together.

This was quite rare, and Wang Ye stood up and greeted them with a smile.

"Haha, what brings you two here together?"

Grezlov didn’t bother with pleasantries and asked immediately, "Do you know about the march downstairs?"

Wang Ye nodded.

"Knowing that and you’re still not taking action? How can you still be in the mood to read files here?" Grezlov asked, widening his eyes and looking puzzled.

Rilinov also nodded, saying, "Yes, Misha, you mustn’t underestimate such marches. If it really escalates, it can be very damaging to us as elected officials!"