Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1066 - 933 All Our Own People_2

Chapter 1066: Chapter 933 All Our Own People_2

It can be said that financial strength is also an important criterion for measuring whether a candidate possesses sufficient capacity!

This is common in Western countries; just look at the General Elections in the United States these years, where the invested funds have become increasingly outrageous!

However, in Russia, participating in the General Elections doesn’t require spending too much money.

Like last year’s election, as far as Wang Ye knew, Khodorkovsky and his father-in-law didn’t spend much money—in the final stage of the election, both sides only invested a couple of hundred million US dollars each.

Of course, this was also because Khodorkovsky, at Wang Ye’s persuasion, gave up in the final moments and didn’t struggle to the end.

By the next election four years later, the election funds needed by Medvedev wouldn’t be too exaggerated, as there wouldn’t be any strong rivals to compete against him by then.

Estimates are that two to three hundred million US dollars would be the cap.

That money, Wang Ye could provide for Medvedev!

As for whether Khodorkovsky would participate in the election again in four years, well, Wang Ye planned to find an opportunity to talk to him about it...

And then there’s Rossiyana...

Wang Ye thought about it and felt a bit of a headache. How did it come to this, that looking around the upper echelons of the political arena, everyone was his own people!

After suppressing the Moscow Faction, the entire political arena would become harmonious.

Because everyone has quite good relationships, especially Wang Ye, who is close with almost all the major factions.

Whether it’s "uncle-nephew" relationships, or "husband-wife," or connected by blood or marriage...

Both he and his wife are Faction Party Leaders, one is the Deputy Speaker of the Duma, and the other would soon become the Governor of Moscow State.

Such a family probably couldn’t be found anywhere else worldwide!

After receiving Wang Ye’s promise, Medvedev finally completely believed that Wang Ye wouldn’t participate in the election four years later.

Joking aside, according to Wang Ye’s words, he wouldn’t need to worry about anything at the time; he only needed to show up and participate in the election.

All the other things would be "taken care of" by Wang Ye!

This kind of election couldn’t be too easy...

He suppressed the joy inside him. If he didn’t control it, he might laugh out loud.

......

"Misha, then what do I need to do? Dealing with someone like Luzhikov can’t be done rashly, and we must also be wary of his counterattack, and we must be certain enough to proceed," Medvedev asked, furrowing his brows.

Clearly, if he wanted to participate in the election, he would have to wait four years.

But dealing with Luzhikov, that was something that needed to be done right now.

And he had to handle it perfectly to gain Wang Ye’s full support for the election four years later.

If he didn’t settle Luzhikov’s issue, then Wang Ye’s promise to him just now might not be fulfilled!

Wang Ye smiled and said straightforwardly:

"What you need to do is straightforward; that is, in all aspects involving Moscow State, you just need to put a squeeze on them.

Of course, don’t make it too obvious, you need to gauge the right intensity.

The standard is to not impede important business, but at the same time make Moscow State feel uncomfortable."

Then, wherever in Moscow State’s human resources you can intervene, do so, and replace key positions with our people.

At that moment, Luzhikov and his group will inevitably clash with you, and that’s when our opportunity arrives..."

Wang Ye’s plan was for Medvedev to keep applying pressure on Luzhikov and his group relentlessly!

Whether it was effective or not, the idea was simply to "annoy" Luzhikov and company and make their lives difficult!

After all, with Medvedev’s position, it was easy for him to make life difficult for those below him, but it was difficult for those at the state level to cause trouble for him.

Then, if Luzhikov wanted to strike back, he would inevitably have to take action, and he might expose weaknesses, allowing Wang Ye to make his move...

Of course, if Luzhikov could really endure no matter how Medvedev pressured him, able to remain unmoved and silent, then Wang Ye had a fallback plan waiting for him, although it might be a bit risky.

Still, Wang Ye hoped that Luzhikov would expose his own vulnerabilities so that he could justifiably force Luzhikov out of office, at least doing so legally and ethically.

He certainly didn’t want to use the methods he employed in Kiev here in the political competition.

Because the repercussions of doing so would be too great!

It’s always better to engage in a war of words if you can avoid a physical fight...

......

After dealing with Medvedev, Wang Ye immediately went to Rossiyana’s apartment without stopping.

He had called Rossiyana in the afternoon to say he would come over to her place tonight and stay over...

This was quite normal since the two were engaged. It wouldn’t be a big deal if Wang Ye occasionally stayed over, let alone moving in permanently, which would be perfectly justified.

However, Wang Ye didn’t mention anything about Luzhikov and the Moscow Governor during the afternoon call.

When Wang Ye arrived at Rossiyana’s apartment, it was just after eight o’clock. He had come directly from the Turandot Restaurant.

Seeing him enter, Rossiyana greeted him with a smile, hugged and kissed him, then helped him take off his suit and hang it up, before bringing him slippers to change into.

Once all was done, they sat down side by side on the sofa.

Rossiyana leaned on Wang Ye’s shoulder and wrinkled her nose, sniffing slightly before saying, "Did you drink alcohol tonight?"

Wang Ye’s tolerance for alcohol was notoriously high...

"Haha, no worries today, do I look like I drank too much? I had dinner with Medvedev and just had one glass of draft beer," laughed Wang Ye.

He wasn’t lying. Although his tolerance wasn’t the best, one big glass of draft beer couldn’t get him drunk, so his mind was perfectly clear!

Only then did Rossiyana relax. She asked curiously, "Dinner with Medvedev? Did he need your help with something?"

"Well, it’s not that he needed help from me, it’s that I needed assistance from him!" Wang Ye replied with a smile.

This surprised Rossiyana. She couldn’t imagine what kind of issue Wang Ye couldn’t address on his own and needed help from Medvedev with.

She sat up straight, looked at Wang Ye, and asked concernedly, "Is something wrong? Is it about... that protest yesterday?"

There had been a protest against Wang Ye yesterday, and of course, she knew about it.

In the past few days, that seemed to be the only significant issue, so she associated it with that.

Wang Ye nodded and then shook his head, "It does relate to that, but not because of it.

Let me put it this way, I’ll ask you if you would like to be the Governor of Moscow State!"

He changed the topic so abruptly that it left Rossiyana stunned for a moment, unable to respond.

Were they not just discussing Wang Ye and Medvedev’s dinner? How did the conversation suddenly pivot to her, even asking if she wanted to be the Governor of Moscow State!

Of course, she was interested. Everybody knew how prestigious and powerful that position was, barely second to the presidency!

But there was someone already in that position, and it was none other than the old man Luzhikov.

She didn’t have the confidence to go up against Luzhikov...

"You... what do you mean, is it about Luzhikov..." Rossiyana asked hesitantly.

Wang Ye nodded decisively, "Yes, I’m taking action against Luzhikov because this protest was orchestrated by his faction from behind the scenes.

If they’ve decided to strike first, they shouldn’t blame me for not holding back.

In the coming period, I will join forces with Medvedev to put pressure on Moscow State and make Luzhikov’s days miserable!

Once he makes a mistake amid the chaos, I will proceed to get him dismissed or push for his resignation!

Then the position of Moscow Governor will be vacated, and if the election is not held ahead of time, the Kremlin has the right to nominate a successor.

I will recommend you for the position with my father-in-law, and of course, you can talk to him about it yourself."

Rossiyana finally understood.

She said without hesitation:

"No problem at all!

If you need any help from me in dealing with Luzhikov, just tell me outright.

Don’t underestimate our faction, we are also full of talents!"