Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1099 - 949: The Contrast is Too Big_2

Chapter 1099: Chapter 949: The Contrast is Too Big_2

Then there were Patek Philippe, Hermes, Cartier...

All one had to do was go in, roughly choose what they wanted, and say how much.

Then it was just a matter of having the sales guide package everything and send it to the Xiao Ying gambling center. It only took about twenty minutes, and all the gifts were purchased.

For the two of them, it was as if they were just taking a walk after dinner; it didn’t even feel like shopping.

When money is no object, shopping becomes just this simple and dull, with no joy in it at all!

......

At night, when they went to bed, Nalan Ya Qi finally spoke the truth.

This trip back home wasn’t for leisure but to explore the market in her country.

She had talked a few times with Zhang Xiaoxi recently.

The two had known each other for a long time and were both of the same age, and coincidentally, both were Wang Ye’s schoolmates, one from high school and the other from university.

Now, even more coincidentally, both were working with shopping centers!

While one was working on budget shopping centers in the country, the other was doing top luxury malls in Moscow...

Zhang Xiaoxi’s thoughts were unknown, but Nalan Ya Qi was secretly competitive.

She felt she was no less capable than Zhang Xiaoxi, especially since her relationship with Wang Ye was even closer!

Therefore, she wanted to achieve something to show Wang Ye.

The first top luxury mall in Moscow had been a huge success, and the stores in Petersburg and Crimea were in preparation. Nalan Ya Qi had already set her sights on the broader market of Mainland!

This time back, she would start with the capital, looking for a suitable piece of land or to acquire a shopping center directly for transformation into a Xiao Ying shopping center branch in the Mainland.

Conveniently, her mother, Liu Mei, happened to be the person in charge of Xiao Ying Group’s company in China, and the subsidiary Nalan Ya Qi managed was also under the Xiao Ying Group, making the mother and daughter "colleagues" within the same group, and thus cooperation was naturally not a problem.

Furthermore, Nalan Ya Qi also knew that Xiao Ying Group’s business plan for the year was to develop five-star hotels and to expand into the Mainland!

Everyone knows that the selection of five-star hotel locations is very strict; aside from tourist hotspots, it is the economically developed first-tier mega-cities.

And it also has to be in the high-end business districts within the city centers.

And these areas were also perfectly suitable for Nalan Ya Qi’s top luxury malls.

She could take advantage of the expansion of the Xiao Ying Group’s five-star hotel network to simultaneously grow her own business.

Whether it was her own improvement or because she had been influenced by spending so much time with Wang Ye, Nalan Ya Qi was no longer the "silly sweet" girl from years before and had developed a business mind and keen vision.

To put it simply, she had broadened her horizons!

A few years ago, even though her family’s financial situation was fairly good, it wasn’t exactly wealthy, otherwise she wouldn’t have come to Moscow to study...

In just a few years, not to mention the pocket money she had secretly saved, but speaking of business, a top luxury mall’s monthly revenue was tens of millions of US dollars!

Once the malls in Petersburg and Crimea are open, the combined monthly revenue would easily exceed a hundred million US dollars.

Even though it was just a secondary subsidiary of the Xiao Ying Group, the company must now be worth a few billion or even more.

Perhaps the subsidiary she managed could even go public in the future!

Of course, such a great change was primarily because she had become Wang Ye’s woman...

Whenever she thought about it, Nalan Ya Qi felt fortunate for her decisive move back then, thankful that she "secured" Wang Ye.

Otherwise, she would probably still be like her university classmates, attending classes at school or waking up at four or five in the morning, enduring the bitter cold to go to the market and work to earn those few hundred dollars of pocket money each month!

......

Wang Ye also encouraged Nalan Ya Qi’s plan.

He smiled and said,

"That sounds good, as long as you are interested and think it’s feasible, then go ahead and do it boldly.

The domestic market is indeed much bigger than this one.

After all, how few people are here compared to back home, where the population is about ten times what it is here,

Moreover, with the rapid development of the national economy, consumer upgrades are inevitable."

Moreover, wealthy people here who truly want to shop find it very convenient to go to Western Europe, so high-end consumption is actually divided.

But wanting to go abroad from our country is much more troublesome.

Therefore, I believe luxury consumption in our nation will experience long-term rapid growth.

I can even predict that in about ten years, our domestic luxury market will become the largest single luxury consumer market in the world!

Starting your planning now is also appropriate timing, just be a bit more cautious about the location.

In this regard, you can communicate more with Zhang Xiaoxi; aren’t you two close friends?

You both are engaged in shopping malls now and probably have a lot to discuss."

Although Nalan Yaqi secretly disapproved of Zhang Xiaoxi — with her own mother in China, did she even need Xiaoxi’s guidance?

However, Yaqi wouldn’t speak ill of Xiaoxi in front of Wang Ye — she wasn’t foolish...

She happily responded, "Yes, I’ve discussed this with Xiao Xi, and she agrees as well.

Even though both of us are in the mall business, we differ in ways that not only eliminate direct competition but also create complementarities.

This return trip, Xiao Xi and I have planned to jointly scout several major cities back home.

So, I won’t be accompanying you then.

Of course, if you plan to take me back to your hometown to meet your parents, I would certainly set aside all my work and dutifully return with you."

Though her words were spoken in jest, Nalan Yaqi still looked at Wang Ye full of hope.

What if Wang Ye really agreed!

Wang Ye was facing upwards and didn’t notice Nalan Yaqi’s expectant gaze.

He laughed and shook his head, joking as well,

"You better stay busy with your own serious affairs; don’t worry about me.

My return home won’t be easy, as my mom and dad are planning a banquet to celebrate my university graduation with relatives!

I’m the Wang family’s first official student studying abroad!

When I first left the country, it was because I flunked the college entrance examination and had no choice but to study abroad at my own expense. My parents probably felt disgraced and didn’t celebrate.

Now that I’ve finally graduated from university and they also know I’ve made quite a bit of money from my business, plus the family factory is doing well,

this is a perfect opportunity to show off a bit, haha..."

Wang Ye meant no mockery of his parents; he understood their sentiments.

Now that their son was so accomplished, how could they not showcase his success? After all, they were only inviting family and friends, which was quite modest!

Nalan Yaqi also smiled. She was very familiar with Wang Ye’s backstory and of course understood his frustrations.

This truly seemed like a joke.

In Moscow, Wang Ye was a powerful Vice Speaker of Duma!

He was the Director of the National Economic Committee, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee!

He was also the richest man in all of Russia, ranking very high among the global super-rich, overseeing countless major groups!

A decisive and ruthless big shot, a casual word from him could end someone’s career or even life!

Although there were aspects Nalan Yaqi didn’t fully grasp, she understood that Wang Ye’s rise in recent years had been anything but smooth, the dangers therein unthinkable.

In the process, countless people had fallen at Wang Ye’s hands, losing their fortunes, their positions, and even their lives!

But back in his hometown, in front of his parents, he was just a recently graduated son who had made some money doing business...

Still needing to be paraded by his parents in front of relatives and friends.

And Wang Ye could only oblige earnestly, his face wearing a simple smile as he toasted the relatives, exchanging pleasantries...

In the eyes of relatives and friends, Wang Ye’s prospects were limited to being "promising," "a student studying abroad," "smart," "made some money washing dishes abroad," and the like...

Such a contrast was indeed too great...