Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1178 - 989: Expansion Again

Chapter 1178: Chapter 989: Expansion Again

After Wang Ye explained his plan, Angelina became slightly lost in thought, and tears instantly filled her eyes.

She was crying tears of joy.

She had thought that this is how her life would be, and although there was no formal recognition, the love Wang Ye had for her was real.

In the future, she would have a child with Wang Ye, and she was confident that she could raise the child herself; that would be enough to consider her life complete!

Of course, which girl doesn’t dream of walking into the wedding hall with her loved one?

She also wanted a formal wedding. She didn’t yearn for it to be grand, just to have both of their parents’ blessings.

However, due to the sensitivity of Wang Ye’s identity, she had never spoken of this wish because it seemed utterly unrealistic!

But today, she heard from Wang Ye’s mouth exactly what she wanted the most!

Naturally, she was overwhelmed with excitement.

Wang Ye gently patted Angelina’s slender back, helping her to calm her emotions.

"Unfortunately, the wedding will be quite simple, or you could even say, a secret ceremony. I’m sorry for the inconvenience," said Wang Ye with an apologetic tone.

When it came time for their wedding, he wouldn’t be inviting many guests.

It was manageable for Wang Ye’s side; he could invite his parents and other relatives, but for Angelina’s side, it would just be her parents, and at most, her sisters Nova and Natalia.

Oh, actually, Natalia might not be suitable to invite, Wang Ye worried it might upset her...

After all, he had a certain relationship with Natalia too. If he gave Angelina a formal wedding, what if Natalia also wanted one? Would he really have to use his identity as Wang Ye to immigrate to countries that allow polygamy...?

With tear-rimmed eyes and a radiant smile, Angelina shook her head repeatedly, "I don’t mind, not at all! Having both parents present is already enough."

......

While Wang Ye and Angelina were pleasantly enjoying their vacation, Androf called.

"Boss, the situation here in Africa has been a bit tense lately, we might have stepped on someone else’s toes," he said.

After listening to Androf’s report, Wang Ye frowned, sensing that the problem was quite tricky.

The matter wasn’t complicated: it was just that a local tribal chief, in cooperation with the Wagner Company, seized a diamond mine and clashed with another force.

Such incidents had happened quite a lot in the past. In recent years, Wagner had thrived in Africa, and it wasn’t by providing security services.

Partnering with the native chiefs to seize all sorts of mines was where the real money was made!

Otherwise, just by providing security services and relying on the fee from that, how could they afford to maintain so many elite soldiers of the Wagner Company?

The scale of Wagner had grown tremendously.

Just the combat personnel was close to ten thousand, and logistics support personnel amounted to twenty or thirty thousand. How much would just their salaries amount to each month?

That didn’t even account for the consumption of weapons and ammunition during regular training, maintenance costs for various types of heavy equipment, and so on.

Oh, and Wagner also owned a sizeable fleet!

You can say, it was a gold-guzzling beast...

If not for the fact that Androf was partnering with local chiefs to operate several gold and diamond mines in Africa, which brought in a not-insignificant income each year, just relying on Wang Ye’s personal investment would have been overwhelming for him.

But it’s often said that you can’t hang around the river without getting your shoes wet.

This time, a chief approached Wagner, claiming he had discovered a diamond mine on the border of his territory, but since the mine spanned another chief’s land, a dispute arose.

Initially, they relied on their tribesmen for several rather primitive ’fights.’ Then, as the conflict escalated, both sides began to seek outside help.

At first, because both sides didn’t have much money, and because they thought the diamond mine wasn’t that big and not worth the investment, they both hired small mercenary companies, with combat scales of a few dozen men. The skirmish dragged on for a while.

During the conflict, the chief accidentally discovered that the diamond mine was much larger than initially thought!

According to the assessment by the professionals he hired, the profit from fully mining out this diamond mine could exceed one billion US dollars!

That amount was truly astonishing, especially for the native chiefs in Africa.

Committed, the chief decided he must secure this mine!

Through connections, he found the Wagner Company, which had become very famous in Africa, and met with Androf.

After Androf reviewed the mining survey report brought by the chief, he was tempted too; a billion dollars could support the Wagner Group for a year...

It was an "extra profit" delivered to his doorstep, too good not to earn!

He simply agreed, but the conditions he set were strict: he wanted a seventy percent stake in the diamond mine!

In exchange, Wagner would take care of the security of the mine. No matter how many people came from the other side, they would ensure the mine wouldn’t be taken.

The chief hesitated for a long time, but eventually, he gritted his teeth and agreed.

He was a smart man too, understanding that although he would only get thirty percent, that was still a considerable amount of money. If he didn’t agree to give up the seventy percent stake, he might not even get the thirty percent...

......

The world wasn’t short of clever people. The chief who approached Wagner was smart, but so was his opponent.

The other party had also realized that there was more to this diamond mine...

So, he too found a well-known mercenary company, the Blackwater Company from the United States!