Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1192 - 996 A Beautiful Thing

Chapter 1192: Chapter 996 A Beautiful Thing

While they were happily chatting and eating, Wang Ye’s phone rang.

He took out his phone and glanced at it, showing that it was a call from Yelena, which meant that there must be important public affairs to discuss; otherwise, she would not have disturbed him at this time.

Wang Ye subtly put away his phone, and said to Donia and Lily, "Excuse me, I need to take a call."

Saying this, he naturally got up and stepped outside, lit a cigarette, and answered the call while smoking.

On the other end, Yelena indeed had an urgent matter, concerning the Industrial Fund.

According to the rules Wang Ye had set when establishing the Industrial Fund Office, no institution or individual other than the National Economic Commission was allowed to interfere with the work of the Industrial Fund Office.

Yelena had full authority to plan the major industries, to research and assess enterprises applying for support funds, to evaluate the application projects, and to grant the funds as she saw fit.

This meant she was very independent, with substantial power!

Since the establishment of the office, they had received a very large number of applications. Yelena, leading her own professional team, had carefully evaluated and screened them, and rejected most of the projects.

Because in her view, these projects were entirely without any supportive value, and even some newly established projects seemed to be specifically created to "scam subsidies"...

However, today she encountered a rather tricky situation: it was an application from a newly established chip design company in Petersburg.

The company qualifications were quite good, the research and development strength was strong as well, attracting many top talents in the domestic chip industry, clearly having great potential.

For such a company, the Industrial Fund Office would list it as a key support target, offering funds and technology support in phases and time periods.

But the problem arose when Yelena examined the company’s shareholders and discovered an issue.

That was, this company was founded with capital from the Rossiyana family, and the shareholders were all Rossiyana’s relatives, making things a bit complicated.

She worried that if this company were to receive financial subsidies, that might create hidden risks.

Could competitors use this situation as fodder to attack Wang Ye in the future?

Such things had to be guarded against, although this company also completely met the subsidy requirements of the Industrial Fund. With melons below the vines, in the eyes of outsiders, it might seem like filling one’s own pockets, and they wouldn’t care about anything else.

But if they simply rejected it for this reason, that would conflict with the purpose of establishing the Industrial Fund Office...

So Yelena called Wang Ye to seek his opinion.

After listening, Wang Ye also slightly frowned.

The Romanov family actually wanted to venture into the chip industry?

But on second thought, it wasn’t surprising, as their family had always been cultivating the communication industry, which was a technology company, and with their well-informed stance, they likely saw a promising future for the chip industry.

So they had prepared in advance, establishing a chip company, which could not only benefit from industrial subsidies but, if it really took off, it might even become a cash cow.

Yelena’s considerations were also reasonable.

After all, politics was not so simple; there were too many issues to consider.

Perhaps an insignificant matter, at a critical moment, could become the last straw breaking the camel’s back and cause a huge disaster!

Yelena, who had been working in the Duma alongside Wang Ye for many years, had a high political sensitivity, and being meticulous by nature, was why she had made this call.

If it were someone else, they might have directly approved it, even feeling they had done a great favor for their boss!

After considering for a moment, Wang Ye had an idea and instructed:

"For this matter, don’t give direct advice. Under the name of your Industrial Fund Office, invite domestic authoritative experts from the relevant industry to form a review panel. Have them conduct the audit and provide opinions.

If this company can pass the expert panel’s review and no objections are raised after making it public, then proceed with the normal procedure to provide financial support.

Just make sure all the procedures are transparent and public. As for who the company shareholders are and what relationships they have, that’s not important. In our actions, we only need to ensure we’re beyond reproach!"

By making this suggestion, Wang Ye cleverly shifted the responsibility.

If the Industrial Fund Office directly decided which companies and projects could receive support funds, it might be used against Wang Ye in the future when someone wanted to attack him.

But if the evaluation was done by authoritative experts from the industry, the responsibility would be on the panel. Even if someone wanted to cause trouble, they wouldn’t be able to trace it back to Wang Ye!

Yelena immediately understood after hearing this...

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As Wang Ye and Yelena discussed work, inside the Cafe, Donia and Lily were quietly discussing him.

"Donia, do you like him?

As a good friend, I must remind you that he’s just an ordinary staff member; he can’t offer you a future.

You might become a superstar in the future, surrounded by all kinds of wealthy suitors and aristocrats.

So, you really need to be cautious," Lily whispered to Donia.

Her words were indeed well-intentioned; as Donia’s good friend, she knew that Donia had never accepted boys’ invitations in the past.

Today, her attitude towards Mikhail, whom she had just met once, clearly showed that she had taken a liking to him.