Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1193 - 996 A Beautiful Thing_2

Chapter 1193: Chapter 996 A Beautiful Thing_2

To prevent a "tragedy" from happening, she felt she had to remind her good friend.

Donia was a bit displeased, pouting as she spoke:

"What are you talking about? I just see Misha as a friend, and I find his company rather pleasant.

Don’t you feel it? Misha has a very charming quality about him that I have never experienced with anyone else before.

Can’t a girl be good friends with a boy without something happening?"

Lily rolled her eyes and said irritably:

"How can there be any friendship between men and women? Maybe at first, they talk about being good friends or male besties, but in the end, doesn’t it always end up with rolling in the sheets?

That kind of talk is just to fool those silly men."

Donia was at a loss for words because Lily had a point. Even though she said she wanted to be friends with Misha, deep down she harbored feelings for him and aspired for something more...

But what Lily said was just too... mercenary!

That was something Donia found hard to accept.

She retorted:

"I have to correct you on two points.

First, it’s not certain that I’ll become a superstar in the future. How many of our school’s seniors actually make it big?

Secondly, Misha might just be an ordinary employee now, but who’s to say he won’t achieve something extraordinary in the future.

Maybe, in a few years, with some opportunities, Misha could rise rapidly and soar to great heights!

Who knows, by then if we want to become superstars, we might need Misha to take care of us, hehe..."

Lily sighed; she felt that Donia was getting a bit lovesick and not quite thinking straight.

Because if one were to analyse it logically, the chance of Misha skyrocketing to success was far less likely than Donia becoming a superstar.

Donia already had the qualities and foundation to be a star—beautiful looks and excellent dancing skills; she just lacked the opportunity.

And in the dance world, fame could come quickly; a brilliant performance in a major show and some media hype could do the trick.

In contrast, for young people like Misha to skyrocket to success was basically wishful thinking...

...

While the two women were whispering to each other, Wang Ye had finished his phone call and returned.

He sat down at the dining table with a smile and asked, "What were you two chatting about?"

Donia felt a bit guilty and waved her hands quickly, saying, "Nothing much, just some girl talk."

Lily hadn’t managed to persuade Donia earlier and was still a bit unconvinced. She looked at Wang Ye and asked, "Why did you have to step out to make your call? It wasn’t that you were talking to a girl and didn’t want us to hear, was it?"

Wang Ye’s smile momentarily faltered; Lily had hit the nail on the head, he had indeed been on the phone with a girl...

However, he quickly regained his composure and said normally, "It was indeed a girl..."

At his admission, Lily’s face lit up with triumph, turning to Donia and saying, "See!"

Donia frowned slightly. "Misha hasn’t finished speaking yet, what’s the rush?"

Indeed, Wang Ye hadn’t finished. He continued, "That girl is my colleague, she needed to discuss work with me."

Lily’s excitement deflated. Before she could continue the interrogation, Wang Ye changed the subject, turning the conversation toward tomorrow’s performance...

...

After dinner and a coffee chat, noting it was getting late, Wang Ye finally said with a smile, "You both have a performance tomorrow; you shouldn’t rest too late. Let me take you back to the hotel."

The two women stood up, walking out of the coffee shop with Wang Ye.

The Lake Baikal Hotel where they stayed was right next to the Coffee Shop, just a few steps away.

In the hotel lobby, Wang Ye was about to say goodbye and go to rest, when Donia seemed reluctant to part. She bit her lip and whispered to Wang Ye, "Do you want to... come up and sit for a while?"

Wang Ye hesitated for a moment but still declined with a smile, "It’s too late tonight, and it’s not quite proper for me to go up to your rooms where the two of you girls are staying. Let it go.

We’ll have time in the future, and it’s not as if we won’t see each other again."

Donia nodded somewhat embarrassingly. She didn’t know why she was always talking nonsense today...

Standing there, she watched Wang Ye’s tall figure leave until he walked out of the hotel’s doors and was out of sight; only then did she sigh and turn to go upstairs.

Lily said somewhat sourly, "Well, look at you, cheeky girl, now that you have a boyfriend, you don’t see anyone else, do you?"

Donia realized that Lily was still there with her and quickly explained with a crimson face, "Stop talking nonsense, Misha and I... aren’t boyfriend and girlfriend yet!"

"By the look of you, you wish you were already, right! Fine, I won’t say much more, but you have to think it through and not regret it later," Lily said helplessly.

......

Of course, Wang Ye didn’t know how the two girls were discussing things about themselves.

He, however, was in a rather pleasant mood tonight.

While Donia’s beauty had initially attracted Wang Ye, as he got to know her, he found that the girl had a very decent character, perhaps her soul was as beautiful as her appearance!

She had not yet been tainted by the "dust" of the mundane world; she was pure and transparent from the outside in. Being with her made one feel relaxed.

There was no need to think about those political manipulations, no need to calculate benefits. For Wang Ye, it was a rare relaxation.

Just for this reason, he decided he wanted to help Donia.

Wasn’t this girl dreaming of joining the Russian Royal Ballet Troupe?

For Donia and her peers, this might be an impossible dream!

But for Wang Ye, it was nothing to fuss about; he didn’t even need to intervene personally. He could just assign an assistant to handle it directly.

After arranging for Donia to join the Russian Royal Ballet Troupe, whenever he felt tired in the future, he could go watch her performance then have dinner, chat and drink coffee together.

That would be a wonderful thing...

......

After returning to the hotel, he opened his Laptop and dealt with some public affairs. Seeing that it was getting late, he washed up and went to rest.

A night without words...

The next day was a busy one as the Chinese delegation arrived in Irkutsk in the morning.

As the "host," Wang Ye warmly welcomed the distinguished guests from afar and had a cordial meeting with Vice President Li of the Chinese delegation.

The two talked about the foresighted exploration of energy cooperation between the two countries, reaching a consensus to further strengthen the partnership. They decided that at an appropriate time, the energy pipeline would be expanded again to provide more crude oil and natural gas to China...

At 2 p.m. sharp, the grand opening ceremony began at the starting point of the pipeline.

Wang Ye and Vice President Li delivered speeches and performed the ribbon-cutting...

In the evening, after the banquet was over, everyone moved to the Grand Theater to watch the Ballet Drama "Swan Lake," which was the last schedule of the day.

This time, Wang Ye naturally wouldn’t be sitting in the second-floor VIP hall.

He sat side by side with Vice President Li in the very center of the first row. Next to them and behind them were accompanying personnel from both parties, as well as officials and staff from Irkutsk State, the city, Yukos Group, and the Russian Gas Industry Group, among other organizations, which was quite a number of people.

"Chairman Mikhail, I have long heard that your country’s ballet dramas are renowned worldwide. I am very much looking forward to today’s performance being spectacular," Vice President Li said politely before the start of the drama.

In fact, he was aware of Wang Ye’s true identity, but he had shown no signs of it in their interactions today, avoiding any mention because there was no need.

In China, Wang Ye’s identity was considered of the "highest confidentiality," known only by the most core personnel, and unless it was a critical moment, everyone would tacitly choose to "forget."

As Wang Ye’s position climbed higher, the level of this "confidentiality" would rise...