Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1194 - 997: Hard to Believe

Chapter 1194: Chapter 997: Hard to Believe

Wang Ye smiled modestly and said, "Every country has its own traditional arts, just in different forms. When I go to China, I sometimes listen to Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera, which are also very fascinating arts."

That was just polite small talk. Wang Ye indeed had listened to Kunqu and Peking Opera before, but he really couldn’t bring himself to like them.

It’s not that they were bad; he just lacked that "artistic cell" and couldn’t appreciate them...

While the two of them were talking in low voices, on stage, Donia had already made her entrance.

Today, she was dressed up and looked absolutely stunning.

The stage lights were bright, and the audience area was relatively dim, plus Donia concentrated all her energy on her dance moves. She knew that the audience was packed, but she couldn’t see any of their faces clearly.

Of course, she also didn’t know that Wang Ye was sitting right in the middle of the front row...

Wang Ye quietly watched Donia dancing gracefully on stage. Although he didn’t understand ballet, perhaps Donia danced so well that she mesmerized Wang Ye.

The one-hour ballet performance ended swiftly, and when the actors on stage took a bow, thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

Donia stood on stage, bowing deeply. Only when the applause began to subside did she raise her head.

The dancers didn’t leave the stage, because there was one last part to the event—they would take a group photo with some dignitaries from Moscow and other countries!

For the dancers, this was a rare honor.

And the guests today were no small names!

Even though they weren’t interested in politics, many performers had heard of Deputy Speaker Duma Mikhail, of course, and there was a Vice President from the Chinese delegation!

Down below, Wang Ye and Vice President Li gestured to each other, then stood up together and walked side by side towards the stage.

As they reached the stairs at the side of the stage, a staff member waiting there handed Wang Ye a bouquet of exquisitely wrapped fresh flowers.

Obviously, this was something Wang Ye had arranged in advance. He took the flowers and continued walking up onto the stage.

Donia and Lily stood side by side, curiously watching the two men coming onto the stage.

A spotlight created a bright circle, highlighting the two men as they ascended.

As the two men drew nearer, the performers on stage could see their faces clearly.

Others were just a little nervous and excited, but Donia and Lily’s eyes bulged round and their mouths gaped open, stunned.

Because they saw their familiar "Mikhail", and the flowers in his hands...

Donia’s first reaction was to think that Misha had gone "crazy"!

The night before, he had joked with her about climbing onto the stage to present her flowers after her performance.

Was he now recklessly coming on stage to give her flowers?

The problem was that now was not the right time at all!

There were so many leaders watching from below. How could he, an ordinary employee, come on stage alongside a foreign dignitary, breaking all norms of etiquette!

Perhaps the local officials were hesitant to stop his actions now, but surely they would punish him severely afterwards...

Because her mind was in such a turmoil, Donia had never considered whether the "small employee Mikhail" and the important "Mikhail from Moscow" could be the same person...

Of course, that was beyond her wildest imagination.

Donia simply couldn’t associate the smiling, polite, and handsome "Misha" with the legendary "Deputy Speaker Duma, chairman of various committees, and powerful Mikhail..."

She blankly watched Wang Ye approaching, her mind a total blank...

Lily was not faring any better.

Lily felt her head buzzing. She was quicker to react than Donia and had already realized that the "Misha" she met and had dinner with yesterday was the same "Mikhail" before her eyes!

That meant Mikhail was not some minor government employee, but the influential Moscow Big Shot!

Thinking of how she had advised Donia the day before, saying Mikhail was not good enough for her...

With this thought, her face burned with embarrassment, as if she had been slapped hard!

......

Wang Ye and Vice President Li came forward to the performers, shook hands with each one, and made polite comments like "Wonderful performance" and "You all worked hard"...

When Wang Ye reached Donia, he stood still and, with a smile, looked at Donia and offered her the flowers.

He said, "On stage, you are like this bouquet of flowers, beautifully dazzling."

Normally, someone of Wang Ye’s status personally giving flowers to a performer would be improper.

But now as Wang Ye presented flowers to Donia, nobody on or off the stage found it inappropriate, perhaps because Donia’s performance today had been so captivating she deserved the flowers from Wang Ye.

Or perhaps, once someone reaches Wang Ye’s level, whatever he does is considered appropriate...

Because ordinary rules no longer bound him, he was the one who set the rules!

Donia took the flowers dumbly, wanted to smile but only managed a twitch of her lips, failing to produce a smile.

What she wanted to do most at that moment was drag Wang Ye aside and ask for an explanation—what on earth was going on!