Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1210 - 1005: There’s Only One Person in Charge

Chapter 1210: Chapter 1005: There’s Only One Person in Charge

Wang Ye guessed right; Donia’s father and sister’s promotion was indeed facilitated by Vasily.

That very night, Donia received a phone call.

On the phone, a woman who claimed to be an employee from the Governor’s office warmly left Donia her personal contact information, saying that Donia could call her anytime if she had any problems.

She even indirectly praised Donia’s father and sister for their hard work and responsibility, their outstanding abilities, and hinted at further promotions in their future.

She also said that Donia was the pride of Irkutsk State and would become a superstar after moving to Moscow...

In any case, even the naive Donia could tell that her father and sister’s sudden promotion was exactly as Misha had said—a direct result of Governor Vasily pulling strings.

Obviously, Vasily didn’t do these things because of her per se—just because of that connection she had with Misha!

Donia came to understand this point quite clearly...

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Wang Ye didn’t care about the incidents occurring in Donia’s family. It didn’t matter to him that Vasily did those things to curry favor with him, nor would he act all "selflessly" and warn Vasily not to pursue personal gains through power.

After all, this wasn’t a significant ethical mistake; moreover, Vasily was an elected Governor!

Strictly speaking, neither the Duma nor the Kremlin should normally interfere with someone else’s work!

He just needed to be accountable to the voters of Irkutsk State; Moscow couldn’t manage that much...

These past few days, Wang Ye had also been busy with the government finance budget proposal.

Just as Donia saw on TV, the government’s first draft of the finance budget proposal had been flatly rejected by the Economic Committee, with the reason being that it did not match the country’s current situation—it was unrealistic and the budget was unreasonable.

These were not Wang Ye’s words, but the evaluation given by the other Members of the Economic Committee during the special pre-examination meeting.

Clearly, not a single member supported this seemingly "outrageous" budget proposal.

To rise to the position of a Member of the Economic Committee, one has to be quite astute. Everyone could see the meaning behind the government’s proposed budget.

This wasn’t just targeting Director Mikhail; it was a provocation against the entire Economic Committee!

Because the allocation of the funds from debt issued each year was discussed and arranged by the whole Economic Committee, not decided unilaterally by Director Mikhail.

Many super-scale projects led by the Economic Committee also have designated members to take charge.

That meant everyone held significant power in their hands...

The government side now aiming to seize this economic power from the Economic Committee—none of the members would stand for it, so during the first pre-examination meeting, they unanimously vetoed the budget proposal and sent it straight back.

Some members even made stern threats to the News Media that if the government did not treat the budget proposal "seriously and carefully" and continued to put forward "outrageous" new proposals like this time, they should get ready for a government shutdown!

The reason for mentioning a "government shutdown" was because if the budget proposal failed to pass, then salaries for government employees would not be paid in the upcoming new year, which would essentially paralyze the whole government apparatus and lead to a shutdown.

The tug-of-war between parts of the government and the Economic Committee immediately caught the attention of many people.

Even the Kremlin was alarmed.

Gavriil called Wang Ye right away.

"Misha, I heard that there’s been a lot of unpleasantness between your Economic Committee and the government over the finance budget. What’s the situation now?"

Gavriil surely knew the ins and outs of the matter and was well aware of why the Economic Committee and the government side were at such an impasse. He deliberately pretended to be oblivious, the implication being clear: he wanted to mediate the conflict between the two sides.

If the stalemate continued, it wouldn’t just be a big loss for the government side; the Kremlin would also lose face.

After all, the various government departments are in place to execute the Kremlin’s policy intentions, under Kremlin jurisdiction!

If the government were to shutdown, it wouldn’t just be a headache for Medvedev, his father-in-law would probably be even more troubled...

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Although Wang Ye understood Gavriil’s intentions, he didn’t make them explicit. He simply and concisely recounted the situation.

Finally, he said in a rather stern tone:

"The government’s Financial Department is too amateurish!

The reasons they provided for increasing the budget are not sufficient; looking over the entire proposal, it just seems like an attempt to increase the budget for the sake of increasing it.

But after raising the budget, what effect it could actually have is completely not reflected.

Even more outrageous is that this time, they’ve submitted a budget that’s double that of this year, but the projected GDP growth rate is even worse than this year’s.

My evaluation is that the expenditure budget is exceptionally bold, even fanciful.

Yet, the confidence in economic development is extremely conservative!

Such a budget proposal is nothing but a joke when presented!"

Wang Ye’s words were not slander against the government department because that’s exactly what was reflected in the budget proposal.

If you’re going to increase the budget, but also raise the projected GDP growth rate accordingly, then at least that would be defensible. After all, to develop the economy faster and better, increased investment is necessary.