Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1225 - 1012 Pikalevo_2

Chapter 1225: Chapter 1012 Pikalevo_2

Thus, the two sides were at an impasse.

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Hearing the Group Headquarters’ representative’s mockery, the worker representatives were not about to show weakness.

A young man named Kima immediately stood up to retaliate.

He glared and shouted:

"So you think it’s justified to owe wages?

No matter who comes, not paying wages on time is wrong!

I don’t care whether it’s some chairman or deputy chairman, we have only one demand, and that is to immediately pay all the wages owed to everyone without missing a cent!

If you do this, then we will return to work normally and stop causing trouble.

But if you fail to meet our demands, it’s useless no matter who comes!"

The other worker representatives also expressed their agreement one after another, everyone had the same idea, get paid and work, no pay means no work; it’s that simple!

The representative from headquarters responded calmly, "Ha, Chairman Drepaska will be coming tomorrow, and he will have a good talk with Chairman Mikhail about the issues of the aluminum factory. I believe Chairman Mikhail will judge for himself where the problem lies.

You might not know how much influence Mr. Drepaska has; otherwise, he couldn’t have built the Russian Aluminium Group to such a large scale.

Thinking that you can make Mr. Drepaska give in just because you are making unreasonable fuss, I must say you are too naive!

And as for Mr. Mikhail’s visit, do you really think he is coming to demand wages for you?

No!

It’s because your strike has affected the heating in Petersburg, causing extremely bad social effects, what you are doing is criminal!

Chairman Mikhail is coming to deal with this issue!"

There was a subtle threat in his words.

Some of the worker representatives looked at each other, seeming a bit frightened.

The impact caused by this large strike was not unknown to them, and they had considered the potential consequences beforehand.

But thinking of the saying ’the law does not punish the masses’ well, the aluminum factory has so many workers, it would clearly be impractical to arrest tens of thousands of workers...

But the problem was, as representatives, they were "sticking their necks out", and if at the time Chairman Mikhail decided to assert his authority, what if he really made an example of them...

As for Chairman Drepaska of the Group, everyone knew, this was an aluminum industry oligarch!

It was said he had a powerful background, even able to pull strings in Moscow.

His rush here was also clearly defined, that was to meet the big shot from Moscow.

What if that big shot from Moscow colluded with Drepaska to go against them...

Thus, the worker representatives subconsciously lowered their voices, and no longer spoke as loudly as before.

Only Kima was quite unconvinced, still shouting loudly: "I don’t care about all that! If you don’t pay my wages, nothing else matters, Mikhail, Drepaska, I don’t know who they are!"

Just as the two sides were going back and forth, spitting fire, the doors to the large meeting room were pushed open, and a tall, young man walked in surrounded by a group of people.

The meeting room immediately quieted down, everyone’s gaze turned uniformly towards the young man who was treated like a celebrity.

Then the Mayor stepped forward and loudly introduced to everyone:

"Dear worker representatives, representatives of the Russian Aluminium Group, this is Deputy Speaker Mikhail!

He has specially come from Moscow to resolve this dispute for everyone, let’s clap and welcome him!"

Saying that, he clapped enthusiastically with a beaming smile on his face.

The representatives from the Russian Aluminium Group also immediately smiled and stood up clapping, whereas the worker representatives hesitated, and a few of them reluctantly stood up and clapped, while a few others looked on coldly, sitting still without moving.

Wang Ye swept his gaze around the meeting room, said nothing, just nodded slightly in acknowledgment, then went and sat down at the head of the conference table.

The group that followed him into the room separated, those who were qualified to participate in the negotiations found their seats and sat down, while those who were not qualified left the room.

Nova pulled up a chair behind Wang Ye and sat down, opening her Laptop to prepare to take meeting notes.

Wang Ye turned his head and quietly instructed the Mayor sitting to his left, who immediately stood up and walked quickly out of the Meeting Room. After calling out outside, several Journalists carrying "cameras and microphones" entered.

This was exactly what Wang Ye had instructed: allowing the Journalists to come in and record the meeting proceedings.

Once the Journalists had set up their equipment at the other end of the Meeting Room, the meeting officially began.

The Mayor gave an opening speech, solemnly introducing Wang Ye’s identity and expressing the importance Moscow attached to the matter, asking everyone to speak rationally, make reasonable demands, and approach the meeting with the attitude of resolving issues, not escalating them.

After he finished speaking, Wang Ye finally spoke.

"Before coming here, I had already understood the whole process of the incident, so let’s not dwell on who is right and who is wrong anymore," he said.

"What needs to be resolved first is restoring heating, and then your Group’s internal issues.

Now, please, the Worker Representative, talk about your demands, but I must remind you beforehand, demands must be reasonable and legal.

Additionally, I want to remind everyone that the words spoken in this Meeting Room today will be recorded by our friends from the media using their cameras.

Therefore, I hope everyone speaks thoughtfully and takes responsibility for their words!"

As he spoke, Wang Ye’s sharp gaze swept across the side of the meeting table where the Worker Representatives were seated.

A few Worker Representatives looked at each other, then all eyes turned toward a young man sitting close to them near Wang Ye, known as Kima.

Kima took a deep breath to muster his courage.

Although he had always been an active participant and was one of the first to rally the Workers, leading them in strikes,

facing someone like Deputy Speaker Mikhail, it was natural to feel nervous and intimidated.

After all, other than the factory director, the biggest official he had ever met was the Mayor of Petersburg City who had come to resolve the matter a few days ago!

Now, suddenly meeting the Deputy Speaker from Moscow, he genuinely felt a bit intimidated...

But there was no choice, if he could not speak up, then he would appear too weak, so he had to stand out!

Kima quickly organized his thoughts in his mind, then he spoke, "We have only one demand, and that is to be paid our rightful wages on time! If this is done, then we will all return to work normally, if not, there’s nothing to discuss!"

Wang Ye nodded, as Nova quickly recorded every word Kima said.

The cameras set up also accurately recorded it.

After the Worker Representative finished speaking, Wang Ye shifted his gaze to the representatives sent from the Russian Aluminium Group Headquarters, signaling it was their turn to speak.

The person leading them spoke, hardening his resolve, "I am very sorry, Chairman Mikhail, the authorization I received was only for auditing the financial and administrative aspects of the Aluminum Factory.

Regarding the Workers’ strike these past few days, the response from the headquarters has been to neither retreat nor compromise,

uh...

that’s the current situation, but our Group Director, Mr. Drepaska is on his way here, expected to arrive tonight or tomorrow morning.

He will give you a satisfactory response at that time."

Wang Ye nodded expressionlessly, but inside, he felt some dissatisfaction.

What was Drepaska playing at!

Such a significant issue had arisen in Pikalevo, he had come all the way here himself, yet this involved party had not shown his face until now.

Was he busier than Wang Ye himself?!

In fact, Drepaska had not initially intended to come; he thought how much trouble could one local Aluminum Factory cause?

Moreover, the strike at the Aluminum Factory was affecting Petersburg, which was a concern for the Petersburg City Government, not for him...

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