Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1277 - 1038: The Most Worthy Thing to Boast About_2

Chapter 1277: Chapter 1038: The Most Worthy Thing to Boast About_2

Wang Ye smiled and introduced, "Sister Xiaozhu, this is Sister Xiaoxiao and Brother Guang. You should also call her Sister Xiaoxiao, haha."

Indeed, Liu Xiaoxiao was one or two years older than Ruan Xiaozhu. After all, Liu Xiaoxiao had graduated from university and had been working for three or four years.

Ruan Xiaozhu smiled and exchanged pleasantries with Liu Xiaoxiao, recognizing each other and being quite enthusiastic.

The girls quickly became familiar with each other, and Liu Xiaoxiao and Ruan Xiaozhu sat together, whispering secrets, leaving Wang Ye no choice but to make small talk with Zhang Guang.

With Wang Ye’s current "status," he obviously far exceeded the rather plain and honest Zhang Guang. A few simple sentences were enough for Wang Ye to understand the current situation of both Zhang Guang and Liu Xiaoxiao.

Zhang Guang had attended university in the capital city of the province and stayed there to work after graduation. However, the university he attended was quite average, and his job was "arranged" through family connections at a company with "Zhong" in the name, a large central enterprise, where he was only a grassroots employee.

His salary was quite ordinary, to say the least. Forget about buying a house or a car; he couldn’t even support himself and needed his parents to subsidize his living expenses each month.

Liu Xiaoxiao had originally worked in the County town at a central enterprise’s Zhongyuan branch company. To reunite with Zhang Guang, she had exerted a great deal of effort, asked many people for favors, and of course spent a good amount of money, to be transferred to work at the headquarters in the capital city.

Obviously, she was also a low-level employee with a salary similar to Zhang Guang’s.

The two had just gotten married this summer and had considered buying a new house in the capital city. But after looking around, the high housing prices quickly dissuaded them.

They planned to rent for a few more years, just in case they had the opportunity to receive housing from their company in the future.

Although they knew such a chance was slim, they still held a faint hope...

Towards the end, Zhang Guang let out a long sigh and said, "Both Xiaoxiao and I came from small County towns, and it’s not easy to gain a foothold in such a big city as the capital city. Our families are relatively well-off, but after coming to the capital city, we realized we were nothing..."

As for what he had realized, that was self-evident. There’s a saying in China, "You don’t know how small your official rank is until you get to the capital city, and you don’t realize how little money you have until you get to Peng City!

Zhang Guang’s parents both held the rank of section chief or deputy director, which made them quite respectable figures in small places. But in the capital city, to put it bluntly, what was their level really worth?

They were just inconspicuous passersby. That Zhang Guang and Liu Xiaoxiao had managed to "arrange" work in the capital city was already the best they could do. They probably couldn’t ask for more help...

Wang Ye empathized deeply; his previous life was, frankly, not even up to the level of Zhang Guang and Liu Xiaoxiao.

At least the two of them were central enterprise employees with hukou (household registration) in the capital city. Although their incomes were low, they held secure jobs and managed to settle down in the capital city with help from both sets of parents.

As for himself, he had struggled in Peng City for more than a decade, and although he didn’t achieve nothing, he hadn’t secured his footing until the moment before his "rebirth," and had even ended up in debt...

Who could he even complain to about that?

Back then, Wang Ye often lamented that Peng City was said to be full of gold and opportunities. Stories were common about penniless young people who came to Peng City to work hard and became billionaires after a few years.

Why hadn’t such a thing happened to him? Who was taking all the money?

Of course, this life was completely different for him. To Wang Ye, money was really just a number.

He didn’t even know how much money he had because it was simply too much to spend...

"Take it slow, everything will get better."

In the end, that was all Wang Ye could offer as comfort to Zhang Guang.

In truth, if he wanted to help Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Guang, it would be incredibly easy!

In the end, their difficulties stemmed from being "poor"!

Just having enough money, not much, merely enough to buy a house in full, would immediately make Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Guang’s life much easier and their happiness much greater than it was now!

Living in a big city, in the end, it all came down to whether you had a house. As long as you had your own home, even if you didn’t earn much, the pressure wouldn’t be too great. After all, there’s a way of living even for the poor.

"But if you don’t have a house, even if your income is quite high, the pressure can be so overwhelming that you can’t bear it!

Because you have to think about getting married and having children, think about children’s education, think about...

Anyway, there are too many things bound up with owning a house...

With Wang Ye’s current wealth, a house in the capital of China isn’t even a drop in the bucket for him; giving one as a wedding gift to Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Guang would be easy.

However, Wang Ye didn’t do that. A house might not mean much to him, but it seemed too valuable a gift for Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Guang. Based on his understanding of them from his past life, both of them had strong pride and would probably find it hard to accept such ’charity’ from Wang Ye.

So even if Wang Ye wanted to help them, he had to consider how to do it properly, taking into account other people’s feelings.

After dinner, Wang Ye and Ruan Xiaozhu prepared to send Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Guang back to the hotel for a rest.

As they came down to the entrance, Wang Ye and Ruan Xiaozhu’s cars were already parked there, both Land Rover Range Rovers—one black and one white.

"Xiaoxiao, ride with me, so we can chat on the way," Ruan Xiaozhu said with a smile, pulling her toward the white Land Rover.

The friendship between girls comes so quickly; during the course of a meal, Ruan Xiaozhu and Liu Xiaoxiao became just like besties.

Wang Ye could only shrug his shoulders and took Zhang Guang to the black Land Rover in front.

...

After arriving at Xiao Ying Hotel, Ruan Xiaozhu helped the two of them with the check-in procedure, then she and Wang Ye escorted them to their room.

Once in the room, Wang Ye and Ruan Xiaozhu didn’t stay long. After a brief chat, they said their goodbyes, telling Liu Xiaoxiao to rest early.

Just after Wang Ye and Ruan Xiaozhu had left, and Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Guang hadn’t even started to freshen up, they heard a knock on the door.

They thought it might be Wang Ye or Ruan Xiaozhu who came back for something, but when they opened the door, they saw it was a hotel waiter, not a Russian, but a Chinese staff member.

It was apparent that Xiao Ying Hotel had been hosting so many visitors from China over the past two years that it had hired quite a few Chinese staff members to cater specifically to guests from China.

"Hello, and welcome to Moscow, and to our Xiao Ying Hotel.

Our hotel is the only one in all over Russia that holds a gambling license, and on the first and second floors, there are a variety of gambling entertainment halls.

The room you’re staying in is our hotel’s VIP executive suite, so the hotel is offering you free gambling chips valued at five hundred US dollars. You both might want to try your luck at the gambling hall, and we wish you rolling wealth and big wins!"

As he spoke, the waiter presented a large red envelope with what were presumably the free gambling chips inside.

Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Guang gave each other a surprised glance. They get free gambling chips for staying at this hotel?

They hadn’t heard anything about that from their travel group leader.

But maybe Wang Ye had upgraded their room for them; the waiter just mentioned a "VIP executive suite" right? The room’s furnishings and decor were indeed luxurious, something the other tour members probably wouldn’t experience...

Since it was free, there wasn’t much to discuss. Liu Xiaoxiao reached out to take the red envelope with a thank you and a smile.

Once the waiter had left, they both grew excited.

Feeling somewhat eager, Liu Xiaoxiao said, "It’s still early; how about we go down and play? When we came up, I saw many Chinese people in the first-floor lobby—probably all going to gamble."

Zhang Guang hesitated a little, "But... we don’t know how to play cards or any of that. Wouldn’t we just be giving away money?"

"Fool, they must have slot machines, those are the simplest! Don’t worry about it, just follow me. I know how to play slots, and it’s easy!"

So, the two of them excitedly made their way downstairs, heading straight for the gambling hall...