Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1393 - 1096: Constantin’s Discontent_2

Chapter 1393: Chapter 1096: Constantin’s Discontent_2

While Medvedev and Grezlov, if they want to propagate on these websites, either have to pay for hard advertising or find ways to write advertorials.

However, both of these methods have significant drawbacks.

If you resort to paying for hard advertising, the advertising costs are astronomical. These internet giants are ruthless in hiking prices, no matter if you are the Government’s chief or the Duma Speaker, the amount due for advertising is set!

And if you think of having the team write advertorials to promote, firstly, it might not achieve the expected effect, and secondly, you may also face the website’s audit and traffic restrictions...

After all, you haven’t paid the money; yet you want to leverage the website’s traffic, it’d be strange if the website shows you any good grace...

So, after this period of online hype, Rossiyana, who was originally at a disadvantage in the competition, has actually caught up with Medvedev and Grezlov in the latest grassroots support rate survey, and even shows signs of overtaking!

This made the father-in-law feel a multitude of emotions, and he couldn’t help but mention it.

...

Rossiyana smiled slightly, without explaining or saying much.

Ever since the Kremlin publicly stated their support for Medvedev in the General Election, her relationship with the Kremlin has not been as good as before.

After all, there is no blood relation between them, when it comes to significant interests, naturally one has to consider personal benefits first.

Constantin glanced at his granddaughter and Wang Ye and chuckled before continuing the conversation:

"Yes, that is the advantage of young people, they have flexible minds and adopt new things quickly!

I think, in this rapidly changing new century, if our country does not want to fall too far behind other countries, we need more outstanding young people like Misha and Rossiyana to stand up and take on the responsibility.

It is in their hands that this country can have a better development and a brighter future!

If the stage is always occupied by a bunch of stubborn old men like me, haha...

Then the future of our country is worrying."

His words carried undertones of sarcasm, obviously also dissatisfied with the Kremlin’s attitude towards the election.

A couple of years ago, Constantin thought that if his granddaughter ran for the election, she would definitely receive double support from Misha and the Kremlin. As long as she doesn’t mess up her grassroots support rate, winning the General Election would be a piece of cake!

But now that the real General Election started, the Kremlin actually promoted a new candidate to contend with Rossiyana, which made him extremely annoyed.

Of course, the father-in-law caught the hint of discontent in Constantin’s words and frowned slightly.

Feeling the atmosphere turn a bit delicate, Wang Ye quickly interjected with a laugh to smooth things over:

"Today is a happy day for Rossiyana and me, we shouldn’t talk about public affairs. We are busy with work every day, so let’s not discuss work today.

Speaking of the Internet, I actually think it’s a major trend.

Not just in terms of news propaganda where traditional channels will be replaced by the network, in fact, many industries are already facing the impact of the Internet.

But this is also a great opportunity for some industries and even countries to leapfrog into the lead!

Like shopping, although the entire retail market is still dominated by stores, department stores, and more modern shopping centers, Internet shopping has started to emerge. It should be noticeable that in the United States, which is at the forefront of the Internet, platforms like Amazon have gained substantial scale and begun to squeeze the market share of traditional sales channels.

In this regard, our country is still behind and needs to catch up.

I’ve already talked with the heads of Internet companies like YANDEX and told them they must pay attention to the Internet shopping platform. Otherwise, once platforms like Amazon make a large-scale entrance into our market, catching up will become much more challenging..."

Wang Ye was just making conversation, but this was also his genuine view. The internet industry is one of the sectors he values most in this life.

Considering his investments in the past few years, a significant portion of capital has been funneled into the internet industry.

Acquisitions of YANDEX and MAIL.RU, investing in Apple, Amazon, Google, Tencent, and bolstering Facebook...

It was only after he attained a high position that he began to consider Automobiles, Chips, Large aircraft, and major Infrastructure, as after all, these industries can drive the overall economic development of a country, providing more job opportunities and tax revenues.

Talking purely about making money, it actually can’t compare to the internet at all.

But being in different positions, the angles from which problems are considered are also different; there is no right or wrong in this.

Khodorkovsky empathized deeply, as he is currently uninterested in politics, which is why he remained silent when Constantin and his father-in-law were at odds before.

Now that Wang Ye has brought up a topic of interest, he helped shift the conversation by saying:

"As for whether Misha has any talent in politics, I’m not too sure, since I’ve never been involved in politics myself.

But no one should be able to question his vision and judgment when it comes to economics, finance, and the internet.

Those have been proven time and again through numerous successful cases.

By the way, Misha, your hedge fund has almost made enough money. To be honest, I was a bit nervous when I heard about how much it’s earned.

After all, that’s a slice taken from the big American pie. Right now, they’re in a panic and have no time to deal with international speculators like us, but once they recover, I wonder if they will come after us to settle scores."

Upon mentioning the hedge fund operated by Wang Ye, the others too lost interest in discussing politics, as they had all invested a lot of money in this fund!

How much they could earn and whether they could safely take the money into their hands were indeed concerns for everyone.

Wang Ye smiled faintly and spoke calmly: "Don’t worry, there’s still a big opportunity to make money. After that, we will wrap it up and distribute the earnings.

But there’s no rush at the moment, and there’s absolutely no need to worry about risk.

Let me put it this way, we aren’t the only ones who’ve made money from this economic crisis, nor have we made the most.

Moreover, all our sources of funds and operational methods are legal and compliant. Even if someone wants to trouble us, they need to find a handle on us first.

And if they really want to cross us, well, we are not the ones to just sit back and take it..."

Hearing Wang Ye’s last remark, everyone in the room laughed.

Indeed, their hedge fund had quite the backing. Even the powerful United States probably wouldn’t want to easily offend them.

Not to mention the identities of the people present, let’s not forget the other shareholders of the fund—the European Royal Families, who are definitely not easy to provoke.

As long as the Big Shark Hedging Fund follows the rules in its operations and makes money honestly, and exits at the right time, there should be basically no risk.

Even if the United States finds out afterward, they can only swallow their grievances silently, unable to voice any complaints.

Thinking about the significant wealth that was soon to be in their hands, everyone’s mood improved, and after chatting about how to distribute the money once received, the father-in-law and Khodorkovsky reluctantly got up to leave.

The two of them were not going to stay here.

Even though Khodorkovsky’s identity was that of Wang Ye’s uncle, there was no problem with him staying, but he had his own place in Moscow, so he did not stay.

Constantin, on the other hand, remained. He did not plan to return to Petersburg today.

After seeing his father-in-law and Khodorkovsky off, the three men returned to the living room, and Constantin spoke discontentedly:

"I have to make a trip to the Kremlin in the next few days, to talk to him alone!"

What to talk about, of course, didn’t need to be said—it was definitely about the General Election.

Rossiyana quickly advised: "I don’t think that’s a good idea, Grandpa. The father-in-law is actually in a difficult position too, after all, behind him, there is the enormous Faction of Hilarwick Group; he must put the interests of his faction first.

If he were to support me, how would other people within the faction view him?"

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