Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 197: The Mother-Daughter Disagreement is a Bit Big_1

Chapter 197: Chapter 197: The Mother-Daughter Disagreement is a Bit Big_1

Wang Ye spoke to Liu Mei in Chinese, a language Angelina didn’t understand. She could only smile politely at them from the side, without interrupting their conversation.

But Nalan Ya Qi could understand them perfectly fine.

Although she had no idea how Wang Ye had obtained the gambling license, she had more faith in him than Liu Mei did.

"Mom, you don’t even know the whole story," she intervened. "Don’t rush to doubt him. Wang Ye might have gotten the license through legal means. With his current wealth, he doesn’t need to dabble in illegal underground gambling."

Liu Mei frowned and responded, "What do you know! There are no legal gambling licenses in Russia, I never heard of any legal casinos here before! Even the serious Russian business leaders couldn’t pull that off. Do you think Wang Ye, a Chinese man, can?"

Nalan Yaqi had no answer to that. Her mother’s argument did make sense. Russia had many business tycoons, even monopoly oligarchs!

But there was never any news about legal casinos, indicating just how challenging this task must be. It was even possible that the local laws simply did not allow such operations.

Wang Ye smiled and calmly countered, "But I...did it. I have indeed obtained a legal gambling license. And it is the only one in Russia."

At this point Liu Mei fell silent.

She did not know how to respond. She still didn’t believe him but openly showing more doubt would be equal to picking a fight with Wang Ye...

They were, after all, business partners. Her Tourism Company depended on Wang Ye’s study abroad agency to break into the market,she didn’t want to offend him unnecessarily.

If he enjoyed exaggerating...

Then just let him do it!

Wang Ye looked at Liu Mei, seeing the doubt in her eyes he sighed and said, "Well, whether you believe it or not, it’s true. So everything we discuss next will be based on this fact."

"Are you suggesting we increase our investment? I’ve already invested a lot in this small tourism company and I can’t afford to invest more." Liu Mei warned.

She smirked inwardly.

Just as I suspected!

He was tooting his own horn just so he can push for more investment.

In the end, it was all about money...

By now Wang Ye’s image had plummeted in her eyes, and she couldn’t help but feel regret. Wang Ye had been a promising young man who could make so much more if he’d just stick to honest business.

But his impatience and greed had led him astray!

Although she was warning him off, Nalan Ya Qi jumped at the mention of investment. She eagerly said, " Brother Ye, are you starting a new venture that needs investment? Great! Count me in, I have tens of thousands of US dollars to invest."

She had tasted the sweetness of investing from her stakes in the Qingyun Services Company.

Now, seeing another investment opportunity she can’t help but feel excited about the possibility of injecting all her money into Wang Ye’s project.

She had only invested a few thousand US dollars last time but within two or three months, she had received returns worth more than ten times her original investment, and that was just the first time she received dividends. The prospective of profits that will only increase and not decrease in the future was just too overwhelming.

With such a high return on investment, injecting several tens of thousands of US dollars now would set her for life, she could just lay back and wait for the cash to come pouring in...

Liu Mei received a sudden shock and glared at Nalan Ya Qi, saying sharply, "Do you know what kind of business you’re getting into?"

"I don’t care what business it is, as long as it can make money. I trust Brother Ye, we’ll definitely make money with him," Nalan Ya Qi gaily replied.

Seeing her daughter’s attitude, Liu Mei gritted her teeth in anger, about to reprimand her but seeing that Wang Ye and Angelina were still present she refrained from doing so.

It was clear the mother-daughter duo had a huge disagreement regarding their trust in Wang Ye!

It was understandable, Nalan Ya Qi had more contact with Wang Ye and although she did not know everything about him, her understanding was far deeper than Liu Mei’s. Moreover, she had directly benefited from her partnership with Wang Ye, so her choice to trust him unconditionally was reasonable.

Liu Mei on the other hand barely knew Wang Ye and hadn’t reaped any benefits from him yet, so she was still skeptical.

......

Seeing that Liu Mei and Nalan Ya Qi were about to argue because of him, Wang Ye rubbed his forehead and said, "Alright, now both of you should calm down. This deal doesn’t require Aunt Liu to increase her investment, and Ya Qi, it doesn’t require your money either."

Nalan Ya Qi immediately protested, "Why don’t you want my money?"

"Because this investment is too big! Neither you, Ya Qi, nor Aunt Liu can afford this huge investment," Wang Ye bluntly replied.

Nalan Ya Qi had no retort. If even Wang Ye stated that the investment was a large sum, then it must be a tremendous amount, and her few thousand dollars would indeed not be enough.

But even then Liu Mei was a bit dissatisfied. She asked with a feigned casualness, "Oh, how big is this investment? Tell us and let us widen our horizons."

"The budget is two hundred million US dollars," said Wang Ye nonchalantly.

Liu Mei’s mouth fell open with shock. She was silent for a long while.

Nalan Ya Qi also promptly lost all hope. With a two hundred-million-dollar budget, it was indeed a colossal investment. So she decided not to embarrass herself with her few thousand dollars...

"You...you really dare to say it! Do you know how much two hundred million dollars is? Where are you going to get that kind of money from? Can you really trust people to pour in that much money?" Liu Mei shook her head, in awe.

"No need to attract investment. I already have the money. All that’s left is to buy a suitable hotel and refurbish it. Actually, the real problem now is the lack of skilled personnel. Running a casino and a hotel are not the same, they need professional talents. But I’ve asked my friends to contact the He family in Macao. If everything goes smoothly, we’ll get started very soon," Wang Ye said seriously.

When discussing this with Liu Mei, he had no intention of tricking her because once this business gets underway, he was planning on having Liu Mei manage domestic matters.

Liu Mei was indeed a very shrewd and capable woman, and she was Nalan Ya Qi’s mother after all, he could trust her.

That’s why he took the opportunity to reveal some "facts" during dinner today!