Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 203: The Betting Card Has Arrived_1

Chapter 203: Chapter 203: The Betting Card Has Arrived_1

The Director of External Affairs couldn’t really be blamed for not offering assistance.

One could only say that Wang Ye, as a student studying abroad, was not worth such a big favor from him.

As for the preparatory course final exam, since it was merely a trivial matter for the Director, he immediately agreed to help.

However, when it came to exams for the first year of the main course, although not that hard for the Director, he would still need to pull strings, making rounds and asking favors.

If he met a stubborn old teacher who refused to give any leeway, things could get tricky...

So, he was reluctant to promise anything.

Of course, Wang Ye understood the problem. He smiled faintly, reached into his pocket and pulled out a large cowhide envelope, placed it on the table and gently pushed it towards the Director.

The Director watched Wang Ye and was puzzled, not sure what he was up to.

"I’ll need to trouble you with this matter. Consider this a token of my gratitude, please accept it," Wang Ye said with a smile.

The Director looked down at the large envelope on the table, was intrigued, and picked it up.

When he opened it, his gaze was fixed... because there was a thick stack of hundred-dollar bills, an estimated total of ten thousand dollars!

New hundred-dollar bills still emitting their unique scent, perhaps this is what they call the "smell of money"...

However, he liked that smell!

"What...is this to get a diploma without difficulties?" The Director asked, smiling with a bit of hesitation in his eyes.

Honestly, he had taken many gifts, but they were all from poor students who basically couldn’t afford to send any valuable gifts.

Majorly, gifts were red wine or vodka.

These weren’t even the top brands, just ones costing one or two hundred or even dozens of rubles...

Chinese students studying abroad were considered generous, but he had never seen one who handed out ten thousand US dollars in one go!

"Yes, it’s simply to get a diploma." Wang Ye said bluntly.

This reassured the Director.

He neatly put the large envelope into his pocket and said emphatically, "Then rest assured, leave this to me! After you are admitted to the department and get your grade book, just leave it with me. There is no need to attend the exams, just wait for graduation! And your result will absolutely be full excellence!"

At that time, it was like this in Russian universities. This was especially true for international students...

Most of the Chinese students studying abroad in the past only learned Russian, and didn’t really care about their major.

A lot of students, once they became proficient in Russian, would rarely attend classes and chose to work part-time or start their own business.

Of course, there were also many students from well-off families, who didn’t want to make money through part-time jobs and spent their time in dorms playing computer games.

If you ask if paying ten thousand dollars for a diploma is worth it?

It is definitely not.

You should know that at Friendship University, majors like Economics and Management have relatively higher tuition fees, but it’s only about two thousand dollars per year.

And for other science and engineering faculties, tuition fees were even lower, with some majors only costing one to one and a half thousand dollars.

Even the tuition fees for social majors in the Russia’s top university, Moscow University, were only about two thousand seven hundred dollars per year!

The most expensive major was also no more than four thousand dollars per year.

Of course, this was the price in 2001.

Wang Ye’s major, even after studying for four years, did not require ten thousand dollars.

But he was willing to give the Director ten thousand dollars directly, just to be able to get the diploma smoothly, and to free up his own time.

If he had the spare time and was in the mood, he would go to school for classes.

If he was busy, he naturally would not attend classes.

When he graduated, he would be able to get his diploma smoothly. It would also serve as an explanation to his parents back home.

For Wang Ye, this "price" was not expensive...

.........

When the door of the Director’s office opened again, a shocking scene greeted the students who were waiting outside.

The Chinese student who just went in was laughing and talking with the Director walking out. The normally reserved Director now had a smile that almost reached his ears.

The Director’s laughter subsided only after Wang Ye had gone far and his figure disappeared around the corner. He returned to his office with a spring in his step.

The students at the front looked at each other. They were not also Chinese students studying abroad and naturally didn’t know Wang Ye.

They didn’t know who this remarkable person was, who had managed to elicit such an enthusiastic response from the Director.

However, the Chinese students in the queue, although surprised, were not shocked, because this was Wang Ye!

Several months into arriving at Moscow, he already had it made, both in the fields of love and business. He not only attracted the most beautiful teacher in the school, but he also set up a company outside the campus, earning a decent sum of money!

So, impressing the Director was nothing out of the ordinary for him.

......

Wang Ye just got in the car after coming downstairs and was about to go to the New Sun Market when he received a phone call.

It was from Gavriil!

"Mikhail, when will you come to my office? Your gambling permits are ready," he heard over the phone.

On hearing this, Wang Ye was overjoyed and replied, "I can come anytime uncle, whenever you are free?"

Gavriil is a busy man, the typical "many irons in the fire", and he worked at the Kremlin!

This is not a place that one can just walk into, so Wang Ye naturally needed to comply with his schedule.

After a moment of consideration, Gavriil said, "I won’t have time this morning as I’m about to attend a meeting. Come at four in the afternoon, and I will have someone meet you at the Kremlin gate."

Wang Ye, of course, had no objections.

After hanging up, he felt a little excited.

Because where Gavriil worked, that was undoubtedly the real political center of Russia, the place of supreme power!

Maybe, he could even see the Emperor himself...

.........

On the other hand, after Gavriil made the call, he got up to go to the Emperor’s office.

Indeed, a small meeting was about to take place in the Emperor’s office soon.

As it was not yet time, the Emperor was alone in his office. Gavriil approached him and reported, "I have arranged for Mikhail to come and get the gambling permit this afternoon. Would you like to meet him?"

The Emperor’s pen paused for a moment, he didn’t look up, but after a bit of thinking, said, "No need for that. You continue to monitor him for a while to see if he can grow enough to take up a significant role. As of now, he’s not qualified to meet me!"

These words seemed a bit domineering...

But it also suited the Emperor’s status.

You should know, these two years in Russia, the Emperor’s reputation was undoubtedly in the spotlight!

After the Second Car City War, it could be said that the Emperor was "apotheosized" after the war!

Moreover, with Wang Ye’s current status, he indeed did not qualify to meet someone like the Emperor as the gap was somewhat big...