Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 208: Full-scale Advancement _1

Chapter 208: Chapter 208: Full-scale Advancement _1

As the time approached June, Liu Mei had been wandering around Moscow for two or three days, thereby confirming that Wang Ye’s strength was indeed astonishing.

She began to harbor greater hopes for their collaboration!

Of course, given her capabilities, merely being involved was a "victory." As for equity and such matters, they were temporarily set aside.

All issues regarding profits would have to wait until Wang Ye negotiated with National Tourism or other large domestic travel agencies after setting up the framework. Liu Mei was, at most, Wang Ye’s "agent" in China.

Having surveyed Moscow, Liu Mei asked Nalan Yaqi to drive her to Petersburg and the Crimea Peninsula, planning to inspect these places too.

Perhaps her key business operations in the future would revolve around this travel route, so naturally, she needed to understand more about these three locations.

This way, she wouldn’t appear insecure when negotiating with major travel agencies after returning to China.

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Meanwhile, Wang Ye’s end was propelling forward methodically on several fronts.

Qingyun Company had begun preparations for the arrival of the new students. With nearly six hundred students, this was no small matter.

Approximately a hundred and sixty of them were going to Moscow University, with the rest heading to Friendship University.

After all, both tuition and living expenses at Moscow University were much higher than that at Friendship University. The annual cost was almost ten thousand US dollars, amounting to fifty thousand US dollars over five years!

At that time, China still had foreign exchange controls. Even for students studying abroad, the maximum amount of US dollars you could exchange at the bank with your visa and admission letter was only two thousand per year, with an exchange rate of 8.6.

But these US dollars were obviously insufficient, hence they had to resort to exchanging from scalpers, where the exchange rate was one to ten...

Therefore, to study at Moscow University, the cost for one year preparatory and four years undergraduate would be at least five hundred thousand CNY!

This amount was a bit daunting for most families.

On the other hand, if they chose Friendship University, the cost for five years could be reduced to about three hundred thousand CNY, easing the pressure significantly.

Hence, most students and their parents chose to study at Friendship University.

The arrival of so many students, especially as they would all come towards the end of August, put a substantial amount of pressure on Qingyun Company.

There was a lot of coordination work to be done with Moscow University and Friendship University.

As such, Liu Jun was incredibly busy during this period, working overtime daily with several Russian employees of the company.

In hindsight, it was very wise of Wang Ye to have Liu Jun as a "partner"; otherwise, Wang Ye would have had to handle all these issues himself.

Even though it could have earned him more money, time was something he couldn’t afford to waste!

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At Huaxing Communications Company, Ruan Xiaozhu was now in charge.

Surprisingly, this older cousin of Wang Ye was a remarkably strong woman!

After taking over Huaxing for a while, she managed the company systematically and efficiently.

Of course, the most challenging tasks had been resolved by Liu Jun and Wang Ye beforehand.

The contract for phone lines was obtained by Liu Jun through his contacts at a relatively reasonable cost, and the arrangements for card printing had been made as well.

As for the more critical issue of sales, Wang Ye resolved it directly.

The original channel for the student market was stable, and the New Sun Market monopolized the direct sale of the cards, effectively eliminating the competition with Starlight Cards!

Clearly, the demand for phone cards in the New Sun Market greatly exceeded that of the students.

Even though the New Sun Market was just starting and had not reached peak popularity, the volume of phone cards sold was still astounding.

At least fifty thousand US dollars’ worth of phone cards were sold daily!

In comparison, the student market was nearly negligible...

Once the market was established, this telephone card company could also be considered a "money tree."

A rough estimate - after deducting the cost of line contracts, card printing, company operations, taxes, and miscellaneous expenses - the monthly net profit could exceed three hundred thousand US dollars!

This money was trivial to Wang Ye, of course.

But for Liu Jun and Ruan Xiaozhu, it was quite impressive.

Thus, during this period, Ruan Xiaozhu was extremely busy and didn’t even have time to "bother" Wang Ye...

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Speaking of Wang Ye himself, his energy was naturally focused on the New Sun Group and Xiao Ying Group.

There was no need to mention Xiao Ying Group, as it was still in the initial stages, with many things being prepared.

The recent development of the New Sun Group was commendable!

After reaching a settlement with Maylov and eliminating Lokayev, the New Sun Market welcomed a surge in new merchant openings.

All three thousand five hundred stalls were fully rented out!

Necessarily, Wang Ye’s strategy offering shops for free was a huge success. Never before had a market in Russia offered free stalls for business, and New Sun Market was the first.

Given the market’s prime location, excellent infrastructure, and Wang Ye’s guarantee of safety and security, the Chinese businessmen had no reason not to set up shop there!

Therefore, after drawing a wave of "blood" from the Old ACT Market, and with the help of old Chinese businessmen’s publicity, a new batch of Chinese businessmen "flew" over from China, directly boosting the popularity of the New Sun Market.

As for wholesale markets, as long as there are enough merchants and a wide variety of goods, there is no need to worry about a lack of popularity.

Customers will naturally come for the purchases.

Therefore, just over a month since its opening, the New Sun Market’s popularity was already on par with that of the ACT Market!

This situation greatly surprised Maylov. He visited and looked around several times and even jokingly complained to Wang Ye that he had been duped...

Of course, that was just a joke. After all, when the Old ACT Market was reopened, there was no significant wave of lease terminations.

Maylov still collected as much as rent and management fees as he should have. Even though some of the popularity was diverted, the impact was min iscule.

Given the current state of the New Sun Market, Wang Ye had accomplished the task assigned to him by the board half a year ahead!

In terms of profit, he could not rely on rent and management fees this year and had to rely on the logistics companies.

The profits of these companies depended on the turnover of all merchants in the New Sun market!

If Chinese businessmen were in good business, they would certainly import more goods, and the New Sun Group could earn more logistics costs, customs fees, and even exchange fees.

If business was not doing well and the imported goods were not selling, then naturally, they would not continue to ship goods this way, and the New Sun Group would not earn much money.

Therefore, in the final analysis, the market operator and the merchants are part of a mutual interest community.

The ultimate goal of Wang Ye trying to resolve the "grey customs clearance," a historical problem, was to expand the scale of Chinese businessmen and attract them to increase their investment.

In this way, not only would the Chinese businessmen be able to earn more money.

The New Sun Group, including Wang Ye, would also be able to earn more money...