Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 214: Look at Each Other with New Respect (Thank you Guild Leader [W Monkey King] for the reward)_1

Chapter 214: Chapter 214: Look at Each Other with New Respect (Thank you Guild Leader [W Monkey King] for the reward)_1

After all is said and done, Big Head Kong also wants a piece of the action.

Well, it’s the gambling business!

Even a fool knows how profitable this industry is, let alone the fact that it’s the only gambling card in all of Russia!

Just a small share ownership can result in a big chunk of money in the future!

Of course, it all depends on whether Wang Ye allows him to become a shareholder...

By this point, Big Head Kong was completely convinced by Wang Ye, knowing his true identity.

At first, he was somewhat unconvinced by Wang Ye, thinking that Wang Ye was just lucky to have saved Khodorkovsky once and thus become the President of New Sun Group.

But the things that happened afterward made Big Head Kong feel like he really underestimated him...

Changing the rules, offering free services, fighting against the Russians, obtaining the gambling card—all of these operations left Big Head Kong feeling in awe and admiration of his abilities!

No matter how this young man did it, it is evident that Wang Ye is now someone Big Head Kong can’t even catch up to!

...

Hearing what Big Head Kong proposed, Wang Ye took a deep puff on his cigarette, slowly blew out a ring of smoke, his whole face shrouded within the billowing cloud of smoke, appearing somewhat blurry.

Big Head Kong was quite anxious, fearing that Wang Ye would reject him outright.

After about a minute, Wang Ye finally asked, "You want a stake in Xiao Ying Group?"

Big Head Kong nodded quickly, with a pleasing smile on his face.

"So, what can you do for Xiao Ying Group? Let me tell you, they don’t lack money, venues, and once they’ve reached a cooperation agreement with Miss He, they won’t lack staff. Are you hoping to become just a passive beneficiary?" Wang Ye said with a sarcastic smile.

Honestly, Wang Ye didn’t particularly dislike Big Head Kong, but that doesn’t mean he was willing to let him take a slice of his "cake" easily...

If he really wanted a piece of the pie, he would have to make a significant contribution to growing it!

Xiao Ying Hotel doesn’t have room for idlers!

Unless they’re beautiful women...

Of course, Big Head Kong is not a woman, let alone anything remotely resembling ’beautiful’.

So when Wang Ye asked, he hoped that Big Head Kong would understand the difficulty and back off.

Indeed, once Big Head Kong heard that, he became a bit desperate. Despite the weather not being hot, his forehead beaded with sweat.

Scratching his head, Big Head Kong racked his brain, trying to find what contribution he could make to this...

Wang Ye, on the other hand, was nonchalantly smoking his cigarette, remaining silent.

As he sat thinking, a light bulb suddenly flicked on in Big Head Kong’s head, he had a brilliant idea!

"Mr. President, with all the hardware and software a casino needs and you obviously not lacking money, even if the casino was designed luxuriously and professionally, it would also need clients, right? Do you have enough confidence to attract enough clients?", he asked with a smile.

Wang Ye was taken aback and casually said, "The Group has a PR budget; they will advertise in many countries."

With such a large investment and the inability to make local citizens’ voices heard, plenty of money will be reserved for marketing to draw in foreign clients...

Wang Ye had gone over this with He Chaoying during their negotiations.

"Hehe, doesn’t Moscow already have tons of potential high-quality clients waiting to be tapped?" Big Head Kong laughed craftily.

Wang Ye chuckled, finding the idea astute, given that he had thought of the Chinese business owners in the New Sun Market.

But he had already considered this himself...

He nodded and said, "I know. There are tens of thousands of Chinese businessmen in the New Sun and ACT markets. Publicise it in the Chinese newspapers and they’ll all know."

As for drawing the Chinese businessmen there to gamble, Wang Ye was a bit unwilling.

However, whether these Chinese business owners will visit the gambling center once it is opened, that will be up to them. Wang Ye won’t have any say in that...

Big Head Kong shook his head and emphasized: "Mr. President, you might not know this, but these guys have a real propensity for gambling! Here, there are not many other leisure activities available, so in the evenings they get together to play cards and Mahjong, all in high stakes! And most people are able to play; it’s common for people to mortgage their merchandise when they lose all their money!"

This took Wang Ye by surprise; he didn’t really know these Chinese businessmen all that well.

But when he thought about it, it made sense; in this day and age, the internet wasn’t widespread, and mobile phones were just feature phones.

These Chinese businessmen have come here from far away to do business, many of them single and making a stack of cash.

They didn’t dare to dash off to Russian bars and nightclubs for entertainment.

Unable to understand the Russian spoken on TV at home at night...

So all they could do was gather and kill time by playing cards and Mahjong.

However, since they play cards and Mahjong, there’s no excitement without some stakes involved.

When it comes to stakes, they are all bosses, all prideful people. Small play simply won’t do!

So if you had the good fortune to witness the state of these major Chinese businessmen when they play cards, it would make your jaw drop.

Because what is laid out on the table are bundles of banknotes!

If they are rubles, they are all in denominations of five hundred and a thousand!

If they are US dollars, they must be Franklins!

...

"Interesting, what’s your plan?" Wang Ye asked with a smile.

Big Head Kong immediately started to analyze enthusiastically:

"Since these guys also like excitement and they all have money, all these high-quality customers simply can’t be missed.

My plan is this: lease or purchase luxury minibuses, park them in our market parking lot near the end of the day, and directly drive these guys to Xiao Ying Hotel.

One-stop service for food, drink, and entertainment!

The hotel has everything they could possibly want, and it’s secure. It’s a hundred times better than them staying at their rented apartments playing themselves!

If they run out of money while playing, we can directly loan them more.

As for how much to lend, we can judge their ability to repay based on the size of their business. We would have clear data on this."

Wang Ye was rather surprised at Big Head Kong.

He hadn’t expected that this guy would be so conscientious!

He already grasped the essence of the "service industry" in this time period...

He even came up with the routine of "credit loaning"; honestly, it seemed like he was wasted on working in the large market!

After Big Head Kong finished speaking, he looked at Wang Ye’s expression and cautiously asked, "Mr. President, what do you think of my idea?"

Wang Ye thought about it and responded, "Well, let’s do it this way. Don’t become a shareholder in Xiao Ying Group."

"Ah..." Big Head Kong’s face immediately scrunched up. So he’d been busy for nothing.

"Ha ha, don’t panic. Although you won’t be a shareholder, you can contract some of the business, such as loaning money! Of course, it won’t come for free; you will also have to take care of transporting guests from here to the market. Just like you suggested, set up a whole fleet of luxury minibuses and the likes.", Wang Ye said with a laugh.

Since they’re opening a casino, it’s inevitable to have ’junkets’...

Wang Ye didn’t want to get involved in that, so he would let Big Head Kong handle it!