Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 221 Polar Bear Investment Company_1

Chapter 221: Chapter 221 Polar Bear Investment Company_1

When Wang Ye went home that night, he increasingly felt like he had walked into a "trap".

Perhaps, Khodorkovsky had known beforehand about the problems halting the acquisition.

However, due to certain considerations, he didn’t want to use any "shortcut", as it could tarnish his reputation and cause endless troubles in the future.

Consider that his and Berezov’s wealth accumulation experiences were very similar. One was the former richest, and the other is the current richest.

Also, both of them harbored no small political ambitions.

Berezov made a shot at the political arena once but failed, and is now living in exile abroad.

It’s clear that Khodorkovsky also wanted to have a go!

If he were to fail, he might also end up following the footsteps of Berezov...exiling himself overseas.

Therefore, he didn’t want and didn’t dare to imitate how the others seized Berezov’s stock rights.

He feared that others might treat him the same way in the future, also worried about the legal issues with Berezov if he ends up overseas.

However, the acquisition of the Siberian Oil Company is a must!

Only by securing this company can the Yukos Group monopolize Russia’s oil extraction and even its imports and exports.

The wealth brought about then becomes secondary. More importantly, his influence in Russia would skyrocket!

His opinions would also carry more weight.

Thus, it would lay the foundation for him to challenge the existing political structure!

When the time comes to negotiate with The Emperor, he would have plenty of bargaining chips...

...

With these considerations in mind, what should he do?

Khodorkovsky’s choice was to leave it to Wang Ye!

Perhaps, their dinner conversation was aimed at gauging Wang Ye’s thoughts. As a result, Wang Ye and he unexpectedly thought of the same solution...

On the surface, Khodorkovsky firmly rejected the idea, but God knows what he was thinking.

Perhaps, he was even overjoyed!

Ultimately, the matter fell on Wang Ye’s shoulders, and he had no way to refuse...

Because Khodorkovsky stated beforehand that success or failure didn’t matter. The main purpose was to challenge Wang Ye.

Moreover, he was planning to go overseas to visit his family and rest for a while. If his "nephew" Wang Ye doesn’t step up, who will?

From a personal and rational perspective, Wang Ye couldn’t refuse...

...

His mind churning over this matter, Wang Ye had trouble sleeping. His tossing and turning even woke Angelina up.

"Misha, what’s wrong? Is there something troubling you?" Angelina asked with concern.

From the moment Wang Ye returned home, she knew he had something on his mind.

He finished their "marital duties" for the night hastily, totally unlike his usual style!

Now he can’t sleep, tossing and turning all the time. It seems the matter must be big, otherwise, Wang Ye wouldn’t behave like this.

Hearing Angelina’s question, Wang Ye stared blankly at the ceiling.

Even though the room was pitch black and nothing could be seen...

After a long silence, he quietly asked, "Do you think, once a person makes a certain choice, and follows a certain path, then there’s no turning back?"

While he seemed to ask Angelina on the surface, Wang Ye didn’t really want an answer.

Angelina sensed this and rolled over to him, propping her head up with her arm.

"Not really, unless there are severe consequences, but otherwise, you can always change your mind, right?" she replied.

Wang Ye gave a silent laugh. Angelina didn’t understand his predicament, and his predicament wasn’t something he could share with anyone.

Because even if he spoke about it, nobody would believe it!

Ever since the day he gave up Khodorkovsky’s blank check and chose the shares of the New Sun Group instead, he had been on a "road of no return"!

This path was extremely dangerous, but also full of endless possibilities!

The only thing he could rely on was his knowledge of the future development trends.

Originally, he thought of not getting involved with the Yukos Group or the fights between the oligarchs, not to mention getting involved in high-level political games.

But it was clear that once he set foot on this path, these things would be inevitable...

He couldn’t help it, after all, his performance was so outstanding that Khodorkovsky appreciated him more and more, entrusting him with more important tasks.

This time, the acquisition of the Siberian Oil Company was a colossal merger, potentially involving tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of US dollars!

It’s only because he chose to stay. If he had returned to China, he probably would never have had the opportunity to handle such a high-level merger.

After contemplating for a while, Wang Ye gave in. He had been prepared to accept whatever comes his way from the moment he decided to stay. Most things were bound to happen sooner or later; he couldn’t avoid them.

Now, things just got a bit more advanced than expected, but that’s no big deal!

In the worst-case scenario, he could just follow in the footsteps of Berezov and others, and "flee" back to China...

He sighed, and said, "Let’s sleep. There’s a lot of work to do tomorrow."

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The next day, as soon as he arrived at the company, Ivan came to find him.

"Mr. Khodorkovsky called me to say you’ll now be handling the acquisition of the Siberian Oil Company?" Ivan asked, surprised, looking stunned.

No wonder, it indeed seemed incredible to entrust such a big deal to Wang Ye, a young man not even twenty years old.

Wang Ye nodded and said, "Well, my uncle plans to rest for a while, to spend time with his family. So, I’ll be temporarily taking over. However, there is no specific progress expected, just continuing negotiations with Uncle A Bu should be fine. By the way, since you know more about this acquisition than I do, why don’t you introduce me to the situation first."

Ivan was here to do just that. So, he sat down, took out a thick stack of data, and began to brief Wang Ye.

The acquisition initially started under the name of the Yukos Group.

But later, for some unknown reason, Khodorkovsky set up an investment company separately, and the acquisition of the Siberian Oil Company became the charge of this investment company.

Now, what Wang Ye needs to handle is this investment company!

The office of this investment company is not in the Yukos Tower, but in a high-end office building near Red Square. The number of staff isn’t high, with lawyers making up more than half of them.

Which is normal, as the sole purpose of setting up this investment company was to buy out the Siberian Oil Company.

Since there were many legal issues involved, lawyers were needed to ensure everything goes smoothly beforehand.

After introducing all these matters, Ivan took out a file and said with a smile, "This is your appointment letter, hiring you as the general manager of the Polar Bear Investment Company. It’s a paid position and the remuneration is not low."

Wang Ye laughed wryly. Apparently, his good Uncle Khodorkovsky was determined to give this matter to him. He had no way to avoid it...