Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 233 Cooperation Failure_1

Chapter 233: Chapter 233 Cooperation Failure_1

Around nine in the evening, Wang Ye’s phone rang.

Picking it up, he saw it was a call from Gavriil!

Wang Ye hurriedly answered, "Uncle Gavriil..."

"Go ahead with your plan, I will support you from my end," Gavriil said succinctly.

A smile appeared on Wang Ye’s face, he replied cheerfully: "Okay, now I understand!"

After hanging up, Wang Ye breathed out. This deal was finally settled!

With Gavriil... no, with the Emperor’s support, he now felt confident about what he needed to do next.

Welcome to Wang Ye’s plan, it could be described as ’audacious’. Time and location were of the essence...

In a few years or elsewhere, Wang Ye wouldn’t dare to even dream it!

.........

While Wang Ye was occupied with the acquisition of Siberian Oil Company, Liu Mei had returned home and has officially initiated contact with the National Travel Group.

Prior to the meeting, Liu Mei had made extensive preparations.

She had used her connections to directly get in touch with an executive Vice President of the National Travel Group and had already scheduled a time to discuss cooperation in their office.

Being a state-owned enterprise, it operated on large scale and followed strict protocols.

Especially during that period. Without contacts, it was impossible to get through. Perhaps that was one of the reasons Wang Ye wanted Liu Mei to participate.

Thanks to Liu Mei who was well connected and knew a lot of people, she could play a significant role.

On June 25th, Liu Mei arrived at the front door of the National Tourism Building in her Jetta quite early.

After getting out of the car, she straightened her dress and walked into the building with her bag...

.........

"President Li, these are our Xiao Ying Group’s qualifications, and some other materials. Oh, there are also some photographs of the scenic spots, please have a look," in the Vice President’s office, Liu Mei was in the middle of a discussion with him.

President Li received the folder from her, flipping through while askimg, "Russian tourism? We’ve also considered doing that but haven’t gotten around to it yet. Recently, overseas travel has just started booming and we are still in the exploratory stage."

"I understand, the majority of people have only started to prosper recently, they’ve just started to have spare cash for travel. Perhaps you could consider collaborating with our Group. The Xiao Ying Group owns a big hotel in Russia and Crimea, and we are financially strong..." Liu Mei hurried to explain.

Reading through the Xiao Ying Group’s registration information, Li paused as though he had not read clearly. He leaned in and took a closer look.

He asked Liu Mei in surprise, "What does this registration capital mean? Is it a mistake or a translation error?"

Naturally, the information Liu Mei gave him was translated to Chinese, as he couldn’t understand Russian...

"Oh, no, it’s correct," said Liu Mei with a laugh.

"More than 500 million US dollars! Goodness, it really is a large corporation," remarked the Vice President.

After Xiao Ying Group re-registered, Wang Ye and He Chaoying invested their own funds which caused the newly registered capital to reach over 500 million US dollars!

Upon hearing the Vice President’s admiration, Liu Mei’s heart leaped. It looked like this was promising.

Although the National Travel Group is a large corporation with branches across the nation, Xiao Ying Group was not inferior!

"Are you just a hotel business? That’s not right. I see here you are only operating one hotel .... oh, just acquired another one ... about to acquire one more. Just to manage three hotels, so much investment? Or are your hotels all five-star ultra-luxurious hotels?" The Vice president was puzzled.

"Actually, President Li, our Group... now also owns the only gambling license in all of Russia!" Liu Mei lowered her voice to explain.

Vice President Li looked surprised and raised his head. He pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and asked tentatively, "Just like Macao?"

"Yes, the same, exactly the same!" Liu Mei said confidently.

President Li sucked a breath in bewilderment, "Sheesh! Your Group is ... very capable! I’ve never heard that gambling licenses were available there, isn’t that illegal in Russia!"

Liu Mei laughed lightly and said unhurriedly, "The backing of our Group’s Boss is a big shot in the Kremlin!"

Indeed, without such strong connections, it would not explain why they could get the only gambling license!

President Li was taken aback and stared at Liu Mei, as if judging if she was telling the truth or bluffing.

After a long pause, he spoke, "The Kremlin? Is it THAT...?"

"Yes, it’s the one you’re thinking of," Liu Mei said with a sense of satisfaction.

You see that! Do you know our Group’s power now!

The Vice President didn’t say anything, after a long pause of silent contemplation, he closed the materials in his hand and slowly pushed them towards Liu Mei.

He voiced, "Sorry, President Liu, we are unable to do this route, National Travel Group is unable to do so."

"Ah? But why? President Li, it seems you didn’t understand me. National Travel Group doesn’t need to do anything for us. We just need you to help us promote and find customers through your channels." Bewildered, Liu Mei hurriedly replied.

President Li shook his head deliberately, it was clear he had so much to say, "President Liu, I understand you perfectly! Only now I have to tell you this. As a state-owned enterprise, the National Travel Group can’t only focus on making money, we also need to fulfill social responsibilities! If your group wasn’t holding a gambling license, the cooperation would’ve been possible. However, since you do, you intend on entering the gambling business. Therefore, we can’t collaborate."

Liu Mei immediately understood the problem.

This was once the biggest advantage of the Xiao Ying Group. If it hadn’t been for the gambling license, no one would have been willing to invest so much money in Russian tourism...

But on the other hand, National Travel Group, being a state-owned enterprise, was very sensitive about these matters!

"Then... why is it that Macao-based gambling could still be promoted locally to attract tourists." Liu Mei argued.

"Firstly, we National Travel Group is also not doing any Macao travel projects, at least not at the moment. Secondly, within the country, they have no partners. They do their own promotions, and under no medium can they promote gambling projects. When your group starts promoting within the country, you should also take this into consideration." Vice President Li remarked with a smile.

Holding on the relationship-concession, he was willing to talk and alert Liu Mei about what she should pay attention to.

"So, National Travel Group cannot possibly cooperate with us, are there any other ways?" Liu Mei made one last attempt.

President Li categorically shook his head: "No way! There’s absolutely no way, unless you give up the gambling license, but that’s not realistic, right!"

The cooperation with National Travel Group was officially declared a failure!