Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 352: Ten Thousand Ton Battleship_1

Chapter 352: Chapter 352: Ten Thousand Ton Battleship_1

This time for their trip to Simferopol, Wang Ye brought along several people.

Accompanying him were Yuri, Kaja, Liu Jun, Petrov, along with a few security personnel from Xie Liaosha.

The entourage was quite sizeable, consisting of around ten people.

Wang Ye wasn’t bringing so many people along just to show off. Each person serves a purpose or has a role to play.

As the general manager of Xiao Ying Group, Yuri’s main task was to continue negotiations and follow up on the Yalta Betting Entertainment Centre project.

In the future, Xiao Ying Group planned to further increase their investment in the Crimea Peninsula to develop its tourism resources.

Wang Ye and Meshkov had agreed upon this long ago.

Kaja was officially the financial director and chairman’s assistant of Xiao Ying Group, and unofficially the go-between for Wang Ye and Meshkov in dealing with political donations.

As for Liu Jun, Wang Ye brought him along this time to send him to his new position.

Now that Ruan Xiaozhu was in charge of Qingyun Company affairs in Moscow, Liu Jun was ready for his formal transfer to Yalta.

As for Petrov, well, he was brought along for a purpose too.

Because the Wagner Company was planning to establish a base on the Crimean side!

Such a militaristic armed force wishing to land smoothly on the Crimea Peninsula naturally required prior approval from local official institutions.

Otherwise, a misunderstanding may occur and they could mistakenly think it’s an invasion...

At the end of the day, the Crimea Peninsula still belonged to Ukraine, and the Wagner Company was a Russian company!

......

Although it wasn’t a private flight at Sheremetyevo Airport, they flew in a regular civil aviation airplane.

However, Wang Ye’s group booked the entire business cabin. Except for their own people, no one else was on board.

Once aboard the plane, Liu Jun was a bit excited because he heard from Wang Ye that they were going to meet "President" Meshkov after they landed!

Liu Jun couldn’t quite believe it when he first heard the news, and he still found it hard to believe even now.

After all, the guy was a "President", a term far removed from ordinary people like him...

Secretly glancing at Wang Ye - who was sitting in front of him and chatting with Petrov - Liu Jun began wondering, what kind of fortunes had this young man encountered that allowed him to achieve so much within a short year?

He had stopped comparing himself with Wang Ye a long time ago, because Liu Jun had already understood that he was just an ordinary person. There was no point in bothering himself unnecessarily!

"Boss, I didn’t expect you to have such a good relationship with Meshkov." Petrov was clearly surprised.

He was aware that Wang Ye had great influence within the high-level circles in Russia, with hands and eyes reaching up to the heavens.

However, he was surprised that Wang Ye even knew Meshkov from the Crimea Peninsula.

It seemed that this young man had more energy than he had originally thought......

Wang Ye gave a faint smile but didn’t go into details. He only said: "It’s okay, we’ve known each other before. It’s necessary to establish a base here on the Crimean Peninsula, because this place has the best ports. In the future, our Wagner Company may purchase some warships here, so it’s better to get prepared in advance. By the way, how is your contact with Ukraine? Are there any suitable acquisition targets?"

During the last internal meeting of the Wagner Company on equipment procurement, this issue was raised: to set up a base on the Crimean Peninsula, and to include the procurement of warships in the schedule.

Petrov has said that he had some connections in Ukraine and could get in touch with them.

Upon hearing Wang Ye mention this, Petrov calmly replied, "I’ve already contacted those friends. There are indeed a lot of good things to choose from. Boss, you should have heard of the Nikolayev Black Sea Shipyard, right?"

That shipyard was so famous, of course, Wang Ye had heard of it.

In the Former Soviet era, this shipyard was the only carrier assembly and construction plant in the Soviet Union. All their aircraft carriers and large warships were built there.

The Varang Aircraft Carrier, most familiar to people in China, the Kuznetsov received by Russia from the family split, and the half-built then dismantled nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, all came from there!

Wang Ye nodded, "I know that shipyard. I hear that the Varang has been sold recently. Are there still any valuable assets left in the factory?"

After several years of negotiation, the Varang was finally sold to China at a price of 20 million US dollars.

Of course, all the equipment onboard was removed, almost like buying an empty shell...

Just a few days ago, in October 2001, Varang officially set sail from Ukraine and started its long journey.

It took a whole two years to finally arrive in China.

No need to talk about the twists and turns during this period, it probably went through 81 trials and tribulations...

A smile appeared on Petrov’s face, and he lowered his voice and said, "There’s another cruiser in the shipyard, called Ulan. It’s 96% complete, but it’s evident that Ukraine neither has the money nor the interest to continue building. They stopped construction completely at the beginning of this year. They plan to sell this cruiser. As you know, Ukraine is now so poor it wants to sell its territory."

Wang Ye was aware of this.

After the disintegration, not only was Russia having a hard time, Ukraine’s situation was even worse.

Because Russia, at least, had a lot of energy and could sell oil and natural gas. But Ukraine was miserable without even abundant energy resources...

The only thing that could be worth some money was the legacy left by the "old father" when they divided the inheritance.

So, for the past ten or so years, Ukraine was selling whatever it could. If the United States and Russia hadn’t been supervising, those nuclear objects wouldn’t have been destroyed, they would have been sold off!

Wang Ye paused, a Cruiser?!

That’s a valuable asset, but did a security company like his need such a thing? That sounded too exaggerated.

After hesitating for a while, he finally asked, "How big is this cruiser?"

"It has a full-load displacement of 12,000 tons, very advanced, it can be ranked in the top five worldwide. There are only a few that can be compared with this cruiser!" Petrov replied.

Wang Ye was amazed, such a powerful cruiser, and Ukraine was actually willing to sell it! That’s too prodigal!

"If it’s such a powerful warship, why doesn’t anyone want to buy it?" Wang Ye asked somewhat puzzled.

"Actually, our country wanted to buy it, but their asking price is too high. As you know, with our current economy, it’s hard enough to keep our existing fleet operational, where would we get the money to buy new warships? That’s why the matter got shelved. As for other countries, those who want to buy it, Ukraine can’t sell, and those Ukraine could sell to, couldn’t afford it," Petrov explained.