Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 446: Entering the Core Layer_1

Chapter 446: Chapter 446: Entering the Core Layer_1

After hanging up the phone, it was almost four in the afternoon.

The sky had darkened, and the temperature had dropped considerably.

Wang Ye didn’t feel like continuing his walk, so he returned to the Little Red Building of the Management Office with Xie Liaosha and a few others.

Back in his own office, Xie Liaosha followed him in, saying, "Boss, this is the money from before."

As he spoke, Xie Liaosha handed over the large envelope of cowhide, which contained the fifty thousand dollars Zhang Guangming had given back to Wang Ye.

Wang Ye didn’t take it, but said directly, "You can distribute this money among everyone. Consider it a bonus."

By "everyone," he naturally meant his bodyguards.

Due to the shift system in place, there were three teams of bodyguards, adding up to over thirty people.

Splitting this fifty thousand US dollars, each person could get over a thousand dollars. It wasn’t a small amount.

Xie Liaosha thanked Wang Ye profusely and left his office beaming with joy.

......

Wang Ye didn’t feel like running around and decided to have dinner in his office. It was delivered from a Chinese restaurant in the market.

Unfortunately, only Big Head Kong was there to have dinner with him...

In the past, Angelina was there to handle things in the Group while Wang Ye was away.

But now Angelina had returned to the Crimea Peninsula, and Wang Ye didn’t have any trusted assistants left here.

With the other companies included, Wang Ye could foresee that it would only get busier relying just on himself...

He was considering training his assistant team as soon as possible to help him manage these companies.

This was a problem of rising too quickly—there weren’t enough trustworthy and capable confidants.

Subordinates couldn’t keep up with the pace of growth, and many things had to be done by himself!

After dinner, he chatted with Big Head Kong, smoking and drinking black tea. Soon it was past six, and Wang Ye began to prepare to leave for the Yukos Group Headquarters building.

......

A line of black Mercedes-Benz cars filed in and stopped below the Yukos building.

Xie Liaosha jumped out of the passenger seat and opened the car door for Wang Ye.

Wang Ye stepped out of the car and took his cashmere coat, wrapping it around himself. Moscow’s weather was awful. It was already February and it was still snowing heavily!

"Boss, shall we wait for you downstairs?" Xie Liaosha asked.

After thinking for a bit, Wang Ye shook his head. "Let the others go back and rest. Leave two cars and four people to wait for me. We don’t know how long this meeting will last."

With that said, Wang Ye stepped up the stairs and entered the Yukos building.

In the lobby, he handed his cashmere coat to the staff who were waiting there and directly took the elevator to the top floor.

He was already the Special assistant to the President, a senior leader of the Yukos Group. The security and staff in the lobby naturally recognized him, so Khodorkovsky didn’t need to send the secretary down to pick him up.

Wang Ye smoothly arrived at the door of the meeting room. The door was wide open, and a few directors were already sitting inside.

The meeting hadn’t started yet, and there were those who were smoking, others drinking coffee, and even some were chatting amongst themselves. It was lively.

After Wang Ye entered, he greeted everyone. Truthfully, he didn’t know many of these Yukos Group directors as they hadn’t interacted much.

But for these directors, there was no one who didn’t know Wang Ye.

This was the "nephew" of the big boss!

Obviously, Mikhail was highly regarded and trusted by big boss Khodorkovsky, and his personal abilities were outstanding.

If you consider social status, he was an esteemed member of the Duma...

The directors in the boardroom, from all angles, probably couldn’t match Mikhail.

So when they saw him come in, everyone stood up and enthusiastically greeted him.

No matter the country or the social class, there is one common trait: strength commands respect!

Wang Ye’s current strength was enough to guarantee that in any part of Russia, attending any level of meeting, he would never be underestimated...

No longer would people introduce Wang Ye as "Khodorkovsky’s nephew."

Now when they introduced him, they preferred to say, "A member of the Duma and the Economic Committee, Mr. Mikhail!"

......

A long conference table with chairs on both sides and nameplates on the table, Wang Ye found his seat and sat down.

Before he even had a chance to chat with the directors next to him, Khodorkovsky strode into the meeting room.

After scanning the room and seeing that Wang Ye had arrived, Khodorkovsky nodded his head and said, "Okay, everyone is here. The meeting officially starts."

"The purpose of this board of directors meeting is to discuss one thing. I propose to add a new director to the board of directors."

"The candidate is Mikhail!"

Wang Ye was taken aback. This was quite sudden!

Khodorkovsky hadn’t even given a heads upon and wanted him to join the board of directors of Yukos?

Bear in mind, while being the "Special assistant to the President" was high-ranking, it couldn’t compare to a bona fide group director!

Being a director and entering the board of directors meant being eligible to participate in decision-making on any major issues in the group, which meant being part of the core leadership!

But the special assistant was a temporary job and could only perform when the president assigned a task.

If there was no task assigned, then basically you were an extracurricular personnel...

Was Khodorkovsky planning for him to start taking over the Yukos Group?

No matter what Wang Ye’s inner thoughts were, the directors in attendance had begun to applaud enthusiastically. They were all congratulating Wang Ye and welcoming him to the board of directors.

Wang Ye glanced at Khodorkovsky, confused.

Clearly understanding Wang Ye’s feelings, Khodorkovsky laughed and continued:

"This might be a bit sudden, but you joining the Yukos Group’s board of directors now seems like a natural progression. Not to mention your significant contributions to the group, but your current status as a member of the Economic Committee is enough to warrant inclusion on the board!

Perhaps in the future, the direction of the country’s energy policy will need your strategy and planning.

So, you need to get involved in the core business of Yukos Group and familiarize yourself with the current state of the energy industry as soon as possible!"

After listening to Khodorkovsky’s words, Wang Ye began to understand.

Perhaps Khodorkovsky had long considered having him on the Board of Directors, but he was still observing and weighing his options.

But now that he had abruptly joined the Economic Committee of the Duma, it acted as a "catalyst", forcing Khodorkovsky to make a move as he didn’t want to delay it any longer.

He hadn’t even given Wang Ye a heads up and had made the sudden executive decision to pull him up into Yukos’ board of directors...