Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 488: Dismounting Power_1

Chapter 488: Chapter 488: Dismounting Power_1

"Exactly!

We’re running our companies just fine, I don’t understand why we need to merge and create some ’United Aviation Group’!

Is it because the planes we build are not good enough?

Not at all!

It’s because the country does not have a corresponding procurement budget, who can we blame for that?

Add to that the poor performance of our foreign trade, which leads to our operational difficulties.

The best solution should be to increase the military budget, wouldn’t a few big orders suit us?

We’ve got this United Aviation Group now. It sounds impressive, but it hardly serves any real purpose!

I feel like it’s all just for someone’s personal glorification!

I don’t believe a twenty-something year-old can grasp what it means to run a business, let alone lift United Airlines!"

The CEO of the Tupolev Aircraft Factory couldn’t help but complain.

It’s not that their complaints are inappropriate. These people are technically minded and straightforward.

Not to mention that tempers tend to run high among Russians...

Compared to them, the general manager of the Mig Group is much more rational. When he heard everyone complaining,

He quickly tried to calm the situation: "Enough, let’s not jump to conclusions about whether Mikhail can run the show or not.

At the very least, judging from his past experience, it seems he is quite a talented individual.

I recently read a few news articles about him, and they were quite astonishing. Despite his young age, Mikhail is a business genius!

Before his election as a Duma member, he was in control of several large-scale companies.

Take for instance the wholesale market, the New Sun Group, he is the chairman.

Moreover, the only gambling center in Moscow, the Xiao Ying Group, is his personal asset.

Additionally, he orchestrated Yukos Group’s acquisition of the Siberian Oil Company. Now, he even holds the position of a director in the Yukos Group.

If he truly had no capabilities, how could he possibly accomplish all these?"

He spoke fairly objectively and it was clear that he had adopted at least an observant attitude towards the new chairman, rather than an antagonistic one.

Upon hearing his words, another person retorted in disagreement:

"Don’t forget, Khodorkovsky is his uncle!

All that he’s achieved, he wouldn’t even get the chance if he wasn’t Khodorkovsky’s nephew!

At his age, he really should be in a university classroom, not heading several conglomerates!

He certainly shouldn’t have entered the Duma Council, let alone hold the position in the Economic Committee!"

There was some truth in these words...

While the heated discussion was happening in the meeting room, a staff member knocked and came in.

He reported, "Gentlemen, the chairman’s convoy has entered the front gate; they will arrive downstairs momentarily."

The general manager of the Mig Group stood up and said with a smile, "Let’s go and greet them."

However, the others didn’t move, one of them scoffed, "Greet him? Can he not walk himself? Why should we, a bunch of middle-aged men, go and meet a young man in his twenties?"

With a bitter smile, the general manager of the Mig Group shook his head. Yet, he didn’t force them and said, "Regardless, he is the chairman, our superior. Since you all don’t want to go down, I will go by myself. It will look bad if no one goes down to welcome him."

In the end, he was the only one who went downstairs to greet Wang Ye.

.........

A convoy of black Mercedes-Benz cars roared into the courtyard. The lead car, with flashing lights, came to a stop directly at the foot of the office building steps.

The grandeur of this entrance far exceeded that of the few CEOs who had arrived earlier.

When they arrived, everyone came in their own car, some drove themselves, some were driven by assistants.

Not a single one of their vehicles could truly be considered a luxury. That’s not to say their cars were of low grade.

Most of them were models of BMW and Mercedes.

But most were old cars, purchased during the heyday of their respective companies. These years, not to mention buying new cars, even wages couldn’t be guaranteed, not to mention buying cars!

The convoy stopped and the bodyguards helped to open the door. Wang Ye, accompanied by a female assistant, got out of the car.

The general manager of the Mig Group, standing on the steps, briskly walked up to them. With a smile on his face, he extended his hands from a distance. "Welcome, Chairman Mikhail. I am Alexander from the Mig Group.
Everyone is here, they are all waiting for you in the conference room."

His address to Wang Ye was also tactful. If we address Wang Ye by his current title, most people would call him "Congressman" or "Committee Member"!

Because these two titles hold a higher status!

But he called out Wang Ye as "Chairman", cleverly implying something else.

That is, he already considered Wang Ye his superior, the chairman of the Aviation Group!

......

Wang Ye looked around, and only saw one person.

He was slightly surprised, because normally, the CEOs of the subsidiaries would all come down to welcome him.

After all, he is their superior!

And today is his first time coming over for a meeting...

However, Wang Ye didn’t say anything. He gave a light smile and casually said, "Hello, Alexander, then let’s go up."

Since arriving in Russia, Wang Ye has lost count of how many ’Alexanders’ he has met...

Not just in Russia, it’s the same in Europe and the United States. It seems they all only have a few names, repeat over and over.

In the United States, there might be a few million people named "James", "Michael", "Robert", and in Russia, there might also be a few million people named "Alexander", "Andrey"...

......

The two of them arrived at the meeting room, where the others were still engrossed in their conversations.

When they saw Wang Ye and Alexander coming in, they acted as if they hadn’t seen them at all and continued with their conversations.

Wang Ye’s face slightly clouded over.

If no one came down to welcome him, that could be understood. But now that he had arrived in the conference room, and they were still acting as if they hadn’t seen him, that was blatant disrespect.

It was clear that they were trying to put him in his place!

Although he didn’t know exactly why, but clearly they were trying to embarrass him!

Seeing the tense atmosphere, Alexander immediately tried to smooth things over, saying loudly, "Hey, all of you, Chairman Mikhail has arrived! Come, chairman, let me introduce you to everyone."

He was about to start introducing everybody.

But the notoriously bad-tempered CEO of Tupolev lifted his eyelids to glance at Wang Ye, then scoffed, "Oh, so young indeed. But the chairman of United Aviation is not a position just anyone can fill. This industry is highly specialized. I wonder, does the chairman know anything about aviation specialty..."