Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 621: Walking on Two Legs_1

Chapter 621: Chapter 621: Walking on Two Legs_1

Gavriil bluntly nodded and responded, "Alright! Are the vehicles in your motorcade Land Rover Range Rovers or Jaguar sedans?"

Puding paused for a moment, turned to look at Wang Ye, and laughed, "I heard that your motorcade, Misha, is all Land Rover Range Rovers?"

Wang Ye nodded and said, "Yes, these vehicles are even more comfortable to ride in than sedans, offer a good view, and are highly safe."

When it comes to cars, Wang Ye indeed has a preference for off-road vehicles.

You can tell just by looking at the progression of his cars. As soon as he started raking in some money, he bought himself a Land Cruiser, a standard large off-road vehicle.

Once he really got rich, he created a whole fleet of Mercedes-Benz G-Class vehicles!

And afterwards, after acquiring Land Rover, for supporting his own brand, he changed his entire motorcade to Land Rover Range Rovers, which are luxury off-road vehicles.

From beginning to end, he never considered sedans.

Of course, this also has something to do with the climate in Russia.

With snow falling all year round, apart from Moscow’s roads being decent, the road conditions in other regions are extremely poor, so off-road vehicles are more suited here than sedans.

Upon hearing what Wang Ye said, Puding no longer hesitated, "Alright then, I’ll change my entire fleet into Land Rover Range Rovers as well, but I need to customise one of them to be bulletproof."

His vehicle, naturally, requires high safety standards.

Ordinary cars cannot meet his requirements, he must customise them.

However, for old car companies like Land Rover, coupled with them having provided cars to many politicians, customisation naturally wouldn’t be an issue.

The procurement of official cars by government departments is also a complex process.

Even though Puding gave the order, if one wants to implement it in detail, they would need to go through the procedure, which would be very complicated.

However, it was simply a matter of sooner or later, given that the Kremlin had spoken, and with Wang Ye "sitting" in the Duma, there were no aspects that could be targeted by people.

Moreover, as it wasn’t a matter of personal gain, it should naturally be done this way.

Even if the Duma were to let all the congressmen vote, it is estimated that no one would dare raise an objection.

If someone did, Wang Ye would simply dish out criticism, free of charge.

Land Rover and Jaguar are both luxury brands, suitable for official use at the Kremlin and for diplomatic vehicles, etc.

Even though the procurement volume on this front wouldn’t be large, its influence would be astonishing, since it would appear in the news almost every day.

Through this means, it should definitely boost the sales of Land Rover and Jaguar in Russia.

In the long run, there were definite benefits to be reaped.

Volvo is a common brand, suitable for the field of official cars, where the procurement volume is quite large.

Like in the police system, if all vehicles were replaced with Volvos...

Of course, that wouldn’t be practical.

After all, the annual budget of the police system is so limited, with many of its vehicles being the "legacy" left by the former Soviet Union, most of them dominated by low-end Lada and GAZ vehicles.

Only the police stations in the city of Moscow, which are relatively wealthy, would consider Volkswagen Audi and the like when purchasing new vehicles.

Unless Wang Ye is generous once and doesn’t want any money, donating a batch of Volvo cars to the police system, even if a document was issued, the police system wouldn’t have the money to make the purchase.

In fact, Wang Ye did consider the issue of donating cars.

However, this would have to wait until the local car factories are built and put into operation. At that time, he would invite major political figures to visit the factory, and then announce the donation of a batch of cars to the police system...

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In terms of industrial development, the automotive industry is of paramount importance and is something that Wang Ye has already started to work on.

So on this topic, Puding was very interested and chatted with him for quite some time.

And he promised Wang Ye that when the local car factories are built and put into operation, he would personally come for an inspection to help build momentum.

After discussing cars, they also talked about the Internet and chips.

Among them, Wang Ye has already started planning ahead in the Internet industry.

Not only did he acquire the largest and most powerful local old Internet companies, MAIL.RU and YANDEX, but he also invested in the recently emerging Facebook network!

Puding is quite interested in the Facebook network, saying that he too has browsed this website.

Wang Ye did not take advantage of the opportunity to invite the Kremlin to open official accounts on Facebook, because now the influence of Facebook is not large enough, and it is not suitable for too many official contents to appear.

Of course, including Puding, few people can now realise that a website like Facebook, once it accumulates a sufficient number of users, can have a tremendous influence.

Wang Ye did not make this clear, and he didn’t even want the Kremlin to know how much influence Facebook will have in the future.

Because this website is also one of his "secret weapons", at a critical moment in the future, it could save his life!

It’s one his hidden cards!

As for the chip industry, this needs to be considered in the long term. After all, in this industry, just having capital is not enough, and it also requires a reliable leader.

This kind of technology-intensive enterprise isn’t something that’s easy to start.

But Wang Ye has already arranged for the Polar Bear Investment Company to watch out for it. If there is a good opportunity, or if they can contact a leading figure in the chip industry, then this can be launched immediately.

Money is not a problem, but technology and top-talents are key.

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After discussing Wang Ye’s industrial development plans, Puding curiously asked, "And what is your second part of the plan? I say, as the Chairman of the Economic Committee, it’s already very impressive if you can get the industry up and running, isn’t it?"

In his opinion, he did not know if Wang Ye really had such big ambitions, or if it was young people’s ambition.

He had just become the Chairman of the Economic Committee, and he ambitiously unveiled a grand work plan.

The first part of the industrial development alone has already made Puding very hopeful.

He was a bit unsure about what the second part could be.

Wang Ye smiled slightly and calmly said, "Everyone knows what our country’s pillar industry is, right?"

Saying this, he looked at everyone present.

Everyone naturally knew the answer to this question.

Without waiting for Puding to answer, Rossiyana said eagerly, "It must be the energy industry, oil and natural gas!"

Gavriil and the others also nodded.

Let’s be real, if it wasn’t for oil and natural gas, Russia might have not been able to cope over these years!

Ever since the breakdown of the Former Soviet, apart from the energy industry, there wasn’t another industry that Russia could be proud of.

Due to its rich supply of oil and natural gas, which are hard currencies, they could earn a huge amount of foreign exchange each year. Plus, although Russia is vast, its population is not too large.

So that’s how it was barely able to maintain its livelihood...

Wang Ye then asked, "No country can always rely on a single industry for development, especially in our case as a major power. Walking on one leg is a very dangerous thing. If the national energy prices were suppressed, like in these past two years, then which industry can we depend on for a breakthrough?"