Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 633: No Choice_1

Chapter 633: Chapter 633: No Choice_1

How was Wang Ye going to choose?

He had no choice! ~

He had to look after the Yukos Group, knowing full well that Khodorkovsky would definitely not surrender.

But Wang Ye also didn’t want to fall out with certain parties because of this matter.

If it was confirmed that as he suspected, this whole thing was orchestrated by some people, he was even less inclined to cause a big fuss.

It would be a test of Wang Ye’s skills.

How to strike a balance, to ensure the interests of the Yukos Group were not compromised, yet not offend the people who proposed the suggestions!

...

Before reaching the Ministry of Energy building, Aleksey got out early, swapping to his own car trailing behind.

After bidding him goodbye, Wang Ye instructed the convoy to drop off Rossiyana first, and then head back to the Xiao Ying Hotel.

Once he was alone in the car, Wang Ye, with furrowed brows, pondered on how to handle the situation.

Suddenly, Rossiyana, seated in the passenger seat, spoke.

"Boss, I overheard your conversation with Aleksey just now."

Wang Ye responded with a noncommittal "hmm", hearing it was not a problem. Since Aleksey dared to discuss this matter in front of Rossiyana and Xie Liaosha, it meant there was nothing to hide.

It wasn’t something to be kept a secret anyway, the Ministry of Energy probably had many people who were aware of it.

Rossiyana then said: "Why are they doing this! This is a regression, an infringement on a free economy!"

A bit surprised, Wang Ye looked at Rossiyana, he didn’t expect her to have this view.

Hadn’t it occur to her that this issue might have stemmed from the Kremlin...

Seeing the puzzled look on Wang Ye, Rossiyana blinked and said with a smirk: "Don’t forget that my family’s situation is quite similar to yours..."

This suddenly struck Wang Ye.

Indeed, Rossiyana’s family were also invisible oligarchs!

Usually, there might be contradictions and competitions among the oligarchs, but when faced with pressure from "above", they would unite and confront it together.

They weren’t fools and understood that if such measures could be used against the Yukos Group today, there was a chance they could be used against every oligarch in the future.

Rossiyana, her sorrow for Yukos was personal...

So from Rossiyana’s standpoint, she also didn’t want the Yukos Group to get into trouble.

After all, with the highly visible Yukos Group at the forefront, other major companies, including her own family, were much safer.

Moreover, this time it was the Yukos Group, even if she gave advice, she wouldn’t hold any blame from her father-in-law’s side.

...

After understanding this link, Wang Ye became interested and asked: "Do you have any ideas then?"

The matter was quite tricky. At this point, Wang Ye still didn’t have any clues or ideas on how to break the deadlock.

Rossiyana might have some good ideas, the wise make mistakes while the fool learns from them...

Besides, Rossiyana was no fool, she was quite smart!

Rossiyana stayed silent for a bit before saying: "While I don’t have a concrete plan, I do have a general idea."

"Please, do tell. Don’t worry about it." Wang Ye prompted.

"I’ve studied the capital structure of the Yukos Group, and Mr. Hofchinco, your uncle, has the highest proportion of shares.

The second largest shareholder was originally the Russian Gas Industry Group and should now be you.

Along with the third-largest shareholder, Russian Gas Industry Group, the shares held by you three parties already account for the vast majority.

In actuality, for such a huge company, this type of capital structure isn’t healthy, it’s too concentrated.

It becomes easy for others to create trouble by just targeting one major shareholder..."

As Rossiyana spoke her mind, Wang Ye earnestly listened occasionally nodding in agreement.

He thought that Rossiyana had a point.

Uncle Khodorkovsky’s control over Yukos was too strong, owning too many shares.

Under normal circumstances, this would be a good thing.

There wouldn’t be differing opinions within the group and as long as Khodorkovsky’s decisions didn’t make significant mistakes, the entire group would operate smoothly under his leadership.

However, just like Rossiyana, the disadvantages become apparent when someone wanted to trouble Yukos due to the concentrated shares.

...

After listening to Rossiyana’s analysis, Wang Ye frowned, pondered for a moment before retorting: "Too much equity concentration... Indeed, this is a problem. But, we can’t just sell or give away the shares recklessly. After all, this is Yukos Group, their shares have high value."

Rossiyana laughed, instead of providing her own answer, she countered with: "Isn’t this a question you should be asking Mr. Hofchinco?"

Wang Ye nodded slightly.

By this time, the car had stopped. They were downstairs at Rossiyana’s place.

After Rossiyana got out, Xie Liaosha started the car again, planning to head towards Xiao Ying Hotel.

Wang Ye suddenly said: "Head to Yukos HQ building."

After saying this, he took out his mobile phone and dialed Khodorkovsky’s number.

On the phone, Wang Ye didn’t say much, only saying that there was something important he needed to discuss with Khodorkovsky in person, and that he would be there soon.

Although Khodorkovsky seemed a bit surprised on the other end of the line, he didn’t say much on the phone, only telling Wang Ye to come directly to his office with no further ado.

He would wait for him in the office.

In fact, what Rossiyana said did give Wang Ye some ideas.

Now he had a plan in mind...