Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 638 Great Responsibility _1

Chapter 638: Chapter 638 Great Responsibility _1

He nodded, "Indeed, I do have such thoughts. To develop the Internet, we must first sort out the hardware foundation. You’ve done a good job! I will keep this proposal for now, if there are no problems after review, it will be submitted for discussion."

It certainly won’t get done today, as a meeting is about to start soon.

The meeting was scheduled to start at ten o’clock, and at nine fifty-five, Yelena came in to remind Wang Ye that it was time to go to the meeting room.

Wang Ye walked in front, followed by Rossiyana and Yelena, heading straight for the meeting room.

...

In the large meeting room, the other members had already arrived, waiting for the arrival of Wang Ye, the newly appointed Director.

There were smokers, idle chatters, and even an early-morning drinker who, from nowhere, pulled out a silver liquor flask and took sips now and then...

Among the Russians, there were no rules against drinking during work hours.

"Our new director has been in office for several days, but has not presented anything decent yet, I wonder what he will bring up today." The guy drinking liquor said with a grin.

Implicit in his words, there was a lack of due respect for Wang Ye.

When everyone was just a member of the Economic Committee, he didn’t have any issue with Wang Ye, and could even exchange greetings and make polite conversation during meetings.

Now that Wang Ye has taken charge as the Director of the Economic Committee, becoming his immediate superior, this chap, for some unknown reason, started acting smart with Wang Ye.

The other member next to him promptly waved his hand, advised, "Ajiv, have you had too much to drink! The meeting is about to start, hurry up and put away your liquor flask. Everyone can see how busy Director Mikhail has been recently, moreover, after taking office, shouldn’t he first get familiar with the job, why are you in such a rush?"

Others had mixed responses, some laughing and siding with Ajiv, making sarcastic remarks.

There were also those who countered and defended Wang Ye.

The meeting room was bustling when the door opened, Wang Ye walked in with two assistants, and the room instantly fell silent.

Even Ajiv promptly straightened up and closed his mouth.

Obviously, he just liked to talk nonsense behind Wang Ye’s back; he’d get somewhat nervous if he had to confront Wang Ye face-to-face...

...

Wang Ye went ahead and sat at the head of the long conference table, with Yelena and Rossiyana sitting on his left and right behind him.

Smiling, he looked around the room, all the members were present, no one was absent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the regular meeting of our economic committee and also the first formal meeting that I have presided over since becoming the Director. Let’s skip the platitudes; we have all been working together for many years and we all know each other very well.

Let’s move straight on to the main topic.

Recently, I’ve prepared a proposal for agricultural promotion, planning to advance our country’s agricultural development through administrative measures..."

Wang Ye spoke earnestly, recounting the current situation of domestic agriculture, grain output, annual import data, as well as the importance of food security.

He was reminding them about the importance of this proposal and to take it seriously!

After finishing, Wang Ye motioned with his hand, Yelena stood up and handed out copies of the Agricultural Promotion Reform Proposal to each committee member.

The content wasn’t complicated, just three pages of A4 paper. A more detailed version would be drafted by the Agricultural department, after all, Wang Ye wasn’t an agriculture expert.

His job was to push the issue from top to bottom.

Once everyone had the proposal, they began to read it seriously.

The meeting room was filled with the rustling sound of people flipping through papers.

About ten minutes later, everyone had gradually finished reading the proposal and put down the documents in their hands.

Wang Ye asked with a smile, "What do you think? If anyone has any suggestions or ideas, let’s hear it."

Before he had even finished speaking, someone was raising their hand and quickly saying, "I have something to say."

Wang Ye recognized this member, his name was Ajiv, and he belonged to the first faction.

He smiled and reached out, "Let’s have Ajiv speak first, it’s alright. Even if there are differing opinions, we can discuss them together."

These were polite words. Wang Ye didn’t really believe anyone would oppose him on this issue.

Firstly, this was related to agriculture, a supposedly "unpopular" industry, and would not involve the interests of any oligarchs or any force, so naturally, there was no reason for anyone to oppose.

Secondly, this proposal is the first one brought forward by him, the Chairman of the Economic Committee, since taking office!

As a new official, an auspicious start was needed, right?

The other members, at most, would just help check for oversights, so that it could be more smoothly passed at the Duma Congress, they had no reason to contradict this face-saving act.

...

Ajiv, with his chubby, flushed face, whether it was from the warmth of the meeting room or not, who knew.

"What’s the point of this proposal?

Food is so cheap internationally, and our country’s population isn’t particularly large, so it’s easy to dish out some foreign exchange and buy plenty of high-quality food.

Also, perhaps because Director Mikhail is too young, he is not aware that most of our food imports are purchased from Ukraine.

Maintaining this is itself preserving the good relationship between the two countries, especially considering how bad the Ukrainian economy is; apart from selling food, they don’t really have anything worth mentioning.

If our own food production increases, not only would we not need to import food from Ukraine, but we would also be competing with them internationally.

Isn’t that making our own brother nation feel cold-hearted and sacrificing more than gaining!

Ah, everyone understands, Director, you are young and eager to prove yourself.

Fortunately, in our committee, there are many older comrades with plenty of experience.

In future, you should discuss your new ideas with everyone first, seek our opinions, rather than rushing to put forth any proposal..."

Before he could even finish speaking, Wang Ye’s expression had darkened.

If Ajiv was only talking about the task at hand, Wang Ye wouldn’t have been upset.

But the words this guy spouted, why did they sound so annoying!

Continually mentioning "too young," "not knowing," "young people eager to prove themselves"...

Was he implying that Wang Ye had brought forth this proposal with ulterior motives, that it was not entirely sincere, but merely to prove himself?

The other committee members certainly felt that the atmosphere in the meeting room was a bit off, especially after seeing Wang Ye’s expression.

Most of the members began to quietly observe their own noses, remaining silent.

They were also curious to see how Mikhail, the overly young director, would handle this "provocation."

Wang Ye’s performance today would determine his authority in the Economic Committee.

And also determine how the other members would interact and work with him, their "young" director, in future...