Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 653: To Each Their Own_1

Chapter 653: Chapter 653: To Each Their Own_1

Wang Ye’s stance caused Puding and Gavriil to feel moved.

Only Rossiyana probably didn’t quite understand the implications behind this and since she has no place to speak in this conversation, she just busied herself with eating.

Puding sighed:

"If every entrepreneur in our country could think like you, Misha, it would be wonderful.

The problem is that the rich are too rich, and they don’t make their money through their own abilities. Instead, they take advantage of industry monopolies and loopholes in the system.

However, these are historical reasons, not much can be said about them.

But this situation cannot continue indefinitely, otherwise there will be no hope for this country!"

Gavriil also added:

"I knew Misha was different from other oligarchs. He has a broad perspective and global vision. He cares about overall interest and doesn’t mind short-term gains or losses.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have spent so much money acquiring three major car brands, nor would he have taken over the Aviation Industry Group.

Putting the Yukos Group in his hands is definitively the right choice!

Khodorkovsky has done a good thing."

This was the first time that Wang Ye heard the Kremlin affirm Khodorkovsky...

Despite the praise from both, Wang Ye didn’t become arrogant, but modestly said:

"These are what I should do, and I have received the support from my uncle Khodorkovsky.

In the past, he may have focused all his energy on the development and growth of the Group, but in the future, after stepping down as the Chairman, he will put more energy into public welfare.

He will be in charge of our Group’s public welfare project this time."

As a matter of fact, Khodorkovsky was still unaware of this. It could be considered an assignment by Wang Ye.

But Wang Ye knew that Khodorkovsky would definitely not refuse.

After all, since Khodorkovsky intended to enter the political arena, he would never think of having too many things that could earn him reputation, but feeling it’s not enough!

With two years left before the general election, it is good to improve his reputation and accumulate his own credibility among the public.

Therefore, Wang Ye knew that Khodorkovsky would only approve of this and not oppose it.

......

Puding nodded, seemingly fairly satisfied.

He looked at Gavriil and said with a smile, "It seems that the restructuring of the Yukos Group this time has played its due role, hasn’t it? By the way, it seems that the Ministry of Energy is also introducing new rules for the energy industry?"

Gavriil understood and immediately responded:

"I have heard of this matter myself. Some people in the Ministry of Energy have proposed that they should regulate the export rights of oil, natural gas and various metal industries, establish uniform export standards, and even nationalize energy export rights.

In theory, this is a good thing for the country and the people, but from a market perspective, the approach is a bit drastic and potentially interferes with market freedom.

By the way, this proposal should have been submitted to your Economic Committee for discussion, right? What was the result?"

As he said this, he looked towards Wang Ye.

Wang Ye paused for a moment, organized his thoughts, and then calmly replied:

"We have discussed this matter in the Economic Committee. Our conclusion is that we need to widely solicit opinions from the industry, especially representative energy companies.

The implementation of related systems is not something we can decide on a whim, we need to fully consider the actual industry situation and balance the interests of the country, the industry and enterprises.

We can’t be killing the goose that lays the golden eggs!"

When Wang Ye said the last sentence, he spoke more heavily and with meaningful emphasis.

Puding didn’t say anything; he was just slowly sipping his black tea.

But Gavriil seemed thoughtful, he wrinkled his brow in thought for a moment before smiling and saying:

"Misha makes sense. After all, with our country’s existing system, granting full freedom to all industries can also stimulate competition among various enterprises.

If everything is taken back and controlled by the state, wouldn’t we be regressing back to more than a decade ago?

We would also be easily criticized by the international media. In the long run, it’s not conducive to the economic development of our country.

However, there shouldn’t be no restraints on each industry either.

After all, as proven by facts, doing so will only give birth to monopolistic companies and generate big oligarchs!

After all, entrepreneurs like you, Misha, who are mindful of the bigger picture, are not common."

The two of them have been exchanging views, superficially discussing the energy department proposal.

Actually, they were exchanging their attitudes towards whether oligarchic companies like Yukos Group should hold export rights or not.

Of course, Wang Ye suggests maintaining the status quo, with Yukos continuing to independently export oil without any restrictions.

But he also made it clear that the Yukos Group will contribute more to the national economy and pay back to society in the future, rather than just focusing on making money for itself.

That can be considered an explanation to the government.

On one hand, Gavriil affirmed Wang Ye’s ideas, on the other, he reminded Wang Ye that if the Yukos Group really does as Wang Ye said and fulfills its social responsibilities, then there won’t be a problem and no one will cause trouble.

But if they were just empty words, the government retains the power to supervise and even directly change the rules of the game.

In the past, the reason why the government did not move against these oligarchical companies including Yukos, was because they had given face and were still observing.

But in the future, this will not suffice. The government has already freed up its hands and has the energy to manage all industries.

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After hearing Gavriil’s speech, Wang Ye was sure that the power behind the Ministry of Energy’s actions was the Kremlin!

This was also quite normal. After all, Wang Ye remembers that the Kremlin started to move against the various oligarchs after they became secure.

If it wasn’t for his appearance, Khodorkovsky would have been in trouble by now.

But because of his existence, the Kremlin now is restrained and their methods are relatively mild.

Of course, this was also due to Wang Ye’s leadership. Neither the Yukos Group nor Khodorkovsky have clashed with the Kremlin.

Moreover, now that Wang Ye has taken over the Yukos Group as chairman, he is implying towards the Kremlin that he is cooperating.

In this case, the Kremlin, of course, wouldn’t rashly provoke the entire oligarchy.

Actually, after their conversation reached this point, they had basically decided that the issue of Yukos Group’s export rights should be fine.

Next, the Yukos Group needed to show an appropriate attitude, whether it participates in public welfare or gives back to society, but sincerity must be shown.

After finishing the meal, Wang Ye, Puding, and Gavriil had a pleasant conversation.

Everyone got what they wanted.

It was a win-win for all!