Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 692: Cannot Cross the Red Line_1

Chapter 692: Chapter 692: Cannot Cross the Red Line_1

Somehow, with a lot of convincing, Rossiyana was persuaded to leave.

Of course, as a form of "compensation", Wang Ye personally accompanied Rossiyana back to her apartment.

They even went upstairs to "have a cup of coffee". However, this took a bit longer than usual; nearly two hours to be exact, before they returned back to the Xiao Ying Hotel.

The security personnel, including Xie Liaosha, who were waiting downstairs for Wang Ye, had each nearly smoked half a pack of cigarettes in the meantime.

Once inside the car, Wang Ye leaned tiredly against the seat, closed his eyes, massaged his temples, and instructed, "Back to the hotel!"

Xie Liaosha started the car, and the convoy slowly drove out of the apartment parking lot.

Upstairs in a high-rise apartment, the curtains of one room were pulled back. A sleepwear-clad Rossiyana stood by the window, watching the tail lights of the departing convoy, her gaze soft and loving...

Wang Ye had a rough idea of the purpose behind Shao Yigu’s visit that night.

However, he didn’t feel joy, but rather a sense of fatigue, because he had realized something.

In his current high position, his relationships with Shao Yigu, Korokolli, and even including Gavriil, A Bu and the others, no matter how good they were, are always mixed with various "impurities".

To put it nicely, it’s mutual help.

To put it bluntly, it’s mutual exploitation.

Of course, Wang Ye has never thought that being used by others is a bad thing.

His ongoing efforts have always been to make himself valuable enough to be used by others!

Only in this way can he avoid worrying that his Uncle Khodorkovsky may "settle the accounts" with him when he enters the political arena and has a falling out with the Kremlin...

Similarly, while others exploit him, isn’t he also exploiting them?

This is not only true for high-level friends like these, but also for seemingly insignificant people like Vladimir, who recently became head of the local bureau, have done a lot of things for Wang Ye.

At the beginning, Wang Ye was "using" him, and he also gave him a sufficient return.

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Concerning the military reforms proposed by Shao Yigu, Wang Ye has some interest.

The reform has been ongoing for several years before it was barely completed. However, due to insufficient budget, the actual combat capability after the reform did not meet the expected goal.

However, by leading the military reform, he has paved the way to the seat of Minister of Defense and promoted himself to the rank of general!

Shao Yigu is now a Marshal, which is quite high-ranking.

There’s an interesting little story about his military rank.

Firstly, Shao Yigu did not graduate from a professional military academy, nor did he have any military service experience.

He studied architecture in university and worked in the field after graduation.

In the 1990s, by a chance, he started working with the Russian rescue team, which isn’t even considered an official organization, just a reserve organization.

It was like the local militia back home.

At that time, he had some background in armed forces and held the military rank of captain, equivalent to a platoon leader in the regular army.

But his captain rank was added with a bracket, "reserve"!

It’s fair to say that Russia in the 1990s was indeed very "unreal". At that time, he chose the right side during "positioning" and spoke up for someone in public.

Because of this, he was remembered by a big shot.

When that big shot came to power, Shao Yigu began to rise rapidly, from a reserve captain, he was directly awarded the rank of major general!

He really became a General...

This span is extremely rare in any country.

Then, he made another correct choice by supporting Puding to lead the Kremlin...

You need to say, the ability to see through, Shao Yigu is definitely a tough character.

And now, he has "singled out" another person, Mikhail!

This third bet, is it continuing to verify his sharp vision, or will it "overturn the cart"?

The answer may not be revealed for several or even more than ten years...

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Time quickly reached March, Petrov called to say that he had negotiated with Ukraine and bought five "scrapped" IL-76 for a million US dollars.

Of course, these "scrapped" IL-76s can be directly flown back to Sevastopol or even directly to the African security base after being simply repaired and filled with fuel on the spot!

As for the Ka-60 on the procurement list, the order has been formally placed with the United Aviation Group.

You could say that all the weapons and equipment on the purchase list, except for the Ka-60 that is being produced, have been delivered.

After a brief training, the newly recruited members can be sent to the African continent.

For quite some time, Petrov will focus more on Africa, inevitably expanding enough living and developmental space for the Wagner Security Company!

As for the domestic matters, namely the Moscow security base and the Siberian security base, he would not be able to look after them so much.

After some deliberation, Wang Ye made up his mind to let Anton lead a team to the Siberian security base.

The scale of the Moscow security base was once again reduced, with enough people left to protect himself, the Xiao Ying Hotel, as well as the Yukos headquarters and a few large markets.

The surplus personnel all followed Anton to Siberia.

Shao Yigu has reminded him that it’s not a problem for the Wagner Company to expand its scale and purchase a large number of heavy weapons.

But there was one red line that must be strictly observed, which is not to pose a threat to the homeland, especially Moscow!

So Wang Ye planned to move all the heavy weapons and equipment from the security base in the suburbs of Moscow to Siberia on this occasion, leaving behind only a few light helicopters.

Except for the elites around him, the rest of the garrison personnel are essentially ordinary security personnel.

After these adjustments, it should probably make the Kremlin feel more at ease with him.

Because the armed forces around him, facing a real power institution, couldn’t even protect themselves.

Of course, Wang Ye isn’t worried about the worst-case scenario happening.

If the situation comes to the point that the national power institutions have to take action against him, even if all the forces of Wagner Security Company were mobilized, they wouldn’t be able to resist.

After all, those security personnel came to Wagner Company for a salary, not really to risk their lives for him.

They’re certainly not looking to "rebel" with him...

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On March 7, as soon as Wang Ye arrived at the Duma Office, a congressman came to visit.

This was a member of the Third Faction, Fiklorov, whom Wang Ye remembered quite well.

Fiklorov is a fanatical nationalist and is one of the rare young and middle-aged people in the Duma.

He was in his thirties, tall, red-nosed, and with messy golden-brown hair piled on his head, a typical Russian.