Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 745 Where to finding money_1

Chapter 745: Chapter 745 Where to finding money_1

It’s no exaggeration to say that Wang Ye is incredibly busy at the moment.

It took just an afternoon for him and David Dain to finalize the acquisition of Arsenal.

The next day, he handed over the follow-up to Kaja, because the restructuring of the Russian Gas Industry Group has entered a crucial stage.

Because the matter is of great importance, even the cunning old fox Constantin personally led the team to Moscow.

After alighting from the private jet, they checked straight into the Xiao Ying Hotel.

When Constantin met Wang Ye, he seemed in high spirits, laughing heartily and giving Wang Ye a warm hug.

"Misha, thank God for you, things couldn’t have gone well without you."

Wang Ye was a bit surprised. It seemed like he hadn’t really done anything. Hadn’t Constantin and his team been doing all the hard work behind the scenes?

Curiously, he asked, "Thank God for me? What do you mean by that?"

As he spoke, he gestured Constantin to sit down.

This is Wang Ye’s office at the top floor of the Xiao Ying Hotel, much larger and more luxurious than his Duma office.

However, Wang Ye seldom uses this office, only occasionally after work when there is work to be dealt with or visitors to attend to.

Speaking of offices, Wang Ye now has quite a few.

Although he rarely visits various group companies, but being the largest shareholder or chairman of each group company, his subordinates would surely arrange a separate office for him!

The Yukos Group Headquarters building, the office that Khodorkovsky once used, is now reserved for Wang Ye.

It has been some time since he took over as chairman of Yukos, but Wang Ye only goes there for board meetings, using the office then, otherwise it’s just left idle.

The other group companies are the same, such as New Sun Group, United Aviation Group, and Russian Auto Group.

Each of them are located at the best locations in the Group Headquarters building with the largest office spaces. Even if Wang Ye doesn’t use them, they are kept clean by a dedicated cleaning staff every day.

To the average person, this may seem a bit wasteful.....

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As Constantin sat down, he said, "As long as you’re in this position, it’s a form of deterrence! When people know about our relationship, what I say to some extent represents your opinion. Ha ha, Misha, you won’t blame me for taking action under your banner, would you? I’m trying to promote the shareholding in Russian Gas Industry Group."

Wang Ye was a bit incredulous, apparently he had been making use of Wang Ye’s name in his lobbying efforts!

Indeed, when words come out from Constantin’s mouth, people would hardly think he’s lying. So being in this position, his stance matters a lot.

Even someone as defiant as Medvedev...

Perhaps Medvedev is not so defiant, he’s rather smooth in his ways.

No matter what Medvedev’s character is, in the face of Constantin and Wang Ye joining hands, he must think carefully.

Whether he wants to offend these two "big shots"!

Even though Constantin has not held any positions in the political arena, anyone with a brain would not overlook his huge influence!

Plus, his granddaughter Rossiyana is the adopted daughter of the one from Kremlin...

Maybe, to some extent, Constantin represents the intentions of the Kremlin.

Which means, if the Kremlin and Duma are working together, can Medvedev withstand that?

After understanding this point, it’s no wonder why Constantin was able to proceed so smoothly.

"This time we thwarted Medvedev’s plan, I wonder if he will bear any grudge." Wang Ye shook his head and said.

Constantin carelessly replied with a nonchalant expression, "His plan? His original plan was clearly not beneficial to the country or the Russian Gas Industry Group, why would he do that? This young man has just been in the position for a few years, with his foundation not solid yet, and he is already trying to flirt with the Euro-American capital. Let’s just say, his position is not stable and any mistake could cost him his position!"

Wang Ye didn’t know what to say, he couldn’t tell him that in a few years, this man whom Constantin didn’t take seriously will take over the Kremlin...

At this point, apart from Wang Ye, no one would believe such thing!

Because no matter how you look at it, the "young man" who just took over as the chairman of the Russian Gas Industry Group, still has a long way to go.

Even if they believe that Wang Ye can take over the Kremlin, they would never believe that Medvedev has the chance!

Of course, Wang Ye is not so sure now. With the presence of his own "wild card", he isn’t sure if Medvedev will rise to prominence like he did in his memory.

It’s possible that there will be some changes, and these are matters that are uncertain.

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"By the way, how are you preparing for the funding? The evaluation of Russian Gas Industry Group is not low. I inquired a bit these two days, and after various communications and coordination, the Russian Gas Industry Group plans to put out 30% of the shares, all transferred from state-owned assets. But the group is valued at a whopping 40 billion US dollars! Even if we take 10% , that’s still 4 billion US dollars. The price is quite steep, but it is said that the price is non-negotiable, and this also comes from the Kremlin." Constantin said, shaking his head with a pained expression.

Is the Russian Gas Industry Group worth 40 billion US dollars?

Definitely!

After all, this company almost monopolizes all of Russia’s gas fields and 100% of export trade rights!

No matter how you calculate it, 40 billion is a reasonable and even somewhat low price.

But you have to realize that this seemingly reasonable valuation seems excessively high to people like Constantin.

After all, just a few years ago, when the oligarchs were buying state-owned enterprises, they were paying peanuts for them. All kinds of quality companies were being picked up like they were being given away for free....

Now that the price has returned to a reasonable range, they feel a little bit excessive.

Wang Ye doesn’t find a problem. Thirty percent of the shares, three new shareholders enter the scene.

He and Constantin join hands to take ten percent of the shares.

The capital from Europe or the United States take away ten percent, and a large Asian corporate takes the rest ten percent.

The problem is, this ten percent of shares costs a whopping 4 billion US dollars!

Even if he and Constantin join forces, each of them would have to put in 2 billion....

Where would he find such a large sum of money?

Hearing Constantin inquire about the funds, Wang Ye frowned and asked, "Do we have to pay the full amount upfront when we become shareholders? Can we...."

Before he could finish his question, Constantin knew what he was about to ask and promptly shook his head:

"No!

It has to be cash investment, and it must be paid all at once because the government is planning to take this money out right away, not even leaving it to the Russian Gas Industry Group.

This is also the condition for the government to agree to the reorganization of the Russian Gas Industry Group."