Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 748 Time is Running Out_1

Chapter 748: Chapter 748 Time is Running Out_1

Coming back to his senses, Wang Ye laughingly said, "Thanks, uncle. Let’s use my Siberian Gold shares as collateral, we need to go through the necessary formalities after all."

Although Khodorkovsky might not care about this, Wang Ye couldn’t feign ignorance.

This was a whopping thirty billion US dollars!

Even between close father and son, it’s unlikely to be lent without any security, let alone the relationship between them.

Offering it himself would make him appear more considerate.

Borrowing and repaying without issue makes the next borrowing easier.

Khodorkovsky nodded but didn’t disagree. Although Wang Ye’s share in Siberian Gold might not reach thirty billion US dollars, the company’s profitability was extremely strong!

Wang Ye makes several hundreds of millions of US dollars from dividends alone every year. Using it as collateral is more than enough.

In the midst of small talk, they managed to confirm the business at hand. Wang Ye received his desired thirty billion US dollars.

The money for investing in Russian Gas Industry Group and for acquiring Arsenal Club is ready, there might even be some leftover.

After all, the acquisition of Arsenal Club, repaying the club loan, and even including this year’s transfer budget, needs only about 2.5 billion pounds or approximately 5 billion US dollars.

The reason for reserving ten billion US dollars, Wang Ye is considering acquiring two or three top players.

The players he wants to buy are almost all "non-for-sale items" of their clubs!

Of course, in this business society, the so-called non-for-sale items basically mean you need to add money!

As long as the money is right, how could there be any non-for-sale items?

Even great stars like Maradona, Ronaldo, Zidane, and Ronaldinho have transferred more than once.

The clubs they were originally in were all shouting that they would absolutely not let them go, but they couldn’t help but be honest in front of high transfer fees.

In the end, it’s still a matter of whether you’re willing to spend money or not.

...

"By the way, uncle, do you have any plans for the future? You’re still young, you’re not going to retire now, are you?"

While eating together, Wang Ye asked with a smile.

Khodorkovsky put down his knife and fork, wiped the corner of his mouth with a napkin, and said seriously to Wang Ye, "You forgot about the Group’s Public Welfare Fund, right? It aims to improve the treatment of primary and secondary school educators in remote areas. For a while, I’m going to start working on this."

Wang Ye felt a bit guilty. If Khodorkovsky hadn’t mentioned that, he would have really forgotten about it...

But he couldn’t really blame himself when he thought about how many tasks he had to deal with at Duma every day and the various reports and documents submitted by companies from all over the Group.

How could he have the energy to remember all these things?

Now that he heard Khodorkovsky was preparing to involve himself in charity, Wang Ye was quite happy because that was what he wanted to hear.

In fact, he would be happy no matter what Khodorkovsky did, as long as he didn’t touch politics...

Unfortunately, before he finished feeling happy, Khodorkovsky said, "Charity won’t take up too much of my time and energy, so while doing charity work, I plan to recruit a group of like-minded people to form a new political party to compete in next year’s election."

The smile on Wang Ye’s face froze instantly. What he feared the most was happening!

What’s more, Khodorkovsky was playing big, planning to form a new political party!

This headache was too much for Wang Ye to bear, and he didn’t know what to say.

It was now the end of March, and there was only one year left until the general election next year.

Because the election will start next March, which is also when the current Kremlin leader starts his re-election campaign.

At this critical moment, Khodorkovsky was about to stir up trouble. This meant that there was not much time left for Wang Ye!

Within this year, he must do everything possible to strengthen his own power.

Only in this way can he protect himself and try to protect Khodorkovsky when the worst happens.

When he was just starting out, Khodorkovsky provided him with the most significant help and protection.

So when Khodorkovsky is in danger, how can he bear to watch him fall into disaster!

...

"Well... uncle, are you sure you don’t want to think about it? Take a rest for a while and don’t tire yourself out too much. If...if you wait until the next election, it won’t be too late to participate. This way, you will have more time to prepare. Now there’s only one year left. Isn’t the time too tight?"

Wang Ye spoke gently. He made a last-ditch effort, hoping to dissuade Khodorkovsky from entering the political arena.

Even if it’s just delaying it for one term, it’s good, that would give him four more years!

Shaking his head, Khodorkovsky smiled and said, "Time waits for no man. One year should be just about enough. Elections are nothing more than rallying for votes and competing for election funds. On this point, I have some confidence."

Wang Ye sighed silently, Khodorkovsky was still underestimating politics.

Even though they’re both based on electoral systems, are elections in Russia the same as in Europe and the United States?

Even in Europe and the United States, are elections really that "clean"...

Is there a precedent in the world for a political newbie to rise to the top!

Oh, it will emerge in Ukraine over a decade later...

But Russia is not Ukraine, it’s a more "traditional" country, especially in the political arena.

If Khodorkovsky genuinely believed that investing more election funds would increase his chances of winning, Wang Ye could confirm on the spot that he would undoubtedly lose!

However, these things are not easy to say, they can easily lead to misunderstandings.

All Wang Ye could do was trying to gently dissuade him as best he could:

"Uncle, becoming a politician is not as simple as it seems. I think it’s better to take it one step at a time.

Why don’t you form a faction first and try to get seats in the Duma?

With the resources you have, uncle, although you might not be able to reach the level of the first Faction in Duma, grabbing dozens of seats and becoming the second or third Faction is pretty feasible.

Then gradually strengthen your power, train Faction hard-core members, to prepare for a final strike when you have enough strength."

Waving his hand, Khodorkovsky said with no concern:

"I’m not saying that I must succeed, I just want to try.

Set a high goal, and give it all you’ve got. Even if I fail in the end, I won’t regret it.

And I understand what you have just said.

But the Faction I want to form is not as simple as you think. It won’t be completely composed of political newbies.

Even though I’m a political newbie myself, there will be quite a few seasoned politicians in the Faction by then, and maybe even some faces you’ll be surprised to see, ha ha..."