Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 752 Quietly_1

Chapter 752: Chapter 752 Quietly_1

Kaja was leading the acquisition team on her end, and Wang Ye was not idle on his end.

On April 3rd, the Russian Gas Industry Group held a board meeting, and after a voting decision by all shareholder representatives, an official stock reform plan was confirmed.

The group’s original largest shareholder, the State-Owned Assets, transferred 30% of its shares to a local investment company in Russia, an investment company from the United States, and an oil company from an Asian country.

The company’s value is estimated at forty billion US dollars.

Just the transfer of this 30% of the shares allowed the State-Owned Assets to recoup one hundred and twenty billion US dollars in cash!

After the stock restructuring, the new shareholder structure of the Russian Gas Industry Group is as follows:

The State-Owned Assets hold 40% of the shares and are still the largest shareholder, but no longer hold absolute control.

The new chairman of the group will be voted in by the board of directors, not appointed by the government.

This greatly diminishes the "state-owned enterprise" characteristic of the Russian Gas Industry Group.

The three new shareholders who just entered the game, each holds 10% of the shares.

The remaining 30% is more complicated, as shareholders comprise several domestic financial institutions in Russia, energy companies, and some individual shareholders.

However, these shareholders do not hold many shares, and compared to the first four shareholders, their say in the board of directors is much less.

Wang Ye did not appear in the new board of directors meeting, and only a few people knew that he had also bought shares in the Russian Gas Industry Group this time.

Constantin did not show up either, but simply appointed a professional manager to serve on the new Board of Directors of the Russian Gas Industry Group as a representative of the shareholders.

The investment company they created, despite being registered in Russia, had mysterious investors, who funded the company through offshore companies abroad.

Nobody really paid attention to this.

Those who needed to know, already knew who the real boss behind this investment company was. Those who didn’t need to know either didn’t care or did not have the ability to investigate the background of this investment company anyway.

The news of the stock reform of the Russian Gas Industry Group was not widely publicized.

Even on TV news, it was just a brief announcement that was quickly passed over. Unless people were specifically interested, they wouldn’t notice it at all.

As for newspapers and magazines, it was even more obscure.

Even if there were reports, they were basically short news items buried deep in the publications.

Either consciously or unconsciously, this news was overlooked.

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"Cheers! Let’s celebrate our successful acquisition of shares in Russian Gas Industry. Judging from the current operation of the company, we can recoup all our investment in about eight to ten years. The yearly dividends are not small, haha."

Constantin raised his glass of red wine, brimming with laughter as he said this to Wang Ye.

Although he did not show up at the board meeting of the Russian Gas Industry Group, he was always orchestrating things behind the scenes.

Now that everything was finally settled and the job well done, he was naturally very happy.

It’s safe to say that the two recent investments of the Constantin family have made him very satisfied.

Investing in the Russian Gas Industry Group was one, and the other was investing in Wang Ye’s Xiao Ying Group.

Especially since both companies have a very abundant cash flow and high dividends, their investment returns are incredibly high!

"The price of natural gas will continue to rise. Trust me, we can recover our investment in about five years, not ten." Wang Ye said with a smile.

He, of course, had a lot of confidence in the Russian Gas Industry Group.

Natural gas is an essential demand!

After the global economy recovers, the demand in the industrial sector will surge, and by then the price of natural gas will be much higher than now.

With prices going up, but the cost of mining and transportation remaining steady or increasing only slightly, wouldn’t that represent a massive increase in profit!

So, the Russian Gas Industry Group will be making more money a few years from now than it is now.

Constantin naturally wouldn’t doubt Wang Ye’s assessment.

The smile on his face became even brighter.

"Oh, by the way, I heard that Abu recently bought a Premier League Club in the British Peninsula. Is he planning to settle down in London?" Constantin asked casually.

He knew Abu, but the relationship wasn’t close as their businesses didn’t cross paths.

"Yes, not only did he buy a Premier League Club, but I also bought one. The news should come out in a while." Wang Ye laughed.

His words not only stunned Constantin, but Rossiyana, sitting next to Wang Ye, was also taken aback.

Neither of them had heard of this.

Wang Ye’s acquisition of Arsenal Club had been carried out in secret.

At first, Abu helped with the introduction, and when things started to take shape, Kaja took over with a professional team.

Rossiyana didn’t know about this.

"What? You bought a Premier League Club! When did this happen?" Rossiyana exclaimed.

"Why did you suddenly buy a soccer club? Do you think this industry is about to explode? But I think investing in the soccer industry is purely a loss-making venture, not a profitable one." Constantin asked doubtfully.

There are football clubs in Russian too, although not very strong, they are not weak either.

Especially the national team, it often makes it to the World Cup...

However, the overall national economy hasn’t been doing well in recent years, and with a lack of investment in clubs, attracting strong players to join became difficult, so professional football gradually declined.

Certain talented football athletes have even gone abroad to play ball.

Wang Ye smiled and explained, "This matter is still in progress, but it’s basically settled. I’ve sent people to London to buy the club’s shares. If there are no surprises, it will be made public in a week or two. By the way, Abu bought Chelsea Club, and I bought Arsenal Club, have you heard of them?"

Rossiyana nodded first, then shook her head and said, "I’ve definitely heard of Arsenal, but not Chelsea. Isn’t Uncle Abu pretty wealthy? How come he bought a small and unknown club? But Misha, you actually bought Arsenal, so we can go watch matches in London in the future!"

It was clear that Rossiyana was a "pseudo-football fan", probably not watching many games.

That’s why she didn’t know about Chelsea and thought it was a mediocre little club.

But in fact, even though Chelsea may not be as famous as Arsenal or Manchester United, it’s still a longtime club in the Premier League...