Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 783 Each Takes What They Need_1

Chapter 783: Chapter 783 Each Takes What They Need_1

In the last Duma Congress, the statement made by Grezlov, Wang Ye, and Krov was specifically addressing "poaching", and not prohibiting the normal flow of personnel.

Now, having been reminded by Wang Ye, Grezlov honestly didn’t know what to say next.

He initially thought that with his seasoned political experience, he’d have no problem handling the young and naive Mikhail.

But the outcome didn’t live up to his expectation, rather Mikhail was the one who had him cornered!

After a long pause, he grinned bitterly.

He knew that if he continued this "performance" today, trying to outperform Mikhail, he wouldn’t stand a chance against the young man.

It would be better to be upfront about it, bringing up issues directly instead of beating around the bush, and communicate straightforwardly.

Black is black, white is white, letting the other party know his thoughts and concerns.

He straightened up his expression and began to speak seriously:

"Ok, I won’t beat around the bush. Actually, some members of our faction have been threatening me with the prospect of switching to your faction if they are not provided with sufficient resources for the election. I think this is bad and it could damage the amiable relations we have. So, I am here to discuss how to resolve this difficult issue."

Seeing that Grezlov had stopped acting, Wang Ye couldn’t pretend to be ignorant any more.

He feigned enlightenment and said, "Ah? So that’s what this is about. Why didn’t you say so earlier!"

Grezlov’s face turned red, and he covered up by saying, "It’s my fault; I was too vague."

Wang Ye pondered for a while and then said sincerely, "Actually, I think this is not a bad thing for your faction. In fact, it is a good thing!"

Grezlov was somewhat confused and asked in surprise, "Good thing? Personnel drain is not a good thing for any faction!"

"No, no, no, it might not be a good thing for other factions, but for your first faction, it is a good thing." Wang Ye shook his head.

"Oh, tell me about the benefits it brings to our faction?" Grezlov patiently asked.

Wang Ye sat up straight, with a serious look on his face and said, "Before I answer your question, I want to ask you one. Can you firmly control all members in the faction? Or to put it another way, is everyone in your faction of the same mind and principle?"

All of a sudden, Grezlov was perplexed, he didn’t expect Wang Ye would ask this question.

Isn’t this too blunt...

After a long pause, he replied with a helpless look on his face, "No... "

Maybe he was afraid of being ridiculed by Wang Ye, because being the party leader and not being able to control his own faction is clearly not something to be proud of.

Grezlov quickly added, "Misha, as you know, our faction... has too many members! And is a merger of two major factions, so the internal relationships are complicated. There are many interest groups...ahhh, you should understand."

Wang Ye nodded, "I understand this and that’s why I said it’s a good thing for your faction.

"Think about it, even though you can’t fully control the entire faction, but at least you are the party leader, the Duma Speaker, and you still have a considerable voice in distributing election resources, right?"

Grezlov nodded, Wang Ye didn’t say wrong, his voice in the faction is still quite significant.

"So look, because there are many interest groups, you are hamstrung in distributing election resources.

Now some of the small factions want to leave, that’s not a bad thing for you.

This would enable you to allot more resources to those who are loyal to...

Uh, loyal to the faction itself.

For your future control of the entire faction and increase your voice, isn’t this a good thing?"

Wang Ye explained earnestly.

Grezlov stared dumbfounded at Wang Ye, a little confused.

Listening to Wang Ye, it seemed indeed to be the case...

In a large faction, relationships are messy, and power struggles and intrusion on benefits occur frequently.

What if he took advantage of the next election...

Right, it wasn’t his problem if some members left the faction, they were just not resilient enough against external temptations.

Since they wanted to leave, there was indeed no need for him to stop them, because there were plenty of more loyal members inside the faction who had not yet had their chance!

In the Duma, relations between the various factions wax and wane.

Similarly, within the faction, especially in a faction as large as the first faction with many interest groups, the same is true!

Just as Misha said, although he is the party leader, his control over the faction is not non-existent, but it is also not very strong.

If he took advantage of next year’s election to weaken some opposing factions, and cultivate and strengthen a group of members loyal to him, wouldn’t it be beautiful!

........

In fact, such a thought had crossed Grezlov’s mind before.

But he couldn’t find a reasonable excuse to do it, and he was more afraid of any backlash that would end up causing him to lose out trying to gain an advantage...

Hence, he only thought about it and nothing more, but today, reminded by Mikhail, he suddenly realized that the opportunity seemed to have arrived!

And he didn’t even need to do anything, just stand by and watch, or feign a bit of obstruction without actually stopping anyone from changing sides.

Justifications were easy to find. People have their ambitions, if someone doesn’t want to stay in the first faction anymore, let them leave amicably.

Furthermore, the first faction is not short of resources, loads of reserve members are waiting to rise to power!

Through this "blood transfusion" period, maybe he could not get involved in the government side, but in the Duma, he could quietly insert more loyal personnel!

That means his position in the faction has escalated!

Gaining benefits effortlessly, without any costs incurred, why not...

........

Though he was jubilant inside, Grezlov didn’t show anything on his face.

He just nodded slightly and said seriously, "Your point is not without reason. Let me consider it carefully when I get back. Let’s leave it at that for today. While the expansion of faction members is a good thing, Misha, you need to be careful too. Don’t recruit just anyone. Some people are more trouble than they’re worth, it’s better not to have them at all!"

Wang Ye responded with a smile: ’Thanks for the reminder, Mr. Speaker, I will take note.’

After a round of confrontation between the two of them, they both gained something from it, and it could be said that both got what they needed.