Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 807 - 804: Return to the Homeland with a New Identity (Long - )_2

Chapter 807: Chapter 804: Return to the Homeland with a New Identity (Long Chapter)_2

His eyes brightened, and he blurted out, "Exactly! I am the Chairman of Yukos Group! Now Yukos Group has extensive business dealings with the domestic market and on this basis, we are also planning to continue to increase investment in China and expand our business scope. I can visit as the Chairman of Yukos Group to discuss investment matters with the related domestic departments."

There were indeed many advantages to using this identity.

For one thing, he could visit China publicly as "Mikhail" without causing any confusion or suspicion among others, and the reason for carrying out Group business was very reasonable.

Secondly, there would be no need for reciprocal state protocol by the domestic side, making it just a regular business visit.

The domestic departments responsible for receiving him would not need to involve the "state" entities, and enterprises such as CNPC and Sinopec could represent the receiving party, which actually made things much more convenient for Wang Ye.

It was a mix of official and private matters!

It had been a long time since Wang Ye had gone back, and he had some spare time lately. Just the other day, Zhang Xiaoxi had called to say that the Mansion Garden he had purchased was almost renovated. This visit was the perfect opportunity to go and see it.

Ever since he bought the courtyard, Wang Ye hadn’t personally seen it even once.

Nalan Yaqi was of course even more interested in this courtyard. According to her, it was her "ancestral" home!

This time returning to China, she planned to stay there for a couple of days to really "experience" it...

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Without delay, Wang Ye instructed his associates at Yukos Group to make contact with their Chinese partners, sending official documents stating their intention to establish a subsidiary in China for business inspection and possible investment...

This immediately received an enthusiastic response from the Chinese partners, welcoming Chairman Mikhail to visit for inspection.

Through these communications, they found a reasonable "excuse" to return to the country!

Since it was for official business that he was going to China, it was natural to include accompanying staff.

Wang Ye instructed his capable assistant at Yukos Group, who had once served as Vice President at New Sun Group and now served as Wang Ye’s Chairman Assistant at Yukos, Ivan, to rapidly assemble a team.

The official reason was to invest in China, establish a subsidiary, and plan to expand their refined oil and petroleum product businesses.

On August 2, Wang Ye led a professional team from Yukos Group, boarded the Group’s business jet in Moscow, and took off toward the capital...

Other than the Group’s personnel, Wang Ye only brought Nalan Yaqi back with him.

Yelena, Nova, and the other assistants were busy with other matters and were not involved in Yukos Group’s business, so naturally, they didn’t need to come along.

As for Rossiyana, she needed to stay behind to oversee the Faction’s Election Promotion efforts and didn’t accompany Wang Ye on the visit.

Kaja was equally busy; the production base of the Russian Auto Group was entering its acceptance phase—installing assembly lines, hiring experts, coordinating departmental work, and so on. Without exaggeration, she was busier than Wang Ye during this time.

Thus, only Nalan Yaqi, who had a lot of free time and was returning to her home country, naturally wanted to join...

"Boss, regarding the situation over there, I’ve done some preliminary investigation.

I believe that the petroleum product business has a significant market potential.

Over the years, their economic development has been very rapid; a multitude of factories have been constructed, and a vast amount of goods and raw materials need to be transported, which requires logistics!

And for logistics, petroleum products are absolutely indispensable.

According to our estimates, that market is soon going to experience a surge in the demand for petroleum products.

So this time, if we can negotiate it, my suggestion is to try to connect the three links of the oil refinery base, sales qualification, and gas stations—all in one go!"

Ivan, holding a thick folder, sat across from Wang Ye and reported on his work earnestly.

The visit was arranged so hurriedly that Wang Ye had simply given an order, leaving the rest of the preparations to Ivan.

The Boss could afford to be a bit casual, but at times like these, it was essential for a senior employee like Ivan to demonstrate his value!

So, for the past few days, Ivan was getting only about three or four hours of sleep a night.

Gathering the team, collecting data, holding meetings, and making plans...

Before setting off today, he finally came up with a relatively mature business plan.

After reporting to Wang Ye on the plane, the boss could negotiate with the Chinese partners upon landing according to this plan.

Wang Ye nodded with satisfaction; Ivan’s judgment was very accurate and matched his memories from his previous life.

It seemed that the million-dollar annual salary that the group company paid Ivan hadn’t been wasted...

"Very well, let’s negotiate based on this then. Is the budget ready? If it includes the oil refinery and the gas stations, how much investment is needed in total?" Wang Ye asked.

Ivan frowned and thought for a moment before replying:

"It depends on the scale we can negotiate for, but I estimate that even if they are willing to open up some of the market, it wouldn’t be possible for us to operate without any restrictions.

As far as I know, the market there is currently monopolized by state-owned enterprises, with no presence of foreign investment.

It seems they haven’t opened up that part of the market, so I think the biggest difficulty lies there. It is very likely that they may not want to share this market with us!"

Wang Ye was slightly taken aback; he had not considered or paid attention to this aspect.

Hadn’t China joined the WTO already? The market in this respect should have been opened up, albeit with restrictions.

Could it be that the time had not yet come?

However, he wasn’t too concerned, because with his special status, no matter what, China would most likely give him some face.

At worst, they would just allow him to invest to a limited degree, or if not let him set up an oil refinery base, just open up a few areas for him to operate gas stations...

Even so, that would still be quite good; he knew that for a considerable time to come, gas stations were money trees!

If he could open up thousands, even tens of thousands, of gas stations in the southern coastal region, the money made in a year would not be insignificant!

The profits would be enough to support the domestic branches established by Yukos Group and leave room for continued investment in other areas of business.

And if China really didn’t want to let him enter the market, indefinitely delaying matters, then Wang Ye wouldn’t care.

After all, this so-called business trip was just an excuse for him to return to the country...

If negotiations were successful, that would be great; if not, then so be it.

When the time came, he would let Ivan and his team deal with the Chinese partners, while he himself would take Nalan Yaqi to "inspect" the Mansion Garden estate!

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Thus, Wang Ye waved his hand and said with a smile, "Let’s discuss this with the Chinese partners after we meet them. It’s best to do our duty and leave the rest to fate. After all, we already have a good foundation for cooperation with them. As long as it is beneficial to both sides, I think it should always be possible to come to an agreement."

This was him speaking bureaucratically; no matter the outcome, nobody could blame him.

It was enough to have tried...

Since the boss spoke like this, Ivan naturally did not say anything more; after all, he was not leading this trip, and with Wang Ye taking charge, there was no pressure on him.

The commercial private jet of Yukos Group was modified from a Boeing 737 and was a medium-sized civil aviation passenger plane, neither too big nor too small, originally capable of carrying about one hundred and twenty passengers.

But the group’s business private jet did not need that many seats; after modification, it could carry about thirty people, ensuring that each passenger enjoyed ample space.

The private jet also had meeting rooms and other facilities, including a private resting room equipped with a shower and a bed!

After discussing work with Ivan, with several hours left in the journey, Wang Ye stood up and stretched, heading to the resting room to take a nap.

Nalan Yaqi had gone into the resting room after the plane took off and was currently lying there watching a movie.

After entering, Wang Ye closed the door behind him, and what happened next was known to no one.

Before they came out, absolutely no one would be unwise enough to disturb them...