Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 875 - 838: Ideal Result 2

Chapter 875: Chapter 838: Ideal Result 2

Wang Ye thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No rush, let’s wait until the election results come out. Right now, everyone should focus all their energy on the campaign, and many are busy canvassing votes in their own constituencies. To call everyone back for a meeting would be such a waste of time."

Rossiyana agreed upon thinking it through and nodded.

Wang Ye wasn’t worried about the emergence of factions within because he was well aware such things were inevitable!

Since it couldn’t be avoided, what he needed to consider was how, even with the existence of these factions, he could keep everyone united on major issues without resulting in infighting. That would be sufficient.

Moreover, many of the members who had joined him had their own ideas and came with specific purposes in mind.

Did he really think a simple meeting would align everyone’s thoughts?

That was clearly wishful thinking!

But now that they were members of a faction, and he was the Party Leader, he would have plenty of time and ways to gradually "digest" these differences and bring those with divergent intentions in line with his own stance.

...

The election prospects for Wang Ye’s faction were excellent, so of course, he wasn’t worried.

But Grezlov was getting anxious...

That day, just as Wang Ye arrived at the office, Grezlov hurried into his office.

"Misha, have you seen the latest polls? What are your thoughts?" he asked impatiently as soon as he sat down.

Wang Ye shrugged and said with a smile, "No thoughts really, you just look at that stuff. It’s not the actual election result, after all."

He knew why Grezlov had come to see him, because the latest poll support rate for the First Faction had fallen to 38%!

This was two percentage points lower than Wang Ye’s faction...

If the support rate continued like this, then the First Faction’s leading role would change hands and Grezlov’s faction would end up with fewer Duma seats than Wang Ye’s faction!

Seeing Wang Ye play dumb, Grezlov almost laughed out of irritation.

He pointed at Wang Ye and said resignedly, "No outsiders are here now, so let’s not beat around the bush. What if your faction ends up with the most seats, do you know what will happen?"

Wang Ye, with an innocent look on his face, replied, "Let’s not talk about the impossibility of our faction getting the most seats. Even if we did, what would happen?"

"Your faction would become... become an oddity!" Grezlov blurted out.

Wang Ye asked in surprise, "Why would you say that?"

"As far as I know, your faction isn’t planning to nominate a presidential candidate, right? So when the time comes, the First Faction in the Duma won’t have a presidential candidate they support. Isn’t that odd enough?" Grezlov said, looking straight at Wang Ye.

Wang Ye frowned, realizing this indeed presented a problem.

In principle, his faction should support Puding, but Khodorkovsky was also entering the race, which put him in a difficult position.

On one side was Rossiyana’s father-in-law, while on the other was his own uncle...

Wang Ye simply decided not to support either, letting them rely on their own strength in the campaign!

But as Grezlov noted, it truly was strange for the Duma’s largest faction not to support any presidential candidate.

Of course, all of this assumed Wang Ye’s faction secured the most seats in the elections, thus becoming the new session’s largest faction in the Duma!

...

With a headache, Wang Ye asked, "What’s going on with your faction, why is your support rate continuously falling?"

Wang Ye truly couldn’t understand this, as according to the original plan, Grezlov’s performance shouldn’t be as it was.

Even though the First Faction could not match the financial strength of Wang Ye and Khodorkovsky, they had a deep foundation and abundant talents!

A lean camel is bigger than a horse; the First Faction possessed around three hundred Duma seats!

Even if they performed poorly, securing about two hundred seats in the next Duma shouldn’t be a problem...

Unfortunately, human calculations cannot anticipate fate, and in successive polls, the First Faction’s performance continued to decline, with support rates falling lower and lower.

"It’s all because some seasoned Congressmen have defected to your side! As far as I know, at least twenty of our Faction’s members who were sure to secure Duma seats have defected to you. The rise on your end and the decline on ours have led to your faction’s polls being higher than ours," Grezlov said with a hint of emotion in his voice, clearly annoyed.

Wang Ye scratched his head, recognizing this was a problem.

Twenty Duma seats, after all!

This directly reduced the number of seats for the First Faction by twenty, increasing his own side’s count by the same number...

No wonder the polls showed that his faction had actually surpassed the first faction.

But the tasty morsel that had reached his mouth was obviously not something Wang Ye could spit out.

So, Wang Ye still feigned ignorance and said, "What should we do then?"

Grezlov, staring at Wang Ye’s feigned innocence, could hardly resist the urge to throttle him...

Of course, this was only a thought, and he could only say patiently, "So, Misha, you’re the only one who can help me now. Besides, helping me is helping yourself!"

"How so?" Wang Ye asked, puzzled.

Grezlov smiled, leaned back in his chair, and said calmly, "Like I said, there are no outsiders here, stop pretending. I do have a headache right now, but I believe you have an even bigger headache than I do!"

Since Grezlov had seen through him, Wang Ye couldn’t continue the act.

He had intended to keep Grezlov on tenterhooks a while longer to gain more advantage.

"Haha, so I still need to learn more from you, my dear Speaker!

Let’s put it this way, don’t panic, I should be able to guarantee that the First Faction gets one hundred and sixty seats. That would ensure your faction continues to be the first faction in the next Duma.

As for my faction, we’re looking at around one hundred and twenty seats in the end.

Ah, and certainly no more than one hundred and fifty," Wang Ye said with a smile.

There was no need to consider other factions. As long as they could ensure Grezlov’s side got one hundred and sixty seats and Wang Ye’s side one hundred and twenty.

Together, they would hold two hundred and eighty seats.

The remaining seats amounted to only one hundred and seventy...

These were contested by the Moscow Faction and Khodorkovsky’s group; it was absolutely impossible for any single faction to take them all.

Even surpassing one hundred and twenty would be impossible!

The new Duma’s situation would be clearly defined.

Grezlov’s faction would hold around one hundred and sixty seats, remaining the first faction.

Wang Ye’s faction would have a solid one hundred and twenty, potentially up to one hundred and fifty, securely in second place!

The Moscow Faction and Khodorkovsky’s faction would vie for third...

Honestly, given the current trend, it’s hard to say who would be third between the Moscow Faction and Khodorkovsky.

After all, Khodorkovsky was really willing to spend money!

It’s very likely that each of their factions would take away sixty or seventy seats.

They posed no threat to the first two factions.

The future Duma would no longer be dominated by one family but would see Grezlov and Wang Ye sharing the spoils!

This was the ideal election result in Wang Ye’s plan...

......

The Speaker of the new Duma would still be Grezlov.

Wang Ye would remain his Vice Speaker, but he intended to take on one more committee chairmanship.

From the Three Major Committees in the Duma, he wanted to monopolize two!

This was also his "compensation" for supporting Grezlov.

The committee he wanted to take over was naturally the Foreign Affairs Committee, currently chaired by Krov, the Faction Party Leader of the Second Faction.

After the election result came out and the Moscow Faction was left with so few seats, Krov no longer had the qualifications to hold such an important position...

After discussing his plan with Grezlov, Grezlov agreed to it without hesitation.

Anyway, it didn’t harm his interests, and as for Krov’s fate, he didn’t care!