Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 880 - 841: Watching the Tigers Fight from the Mountain

Chapter 880: Chapter 841: Watching the Tigers Fight from the Mountain

The provincial visitors, along with the county staff, arrived at the Flour Improver Factory and hung a glittering bronze plaque at the entrance of the factory office amidst the sound of firecrackers.

Looking up at the bronze medal for the "Outstanding Foreign Investment Enterprise," Wang Yuanwen felt as though he was dreaming.

He hadn’t had time to call Wang Ye to ask what this was all about, planning to call him after the people from the province had left.

After decades of working within the system, although he hadn’t been particularly successful, he understood how these things worked.

Despite the bronze medal not being particularly eye-catching and not bringing any substantial benefits to the factory, it was merely an honorary title.

But the indirect benefits that came from this were numerous!

The most direct benefit was solidifying the Flour Improver Factory’s status as a foreign-funded entity!

No one from the county or the city would be able to challenge the factory’s foreign investment status anymore...

Wang Yuanwen just wanted to earnestly develop the factory, expand the production scale, hire more staff, and sell the products across the country.

He wasn’t focused on how much money he could make, his main goal was to sense a greater feeling of accomplishment!

The county had always been poor, with no significant enterprises; many young people who failed to get into the university after high school graduation had no choice but to leave their hometowns and head north or south to work.

If he could expand the factory enough to provide plenty of job opportunities, then many wouldn’t need to leave their homes; they could find decent work locally and provide for their families.

That’s why, after the factory made money, he was willing to take out so much of it and distribute it to the staff.

Then he built new factory buildings, bought new production lines, and expanded the production scale, all with this goal in mind!

Honestly, ever since he bought the factory, he hadn’t taken a single penny home, and even set his own salary quite low, at just three thousand yuan.

Since the house didn’t lack money, and his son could earn much more than him, there was no need to worry about his son’s marriage, housing, or job arrangements.

One could say that the factory was his career. Without any worries holding him back, he naturally threw himself into his work wholeheartedly.

Before leaving, a leader held Wang Yuanwen’s hand and said meaningfully, "Manager Wang, I didn’t see that coming. You have quite the contacts. Haha, that’s good though, we’re all reassured with the factory in your hands. Don’t get distracted by external factors, continue to grow the factory stronger, and we’ll all support you!"

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After the provincial plaque was hung at the factory office’s entrance, the regional investigation team slipped away quietly as if nothing had happened.

Both the county and the city chose to "forget" about it in tacit agreement.

Wang Yuanwen also called Wang Ye to inquire about what exactly had happened.

Wang Ye didn’t say much, just laughed and explained that he had simply let the true foreign-funded company report the situation to the province, and it was probably after this that the province realized there was such a well-run foreign enterprise in the area, so they decided to award the honor.

As for the region and the county, of course, seeing the province’s actions, they politely backed off.

This explanation was pretty much in line with what Wang Yuanwen had guessed.

The only thing he couldn’t figure out was what foreign-funded company had such clout!

While it’s true that the country has been attracting foreign investment with various preferential policies for years, not every foreign investor could command such attention from the province.

After all, the Flour Improver Factory was just a small operation; it didn’t seem to warrant such a gesture from the province.

So, the province’s actions were clearly not for the sake of the Flour Improver Factory but rather because of the foreign company that had made the complaint!

Wang Ye explained somewhat truthfully and somewhat not about this matter.

He told his father that the foreign company indeed had strong capabilities, being a branch of the Russian Kitty Hawk Corporation in the domestic market, covering "gambling, hotels, tourist sightseeing, shopping," and more.

It was the same tourism company whose advertisements were often seen on national television...

He had business cooperation with the group, and he was well-acquainted with the person in charge of the subsidiary, which was why they were willing to do him this favor.

This explanation managed to satisfy Wang Yuanwen.

Through this incident, Wang Yuanwen gained a new understanding of his son.

It turned out that his son not only knew how to make money but also had significant, non-negligible connections!

This made him quite emotional, as he had been unremarkable all his life because he was not good at networking.

Who had his son learned from, after all?

After spending a few years abroad, he had made more money than Wang Yuanwen could imagine and had established some very useful relationships, even extending his reach into China...

Could it really be that he had suddenly become enlightened?

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As for whether he had become enlightened or why he had changed so much in just a few years, Wang Ye didn’t know how to explain.

However, this incident allowed him to gauge his own weight in the hearts of some people in the country, and it was quite substantial.

He didn’t even need to say anything, and some issues were quietly resolved.

He didn’t believe that Liu Mei’s complaint on behalf of the subsidiary to a certain department in the province really had much effect; it was just a formality.

The real influence had to be from himself, sitting in the Duma Office, busy with the election campaign...