Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 913 - 857: Five Trillion Investment_2

Chapter 913: Chapter 857: Five Trillion Investment_2

"So... is that Director Mikhail...?" Yanukovych asked tentatively.

He was indeed a bit curious, so he wanted to confirm it.

Yulia chuckled, "Hehe, who knows, maybe it is. But that’s not something we need to worry about. Right now, Yushchenko must be in complete disarray. I’m guessing he doesn’t have much energy left to focus on the election. We can just take advantage of this opportunity to press ahead and extend our lead!"

Yanukovych immediately understood; indeed, these are things you do but don’t speak of!

He nodded his head repeatedly and said, "Yes, if we can’t win the election under such favorable circumstances, we would really be letting down Director Mikhail’s trust!"

...

Everything that had happened in Kiev was, of course, under Wang Ye’s control.

Even before his visit to Kiev, he had already cast a wide net there.

He had Wagner’s group send a "specialist" team made up entirely of former Kergbo members who had stepped down, and they infiltrated the Kiev side.

The team’s mission was to investigate the identity of the advisor team members behind Yushchenko, as well as their daily activity patterns.

They eventually settled on eliminating Mike, the core member of the advisory team, and incidentally orchestrated the "Assault Gate" incident targeting Yushchenko!

And this was just the beginning.

If subsequent polls show that Yushchenko is still competitive, then more "accidents" might happen to his advisory team. There could even be more incidents similar to "Assault Gate"...

In any case, the goal was to suppress Yushchenko’s reputation and popular support rate!

If being labeled as a "Strong J Criminal" isn’t enough, perhaps he’d also be slapped with titles such as "murderer," "thief," or even "traitor"...

After all, Yushchenko is in the light while he is in the dark, and the resources he commands far surpass those available to Yushchenko.

In fact, it went so smoothly partly because of Gu Qima’s turning a blind eye, or even tacit approval!

The police investigation results following Mike’s death proved this point.

It is not hard to imagine that even if Yushchenko were to sue the female star, the end result would still come to nothing...

...

Upon returning to Moscow by the end of June,

Wang Ye, having no time to rest, immediately threw himself back into the grind of work.

Before leaving for his overseas visit, he had assigned several members of the National Economic Development Committee a task.

That was for them to take the lead in coordinating with the various relevant government departments to draft a detailed Great Infrastructure Construction Plan and a finance budget!

This new budget, entirely unrelated to the one previously submitted by the government earlier in the year, would be an additional budget expenditure.

The Great Infrastructure Project involved many complex items and could not be fully rolled out all at once. Wang Ye required that the most important and fundamental projects involving transportation, water conservancy, and urban infrastructure be pushed forward first.

These projects required significant investment, yielded quick results, and were less technically demanding, making them easier to implement.

At the same time, such projects were also most likely to attract a large number of labor forces and funds, aligning well with Wang Ye’s plans.

In the Kremlin, a rather unassuming building had a bronze plaque outside that read "National Economic Development Committee" next to which stood two armed guards by the steps.

This was the new office for the newly established Economic Committee.

Right next door was another building of similar appearance—that was the Foreign Affairs Committee’s premises.

Now Wang Ye had three main offices, one in the Duma Building, and the other two right here...

Today, the second day after Wang Ye’s return from his overseas visit, he convened a full meeting of the Economic Development Committee.

"Comrades, I’ve carefully reviewed this infrastructure plan and budget report. It is theoretically feasible and very well done. Some committee members may not have seen this plan yet. Nova, please distribute it to everyone. Everyone take a quick look first, then we can discuss it," Wang Ye said, signaling Nova to distribute the materials to the assembled committee members.

As the documents were handed out, the sound of pages turning filled the meeting room.

Of course, it wasn’t necessary for everyone to read every word of the entire plan, just a brief look would suffice to get a gist.

Soon, some committee members voiced their surprise, evidently shocked by the scope of the plan.

Wang Ye smiled and said nothing, waiting until all committee members had finished reading.

Then he spoke, "How does everyone feel?"

A member who evidently had a lot to say seized the chance to speak up:

"Director, just to build expressways and improve the infrastructure of a few major cities, as well as to construct affordable housing in both Moscow and St. Petersburg, it requires an investment of five trillion rubles? You should be aware that our government’s finance budget for the entire year is only three trillion rubles."

Wang Ye certainly knew that!

The three trillion rubles finance budget had also passed through his hands for approval.

"What, do you think five trillion rubles is a bit much?" he asked with a smile.

The frank member did not mince his words, "Of course it’s high! All this money is debt. Though you said last time that developing with debt is not necessarily bad, taking on so much at once, I’m afraid..."

Wang Ye interrupted him, "Afraid of what, that the government will go bankrupt?"

"Yes," the member replied honestly, nodding his head.

Wang Ye laughed dismissively and said:

"Five trillion rubles, based on the current exchange rate, is about two hundred billion US dollars, which is not that big a number.

You must all be aware of the United States’ finance budget and the debt they carry this year.

Naturally, some might say that’s the United States, the world’s only superpower!

But what of it?

If a country wants to develop, especially in our current situation, we cannot go step by step, advancing slowly.

We need to make a big leap forward!

A debt of two hundred billion US dollars might seem high and frightening considering our current economic output.

But what if in a few years our economic output, or even our finance revenue, reaches a trillion US dollars? Would that number still seem high?

...

What he was articulating was essentially to instill a concept among everyone.

That is, to believe firmly that in the next few years the country’s economy will take a leap forward!

As long as the speed of economic development increases, then all concerns will cease to be problems...

Of course, if economic development does not meet the expected targets, then these debts could become catastrophic!

But Wang Ye was more confident than anyone that if we seize the development window in the coming years, with Russia’s industrial base, reserves of talent and technology, as well as virtually unlimited energy!

It is impossible not to develop well...

Especially with him at the helm!

...

Although a few members raised some concerns, overall, most of them approved of Wang Ye’s grand infrastructure project plan.

After all, the committee had been formed by Wang Ye himself, with the purpose of serving his great infrastructure project plan. Those who didn’t understand or even opposed the plan wouldn’t have been chosen to be part of it...

The focus of today’s meeting was a proposal with three main points.

First, to build expressways connecting the big cities in the western part of Russia.

It must be said, in Russia, the expressways are truly subpar.

In 2004, one could almost say there wasn’t even a single proper expressway!

Wang Ye didn’t aim to bite off more than he could chew. In Chukotka, for example, with only a handful of people and so far from Moscow, most of the area en route was uninhabited wilderness and permafrost, so naturally, there was no need to build expressways there.

Only in the western region, which is near Europe and makes up about a quarter of the country’s land area, is it worth investing in the construction of expressways between the major cities.

Just this portion of the budget alone has already reached three trillion rubles...