Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 927 - 864: Unable to Keep a Low Profile

Chapter 927: Chapter 864: Unable to Keep a Low Profile

Xiao Ying Group’s future development strategy is to integrate gambling, tourist sightseeing, high-end hotels, and top luxury malls.

These businesses were originally complementary and inseparable.

Moreover, Xiao Ying Group already had a significant advantage, holding the only gambling license in all of Russia and having unrestricted access to Crimea, backed not only by Wang Ye but also by several major shareholders.

Apart from the gambling business, which couldn’t be expanded externally, high-end hotels and top luxury malls could indeed be "replicated" elsewhere.

In the mainland area, it wouldn’t be possible to engage in only the tourism industry—introducing the hotel business at a minimum was inevitable.

Hence, Liu Mei needn’t worry; there would be busy times for her in the future.

"By the way, Xiao Xi, you should have graduated from university by now, right? What are your plans for the future? Are you going to study abroad or stay in the country?" Wang Ye suddenly remembered something and asked casually.

He and Zhang Xiaoxi were high school classmates, both having started university after graduating from high school in 2000.

Of course, Wang Ye was delayed by a year due to studying abroad and taking preparatory courses, so he started university a year later than others.

In comparison, Zhang Xiaoxi had entered university a year earlier than him.

It was now 2004, which meant Zhang Xiaoxi should have just graduated from university.

Zhang Xiaoxi tucked her lips into a smile, answering freely, "Of course I’m staying in the country. I plan to continue my studies in the School of Economics and Management, pursuing an MBA, and I’ll stay at Tsinghua."

Tsinghua’s School of Economics and Management and Guanghua college, Peking University are arguably the best two business schools in the country.

Zhang Xiaoxi made a good choice.

She was already in control of a company with assets worth several billion yuan, and that was soon expected to exceed tens of billions. Naturally, she had no need to study abroad.

Staying in the country and firmly controlling the company, operating it well, and gaining Wang Ye’s approval was more important to her than anything else!

Wang Ye nodded upon hearing this, expressing his agreement.

He, of course, hoped that Zhang Xiaoxi would devote all her energy to the asset management company, helping him manage his "private funds." After all, there weren’t many people he could trust in the country, and even fewer capable of handling affairs for him.

Zhang Xiaoxi was nearly the only one he trusted implicitly, and he had no desire to see her get confused and go study abroad.

...

Soon, the motorcade arrived at the gates of Wang Ye’s Mansion Garden.

Two sharp-dressed, sturdy young men stood on either side of the gate, and they hurriedly opened it upon seeing the motorcade arrive.

A few Mercedes-Benz cars entered one after the other, driving straight to the small plaza in front of the main building.

At the entrance of the main building, a butler, along with several servants, had already been waiting.

Although Wang Ye hadn’t stayed here in about a year, the large garden was always well maintained by a number of people, or else it would have gone to waste.

Thinking about it, it was rather regrettable; after spending so much money and owing people favors to buy this Mansion Garden, he had barely lived there before all these hired servants did.

Not only were they provided with free accommodation, but they also received substantial salaries...

Of course, all these matters were managed by Zhang Xiaoxi, as Wang Ye had no spare time to worry about such things.

...

After settling in, washing up briefly, and changing into clean clothes, Wang Ye came downstairs to the large living room on the first floor.

Liu Mei and Zhang Xiaoxi hadn’t left yet; it was already getting late, and the welcome dinner had been prepared.

At the dinner table, the three continued the discussion they hadn’t finished in the car.

"Boss, are you going to conduct a regional inspection in the southern Guangdong Province? Do you want me to accompany you?" Zhang Xiaoxi asked with a smile.

She knew that Wang Ye’s return to the country was on a personal basis; he hadn’t even announced it to the official China side, let alone business partners.

That’s why she and Liu Mei were the ones who came to pick him up.

Wang Ye shook his head, "No need, I’ll stay in the capital for a couple of days, then directly fly to Yangcheng. I’ll wander around and have a look at the development situation in the country. In the south, apart from Yukos’s Oil Refinery Base and gas stations, I have other investment projects to check on as well."

Zhang Xiaoxi grew curious upon hearing this.

Because Wang Ye’s investments in the country were divided into two categories: one was private investment managed through her asset management company, and the other included projects by Xiao Ying Group and Kos Group. She wondered if there were any others she didn’t know about.

"Other investments? I seem to recall you never mentioned those, Boss. Do you know about them, President Liu?" Zhang Xiaoxi asked in surprise.

Liu Mei thought for a moment, then shook her head, indicating she didn’t know either.

Wang Ye smiled, mentioning offhandedly, "It’s an investment in Tencent, but it was purely a financial investment from a long time ago. It’s normal that you don’t know about it."

His reference was to the investment made by Polar Bear Investment in Tencent three years prior. Wang Ye had personally gone to meet with Little Brother Ma to negotiate the investment at that time, but he hadn’t intervened much afterward, leaving it to the staff at Polar Bear Investment to follow up.

Reportedly, Tencent had gone through two more financing rounds in the following two years, with valuations increasing rapidly.

Of course, Polar Bear Investment had participated in each funding round, even leading them, so their shareholding percentage in Tencent had not been diluted.

Little Brother Ma had left a message for Wang Ye on his private QQ, inviting him to visit Tencent at a convenient time.

Whether or not Little Brother Ma had figured out Wang Ye’s official identity, that remained unknown...