Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 962 - 881 Father-Son Dialogue

Chapter 962: Chapter 881 Father-Son Dialogue

Wang Ye chose not to embarrass Holi to his face; instead, he continued to entrust the low-rent housing project to his management.

It was because he didn’t want to fall out with Grezlov and The First Faction...

Sometimes, when the water is too clean, there are no fish. For some things he found intolerable, even a powerful figure like Wang Ye had to turn a blind eye.

Otherwise, what else could be done?

Did they really want to conduct a sweeping purge from top to bottom because of this incident, arresting Holi, Krichenko, and everyone else involved and sentencing them?

If so, he might not just offend Grezlov and others; he would also inadvertently cause many government officials to steer clear of him, or even possibly rise up against him!

There was no choice; that was just how the overall environment was at the time, even the Kremlin was helpless.

At some public events, the Kremlin has brought up "integrity," "corruption," and "government efficiency" multiple times.

Everyone understood the meaning— it’s nothing more than an observation that most government departments have a low working efficiency and completely lack a service mindset, and some are even cesspools of corruption that severely affect the operation of the country.

But what could be done about it? The work style of most people and agencies couldn’t be changed just by a few strong words from one or two powerful individuals.

Over the past few years, Wang Ye has also made many efforts, focusing first on the Police System.

By promoting his confidantes and using a few incidents, he managed a few major overhauls and purges of the Police System; it has somewhat improved now.

At least things like policemen stopping foreigners on the street and demanding money are almost no longer seen...

But for other departments, Wang Ye couldn’t intervene just yet, and so he couldn’t make any reforms.

Honestly, a congressman like Holi might have been considered relatively "honest" at that time...

If they really removed him, bringing in a newcomer could result in a very messy situation.

At the least, Holi was fairly efficient and diligent in his work, completing the tasks assigned to him by Wang Ye on time and in full, albeit without "quality assurance."

Now, by verbally reprimanding him and having him communicate with the architectural company to clean up his "mess," that would suffice...

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After coming out of Wang Ye’s office, Holi wiped the sweat from his forehead. Only then did he feel his shirt soaked with sweat, sticking uncomfortably to his back.

He took a deep breath and slowly calmed himself down.

There was no helping it, although Chairman Mikhail hadn’t scolded him or said anything too harsh, he still felt enormous pressure in his presence!

It was quite ridiculous when he thought about it. As a seasoned congressman in his forties or fifties who had been in the Duma for so long, others saw him as someone with great connections.

But in front of Deputy Speaker Mikhail, who was nearly two decades younger than himself, he felt like a little schoolboy who had done something wrong...

It was probably due to the series of impressive achievements by Chairman Mikhail in recent years that had created such an image, to put it simply, an image of authority!

Especially recently, anyone who wasn’t blind could see that Chairman Mikhail was rising like the sun at midday. His actual power and influence inside the Duma had long surpassed that of Chairman Grezlov!

The First Vice Speaker of Duma!

The Party leader of The Second Faction!

The holder of two major committees with real power!

What’s even more outrageous is that both committees had been upgraded. They had gone from being Duma Internal Committees to national committees!

Although it was just a change in the prefix, the actual power was heaven and earth apart!

Originally, the Duma Internal Committees only had advisory, legislative, and supervisory powers, but now, they were also granted coordination and even direct executive powers!

They could directly mobilize any relevant department, appoint officials, and independently manage funds...

In simple terms, these two committees have effectively achieved "Three powers in one" in their respective fields.

In the eyes of seasoned politicians like Holi, Chairman Mikhail now had power second only to the Kremlin, rightfully becoming the country’s "second character"...

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Rushing back to his office, Holi immediately made a phone call.

"Hello, Krichenko, it’s Holi.

I’ve got some bad news to tell you..."

After the call was over, Holi collapsed into his chair, feeling relieved.

Fortunately, that clever kid Krichenko was willing to cooperate with his work and didn’t stubbornly oppose Mikhail.

As for the aftermath, Holi arranged it like this:

First, he had Krichenko’s architectural company issue a public apology, stating that the problem with quality was due to the tight schedule and that the company had hired too many new workers from neighboring countries who lacked experience.

However, as it was their project, the company would take full responsibility.

For any rooms with quality issues, the company would immediately send professionals to inspect, register the problems, and start rectification and repair.

If anyone was affected by this or needed to temporarily move out of the low-rent housing for repairs, then all rental costs would be fully covered by the company!

This was certainly a sincere attitude.

Although this ordeal would surely cost a good deal of money, both Holi and Krichenko thought it was worth it.