Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 997 - 898: Don’t Burn Bridges_2

Chapter 997: Chapter 898: Don’t Burn Bridges_2

Everyone was unsure of what tomorrow would bring.

Interrogation?

Imprisonment?

Deportation...

By the time it was almost dawn, Ruan Dayong and the others could no longer hold up. They huddled together, leaned on each other, and drifted off to sleep in a daze.

It was unclear how long their eyes had been closed when a "clang clang clang" of hammering on the iron door awakened Ruan Dayong with a shudder. He hurriedly opened his eyes and looked over.

A tall and robust Russian stood outside the iron door, fumbling with keys to unlock the cell, muttering, "Get up, you little rabbits, you can go now. Get up and take your passports and phones and get the hell out!"

The others, not understanding Russian, didn’t comprehend what the Russian had said, or perhaps they barely understood but couldn’t believe it.

But the senior student’s eyes lit up as he bounced to his feet, frantically shaking everyone awake and urgently saying, "Get up, get up! Hurry, we can leave, we’re okay!"

In a confused state, the group reclaimed their passports and phones and were rushed out of the police station by the Russian.

With a "bang," the police station’s iron gate closed behind them, and they stood on the street outside, looking at each other, no one knowing what had just happened...

.......

The joint operation between the Duma and the Ministry of Internal Affairs was far from over.

It was merely a pause after a phase of victory had been achieved.

Menchinko’s bank was caught red-handed, with all the necessary human and material evidence, so no one could whitewash it.

However, following Wang Ye’s instructions, the Joint Working Group kept the situation from escalating and focused solely on the facts of the case.

So, after collecting all of the evidence, they did not go to court but directly announced the outcome.

"MTM Bank has been channeling large amounts of funds abroad through various irregular channels, with an astonishing amount over a lengthy period, flaunting the law and committing crimes knowingly.

As such, the bank’s senior management cannot escape involvement.

The decision is now made to revoke the financial license of MTM Bank, forbidding it from operating any financial business.

And the bank’s assets are to be confiscated and forfeited.

The bank’s related managers are to be transferred to the judicatory institutions to be sentenced according to their respective crimes..."

This outcome could not be deemed anything but severe!

It essentially meant that MTM Bank had been "raided"!

The related personnel were to be sentenced...

Yet, Menchinko was not implicated; his name wasn’t even mentioned.

All investigations remained confined within MTM Bank.

This allowed Menchinko to breathe a sigh of relief, secretly glad he had been decisive enough to "cut off his arm to save his body" when the trouble first arose!

Otherwise, he reckoned his name would have definitely appeared in the announcements of the Joint Working Group.

The result was still somewhat acceptable.

Although the loss of MTM Bank pained him, he had managed to secure two billion US dollars in cash through the sale of the Siberian Coal Group.

Constantin and Chairman Mikhail had been very straightforward, not resorting to any complicated schemes like "share-for-share" swaps or installment settlements but instead made a clean, one-time, all-cash payment!

After the official Share Transfer Agreement was signed, the two billion in cash had already hit his account, without any delay!

......

Wang Ye also took this opportunity to give the financial industry a warning shot.

He knew that in Russia, especially in the private banks, each one had oligarchs or even high political figures standing behind them.

Moreover, these banks were very unreasonable!

Not a single one was legitimately conducting lawful financial business, engaging in illegal fundraising, money laundering, buying high and selling low in foreign exchange, unauthorized lending, and more.

In short, those banks were involved in everything they could, lawful or not!

Even his uncle Khodorkovsky’s bank wasn’t entirely clean...

Therefore, Wang Ye couldn’t afford to handle the situation too drastically, let alone "net them all in one sweep."

Otherwise, he would offend too many people.

Now was the perfect opportunity to use Menchinko’s MTM Bank as a target, to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.

He wanted all the other banks to understand that although nobody dared to control them in the past, that would no longer be the case.

If they continued to act improperly, MTM Bank would stand as the prime example!

Wang Ye had already given everyone a chance to "correct" themselves; it was time to rein it in.

The effectiveness of this move would have to be observed in the future, but according to what Wang Ye knew, after the outcome for MTM Bank was released, many small banks quietly shut down.

Even the currency exchange booths that were once found everywhere on the streets had decreased in number.

It was said that many banks started internal rectifications, cutting off many "non-core" businesses, thereby becoming much more regularized.

...

After being busy with this matter, it was already the end of December, and the new year was about to begin, the year 2005.

For this New Year’s Day, Wang Ye planned to go to the Crimea Peninsula to spend it with Angelina.

As for Rossiyana, a few days ago when Constantin returned to Petersburg, he took her back with him, saying that the family had an important meeting, and Rossiyana, being the direct heir of the family, had to be present.

On December 30, Wang Ye took a private plane in a very low-key manner to Simferopol.

In addition to a few security personnel, Nova was also accompanying him.

Since he was going to see Angelina, it was natural for her little sister to follow, and besides, Nova also planned to stop by Yalta to visit her parents.

Having worked by Wang Ye’s side for more than two years, although he was often stern and serious in the office and Nova always called him "boss" respectfully, Wang Ye cared for Nova in private, fulfilling his responsibility as a "brother-in-law."

He would occasionally ask Nova if she had any difficulties in life, whether she had enough pocket money, and if she needed paid leave to visit her parents in her hometown...

Although these matters were quite ordinary, they seemed extraordinary coming from Wang Ye.

After all, he was a real Big Shot with power and influence!

Thus, Nova was quite touched. Any little dissatisfaction she may have had with Wang Ye because of Rossiyana had long since disappeared...

With more exposure to various matters and people, Nova understood that someone of Wang Ye’s status was not exactly a "match" for her sister Angelina.

It was not that their feelings for each other were not strong, but rather that her sister could not provide much support for Wang Ye’s endeavors.

In this respect, Rossiyana was a perfect choice.

If Nova were in Wang Ye’s position, perhaps she would have made the same choice!

Besides, it seemed that the relationship between her sister and Wang Ye had not been affected at all. Whenever she talked about Wang Ye on phone calls with her sister, her sister’s words were always filled with sweetness and happiness...

...

Once the plane steadied after takeoff, Wang Ye sat in his exclusive seat with a small laptop on the table in front of him, reviewing the work report sent by Zhang Xiaoxi.

He had already informed Zhang Xiaoxi that a sum of twenty billion US dollars would soon be transferred to the account of the asset management company under Zhang Xiaoxi’s control.

This money was meant to support the future development of the commercial real estate company.

Zhang Xiaoxi was naturally very happy. Any professional manager would consider it a tremendous fortune to encounter a boss with such strong financial strength as Wang Ye.

As long as your proposal was reasonable, there was absolutely no need to worry about funding at all!

And in fact, as long as there is enough money in hand, many things become much easier...

Nova sat beside Wang Ye, her chair seeming a size smaller than his.

She was also holding a small laptop, genuinely surfing the internet.

For young people like her, Facebook had become their favorite platform to play on over the past two years.

She covertly took a selfie with her phone, intentionally showing off a portion of the luxurious interior of the private jet, and posted it on her Facebook account, along with a few words.

"The New Year is almost here, but I still have to follow the boss around on business. There’s no help for it when you have a workaholic boss like mine; you just have to accept it."

She did not reveal her real information on Facebook, and she always wore sunglasses in her photos to prevent acquaintances from recognizing her.

She was just in it for fun.

Of course, that also included the vanity common among young girls...