Reborn Russia As An Oligarch

The negotiations went quite smoothly. After all, China at that time was extremely hungry for foreign investment!

People who have gone through that stage should know that in order to attract investment, relevant departments across the country are asking the Eight Immortals to cross the sea to show their magical powers.

All kinds of tricks are used. When you see a foreign-funded project, it is like a hungry wolf seeing a prey, and your eyes turn green...

Wang Ye said before the negotiation that as long as China can show enough sincerity, there is no upper limit on Yukos' investment!

These words are quite "arrogant", but Wang Ye, or Yukos, has this qualification.

The group's cash flow is extremely abundant, with tens of billions of dollars in cash sitting on its books, and it is worried that it has no place to use it.

If the money is not enough, the major shareholders can make additional investments at any time, or given Yukos' corporate credit, any major international bank can provide it with low-interest loans of billions or tens of billions of dollars.

Because no one will worry about not paying back the loan...

This means that Wang Ye can invest at least 10 billion and up to 20 billion US dollars in cash at any time!

This is still money taken out in one go. If the investment time is extended or invested in stages, the upper limit will be even ridiculously high.

This is the great thing about energy oligarchy companies. Not only are they highly profitable, but they also have extremely abundant cash flow.

If you switch to other traditional industries, it would be difficult to keep so much cash on hand.

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Under the temptation of the "super pie" offered by Wang Ye, and because Wang Ye was already a trustworthy "one of our own", Deputy Li quickly responded.

“The superior authorities were very interested in the investment plan put forward by Mr. Mikhail and believed that the plan was feasible and gave important approval.

In principle, there is no problem with two oil refining bases, one located in Liao Province and the other in western Guangdong.

Regarding the issue that Mr. Mikhail said about Yukos Group’s desire to open gas stations, after collective discussion by relevant departments, Guangdong Province and Northeast China can be allowed to do pilot projects.

These two areas are the range within which your oil refining base can be put. No matter how far it is, it will be out of reach..."

Obviously, Wang Ye's plan has basically been fully recognized!

As for the crude oil supply problem at the refining base in western Guangdong, this has also been solved, but it is estimated that it will take two or three years to put into production.

The crude oil from this base must pass through the second half of the "Andana Line", which is the pipeline to Nakhodka.

Oil tankers are used to transport crude oil in Nakhodka to ports in western Guangdong for supply to oil refining bases.

Originally, the crude oil from the Nakhodka port was intended to be supplied to Japan, South Korea and other Asian countries. In fact, it is not far from Guangdong Province, and the cost of transporting it by tanker is not much higher.

As for Yukos Group's establishment of its own brand of gas stations, it was also approved.

Although the area is limited to Northeast and Guangdong provinces, that is enough!

Because what Wang Ye wants most is the Guangdong market.

Of course, opening up these markets to Yukos does not mean that these markets will be exclusively operated by Yukos. It will also have to face competition from the two major domestic oil giants.

As far as Wang Ye knows, more than 7,000 regular gas stations were built throughout Guangdong Province in the next twenty years.

The three northeastern provinces combined have similar numbers.

Even if there are a total of 15,000 gas stations, as long as you act quickly in the early stage, you should have no problem grabbing half of them.

That's seven to eight thousand gas stations, so let's count them as eight thousand.

How much money can these gas stations make for Wang Ye in the future?

Maybe many people don't know much about the profits of gas stations, so we can do some rough calculations.

Under normal circumstances, domestic gas stations can earn about 1,000 yuan per ton of gasoline. This refers to the situation where only retail profits are made by purchasing refined oil.

But don’t forget that in the future, the gasoline at Yukos gas stations will be produced at its own refining base!

Since the crude oil in the refining base is supplied by itself, the profit margin will be much larger...

One ton of gasoline is 1,350 liters, calculated based on the 2003 gasoline price of 4.5 yuan.

Then the retail price of one ton of gasoline is nearly 6,000 yuan!

Because all links from crude oil to refining to retail are owned by ourselves, the gasoline supply cost of Yukos gas stations can be reduced to less than 3,000 yuan per ton!

This is already an algorithm after deducting the profits to be distributed to partners.

That is equivalent to a gross profit of 3,000 yuan for every ton of gasoline sold by a gas station!

An ordinary gas station, the kind that is not in a very remote location but not in a very good location either, can sell about ten tons of gasoline every day.

For example, gas stations in Guangdong Province will definitely sell more, while those in Northeast China will sell less. To sum up, each gas station sells ten tons per day.

The daily gross profit of that gas station is 30,000 yuan!

That’s 10 million yuan a year.

Where are the eight thousand gas stations...

Eighty billion yuan!

This is not sales, but gross profit!

Do you know why companies like PetroChina and Sinopec can make so much money?

Moreover, those companies also bear a large operating cost. They have to maintain many employees and purchase crude oil from abroad, but they can still make so much money.

Now that Yukos is doing all the work by itself, the profit margin will of course be even greater!

This is also the reason why Wang Ye insists on getting the gas station qualification!

If you can make so much money, why not?

Anyway, the money I earn through gas stations does not plan to be transferred out of the country, but will stay in the country to make other investments.

This is better than letting the British earn it!

Of course, this money cannot be earned immediately.

It will take time to build and put the oil refining base into operation, and it will also take time to expand the gas station network.

But don’t forget that the price of refined oil is also rising...

Overall, in the future, this domestic branch should be able to bring stable profits of US$10 billion per year to Wang Ye!

He plans to keep this money in China and take a ride on the "express train" of rapid domestic economic development.

In the future, with the accumulation of profits and investment income, it will definitely be a huge amount of money that cannot be underestimated!

More importantly, this money is very safe...

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Except for Wang Ye, who had a clear understanding of these things, many people might not have thought of them at that time.

Nalan Yaqi was a little confused and she also participated in the meeting.

Seeing that Wang Ye's focus was basically on the gas station, I was a little confused.

In her concept, the oil refining base is a big investment!

Shouldn't Wang Ye's focus be on this?

Why keep asking about "little things" such as gas station construction restrictions, establishment conditions, tax incentives, etc. This is a bit unlike Wang Ye's style of doing things.

Because Wang Ye has always only set the general direction and paid little attention to details.

However, she did not talk nonsense at the scene, but waited until the meeting was over before secretly asking Wang Ye.

"Misha, how much money can you make from thousands of gas stations? Why do I feel that you are so interested in this? Is this thing very profitable?"

Wang Ye smiled and just told her, "This thing is more profitable than you think!"

"Then... can I open a gas station by myself? How about I use the money I have saved to open two in the country?" Nalan Yaqi said eagerly.

She also has a lot of private money, and Wang Ye has always been very generous with his money.

In addition, Nalan Yaqi still has some shares in Qingyun Study Abroad Service Company, and the annual dividends are also quite large.

So she probably has a million dollars on hand now?

Of course Wang Ye didn't know the exact amount, but he was also interested in knowing.

However, the money is indeed enough to open a gas station.

But the problem is that if you want to open a gas station in China, it is not just a matter of money!

Wang Ye actually didn't know the specific process, so he responded vaguely: "You can find out. If possible, you can open a few around the capital to earn some pocket money."

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After finishing the business, Wang Ye went to call Zhang Xiaoxi.

I learned on the phone that although Zhang Xiaoxi was on summer vacation, she still had not returned home.

He has been staying here in the capital, busy with the company's affairs, and finishing the renovation of the palace garden.

Zhang Xiaoxi's college life in the past two years was so different from her classmates.

Since that trip and her in-depth communication with Wang Ye, her life has undergone tremendous changes!

From an ordinary college student, he transformed into the general manager of a foreign-funded company with a registered capital of US$200 million!

The first investment was to spend hundreds of millions of yuan to purchase and renovate a palace garden compound...

Oh, the asset management company also owns the entire floor of the China World Trade Center Phase 2 Building!

Now Zhang Xiaoxi still keeps a low profile on campus and has not disclosed information about her company to any classmates.

But after leaving school, she was the "Mr. Zhang" who drove a Mercedes-Benz G and was looked down upon wherever she went!

Today, she was busy reading a project submitted by employees at the company. The content was about the company's next big move!

This is the result of the joint efforts of the entire company in recent months.

After all, a company has more than one billion yuan in cash lying in its account, but no action has been taken. That is absolutely a huge waste and a dereliction of duty as her general manager!

So after the company's employees were in place, Zhang Xiaoxi gave instructions to those elites.

Let them brainstorm and select an investment project, preferably related to fixed assets, that is, real estate.

After all, she has not forgotten that when Wang Ye handed over the company to her, he told her that the purpose of establishing this company was mainly to do real estate-related business.

Of course, this is Zhang Xiaoxi's own understanding. After all, Wang Ye's original words were "buy more houses"...

The boss can joke, but the subordinate cannot joke.

Is it really possible to spend more than one billion yuan to buy various types of commercial housing? In those days, it was no exaggeration to say that you could buy a whole plot of land in the capital and increase the price!

With so much money, you can set up a real estate company of considerable size. Isn't it better to buy land and build a house yourself than to buy someone else's house?

Yes, setting up a real estate company is also one of Zhang Xiaoxi's plans.

But she still planned to find time to communicate with Wang Ye and express her thoughts, mainly to see what Wang Ye said.

It just so happened that before I had time to report to Wang Ye, Wang Ye himself returned to China...

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Zhang Xiaoxi was quite surprised when she received Wang Ye's call.

"Hey, boss, you're back! Where are you now? Do you want me to pick you up?"

Now she calls Wang Ye "boss" because it's not appropriate to call him anything else. Should she call Wang Ye by his first name?

Calling "boss" can also remind yourself at all times not to forget the relationship between the two. You can't just be favored just because you are Wang Ye's old classmate. You still have to put yourself in the right position...

"You don't have to come to pick me up. Make an appointment to meet me directly in the palace garden. It depends on when you have time." Wang Ye said with a hearty smile.

He didn't want Zhang Xiaoxi to get involved in his other identity, even though Zhang Xiaoxi was someone he could trust.

Hearing what Wang Ye said, the smart Zhang Xiaoxi immediately understood that Wang Ye must have official business to attend to when he returned to China this time, and he was using another identity!

In this case, then I am really not suitable to appear there.

She immediately responded: "I can do it at any time. It mainly depends on when it is convenient for you, boss. I am here at the company now, and it is only twenty or thirty minutes away from Wangfu Garden."

Wang Ye thought for a while, "Well, let's meet at the gate of the palace garden in an hour. I'll bring a friend... um, a female friend with me."

Zhang Xiaoxi was stunned for a moment, female friend?

But she didn't think much about it, let alone ask any questions, and simply said: "Okay, I'll wait for you there in an hour!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Xiaoxi quickly packed up the documents and put all the relevant documents she was going to report to Wang Ye into a women's briefcase.

Then he walked out of his office in a hurry. As he walked out, he ordered the assistant outside without stopping: "I'm going out to meet an important client. Don't disturb me if anything happens in the company today!"

The assistant stood up quickly, and before he could say anything, he saw "Mr. Xiao Zhang" walking out...

He took the elevator directly to the underground parking garage, started the black Mercedes-Benz G, and drove straight to the Wangfu Garden.

Zhang Xiaoxi is very familiar with the road from the company to Wangfu Garden. She has been there so many times in the past year!

To be exaggerated, she could drive there with her eyes closed...

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On the other side, just as Wang Ye was about to call Nalan Yaqi, he saw her walking out listlessly.

"What's wrong?" Wang Ye asked with a smile.

Nalan Yaqi sighed, "Hey, didn't you just ask me to invest in several gas stations? I definitely don't have the energy and time to do this myself, so I just wanted to ask my mother.

After asking, I found out that this matter is simply too complicated!

How should I put it? It’s just a gas station process. If there is no special relationship, it is normal for it to delay you for two to three years or even five or six years!

My mother suggested that I should not ask for trouble. "

Obviously, she was hit hard, and she finally wanted to do something "serious", only to realize that she was so "insignificant".

Maybe she can't accomplish anything without Wang Ye...