Reborn Russia As An Oligarch

The Kremlin side was more urgent than Wang Ye imagined.

Not long after Gurbrev hung up the phone, Wang Ye had just finished smoking a cigarette when he received a call from his adoptive father, inviting him to have dinner with him.

During the phone call, I specifically mentioned that Meddev would also be present.

Wang Ye knew exactly what this dinner was for.

This is going to be a showdown!

Of course, it is the Kremlin side that needs to make concessions, not the Duma, and not Wang Ye!

After hanging up the phone, Wang Ye smiled slightly, put the matter aside for the time being, and began to deal with other official matters.

Unfortunately, he was destined not to be clean today. He hadn't been busy for long before Gryzlov strolled in, knocked on the door, and came in.

Gryzlov seemed to be in a good mood and was smiling all over his face.

As soon as he sat down, he said with a smile: "The vote today is really exciting, 225:225! I have been in the Duma for so many years, and to be honest, this is the first time I have seen such a close vote."

Wang Ye said helplessly: "This is not worth celebrating. After all, the presidential nomination is the power of the Kremlin. It is a bit unjustifiable for us to prevent it from being approved."

Grezlov slapped the sofa cushion and said angrily:

"snort!

Our Duma is not a so-called voting machine. According to the power granted to us by the Constitution, the Duma has the right to veto any unreasonable and irregular decisions and policies of the Kremlin and the government.

This time he wants to make the Kremlin understand that he cannot cover Moscow with one hand! "

This topic is a bit sensitive. Wang Ye couldn't answer his words, so he could only change the topic:

"I estimate that the Kremlin will conduct a second nomination soon. Before the next vote, we should do a little work and pass it.

Otherwise, if we remain in a stalemate here, everyone’s faces will look ugly.

Anyway, the attitude of our Duma has been revealed, and the Kremlin side should also feel it. "

This is true, and Grezlov also agreed. He nodded and responded:

"Well, I understand this too.

Including those members who voted against it, they all knew that this nomination would eventually be passed.

But this first vote also made the Kremlin understand that when similar situations occur in the future, we must take our attitude into consideration and not act recklessly. "

Originally, their first faction was the "die-hard ally" of the Kremlin and stood on the same front.

This time it was just internal strife, protesting against the Kremlin for handing such an important position to Meddev, a "little guy."

Wang Ye smiled and asked again: "How many votes did your first faction vote in favor this time? It seems that it is not even half."

Gryzlov smiled proudly and lowered his voice and said:

“It’s true that there’s not even half of it. According to my estimate, it’s about seventy votes. There’s still quite a lot of disagreement within the faction.

However, some congressmen have a neutral attitude. They don't care much about this presidential nomination. I did my job and made them vote against it!

The next time we vote, I will ask these cross-benchers to vote in favor. There will be about ten votes, which should ensure that the vote will pass. "

Obviously, these more than ten votes should be Gryzlov's real "hardcore" and belong to his own strength.

It seems that he is really a bit frustrated as the leader and speaker of the party.

There are more than 150 seats in the faction, but the only ones that can really be controlled by him are those ten votes.

Others belong to various hills, and everyone has their own thoughts.

When our interests are the same, we should unite and deal with the outside world as one.

But if there is a conflict of interest, then there will be an internal fight first.

In addition, only about seventy votes are really in the hands of the Kremlin...

Compared with the previous Duma, whether it is Gryzlov, the first faction, or the Kremlin, their influence in the Duma has been greatly weakened!

The Kremlin should have concentrated its main efforts and resources on the general election at that time. After all, the foster father's position was the most important.

Therefore, some forces on the Duma side were strategically abandoned.

The "territory" they surrendered was basically eaten up by Wang Ye!

This has led to the current situation in the Duma. The most influential faction is not the first faction, but the second faction.

The most influential people are not the speaker and the leader of the first faction, but the deputy speaker and the leader of the second faction...

Of course, none of this can be summed up by coincidence, but Wang Ye has won it bit by bit after a long period of careful operation!

Wang Ye calculated in his mind that the first faction had 70 votes and Zhirinov's side had 60 votes, so that was 130 votes.

It was impossible for the Moscow faction to vote in favor, and the remaining small factions basically followed their lead, that is, they all voted in favor.

So, your own faction actually cast ninety votes!

The error shouldn't be big, maybe between one or two votes.

That is to say, there were about ten members of the faction who did not abide by their decision and voted against it!

It seems that there are quite a few "inner ghosts"...

…………

After talking to Gryzlov, Wang Ye felt confident.

After seeing off Gryzlov, he was busy for a while. After dinner, he got up and went downstairs after a short rest, and took a motorcade straight to the Kremlin Palace.

It was less than two o'clock, and of course Wang Ye was not going to have dinner.

Don't forget, in the Kremlin Palace, he is also a man with two offices now!

The two small buildings next to each other are the "National Economic Council Office Building" and the "Council of Foreign Relations Office Building".

Wang Ye walked straight into the Economic Committee building. The staff he met along the way stopped to say hello to him.

When he arrived at the large office on the top floor, there was a pile of documents waiting for him to process on his desk. However, these were not important matters. The truly important work would be sent directly to his Duma office.

Here, Wang Ye has not yet appointed a secretary or assistant, because he has been busy during this period and has not been able to take care of it.

Including the office here, if there is nothing urgent, he will come regularly once a week to deal with the backlog of work.

Sitting on the big thick leather chair, he opened the documents casually, which were basically the recent work reports of the committee members.

After just being busy for a while, there was a knock on the door, and Wang Ye replied "come in" without raising his head.

The person who came in was none other than Meddev!

At this time, Meddev's face no longer showed the frustrated expression of losing the vote in the morning, but his face was obviously not very good-looking.

After walking two steps quickly and arriving at Wang Ye's desk, Meddev forced a smile and said, "Director Mikhail, I'm here to ask you to resign. You also know..."

Wang Ye knew clearly that originally, if Meddev was elected as the Prime Minister of the Government, he would definitely not only serve as the deputy director here.

Although the vote in the morning did not pass, Meddev should have received the Kremlin's promise, so as soon as Wang Ye came here, he came to resign.

According to this procedure, it should be placed before voting in the morning.

But the incident happened suddenly, and Meddev was notified only at the last minute that he had been nominated as Prime Minister. He was not mentally prepared at all.

In addition, Wang Ye has not come to the Economic Committee in the past two days, so this process has been delayed until now.

Wang Ye smiled and stretched out his hand to invite him to sit down and talk.

Then he said: "Congratulations first."

It's okay if he didn't say that. After hearing what he said, Meddev couldn't hold it any longer. He smiled bitterly and said: "Director, please stop joking. I just made a fool of myself in the Duma this morning. Weren't you also there?" ?”

Also, although Meddev knows that there is a high probability that he will still pass the vote and get that position in the end.

But the problem is that in the morning vote, it is said that it created a historical record. For the first time in the history of the Duma, 225:225...

Unfortunately, the record is anything but glorious.

Even if I become prime minister in the future, I will still be unable to hold my head high when facing the Duma.

Wang Ye comforted him gently: "This is just a small setback. If you want to ascend to a more important position, you must be able to withstand setbacks and failures of one kind or another. If you don't even have the ability to withstand this, then you It’s hard to go further.”

The tone of this conversation is clearly superior to subordinate.

However, Meddev didn't feel anything was wrong at all. He quickly sat up straight and said seriously: "Director, you are right, I will note it down."

Wang Ye waved his hand and said casually: "Actually, it's just one vote short. I can only say that you are a bit unlucky, but it doesn't matter. I have communicated with the Kremlin and the second nomination will be held soon. There should be no problem this time.”

Meddev was overjoyed and unconsciously leaned forward and asked cautiously: "Is there any problem with the Duma?"

"Well, I have communicated with Speaker Gryzlov and Deputy Speaker Zhirinov after the meeting. They said that they will fully support you in the next vote. Of course, what is the attitude of Deputy Speaker Koloff? I don’t know, but it doesn’t matter, haha..." Wang Ye smiled heartily.

"Ah? Then... thank you so much! I..." Meddev, who had always been calm, was now a little incoherent with excitement.

There was nothing he could do. In the past few days, he had gone from the peak to the bottom, and soared into the sky again...

Great joy, great sorrow and great joy, who can bear this?

Originally, Meddev had no idea about the prime position. He didn't think it would be his turn. It was obvious that his qualifications were not enough.

Unexpectedly, the Kremlin communicated with him urgently and announced the nomination while he was still dazed and unable to react.

Of course Meddev was overjoyed to have a big pie fall from the sky and hit him on the head.

Who doesn’t want to climb up in politics?

I am not yet forty years old. If I can sit in the position of Z manager, my future will definitely be limitless!

Even the most eye-catching Deputy Speaker Mikhail in the current political arena is nothing more than this...

Unfortunately, the Duma vote gave him a blow. This was not a basin of cold water poured on him, but a basin of ice water poured on his face!

Let Meddev fall to the bottom directly!

After coming out of the Duma Building, Meddev hid in his office, too embarrassed to see anyone.

In the meantime, Gorbrev had a phone call with him, comforted him, and said that the Kremlin would not give up on him and was preparing for a second nomination, so that he could be mentally prepared.

This made Meddev feel a little better, because he had not been given up yet.

That is to say, when he heard that Wang Ye came to the office, he steeled himself and came to ask for resignation.

Who knew, after just chatting with Wang Ye for a few words, he heard Wang Ye say that there would be no problem in voting next time and that he would be able to pass. How could he not be overjoyed?

Wang Ye smiled gently and expressed that he understood Meddev's mood. He stood up and patted his shoulder.

He solemnly said: "Soon, you will be the Prime Minister of the government. I hope that when you reach this position, you can still not forget your original intention and continue to devote yourself to your work. Let us join hands to make Russia greater!"

Meddev was so excited that he stood up and said in a loud voice: "Don't worry, Speaker Mikhail, I will never let you down!"

Wang Ye smiled and stretched out his hand, and Meddev held Wang Ye's right hand with both hands. The two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing...

…………

Ordinarily, this scene should have happened in the adoptive father's office.

But under Wang Ye's careful arrangements, Meddev was able to hold this position, and it was all thanks to Wang Ye!

Meddev should also have expressed his loyalty to the Kremlin, but now, the person he is most grateful to has become Wang Ye...

Of course, Wang Ye also did a lot of work and efforts behind the scenes in this matter, which really helped Meddev a lot.

But the problem is that without the failure of the first vote, Meddev would not have realized the important role Wang Ye played in it.

He would only thank his "old seniors" for their support and trust in him, and he would also be shocked by the Kremlin's control over the Duma. After all, despite his poor qualifications, he could be directly nominated as prime minister, and he could still serve in the Duma. Passed successfully.

Then he will definitely follow Kemiya with all his heart from now on...

But now, a failed vote has made several things clear to him.

It turns out that high-level politics is so complicated!

It turns out that the Kremlin no longer controls the Duma!

It turns out that Deputy Speaker Mikhail is the one who speaks the most useful words in the Duma!

Also, it turns out that I was able to be elected to the position of Prime Minister because Deputy Speaker Mikhail silently supported me behind the scenes...

Since Meddev entered politics, especially after coming to Moscow from Petersburg, he has gone very smoothly and has not experienced any setbacks or failures.

I used to hold quite low-level positions, but it was only last year that I suddenly emerged, taking a position in an enterprise such as Gazprom.

Therefore, he does not know much about strife, calculations, battles and other things in the political arena, and has never experienced it personally.

I just had a personal experience today!

Fortunately, the result was good. Speaker Mikhail supported him and was willing to lend a helping hand to help him overcome this difficulty.

How could he not be grateful!

He kept this favor deeply in his heart and would repay it when he had the opportunity in the future...