Reborn Russia As An Oligarch

   Chapter 632 Stuck in the neck

   After the group photo, the little girls walked away happily, one by one, all elated.

   After all, the chance to take a photo with a big man like Mikhail may only happen once in a lifetime.

   Besides, Mikhail has become the deputy speaker of the Duma at such a young age, becoming one of the top few people.

   Maybe in a few years, I can still take a step up, which is incredible.

  I will take this photo and brag about it with my boyfriend, even my children and grandchildren...

   Wang Ye and Rosiana hadn't walked out of the hall when Alexei quickly chased up from behind.

   "Misha, I'll go back in your car later, I have something to talk to you about."

   Wang Ye nodded, this is naturally no problem.

  …………

   Down the steps, the convoy has stopped there, and the car has started.

   A row of a dozen or so black Land Rovers is still very ostentatious, and others will know that this is a big man traveling.

   In comparison, Alexei's car is much more shabby.

   It’s just an ordinary BMW 7-series, it’s a bit old, it’s not the latest model, and it doesn’t have strobe lights on it.

  Alexie said a few words to the driver and asked the driver to drive behind Wangye's convoy, and he got into the same car as Wangye.

   and the ambassador waved goodbye, the motorcade slowly drove out of the embassy and turned to the street.

  In the car, Alexie and Wang Ye sat in the back row, which was convenient for the two to chat, and Rosiana sat in the co-pilot's seat.

   casually chatted a few words about tonight's dinner party, without rushing to the point.

   Alexei's face looks a little haggard, as if he is several years older than before. It seems that his job as the Minister of Energy is not easy to do, he is hardworking.

   After a while, Wang Ye saw that Alexei hadn't said anything serious, so he smiled and said, "Tell me, what's the matter, it's all an old friend, don't be embarrassed to speak."

  Aleksei paused, hesitated, and looked a little dignified.

   just said: "Recently, there have been some calls in our ministry to take back some private companies' energy export rights."

   Wang Ye frowned when he heard this.

   Take back the energy export rights of private companies, what does this mean?

   Could it be aimed at... Yukos!

   seemed to see Wang Ye's conjecture, Alexey nodded and said:

   "You guessed right, the export rights of the domestic natural gas industry are basically in the hands of Gazprom, which is a state-owned company, so the natural gas industry is tantamount to being monopolized by state-owned assets.

  In the energy industry, the largest share of private companies is the oil industry.

   Among them, the Yukos Group alone accounts for about 80%, and the state-owned companies have almost no right to speak.

  Although Yukos has a huge advantage in oil field and production volume, no one can compete with it, and no one can move it without legal reasons.

   But this oil export right, granted by the Ministry of Energy, is still limited.

   Yukos Group's oil export authority will expire at the end of this year..."

   After listening to Alexie's introduction, Wang Ye finally understood what was wrong.

   In the oil industry, Yukos is currently the dominant player, accounting for 80% of the total Russian oil production and sales, and only 20% of the other oil companies combined.

   Ordinarily, even if someone wants to move it, they have to think twice.

   After all, there is an international influence to consider, private property is inviolable!

   But as Alexei just said, if others do not touch the assets of the Yukos Group, but restrict their export rights, if they do you, then it will be a big deal!

   Petroleum export rights are authorized by the Ministry of Energy.

   That is, with the permission of the state, your oil company can sell oil to the world and make a lot of money.

  But if the country makes an excuse and cancels the export rights of your oil company, what will be the consequences?

   By then, even if Yukos owns more oil fields and extracts more oil, it can only be sold in Russia, not even a single barrel can be sold abroad!

  Want to export?

   It’s not impossible to negotiate, sell oil to certain designated companies, and then those companies will export it abroad. Isn’t that just fine.

   As for the price, maybe the national crude oil is fifty dollars a barrel, and the purchase price of those companies from the Yukos Group is twenty dollars a barrel.

  What, you said that twenty dollars would lose money, and would rather close the oil field than sell it?

   Okay, I'll give you thirty dollars a barrel, and let you earn a little more or less...

   Being stuck like this, the Yukos Group will have a hard time!

  Wang Ye rubbed his face with both hands and had a headache.

   Why can't we stop for a few days, the Yukos Group has been very honest recently, and has not done anything out of the ordinary.

  After the Sino-Russian oil and gas cooperation reached an agreement, Yukos Group even put all its energy on oil exploration and pipeline construction, and only for making money, not doing anything.

   Even Khovchenko didn’t say anything weird during this period of time. In several interviews with TV stations, he only talked about energy and business, and he didn’t talk about politics.

   But the tree wants to be still, but the wind does not stop!

  Yukos Group wants to keep a low profile, but some people don't allow it...

  …………

   In fact, Wang Ye also understands that, and he doesn't think that this is someone who deliberately makes trouble and insists on catching the Yukos Group.

   When he got to his position, he came into contact with much more things than the average person, so the angle of thinking about the problem was naturally different.

   In fact, if Wang Ye really sat in that position, maybe even he would have to think about doing it.

   After all, the government's finances are really too difficult!

   Their Economic Committee has the power to approve the government's annual budget, so they are very knowledgeable about financial matters.

   At the budget approval meeting a few years ago, Wang Ye was filled with emotion when he looked at the budget table reported by the government department.

   Poor!

  The country really has no money.

   If nothing else, let’s talk about free medical care for all.

   This thing sounds good, and it costs no money to see a doctor or take medicine.

   But the problem is that there are only so many doctors and nurses in public hospitals, and there are not enough manpower.

   It’s okay to have a headache and fever, but if you need surgery or something, you’ll have to wait.

  Perhaps, all of you have "left", and you haven't been scheduled for surgery yet...

   In the end, the budget is not enough.

   Without money, the hospital cannot recruit more doctors, and without money, it is impossible to provide better and more convenient medical services!

   This is just a microcosm. Others, such as the budget of the police system, and even the defense budget, can be cut as they can, and they can be reduced if they can be reduced.

   When their economic committee was approving the government's annual budget, Grezlov made a request at the time.

   That is, each committee member must find out at least one budget that can be cut, and at least 20% of the entire budget must be cut...

   (end of this chapter)