Reborn Russia as an oligarch

Chapter 1022
Khovchenko bent over and leaned forward, with his arms resting on his knees, his right hand resting his cheek, looking at Wang Ye with piercing eyes, and said:

"Misha, after I walked around the remote areas of the border recently, I was greatly touched!

Originally, I thought that even if the lives of ordinary people were not that rich, they would not be so bad. After all, the economic development speed of our country has been pretty good in recent years.

But after this field trip, I really realized that those places and Moscow are completely two worlds...

People in remote areas live too hard!
So I'm thinking about why this happens. "

This question is relatively big, and Wang Ye couldn't answer it for a while, so he could only smile wryly: "There is no way to do this, so we can only take it slowly."

The problem that Hovchenko mentioned is really troublesome. Damao has such a vast land area and a small population, which are basically concentrated in a few big cities and their surrounding areas.

Therefore, the border areas are sparsely populated. Maybe some so-called remote small towns have only a few hundred people, and they are thousands of kilometers away from major cities.

In this case, don't say that Da Mao is not rich these years, even if he is rich, he wouldn't build highways, railways, airports and other supporting facilities for such a small number of people.

But without complete transportation conditions and with such a small population, it is no wonder that these small towns can be rich.

So, this is an unsolvable problem.

Perhaps the situation will be better after Wang Ye starts to promote the urbanization process, slowly concentrate the population in big cities, and cancel those small towns and villages.

When Hovchenko said this, he obviously expressed his feelings and was not blaming Wang Ye.

He sighed and continued: "After seeing these, I suddenly felt that my previous so-called ideals were too divorced from reality. Compared with the so-called business environment and the so-called freedom, the lives of the people at the bottom are better. It deserves my attention."

Wang Ye was a little confused about what Hovchenko was thinking. Could it be that the old man was stimulated by something?

He tentatively asked: "Then what do you think uncle should do to change the status quo?"

Hovchenko smiled, straightened his back and said:

"How you politicians think about it and how to improve it is your business, and I can't control it.

Maybe you will think that the country has other more important things to do, and improving the lives of the people at the bottom is not that important.But I can do what I can.

In this regard, I think Abramovich is better than me.

Although I didn't understand why he was running for the governor of Chukotka at the beginning, I also thought that he built infrastructure for Chukotka at his own expense to cultivate his own reputation and to gain fame.

But after I visited Chukotka, I found that no matter what Abu's purpose was, he really changed the lives of the local people.

The location of Chukotka is extremely remote, and it is said that the life of the local people should be very difficult, but because Abu invested a lot of money in the local area, the quality of life of the people there is still good.

I just thought, what is the use of making so much money in business for so many years.

If it’s just me and my family, so much money is absolutely inexhaustible. Can it be used to do something more meaningful?
For example, spend enough money to help those poor people, let alone make them rich, at least they can live comfortably.

I think doing such a thing is more meaningful than joining the political arena to intrigue and intrigue.

After all, I'm not good at those, but you are more suitable for development in the political arena than me, haha..."

Wang Ye was overjoyed, Hovchenko had figured it out!

All along, what he was most worried about was that Hovchenko insisted on taking over the Kremlin, which would conflict with the huge Kravicko Group in terms of interests, and then he would be caught in the middle and it would be difficult for him to be a man.

Now Hovchenko suddenly said that he wanted to devote himself to public welfare undertakings, and that he wanted to expand the scale of public welfare undertakings, no longer limited to education, but to expand to the livelihood of the people at the bottom.

There is no doubt that this is a bottomless pit...

Not only does it require a huge amount of capital investment, but it also requires a lot of time and energy.

Since Hovchenko proposed it so solemnly, it is obvious that he intends to devote his future time to this cause.

In this way, he naturally has no time and energy to develop in the political arena, which means that he officially announced that he has given up his original plan and will no longer compete for the position in the Kremlin...

For Wang Ye, this is naturally great news!

It can be said that from this moment on, he has no worries.

You can let go of your hands and feet and do whatever you want without worrying so much.

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Wang Ye immediately said with a smile on his face: "Uncle, if you can think this way, I think it is simply...so great! I will definitely support you with all my strength. If you need me to do something, just say it."

Obviously, today Hovchenko specially called Wang Ye to say these words, not only to get his understanding, but there must be something else that needs his help.

Hovchenko didn't go around in circles either, and said frankly: "I need money, a lot of money!"

This is also normal. After all, what he intends to do requires a lot of money. If there is no money, how can we talk about helping the poor...

Wang Ye immediately said bluntly: "After a while, my Internet companies will all go public, and I should be able to cash out a large amount of money by then. I..."

Before he could finish speaking, Hovchenko interrupted him with a wave of his hand.

"No, no, you don't need to pay for it yet. I know that you are more willing to invest in important industries than for poverty alleviation.

How should I put it, you are taking a long-term view. When those industries develop, they will be of greater significance to the entire country.

And I don't have such a long-term vision, so I just want to start solving some problems immediately.

So your money continues to be invested in industry cultivation, and my money is used to help the poor and do public welfare.

Besides, although your kid is indeed richer than me, none of your assets can be cashed out. If you really want to talk about cash, you are not as rich as I am, haha. "

Wang Ye also admitted this point, the amount of net worth and disposable cash are two different things.

At present, among so many oligarchs in Da Mao, the one with the highest net worth is naturally Wang Ye. Roughly estimated, his net worth should have already exceeded 500 billion US dollars!
As for how much it is, no one can say clearly.

But in terms of cash, Wang Ye is not as good as those other oligarchs, because he can't save money...

He gets some money from dividends at the end of each year and invests it immediately. There are so many "bottomless pits" under his banner waiting for him to fill them.

To be honest, Abramovich may have the most cash in his hand.

That guy calmly cashed out almost all his assets. He even sold most of the shares in the Rusal Group, and the assets he controlled were an airline and a media group.

Wang Ye estimated that Abramovich currently holds tens of billions of dollars in cash!

Secondly, it should be that Hovchenko has the second most cash in his hands. Two years ago, he transferred part of the Yukos Group shares to Wang Ye, and cashed out part of it, getting billions of dollars in his hands.

Although I have spent a lot of money on building my own faction and doing education and public welfare, there is still a lot left.

Hearing that Khovchenko didn't want to pay for it himself, Wang Ye was a little puzzled, so he asked: "Then uncle, what do you mean..."

Hovchenko said with a smile: "Although I don't plan to ask you to donate money, the money still has to be paid out, and there will be a lot of money!"

This made Wang Ye even more confused, not knowing what Hovchenko meant.

Fortunately, Hovchenko directly revealed the answer, "I plan to cash out all the property in my hand! Of course, I will keep the shares of Polar Bear Investment. As for the remaining shares of Yukos Group, as well as the bank, I will sell them to You forget it. Then take the money you cashed out and do what you want to do, the money should be enough for a while."

Wang Ye suddenly realized that this is how he asked himself to "pay"...

The assets in Hovchenko's hands now, excluding cash, the property is divided into three parts.

The first part is naturally the shares of Yukos Group. Although a lot of shares have been transferred to Wang Ye in the past few years, he still retains a lot of shares, about 25%.

According to the current scale of Yukos Group, this part of shares must be worth a lot of money!

The second part is his bank, called "First United Bank", which can be regarded as a large-scale private bank, and it is also one of the top five major banks in Russia.

There are also more than 200 national outlets, covering large and small cities across the country.

Wang Ye doesn't have a clear idea of ​​how much this bank is worth, but surely there must be billions of dollars...

The third part, of course, is the shares of Polar Bear Investment Company.

That investment company had only two shareholders, Wang Ye and Hovchenko. At the beginning, Hovchenko didn't pay attention to this investment company at all, and just put some money for Wang Ye to "make small troubles".

As a result, he suddenly discovered recently that the most valuable asset in his hands is not the shares of Yukos Group, nor First Union Bank, but this little-known polar bear investment company!
From Hovchenko's point of view, after a little pondering, he found that the value of this polar bear investment company is still not fully reflected, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in the future!
So when selling assets this time, Hovchenko sold everything else, but still retained the shares of Polar Bear Investment Company.

This can be regarded as a "retreat" he left for himself!

Perhaps at some point in the future, when Hovchenko believes that the value of the polar bear investment has reached its peak, he will choose to cash out and leave the market.

Of course, if Wang Ye wants to take over that part of the shares, he will not refuse.

It doesn't even matter if it's half sold and half given away, after all, this investment company is completely built by Wang Ye...

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Wang Ye pondered for a while, and readily agreed.

"Okay uncle, the shares of Yukos Group and the First United Bank can be transferred to me, but it will take several months for the money to be paid to you."

It would take a lot of money to take over these assets in Hovchenko's hands.

Roughly estimate, it will cost about 100 billion US dollars, and this is still a friendly price...

Sure enough, Hovchenko didn't mean to "pit" Wang Ye, he nodded and said simply: "The 25% shares of Yukos plus the First United Bank, the package price is 100 billion U.S. dollars, and what do you want for this money?" Give it when you have time, don’t worry. Anyway, I can’t spend that much money in a year or two, and I still have a lot of cash in my personal account, enough to last for a long time .”

With just a few words between the two of them, a deal worth tens of billions of dollars was finalized!

If it is a normal commercial merger and acquisition, such a big acquisition may not be negotiated for a year or two.

But the nature is different after all. Hovchenko would rather suffer some losses himself than hand over the assets to Wang Ye. After all, this is his own nephew!

In the future, when he really needs Wang Ye's help, he will definitely not sit idly by.

In fact, if it wasn't for what he did that required a lot of money, Hovchenko wouldn't even ask for $100 billion, and he might even give it away for nothing...

At their level, plus the relationship between the two, talking about money is a bit vulgar!

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Regarding Hovchenko's plan to stay away from the political arena and devote himself to public welfare undertakings, although it has not been made public for the time being, it is obviously impossible to hide it from those who are interested.

A few days later, Gobrev found an excuse and invited Wang Ye to Turandot Restaurant for dinner. When we talked about this matter, he probably wanted to verify it.

"Your uncle...really intends to liquidate all his assets and invest in poverty alleviation like Abu did?" Gebrev felt a little unbelievable.

Because it sounds outrageous.

It is understandable for Abu to do that. First of all, Chukchi is his hometown. It is normal for him to give back to his fellow villagers after making a fortune.

Moreover, there are very few people in Chukchi, and the city is small, so it doesn't need to invest too much money.

It is said that in Chukotka, Abu has not spent more than [-] million US dollars in total over the years.

Compared with his net worth of tens of billions of dollars, it is really nothing.

Secondly, Abu is the governor of Chukchi!
Although the status of this state in the federation is very low and the number of votes is very small, the status of elected governor still brings a lot to Abramovich.

At the very least, before anyone wants to touch him, he must consider his identity.

But Khovchenko is different. He is completely a "political amateur". Even if he does public welfare and spends billions of dollars, what else can he get besides the popularity of the people?

In other words, he is preparing for the general election a few years later...

Maybe this is the real reason why Gobrev met with Wang Ye today. He must find out what Khovchenko really thinks.

(End of this chapter)