Reborn Russia as an oligarch

YANDEX&MAIL.RU joint technology company and Facebook Russia, these two companies are the first to go public among the Internet companies controlled by Wangye.

Of course, companies like Apple, Google, and Amazon that have already been listed are not counted, and Wang Ye does not hold a controlling stake in these companies, so they can only be regarded as strategic investments.

Especially for the shares of Google and Amazon, Wang Ye will cash out when the stock price is right, and he does not plan to hold it for a long time.

In other words, he intends to hold the shares of Apple for a long time. After all, Wang Ye clearly remembers that Apple's stock price has continued to rise in the next ten years. At the peak, the company's market value was as high as US$[-] trillion!

What kind of concept is this...

When Wang Ye invested in Apple a few years ago, he spent a total of US$6000 million, at a price of US$[-] per share, and won [-] million additional shares issued by Apple in one fell swoop.

Occupying Apple's total share capital has become Apple's largest shareholder!
Pioneer, the second largest shareholder, only owns [-] million shares, accounting for [-]%.

As for the other shareholders, there are even fewer shares in their hands.

In the past few years, as Apple's iPod products have sold well all over the world, and the launch of the Apple Music Store has been well received, the stock price has continued to rise, reaching around $400!

Compared with Wang Ye's original investment price, it has increased by about 4000 times, and Apple's market value has also reached more than [-] billion US dollars!

This increase is very astonishing.

But Wang Ye knows that this is where it is. Apple will launch a truly epoch-making product next year, and that is the IPHONE!

At that time, Apple will truly become a global technology giant. The stock price has repeatedly broken new highs, and the market value has broken through trillions, two trillions, and three trillions...

However, based on the current market value of Apple, the value of the shares held by Polar Bear Investment Company has already reached more than 600 billion US dollars!
This is not counting the shares of Penguin and Google and Amazon held by Polar Bear Investment Company.

Why did Wang Ye dare to make big purchases and "scatter coins" everywhere? This is his confidence.

Even if his other companies are not making money, or even losing money, as long as there is no problem with the polar bear investment, and those technology companies continue to develop as they remember from previous lives, he doesn't need to worry about money...

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Wang Ye also sorted out the newly acquired industries.

The shares of Yukos Group are the simplest. Originally, he was the major shareholder and chairman, but now he just holds more shares.

However, several other industries are a little more troublesome.

Like the First United Bank, it needs a strong professionalism to engage in finance, and Wang Ye himself really doesn't understand it.

Fortunately, Hovchenko left him a complete team of professional managers, and Wang Ye didn't need to worry about it.

Therefore, the assets acquired from Uncle Hovchenko are considered to be of very high quality, saving worry and trouble and making money...

The media group and the aluminum group purchased from Abramovich are a little trickier.

Especially the Aluminum Group. The major shareholder of this company is Drapaska. Wang Ye just "offended" him because of the strike at the aluminum factory a few days ago.

Of course, Wang Ye didn't pay too much attention to this matter, and he didn't think too much about the Aluminum Group for the time being, as long as Drapaska could guarantee his annual dividends.

What he really needs to worry about is the media group with the lowest market capitalization!

The media group originally controlled by Abramovich was called "National Media Group". It sounds like a big name, with the prefix "国"!

But in fact, this is nothing more than a private media company, because the media industry on Da Mao's side is open to private capital and even foreign capital.

The National Media Group is the largest private media group in Russia. It controls a national TV station, dozens of newspapers and magazines, large and small, and has newly established an online news platform. It also has its own professional reporter stations at home and abroad... …

Anyway, the scale should not be underestimated, it is still very powerful and influential.

After the acquisition of Wang Ye, he plans to make some more investment, and the key point is to build that TV station!
Although the influence of traditional media channels has gradually declined with the rise of the Internet, it is undeniable that the influence of authoritative TV stations among the public cannot be ignored.

Especially since Wang Ye is now in politics, it is even more important to master his own propaganda channels.

Whether it's campaigning on his own, canvassing for his own faction, or helping Rosiana, the cooperation of the media is indispensable anyway...

The TV station under the National Media Group is called "Russian Independent Television", or "NTV" for short, and it also has a lot of background.

This TV station was established in the 90s by Gusinski, one of the "seven oligarchs", and has a national coverage rate of 87%. It is a very famous TV station.

Over the past few years, with the increase in national fiscal revenue and corresponding policy changes, state-owned assets have acquired and "reorganized" many private TV stations.

Therefore, NTV has become the only wholly-owned private TV station left in the country. Other so-called private TV stations have more or less state-owned shares or even holding shares...

But how long NTV can remain a sole proprietorship is anyone’s guess. According to Abramovich, relevant state departments have approached him about investing in NTV, but he refused.

However, the Kremlin should be aware of the importance of mastering publicity channels, and has begun to tighten policies on the media industry. Perhaps in the future, corresponding laws and regulations may be introduced to directly prohibit private capital or foreign capital from controlling important media channels.

Abu may have seen this, and felt that he couldn't carry it for too long, so he packed it up and sold it to Wang Ye.

After all, Wang Ye must be able to carry it better than himself...

Of course, Wang Ye is very clear about this, but after he takes over, he doesn't need to worry about the issue of NTV being nationalized. After all, no one wants to take the risk of offending him to do such a thing.

And even if corresponding regulations are issued, it is impossible to bypass him, the deputy speaker of the Duma!

Wang Ye controls this TV station, and he will not do anything too extreme, let alone allow some capital with ulterior motives to invade.

Besides, with his strong financial resources, he will invest more money in the TV station than the national TV station every year, and then he will produce better and better programs.

Speaking of capital investment, as far as Wang Ye knows, the Russian Public Television, which is the largest and most authoritative television station controlled by the state, has an annual budget of just over $[-] million...

For a large-scale TV station, the money is really a lot of money, not to mention the large investment and production, and even the maintenance of the normal operation of the TV station must be carefully calculated!

It can only be said that it is really difficult to move an inch without money, and it is difficult for a smart woman to cook without rice.

Lao Maozi's literature and art circle actually has a lot of talents, and masters have always been born in large numbers, but now there is not enough funds at all, and everything has become empty talk.

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NTV is headquartered in Moscow, and its predecessor was National Channel 4 in the former Soviet Union, that is, the education channel.

However, after privatization, it became a comprehensive channel.

After Abramovich took over a few years ago, he also invested a lot of money and produced some well-received drama series, so now the ratings are second only to public TV stations, ranking second.

The matter of NTV's change of hands was not publicized, so it did not cause any repercussions in the society.

However, within the TV station, senior management personnel have been notified that from now on, the TV station, including the parent company, is owned by Speaker Mikhail.

After receiving the notice of the change of owner of the TV station, the head of the station, Serev, did not look very good.

Ordinarily, the new owner of the TV station, Mikhail, is richer and more willing to invest. In the long run, NTV may even become the largest TV station in Russia. He should be happy.

But Serev was not thinking about the development of the TV tower. The first thing he had to think about was whether he could keep his position as the station director...

After all, in ancient and modern China and abroad, the habit of one emperor and one courtier is common.

When a new boss comes to power, the first thing he does is usually replace the key position with his confidant...

In the past, when the owner of NTV was Abramovich, Serev was very comfortable as the head of the station, because Abramovich would not intervene in the affairs of the TV station. Although the budget was not much every year, the ups and downs of the TV station were said by Serev. It's up to you!
But obviously, after the boss is replaced by Mikhail, this kind of good life probably won't exist...

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What Serev thought was right. After Wang Ye acquired the National Media Group, the first thing he did was to ask his assistant to bring over all the group's materials, and he closed the door to study for a whole day.

The focus of his attention is naturally NTV. Other magazines and newspapers are not important, because with the development of the Internet, these magazines and newspapers are basically facing bankruptcy. Even Wang Ye has no way to reverse the development of the times. The general trend.

So it's better to save some time, and integrate those magazines and newspapers later, and let it fend for itself...

The most important thing, or the only thing he valued in his acquisition of the National Media Group, was NTV!
Wang Ye knows very well that the key to a successful company is to choose the leader of the company, that is, the general manager!
If NTV wants to recruit, the position of the director is very critical.

Therefore, Wang Ye carefully looked through the archives of Director Serev.

Judging from the files, Serev is a very senior media expert who has been working in TV stations for nearly 30 years. He used to be an executive of a public TV station and was recruited by Abramovich with a high salary.

Since then, he has been in charge of the operation of NTV TV station.

Under his control, NTV has developed fairly well over the years.

It has been ranked second in ratings and second in coverage among national TV stations...

The first place is naturally the state-controlled public TV station, which is incomparable. After all, the resources that public TV stations can mobilize are not comparable to private TV stations.

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After reading the materials and having a plan in mind, Wang Ye asked his assistant Nova to call Serev and asked him to have dinner with him.

The location is naturally set at the old place, Turandot restaurant.

Wang Ye has a private private room in the Turandot restaurant, which is convenient for him to invite some guests over for dinner and talk about things. Usually, this private room will not be open to the public when he is not here.

In this private room, Wang Ye and many high-ranking officials have met and talked about matters, and many important national affairs have been discussed between cups and cups!

Inviting Serev to meet and chat here today, it can be seen that Wang Ye still values ​​Serev...

At six o'clock in the evening, Serev arrived at the Turandot restaurant ahead of schedule in his Jaguar.

He is no stranger to this restaurant, and occasionally invites guests to eat here.

However, when he came here today, his mood was different from usual. Serev felt a little uneasy. He didn't know what he would face later.

For Mikhail, the new boss, although Serev has never dealt with him, he is no stranger to him at all!
After all, NTV has done a lot of TV programs about Mikhail, including two interviews.

Based on Serev's understanding of Mikhail, he believed that although the new boss was young, he was very decisive in doing things, and he was smart, as long as he was looking for something, he would definitely do it.

If the new boss is not satisfied with me, then I really don't even dare to resist...

After all, even a giant like Luzhkov was defeated by Mikhail. A little guy like himself was like an ant in front of him.

Under the leadership of the waiter, Serev came to Wang Ye's exclusive private room, thinking about his thoughts while waiting for Wang Ye's arrival.

He was holding a cup of black tea and was drinking one sip at a time, when the door of the private room was pushed open, and Wang Ye arrived...

Serev put down his teacup in a hurry, got up and said hello to Wang Ye.

With a smile on his face, Wang Ye nodded at Serev, and then told the waiter to prepare the dishes. He wanted to chat with Serev while eating.

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"Director Serev, I heard from Abu that under your leadership, NTV has developed quite steadily."

After sitting down, Wang Ye spoke.

Serev carefully observed Wang Ye's expression, not sure whether this "stable" evaluation was a compliment or a derogation...

However, he didn't see anything from Wang Ye's face. After so many years in the political arena, Wang Ye had already been tempered to the point where he couldn't show his emotions or anger.

Not to mention small characters like Serev, even real top "old foxes" like foster father, Gobrev, and Gryzlov don't even try to see Wang Ye's thoughts through their faces.

Unless Wang Ye deliberately wanted them to see it...

After deliberating for a while, Serev smiled cautiously and said, "Chairman Mikhail has won the award. I just did some basic management work. The main reason is that the colleagues in the TV station are very good, so in the case of insufficient funds Under the leadership, we also tried our best to increase income and reduce expenditure, and produced some good programs.”

Wang Ye was quite satisfied with Serev's answer.

Knowing not to take credit or shirk responsibility in front of the boss, and to record performance on the heads of subordinates, this is already a qualified manager.

But if there are only these, it is not enough... (End of this chapter)