Reborn Russia as an oligarch

Chapter 632 Stuck in the neck

After the group photo was finished, those little girls left happily, each with their hearts full of joy.

After all, the opportunity to take a photo with a big man like Mikhail may only be like this once in a lifetime.

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

Maybe in a few years, we can still go up a step, that would be terrible.

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

Before Wang Ye and Rosiana walked out of the hall, Alexei quickly chased him up from behind.

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

Wang Ye nodded, of course there is no problem.

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Under the steps, the convoy had already parked there and the car had already started.

A row of a dozen or so black Land Rover vehicles is still very pompous, and others can tell at a glance that this is a big man traveling.

In contrast, Alexei's car is much shabby.

It's just an ordinary BMW [-] Series, it's been a bit old, it's not the latest model, and it doesn't have flashing lights on it.

Alexie talked to the driver a few words, and asked the driver to drive behind Wang Ye's convoy, and he and Wang Ye got into the same car.

After waving goodbye to the ambassador, the motorcade slowly drove out of the embassy and turned onto the street.

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

We casually chatted a few words about tonight's dinner, and didn't rush to get down to business.

Alexei's face looked haggard, as if he was several years older than before. It seems that his job as the Minister of Energy is not easy to do, and he is exhausted.

After a while, Wang Ye saw that Alexei hadn't said anything serious, so he said with a smile: "Tell me, what's going on, I'm an old friend, so don't be embarrassed to speak up."

Alexei paused, hesitated for a moment, his expression a little dignified.

Only then did he speak: "Recently, there have been some voices in our ministry saying that some private companies' energy export rights will be withdrawn."

When Wang Ye heard this, he also frowned.

What does it mean to take back the energy export rights of private companies?
Could it be aimed at... Yukos!

Seemingly seeing Wang Ye's conjecture, Alexei nodded and said:
"You guessed it 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 [-]%, and state-owned companies have almost no say.

Although Yukos has a huge advantage in terms of oil fields and production volume, no one can compete with it, and it cannot be moved without legal reasons.

However, this oil export right is granted by the Ministry of Energy, and it still has a limited number of years.

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 largest company, accounting for [-]% of Russia's production and sales, while other oil companies combined account for [-]%.

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 just like what Alexei said just now, if others don’t touch the assets of Yukos Group, but limit your export rights to mess with you, then things will be a big deal!
The right to export oil is authorized by the Ministry of Energy.

In other words, with the permission of the country, your oil company can sell oil all over the world and earn a lot of money.

But if the country just finds an excuse to cancel your oil company's export rights, what will happen?

At that time, no matter how many oil fields Yukos owns and how much oil it extracts, it can only be sold in Russia, and even a barrel cannot be sold abroad!
Want to export?

It's not impossible to negotiate, it's okay to sell oil to certain designated companies, and then those companies re-export it to foreign countries.

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

What, you said twenty dollars would lose money, would you rather close the oil field than sell it?
Well, I'll give you thirty dollars a barrel, and I'll let you make some money...

Being so stuck in the neck, Yukos Group will have a hard time!

Wang Ye rubbed his face with both hands, feeling a little headache.

Why can't it stop for a few days? The Yukos Group has been quite honest recently and has not done anything out of the ordinary.

After the Sino-Russian oil and gas cooperation agreement was reached, the Yukos Group put all its energy on oil exploration and pipeline construction.

Even Khovchenko hasn't said anything strange during this period of time. In several interviews with TV stations, he only talked about energy and business, and kept silent about politics.

But the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop!
The Yukos Group wants to keep a low profile, but some people don't allow it...

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In fact, Wang Ye also understood, and he didn't think that this was someone who deliberately made troubles and insisted on catching Yukos Group.

In his position, he has come into contact with much more things than ordinary people, so the angle of thinking about problems is naturally different.

In fact, if Wang Ye really sat in that position, maybe even he would have to consider doing so.

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

Their economic committee has the authority to approve the government's annual budget, so they have a good understanding of financial matters.

At the budget approval meeting years ago, Wang Ye was filled with emotion when he looked at the budget report submitted by the government department.

Poor!

The country really has no money.

If nothing else, just talk about free medical care for all.

This thing sounds nice, and it doesn't cost 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 is not enough manpower, so you have to make an appointment in advance to see a doctor.

It's okay to have a headache and fever, but if you need surgery or the like, you have to wait.

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

After all, 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 still just a microcosm. Others, such as the budget of the police system, and even the national defense budget, can be cut as much as possible, and reduced as much as possible.

When their economic committee approved the government's annual budget, Gryzlov made a request at that time.

That is, every committee member must find at least one budget that can be cut, and at least [-]% of the entire budget must be cut...

(End of this chapter)