Reborn Russia As An Oligarch

Listening to the conversation between her father and Wang Ye, Liu Yuxin felt like she was dreaming.

She never expected that because of her own whim, she invited Mikhail to be a guest at home, and in the end she found a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her father!

Although she doesn't know much about her father's work, Liu Yuxin certainly understands what it means to buy a few top office buildings in Central after long-term exposure.

Among other things, as long as this transaction can be facilitated, the intermediary fee alone can make my father a windfall!

And such a big handwriting, for Mikhail, it may be a small matter of improvisation...

In the past, she only had a vague impression of Mikhail as a "classmate", and knew that he was very powerful and rich.

But that's just a concept, and Liu Yuxin can't experience how powerful this kind of person really is.

Now after real contact, she finally realized how big the difference between this kind of big man and ordinary people is...

In a word, it can decide a big business worth tens of billions or even hundreds of billions!

One sentence can change the fate of a family!

After talking about the matter, Wang Ye couldn't stay to talk about family matters, because the atmosphere of this meeting was completely different from before.

Yuxin's parents smiled carefully in front of him with their hands tied, just like a primary school student facing a strict head teacher. Wang Ye actually didn't like this scene very much.

But he can't change others.

So he deliberately raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and said with a smile: "It's getting late, I should go back to the hotel to rest, I have business to do tomorrow."

Liu Yuxin's family of three stood up quickly.

Yuxin's father also pulled Yuxin, winked, and said: "Yuxin, you must send Speaker Mikhail back to the hotel safely, he is not familiar with the place here, don't meet him." Any unscrupulous taxi driver or the like is discrediting us Xiangjiang."

Wang Ye didn't refuse either, but just nodded with a smile to express his gratitude.

Yuxin's parents stood outside the gate of the community, watching Wang Ye and Liu Yuxin go away in a taxi, and then let go of their waving arms.

The two looked at each other, and it still felt like a dream.

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On the second day, Wang Ye started to work formally.

But don't forget why he came to Xiangjiang this time, not to experience the life of ordinary people, and of course not to buy an office building in Central.

He is responsible for negotiating the WTO accession agreement with the EU and the US, trying his best to formally finalize the bilateral agreements of all member states before this WTO meeting, so that he can officially enter the WTO!

According to the schedule, today is to negotiate with the American delegation, and the negotiators of both parties are naturally Wang Ye and Gutierrez.

In the large conference hall of the hotel, members of the two delegations sat down on both sides of the long conference table.

This time, the negotiation was behind closed doors, that is, no media reporters were invited to enter the venue. After the negotiation between the two parties was over, a joint press conference was held to inform the media of the outcome of the negotiation.

Gutierrez sat directly opposite Wang Ye, and the conference table between the two was decorated with flowers and national flags, which was very formal.

He was the first to speak and said: "Director Mikhail, we welcome your country's entry into the WTO, but in order to protect the interests of the existing WTO members and the United States, your country needs to make the following commitments... "

In fact, Wang Ye had already read the things he said before coming to Xiangjiang, because the two sides have always communicated.

Other aspects have basically reached an agreement, and the current differences are nothing more than in the field of agriculture.

The United States requires Russia to fully liberalize protection in the agricultural sector and allow foreign-funded institutions to enter the Russian market to sell related products, including but not limited to seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, grain, and various agricultural products.

Moreover, relatively large discounts should be given in terms of tariffs, even tariff-free!

The Russian side firmly disagrees with this requirement, because anyone with a discerning eye knows that in the field of agriculture, Laomei is too powerful.

If it is really released so unprepared, the country's agriculture will be greatly impacted, and it will even be completely defeated, and it will be monopolized by foreign capital at a low price...

The impact of this is very great, and it is unbearable for any sovereign country.

In particular, Wang Ye has long realized the importance of agriculture to a country, and the intention of the US to hit the economy and development of other countries by controlling global food prices.

How could he let the other party succeed.

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So, after Gutierrez finished his speech, Wang Ye smiled and said calmly:

"On this point, Russia's WTO preparatory office should have communicated with you.

We have truthfully fed back our concerns and the reality to you, so we hope that your country can understand our thoughts.

Since the purpose of both parties is for long-term cooperation rather than confrontation, then everyone should make some concessions.

It is unrealistic to fully liberalize the agricultural sector directly, because our domestic farmers will be greatly impacted, and even cause them to go bankrupt and their lives will become more impoverished. This completely deviates from the purpose of our joining the WTO.

So, I think, both sides should make some concessions.

For example, which areas can be liberalized and how tariffs should be lowered, these are all to be discussed separately, and the liberalization should be carried out step by step in time and stages.

Of course, after a certain period of time, when our domestic agriculture has fully modernized and can keep up with the development trend of international agriculture, then it is feasible to fully liberalize..."

When Wang Ye said such a big deal, he meant to express one meaning, that is, there is some talk about this matter, and it can be let go, but it can't be done in one step, and a certain buffer time is needed!

Compared to before, this is considered to be a certain concession.

After all, before this, when the government led the negotiations, it would not give an inch, and its attitude was quite firm.

It's not that Wang Ye's attitude is weaker, but because he has the bottom of his heart.

As long as he is given another five to ten years to fully integrate the agriculture of Damao and Ermao, and with the investment of a large amount of support funds, his agricultural strength will definitely not be much weaker than Laomei!

At that time, there is no need to be afraid of facing the competition.

It can even be said that in the international grain market, it is not certain whether the largest exporting country is the United States or not.

After all, Da Mao and Er Mao's fertile lands are comparable to Lao Mei's!

Now it is nothing more than relatively backward productivity, underdeveloped agricultural technology, and a lot of abandoned land.

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Hearing what Wang Ye said, Gutierrez was quite surprised.

He didn't expect Wang Ye to be so easy-going, and he agreed to make certain concessions.

Before the negotiations, the best outcome he could think of was that Russia would make small concessions in some less critical areas, such as reducing a certain percentage of tariffs.

But now, Wang Ye said that it is acceptable to fully liberalize, and the tariffs will even be reduced to zero in the future!

Of course, there must not be such a large range at the beginning, but it will be implemented in time periods.

This is not an exception, because quite a few countries have made similar commitments to some of their industries when they joined the WTO, and the existing member countries are also acceptable and understandable.

Originally, when negotiating and negotiating, the conditions are to be negotiated.

The most fearful thing is that both sides are firm and unwilling to make concessions, so there is no need to talk about the matter.

Now that Wang Ye was the first to express his position and made a certain concession, Gutierrez will not be tough to the end if he reciprocates.

He smiled and said heartily:

"Of course, it is necessary to protect the farmers of our country, and we will not intentionally harm the interests of the people of your country because of our own interests.

If Director Mikhail can give a clear timetable, let us believe that your side is indeed sincere.

Then we can accept this condition! "

Wang Ye waved his hand, and Nova next to him immediately handed over a document to the American staff.

Gutierrez surrounded himself with several assistants and looked through the document in detail.

In the document, the scale and timing of Da Mao's opening up to the agricultural sector are listed, and it is planned to use 20 years to gradually reduce the import tariffs on agricultural products to zero.

These things, even if they let Gutierrez look at them, they are quite sincere...

Apart from the fact that it took a long time, I really can't find anything wrong with it.

After reading it, he thought about it, and he probably wanted to fight for more benefits, so he pretended to be serious and said: "I have read the promise you made, and there is basically no big problem, but I really need it." Is it 20 years to reduce tariffs? I think 10 years is a more appropriate time."

Wang Ye simply shook his head and said unequivocally:

"This is already the biggest concession we can make. Even under such conditions, I still need to do a lot of work after I go back to convince the members of the Duma so that this bilateral agreement can be passed in the Duma. .

The difficulty, Minister Gutierrez, you should understand.

If I make further concessions, even if we sign a bilateral agreement now, it will not make any sense if it cannot be passed in the Duma after we go back! "

Speaking of this, Gutierrez felt sad.

Because the situation in Laomei is similar, any important matter must be discussed in Congress...

The gentlemen of Congress may not be able to help much, but if you hold back, one is better than the other!

Thinking of this, he even sympathized with Wang Yelai...

Of course, this was also because he really didn't understand Wang Ye's true strength and influence.

After all, Wang Ye's official title is just a "deputy speaker" and a few "directors". It doesn't sound like he has much power.

And Lao Mei has been number one in the world for too long, especially because he is not engaged in intelligence work, so he naturally doesn't pay too much attention to a serious "poor country", so he doesn't know much about Wang Ye's "actual situation".

Don't think that Wang Ye is so powerful now that the politicians all over the world will know him well.

That's not the case at all.

After all, the vast majority of foreign political leaders have nothing to do with Wang Ye, and they have never dealt with each other. Everyone is still very busy with their own work. How can they have the thought and energy to pay attention to a so-called foreign political star...

This is clearly the case with Gutierrez.

In fact, he didn't do much homework for this bilateral negotiation on WTO accession. Anyway, his own conditions are only those, and he can force the old man to make some concessions, basically reaching his own psychological bottom line.

As for what kind of person the other party sends to negotiate, does that matter?

The initiative is in your own hands!

Therefore, Gutierrez believes that Wang Ye made a certain concession on the spot based on the actual situation. This may really be the bottom line of the other party. After returning, he may really have to face the questions of the Duma lawmakers.

If he persecutes him too hard, Wang Ye will not be able to pay the job when he goes back, and the Duma will not approve it, and this shitty matter will be delayed for a long time.

Now that I have almost met my own conditions, let's sign it. After all, Da Mao's entry into the WTO has been delayed for too long...

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After thinking through these links, he grinned and said:

"Well, time is precious, the official meeting will be held the day after tomorrow, and we all hope to complete your country's accession procedures before the meeting starts.

So……

Director Mikhail, welcome your country to join the WTO! "

The two stood up at the same time, holding hands tightly across the conference table.

The respective entourages all stood up, thunderous applause sounded, the American personnel were smiling, and many of the Russian personnel were quite excited.

Because I have been dragging my entry into the WTO for so many years, now I have finally passed the most difficult hurdle.

The old American side has been settled, and the rest of the European Union basically has no problems!

This is definitely a historic moment!

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After signing a formal bilateral agreement with Gutierrez, Wang Ye breathed a sigh of relief, and there should be no problem with joining the WTO.

Tomorrow's negotiations with Germany and the EU will not be difficult!

After all, compared to Lao Mei's indifference, Germany urgently needs Da Mao's cheap and stable energy!

It is definitely a good thing for Germany that the Beixi pipeline can be built and opened as soon as possible. They should be more anxious than themselves.

Things were exactly as Wang Ye thought. In the next day's negotiations with the German delegation, Wang Ye's attitude was very firm.

He bit him to death, and the German side had to bear at least 60% of the initial construction costs of the pipeline, otherwise there would be no need to talk about the following matters!

Even if the German representative threatened to withdraw from the negotiation, Wang Ye still had a relaxed expression and was unmoved at all...

Sure enough, after the German representative confirmed that Wang Ye really would not make any more concessions, his attitude obviously weakened.

In fact, Wang Ye agreed to pay 40% of the construction cost, which is already a certain concession. After all, according to the plan mentioned before, all the costs will be paid by the German side...

Now Wang Ye has enough funds in his hands, so he is willing to spend 40% of it.

Anyway, as long as the German side pays the big head, then I don't have to worry about their sudden repentance. After all, in that case, the German side will suffer more than myself...