Reborn Russia As An Oligarch

On the rostrum, several speakers and deputy speakers also had different expressions.

The easiest one is probably Zhirinov.

When Wang Ye glanced at him, Zhirinov nodded, indicating that his work had been completed and there must be no problem.

Grezlov and Koloff's expressions were a little solemn. They both frowned and held their chins, not knowing what they were thinking.

Wang Ye glanced around, then turned to look at the vote count.

About two hundred votes have been counted, and the votes for and against are very close, 102:97!

I really can’t say whether I can pass it or not.

However, if the number of votes continues to be so anxious, whether it is passed or not, Wang Ye's goal will be achieved.

At worst, in the next vote, wouldn't it be better if he asked members of the faction to vote in favor...

Everything is under his control!

It can be said that the results of this vote are also a subtle message to the Kremlin side that the current Duma cannot be ignored!

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Meddev was probably the most nervous person in the room. He was sweating on his forehead as he listened to the negative votes reported by the staff.

He took out a tissue from his suit pocket and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

To be honest, he was surprised to receive this nomination.

After all, he is in politics, so of course he wants to climb to a higher position. Taking this position is the best opportunity!

As long as he can be successfully elected, he will become one of the few people in the political arena.

Whether within the faction or among the top political leaders, no one can ignore his existence anymore!

More importantly, Meddev also clearly felt that since the Kremlin gave him this opportunity, it proved that they were very optimistic about him.

Maybe, in a few years...

Of course, it's useless to think too much now. It's better to get down to business first...

As each vote is recorded, votes for and against are rising in staggered numbers.

139:128

153:167

184:183……

Meddev's face also changed from bright to dark. Occasionally, a smile appeared on his face, but as several consecutive negative votes appeared, the smile froze on his face.

In the large conference hall, many members also started talking.

"Haha, looking at it like this, I probably won't pass the vote."

"It shouldn't have happened in the first place! What qualifications does this kid have to hold the position of the general manager? I just relied on the fact that he was that junior fellow student. I forced him to be promoted. The result was a slap in the face."

"Shh... keep your voice down. Just talk about these things in private. We did not vote in favor just because we thought he was not suitable for this position. There is no other reason."

"The situation seems to be wrong. The Kremlin dares to nominate Meddev. Isn't it confident enough that the nomination will be approved? How could this happen..."

Some people saw the joke, and some expressed confusion. The atmosphere in the Duma was relatively relaxed.

Some congressmen have no scruples when discussing the Kremlin. They can say whatever they want without worrying about retaliation.

After all, we are all voted in by voters!

If you really don’t have a greater pursuit, then you can really give no face to anyone!

What kind of speaker, what kind of Kremlin, I just oppose it, what can you do to me...

In fact, most of the time, the Kremlin does not have a good solution to opposition MPs.

We can't openly break up with each other. In that case, how will international public opinion view it?

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With everyone talking, the vote counting has come to an end.

220:223!

Only the last seven votes were left, but the number of negative votes counted was three more than the yes votes!

Meddev was sweating profusely, but he didn't bother to wipe it away and listened to the counting staff counting the votes.

As long as two more votes are against the remaining seven votes, then the vote will be considered a failure...

On the rostrum, Wang Ye also frowned.

Because the voting situation was beyond his expectations.

Yesterday, Gebrev had a conversation with him and told Wang Ye implicitly that there would be about 80 votes in favor within the first faction.

Including Zhirinov's sixty votes and his own faction's one hundred votes, this is two hundred and forty votes!

Even if there are some variables on the part of the First Faction and Zhirinov, and there are less than ten votes, there should still be 230 votes in favor, ensuring that Meddev will "pass".

But now, it seems that the variables are a bit big...

The question is which faction does this variable come from?

This is what Wang Ye wants to know most!

Perhaps Meddev will eventually be able to get close to 230 votes in favor, but those fewer votes than planned are always a hidden danger.

Because this means that some congressmen have different intentions. They promised Gebrev, Zhirinov, and perhaps Wang Ye, saying they would vote for it, but actually voted against it!

These people, to put it seriously, are traitors to the faction and moles!

If they are from the Wang Ye faction, they must be found out to prevent future troubles.

Thinking of this, Wang Ye had a headache again. It was also very troublesome to manage the affairs within the faction.

This is different from managing a company. The company's side is very simple. Whether it's a senior executive or an ordinary employee, it's an employment relationship.

As long as I, the boss, see who is displeased, I can just fire him.

But the factions are completely different, especially those who have already served as members of the Duma. They are all key members of the faction and are very influential in certain regions or industries.

And this is all chosen by voters!

Even if Wang Ye is the leader of the faction, or the first deputy speaker, as long as the other party has not committed any unforgivable crime, he has nothing to do against the other party for the time being.

Of course, as long as you know who has alien intentions, you can gradually marginalize him.

For example, such a person is not allowed to join some core committees, and he is not allowed to participate in the affairs within the faction, leaving him aside in the cold.

When the general election comes, he will not provide any resource support, and even allow more powerful members to go to his original "turf" to grab votes...

Now the faction's strength has greatly increased, and it has 150 seats in the Duma, but it is obvious that many problems have arisen within the faction.

The newly joined members and the old members are vaguely divided into two hills, competing with each other.

These all need to be balanced by Wang Ye, the party leader.

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At this moment, the tallied votes are already 225:224, with only the last vote left!

If the final vote is in favor, then Meddev barely passes. Although it doesn't look very good on the face, it can still be regarded as passed.

But if the last vote is a negative vote, it will be embarrassing...

This vote was extremely important to Meddev. He stared nervously at the teller's lips, fearing that she would spit out the word "Niete", which meant opposition.

But what he was afraid of would come as no surprise. The vote counter showed no expression on his face and announced loudly: "Nie Te"!

There were sighs at the scene. Meddev's face was a little pale, and he stood there in a daze, his figure looking a little thin.

By this time, Wang Ye's expression relaxed.

Anyway, the result has come out, it’s not too bad, it’s a tie!

It seems that the second vote is inevitable, so I will do my best to let the members of the faction cast more than ten votes in the next round to ensure that Meddev passes in the second vote. alright.

A smile appeared on Gryzlov's face. He coughed, banged the gavel, and announced loudly: "The voting is over. The Kremlin's Prime Minister nomination has not been passed! Adjourn the meeting!"

The congressmen stood up and walked outside the conference hall, all talking as they walked.

This is not common today!

Under normal circumstances, the Kremlin still has to give face, especially when it comes to such important personnel arrangements, the Duma just goes through the process.

The last Duma voted many times over the past few years on personnel arrangements or policies and regulations proposed by the Kremlin, and they were all passed with a high vote!

Not once was it dismissed.

But as for this Duma, today was the first time that the Kremlin had to vote on something in the Duma, and the result was that it was not passed...

Many members have realized that perhaps from today on, the Duma is no longer the same Duma, and the Kremlin is no longer what it used to be!

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Meddev stood alone at the podium, a little at a loss. He subconsciously turned his head to look at the podium.

His eyes met with Wang Ye's again.

Wang Ye smiled and nodded to him, then stood up and left the podium and walked out of the side door.

Zhirinov did not return to his office, but came to Wang Ye's office with Wang Ye.

He had a lot to say.

Entering the office, Zhirinov couldn't wait to say: "What happened today is really strange! There should be no problem with our faction's votes, so what is the problem? Could it be..."

Wang Ye shook his head, "It's hard to say. It may be from the first faction, or it may be from my faction. As you know, before the Duma change, many new members came to our faction, and I don't have that much control over the faction yet. powerful."

Zhirinov nodded and asked: "Then what should we do next? The Kremlin has suffered such a big loss, so it will definitely not give in. It is estimated that a second vote will be held soon."

Wang Ye smiled and said calmly: "Be more careful next time. Your faction has ten more votes in favor, and our faction... needs twenty more! The first faction doesn't count on them. , the internal strife is probably quite severe, it is not easy for Gurbrev to mobilize more than 60 votes."

Indeed, needless to say, the Moscow faction is definitely opposed by all. Although their faction does not have many seats now, it is very united!

After all, it is an old faction, and its members are all from the same origin. The number of seats has been greatly reduced this time, and those who have been eliminated are relatively marginal members of the faction.

In a disguised way, it is equivalent to helping their faction to "purify", and those who can still stay in the Duma as members are definitely the real core and backbone of the Moscow faction!

So they stick together...

Apart from the Moscow faction, the one who may have the biggest objection to the nomination by the Kremlin is the first faction...

The reasons have already been mentioned, so I won’t repeat them.

Zhirinov thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, "No problem. No one in our faction is interested in this position anyway. They should give me this face. Ten votes won't be a problem."

Of course, Wang Ye did not mean to ask Zhirinov and the others to only vote ten votes in favor next time, but to add ten more votes to this one, which would make it seventy votes!

This is still somewhat difficult, after all, Zhirinov and his faction only have 80 seats in total.

To be honest, it is not easy for Wang Ye. There are a total of 150 seats, and it is not easy to vote for 120 votes in favor.

Because Wang Ye does not have much control over the faction, the faction is still in the integration stage.

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While Wang Ye and Zhirinov were discussing, the cell phone rang. When I took it over, I saw it was Gebrev calling.

Zhirinov wisely stood up and said goodbye.

After Zhirinov walked out of the office, Wang Ye answered the phone. He knew what Gebrev wanted to say when he called.

Sure enough, as soon as the call was connected, Gebrev's voice came over.

“Misha, how could this happen!

What part of the problem went wrong, and the most depressing thing is that it happened to be one vote short.

Hey, just one vote! "

Wang Ye said calmly: "The first faction got too few votes in favor! Zhirinov and I tried our best to help them get 160 votes, but the first faction got 65 votes in a row. Didn’t get any.”

Gebrev paused for a moment, although he was very dissatisfied and angry with today's voting results.

But he knew very well that Wang Ye could not be blamed for this!

Even if there was something wrong with Wang Ye's ticket, he could not speak to Wang Ye in an accusatory tone.

After all, Wang Ye is no longer the young man who followed his uncle Hovchenko three years ago...

He hesitated and then asked: "If we immediately propose a second round of voting, are you... sure?"

Wang Ye smiled and said simply: "If you can ensure that the votes in favor of the first faction will not decrease and get at least 65 votes, there should be no problem."

Gebrev breathed a sigh of relief and his tone became lighter.

“That’s good, that’s good!

Sixty-five votes is definitely no problem. I will continue my work immediately and conduct a second vote as soon as possible.

This kind of thing cannot be delayed. The longer it is delayed, the greater the impact will be on the Kremlin! "

Also, the Kremlin’s presidential nomination was rejected by the Duma. This is definitely big news!

Moreover, it will have a negative impact on the Kremlin. If you want to reduce the impact, there is only one way.

That is to say, the second vote should be held as soon as possible, and it is guaranteed to pass...

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After hanging up the phone, Wang Ye lit a cigarette and stood by the window looking at the Moskva River not far away, feeling lost in thought.

Ordinarily, if he went all out to protect Meddev, it would only take one vote to get it done.

Now after another hard work, Meddev is still allowed to become the Z manager. What exactly is he trying to do?

In fact, Wang Ye's idea is very simple. He wants to give Meddev a blow...