Reborn Russia As An Oligarch

In the few days at the end of December, Wang Ye participated in the board of directors of several group companies non-stop.

Yukos Group, Gazprom, United Airlines Group, Gazprom, Polar Bear Investment Company, Siberian Gold, Kitty Eagle Group...

Among them, Wang Ye received an astonishing dividend of US$2.8 billion from Yukos Group!

Gazprom is a little less, and he doesn't have many shares, so it's only $500 million.

Siberian Gold was successful and received a dividend of US$900 million.

Kitty Eagle Group gave Wang Ye a surprise. Its annual profit in 2004 was as high as 1.8 billion U.S. dollars!

After all, in this group company, due to the existence of exclusive gambling licenses, there are no competitors at all, with low investment and high revenue!

Moreover, with the putting into use of ultra-luxury cruise ships and the opening of several new tourist routes, the tourism market of many countries in Eurasia has been opened up. Therefore, the performance of Kitty Eagle Group this year has grown very rapidly!

Although the overall size of this group is not large, it is indeed a rare cash cow and a real money tree!

At the board meeting, Wang Ye, after consulting with Miss He and Constantine, planned to focus on the five-star hotel business and high-end luxury shopping malls next year, that is, 2005!

Gambling business is expensive but not expensive, and it has relatively large limitations. It would be good to be able to operate the three existing gaming centers and a luxury cruise ship well.

But five-star hotels and high-end luxury shopping malls definitely have almost unlimited market space and imagination!

Moreover, the Kitty Eagle Group already has the genes of being a hotel. The Kitty Eagle Hotel in Moscow was originally a high-end hotel...

In the high-end luxury business, the one Nalan Yaqi runs next to the Xiaoying Hotel will be officially opened next year. It can be used as a pilot to see the effect.

If the effect is good, we will immediately expand to Petersburg, Yalta, and even Kifou.

These cities are all their own "territory". Wang Ye's decision on where he wants the land is basically a matter of words!

The five-star hotel business is even easier. Now the group has several hotels that have been opened and are actually being renovated. It can be done by improving the service standards and renovating those that need renovation.

If Kitty Eagle Group wants to enter the Asian market in the future, hotels and high-end luxury shopping malls will be its real core businesses!

After comprehensive consideration, Wang Ye decided that Kitty Eagle Group would no longer pay dividends this year and use all profits for business expansion.

Next year, it is planned to build three new high-end luxury shopping malls, located in Petersburg, Krimi and Kif.

And all five of its existing and under-construction hotels will be upgraded to five-star standards!

Then acquire or build a new five-star hotel in Kifou.

If the funds are insufficient, you can apply for loans and financing appropriately, or even consider introducing a new local shareholder in Uzbekistan.

There are also ready-made candidates, and Yulia is the most suitable one, no one...

Miss He and Constantine expressed no objections and fully supported Wang Ye's decision.

After rapid expansion next year, Kitty Eagle Group will truly become a giant company integrating gaming, accommodation, and shopping throughout Eastern Europe!

This is in line with Wang Ye's positioning of this group company.

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Except for those group companies with generous dividends, the remaining companies, such as Polar Bear Investment, Gazprom, United Airlines, and Crimea Investment, are all "difficult households."

Needless to say, the two investment companies have different natures. At this stage, Wang Ye still needs to continue to invest money, and it is far from the time to harvest.

Among them, Polar Bear Investment Company does not need to invest additional funds for the time being, because there are no projects on the market that Wang Ye wants to invest in, and there is still a lot of remaining funds in the company's account.

What they have to do is to continue to follow up on projects that have already been invested, or to provide professional advice and services when Wang Ye needs to make new investments.

Crimea Investment Company is a big money swallower, and its demand for funds is almost bottomless!

Wang Ye calculated it and found that he had received a total of US$4.85 billion in dividends this year. Of course, this money could not be directly transferred into his personal account, as that would be too much tax!

Directly let professional financial institutions allocate all the money for investment.

Of course, some of these investments also require more cumbersome procedures to bypass certain regulations...

But there is no need for Wang Ye to worry about it. Why do he have so many people under his command?

Just leave professional matters to professionals, who only need to issue instructions.

After consideration, Wang Ye added an additional US$1 billion to Crimea Investment Company and injected another US$2 billion into Zhang Xiaoxi's asset management company!

There is no way, Zhang Xiaoxi wants to build a large-scale commercial complex, which is an absolutely asset-heavy project and requires a huge amount of capital investment!

Even if you can obtain loan financing from local financial institutions, your own funds cannot be too small, otherwise the risk will be great.

Therefore, Wang Ye would rather invest more, borrow less, and play it safe and steady.

In addition, Wang Ye also invested an additional US$350 million in Russian Automobile Group, allowing Katya to use it to build sales channels and do publicity and promotion.

The remaining 1.5 billion US dollars also has a place to go.

Wang Ye plans to strike again and make a big acquisition!

As long as this acquisition is successful, his voice will be greater in the world's energy field!

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It stands to reason that there is no need for Constantine to come in person to the Kitty Eagle Group's year-end meeting.

Obviously, coming here for a meeting was just a pretense. His real purpose was to see Wang Ye because there was a big matter and he wanted to make plans with Wang Ye.

After the group meeting, Constantine took Wang Ye to the big office on the top floor for a secret meeting.

Without going around in circles, as soon as he sat down, Constantine said seriously: "Misha, there is a big project that I don't know if you are interested in."

Wang Ye asked with a smile: "In which aspect?"

"Siberian Coal Group! In the past two years, this company has acquired almost all large coal mines in the country and integrated the coal industry. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is close to domestic coal resources!" Constantine replied.

Wang Ye frowned, Siberia Coal Group...

Of course he is familiar with this name. It is indeed one of the giant companies in the Russian energy industry.

Of course, the price of coal is not high these days, and compared with oil and natural gas, coal is not that eye-catching.

In addition, although Russia's coal resources are not bad, ranking among the top five in the world, they are only proven quantities and have not been truly developed, so the overall volume is not very large.

Therefore, Wang Ye did not set his sights on this industry. He had more and more important things to be busy with.

But now according to what Constantine means, has he found an entry point to acquire the Siberian Coal Group?

"Who is behind this company?" Wang Ye asked cautiously.

On Damao's side, let alone energy giants, any large-scale company's background is not that simple!

Before you want to take action against a certain company, you must first conduct a clear background check on the other party.

Otherwise, if the other party's background is too tough, not only will it not be possible to make a profit, but it will also easily break your teeth...

Konstantin smiled slightly, "Kasyanov!"

Wang Ye suddenly realized that no wonder Constantine suddenly wanted to take action on Siberian coal. It turned out that the backend of this company had collapsed...

He was a little hesitant. He planned to win over Kasyanov later. If he really went to engage in Siberian coal, wouldn't he offend others?

Seemingly seeing Wang Ye's thoughts, Constantine explained:

“After Kasyanov stepped down, Siberian Coal has been in a hurry to find a new backer.

As far as I know, they frequently contacted the core figures of the Petersburg faction and wanted to get the opportunity to enter the Kremlin Palace.

However, there hasn't been much progress yet, which means that the Kremlin has not recognized this company yet.

So now is the best window period!

If we don't take action now, we won't be able to take action again if they get close to Kremlin. "

Wang Ye nodded. Constantine, this old fox, is indeed very cunning!

Steady and ruthless style of doing things!

As he said, when Kasyanov was in office before, it was really difficult to touch this company.

If this company really gets closer to the Kremlin in the future, it will be even worse to touch it.

Then this period of time is a "gap period". There is no backer behind it, and it is at the weakest time point of "abandoning the darkness and turning to the light".

The resistance to attack it will be much smaller...

So, the key question now is whether it is worth spending effort and money to acquire Siberia Coal Group!

Wang Ye did not speak in a hurry, but took the cigarette case casually, lit a black Russian, held his chin in one hand, and held the cigarette in the other, thinking deeply.

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He didn't think about the problems he would encounter with the acquisition.

Just kidding, with my current strength, as long as the opponent doesn't have a big backer like Katsumi standing behind him.

In other words, he is from the same faction as himself and has a close relationship, so he is too embarrassed to take action.

Then it can’t be done!

The only thing to consider is whether it’s worth it!

Wang Ye is not too familiar with coal, and Russia's coal industry is far less famous than its oil and natural gas.

Many people are more familiar with Australian coal, or Indonesian coal, or even Mengshan coal...

But Wang Ye’s position as director of the Economic Committee was not for nothing. According to the information he had seen, the proven reserves of coal in Russia ranked around fifth in the world.

In 2004, it occupied nearly 10% of the global coal market.

If we increase investment and increase production, we should be able to account for 1.5 to 20% of the global coal market.

If you look at it this way, it already has strategic value!

It's worth taking action yourself...

After thinking about this clearly, Wang Ye put out the cigarette butt in his hand, raised his head and said calmly: "Then let's do it."

This sentence means that he has agreed to Constantine's suggestion and plans to join forces with Constantine to acquire the Siberian Coal Group!

Constantine was overjoyed and quickly put his head in and said, "Would you like to send someone to do this?"

Wang Ye said with a smile: "When setting up a new company, the funds go to an offshore company and then come back. It is best not to be able to tell who the controlling shareholder is from the books.

However, if you really want to make an acquisition, you still need to let the other party know.

You take care of this.

It's not very convenient for me to come forward. "

Of course, it would be inconvenient for Wang Ye to come forward to acquire the Siberian Coal Group. It was different from when he acquired the Siberian Petroleum Company. At that time, he did not have an official position and it was purely commercial!

Now, when most people see him, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely not his business identity, but "Deputy Speaker", "Party Leader", "Committee Director"...

Moreover, it is easier to leave a talking point and attract criticism from political opponents.

So he specifically asked Constantine to hide the source of the funds, and it was best not to expose him.

Constantine naturally understood and nodded simply: "Of course! But... what if the other party refuses to acquire it?"

Why did he involve Wang Ye to do this? Of course it wasn't because Wang Ye was his "grandson-in-law".

Constantine is a person who "keeps a clear distinction between public and private affairs." The reason why he roped in Wang Ye to do this acquisition is so that when the acquisition encounters difficulties, someone can solve the difficulties...

Wang Ye smiled slightly, "We don't want to take advantage of the other party. Let's give him a fair market price. But if the other party is ignorant and refuses our goodwill, then he will be fined if he doesn't drink the toast. I'll take care of it." "

What I want is his words!

Constantine smiled heartily and said:

“That’s ok, the boss of Siberian Coal Group is named Menichenko.

This guy has a big business, including banking, fertilizer, and steel businesses.

His bank branches are located on many streets in Moscow, providing currency exchange services.

Oh, last year he spent $350 million to customize a private yacht.

It can be seen that I made a lot of money. "

He was telling Wang Ye the information about Menichenko, the boss of the Siberia Group...

Of course, there was no need for him to say it. Wang Ye gave the order and within a few days, from Menichenko’s birth to the present, how many members of the family were there, whether there were any illegitimate children, what color underwear he liked to wear...

All information related to Menichenko will be collected and placed in front of Wang Ye!

If Menichenko really doesn't accept the relatively "reasonable" acquisition price and wants to show off, then Wang Ye will teach him how to behave...

To be honest, taking advantage of the fact that Siberia Coal Group has no backing to propose an acquisition does feel a bit like bullying. This is called taking advantage of others' danger.

But Wang Ye didn't have any psychological burden.

He knows very well that these days, none of those engaged in energy and finance in the country are "clean"!

Oligarchs large and small, whether they engage in mergers and acquisitions or cooperation with each other, are nothing more than the big fish eating the small fish, and the small fish eating the shrimp.

At the very least, after Wang Ye takes over the coal group, he will try to expand its scale and provide more jobs.

They will also pay taxes honestly and even assume more social responsibilities.

Isn't this better than leaving the company to those oligarchs and letting them transfer the money they earn abroad to spend their days and nights, buy super yachts and private jets?