Reborn Russia as an oligarch

Chapter 823 Strange Phenomena

Although he became the son-in-law of the Romanov family and got engaged to the Grand Duchess Rosiana, all of this will not have much impact on Wang Ye in a short time.

He knows very well that these are all external things, which can only serve as icing on the cake, but cannot give instant help.

Only when his own strength becomes stronger, then he will be able to handle both sides with ease among all forces.

Otherwise, not only will this identity not bring any help to me, it will even become a burden!
So after finishing the engagement, Wang Ye refocused his energy on work.

The time has come to October, and 2003 will soon be over.

The propaganda competition between the various factions has also begun to heat up!
The second faction can't take care of "attacking" Wangye now, because they have become difficult to protect themselves.

After Gryzlov and Wang Ye "conspired", they began a series of measures specifically targeting the second faction.

For example, within the traditional sphere of influence of the second faction, that is, the Moscow region, both the first faction and the third faction have increased their investment, each focusing on several areas to avoid competition with each other.

Grab the seat of the second faction!
If only Wang Ye's third faction did this, then the second faction didn't matter. In any case, their faction's background is still there, and the number of people is more than the third faction.

But now that the first faction has joined in, the second faction can't bear it a bit.

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In a large manor in the suburbs, the core figures of the second faction gathered here and held a meeting.

The second faction has two core figures, namely the deputy speaker of the Duma and the party leader Kolov, and the other is Moscow Governor Luzhkov!

One of the two is in the Ming Dynasty, and the other is in the Ming Dynasty. It can be regarded as the "dual core" of the faction, but they develop separately on two lines.

However, Kolov has only accumulated qualifications in the Duma, and Luzhkov's ambitions will be even greater. He intends to hit the top position!

In the last general election, he almost ran for the election, but he gave up that opportunity after many parties negotiated.

But this does not mean that Luzhkov will not participate in the general election in the future. To be honest, he is currently considering whether to participate in next year's election, and he has not yet made up his mind.

"The situation is very serious. According to reports from many members of the faction, they all encountered strong sniping in their respective constituencies! Either Gryzlov's people or Mikhail's people, depending on the situation, The two of them are joining forces to mess with us."

Kolov said with a stern expression.

When he said this, the backbones of several factions below also began to complain.

"Yeah! Originally, there were basically no people competing with me in my constituency. As a result, a member of the first faction suddenly appeared during this period of time. He went to various streets to give lectures every day like crazy, and distributed gifts as if they were free of money. .Because of what he did, my approval rating in the constituency began to plummet! If the faction doesn’t give me strong support, I won’t be able to hold on, and next year’s election is probably going to be useless.”

"Ah? Is it the same on your side? I thought I was the only one who encountered this situation! But I met people from the third faction, and they also used the same methods, pushing, preaching, and giving gifts! They are real If you spend a lot of money, just go to their lectures and get a bottle of vodka per person, how can you do that?"

"This matter is definitely not simple, they are planning to encircle us!"

"That's right. It looks like it was premeditated. We must launch a counterattack immediately, otherwise we don't have to participate in next year's election, and we will definitely lose."

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The key members of the faction expressed their opinions one after another, but most of them were not optimistic.

Kolov's mood became more and more heavy. The people present today are all key members of the faction. How many Duma seats they can get next year depends on them.

As a result, these key members all encountered sniping!

With mental arithmetic and unintentional, coupled with two major factions of opponents, one has a deep foundation and is powerful, and the other has strong financial resources and is in the limelight!

And on my own side, whether it is fighting for strength, background or financial resources, all are at a disadvantage!

It's really difficult...

Luzhkov, who had been smoking silently with a gloomy face, suddenly spoke.

He stubbed out the cigarette butt in his hand, coughed twice, everyone fell silent, and turned their eyes to him.

Really, Luzhkov is the true "soul" of the faction!
He has been in politics for decades, and has countless acquaintances, and many of them were brought up by him.

In the national political arena, his prestige is very high, even the Kremlin is afraid of him!

"Don't mess yourself up! According to the information I have, the first faction and the third faction have indeed united to deal with us." Luzhkov said hoarsely.

Hearing what he said, the meeting room was a bit noisy. After all, everyone was just guessing and not really sure.

But since Luzhkov said so, it must be something that has already been determined.

Faced with the joint offensive of the two major factions, everyone was naturally a little panicked.

"There's nothing to be nervous about. In fact, from another perspective, since they have concentrated their resources to attack us, other constituencies will naturally relax. We can also go to other constituencies to attack them like them. Perhaps In our traditional sphere of influence, some seats will be lost, so it will be fine to make up for them from other places." Luzhkov said disapprovingly.

The others didn't speak. Kolov smiled wryly, and grinned, "Although this method is good, but if you want to attack them, you need resources to support it. We don't have much political donations now..."

After all, it's all because of poverty!

Originally, this campaign method was a gold-swallowing monster!

When the strengths of the two sides are equal, whichever side has more financial resources will have the upper hand and increase the odds of winning.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that whoever has the most money will definitely win. In that case, there is no need for everyone to run for election. Before the election, directly compare who gets the most donations, and then announce on the spot that the side with the most donations will win. ...

In the election process, there are still situations where the weak win the strong, and it is not uncommon!
But no matter what, the party with more donations still has a big advantage...

Only when the difference in financial resources between the two sides is not particularly large, is it possible for the weak to defeat the strong.

If one party donates hundreds of millions of dollars, and the other party only has tens of millions or even millions, then there is basically no need to compare, the party with more money will definitely win!

The biggest problem facing the second faction now is not that there is no one, but that there is no money!
Luzhkov also understood this truth, so he nodded, thought for a while, and said: "I will find a solution to the money problem. Try to get a donation of [-] to [-] million dollars for the faction within a month. Next year we will The seats in the Duma may not increase, and may even decrease, but the position of the second faction must be kept! If it really falls to the third faction, then everything will be over."

Indeed, if the power of their faction is greatly weakened, then Luzhkov will not even think about participating in the general election in the future.

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Here in Damao, the general election process is not the same as in Europe and the United States.

It is divided into four steps.

The first step is to nominate candidates.

In this step, legal citizens or political party factions can freely form a campaign coalition and nominate candidates for their own coalition.

Note that each campaign alliance can only propose one candidate, and this candidate does not have to belong to their faction.

This is why Putin is not a member of the first faction, but is still a candidate launched by the first faction, and was successfully elected with the full support of the first faction.

But Luzhkov's situation is different, he can only count on his own faction.

It is impossible for the first faction and the third faction of Wang Ye to support him.

In addition, it does not mean that just a few people or any pheasant faction can elect a candidate to run for election. There is still a threshold here.

The threshold is that any candidate elected by any campaign coalition must have 100 million signatures of voters!
At the same time, these 100 million voters cannot be concentrated in a certain region or state, and the number of signatures in a single administrative region cannot exceed [-]!

With this level, all the "fake" candidates will be wiped out!

It also means that the threshold for participating in the general election is extremely high!

At present, there are not many candidates who are really capable and willing to participate in the general election next year.

There is no doubt that Puding will run for election.

Hovchenko also made his attitude clear. If he wants to participate in the general election, in terms of his financial resources and the current resources invested by the faction, let alone whether he can win the election in the end, but there should be no problem in successfully running for the election.

The other one is Luzhkov!

There are several other candidates who are also capable of participating, namely Gryzlov, Kolov, and Mikhail.

But they are obviously not interested in participating...

Oh, in fact, Mikhail does not meet the candidate requirements, because there are regulations that only citizens who have reached the age of 35 can participate in the election.

Wang Ye is only 22 years old this year, a difference of 13 years!

Unless he can push the Duma to revise the constitution, he is not eligible to run for election.

The second step is campaign propaganda.

After the candidates have confirmed their qualifications for election, they can use various media channels to promote their ruling ideas.

The party with strong financial resources in this link naturally has a greater advantage.

But in order to ensure basic fairness, each candidate will be given at least 10 minutes of free appearance time on national television.

Want more time to showcase your talents?

Sorry, that will cost extra!

The third step is to start voting and counting votes.

There is nothing to say about this, it depends on who gets more votes.

If a candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, he is immediately declared the winner.

If after the first round of voting, the votes of many candidates do not exceed 50%, the two candidates with the highest percentage of votes will be selected to start the second round of voting, and the candidate with the most votes will win the election.

The fourth step, of course, is for the winner to declare victory and take office...

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Hearing that Luzhkov promised to "make" a donation of [-] to [-] million U.S. dollars, everyone was overjoyed.

This is all wasted money!

Moreover, the second faction's seat target for next year is not high, and it plans to concentrate resources to ensure that the seats of key members are given priority.

Then calculate it this way, everyone can get a lot of money!

There was also a smile on Kolov's face, and he said with a smile: "Then there is no problem! Now that the funding problem has been solved, the next step is to see the performance of everyone here. I hope everyone can work together to create factions together." brilliant future!"

When it's time to cheer everyone up, you should also cheer up. It can't be that the real competition has not started yet, and the morale on my side is low, so what's the point of running for it?

"Don't worry, as long as the funds can keep up, I will never lose!"

"Yes, yes, now we are at a disadvantage because we don't have enough publicity resources and funds."

"Not to mention anything else, as long as the faction gives me another $500 million in campaign funds, my Duma seat will definitely be won!"

"I... I only need 300 million dollars!"...

The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became lively, those who expressed their opinions expressed their opinions, and those who asked for money asked for money...

This is the power of money!
If you want to be the leader of a faction, it is obviously not enough to have qualifications and influence.

This is the reason why Kolov can only stay in the Duma without greater ambitions.

Luzhkov was able to bring in enough donations for the faction, while Kolov couldn't...

Therefore, on the surface, Kolov is the leader of the faction and the leader.

But in fact, people in the faction, including other factions, know that the real soul of the second faction is Luzhkov!

Just like the real soul of the first faction is Puding, even if Puding is not even a member of the first faction...

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Naturally, Wang Ye didn't know about the "counterattack" planned by the second faction.

He just proceeded according to the established plan that he had discussed with Gryzlov.

Now it is just to let the selected backbone members of the faction to "play freely" and do some preliminary work.

So Wang Ye is not too busy, just sit in the Duma office, dispatch personnel, allocate resources, and coordinate the overall situation.

By the time before the campaign starts, Wang Ye will really get busy.

Not only did he have to ensure that his own election would not be a surprise, but he also had to help members who were not in a favorable situation go to the platform and solicit votes.

As the leader of the party, the responsibility is naturally great!
It's not just about paying money, but at critical moments, you must be able to stand up and endorse the faction members.

As for the effect of the platform, it depends on personal charm and influence.

At this point, Wang Ye should be regarded as a qualified party leader. I dare not say that there are a lot of people who responded with a wave of arms, but it can be said that everyone responded...

On this day, when he was burying his head in processing the documents, Rosiana suddenly asked:

"Misha, have you noticed a strange phenomenon recently?"

Wang Ye didn't raise his head, but asked instead: "What strange phenomenon?"

"How do I feel that recently, there have been a lot of people who want to join our faction! There are too many... not normal." Rosiana asked a little puzzled.

(End of this chapter)