Reborn Russia as an oligarch

Chapter 827 Bargaining
Seeing these two numbers, especially the latter one, Wang Ye frowned.

It's not that he thinks too much, but that he feels too little!
2.5 trillion rubles. According to the current exchange rate, the exchange rate of US dollars to rubles is 31:1, which is almost 800 billion US dollars...

For such a big country, the annual fiscal expenditure is only 800 billion US dollars, which is quite "poor" to be honest!

Especially in comparison with other big countries, the annual fiscal revenue of the United States in 2003 was 1.78 trillion US dollars, and the fiscal expenditure reached an astonishing 2.16 trillion US dollars!

Another "deficit" of nearly 4000 billion US dollars...

The shortfall alone is worth five big hairs, how can it compare?
Well, the old United States is the number one power in the world, the only one there, and it cannot be compared with it.

Then look at countries with similar "grades".

In a large country in Asia, the fiscal expenditure in 2003 was 8000 trillion RMB, which is about [-] billion U.S. dollars, which is also ten times that of Da Mao!

I don't know if I don't know, I'm shocked.

The amount of fiscal expenditures of other big countries is much more generous than that of Da Mao.

The significance represented by this fiscal expenditure is very significant!
To put it mildly, this expenditure budget determines the income of all state agency staff in the next year, which is a major matter related to people's livelihood.

On a larger scale, the country's military investment, scientific research investment, people's livelihood, public security, education, medical care, etc., all depend on this amount.

The reason is very simple. Take medical care as an example. If you are not willing to invest money in it, and the salaries of doctors and nurses cannot support yourself, then who wants to continue working.

Even if you have no choice but to continue to stick to your post, you can imagine the work attitude.

If people are gone, will the medical system still function normally?
The same is true for other industries, education, public security, scientific research...

If you are not willing to throw money into it, you will never get better!
Therefore, Wang Ye believes that this number must be increased, otherwise, the dilemma of various industries will still be impossible to change!
However, if you want to modify the fiscal expenditure, you must convince everyone that next year's fiscal revenue will also increase significantly.

After all, few countries dare to make ends meet every year like Lao Mei, earning more and spending more!

Because it is the only one that exists, even if there are any problems, people all over the world will "pay" for it, so it doesn't care about debts.

But Da Mao is not qualified for this, and he dare not try...

Then it is necessary to ensure the annual fiscal expenditure, under the control of fiscal revenue, no excessive expenditure, and no debt.

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How much was Damao's fiscal revenue in 2004?

Wang Ye tried his best to recall for a long time, but he didn't remember...

After all, he was not an expert in economics in his previous life, but just an ordinary person. Even if he stayed with Da Mao for several years, he would not care about the country's annual financial revenue.

But Wang Ye probably knew that before 2014, that is, before the "recovery" of Crimea, Da Mao's economy had been developing at a high speed.

This is also benefited from the sharp rise in international crude oil prices!

Assuming that in 2004, Damao's GDP growth rate was 8%, which is already a relatively conservative figure.

Then the fiscal revenue should reach 2.8 trillion rubles. As for the expenditure...

Wang Ye wants to change it to three trillion rubles, which is 1000 billion U.S. dollars.

With the gradual improvement of the Russian economy, the exchange rate of the ruble is also slowly rising, at least it can stabilize to around 30:1.

You must know that when Wang Ye first came to Moscow, the ruble was only 24:1 against the US dollar.

But how to convince people in the government to agree with this idea...

Wang Ye instructed Rosiana: "Call the finance minister and invite him to come to my office, and tell him that there are some issues I want to discuss with him about the financial report. By the way, what is the name of our finance minister?"

Usually, he seldom contacts people from the government, so he doesn't even know the name of the finance minister...

Rosiana naturally knew, and immediately replied: "Kudrin, he also serves as vice president L!"

This shows the position of the Minister of Finance...

But it's useless. In terms of level, Kudrin is still half a level lower than Wang Ye.

Normally, Kudrin and Wang Ye might not interfere with each other, and they don't need to pay too much attention to Wang Ye, the deputy speaker, but at the moment of approving the budget, Wang Ye can easily handle him!

Rosiana nodded, picked up the landline on the desk, and made a direct call.

After a few simple exchanges, he hung up the phone, turned to look at Wang Ye and said, "I'll ask him to come over at two o'clock in the afternoon."

Wang Ye nodded, didn't say anything, and continued to study those two documents.

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After lunch, I took a brief break, drank a cup of coffee, and continued to work.

Lao Maozi doesn't have the habit of taking a nap here, and besides, it's already December, and people aren't as sleepy as they are in summer.

At two o'clock, under the leadership of his assistant Elena, Kudrin walked into Wang Ye's office.

Kudrin is just in his early [-]s this year, and he is the Deputy Prime Minister of the government and the Minister of Finance.
He was thin, with short black and gray hair, a fair face, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He looked refined and refined, like a university professor.

Judging by his appearance, it is estimated that he also has Jewish ancestry...

"Boss, Mr. Kudrin is here." Elena reported softly.

Wang Ye raised his head and looked at the past. Kudrin quickly walked two steps, came to Wang Ye's desk, bowed slightly and said, "Hi, Speaker Mikhail."

Whether it's sincerely respecting Wang Ye or putting on a show, at least the etiquette is in place.

Kudrin is not stupid either. He is the person in charge of the government's budget formulation, which is also the highlight of his work every year.

And this young guy in front of him, not to mention having the power to kill and kill this financial budget, but he also has great influence!
If he was really stuck at Mikhail's level, that would be enough for him to bear.

Of course, under normal circumstances, even if the Duma has any dissatisfaction with the budget, it will not get stuck too much.

After all, the government will continue to operate next year. Once the budget is stuck and cannot be passed, it is tantamount to a government shutdown, and the consequences are still very serious.

Under normal circumstances, no one wants to take on this responsibility, even if it is a powerful figure like the Speaker of the Duma and the Deputy Speaker...

But Kudrin didn't dare to take it lightly. This was the first time he had dealt with Mikhail, and he had heard that the young deputy speaker didn't like to play cards according to common sense.

The Ministry of Energy suffered a big loss in his hands!
From the minister to the deputy minister, he was almost "cleaned" again!
The lessons learned from the past are there, he would rather lower his posture, and he doesn't want to have any conflicts with the young deputy speaker...

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Reaching out without hitting the smiling person, Kudrin's status and real power are not much lower than his own, and he respects him so much, Wang Ye also treated him with courtesy, and stood up with a smile.

Stretching out his right hand, he said, "Finance Minister Kudrin, welcome. Please sit down. Regarding this budget, I have some things that I don't quite understand, and I want to ask you for advice. After all, I will get the economic committee meeting soon." For discussion, it is better to clarify the doubtful points in advance, so as to save time to make amendments, which will be troublesome.”

Kudrin quickly held Wang Ye's hand, and said with a smile: "Speaker Mikhail is right, if you have any questions, just ask, my recent work is this financial budget report, so you can feel free to Call anytime!"

The two sat down respectively, and Wang Ye opened the "2004 Government Budget Report on Financial Expenditure".

Pointing to the row of numbers, he asked briskly, "Isn't the budget for next year a bit conservative?"

At first, Kudrin didn't react yet.

Because according to his past experience, every year on Duma's side, people who gossip here and there basically think that the set expenditure budget is too high!

In other words, you are not satisfied with the specific division of the expenditure budget, such as a certain department has given too much, and a certain department has given less.

But no one has ever said that the expenditure budget they formulated was less...

So he said bluntly: "This figure was verified by the expert group of the Ministry of Finance after repeated discussions. To ensure the smooth operation of various institutions next year, we must have this budget, which is not too high..."

Wang Ye interrupted him, smiled and said, "I mean, there are too few!"

Kudrin stood there stupidly on the spot, staring at Wang Ye dumbfounded, not knowing what to say for a while.

He looked at Wang Ye with puzzled eyes, as if wondering if he heard it wrong.

Wang Ye smiled and nodded, which meant that he heard correctly.

Kudrin also reacted quickly. He pursed his lips, quickly organized his language, and then said sincerely: "Thank you, Speaker Mikhail, for being considerate of the difficulties in our government department's work. I... am very touched. !"

This is not a lie, Wang Ye is willing to transfer more funds to him, how could he not be grateful.

After a pause, Kudrin continued:
"really!
This expenditure budget is very tight. When we first drafted this budget, we racked our brains to deduct a little from this department and a little from that department.

Those who should be deducted will definitely be deducted, and even those that should not be deducted will be deducted with gritted teeth.

To be honest, even if the Duma successfully approves the budget, I will still face questioning from various agencies and departments when I go back.

If the budget can be raised a bit, that's of course the best!
In this way, we have more room to operate, and the shortage of funds in many departments can also be alleviated.

But well...

Next year's fiscal revenue is only so much, if the expenditure budget is increased, wouldn't it be debts again.

No debts, no expansion of debts, this has been negotiated long ago..."

As he spoke, he stopped, wanting to see Wang Ye's reaction.

Spending more than you earn means you are in debt!
This is a big problem, and he dare not take responsibility, so there must be an explanation for this problem first.

Otherwise, even if Speaker Mikhail supports his work, it will be useless and uncountable.

Wang Ye waved his hand casually, "It's okay, don't worry about your income and debts, I'll take care of it. You just need to tell me, what is the total budget for each department next year if they don't want to worry about funds?" ?”

Kudrin was immediately overjoyed when he heard the words, because the biggest problem, that is, who is responsible, Speaker Mikhail is willing to take it down.

Then what else can he say!
He quickly said: "This question is very simple. In fact, if it reaches three trillion rubles, it will be very rich!"

This number happened to be similar to what Wang Ye thought.

Because Kudrin is also a professional, even if he got this opportunity to increase the budget, he would not dare to "lion open his mouth".

The amount mentioned must be reliable and feasible, otherwise, it will not only appear that he is too amateurish, but also make Chairman Mikhail unhappy, and maybe this matter will become a scandal...

Three trillion rubles!
If next year's fiscal revenue can reach 2000 trillion yuan smoothly, that means [-] billion rubles in debt, which is still within the acceptable range.

In case the economy explodes next year, maybe there will be no debts!

Although it is said that in a big country like Da Mao, the annual fiscal revenue will basically not be much different, the prerequisite is that no special circumstances will be encountered.

But after all, Da Mao's fiscal revenue mainly depends on energy exports, which are still relatively volatile, and there are many uncontrollable factors.

There is indeed the possibility of an upset...

Wang Ye nodded. The expenditure budget of 5000 trillion rubles was [-] billion more than the original [-] trillion.

Then, the next key question is how to spend the extra money!

Looking down at the budget expenditure, Wang Ye seemed to say casually:
"I met with Koro Koli from the Internal Affairs Department and Shao Yigu from the Security Bureau two days ago, and both of them were complaining to me, saying that the department's budget was too tight and they were almost unable to pay their salaries.

But their two departments are also related to social security and national security issues, so they have to be taken seriously.

For next year's budget, my suggestion is to allocate more funds to these two departments. "

Kudrin immediately understood and said: "Speaker, you are right! These two departments are really hard, with many staff and heavy tasks. The increased budget of 5000 billion, or... give them an increase of 1000 billion rubles each? "

That's the bargain.

Wang Ye supports him to increase the budget by 5000 billion, but part of it must be given to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Security Bureau.

How much will be given is negotiable.

Surely the 5000 billion cannot be given in full, and Kudrin would not be happy about it, because that would mean using his hands and name to help Wang Ye's "good brother" get benefits!
But you can't give too little, and Wang Ye won't agree if you give too little...

He tentatively stated the amount of 2000 billion, which is not too much, but definitely not too much!
Wang Ye frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "It's not enough! The two departments, each should give an extra 500 billion. The domestic security situation is quite tense now."

Kudrin can't refute this point. In the past two or three years, there have indeed been some incidents in the country, and everyone has paid attention to safety issues from top to bottom. Wang Ye found a good reason for this...

(End of this chapter)