Reborn Russia as an oligarch

Chapter 844 Two Great Powers
Kolov was a little bit embarrassed by Gryzlov's duty of righteous words.

His face was flushed, and he stretched out his hand to scratch his head, his gray hair was messed up.

He wanted to interrupt Gryzlov several times in the middle, but unfortunately Gryzlov didn't give him the chance.

After finally waiting for Gryzlov to finish speaking, he couldn't wait to defend himself:

"You can't blame me for this!
Everyone understands that a weak country has no diplomacy.

Look at the economic development of our country in recent years, look at the total GDP, it ranks outside the top ten in the world!

In addition, our previous national system has a hostile relationship with European and American countries.

So even now we have become a free and democratic society like European and American countries, but acceptance still needs a process, and it will take time..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhirinov, who didn't deal with him very much, sneered and said:
"Weak country?
Why, it turns out that in the eyes of our Comrade Kolov, Russia has never been a weak country!
No wonder when developing diplomatic relations, you are always looking forward and backward and submissive, and you can't speak hard, so how can others think highly of you!

Let me tell you, the main reason is that you, the person in charge, are too soft-boned and don't have the backbone of us Russians, so you are looked down upon everywhere in the international community, and your posture is getting lower and lower!
In this regard, I think Mikhail is countless times stronger than you.

He is full of passion for work, he is neither humble nor overbearing when facing anyone, and he also fights for the interests of our country with reason, and he will not give up at first!

This is the quality that a qualified diplomat should possess!

Therefore, I am in favor of Mikhail being the director of the Foreign Affairs Committee. No matter what, he will do a better job than you! "

These words really didn't save any face, Kolov's face turned blue and red when he said it directly.

The party leaders of the remaining four small factions also expressed their agreement with Gryzlov and Zhirinov, and agreed that Mikhail would take over as the director of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Kolov was full of despair, he finally realized what it means to be pushed down by everyone, this is it!
Isn't it because in this general election, the strength of their Moscow faction has been greatly reduced, and they only won [-] Duma seats.

It fell directly from the original second place to the fourth place.

The "sequelae" of the disastrous election defeat have begun to appear...

The leaders of all other factions have reached a consensus to support Mikhail to take over as the director of the Foreign Affairs Committee. No matter how unwilling they are, it is useless.

Because even if this matter is brought to the Duma Assembly and all Duma members vote, it is impossible for him to get enough votes.

The Petersburg faction and the Mikhail faction alone have more than [-] votes combined!

This will only make your situation more embarrassing...

Now that nothing can be done, Kolov no longer stubbornly resists. He rolled his eyes, forced a smile on his face, and said:
"Since everyone thinks so, then I won't say anything anymore, the minority obeys the majority.

However, after Mikhail took over as the director of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the director of the Economic Committee was vacant.

It just so happens that I am familiar with economic work, having worked in government departments for many years.

Let's just switch between the two of us, and I'll be the director of the Economic Committee! "

He is also a bachelor, and he has no clue to the end.

In order to recover some losses, he simply retreated to the next best thing and sought the position of director of an economic committee.

Although the Economic Committee is slightly weaker than the Foreign Affairs Committee in terms of influence in national affairs, it is not too far behind.

After all, the Economic Committee is actually in charge of domestic economic policies and approving the financial budgets of government departments.

There is also a lot of room to move around!
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Unfortunately, Kolov's wishful thinking did not succeed.

Gryzlov said dismissively:

"just you?
I am also ashamed to be in charge of the economic committee!
I would like to ask you, in the field of economics, whether you have served in the government department or in the Duma, have you achieved anything?

Before you speak, Comrade Kolov, please clear your head.

Take a look at how much Mikhail has contributed to the country's economic development over the past year as the director of the Economic Council!

Do you really have the confidence to achieve his achievement? "

Kolov was dumbfounded. He really didn't expect that Gryzlov would be so disrespectful to himself.

Immediately, he patted the conference table from embarrassment, stared and said:

"I'm not suitable for the Economic Committee, so I want to ask you, who else is suitable!

Could it be Zhirinov?
I can tell everyone responsibly that if he is in charge of the Economic Committee, he is not as good as me! "

According to Duma practice, the chairpersons of the three major economic committees can only be held by the speakers.

Now there are only four chairpersons and deputy speakers. Gryzlov will be the most important committee director, and Wang Ye will take over as the director of the foreign affairs committee. Zhirinov and Kolov are the only economic committee directors left.

In comparison, Kolov does understand the economy better.

At any rate, he has done related work, while Zhirinov has never been exposed to economic work at all!
Zhirinov blushed. He was indeed not very familiar with economic work, but he was still a little unconvinced by what Kolov said.

He immediately retorted: "Maybe I am suitable, or I may not be suitable, but I haven't tried it yet. But you have already determined that it will not work! So from this point of view, I seem to be more suitable than you."

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Gryzlov quickly stopped and said:

"Okay, there's no need for you to argue, Mikhail has done such a great job, no one else can achieve this result, including me!
Therefore, of course, he will continue to be the director of the economic committee. Isn't it normal to be the director of two committees at the same time?

And Mikhail is so young, naturally he should share more work, we can't let us old men do more work than him, haha..."

In fact, Gryzlov has changed the concept a bit here.

Indeed, the speaker or deputy speaker sometimes concurrently serves as the director of two or more committees.

But the problem is, the three committees are different from those small committees!

Under normal circumstances, it would not be the case that one person concurrently serves as the director of the two major committees...

However, apart from Kolov's dissatisfaction with Gryzlov's proposal, no one else objected.

Because everyone recognized Mikhail's economic ability very much!

As Gryzlov said, in the economic field, since the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, there is absolutely no one better than Mikhail in the past ten years!

Look at how many practical things he has done over the past year as the economic committee!

Especially in the past two years, the national economy has also improved rapidly, but the foundation is too weak, so the total amount is not large enough.

But give Mikhail a few more years, maybe he really has the ability to lead this country to prosperity!
Even if he can't, no one else can do it better than him...

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Vote again, seven in favor except Kolov.

It is settled that Wang Ye will continue to serve as the director of the Economic Committee!

Zhirinov and Kolov, the two were only assigned to the insignificant post of director of the small committee, and received the same treatment as the other four party leaders...

Although the first session of the new Duma has not yet been held, all faction leaders present here have clearly realized this.

In the future Duma, there will only be two major forces!

The Petersburg faction represented by Gryzlov is a big force in the Kremlin.

The "pan-liberal" faction headed by Mikhail is close to the Kremlin, but it is not a hardcore faction. It is also a big force, and it can even surpass the Petersburg faction in the new Duma!
Why is it called the "pan-liberal" faction? Because Mikhail's faction concept is relatively vague. It is both left and right. It also emphasizes that the government must have strong control and restrain certain industries...

Therefore, it is difficult to make a qualitative determination of Wang Ye's faction philosophy.

To describe it with high EQ, it is pan-freedom!

If you have a low EQ, you can have both sides...

The original Moscow faction has completely "degenerated", and it is difficult for them to become a big "mountain" on their own, but there are no other factions close to them, so if they want to do something, they must rely on the two major factions.

Compared with Grezlov and others, the Moscow faction is more willing to get closer to Mikhail.

Although they and Mikhail had many conflicts before, and even fought secretly, but at least the two sides have not torn faces in the open, and they are not the kind of endless enemies.

But they are completely different from the Petersburg faction, and the contradictions are irreconcilable!

Therefore, in most cases, they will favor Mikhail's side.

Not only for self-protection, but also for the "disgusting" Petersburg faction.

As for Zhirinov and the others, it is a new faction with Hovchenko as the core, and Hovchenko is Mikhail's uncle!
Unless when it comes to Khovchenko, perhaps Zhirinov will not agree with Mikhail, in everything else, he should follow in Mikhail's footsteps!

Based on such an analysis, among the top four factions, Wang Ye can "unite" to the third and fourth factions.

And although Gryzlov and the others occupy the title of "the first faction", they are actually isolated and helpless...

From this, it can be clearly analyzed that in the new Dumane, among the four major speakers, the one with the most weight and influence is not the speaker Gryzlov, but the first deputy speaker Mikhail. you!
After the meeting, Zhirinov and several small faction leaders congratulated Wang Ye. Even Kolov hesitated and came over to have a few polite words with Wang Ye.

Because Wang Ye's harvest is the biggest, the director of the three major committees, he won two!

It is not an exaggeration to say that the Duma is dominated by power...

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The impact of the victory in the Duma election is not only reflected in the fact that Wang Ye has gained more real power.

It also includes the attitude of everyone around him towards him, which is even more obvious!

Pu Ding personally called and invited Wang Ye and Rosiana over for dinner.

You know, Wang Ye has been there many times before, but it was always Gebrev who called, and this was the first time Puding called him on his own initiative...

It was still the familiar small restaurant, with the same four people, Puding, Wang Ye, Rosiana, and Gobrev.

It's not too obvious, but Wang Ye also felt that Puding's attitude towards him was more "friendly". After seeing him, he smiled more than before...

"Misha, congratulations!

I really didn't expect that you are not only talented in business, but also in politics.

The result of the Duma election this time has surprised many people.

Under your leadership, the small faction that was originally unknown has become the backbone of the Duma in just a short time.

Seriously, before the election, I already overestimated you and your faction, and thought you should be able to get a hundred seats this time.

But it turned out that I still underestimated you, haha..."

As soon as we met, Puding embraced Wang Ye's shoulder with a smile on his face, congratulating him half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Wang Ye showed his signature shy smile on his face, and said modestly: "This is all due to the members of the faction, and has nothing to do with me. I just provided some logistical support for everyone, and... a little money. .”

Gebrev smiled and shook his head beside him and said, "You are a bit hypocritical. In this general election of the Duma, who doesn't know that your faction has the most abundant resources and the most abundant funds! Even in the later stage, even Grezlow Husbands are going to ask you for help and some publicity resources."

This is really true.

Before and during the election, Wang Ye invested in the constituencies planned by Wang Ye and the members of the factions he was trying to protect.

There are enough publicity resources, and the funds can be spent freely!

Regardless of whether the competitor is from Yang or Yin, Wang Ye will accompany him to the end!
Elections are not just a show. They require not only capable candidates, but also the investment of various resources and funds.

In this regard, Wang Ye, the leader of the party, absolutely shamed the leaders of all other factions.

This is why Wang Ye's faction has expanded so many people in a short period of time, but it is still the best among all factions in terms of unity and stability.

Because most of the members are convinced of Wang Ye, the leader of the party!
In contrast, Gryzlov's Petersburg faction needless to say, was originally mixed with fish and dragons, and the funds were relatively limited, so they couldn't compete with Wang Ye and Hovchenko.

The Moscow faction faced the joint "encirclement and suppression" of the two major factions and was targeted everywhere, which is why they lost so badly.

As for Hovchenko's faction, of course there is no problem with funding, but after all, the newly established faction still suffers in terms of personnel, background, and popularity. It has already performed exceptionally well to get so many seats!

The rest of the small factions are not worth mentioning.

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(End of this chapter)