Reborn Russia as an oligarch

Chapter 854 Partners
"Even if there are only two of them, it's still up to you. Which one do you think is more trustworthy?" Wang Ye continued to ask with a smile.

Gu Qima did not hesitate, and gave his answer directly.

"Of course it's Yanukovych!
His governing philosophy is in the same line as mine, and the position to take me in is the most suitable, and the transition has been smooth.

As for the priority subjects, he just won Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world this year.

Hehe, this is building momentum for him..."

Now that we've talked about this, Wang Ye certainly knows what Gu Qima means.

He tentatively asked: "Then... will you give Yanukovych some help?"

Although he is about to retire, Guccima is still quite influential, especially during his first term, when the approval rate was quite high!
It's a pity that in the past two years, I don't know if it was bad luck or what, a lot of things happened one after another, which made many people dissatisfied with him.

This is why he "released" early on that he would no longer seek re-election and was determined to retire.

Because he doesn't want everyone to point the finger at him, now he just wants to stay out of the matter and let others fight...

In the end, if other people lose both sides in the fight, then maybe he still has a chance to come out and clean up the situation.

So for next year's election, he has never supported or criticized any candidate in public, as if this matter has nothing to do with him.

After hearing Wang Ye's question, Gu Qima put away the smile on his face, inserted a piece of steak with a fork, put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully.

After a while, after swallowing the steak in his mouth, he wiped his mouth with the napkin next to him and said, "I don't want to affect the election, let alone end in person, everything depends on them Well. Good luck to Yanukovych."

Wang Ye nodded slightly and didn't say anything more.

He didn't really want any help from Gucci.

Of course, if Gucci is willing to help, that would be the best!

It doesn't matter at all if you don't provide it.

The real purpose of Wang Ye talking about this with him was to get a feel for the old fox's true intentions.

Through the conversation and the combination of the information collected in advance, he had a general understanding of Gu Qima's true thoughts.

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First of all, Gu Qima has a lot of troubles now, and even faced an impeachment last year, which made him quite embarrassed, and finally let him settle it.

So now even if he wants to be re-elected again, he dare not speak out, otherwise he will become the target of public criticism!
Secondly, Gu Qima must be very clear that next year's general election is very complicated!

What forces are behind Yanukovych and First Branch to support...

Obviously, he couldn't offend either party.

In addition, he is also very uncertain now, which faction will win in the end.

Then, the best choice for him is not to choose...

Don't stand in line, don't express your opinion, stay out of the matter, this is the best way for Gucci to deal with it!

If the priority department wins next year, they won't bother him.

Of course, Guccima still hopes that Yanukovych can win in his heart. Anyway, the two still have the same philosophy.

But he is absolutely unwilling to give any help on the bright side.

After figuring out Guccima’s true thoughts, Wang Ye changed the topic and started chatting with him about things after retirement, and enthusiastically suggested that Guccima could settle in Simferopol after retirement, where the climate and scenery are very beautiful. good.

With the signing of the free trade zone agreement, the development will be better in the future, and it will be very convenient to travel to other countries.

Gu Qima also seemed very moved, and readily accepted Wang Ye's proposal, saying that he would definitely go to Simferopol to take a look after he retired.

If it is suitable, stay there and live.

After the lunch was happily finished, everyone moved to the living room. After drinking coffee and chatting for a while, Wang Ye got up and said goodbye.

He has other plans in the afternoon, he is going to see Yanukovych!
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Yanukovych's home surprised Wang Ye a bit.

It's not because of how extravagant it is, in fact, on the contrary, his house is quite simple!
It's just a very "civilian" old-fashioned community, with rows of six or seven-story tube buildings without elevators.

According to Yanukovych, this is the welfare housing that he was "assigned" to when he was working. Although he was promoted all the way, but because he got used to living, he didn't bother to move again, so he lived here all the time.

The house is more than 100 square meters, and the decoration is quite ordinary. Anyway, if you say that this is a place where ordinary government officials or doctors and university professors live, it is quite normal.

But people like Yanukovych seem a bit...

Surprising!
But Wang Ye didn't say anything, and greeted Yanukovych with a normal expression, and then everyone came to the sofa and sat down.

Come to visit Yanukovych, of course Wang Ye did not come alone.

He took Nova and several security personnel with him. As for Irina, he left it with the delegation so that he could contact him immediately in case of any emergencies.

Now the security personnel stayed outside and did not enter the house. Only Nova followed him into the room.

There were no outsiders in Yanukovych's family either, so he may have spent all his family on purpose to welcome Wang Ye's visit.

After all, the less people know about the topic they are going to talk about next, the better!

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Without going around in circles, Wang Ye sat down and said straight to the point: "The situation is very serious, and the forces behind the opponent are very powerful."

Yanukovych should have been in touch with people in Moscow, so he was not surprised by Wang Ye's words.

He looked a bit bitter, shook his head helplessly and said: "I also know that they are very aggressive in publicity, and I don't know where they got so much campaign donations. Moreover, the people in the campaign team are very professional. It is said that the team was hired from abroad. My team is really not as good as him in that regard.”

Wang Ye grinned. He was sure that Yanukovych also knew who his "real opponent" was this time.

The reason why he didn't point it out directly is obviously that he still doesn't want to face it.

He said casually: "Money is not a problem, I will help you solve this."

Yanukovych's face brightened, and he hurriedly asked, "Really?"

As soon as the words came out, he should have realized that it was impolite to ask such a question, so he smiled embarrassedly and explained: "Of course I am not doubting your strength, but I am just a little worried. If someone exposes the relationship between us If not, public opinion...may have problems."

This is true.

Although the source of the opponent's campaign funds is also unknown, neither he nor the opponent dared to leave anything behind.

Pulling campaign funds from abroad is not something to show off!
Because the voters will have doubts, you use money from foreigners to campaign, after you are elected, do you want to give others something in return!

This kind of thing can be done, but it must never be said, and it must not be known by competitors!
Wang Ye waved his hand easily and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the money will come from your country. No matter how the opponent checks, there will be no problem with the source of the funds. It is absolutely clean!"

Yanukovych's eyes widened in disbelief.

If Wang Ye said that the money came from a secret channel abroad, or even from Crimea, he would not have any doubts.

But he couldn't believe that it came from "domestic" and the source was clean, because Mikhail obviously didn't have any investment or business in Uzbekistan!
Except for Crimea...

Wang Ye knew his mental activities, but he didn't rush to explain to him, but said with a smile: "I will introduce a friend to you, and you will understand when she comes."

After speaking, he took out his mobile phone, dialed a number, and said briefly, "Come up."

Then hung up the phone.

While waiting for someone to come up, Wang Ye didn't say much, just picked up the coffee cup and slowly sipped it.

Yanukovych didn't make a sound, he was guessing who was going to come up...

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The security guards at the door pushed the door open and a woman walked in.

Yanukovych stood up abruptly, looked at the woman in surprise, and blurted out: "Kimoshenko!"

"Please call me Yulia, thank you." Yulia said with a smile.

Wang Ye patted the sofa beside him, and Yulia sat down obediently.

Yanukovych also sat down in a daze. He looked at Yulia and then at Wang Ye, as if he didn't understand Wang Ye's intention.

"Yulia, you must know each other. From today, she will be your running mate. You will be the leader and she will be the deputy. You will form a team to participate in the election. After you succeed, you will be the president and she will be in charge of the government. work." Wang Ye said with a smile.

Yanukovych didn't come back to his senses for a while, his mind was in a mess.

He used to regard Yulia as a competitor!

Why all of a sudden, he's about to become a running mate...

Wang Ye didn't give him too much time to think, and continued: "Yulia will be responsible for raising campaign funds here, and the money will be paid from her own company's account. There should be no problem with this, and it can stand up to anyone. check."

Yanukovych blurted out: "She is responsible for everything? This is a lot of money!"

He was right, the election situation is now anxious, and everyone is desperately spending money on publicity. If this continues until the election officially starts next year, the funds needed can be described as astronomical!

Originally, Yanukovych also prepared a campaign fund, which was not a small amount, but as the opponent strengthened the campaign offensive, he gradually became unable to bear it.

He knew that Yulia was very rich, and the gas company behind it was also an energy giant.

But the problem is that Yulia's natural gas company is very powerful in China, but in Europe and even the world, it is not as good as Liuliu!

It can't be compared with a real energy giant like Gazprom at all.

Otherwise, Yulia doesn't need to cooperate with anyone, she can just run for herself...

With an elegant smile on her face, Yulia was not as angry as Yanukovych questioned her financial resources, and explained slowly:

"Although my natural gas company's financial resources are not very strong, it is a coincidence that our company has just signed a large contract with Gazprom and Yukos Group. Their pipelines for transporting energy to western Europe are going to be handed over to our company for construction and management.

So I plan to prepay our company a sum of up to 50 billion U.S. dollars. From this cooperation project alone, my company can earn more than one billion U.S. dollars in profits every year! "

The big contract she mentioned was one of the results of her "long talk" with Wang Ye last night...!

Facing such a huge temptation and various guarantees from Wang Ye, Yulia completely "surrendered" to Wang Ye without hesitation!
Being able to get to this point is enough to prove that Yulia is a very, very smart woman.

It was because she was smart enough that Wang Ye chose her as a breakthrough point to break the situation.

As Guccima said, although Yulia seems to have a high support rate and a great momentum on the surface, in fact she does not have real competitiveness and is just an accompanying role.

Yulia obviously realized this too.

Maybe she didn't realize it when she first announced her candidacy, but as the campaign situation intensified, she must have noticed something was wrong.

The two strongest competitors have huge forces behind them to support them, what is behind them...

Just relying on the natural gas company at home and the few funds left in the company's accounts?

It is obviously impossible to support myself to the end!
Therefore, when Wang Ye threw out an olive branch and invited her to his room, Yulia only hesitated for a second or two before decisively agreeing.

Of course, when she agreed to Wang Ye's invitation, she just had the idea of ​​giving it a try, not sure what would happen in the end.

Perhaps, I just suffered a "small loss", and this loss can still be borne.

But what she didn't expect was that Wang Ye gave her a huge surprise!

A super big contract, as well as related political future and personal safety guarantees.

All she needs to do is to follow Wang Ye's instructions and cooperate with Yanukovych's campaign.

You don't pay much, but you get more than you expected!
Yulia didn't hesitate at all, and immediately agreed. In order to prove her sincerity and loyalty, she also paid a lot last night...

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After Yanukovych was astonished, he slowly figured out the link.

He was a little bit ashamed of the young director Mikhail's sophistication.

I have spent half my life and faced difficulties, but it turned out that people came to solve it in a day, and they did it seamlessly.

Not only did he solve the funding problem for himself, but he also found a strong running partner for himself!
It is certainly unrealistic for Yulia, a candidate, to go it alone to the end, but at any rate, she still has a lot of appeal among female voters, and her influence is still great.

As a running mate, that would be perfect!

However, even so, there is still no guarantee that next year's election will be won 100%.

Because the competitors also want money and money, people and people...

(End of this chapter)