Reborn Resource Tycoon

Chapter 611 It's time to make a move
"Mr. Fang, do you think Khordokowski is worthy of your special visit?" Aso Xiangyue asked softly, "Although Menatep Private Bank has a large number of private banks in Russia, Influence, but there are many banks in Russia that are stronger than it at present."

Fang Mingyuan stared at Aso Xiangyue's pretty face, and nodded with a smile. Aso Xiangyue didn't know the purpose of his trip to Russia this time, so it's not surprising that he had such an idea.Aso Xiangyue noticed Fang Mingyuan's gaze, and her face couldn't help feeling slightly hot. She glanced at Lin Rong at the side, and sighed softly in her heart. It would be great if Fang Mingyuan brought her sister Lin Lian, so everyone wouldn't have to act like this. They sat opposite each other pretendingly.

"Xiangyue, before you come, did I complete the to-do list?" Fang Mingyuan could see what was on Aso Xiangyue's mind, but he could only sit obediently.No one in the family knows about their relationship with Aso Xiangyue and the others. As for whether anyone has seen it, Fang Mingyuan himself is not sure.Therefore, in front of outsiders, he and Aso Xiangyue could only be serious.

"It's done." Aso Xiangyue took out a few pieces of paper from the briefcase beside her and handed them to Fang Mingyuan.Here is a list of factories she has acquired in Russia over the years.At that time, due to Fang Mingyuan's request, no matter what industry it was in, no matter where it was in Russia, as long as the Russian government sold it, she would buy it.Over the past few years, this amount is quite astonishing, and of course the value is equally astonishing.

Aso Xiangyue admired Fang Mingyuan's vision. If Fang Mingyuan's attitude hadn't been extremely tough at the beginning, she would never have spent so much money to buy these factories, which in her opinion were not worth so much money at all.Originally, it was thought that most of the money would be wasted, but no one thought that the two major devaluations of the ruble by the Soviet government and the Russian government changed everything.The originally tens of billions of ruble loans were repaid in the end with only tens of millions of dollars. Fang Mingyuan's profit from it was so high that Aso Xiangyue felt dizzy just thinking about it.

If we say that before that, Aso Xiangyue's feelings for Fang Mingyuan were somewhat utilitarian, but after that, she, who admired Fang Mingyuan's business talent to the point of belief, had completely become her. became Fang Mingyuan's "believer".

Fang Mingyuan took the list and flipped through it casually.No one can guess the real purpose of his coming to Russia to meet Khordokowski.Because no one would have imagined that Russia in the previous life would sipoze the pillar enterprises of the Russian economy to these rich people in the country in [-].Since then, some of Russia's largest factories have been put up for auction.Different from the first stage in which state-owned enterprises in the Soviet era were directly distributed to the Russian people through shares, the second stage of si privatization in [-] was called the "big auction of the century."But this "big auction of the century" was carefully planned and approved by the government and implemented by several major economic oligarchs in Russia rather than the young reformers.This marks the beginning of the "Era of Economic Oligarchs" in which a small number of oligarchs conspire to control Russia's economic and political destiny.

In just four months, the then Yeltsin government sold Russia's economic lifeline—several giant mining and oil companies—to a handful of oligarchs at extremely low prices.What the Kremlin reaped was the financial and political support of the oligarchs: Yeltsin defeated Communist Party leader Zyuganov in the presidential election the following year and achieved re-election.

Yukosky Petroleum Company successfully "grabbed" Yukos, which has rich oil reserves, in this transaction.Yukorsky Petroleum Company later developed into Russia's largest oil company, and the young Khordokovsky became the richest man in Russia.Before he was imprisoned after 2000, his personal assets, according to estimates from different sources, ranged from US$200 billion to US$[-] billion.

The reason why Fang Mingyuan made friends with Holdokovsky in advance is to plan ahead. If he waits until Holdokovsky takes over the Yukowski Petroleum Company, he will make friends with him and promote the crude oil exchange between China and Russia. The construction of the oil pipeline, at that time, Russia had passed its most difficult period, and the resistance would be much greater, and Khordokovsky’s property had also improved significantly, and it would take a lot to convince him difficulty.

Second, regardless of Khordokowski's reputation in Russia and what he looks like in the eyes of Russian government officials, when Khordokowski was in charge of the Yukos oil company, He strongly supports China's oil exports.In the previous life, the reason why the Anda Line was later replaced by other plans had a lot to do with Khordokovsky being imprisoned and Yukorsky Petroleum Company being leaderless.If Khordokovsky had not been imprisoned, with his influence in Russia, it would not be so easy for Japan and South Korea to change the Anta Line, which was close to the completion of preparations.Therefore, keeping Khordokowski is undoubtedly of great benefit to Huaxia

Thirdly, if we can form an economic ally with Khordokowski, it will be of great benefit to Fang Mingyuan's future development in Russia.Khodokowski can become the richest man in Russia, and his ability can be imagined.If he hadn't been so arrogant later, and had happened to meet Putin, who is also a hardliner, in power, he wouldn't have fallen into prison.

Fang Mingyuan recalled the materials about Khordokowski in his previous life. Fortunately, this was a major issue that people in the country paid close attention to at the time. Fang Mingyuan also read a lot of materials at that time, so he remembered it so clearly and in detail.

The reason why Khordokovsky fell to that point was actually Yeltsin's early resignation, and his successor Putin was at odds with these oligarchs, believing that they manipulated the policies of the Russian government.However, at the beginning, Putin did not intend to fight these oligarchs, but wanted to reach an agreement with them-the oligarchs can retain the huge resources they obtained during the Yeltsin era, but they can no longer play any role in the political field .

It’s just that these oligarchs looked down on Putin, ignored Putin’s iron fist, and dismissed his “olive branch” at all. Khordokowski even provided support for the opposition parties, and even hinted that he himself intends to enter the In the political arena, this undoubtedly angered Putin.

Now that he knew the course of history, Fang Mingyuan had been thinking about how to change this result.Of course, Fang Mingyuan would not have thought about the absurd idea of ​​preventing Putin from coming to power. Putin, who used to be an officer of the KGB, had an influence in the Russian intelligence agency that absolutely cannot be ignored.And even if Putin can't come to power, it's hard to guarantee that Beijing will come to power, so it's better to let Putin come to power, at least his governing style can still be traced.If he could keep Kordokowski, and then influence Putin through Kordokowski, and seek greater benefits for Huaxia and the Fang family, Fang Mingyuan felt that this was a more feasible solution.

And to keep Kordokowski, he must first make Kordokowski believe in himself. The work that needs to be done is not a star, and Fang Mingyuan feels a headache when he thinks about it.

Fang Mingyuan flipped through the list in his hand. Before he came to Russia, he had asked Aso Xiangyue to list the industries he owned in Russia, such as food, textile, glass manufacturing and processing, and metal processing manufacturers. Listed separately, there are about forty or fifty, all over Russia.After acquiring these enterprises, Fang Mingyuan did not carry out large-scale transformation on them. He only improved their financial systems, reformed the big pot of rice for employees, implemented the system of more pay for more work, and introduced some domestic products to maintain the their normal functioning.

Since the domestic market is still in short supply after the disintegration of Russia, and some of the products produced are sold to the Chinese and Japanese markets, these companies have basically been able to guarantee a slight surplus so far.Of course, that little profit is no longer in the eyes of the Fang family today.

From Fang Mingyuan's point of view, it is useless to keep these enterprises in his hands. Their production technology has been completely understood by domestic technicians in the past few years. Not much, rather than doing this, it is better to transfer it out in exchange for greater benefits.And these companies can exactly meet the needs of Menatep Private Bank, and the Russian companies it controls are also of these types.If Menatep Private Bank can acquire them, it will be very beneficial to strengthen its own strength.

Moreover, from another perspective, it is also to reassure those overly sensitive Russians and reduce their possible attack surface.These old men will not give up their domestic market like the Huaxia government did.So if you want to earn their money, you have to do it more covertly.

"Xiangyue, are the basic materials for these companies ready?" Fang Mingyuan handed the list to Lin Rong and asked casually.

"It's all ready," Aso Xiangyue said with a little excitement.Like Fang Mingyuan, Aso Xiangyue also felt that these enterprises were like chicken ribs. It was useless to keep them, and it was a pity to throw them away. It would be great if they could be transferred and exchanged for cash.

Fang Mingyuan was looking forward to the moment when he met Khordokowski tomorrow night.