Reborn Russia As An Oligarch

What Hovchenko calls "sincerity", of course, refers to the size of the contract.

He does not believe that this country can come up with a plan that surpasses China-Russia oil and gas cooperation!

Just kidding, the total amount of the contract Wang Ye just signed was more than 300 billion U.S. dollars. Even if they were rich, would they be willing to spend so much?

Hovchenko expressed doubts.

Wang Ye just smiled and said nothing.

Because he still doesn't know what Xiao Benzi's plan is and what kind of cooperation plan they are preparing to come up with.

After the meal was over, things were settled.

On behalf of the board of directors, Hovchenko officially authorized Wang Ye to handle the issue of pipeline laying with full authority.

If you want people, give people, if you want money, give money!

As long as the matter can be done, it will be fine. After all, this matter is related to the top priority of Yukos Group's future!

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The next day, May 10th.

As soon as Wang Ye arrived at his office in the Duma Building in the morning, he dialed Gazev's phone number.

He didn't beat around the bush and asked straight to the point: "Uncle Gorbrev, I would like to ask, has Koizumi come here to talk about oil and gas cooperation?"

Ordinarily, he shouldn't pry into something like this that hasn't been announced yet.

But with the relationship between Wang Ye and Gebrev, there must be no slip-ups at this critical moment.

Isn’t that where connections are reflected?

On the other end of the phone, Gebrev pondered for a moment and told Wang Yedao frankly:

"Yes, we did talk.

I also participated in yesterday's meeting. It's too detailed to tell you now.

What I can tell you is that they want to participate in your cooperation plan with China and form a tripartite cooperation!

Of course, now it’s not a question of who will build the pipeline, it’s a matter of re-planning the route! "

Although he was mentally prepared, Wang Ye still frowned.

Three-way cooperation?

This is not quite what he originally imagined!

I originally thought that Xiaobenzi came here to disrupt Sino-Russian cooperation and turn it into Japanese-Russian cooperation.

But I didn’t expect that what they are proposing now is tripartite cooperation between China, Japan and Russia!

He asked: "Then do they show any sincerity? Also, what do you mean by trying to conquer the palace?"

These two questions are more difficult to answer.

Gebrev hesitated for a long time, considering whether to refuse to answer this question...

However, he finally told Wang Yedao: "Their sincerity is that they can come up with a huge sum of money to advance as the cost of pipeline construction. Mr. Puding's opinion is that he welcomes all sincere cooperation plans, but specific issues, I still need you to discuss it in detail.”

Wang Ye just asked two questions. For the first one, Gebrev gave a clear answer.

That is to say, the sincerity shown in the small book is to pay first!

This is indeed sincere. After all, the pipeline construction alone costs nearly 10 billion US dollars...

Even for Yukos and Gazprom, that is a lot of pressure!

Now that Xiaobenzi has offered to advance funds, Yukos and Gazprom do not need to pay. This is of course a good thing.

However, things are definitely not that simple.

Since people have paid for it, they will definitely have demands.

As for what the requirements are, Gebrev has just said that they need to change the pipeline route and build it according to the proposal in the small book!

As for Wang Ye's second question, which was the Kremlin's attitude, Gebrev gave a rather vague answer.

What you said is the same as what you didn’t say!

However, it is possible that Pu Ding really has not made his position clear. Of course he will support sincere cooperation, but he has not made it clear who will judge this sincerity.

"Tens of billions of dollars? That's indeed quite generous..." Wang Ye said casually.

"Haha, not that little! They have to spend 22.5 billion US dollars as the cost of building the pipeline. Because the pipeline plan they proposed is about twice as long as the one you are proposing now! The cost will naturally be It’s soared.” Gebrev said with a smile.

More than 20 billion?

This number really shocked Wang Ye!

It’s not that the amount is too large, but the meaning behind the amount!

What kind of pipeline route did the little book propose? It would cost so much money!

Originally, it was already very far to go straight from Siberia to the Northeast, but now it’s almost twice as long? !

Is it that far from Siberia to the Far Eastern port of Nakhodka?

It doesn't look that far on the map. Could it be that my memory is biased?

After all, Wang Ye is not a professional. He only knows a general idea, but he has no idea how to plan the route and how to budget the cost...

"Are they serious? That's not right. They haven't discussed with Yukos and Gazprom yet. How much oil and natural gas do they plan to purchase? Why did they spend so much money to build pipelines all at once?" Wang Ye was stunned. asked.

He always felt something was wrong about this, it felt weird.

"Well, they didn't say how much crude oil and natural gas they want to purchase. In addition, this advance payment is not given directly. It is considered a loan. It can be deducted from the payment for crude oil and natural gas in the future." Gebrev is not too clear about the inside story. , replied vaguely.

Wang Ye's brows furrowed even more tightly.

But he couldn't ask much from Gurbrev, so he hung up the phone after thanking him.

…………

After sitting in the office and thinking for a while, Wang Ye dialed Alexei's phone number again.

"Brother Alexei, what are you busy with? Have you heard about the tripartite oil and gas cooperation plan proposed by Koizumi yesterday?" Wang Ye asked.

He is relatively familiar with Alexei now and talks very casually.

Obviously, Alexei's side was not as well-informed as him. After hearing Wang Ye's question, Alexei was stunned for a moment before answering.

"Ah? No, I didn't receive any notice. What kind of tripartite cooperation plan? What about the three parties?"

Wang Ye briefly recounted to him the information he had learned from Gebrev.

After listening, Alexei was also confused.

After a long while, he said: "I can probably guess the new route they proposed! It must be to the Far East port of Nakhodka. As for which oil field to start from, I'm not sure yet. It may be further to the west. Otherwise, it won't be used. That’s a lot of pipeline construction costs!”

After analysis by Alexei, a professional, Wang Ye was certain that the end point of the pipeline was indeed the "Far East Port Nakhodka" in his memory.

After all, it is the closest to Benzi's country. As for where the starting point is, it no longer matters.

However, this matter bypassed Yukos Group and Gazprom, which made the two a little unhappy.

Wang Ye and Alexey discussed it and decided to go their separate ways and continue to inquire for information.

After figuring out the true intention of the little book, consider the next step...