MTL - Reborn Russia As An Oligarch-Chapter 827 bargain

  Chapter 827 Bargaining

  Seeing these two numbers, especially the one behind, Wang Ye frowned.

  He didn’t think it was too much, but felt too little!

  2.5 trillion rubles, according to the current exchange rate, the exchange rate of US dollars to rubles is 31:1, that is almost 80 billion US dollars...

  For such a big country, the annual fiscal expenditure is only 80 billion U.S. dollars. To be honest, it is quite "poor"!

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

   Another "deficit" of nearly 400 billion US dollars...

  Just the deficit part, it is worth five big hairs, how can this 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 Asian country, the fiscal expenditure in 2003 was 2.5 trillion RMB, which is about 800 billion U.S. dollars, which is ten times that of Da Mao!

   It's no better than not knowing, it's more shocking than it is.

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

  The significance of 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, all aspects of the country's military investment, scientific research investment, people's livelihood, public security, education, medical care, etc. depend on this amount.

  It’s 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 can’t 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 your work attitude.

  If people are gone, will the medical system still function normally?

  The same is true for other industries, such as 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 America, 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.

  ...

  How much was Da Mao's fiscal revenue in 2004?

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

  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 fiscal 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 benefiting from the sharp rise in international crude oil prices!

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

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

  Wang Ye wants to change it to three trillion rubles, which is 100 billion U.S. dollars.

  As the Russian economy slowly improves, the ruble exchange rate 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 U.S. dollar.

  But how do you convince people in the government to agree with your idea...

  Wang Ye asked Rosiana: "Call the finance minister and invite him to come to my office, and say 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 Minister of Finance...

  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.

  Maybe Kudrin and Wang Ye do not interfere with each other at ordinary times, and 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 conversations, he hung up the phone, turned to look at Wang Ye and said, "I'll ask him to come over at exactly two o'clock in the afternoon."

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

  ………

   After lunch, I took a short 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 exactly two o'clock, under the leadership of his assistant Elena, Kudrin walked into Wang Ye's office.

  Kudrin is just in his early 40s this year. He is the Deputy Prime Minister of the government and the Minister of Finance.

  He is thin, with short black and gray hair, a fair face, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He looks refined, like a university professor.

   Judging by his appearance, he probably has Jewish blood...

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

  Wang Ye raised his head and looked at the past. Kudrin hurriedly walked two steps, came to Wang Ye's desk, and slightly bowed to greet him: "Chairman Mikhail, hello."

  Whether it is sincerely respecting Wang Ye or just putting on airs, 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 in Mikhail's level, then he would be able to bear it.

   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 did not dare to take it lightly. This was the first time he had dealt with Mikhail. He had long heard that the young deputy speaker did not 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, they were 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...

  ...

   Reaching out without hitting the smiling face, 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. 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 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 Expenditures".

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

  At the beginning, Kudrin hadn't reacted yet.

  Because according to his past experience, every year on the Duma's side, who quarrels and quarrels, basically thinks that the set expenditure budget is too high!

   Or dissatisfied with the specific division of the expenditure budget, a certain department has given too much, and a certain department has given less.

  But no one has ever said that they made a budget for spending less...

  So he said bluntly: "This figure has been discussed and 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 had heard it wrong.

  Wang Ye smiled and nodded, which means he heard correctly.

Kudrin also reacted quickly. He pursed his lips, quickly organized his words, and then said sincerely: "Thank you, Speaker Mikhail, for understanding the difficulties of our government department. 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 who 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 increased, that would be the best!

  In this way, we have more space to operate, and the problem of funding shortage in many departments can also be alleviated.

   But...

  There will be so much fiscal revenue next year. If the expenditure budget is increased, wouldn’t it be debts again?

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

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

   Expenditure exceeds income, that means 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 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 said quickly: "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 Speaker Mikhail unhappy, maybe this matter will be a mess...

   Three trillion rubles!

  If next year's fiscal revenue can reach 2.8 trillion smoothly, it means that the debt is 200 billion rubles, 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 for 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 being upset...

  Wang Ye nodded. The expenditure budget of 3 trillion rubles is 500 billion more than the original 2.5 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 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 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 a lot of staff and heavy tasks. The increased budget of 500 billion, or... Each of them will increase 100 billion rubles ?”

   This is a bargain.

  Wang Ye supports him to increase the budget by 500 billion, but part of it must be given to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Security Bureau.

   How much to give, this is negotiable.

   Certainly not all 500 billion can be given, and Kudrin would not be happy, 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 200 billion, 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 150 billion. The domestic security situation is quite tense now."

   Kudrin has no way to refute this point. In the past two or three years, there have indeed been some incidents in the country. From top to bottom, they are very concerned about safety issues. Wang Ye found a good reason...

  (end of this chapter)