Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 1168 Three People

"Government, are there many quotas being issued now? I mean, who has the quota?" Jiang Yan looked at the busy people outside the window and turned around to ask them.

"Internally, there are certain quotas according to different levels, but individuals cannot hold them personally," Chubais said.

"For example, I only have a certain amount of quota. Chubais has more than me. President Boris also has some. Even ordinary civil servants have some..." Gaidar was chattering about the quota ratio, and Jiang Yan was a little silent.

As expected, it is a country of the same lineage as the Russian bear, and some things have been inherited, but they are a bit more covert.

Also, the Boris family is a remarkable family in Russia. It is no exaggeration to say that it is the first family. It is much stronger than the other seven oligarchs both financially and politically.

Most of Boris' family's wealth was obtained through improper means during the collapse of the Soviet Union, whether it was large enterprises or finance, which made Boris' family the richest family in Russia.

Boris has two daughters, each of whom controls most of the family's wealth. For a long time, they could be said to be the richest men in Russia. The wealth of his two daughters increased instead of decreased during the 2008 global financial crisis.

At the same time, Boris's two sons-in-law both held important positions beside Vladimirovich. The elder son-in-law was a presidential adviser and was deeply trusted by Vladimirovich, while the younger son-in-law was also deeply loved and protected by Vladimirovich. It is not difficult to see that even after Boris's death, his descendants still lived a very comfortable life. His daughter and son-in-law had money and power respectively. It can be said that the whole family "gained both fame and fortune" under the protection of Vladimirovich.

So, Jiang Yan was not too surprised when he heard them talking about the internal government quota just now. This was completely expected.

"Is there any foreigner like me who gets the quota?" Jiang Yan asked, pointing at himself.

"Not many, only three people, you have also met these three people."

Hearing this, Jiang Yan was a little curious about who these three people were. You know, there are quite a few foreigners serving Russia now, especially those from the United States, but these people are concentrated in the financial field.

Jiang Yan once saw a joke on the Internet, which said that when the Russians were solving problems, many of their decrees were signed by the Secretary of State of the Eagle Sauce. This shows the extent of the Eagle Sauce's infiltration into the Russians, and also shows how pro-Western Boris is.

"Apart from you, the one who received the largest amount is Alan Hebrew. His amount is only five million." Gaidar said.

He said that Jiang Yan really knew this person and had sent people to investigate him. Alan was about fifty years old, about the same age as Jiang Yan, with blond hair mixed with white, but his hairstyle was the local support central style. However, he was the president of Credit Suisse First Boston Bank. After the great changes in Eastern Europe, he participated in the reforms of these countries with good results. This time he was also invited by Boris, and it is said that he played a very important role in the economic reform of Russia.

It can be said that this guy is the best among many foreigners, only slightly worse than Jiang Yan, and is appreciated by Boris. However, Jiang Yan also found some very interesting things during the investigation. This guy is John Bull's man. He didn't know what he was specifically, but Jiang Yan felt that according to John Bull's character, this guy might be sent from somewhere. You know, how could John Bull, a troublemaker, miss such an opportunity as the upheaval in Eastern Europe and the disintegration of the Soviet Union?

"The next highest ranked player is William Browder, who received $3 million. He is the leader of the Bolshevik Party and the grandson of Count Browder. He worked on privatization in Poland and was then hired by us."

The Bolshevik Party of the United States? Hearing this, Jiang Yan looked a little strange. Of course, he knew that there was communism in the United States. The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) was founded in 1919.

During World War II, the Bolsheviks used the anti-fascist alliances at home and abroad to establish a broad people's front. The number of its members reached 10, becoming the leading left-wing force in the United States. After World War II, due to the prevalence of McCarthyism and the influence of the party's own "left" errors, the power of the Bolsheviks suffered heavy losses. In the 20s, due to the rising tide of opposition to the Vietnam War in the United States, the Bolsheviks recovered. In 70, the dramatic changes in Eastern Europe caused the Bolsheviks to fall to a low point again, but the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the United States, with former party chairman Gus Hall as the core, insisted on not changing the party name and party spirit, and preserved the Bolsheviks in terms of organization and ideology.

However, what surprised Jiang Yan was that he had heard of this person in his previous life, because according to records, there was indeed an active member of the Bolshevik Party in Russia in his previous life, and this person also established Russia's largest private investment fund.

Now it seems that it must be this Browder.

Browder's grandfather, Earl Browder, was a Bolshevik. He served as the leader of the American Bolshevik Party from 1934 to 1945 and ran for American president twice, but of course ended in miserable defeat both times.

Although he was an ostentatious Bolshevik, Earl Browd admired Soviet leader Stalin very much and married a Soviet girl. Their eldest son, Browd's father, was born in Moscow. Therefore, Browd had a certain connection with Russia, the successor of the Soviet Union, which was also a potential factor for him to go deep into Russia in the future and become Russia's largest overseas investor and a supporter of the Kremlin.

In the 1990s, Russia under Boris' rule followed the guidance of the West and implemented a radical "shock therapy", which almost put Russia into shock. Browder, who worked in an investment bank, discovered an important business opportunity: Russia was being given away for free - Russia's state-owned assets were privatized at low prices, producing batches of oligarchs.

In April 1996, Browder went to Russia to seek his fortune with $4 million. He established the Hertich Fund in Moscow and invested in the stock market, focusing on second- and third-tier companies that he knew well. In 2500, the performance of the Hertich Fund soared by 1997%, becoming the best performing fund in the world that year. Browder invested in many companies in Russia and made a lot of money in ten years. In 228, Hertich's asset management scale reached $2005 billion, making it the largest overseas investor in Russia. During this period, he met many Russian officials and oligarchs and mastered many of their secrets.

"Victor Huaco, he is from Citibank, the Eagle Sauce, and he started the exchange of rubles for dollars in Moscow. I believe you must know him. He also received a share of investment of 3 million US dollars." Chubais continued

Jiang Yan nodded gently. He naturally knew Victor Hua Ke. It can be said that under his leadership, Citibank is the biggest competitor of Hang Seng Bank. In comparison, Citibank has a huge advantage, that is, Citibank holds a large amount of US dollars, so they don't have to think of ways to exchange US dollars.

However, Jiang Yan felt that the two were very smart not to grant the franchise to Citibank, Eagle Sauce, or any other bank in the UK. Otherwise, given the experience and strength of Eagle Sauce and the UK in finance, Da Mao would probably have died even more miserably.

(End of this chapter)