Plunder Plan!
At that, Logan said solemnly, "Wang, if you can really get your hands on shares in the Soviet Oil Company, I'll buy however many you get for thirty percent more than you paid. I won't let you take a loss."
The Logan Family had connections in the United States. The Soviet Union was now intent on reforming its economy, and of course it couldn't afford to offend the United States, the leading power behind market reform. Logan had no fear that they would renege on their deal.
Hearing Logan say that, Wang Yue finally felt reassured. He began putting his plan into action.
His method was actually quite simple. He came to the Soviet Union on an investment visa, then used Body Control Talismans to control a local in every city and have them buy up large amounts of shares in the oil company.
This was possible because the Soviet Union had once had all its companies appraised, then issued shares in them to every Soviet citizen.
Those shares might have looked valuable, but to ordinary Soviet citizens, they couldn't be eaten or drunk, and were practically useless—little better than wastepaper.
So Wang Yue only needed to arrange for people to buy up the oil company's shares in various regions. Once their holdings reached a certain amount, they could control part of the company after the great changes to come.
At first, Wang Yue thought his plan was foolproof. After all, no one knew about Body Control Talismans. But he had underestimated the future oligarchs who would emerge locally.
Those future oligarchs had also become powerful through these changes, and they were all keeping an eye on the shares. They just hadn't had a chance to make a move yet.
Even with Wang Yue's helpers handling the purchases,