Wang Ye was happily chatting and eating when his phone rang.
He took it out and saw that it was Elena calling. It was probably something important at work; otherwise, she would not have disturbed him at this hour.
Without changing his expression, Wang Ye put away his phone and said to Tonya and Lilia, "Sorry, I need to take this call."
As he spoke, he naturally got up and went outside. He lit a cigarette and answered the phone while smoking.
Elena really did have an urgent matter. It concerned the Industrial Fund.
According to the rules Wang Ye had established when setting up the Industrial Fund Office, no institution or individual other than the National Economic Committee had the right to interfere with the work of the Industrial Fund Office.
Elena could independently plan for several major industries, investigate and assess companies applying for support funds, evaluate proposed projects, and then distribute funds as she saw fit.
It was extremely independent and wielded considerable authority.
Since the office had been established, it had received a great many applications. Elena and the professional team she had assembled had carefully assessed and screened them, eliminating most of the projects.
In her view, those projects simply had no value worth supporting. Some newly established projects had clearly been created specifically to "scam subsidies"...
But today, she had run into a rather thorny issue. It was an application from a newly established chip design company based in Saint Petersburg.
The company's qualifications were quite good, and its research and development capabilities were strong. It had recruited many of the country's top talents in the chip industry, and it was clear that it had enormous potential.
For a company like this, the Industrial Fund Office would normally place it on the priority support