Wang Ye and Medvedev had a good personal relationship. It could even be said that Wang Ye had once given Medvedev the opportunity to rise.
If Wang Ye had not recommended him back then, there might not have been the Medvedev of today.
But personal relationships were personal relationships, and public business was public business. Since Medvedev had taken that seat, the first thing he had to consider in his work was the interests of the government.
Only then could he earn the recognition of the people in the various agencies of the system, and only then would everyone support him.
That was precisely why, under this fiscal budget proposal, the government stood to gain more. It could even be said that if this budget were to pass and be implemented, Wang Ye's interests would inevitably be harmed.
Where else would the funding gap come from?
It could only come from taking a portion of the funds raised through debt issuance. The intention was obvious, so when Wang Ye saw that figure in the budget proposal, he had already guessed what the government was thinking.
When Wang Ye issued the first batch of bonds, he had stated that at least twenty billion US dollars in new bonds would be issued every year going forward. The funds raised would support a series of massive projects led by the Economic Committee.
For example, aiding neighboring brotherly nations, investing in major infrastructure, establishing industrial funds to support key industries, and so on.
Someone had probably grown envious and wanted to get their hands on that money.
On the surface, the government was raising fiscal expenditures, but at its core, this was a struggle for power...
Wang Ye was neither angry nor thinking of retaliation. In his view, this was relatively healthy and reasonable