Wang Ye had guessed right. Vasily really was behind the promotions of Tonya's father and sister.
That very night, Tonya received a phone call.
On the phone, a woman claiming to be a staffer from the governor's office enthusiastically gave Tonya her personal contact information and told her to call anytime if she ran into any problems.
She also indirectly praised Tonya's father and sister for being diligent, responsible, and highly capable, saying they would receive further promotions in the future.
She went on about how Tonya was the pride of Irkutsk Oblast and would become a big star after going to Moscow, and so on...
Even someone as innocent as Tonya could tell that her father and sister's sudden promotions that day had absolutely been arranged by Governor Vasily, just as Misha had said.
Clearly, Vasily had not done all this because of anything about her. It was simply because of her relationship with Misha!
Tonya had finally understood that much...
Wang Ye did not care much about what had happened to Tonya's family. It was nothing for Vasily to curry favor with him this way, and Wang Ye was not about to put on some show of being "selfless and incorruptible" by warning Vasily not to abuse his power for personal gain.
This was not some major breach of principle. Besides, Vasily, as governor, had at least been elected by the people!
Strictly speaking, neither the Duma nor the Kremlin could normally interfere in his work!
He only needed to answer to the voters of Irkutsk Oblast. Moscow could not control that much...
These past few days, Wang Ye had also been busy with the government's fiscal budget proposal.
Just as Tonya had seen on television, the first version of the budget proposal submitted by the government