Going to the Kremlin Together

After finally shaking off the reporters' pestering and returning to his office, Wang Ye found Rosiana directing Elena and several junior assistants as they packed up.

All of them wore masks, climbing up and down to retrieve materials from the tall filing cabinets, sorting and boxing them.

Several large cardboard boxes sat on the wooden floor, filled with all kinds of documents, files, and materials.

He asked in surprise, "What are you doing? Moving offices?"

Rosiana came over with a smile, gave a playful bow, and said, "Welcome, Mr. Mikhail, Deputy Speaker and Chairman of the Economic Committee, to... uh, your own office! Yes, we're moving. Logistics sent a notice telling us to move into Zhirinov's office. It's already been cleared out."

Wang Ye fell silent. Zhirinov had indeed officially left the Duma.

He had not even attended today's meeting.

Originally, Gryzlov had planned to have Zhirinov make an appearance at today's assembly, say goodbye to everyone, and then formally retire.

But Zhirinov had refused.

In his own words, since he had already retired, there was nothing left to miss.

Besides, would that many deputies really miss him?

After Zhirinov left, his office had become vacant. Since Wang Ye had taken over as party leader and Deputy Speaker, he naturally had to move into the corresponding office.

That was the Duma's "core floor," the fifth floor!

This floor housed the offices of several Duma Speakers and Deputy Speakers. Naturally, every office there was much larger than Wang Ye's current one!

Wang Ye often dropped by to visit, so he was quite familiar with the place.

Now that he had heard he would be moving there to work, Wang Ye did not fuss over it. Moving was moving; it was no big deal.

Naturally, such menial work did not require a