The Final Judgment

After the attending deputies had finished their "condemnations," Wang Ye, as the meeting's chairman, delivered a concluding speech.

Seated on the dais and looking down at Director Gudlav standing below, Wang Ye began:

"The Duma has no intention of targeting the police system. This survey was originally meant to find out what foreign investors truly thought.

We wanted to understand why our country could not attract enough foreign investment.

But after collecting the survey responses, we were shocked to discover that what was hindering foreign investment was not our economic policies.

Nor was it inadequate infrastructure, much less a lack of talent or resources.

The problem actually lay in the police system's hostility toward foreigners!

That result is truly shocking!"

Wang Ye spoke with heartfelt anguish and utter sincerity, and most of the deputies believed him completely.

It was indeed strange. Since the dissolution of the Former Soviet Union, Russia had integrated into the "free world," opening most industries to foreign capital and offering highly favorable policies.

Moreover, Russia was rich in resources, had cheap land, abundant talent, and countless sectors waiting to be rebuilt.

No matter how one looked at it, the economy should have been growing at high speed, with foreign investors scrambling to invest here.

Yet the actual results were far from ideal...

Apart from a few limited industries, such as resources and finance, foreign investors had little interest in investing in any other fields.

Many deputies did not know much about economics. Whenever they occasionally considered this question, they could never figure it out.

Now, hearing Wang Ye say this, it was as though enlightenment had suddenly struck them, and they finally understood!

Exactly. If even foreign investors' personal safety could not be guaranteed, if they were stopped by police officers the moment they went outside,