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Shoigu was sure to know about Wagner.

After all, most of its weapons and equipment had been procured through him. Just by looking at the procurement list, Shoigu could infer Wagner Company's current situation.

Not to mention that Shoigu also served as director of the Security Service!

Basically, there was nothing happening in Russia that he did not know about...

So when Shoigu brought up Wagner, Wang Ye did not hide anything and readily replied,

"Its scale isn't small anymore. We have a full fifteen or sixteen thousand people now. The company's main goal in the next stage is to develop in Africa, so we need enough manpower and equipment. Thank you, Uncle, for helping us get so much affordable equipment. Otherwise, supporting such a large security company would have bankrupted me, haha."

Wang Ye truly did need to thank Shoigu.

Since Wagner Company was founded, Wang Ye had poured several hundred million US dollars into it!

But without Shoigu's help in securing a huge amount of high-quality, low-cost weapons and equipment for Wagner, Wang Ye's investment would likely have been more than twice as much!

Maintaining a modern army was unbelievably expensive.

Of course, this was also related to Russia's recent military downsizing. Large numbers of elite troops had been forced into retirement, which greatly reduced Wagner Company's labor costs.

If he had recruited employees of the same caliber in America, building a company on Wagner's scale would likely have cost more than Wang Ye could afford now!

Shoigu smiled and shook his head. "You really don't need to thank me for that. Wagner Company has provided so many retired soldiers with decent-paying jobs. I should be thanking you instead. Otherwise, with so many young men drifting around society without any skills to earn a living, who knew how