Someone so young who had already risen to such a high position and won the appreciation of the highest ranks—unless they had no other choice, who would be willing to make an enemy of him...
If there were a chance to befriend him, everyone would probably jump at it.
As it happened, Shoigu and Wang Ye were friends, and fairly close ones at that.
So he greatly cherished the "friendship" between them.
It was only natural for him to grant some conveniences when it came to Wagner Company's procurement of weapons and equipment. Privately, they also needed to spend time together often so their relationship could grow closer and closer.
Some time ago, Wang Ye and Korokoli had joined forces to cause a major personnel upheaval at the city police bureau. Shoigu had seen it all.
Don't forget, he was in charge of the Security Service. Very little that happened in Moscow could be hidden from him.
So Shoigu knew the full story behind the upheaval at the city police bureau.
He didn't know Wang Ye's original intentions, but he knew very well what Wang Ye wanted to do and what he had done.
By joining forces with Korokoli, Wang Ye had installed one of his own trusted people as the head of the city police bureau!
Another district bureau chief with some ties to Wang Ye had also used this opportunity to enter the city bureau as a deputy chief.
With those two personnel changes, the city police bureau was effectively firmly under Wang Ye's control!
What did a deputy speaker of the Duma want by meddling in the policing system?
And why was Korokoli willing to do Wang Ye this favor...
Shoigu had considered all of these questions.
But after indirectly sounding out the Kremlin's attitude, he found