No Deference

Meshkov was Wang Ye's "old friend"!

Back when Wang Ye was still a nobody, on his first trip to Crimea, Meshkov had treated him with great respect.

That was partly out of respect for Wang Ye's "uncle," Khovchenko, and partly because he wanted something from Wang Ye—hoping to squeeze a little "profit" out of the wealthy man.

At the time, although Meshkov was nominally the president of the Crimean Peninsula, he was actually in quite a miserable state.

He was constantly targeted by the local parliament. His orders went nowhere, and anything he wanted to do would be rejected by parliament.

His job as president consisted of arguing with parliament every day...

Moreover, with elections approaching, he did not even have campaign funds. He was on the verge of being voted out of office.

Then Meshkov encountered his "benefactor"—Wang Ye...

With a casual wave of his hand, Wang Ye gave him over a million US dollars in campaign funding, helping Meshkov secure reelection. In return, he made only one small request: Angelina was to enter parliament, and Natalia was to become a prosecutor.

Clearly, what Wang Ye had given far outweighed what he had asked for.

Naturally, Meshkov could not have been more willing. The two smoothly reached an agreement, opening a new chapter for Crimea.

After that, Wang Ye launched the Ten Years, One Hundred Billion Project, bringing earth-shaking changes to the Crimean Peninsula.

Perhaps once someone had enjoyed good times for too long, their heart was liable to change.

Maybe Meshkov had developed some new ideas as well...

"Forming a presidential guard? What does he want to do? Is someone going to threaten his personal safety?" Wang Ye sneered.

To be honest, Meshkov was nominally some kind of "president," but that title was seriously inflated. In reality,