Deep Respect

"...the largest shareholder or chairman of these group companies."

Katya emphasized the last part.

In fact, she had left out quite a few companies. Wang Ye simply had too many businesses under his name.

Even someone as close to him as Katya would occasionally overlook a few of the smaller companies.

David Dein was dumbfounded. Although he had never heard of some of those companies,

he was very familiar with others. And even for the companies he had not heard of, just hearing their names made it clear they were no small operations.

Of them all, Yukos Group was probably the one he knew best.

Not because he had ever dealt with Yukos Group or had any business ties with it.

It was simply because Yukos Group was one of the world's largest energy companies. Anyone who paid even a little attention to the energy market, finance, or business would have heard of it!

Then there were names like "Russian Automobile Industry Group," "United Airlines," and "Siberia Gold." They either began with a country or place name, or operated in heavily capital-intensive industries like aviation. They certainly could not be shell companies.

What was even more unbelievable was that this young man, who looked barely over twenty, was actually a major shareholder or even chairman of these huge companies!

Never mind the others—just Yukos Group alone. How much wealth would one need to be a major shareholder in a company like that...

No wonder Mr. Abramovich had said this investor was no less wealthy than himself!

Before David Dein could recover, Katya added, "Oh, our boss does not really handle business matters much anymore. He mainly focuses on the Duma, since he also serves as Deputy Speaker of the Duma and Chairman of the Economic Committee."

David Dein was completely