Makes Money, Spends It Better

After listening to Gebliev's account, Putin smiled and remarked casually, "It seems these oligarchs really are rich. A single joke can involve throwing around hundreds of millions of US dollars. Misha's net worth must be no less than Abramovich's by now, perhaps even higher than Khovchenko's?"

A sheen of sweat appeared on Gebliev's back, and he hurriedly said:

"Perhaps on the surface, Misha's net worth does look very high.

But he does far more with it. He invested in United Airlines, acquired Land Rover, Jaguar, and Volvo to establish the Russian Automobile Industry Group, and he has also been carrying out various charitable projects. He even took the initiative to propose raising taxes on oligarch-owned enterprises such as Yukos, using the revenue to boost the birth rate.

On top of that, he has poured tens of billions of US dollars into Crimea to develop the region.

All one can say is that the kid is very good at making money, but even better at spending it!

His net worth is inflated on paper. He simply does not have enough cash on hand. From what I understand, when he and Konstantin joined forces to buy shares in Gazprom Industrial Group this time, they could not even come up with two billion US dollars. They had to borrow it from Khovchenko."

What he said was essentially speaking up for Wang Ye.

He emphasized all the good Wang Ye had done for the country and its people, proving that after making money, Wang Ye was different from the other oligarchs. He preferred to "take from the people and use it for the people."

He truly had done quite a few substantial good deeds!

Of course, Gebliev could only praise him because Wang Ye had actually done those things.

Otherwise, even if Gebliev wanted