A direct 50 percent raise—one could hardly call that anything but generous!
Especially considering that the three of them had already been earning quite a lot.
After the raises, Elena and Bakova's annual incomes would exceed or approach two million US dollars!
Even Nova's annual income would reach around one million US dollars...
That was absolutely top-tier compensation in Moscow in 2004!
Forget young people like Elena and Bakova, who had only just earned their doctorates—even many executives at major corporations and top professors at prestigious universities earned far less than that!
This alone showed how generous Wang Ye was toward those around him, especially his trusted subordinates.
Talent was hard to come by. Talent he had personally cultivated, people he could trust with important tasks, was even rarer...
So Wang Ye would never begrudge them such a small amount of money.
Elena and the others were no strangers to grand occasions. Though they were delighted to hear that Wang Ye was giving them such substantial raises, they did not show too much of it.
They merely stood and thanked their boss, saying they would continue to work diligently and would absolutely live up to every cent he paid them...
After discussing their compensation, Wang Ye reassigned their duties.
From then on, Elena would be solely responsible for Wang Ye's political affairs, including the Duma, the two committees, and communication and coordination with various government departments.
Bakova would be solely responsible for Wang Ye's business affairs, including monitoring and liaising with the major groups.
As for Nova, she could choose freely. If Elena was busy, she could go help Elena; if Bakova was overwhelmed, she could help Bakova as well.
Of course, Elena and Bakova alone definitely would not be able to handle so much work.
So Wang Ye instructed