When Wang Ye went home that night, he increasingly felt like he had walked into a "trap".
Perhaps, Khodorkovsky had known beforehand about the problems halting the acquisition.
However, due to certain considerations, he didn't want to use any "shortcut", as it could tarnish his reputation and cause endless troubles in the future.
Consider that his and Berezov's wealth accumulation experiences were very similar. One was the former richest, and the other is the current richest.
Also, both of them harbored no small political ambitions.
Berezov made a shot at the political arena once but failed, and is now living in exile abroad.
It's clear that Khodorkovsky also wanted to have a go!
If he were to fail, he might also end up following the footsteps of Berezov...exiling himself overseas.
Therefore, he didn't want and didn't dare to imitate how the others seized Berezov's stock rights.
