Wang Ye's statement sounded somewhat grandiose, but for him and Khodorkovsky, it was just normal.
After all, both of them were among the top figures in Russia's business world, so they naturally wouldn't care much for small companies.
Even companies like MAIL.RU and Yandex were insignificant in their eyes.
Khodorkovsky was just being casual in his enquiry. After hearing Wang Ye's words, he laughed and said, "The internet industry may grow significantly in the future, but don't have too high hopes for it in the short term. In my view, in this era, what's most important is energy! It's not just a profitable commodity, but also a crucial strategic resource that can determine a country's prosperity and decline..."
From Khodorkovsky's words, Wang Ye could tell that he was not very optimistic about the internet industry.
Or perhaps it's not that he wasn't optimistic, it was just that Khodorkovsky valued the energy industry more!
In some respects, Khodorkovsky might not be wrong...
