Fang Wei

Fang Wei (方偉), born in 4337 is an Indralan politician and businessman. Chairman of the Freedom Party and CEO of Indralan National Petroleum. Raised in Tian'an to middle-class parents, he inherited his father's local laundromat chain in the Indralan capital. After selling all his father's assets in 4369 after running the business after he was 19, he immediately expanded into Indrala's booming oil industry. He caused controversy in 4370 after attempting to offshore drill in an ocean trench without government permission, which he self-nicknamed the "Black Gold Trench", due to the massive potential for profits to be made.

Early life and education
Fang Wei was born to middle class parents in Tian'an in Indrala's Han Province. His father had owned a local chain of laundromats and his mother is a lawyer as well as professor at Indrala University. He studied business at Indralan National University and graduated when he was 22, while still supporting the family laundromat chain. When his father passed away when he was 19, Fang took over the family business for over 13 years before selling his assets and moving into the oil industry.

Founding of Indralan National Petroleum and controversies
On May 5th of 4369, he founded Indralan National Petroleum after absorbing a local onshore and offshore oil extractor and processor located in Mudanwan, in the Min Province. Originally presenting a charter to conduct offshore drilling before the Grand Assembly, it was largely denied, but this didn't stop the young entrepreneur's thirst for profit. Nearly breaking the law, his fledgling company conducted observations of an underwater trench 50 miles off the coast of Mudanwan. It was found to have been laden with mineral deposits as well as subsurface oil deposits. He subsequently named it the "Black Gold Trench", and extracted the oil through a loophole via a Kazulian company named North Oil. The value of Fang's company ballooned overnight, attracting dozens of foreign investors to both Indrala and Fang.

Creation of Fly Indrala and the Tourism Boom of 4375
Seeking to capitalize on another industry, the then-38 year old Fang Wei created Fly Indrala, an airliner marketed towards foreign tourists. Most of its advertising was directed to both Valruzia and his native Indrala for the 4380 Olympics. Pre-booked flights constituted a tourism boom in the country.