Chapter 60 Churbanov's Errand
Seryozha had heard about Andropov's coming to Gorky City for a long time, but he has been planning the Gorky State Mutual Aid Association for the past few days. [The latest chapter reading] The struggle with Bogdanov finally ended with Sergey's complete victory. As the winner, he can finally let go and boldly do what he wants to do. Although the secretary of the Youth League Committee of Gorky State is someone else, he will be transferred soon because of his age. Not surprisingly, Seryozha will get the job.
When Andropov's men came to invite Seryozha, Seryozha felt that he had heard wrong. He would not know how big a storm would be caused by a small disturbance in Gorky City in the upper echelons of Moscow.
When Seryozha came to the hotel where Andropov was staying, the staff around him took Seryozha to wait outside the door. After a while, Andropov's voice came from inside - "Come in!"
Under the recommendation of the staff, Seryozha walked into Andropov's room. The staff opened the door for him, and when he entered the room, the door was closed from the outside. Andropov was standing by the sofa at this moment, looking at Sergey with a smile.
"Sit down, please!" Andropov said, pointing to the sofa. Seryozha hurried forward, shook Andropov's hand respectfully and said, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Chairman!"
Andropov held out his hand, shook Seryosha, and said: "I read about you in the newspapers, so I wanted to see you in person. But last night I went to the market of your mutual aid association. After looking at it, I am more interested in it!"
Seryozha's heart trembled, and his expression could not help but froze for a moment, but he immediately recovered. Andropov saw all this, he smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, I actually like your mutual aid market very much."
Seryozha thought for a while, and then explained: "Mr. Chairman, our mutual aid market was originally established to serve members. As part of the mutual aid association, it can help members who are in a hurry to spend money by selling some idle items. To cash in, and some of our members live in rural areas, they can use the surplus agricultural products in their hands to replace membership fees..." Seryosha explained, checking Andropov's expression, regrettably, Andropov was smiling all the time and couldn't see anything.
Andropov patiently listened to Seryozha's justification, and then he said: "I appreciate some of your pioneering efforts in this area. Frankly speaking, they are very inspiring to me. In fact, I used to work abroad. I’ve seen similar markets. So, you don’t have to worry too much!”
When Andropov said this, Serezha immediately felt relieved. He was very afraid of what Andropov would think of his mutual aid, but the KGB chief was much more enlightened than Seryozha had imagined. After Andropov made his attitude clear, Seryozha's conversation with him became much easier. Andropov inquired in detail about the operation of the market, the rules and regulations of mutual aid associations. Seryozha answered Andropov's questions as best he could.
The two talked for more than an hour without knowing it. Andropov listened most of the time, he rarely spoke, and when he did speak, he asked Seryozha. Andropov did not conclude the interview until Seryozha had nothing new to say.
When Seryozha left there, he let out a long breath. Andropov is a dangerous person, and Sergey has hidden too many unspeakable secrets about the mutual aid association, so Sergey has been carefully diverting Andropov's attention.
At the same time, in Moscow, Minister of the Interior Shlokov had just assigned Churbanov a difficult task, which was to go to the Republic of Uzbekistan to investigate serious rape cases there. Although this was a KGB resolution, and the Ministry of the Interior was an independent department, it stands to reason that Andropov could not direct Shlokov. However, according to the usual practice, the KGB is the person who has the authority to command the Ministry of the Interior. This is a fait accompli left over from history, and Shlokov has nothing to do about it.
Andropov launched a war against corruption, but he couldn't get around the "Dnipropetrovsk gang" with President Bo at the core, whether it was the first and second vice-chairmen of the KGB, It is still the Minister of the Interior and the First Deputy Minister, all of whom are under the orders of President Bo. These people had joined Mr. Bo very early on. Mr. Bo graduated from the Dnepropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute, so many alumni who graduated here have gained Mr. Bo's trust and been promoted to key positions.
Andropov's anti-corruption has been approved by Mr. Bo, but Mr. Bo may not be willing. Rashidov, who was under investigation, was a key target of Mr. Bo, and he had just been promoted to the position of an alternate member of the Politburo. Since several of President Bo’s close associates in the Politburo have passed away in the past two years, if Andropov puts the affairs of the Uzbek Republic before the Politburo for discussion, then among the 14 members of the Politburo, half of the If you support Andropov above, President Bo's prestige will suffer a serious blow.
Xiaolokov also knew a thing or two about the subtleties in the Politburo, and Tsweikon and Tsinev managed to win back the right to investigate. In this way, the initiative returned to the Dnepropetrovsk helpers, as long as the son-in-law Churbanov disposes of a few small fish and shrimps at will, the job can be done.
Shlokov repeatedly told Churbanov to deal with a few low-level people at will, and then he could come back to do business. Churbanov knew it well, and this was the first time he took over such a big case, let alone the pride in his heart.
After accepting the task, Churbanov asked the secretary to arrange a special plane for him immediately, and notified the Uzbek Republic in advance to prepare for the reception. Churbanov is a showy person, and this errand is so ostentatious, how can he not do it well! By the way, there is also Seryosha, this guy doesn't know what he has been up to since the exercise ended! How can you forget an old friend when something good happens? So Churbanov called Seryozha again before leaving get off work.
"Hey! Brother, what are you doing these days!" Churbanov greeted enthusiastically as soon as the call was connected.
"It's not about the work unit, it's all fuss!" Sergey Sha replied.
"I'm so lazy that I have a good job, are you interested in taking a turn!" Churbanov warmly invited.
"Where?" asked Seryozha.
"Central Asia, the Republic of Uzbekistan, this time to investigate corruption!" Churbanov said proudly.
When Xie Liaosha heard about the investigation of corruption, he suddenly regained his spirits. This is a brand new market! He quickly and happily agreed, and just like that, these two innocent guys were somehow involved in a huge case. (To be continued.)