Chapter 17 Secretariat

With the end of the energy negotiations, the negotiating delegations from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry and the Ministry of Coal Industry returned to China with fruitful results. Only the delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture led by Sergei continued to stay in London. ’”『Tian Lai Novel Ww』W. ⒉3TXT. This is not because the British did not cooperate with the agricultural negotiations, so it stagnated, but it was caused by the agricultural development in the Soviet Union. Because Seryozha has not found an effective method to quickly increase the grain production of the Soviet Union so far.

When it comes to Soviet agriculture that's a really big problem. Although the Soviet Union had a vast land, it did not have a population corresponding to it, and there was a serious shortage of agricultural labor. Coupled with the cold climate, food crops in the Soviet Union can only be harvested once a year in most areas. It is really difficult to reform.

In addition to the factor of population constraints, the climate is also a major challenge to Soviet agricultural production. A single widespread cold snap can destroy an entire year's harvest in an area. Many times, seeing the pleasing crops being deprived by the ruthless weather, those commune members who are engaged in agricultural production really want to cry.

Now that most areas in the Soviet Union have passed the season for sowing wheat and other crops, the improvement that can be achieved by working hard on this is already very small. In order to make achievements, Xie Liaosha can only start with non-staple food. Therefore, Seryozha decided to cut off part of the profits from the coal and natural gas trade as funds for agricultural development. In addition to purchasing some agricultural machinery for Gennady Tymoshenko's farm, he intends to focus the funds on increasing the production of crops such as fruits and vegetables, as well as developing ocean-going fishing.

Seryozha intends to transplant the greenhouse cultivation technology around major cities such as Moscow, Leningrad, and Dnipropetrovsk, and first improve the supply of non-staple food in these major cities. This is also currently the only move Seryosha can make based on the actual situation.

Another place where Seryosha can make a difference is to develop the food processing industry. There is a lot of room to play in this regard. The common people in the Soviet Union now complain most about the single variety of goods supplied by state-run stores and the lack of variety. In fact, the main crops in the Soviet Union are nothing more than a few kinds, but if they can be processed a little bit, it may be able to change the dissatisfaction of the common people about the single variety of food to a certain extent. After all, potatoes can be processed into potato chips, hash browns, French fries, mashed potato starch and so on. Although the raw material of these things is still potatoes, after all, the variety has been increased and the taste has been improved.

In order to fully understand the status quo of non-staple food in Western countries, Seryozha ordered his men to go to London to search for all brands and varieties of food that can be bought in the market and come back for research. Then let everyone taste one by one, and select some products that suit the tastes of ordinary people in the Soviet Union for in-depth research. Research whether the Soviet Union has the production capacity of this commodity and how much it costs. It can be said that Seryozha wanted to use this tricky method to temporarily change the common people's dissatisfaction with the single variety of food stores.

These things are cumbersome and complicated, and they can't be done overnight, so Seryozha temporarily stayed in London with his subordinates.

He had to rush back to the country to report to Secretary Gorbachev on his work, and he also had to handle the work of the Youth League Committee and the Grain Production Bureau.

So Seryozha said goodbye to his new friends in London, and the Bankers Association even held a farewell reception for Seryozha. Sergey was grateful for this, and he gave Karim carte blanche to manage subprime derivatives on his behalf, for which Sergey set up a small agency in London. When everything was arranged, Seryozha returned to Moscow on the Soviet Civil Aviation flight.

It was Wednesday when Seryozha returned to Moscow, and he made an appointment with the staff around Gorbachev early the next morning to meet Gorbachev. At the beginning, the staff told him that the secretary was going to preside over the regular meeting of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, and hoped to change the meeting time to the day after tomorrow. But Seryozha just hung up the phone, and Gorbachev's secretary called him again and said: "Secretary Gorbachev hopes that you will come to the White House early tomorrow morning, and he invites you to attend tomorrow's regular meeting of the secretariat." , and you may be asked to speak at that time, please be prepared!"

After putting down the phone, Serezha suddenly felt a little flattered, it was the Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee! In the offices under the Politburo, every secretary in it is a high-ranking figure in the Soviet Union. These people have the status and power second only to the members of the Politburo. Gorbachev wants to put himself on fire. Go bake!

So Seryozha did nothing that day, and spent all his time on sorting out the work minutes during the period in the UK. It was the first time that Seryozha spoke on such an important occasion, so he had to be careful and careful .

The next morning, Seryozha arrived on time at the office building of the Supreme Soviet, the seat of the White House. He held a thick leather bag in his hand, which contained some materials that had been sorted out. Seryozha was quickly taken upstairs to a small conference room.

Gorbachev's secretary sent Sergey into the room. As soon as Sergey entered the room, he found that the conference table in the room was full of people. Gorbachev, who was sitting at the head seat of the conference table, saw Sergey who was coming, and immediately stood up from his seat, and then walked towards Sergey unhurriedly. He stretched out his hand and said to Seryozha with a smile on his face: "Welcome back, Comrade Seryozha, you have worked hard this time!"

"This is the task entrusted to me by the party, and it is what I should do!" Sergey Sha quickly replied humbly.

After exchanging pleasantries with Sergei, Gorbachev began to introduce his colleagues and subordinates to him. There were a total of nine secretaries in the secretariat, and each of them got up and shook hands with Sergey under the introduction of Gorbachev. Sergey felt the change in Gorbachev's attitude towards him from the moment he entered the door. Obviously, Gorbachev appreciates himself very much now, and even helped him arrange a speech at the regular meeting of the secretariat. This is obviously paving the way for myself! A young cadre who can speak in the secretariat has a bright future no matter how you look at it.

Seryozha hid his pride in his heart. He didn't know whether the dispute over the visit between Gromyko and Gorbachev had come to an end. In addition, what Seryozha cared most about was the speech for a while. He didn't know what Gorbachev wanted him to say at the meeting when he came to him?