Chapter 18 Reporting

"Okay, everyone knows each other now! Let's start today's meeting. Today, our secretariat has invited a special guest, Comrade Sergey, the secretary of our Moscow Youth League Committee! Maybe some of the announcements here are very important to Sergey Familiar, some comrades are not so familiar with Seryozha. Then I will briefly introduce this comrade to you. Speaking of which, the first time I heard about Seryozha was from our old secretary Andro Comrade Bov heard that a serious food safety problem broke out at Gorky University about a few years ago. The old secretary was very angry and went to Gorky himself. When he came back, he was very happy, saying that it was in Gorky University. I saw a very thoughtful young cadre who made Gorky’s spare time as a vast number of young people colorful. He not only took care of the introduction target, but also took care of the difficulties in everyone’s life. If anyone is sick, the Youth League Committee can pay to help everyone overcome difficulties. He even purchased a lot of daily necessities from abroad at low prices to help everyone improve their quality of life. The old secretary was full of praise for this young cadre! Soon he was transferred to Moscow to serve as the deputy secretary of the Youth League Committee!" Gorbachev Having said that, he picked up the water glass and took a sip of water, then continued.

"Our cadre was not idle when he came to Moscow. He reported to his superiors just a few months after he took office! Guess what, he actually wants to build houses for the vast number of workers and solve the housing difficulties of ordinary families in Moscow. To be honest, at the time I didn’t believe that a cadre of the Youth League Committee could accomplish such a major event, but Secretary Andropov finally supported him against all opinions. In the end, everyone has seen the result. The worker’s new town with a beautiful environment was built by this comrade. When the first phase of the project was completed, the old secretary and I visited there! Secretary Andropov once told me that every time in the office When I am distracted by work, as long as I go to the window and look at the building complex in the south, I feel that I have done some good things for the common people!" Gorbachev said here, and several secretaries present It's really embarrassing, General Secretary Andropov has just passed away, and his prestige is high, everyone still misses this old secretary very much.

"If a cadre like Seryozha is evaluated using our cadre appointment and evaluation mechanism, it is very likely that he will get an evaluation of not doing his job properly! But it is such a cadre who has done a big thing that our Moscow city government can't do! General Secretary Chernenko always taught our economic cadres to have greater autonomy and to dare to explore boldly. Our country is currently in a new stage of socialism - the beginning of a perfect and developed socialist society. This is a In the long-term stage, it may take several generations of us to work together to complete the historical mission entrusted by this stage! Under this background, the more cadres who are "doing nothing" like Sergei Sha, the better, and there should be more capable people Thank you! Comrade Seryozha has used a series of methods that we have never tried before to solve practical problems in his work. I can tell you that the new city of workers in Moscow did not cost a single penny from the government, and the construction funds were provided to the whole society It was recruited, this is the ability..."

Gorbachev talked eloquently for half an hour, and Seryozha was a little embarrassed by the praise. He forced himself to look ahead and calm down. He already understood what Secretary Gorbachev meant, and giving him a chance to speak at the regular meeting of the secretariat today was to build momentum for him. After all, the cadres who have taught the secretaries of the secretariat can be said to be recognized experts in the party in some respects. Gorbachev changed the subject and ended his speech. He first asked Sergey to talk about a series of new methods and measures he had adopted in the construction of the Moscow Workers’ New City.

How to build such a large area of ​​high-quality housing projects without using a penny of the country's money.

Seryozha adjusted the microphone in front of him. He was sitting at the last seat of the conference table. All the secretaries in the secretariat are looking at him at this moment, waiting for his speech. Seryozha bit the bullet and said: "Leaders, I am really flattered to be able to attend the meeting of the secretariat today. In fact, the success of the Workers' New City project is not due to me alone. It is our Moscow Youth League Committee, Moscow Trade Union, and It is the result of the joint efforts of other fraternal units involved in this work under the care of the leaders. When I first came to work in Moscow, I didn’t know what to do at the beginning. Moscow is different from Gorky, here is not only our great motherland It is also the capital of the country, and it is also a place where young people with aspirations in the whole country yearn for. When I first came to the Youth League Committee, I went to the front line several times to have discussions with members and friends and asked them what dreams they had. Many comrades in the Youth League told me their biggest dream It is to be able to have a house in Moscow where the whole family can live together, instead of living in the tube building of the unit, and waiting for the working age country to distribute the house. I thought at the time that our Youth League Committee is the natal home of the majority of young friends , Their difficulties are our difficulties. Whether our service is good or not depends on whether we can solve the difficulties encountered by the members in their lives and work! So I made up my mind to make solving the housing problem the focus of our work. "

"Secretary Gorbachev told us that you didn't ask for a penny from the state at that time. How did you solve your funding problem?" A secretary asked curiously.

"Funding is indeed a big problem. It is a bit whimsical for our youth league committee to promote such a large project. After all, our income is only the tour fees paid by the league members and the appropriation from the superiors. It is a drop in the bucket for a long-term project! To this end we thought of raising funds from the public. When I was working in Gorky, I finally had some mass base. I issued some bonds through mutual aid associations. The workers raised some deposits for renting a house. In order to save money and time, we did not start from scratch, but bought eight unfinished buildings in the south of the city, and thus solved the problem of funds!" Seriosha roughly told everyone Recalling some work matters in the early days of the Workers’ New City project, several secretaries kept asking various questions to inquire about the specific implementation of the Workers’ New Village project...

On the second day, the front pages of the four official newspapers "Izvestia", "Pravda", "Labor", and "Komsomolskaya Pravda" simultaneously published the report made by Seryozha at the regular meeting of the secretariat.