Chapter 28: Bait

"The father of subprime mortgages? What's going on here?" Gorbachev asked in disbelief.

"Secretary Gorbachev, I suddenly feel that you are really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger here. I think it's better to let your subordinate explain to you what subprime mortgage is, after all, he is the inventor of this financial product!" Hamer Enthusiastically brought Serio Sala to my side and recommended it to Gorbachev.

"Okay! Sergey, don't you want to explain what's going on?" Gorbachev asked Sergey.

"Secretary, the subprime loan is an international financial patent that I applied for when I was in the UK. I don't know how Comrade Hammer knew about it! I just licensed this patent to several banks, at least when I left London At that time, there were not many people who knew about it!" Seryozha also explained with a confused face. The British side has been handed over to Karim to fight, and Seryozha has not intervened for several months. I haven't heard any news coming!

"Don't mind Comrade Gorbachev. The subprime mortgage thing is still circulating in the small circles of Wall Street. Ordinary people haven't had the opportunity to see it. But many people are very interested in this financial patent. Among them Including some of my friends in business!" Comrade Hamer explained for the two.

The three of them talked all the way out like this. Hamer's conversation was a rare opportunity for Seryozha to understand the views of the richest class in the United States. The information obtained from Hammer is positive. It seems that the investment circle in the United States is very interested in subprime mortgage products, and it is no surprise that no one has disassembled the entire asset package to analyze the risks.

After seeing off Comrade Hamer, Sergey returned to the White House in Gorbachev's car. On the way, Gorbachev contemplated for a long time before saying to Seryozha: "According to Hammer, you should be very rich, but I'm a little curious about how you earned your money?"

"Secretary Gorbachev, I can use my party spirit to guarantee that I am innocent! Many leaders know about my affairs. It is said that General Secretary Andropov even specifically asked about this matter!" Serezha Suddenly startled in my heart, I hurriedly explained to Gorbachev.

"Don't think too much, I trust you, I know your affairs more or less. I know that you once made a fortune abroad, and you were the one who paid for the start-up capital of Workers' New City?" Gorbachev said with a pleasant face. Said.

It is not surprising that Gorbachev knew these things, but Sergey was shocked by the matter involving his own property just now! Firstly, the scale of his own property is too large, and the origin is not easy to explain. But Seryozha still wanted to conceal his huge wealth, so he said to Gorbachev: "Secretary, most of the money in Workers' New City is borrowed from foreign banks. Fortunately, the project is going very well." It went well, basically the repayment is almost done! To be honest, I can’t afford so much money myself!”

"Seryozha, I appreciate your talent. You are smart, courageous, and dare to break through those rules and regulations to create a new path. To be honest, cadres like you are rare in our party! In fact, I would rather give Young people have some opportunities, you are the best example!" Gorbachev said.

The conversation in the car made Seryosha feel the unprecedented trust from Gorbachev. In fact, speaking of it, Gorbachev is under great pressure now. He has no other chance but to defeat Gromyko and stay in the Politburo. Gorbachev desperately wanted his work to be recognized by the majority of the party's top cadres. But Gorbachev was too young and his political background was insufficient. Therefore, recently, Gorbachev began to search for some capable young cadres. Due to Seryozha's status in the Communist Youth League system, most of the Communist Youth League cadres supported Gorbachev, but these cadres were too young to take on major responsibilities. Even Seryozha, because of age,

He suffered a big loss on the road to promotion. If Seryozha can be more than 20 years older now, with Seryozha's resume, an alternate member of the Central Committee is definitely a certainty.

"Seryozha, you have a lot of work on hand now. Are you willing to hand over some other work on hand to others and concentrate on doing the work of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation?" Gorbachev asked suddenly.

"Secretary, what do you mean?" Although Sergey didn't express anything on his face, he felt a little uneasy in his heart. He didn't know what Gorbachev was planning?

"Your worker's new city project, now taller and bigger, has become one of the country's key projects. It can't always be hung on the Youth League Committee! The comrades in the construction department have mentioned it to me several times, and their opinions are very big. Do you think it is convenient for you to hand over this project to someone else?" Gorbachev asked Seryozha.

"Secretary, our Youth League Committee has invested a lot of money in this. If people from the construction department just take it away for nothing, what will our Youth League Committee do?" Xie Liaosha said in part.

"Don't worry, I won't let you suffer. The Ministry of Construction should give you at least one penny. I know that the comrades of the Youth League Committee are not easy, but the Youth League Committee is in charge of large-scale municipal projects in Moscow. It will be a matter of time! A new city for workers should be enough to decide a member of the Politburo, do you know what we are lacking now?" Gorbachev said, pointing to Seryozha.

Sergey quickly understood what Gorbachev meant, that is, he wanted to use the workers' new city as a bait to get those members of the Central Committee who wanted to go further to side with Secretary Gorbachev. As Gorbachev said, a new city of workers should be enough to decide a member of the Politburo. Seryozha can't get promoted now, and it's a waste to hold it in his hands. It's better to hook up a member of the Central Committee to join his camp. However, the Workers' New City was created by Sergey. If Sergey had a grudge against this matter, it would not be worth the candle. In fact, Seryozha changed his mind just now when he heard the words that the Ministry of Construction should pay no less money. This is a good opportunity to get back the funds, and it happens to be able to get the money back and invest it in the Japanese project or the Easy trade goods to earn more profits. Thinking of this, Seryozha made a decision in his heart.

"Secretary, I am willing to give up Workers' New Town, but the National Residential Bank is the parent company of the Mediterranean Trading Company, so I want to keep it?" Sergesha asked.

"Of course, foreign trade is our most important job!" Gorbachev said gratefully.