Chapter 67 Intervening in the Foreign Trade Bank's Plan

Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher held a private, closed-door meeting. [Latest chapter reading] e┡ Δww%w1xiaoshuo Since the British side stated that the prime minister would fly to Beijing to negotiate the Hong Kong issue with the Chinese side, there was only one meeting between the two.

The main topic of the meeting between Gorbachev and Mrs Thatcher was handled by Yakovlev and Sergei personally. These issues are all related to economics and trade. When Thatcher walked out of the room, she shook her head with a smile, as if she had encountered something interesting. Seeing this, his cabinet minister asked curiously: "Madam, it seems that the conversation between you was very pleasant!"

"I just feel that both he and I are disciples of Milton Friedman (head of the Chicago School of Economics, winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Economics) on economic issues, and if he doesn't speak Russian, I really You will think I am discussing economic issues with our allies! He is really an anomaly among Soviet leaders!" Thatcher said half-jokingly.

"It's not surprising that Yakovlev, a good friend of the Canadian Prime Minister, is also in the team accompanying Gorbachev. The trade representatives and our bankers have a hot fight, and they have been discussing the issue of capital circulation all day!" Prime Minister Thatcher's chief of staff knew some inside information, he introduced to the prime minister.

"Okay gentlemen, anyway, the Soviet Union has finally found a leader who can talk to us about economics and trade instead of medium-range missiles. This is a good thing, and we should be happy! So, during the time I am away, if If you have any request, please try to satisfy him as long as it is not too much!" Thatcher explained.

Gorbachev was also satisfied with the results of the talks. After returning, he deliberately mentioned some interesting things during the talks with his confidants. In fact, Seryozha had no interest in this, because he had developed a strong interest in the City of London for a period of time.

Due to the current economic downturn in the UK, coupled with a serious fiscal deficit. The Thatcher government is preparing to sell the state-owned assets in the hands of the United Kingdom and the government with a large amount of money, but this is not enough. Foreign funds must take over the burdens in the hands of the British government.

If the British government wants money, it must create a soil suitable for foreign investment. But now the workers are still on strike, how dare foreign capital invest in the UK? So the Thatcher government is going all out this time, and they are going to give up the control of all foreign investment in the UK. This is a great benefit to Sergey, because the British government will no longer impose strict restrictions on the inflow or outflow of foreign funds, and Sergey can finally establish a financial center belonging to the Gorky Brotherhood on the European continent.

Now Seryozha has two banks, one is the only Colombian bank, which is mainly engaged in the Soviet car loan business. The bank that should be outside is the National Residential Bank in Moscow, which mainly helps workers' new towns with financing.

Now for Seryozha,

Columbia Bank is still somewhat useful. The National Residential Bank will soon become tasteless, because of Yeltsin's appearance, if Seryosha holds the National Residential Bank in his hands again, he will help Yeltsin to raise funds. Apart from political interests, this kind of thing could not bring any value to Seryozha at all. Now Seryozha is raising funds for his Japan plan, so as long as these miscellaneous businesses are not the main business, Seryozha is ready to cash out.

Due to the huge assets of Moscow Workers' New City, the handover activities with the Central Bank of the Soviet Union were not easy. And Yeltsin, the person in charge of this project, cannot come to work in Moscow in the short term, because Yeltsin's rank is too high, and the local top leaders must go through the personnel procedures of the Politburo and the approval of the general secretary before they can come to the central government. However, General Secretary Chernenko, who is now ill, has no intention of doing this, so he temporarily put it on hold.

Since the Minister of Construction of the Soviet Union has just passed away unfortunately, the Ministry of Construction is now in a situation where there are no dragons. Seryozha wanted to hand over the Workers' New City project to the Ministry of Construction to be responsible for it, so that Seryozha could get the funds he wanted from the Central Bank.

Facts have proved that it is indeed the best time to make such a request when Gorbachev is now relying heavily on Seryozha. Gorbachev agreed without thinking. So Seryozha mentioned another issue, which was the matter of the Mediterranean Trading Company.

When the Mediterranean Trading Company was established, Seryozha mainly imported daily necessities for the residents of Workers' New City. But later the Mediterranean Trading Company gradually evolved into one of the important export companies of the Soviet Union. However, in order to ensure the smooth flow of the Soviet Union's foreign trade channels, the company used joint ventures abroad to cover up its Soviet background. This company is regarded as a collective enterprise in the Soviet Union, but it is an out-and-out private enterprise abroad. Originally, the National Residential Bank was still standing behind this company, but Seryozha did not want to abandon the Mediterranean Trading Company when he abandoned the National Residential Bank! Therefore, another suggestion of Seriosha is to separate the foreign trade business of the National Residential Bank and hand it over to the Foreign Trade Bank under the control of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.

The Mediterranean Trading Company is the main grain import enterprise of the Soviet Union and an important guarantee for supporting Gorbachev's agricultural achievements. Naturally, Gorbachev would not allow Seryozha to give up control of the enterprise. Therefore, Seryozha can use the opportunity of the Foreign Trade Bank to integrate the Mediterranean Trading Company to extend his hand into Minister Zhuravlev's territory.

This strategy was thought up by Seryozha during his time in England, and Seryozha waited for Gorbachev to come to Britain to find a way to persuade him. But this is a big plan, and it is not at all appropriate for Seryozha to say it later. It is best to let Yakovlev go and talk about it first.

Mrs Thatcher left London for Beijing the day after her meeting with Gorbachev. And Gorbachev chose to attend the commemoration ceremony of Marx's tomb the next day. That night, Sergei contacted his golfer, Thatcher's husband Denis, and asked if it was possible to arrange for Gorbachev to visit 10 Downing Street.

Dennis replied: "Seryozha, I welcome the guests from the Soviet Union, but I still need to ask the cabinet for its opinion on this matter. Don't worry, I will definitely tell you the result tomorrow morning!"