Chapter 93 Chernobyl

"Serious riots broke out in Mogadishu. Local residents rushed into the UN safe zone, smashed, looted and burned... Many people in the US Congressional investigation team were killed. Massachusetts Congressman John Colvin was killed in this conflict."

—The New York Times, April 2, 1987

"Female reporter Zoe Farmiga was found in the ruins of the United Nations storage and transportation center. She was seriously injured, but her life was not in danger. According to the doctor, Zoe was completely blind in one eye due to everyone's reasons, and he One of his feet is likely to be amputated because of a severe infection."

—The New York Times, April 3, 1987

"Congress has announced that it is terminating the investigation into the Love Africa Foundation in light of the current tensions in Somalia. The Love Africa Foundation has stated that they will permanently withdraw from food aid to Africa because several employees were killed in the riots project……"

—The New York Times, April 5, 1987

"The Somali authorities claimed that the cause of the time was that the UN troops shot at the unarmed Somali people at the scene, and the female reporter Zoe Farmiga who woke up claimed that the Fraternity Africa Foundation pretended to be the soldiers of the United Nations and deliberately created this riot? Fraternity Africa The Foundation categorically denies this!"

—The New York Times, April 6, 1987

"The New York Times Decides to Hire Zoe Farmiga as Deputy Managing Editor of The New York Times Politics."

—The New York Times, April 10, 1987

"The Fraternity Africa Foundation has decided to permanently terminate its charity business and return all property to the donors!"

—The New York Times, April 11, 1987

"The 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Journalism was announced, and Zoe Farmiga, a female reporter from The New York Times, and Jimmy McCown, a reporter from the Associated Press who died, were among them. Columbia University claimed in the award description that Zoe And Jimmy's courage to reveal the truth, and the brave spirit of defying the power to inspire all journalists..."

—The New York Times, April 11, 1987

Seryozha blocked the investigation of the US Congress with a bloody riot. During the riots, more than 100 staff of the United Nations, charitable organizations and local people were killed, and hundreds of others were injured. And because of this riot, the Barre government in Somalia is facing accusations from the international community. The United Nations and other international charities decided to close the safe zone in Mogadishu and shift the focus of relief to ports in Djibouti and Eritrea.

Seryozha decided not to use the platform of Fraternity Africa Foundation to continue his food business. He opened another new grain import and export company in Panama. This company uses bearer stock accounts to register its owners. The grain it imports from the United States will be transported to Japan through the Panama Canal, and then repackaged in Japan and shipped to Far East of the USSR. Although the cost has increased in doing so, the profit is still considerable.

Sergesha decided to strengthen the relationship with the American Farmers Association. Although this cooperation was destroyed by the female reporter Zoe, Sergesha still hoped that the Farmers Association could continue to be tied to the chariot of the Gorky Brotherhood. Because there is one more important thing that Seryozha needs the help of the Farmers Association, and that is the genetically modified soybeans that Seryozha spent countless costs to develop.

Monsanto's genetically modified soybeans were commercialized before corn, followed by several vegetable seeds. In order to speed up the research and development of corn, wheat, rice and other staple foods, Seriosha allocated a new budget of US$2 billion to Monsanto's molecular biology department.

However, the seed market is already a very mature market, and it is not easy to gain a foothold here. Although Monsanto's genetically modified seeds have incomparable advantages, they are still a brand-new product that needs to be tested by the market.

There is not enough time left for Serezha, because the patent of glyphosate, the flagship product of Monsanto's chemical department, will expire in a few years, and the chemical industry giants who intend to join will definitely squeeze Monsanto's market. share, and Seryosha's genetically modified seeds should be used in conjunction with glyphosate.

Using his past experience working in the Ministry of Agriculture, Seryosha decided to first introduce genetically modified cotton from Monsanto and spread it to the five Central Asian countries of the Soviet Union. At the same time, Seryozha also placed a large order of glyphosate to Monsanto Chemical to temporarily maintain the full production of Monsanto's chemical department. Seryosha hopes to maximize the benefits of genetically modified seeds and glyphosate before the patent on glyphosate expires.

Mikhail in Japan put forward another new suggestion to Seryozha, which is to set up an agricultural insurance company for American farmers to assist in the marketing of Monsanto products. The specific plan is as follows: as long as a certain farmer chooses Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds and the supporting Roundup brand glyphosate herbicide, he can purchase insurance products from Columbia Agricultural Insurance Company at a very low price. In the future, if there is a problem with the output for some reason, the insurance company can compensate the farmers for their losses.

Seryozha felt that Mikhail's suggestion was very reasonable, so he authorized Mikhail to operate this matter. Mikhail soon flew back to the United States to deal with the establishment of Colombia Insurance Company.

Just when Seryozha was planning to find an opportunity to go to Switzerland to reunite with his family, he suddenly received a call from the Kremlin late at night.

"Minister Ulyanov, please rush to the Supreme Soviet immediately. The general secretary is going to call an emergency meeting, and all officials above the deputy ministerial level must be present!" The operator on the other side of the phone said anxiously.

Although Seryozha didn't want to bid farewell to dreamland at this time, he still had to struggle to get dressed, and then asked his driver to prepare the car and rush to the Supreme Soviet.

When Seryozha rushed to the Supreme Soviet, he was stunned by the number of people attending the meeting. There were hundreds of people, not only officials from Moscow, but also the first secretaries of Ukraine and Belarus had already arrived here, yeah Liqin also arrived early.

"Brother Boris, what happened?" Seryozha walked to Yeltsin's side and asked in a low voice.

"Seryozha, don't you know? A serious nuclear leak occurred in Chernobyl a few days ago. These damned local officials actually wanted to cover up the matter and delayed reporting it to the central government for a few days. !” Yeltsin said angrily.