Chapter 195 Recruitment

Although the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan has not yet officially started, a group of troops have already withdrawn to Russia ahead of schedule. But when they returned to their homeland after fighting for many years, they could still feel the warmth of the motherland except when they left the train station. In the following time, they were still in the barracks like forgotten garbage. People care about it.

The issue of the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan was also being discussed in the newspapers during this period, but the focus of the newspapers was on reviewing the losses caused to the Soviet Union by this war that was not worth the candle. Although Gorbachev was also a member of the Politburo at that time, he understood that the war in Afghanistan was a decision made by a collective vote of the Politburo. At that time, Brezhnev, who had been dismissed because of illness, voted against it However, Gorbachev and Yakovlev still pushed all the responsibilities on Brezhnev's head. For this reason, Gorbachev also canceled a Hero of the Soviet Union medal from Brezhnev, It's really stingy.

The withdrawn troops from Afghanistan were stuffed into temporary dilapidated barracks, and as time went by bit by bit, the excitement of returning to the motherland gradually faded. And more is the confusion and helplessness about the future. Many people start to worry about their work and life. During this period of time, only the newly established Gorky-Volkswagen joint venture automobile factory has recruited workers here, but they only need those who have certain mechanical and electronic expertise. It was time to leave, and those young people who knew nothing but fighting still stayed in the barracks every day, drinking, playing cards, and sighing.

A week passed, and a month passed. As the withdrawal of troops began, more and more people lived in the camp, and the living conditions here became worse and worse. In addition, the Soviet government was in financial difficulties and could not Proper arrangements were made for these people, so fights and fights in the camp occurred from time to time, and this place seemed to have become a powder keg that caused social unrest.

There are some temporary symptoms. Soldiers who went to Afghanistan to fight in the war will be released from military status after returning home. They can live in the resettlement site for two months, and after two months, they must leave here to fend for themselves. But most of the people had no place to go, so many people refused to leave, which also caused a lot of difficulties for the subsequent resettlement work. However, when some enterprises affiliated to the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League came here to recruit workers, the situation finally turned for the better.

The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League gave these people three ways out, either to work as oil workers in the Samotrol oil field in Tyumen, to work for foreign capitalists, or to go to Siberia to open up wasteland. Or go to build a natural gas pipeline near the Caspian Sea. At the same time, the Communist Youth League will be responsible for these people to have a place to live and a salary. Most of the soldiers here are young people under the age of 30, and many of them are members of the Communist Youth League. They are extremely grateful for the helping hand extended by the organization. The torture of these days has made them realize the reality, and it would be nice to have a job that earns their living.

So a large number of soldiers began to pack their bags, took off their military uniforms, and after signing work contracts with these companies brought by the Communist Youth League, they happily went to Tyumen, Siberia, Ukraine, and the coast of the Caspian Sea. When they got off the train and were taken to their working place, many people were irritated by the conditions there. The so-called housing was a dilapidated and rusty container with a door opened on it. Everyone arrived here for the first time. One thing is to pick up a paint bucket and paint your container with anti-rust paint. Everyone went to the person in charge to protest, but the person in charge here said lightly: "Those who don't want to do it can leave now, and we will pay the travel expenses!"

Some people left at that time, but most of them endured. Although the conditions here are tough, there is still some income anyway. Much better than messing around in the settlement.

Seryozha originally wanted to produce boards and build houses to accommodate these soldiers, but there is no ready-made production equipment for that thing, and a special factory needs to be established and some design and optimization work must be done at the same time.

Since this is a government-backed project, profits are steady. So Seryozha gave this good job to Hassan, and asked Hassan to be in charge of the preparations for the board and house factory. Therefore, those dilapidated and abandoned containers were used as temporary housing.

Seryozha has no time to care about the life and death of those soldiers now. He is busy receiving Gorbachev's big gift-the Housing and Public Utilities and Social Development Bank. When he got the account of this bank, he unexpectedly discovered that there were still 500 billion US dollars in the account. Naturally, Serezha was overjoyed. Sooner or later the money was bound to fall into his pocket. He had thought the bank was a mess, but unexpectedly there was still money. However, after thinking about it for a while, Seryozha understood that the money was originally reserved by Ligachev for economic reforms. Unfortunately, the implementation of economic reforms in the local area was full of resistance, and the economy of the Soviet Union did not improve at all. stayed.

The turmoil in Georgia caused Ligachev to completely lose the trust of Gorbachev, and Yakovlev took advantage of the trend to become the second person behind Gorbachev. On the hint of Gorbachev, many jobs in the Secretariat began to be handed over to Yakovlev. But Ligachev didn't know about it until he found that he came to his office less and less, and he didn't understand what was going on.

Ligachev and Yakovlev have had conflicts for a long time. The political views between the two are completely different. One is a loyal supporter of Stalin, and the other wants to send Stalin to the judgment seat of history. And now Yakovlev has the support of Gorbachev, which makes the moderate reformists represented by Ligachev extremely angry. It is a pity that Ligachev, who is devoted to the public, has made too many enemies and has almost no friends in the Politburo. There are quite a few enemies like Shevardnadze.

The first batch of new workers recruited by Seryozha was mainly placed in the Samotlol oil field in Tyumen. After exploration by geological experts from Western Petroleum Corporation, there is still a chance of saving this oil field, but the first thing to do is to drain the oil field. Relieve the pressure inside the oilfield due to groundwater. This work will last at least one year. Due to the arrival of a large number of laborers, the Samotloor Oilfield has returned to its former vitality. So these soldiers living in the iron container became the first batch of workers of Glencore Group's Samotrol branch in the Soviet Union. Unlike most joint ventures in the Soviet Union, Samotrol was the first A wholly foreign-owned company.