Chapter 45

A black Volga car slowly stops in front of the door of Friendship Hotel, the most luxurious hotel in Gorky city. The hotel attendant quickly goes forward to open the door for the guests. Chernenko stepped out of the car, sorted out his police uniform, and then put the big cornice hat on his head, strode into the door of friendship hotel. He came here today to attend the wedding banquet of the son of the leader of Gorky port, Zhukovsky.

Under the guidance of the service staff, Chernenko walked into the banquet hall of friendship hotel. Chernenko gave his hat and briefcase to the staff at the door. Conveniently took a glass of wine, went straight to a corner, sat down quietly, and then lit a cigarette. Although he was invited by Zhukovsky, he didn't have much friendship with him. It was just an invitation on etiquette. It's the first time since I came to Golgi. As an outsider and a cadre promoted by rocket, Chernenko has become a public enemy of Golgi's interior ministry system. The officialdom in Gorky is the same as that in most parts of the Soviet Union. Every department is controlled by some old people. Although the Soviet Union has a retirement system, some old leaders retired in time, still holding the power of the past.

In fact, this phenomenon almost became the practice of Soviet officialdom. This characteristic began to appear from Stalin. Stalin's health condition deteriorated year by year in the last few years of his life, but he still held the supreme power of the country. It is said that the current general secretary Brezhnev's health is not very good. So it's no surprise that cadres like Chernenko who violate the rules of promotion in officialdom are isolated in officialdom.

Like Chernenko, as the business partners of Mrs. Zhukovsky, Mikhail and shariosha also received an invitation from Mrs. Zhukovsky to attend his son's engagement banquet. It is said that the daughter-in-law to be is the daughter of a senior Ukrainian official. Naturally, they were warmly received by Mrs. Zhukovsky. Mikhail's relationship was with his wife. Naturally, many officials' wives knew him. Today, Xie liaosha is here to expand his contacts. Gorky city is the machinery manufacturing center of the Soviet Union. Every year, he exports a large number of machinery products to foreign countries. Xie liaosha is now engaged in oil smuggling business. Most of his business is supported by Mrs. zukovsky. If he wants to continue to expand his business, he naturally needs some support from the officialdom.

Xie liaosha now smuggles a train of crude oil to Poland every week. According to William's quotation, he earns about $10 a barrel. A train has 15 oil tanks, each of which can carry 40 tons of crude oil. Each ton of crude oil is about equal to the capacity of seven American barrels. Thus, he can earn more than $40000 per trip, About $10000 was given to Mrs. zukovsky. Otherwise she would not have paid for such a luxurious engagement banquet. It seems that a single train can pull a lot of oil. Yes, it does. The total number of 15 oil tanks is only 600 tons. A small crude oil refinery has an annual processing capacity of 50000 tons and can process more than 100 tons of crude oil every day. Such a little oil can not even meet the demand of a small refinery. For example, the market demand is like a vast sea, but now Xie liaosha can only stand on the beach to pick up shells.

The banquet is about to start, and the guests are sitting on their seats one after another. The seats are arranged according to the work unit. People from Golgi port sit together. Golgi automobile factory has to transport a lot of goods through Golgi port every year. Naturally, there are many big people in the factory. Xie liaosha and Mikhail are also lucky to sit with them, but none of these big people know Mikhail, They probably wondered who the two young men were, so they just said hello to them out of politeness. If Yuri was here, they might know each other. Mikhail didn't dare to introduce himself to them as Yuri's brother.

The table behind Xie liaosha is the police of the Ministry of the interior. The people at this table are all wearing gray uniforms, so they are easy to recognize. This makes Xie liaosha feel very nervous. You know, he is a fugitive. Although he didn't dare to look back at them all the time, Xie liaosha's attention was on these policemen. Who knows if anyone will recognize him. At that table, the police sat in their seats, quietly listening to the master of ceremonies on the stage introducing the engaged couple, clapping and clapping from time to time. In fact, it was no different from listening to a report at a meeting.

The most prominent one among them is Chernenko, because he is the youngest in the table. The others are either gray haired or decapitated, which arouses his curiosity. He stealthily approaches Mikhail's ear and asks in a low voice, "who is the young man in the police table over there?"

Mikhail turned his head, carefully observed the policemen, thought for a while, and said uncertainly: "it seems that it's the deputy director of the branch of our automobile factory. It's called... It's called... By the way, it's Chernenko. " Mikhail finally remembered.

"Why is he so young? Is the backstage particularly hard? " Xie liaosha asked again in doubt.

"It should not be hard backstage. I heard that he has been excluded in the Bureau of internal affairs." Said Mikhail.

"Can you be so young to sit in the position of deputy director after being excluded?" Xie liaosha was completely confused.

"It's said that he came from Leningrad half a year ago. He was an outsider. At the beginning, he was just a secretary. I don't know how he got up. Rumor has it that he was transferred to Golgi to investigate black market transactions and official corruption. If it's true, we have to be careful of this guy. He's our enemy! " Mikhail replied.

Xie liaosha no longer asked, "hearsay". The hearsay of officialdom is not groundless, it always has some credibility. Xie liaosha took out his lighter and put it on the seat. Zippo's shell is electroplated, just like a mirror. Xie liaosha adjusted the angle with his fingers until he could clearly see Chernenko from the reflection of the lighter shell.

Indeed, as Mikhail said, the people on the left and right sides of Chernenko are talking to the people next to him. Chernenko sits in the middle, but no one talks to him. It seems that he doesn't care at all. He should eat and drink when the people around him don't exist.

Xie liaosha's mind is completely on the policeman. If Chernenko really comes to investigate the black market transactions, Xie liaosha is his target. The black market of Gorky city is in the factory area of Gorky automobile factory. Everyone in Gorky city knows it. This happens to be the jurisdiction of Chernenko. He can't have no idea why he didn't act. Mikhail only bribed the ordinary police, but didn't give him any money. Yes, he wants to catch the real boss behind the scenes. He used to be Popov, but there are many officials in Popov's address book. Now that he's investigating black market trading and corruption, that makes sense.

First gusinski was on target, and now it seems that the police are not going to let him go. Xie liaosha feels that danger is approaching him step by step.