Chapter 450

The people in Gorbachev's office stayed up all night until the morning when the waiter served coffee and breakfast.

We have been busy all night, and we are all hungry. At the call of the staff, everyone left the office and went to the restaurant for dinner, but Xie liaosha had no appetite. Yeltsin sat next to Xie liaosha and ate a mouthful of fried eggs and sausages. Seeing that Xie liaosha didn't mean to move his breakfast, Yeltsin persuaded him, "Xie liaosha, eat a little first. We'll see General Secretary Chernenko later."

"Brother Boris, what will happen if we fail today?" Xie liaosha asked suddenly.

"Brother, listen to me! If I fail, my political career will come to an end. On the contrary, you still have plenty of time. There's nothing you can't afford to lose! " When Boris said this, he seemed to be talking about other people's affairs, almost without any emotional fluctuations. But Xie liaosha knows that if he really fails. Yeltsin's new city of workers will lose financial support, and his transfer to the central government will be in vain.

Xieliaosha was subdued by Yeltsin's calmness. Every time there was calm in a big event, it was more fatal to Yeltsin. Xie liaosha himself knows that his own investment in the project of worker's new town is only US $500 million, which he can afford to lose. However, if Yeltsin did not have a new city of workers, his political future would have to stay in Sverdlovsk.

Xie liaosha reluctantly fills his stomach with breakfast. Instead of drinking coffee, he drinks some hot water. After dinner, Xie liaosha and Yeltsin took a rest on the sofa for a while. At nine o'clock, the staff around general secretary Chernenko called to inform them to go to the central hospital to explain the situation to general secretary Chernenko.

In the same car, Gorbachev, Yeltsin and seryosha immediately set out from the Supreme Soviet to the central hospital where Chernenko lived. Now Chernenko's physical condition has been known by the Politburo, so it is no longer covered up. But for ordinary people, what we can see is still the general secretary in full swing. People have birth and death, these are unavoidable things. Chernenko is now in the hospital for a long time, and Gorbachev has presided over the Politburo meeting since a long time ago. Seliosha and many Soviet officials have not seen Chernenko himself for a long time.

The ward of the central hospital is not an ordinary ward. The ward here is a luxury convalescent villa, so there are all kinds of daily living facilities. After Xie liaosha arrived, they were arranged to wait in the conference room. It took about twenty minutes to wait. The door of the conference room was opened, and everyone got up quickly. Chernenko walked slowly into the room.

"Comrades are here, sorry, cough... Sorry to keep you waiting!" Chernenko said in a weak voice. He was panting. His lips were blue and his face was sallow. He looked very bad. Chernenko just finished a sentence, and quickly sat down on the sofa.

Gorbachev looked at each other and did not know how to speak. The atmosphere of the scene fell into silence, and there was only Chernenko's heavy breathing in the room.

Yeltsin waited for a long time, but Gorbachev never spoke. So he decided to come first. Who knows, at this time, Xie liaosha suddenly stood up and said, "general secretary, we are here for the capital of workers' new town."

"Gromico reported to me that a large amount of money is in the hands of the Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation. So I'd like to hear your opinions. What are you going to do with the money? " With these words, Chernenko breathed more quickly. He took out his handkerchief to cover his mouth and coughed as quietly as he could.

"General secretary, I think the Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation should play a greater role in the economic reform. According to some data we have obtained from abroad. In today's world economic background, the pressure of slow economic growth is not unique to our country. The United States and the United Kingdom both had negative economic growth last year, and now Japan is the only one in the world. They are all capitalist countries. I think that's what we need to learn from their economic situation Xie liaosha asked impolitely.

"Comrade ulyanov, I don't know what your opinion is! Let's talk about it... "General Secretary Chernenko was a little curious. He thought Gorbachev would first talk about the rationality of keeping the money in the Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation, but he didn't expect that ulyanov was actually involved in the issue of economic reform. This issue has been discussed since Khrushchev's time, but so far there is still no direction for reform. Chernenko is a little curious. What are the opinions of this young cadre?

"General secretary, for our Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation! Our task is to open up more markets for Soviet commodities. Only in this way can our economy have new growth momentum. That's what Japan does. In terms of technology, they can't compare with the United States. Their technologies are ready-made patents with commercial value purchased from the United States, but their products are now all over the world. With respect, most of the electronic products seized by the Customs Department of the Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation are from Japan. In addition, there are also auto parts and household appliances from Japan. It is precisely because they seize the market all over the world by various means that they can go against the trend in the face of the worldwide economic depression. General secretary, we are no longer a poor agricultural country in the Stalin Lenin era. It is no longer sustainable to rely solely on investment to drive the economy! " Xie liaosha continued.

Chernenko felt that there seemed to be some truth in what Xie liaosha said, but he still didn't understand. So he said to seliosha, "Comrade ulyanov, can you say something specific? Why can't we continue to drive our economic growth through investment? "

"General secretary, if Stalin invested in the construction of an iron and steel plant, the products he produced may soon be consumed. Because at that time, we suffered from the trauma of the war, and were destitute and destitute. But now, our common people have refrigerators, televisions and washing machines! Even the car is not out of reach! The products produced by our factory are no longer in short supply. In short, we are now in the era of consumption upgrading. What the common people need is not necessities, but high-quality civil products! As the most important consumer department in China, the Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation is the government department most capable of promoting economic reform! " Xie liaosha replied firmly.