Chapter 614

After Yeltsin spoke at the plenary session of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party, Gorbachev could no longer tolerate him. He dismissed Yeltsin as a senior official in Moscow almost without thinking. A few days later, Yeltsin was dismissed as an alternate member of the Politburo. The reason why Gorbachev chose to stand on the side of ligachev is that he and ligachev share the same interests in dealing with those ministries and local leaders of the Republic, that is, to strengthen the authority of the central government at the local level.

Now Yeltsin has been abandoned by the power, from the busy traffic in front of the front door to the empty door. In order to avoid being involved, many close friends and subordinates in the past dare not visit the door again. Yeltsin suffered such a big blow for the first time in his life. He can be regarded as seeing through the coldness of human relations and the coldness of the world. However, what Yeltsin did not expect was that there was no change in his attitude towards him.

Just yesterday, Xie liaosha personally went to Yeltsin's door and suggested that he should go to the United States to have a look at how other people's economy works, and then think about what's wrong with our reform.

"I really want to see it, Xie liaosha! But I'm sensitive now. I accept your kindness. I'm afraid Gorbachev will be angry with you. " Yeltsin said euphemistically that he is now the thorn in the eye of Gorbachev and ligachev. It is too late for other officials to avoid him? Although Xie liaosha has a good intention, how can he implicate this sincere friend.

"It doesn't matter. I can contact some foreign academic institutions and ask them to invite you. I'm still a bit famous in the U.S. economic community. Next week, Harvard University invited me to attend an academic conference on subprime derivatives. I think we can go together. " Xie liaosha replied. Although Xie liaosha did not know whether Yeltsin had such a gloomy time in history, he firmly believed that Yeltsin would make a comeback. Although the two people cooperated closely in the past, the icing on the cake was not as good as the friendship of sending charcoal in the snow. Although Yeltsin's defeat disrupted the deployment of seliosha, it gave seliosha an opportunity to further unite with Yeltsin. This opportunity is available but not available. How could seliosha let it go.

"If it's no trouble, I won't refuse. I'm still waiting for the central government's next arrangement. Anyway, there's nothing wrong. I'd better go out and have a look!" For this reason, Yeltsin will not refuse any more, because it is Xie liaosha's kindness. On the contrary, his insistent refusal has hurt Xie liaosha's sincerity. People are not afraid of it. What are you afraid of?

After the two agreed, Xie liaosha made a report to the Central Committee. Since Gorbachev will also visit the United States in a few months, Gorbachev has recently supported the normal exchanges between senior officials of the United States and the Soviet Union. Therefore, Xie liaosha's visit did not encounter any obstacles. As for Yeltsin's visit to the United States, Gorbachev was eager to see how far the trouble would go, so Yeltsin's visit was soon finalized.

With the approval of his superior, Yeltsin's depressed mood finally eased. He happily asked his wife to help him choose suits and pack. He even prepared some small gifts with Russian characteristics for the friendly people who invited him there after he arrived in the United States. When everything was in order, Yeltsin took off from Moscow on a special plane of Soviet civil aviation and flew to the United States, the biggest competitor of the Soviet Union.

The plane flew to the United States to cross Europe, and first stopped in Paris for a while. Yeltsin stayed for a while in the duty free shop at Charles De Gaulle Airport when he was in transit, selling luxuries, perfume, cosmetics, leather goods and so on, and the price was terrible. Yeltsin didn't know these brands and naturally regarded them as ordinary commodities. His salary is only more than 2000 rubles a month, and he finds that the money is only enough to buy several bottles of perfume here.

"It seems that the prices in Europe are also very high! It's said that the European economy is not very good either. Am I too harsh on Comrade Gorbachev? " Yeltsin reflected to himself that if the whole of Europe was caught in the situation of high prices and devaluation, the bad price situation in the Soviet Union would not be so dazzling.

Instead of accompanying Yeltsin to hang out at the airport, he hid in the hotel and arranged a meeting place with Karim and Donia in the United States. This meeting was just a cover, and Xie liaosha only took the opportunity of the meeting to meet his family in the United States.

After a night in Paris, seryosa and Yeltsin continued their journey. Yeltsin has always been a local leader of the Soviet Union. He has not been a senior official in Moscow for a long time. It is his first time to visit a country on the other side of the iron curtain. At the moment, Yeltsin's heart was full of expectations. He was curious about what life was like for ordinary Americans.

When the plane landed in New York, the long flight was finally over. When Xie liaosha left the airport, he asked Yeltsin what he needed. Yeltsin said he wanted to take a look around New York and see the life of the local people. Seryosha happily assigned his driver to Yeltsin.

After negotiating with the American receptionists, Yeltsin was allowed to move freely. And Xie liaosha went back to the hotel to have a rest under the arrangement of the United States. In fact, this invitation is just a play directed and performed by Xie liaosha. Even the university that invited is Eva's alma mater, so Xie liaosha has no restrictions on freedom.

Yeltsin drove all the way to the city in the car arranged by seryosha. The driver was borrowed from the Soviet Consulate General in New York, and he was very familiar with the United States.

"Secretary Yeltsin, where do you want to go?" The driver asked enthusiastically.

"I want to go to the American food store!" Yeltsin said without hesitation.

The driver then took Yeltsin to the nearest Wal Mart. When Yeltsin walked into the warehouse like building, he felt as if he had completely entered another world. He saw piles of potatoes, tomatoes, cabbages, and chunks of meat. In particular, vegetable products are piled up like a hill here. In addition, a variety of daily necessities and household appliances are piled up in this department store like a warehouse. People even push their cars to buy goods. This made Yeltsin feel incomprehensible that he had to deal with the shortage of supply every day in Moscow.

"Comrade driver, how much does it cost to buy such a bag of potatoes here?" Yeltsin asked curiously.

"Today's promotion, 50 cents!" The driver replied.

"Where's the beef?" Yeltsin asked again.

"Cheap beef, five dollars is enough for a family for a week!" Said the driver.

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When Yeltsin got back in the car, he asked the driver, "how many supermarkets like this are in the United States?"

"I don't know, but almost every county in the United States has it!" The driver replied.

Yeltsin's mood at this moment can no longer be controlled. He took out his handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes. He cried bitterly and said: "our decades of socialism have been in vain. Look what we have done?"