Chapter 506: Bosom Friend (for my nickname to exist as the leader of the alliance 9/12)
Fang Chen leaned on the fireplace, feeling the warmth emanating from the fireplace, and listened leisurely to Chubais reading the document to him, and Gaidar on the side brought Fang Chen and Chubais a cup of steaming coffee.
After all, this was a document for Yeltsin to see, so it was not very long, and Chubais read it in less than half an hour.
"I'd actually like to read it myself, but I guess if I read it myself, I won't be able to read all the documents by the time Mr. President comes, so I'll have to trouble you. Fang Chen said half-apologetically.
"It's not a problem, I just hope, Fang, when you criticize the document, you can be merciful for the sake of my dry mouth. Chubais said with a smile.
Fang Chen's expression moved, he took the document from Chubais's hand, glanced down, and then fell silent.
To be honest, he had been thinking about how to deal with this level a few days ago, but when it came to the end, Fang Chen still felt a little unsure of what to say.
If this document is naturally close to perfection, at least not a person of Fang Chen's economic level can find fault with it, and even Fang Chen has no doubt that this document was directed by Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Harvard University, the father of shock therapy.
But shock therapy itself is wrong, no matter how perfect it is, it can only prove that it is just a perfect mistake, and the more thoroughly it is implemented, the further it will go down the wrong path.
Not to mention, while Gaidar and Chubais's economic views were modern, capitalist, and radical, their political tactics were often reckless and naïve.
From this document, it was clear to Fang Chen that Gerda and Chubais were convinced that if they created an opportunity for free choice, people would take advantage of it and respond to it.
They hope that all the collectivism, passivity, paternalism, and destruction of initiative and entrepreneurship left over from the history of Russia and the Soviets will disappear, and that free markets, free trade, private property, and free prices will take place on the stage called Russia.
That is, the illusion that Western market economics will take root in Russia, even if it conflicts with Russia's particular cultural and historical experience.
"Very perfect economic policies, I probably can't find any faults, maybe in the eyes of outsiders, these policies are not perfect, but I can understand your hardships, and the difficulties you are facing, this is an unprecedented difficulty!" Fang Chen waved his hand and said excitedly.
Gaidar and Chubais couldn't help but be stunned, as if they were frightened by Fang Chen's suddenly excited expression.
Fang Chen's heart was full of sneers, judging from the facts, this shock therapy did not save the newborn Russia, but pushed Russia into the abyss from which it will never recover.
But the question is, why is he against?
First of all, it is useless for him to oppose it, no matter what he says, this guiding document on shock therapy will be implemented in the end, Fang Chen will never think that this is something he can stop, but he will also offend the two giants Gaidar and Chubais, and even the entire villa in vain, these people who will hold a lot of power in Russia in the future.
Besides, some facts that happened in the previous life have fully proved that the emergence of shock therapy will be completely beneficial to these rich people.
It was shock therapy and privatization that led to the unprecedented system of big oligarchs in Russia, where seven oligarchs could decide everything for the whole country except the president.
In other words, the biggest beneficiary of this document on shock therapy is a rich man like him.
Therefore, he has a hole in his brain to oppose such a document that is beneficial to him.
"I have indeed seen by now that there are three questions in this document, which you have not answered and properly arranged, and will even attract a bunch of fools to attack. Fang Chen said emotionally pointing to the document.
"Why not take it slowly, factory by factory, to form an industry?"
"Why not build a solid legal and financial system first?"
"Why not first guarantee the right to private property and open up free prices on the premise of breaking up the huge Soviet monopoly first?"
Listening to Fang Chen's questions one by one, Gaidar and Chubais were completely dumbfounded, these three questions were indeed not solved and answered by them, but it was by no means that there was any hardship.
It's just that they really don't know how to solve it.
"And the reason why you insist on doing this is actually very simple!" Fang Chen said impassionedly, and even waved his fist vigorously, "Because gradualism is death, it will strengthen the power of vested interests and eliminate any opportunity for reform." ”
"The idea that reform can be carried out gently, slowly, without pain, to make everyone happy, is just an unrealistic fantasy!"
Listening to Fang Chen's words, Gaidar and Chubais's eyes became brighter and brighter, and their expressions became excited, it could be said that Fang Chen completely said what was in their hearts, and said what they wanted to say but never knew how to say.
That's what they think, if the pace of reform is too slow, they are afraid that if they can't reform Russia into capitalism, a free market, it will be a complete failure!
Gaidar shook Fang Chen's hand vigorously and shook it up and down, and said excitedly: "Fang, I finally know why Chubais has always regarded you as a bosom friend, you are indeed our bosom friend, you know us too well, from today on, you are my Gaidar's bosom friend!"
In fact, they have always seen themselves as death squad pilots.
The changes they have made to the country will not be passed down to them, because they will surely destroy themselves as they try to destroy so many recalcitrant forces.
However, the concept of death squads emboldened them, and they had no future or promotion to worry about, and power was within their reach.
So they never expected someone to really understand them and understand them, but today this person actually appeared.
Looking at Gaidar and Chubais's appearance at this time, Fang Chen smiled secretly in his heart, it was really in vain that he had put so much effort into preparing for today.
To be honest, these are all words that he has been pondering and meditating hard in the past few days, referring to various economics books, and summarizing and condensing them.
Anyway, he had known for a long time that Gaidar and Chubais would ask him for advice or advice on shock therapy, so it was really normal to say something that the two of them liked to hear, and by the way, to confirm the inevitability of the implementation of shock therapy.
It's like knowing the answer to a puzzle before you solve it.
Gaidar and Chubais pulled Fang Chen and chatted happily, it was rare to meet a bosom friend.
However, after chatting for a while, Vice President Rudskoi, Acting Chairman of the Parliament Khasbulatov, Moscow Mayor Popov, Luzhkov, Kadannikov, Chernomyrdin, Kulikov and other Russian dignitaries came to Villa 15 one after another.
Gaidar and Chubais had to reluctantly say goodbye to Fang Chen for the time being, and went to greet you.
Fang Chen suddenly felt like he had been pardoned, he was just a businessman, and he was also a shopkeeper who didn't care about specific affairs, only the foresight could maintain a life like this.
If we continue to talk about it, some of the economic theories he has saved up these days will be overturned by Gaidar and Chubais.
After greeting each other with the bigwigs, Fang Chen honestly sat at the long table in the conference room and waited next to Luzhkov.
In terms of seats, they are both relatively low, which is a little higher than the Minister of the Interior and Chubais, the president's chief of staff.
This is also something that can't be helped, Fang Chen needless to say, a businessman, even if he puts him at the back, he thinks it's okay, he can come to this kind of meeting, he is actually satisfied, anyway, he is not ready to get an official and a half-position in Russia, why fight for this.
Businessmen, harmony makes money, no one can be offended, and the most important thing is to be exquisite.
At this point, Fang Chen felt that he had done quite successfully, to say that the people present actually had a lot of contradictions with each other, but none of them said that they had a bad attitude towards Fang Chen.
Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that he has no actual conflict of interest with everyone.
As for Luzhkov, it is more pitiful, to say that his direct leader Popov sits in second place, with a higher status than the vice president, but he can only sit with Fang Chen.
The mayor of Moscow has a relatively high status in both Russia and the Soviet, which is why Yeltsin was able to directly go from the first secretary of Moscow to the chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet.
In the era of Comrade Vladimir, the order of power in Russia was the president, the prime minister, and then Luzhkov, the mayor of Moscow, and the speaker of the Supreme Council was in the back row.
This is why, after Luzhkov was deposed, the former deputy general manager of Moscow was appointed mayor.
But next year, when Popov announced his retirement, Luzhkov came out of the woods and became the sun that never set in Moscow for 18 years.
After waiting for a while, Yeltsin's special car slowly drove into the gate of Villa No. 15, and after a cordial greeting with everyone who came to greet him, he came to the conference room again.
This time, Yeltsin directly asked Gaidar to pass the documents they wrote to everyone to see, and then Chubais explained them, and the whole person seemed extremely resolute and even impatient.
Everyone suddenly had a hint of inexplicable taste.
And Gaidar and Chubais at this time no longer had the same apprehension as before, and their faces were full of confidence.
Now that Fang Chen and Kadannikov have won the support, no one in the whole conference will be qualified to oppose the economic policy they have set.