The Soviets gave Ye Ziping's visit a very high standard of reception.

Although the two countries used to have a close relationship of comrades and brothers, after the sixties, the relations between China and the Soviet Union were relatively stiff, and for a time they were on the verge of a very dangerous war, and even local wars and conflicts broke out.

It's just that the hemp pole beats the wolf, and both ends are afraid, so the situation is always controlled within a small range and there is no fermentation.

Although Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has been advocating a New Deal since he came to power, his New Deal is actually to abandon the leadership of the CPSU over the Soviet Union and to realize a parliamentary system.

When Ye Ziping and Ye Kai's father and son stepped off the plane, the important officials of Moscow City had been waiting for a long time, and after the Young Pioneers presented flowers, everyone greeted each other, and they didn't know if the other party could understand it, anyway, even some inappropriate wording would be automatically ignored by the time-tested translators.

International affairs, in fact, are just like that, everyone chats, eats, drinks, dances, and then has some dark box operations, and things are done.

If the hospitality is not good, then give the other party a pinch, find a little awkwardness, and finally see who can't stand it first, and automatically admit it, of course, what follows is naturally the signing of those unequal treaties.

In the evening of the same day, the Vice President of the Soviet Union "Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev" personally met with Ye Ziping and his party, and Ye Kai also mixed in and attended the meeting as Minister Ye's entourage.

Yanayev was born in 1937 in the village of Perevoz, Gorky region, a Russian, and graduated from the Gorky Agricultural Institute. In 1962 he joined the Soviet Union**. Since 1986 he has been secretary, first deputy chairman and chairman of the Central Council of All-Union Trade Unions.

At the 28th Congress of the CPSU held in July 1990, Yanayev was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU for the first time. At the subsequent plenary session of the Central Committee of the CPSU, he was elected a member of the Politburo and secretary of the CPSU Central Committee in charge of international affairs.

At the 4th Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union held in December of the same year, Yanayev was elected as the first vice president of the Soviet Union.

Ye Kai met the vice president of the Soviet Union face-to-face for the first time, as the second big man in the Soviet Union under Gorbachev, in fact, his power as vice president is not very large, but more of a symbolic existence.

For example, if you take a random person on the street and ask him who the president of the Soviet Union is, he will definitely say, "Oh, that's Gorbachev with a map of Europe tattooed on his head." And if you ask him who the first vice president of the USSR was, he will surely say, "Hell, how would I know?!" ”

Yanayev is of medium height, with slightly balding hair, which belongs to the "local support center" hairstyle, but compared to the purely bald Gorbachev, his hair is much more luxuriant.

It's just that the Russian spoken by the other party is really difficult to understand, Ye Ziping has learned some Russian before, and it is estimated that he can still speak simply, but Ye Kai is completely at a loss, and Ye Ziping's translation voice is not too loud, this meeting is like Yanayev and Ye Ziping are talking in secret, which makes people confused.

However, Ye Kai still heard the general meaning, Yanayev meant that the Soviet and Chinese people should strengthen economic and trade exchanges, mutual benefit, and tide over difficulties together, while Ye Ziping said that the traditional friendship between the Chinese and Soviet people has a long history and should be consolidated and developed, especially in propaganda work, everyone should strengthen exchanges and interactions.

Ye Kai carefully observed the first and last vice president of the Soviet Union, and felt that he didn't look like a careerist, but he didn't know why he later staged a coup d'état, put Gorbachev under house arrest, and caused the 8.19 incident that shocked the world, and brutally tossed and disintegrated the Soviet Union?

However, judging from the series of actions after Yanayev put Gorbachev under house arrest, he did not mobilize military forces to defend the results of the war, nor did he decisively execute Gorbachev, or even cut off the water, electricity and communication links of Gorbachev's residence, and this coup d'état was too child's play.

Ye Kai was very skeptical that the vice president of the Soviet Union really knew how the word coup was written?

If some cadres in the country were to operate it, the first thing after the coup d'état would definitely be a bloody purge, which would first destroy the political enemy and then talk about other things.

On the whole, the hospitality of the Soviets was still very good, with high standards, high treatment and high hospitality.

The meeting was followed by a press conference and a cocktail party, followed by a ball.

Ye Ziping's dancing skills are good, and he got a burst of cheers from the Soviets, and Ye Kai was not far behind, hugging a few young Soviet girls, and showed off a few times.

"How does the girl from the Soviet Union feel?" After stopping, Zhong Liyu asked Ye Kai with some jealousy.

Ye Kai laughed and said, "I can't compare with you, they have rough skin and strong bodies, they belong to the Yanma type, and they are not suitable for us Chinese." ”

After the dance party was dispersed, Ye Ziping talked with several leaders of the team about the recent work arrangements, and then told Ye Kai about what he had seen and heard today.

"The Soviets seem to be very concerned about economic and trade exchanges, and it seems that they are really having a hard time." Ye Ziping said with some emotion.

"That's a natural ......," Ye Kaishen said thoughtfully, "When I came from the airport, I noticed that although the surrounding streets were under martial law, there were still long queues in some places, and those were the windows to receive daily necessities. ”

"How so?" Zhong Liyu asked with some surprise, "The industrial base of the Soviet Union is much stronger than ours, and it has the income from oil exports, so it won't be so bleak, right?" ”

Ye Ziping didn't speak, but Ye Kai stood up and pushed open the window of the hotel.

A cold wind blew in, and the people in the room shivered involuntarily.

Although it is already March, spring in Moscow is clearly still far away.

There was a faint sound of music outside the window, and if I listened carefully, it was the national anthem of the Soviet Union "Unbreakable Union", the music was majestic and powerful, but at this time, it sounded like a bleak feeling that the strong man was gone.

"The unbreakable alliance is already full of holes and crises at this time." Ye Kai said with great certainty, "The longevity of the great socialist empire can't be delayed this year!" ”