"The vice president greets, the president sends off, the specifications of this reception seem to have been raised by a level." After Ye Kai heard about this, he was a little surprised.

However, Ye Kai does not know much about Soviet President Gorbachev, although some articles, biographies and other things about him have been published later, but it is really hard to say how much of what is written on paper can be believed.

Gorbachev only met with Ye Ziping for about a quarter of an hour, after all, Ye Ziping was only a deputy minister who enjoyed ministerial treatment, and he was able to receive him from the President of the Soviet Union, probably because Gorbachev learned that he was Ye Xiangqian's son, otherwise, people might not take care of him.

Ye Kai was naturally among the attachés who were interviewed, and he also specially brought Zhong Liyu, who claimed to be a representative of entrepreneurs, to the Soviet Union to seek cooperation projects.

After observing Gorbachev closely, Ye Kai found that this person's speech was very infectious, and his speech did not have a draft, but he was able to easily influence the rhythm and direction of the conversation.

It's just a pity that for the Soviet Union, an old empire that is difficult to rise, what is needed is more control over the country, not the rhetoric of politicians, and Gorbachev did not do a good job in this regard.

It was not until many years later that it was said that if Gorbachev had not reformed, the Soviet Union would have existed to this day, and he would still be the leader of the Soviet Union. In this way, Gorbachev was the biggest loser of Soviet reform. But this is only a theoretical hypothesis, and the reality is not the case.

The historical development of the USSR proved that the Soviet model was unsuccessful, and the desire of the population to demand reforms was present both during the Khrushchev and Brezhnev periods, but their aspirations could not become the policy of the CPSU due to the fact that the population did not have a normal way to express their opinions. The crisis was accumulating, and by the time Gorbachev came to power, tinkering reforms were no longer helpful.

The Soviets, who had been living under gerontocracy for more than ten years and held state funerals for three general secretaries in less than three years, were eager to see a leader who could speak without a script, think normally, and act conveniently. There are high hopes for a new, young general secretary to change the status quo of the country as soon as possible.

Gorbachev, a new generation of leaders who grew up after the 20 th National Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, also personally felt the problems existing in the Soviet system, felt that the development of the Soviet Union was increasingly detached from the trend of the world, and had been thrown behind by the tide of the world's new scientific and technological revolution.

Faced with a full-fledged and deep crisis in the USSR, Gorbachev could only carry out fundamental reforms.

Gorbachev opened the road of political democratization and economic marketization in the Soviet Union, but he was only an unconscious executor of the historical mission, and he did not design this road in advance.

Ye Ziping's expression was relatively calm, after all, he had seen too many scenes.

Ye Kai also looked like an old god, looking east and west, looking very interested in everything around him.

Zhong Liyu's heart was very shaken, he actually saw Gorbachev, the president of the Soviet Union, the most powerful person in the world, it was really like a dream.

You must know that this is not seen from the TV screen, but a real face-to-face communication, and the distance between them is less than ten meters, if you tell your classmates, it is estimated that no one will believe it.

Zhong Liyu looked back, and found several tall and burly young men, standing aside, their eyes constantly sweeping around, no need to ask if it was that kind of bodyguard, maybe it was the KGB of the Soviet Union or something.

Gorbachev's meeting with Ye Ziping was just a whim, he had been tired lately, things were in a bad mess at home, economic reforms had not yielded results, and the national economy was on the verge of collapse, but he instead started the reform of the political system, but the already shaky political situation was pushed down into a state of disintegration.

Though he once reigned indisputably over the world's largest empire, though he could destroy the whole world a dozen times with a single command, though he wielded the most formidable secret police force in the world, though he could leave the bones of any opponent with the touch of a little finger...... As long as he wants, he can become the freewheeling person in the world, with no power, wealth, or status. He can even falsify history and portray himself as a flawless saint.

However, this is the same person, when he has all this, he begins to dig his own grave.

In this respect, Gorbachev was supposed to be an idealist, who wanted to give people the power to choose their own government, but he himself had no choice but to lose it; He wanted to give the people the freedom to speak the truth, but he himself went from being a leader to being a sinner to be cursed; He wanted the people to know the real state of the world, but he lost his privilege because he broke the rules that had been established for many years; He wanted to give the people the right to own their own property, but in the end he was reduced to making a living by selling books and performing arts...... It's unbelievable that he's still so optimistic.

After learning that Zhong Liyu, a young girl, had a doctorate title and was in control of a large investment group, Gorbachev expressed his approval, believing that trade and cooperation between China and the Soviet Union should also be strengthened, and that the Soviet Union was also interested in China's daily necessities and food.

Zhong Liyu said according to Ye Kai's instructions that the food is a little sensitive, but the trade of daily necessities can be considered, if the Soviet Union gives the green light, it can organize the import of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Chinese daily necessities into the Soviet Union within a month.

Gorbachev applauded this and instructed the chief of staff next to him to follow up on the matter.

After the interview, Ye Ziping talked to his son about Gorbachev.

"This man has power, but he doesn't have the ability to control it, you're right, the collapse of the Soviet Union is inevitable, or I think, Gorbachev didn't have the idea of stopping the process. Is he really not attached to power at all? Ye Ziping said to his son with some suspicion.

"Everybody's thinking differently." Ye Kai pondered for a moment before replying, "Although Gorbachev may have brought down the Soviet Union, he ended the Cold War. What is a great man? Great men are those giants who changed the history of the world and saved humanity from disaster; And those who change the history of the world and plunge the people into misery are demons. If the Soviet Union collapsed, he would be a sinner for a small group of people, and for the vast majority of the Soviet people, he would liberate them and send away for them a ghost that had haunted them for seventy years, and he would be an angelic figure. ”