In Tbilisi, the capital of the Georgian SSR, a team of journalists sent by the Moscow Komsomolskaya Pravda had just left the airport when the comrades of the Tbilili branch took them to the best hotel in Tbilisi to rest. After a few glasses of vodka, these colleagues, who had no work intersection, immediately became enthusiastic. However, what they talked about the most at the wine table was the transformation of the Komsomol Pravda.

"Comrades from Moscow, although we do not have many opportunities to come into contact with each other in our daily work, everyone hopes that Komsomolskaya Pravda will get better and better! In the past few months, our Today series of newspapers and periodicals have simply been in short supply, and the Seven-Day series of magazines are even more sought-after. This is a good thing that I never thought of! Thanks to the comrades in Moscow who have found a new way to generate income for our Komsomolskaya Pravda, although the days are not long, it can already be seen from our income that this path is on the right track! If you go back, you must thank Comrade President for me! The comrades of the Tbilisi branch said with heartfelt emotion.

"Comrades in Tbilisi, the president naturally wants to thank you, but this reform was personally initiated by Secretary Ulyanov, in the final analysis, we are still people from the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and one of those units under the Communist Youth League has made a fortune in recent years, and now there are good things Secretary Ulyanov finally remembered us!" The comrades from Moscow drank a little too high, and inevitably there was no one to open the door, and began to discuss the above matters.

"Secretary Ulyanov is going to be promoted to minister? He has also worked in the position of deputy minister for many years, but he has done a lot of important things that benefit the country and the people. Not to mention the matter of the workers' new city, which is about to be abandoned by the central government, or our secretary Ulyanov, who has done this project with all his might, and if this is left to other cadres, I am afraid that they will do whatever they say......," the Tbilisi comrade said with emotion.

"Who's to say it isn't! One of my classmates joined Pravda when he graduated from college, and he was the envy of us at the time. But some time ago, he called me and said that he wanted me to ask if I could be transferred to Komsomolskaya Pravda. I asked why, and he said that now that you Komsomolskaya Pravda has Minister Ulyanov's personal care, it goes without saying that you will be treated in the future, and who doesn't want to come to work at Komsomolskaya Pravda! You see, fate is so strange, who would have thought that? The comrades from Moscow said with emotion.

After three rounds of drinking, I finished chatting about the gossip in the unit. Everyone slowly shifted the topic to business, and the comrades in Tbilisi asked sideways: "Is there any big move in sending you to Tbilisi this time?" ”

"Don't say it, it's really a big move! The president instructed us to come to Tbilisi to investigate the work of the working group of the judiciary in Georgia, and we heard a little rumor in Moscow that the Georgian comrades had a lot of opinions about the working group sent by Secretary Ligachev and that we wanted to find out what was going on. By the way, do you know anything about it? The head of the investigation team, who came from Moscow, asked in a low voice in the ear of the head of the Tbilisi branch.

"You're here for this! This is a big trouble, and I advise you not to get involved in it, it's too complicated! The head of the Tbilisi branch said with emotion.

"Then you have to tell me too, this is a news clue from the president himself, if we can't get anything reliable, I'm afraid we won't be able to go back to Moscow to explain!" The leader of the investigation team said in embarrassment.

"Come on, let's talk about this in another place!" The person in charge of Tbilisi pulled the leader of the investigation team to stand up from his seat, and the two of them found a remote corner together, and then the comrades in Tbilisi whispered: "This matter is complicated, our current first secretary of Georgia, Patiashvili, was sent by the central government, and in Georgia it is basically a blind eye, and originally this position should have been taken over by the successor designated by the old secretary of Shevardnadze!" You think, one is an airborne cadre with no roots, and the other is our local real power faction, who obeys the words of Secretary Shevardnadze, and this kind of leadership group must be fought......" The Georgian comrade shook his head and said with emotion.

"The contradictions between them are so deep?" The leader of the investigation team asked incredulously.

"Yes, now the two factions are simply you and me! However, at present, it seems that the old subordinates of Secretary Shevardnadze are more dominant! After all, they are all local cadres in Georgia and have a certain mass base, and although Secretary Patiashvili is deeply rooted in the Central Committee, especially the new appointment of Secretary Ligachev, their mass base in Georgia is not good, and they have always been suppressed by Shevardnadze's old subordinates. So Secretary Patiashvili began to secretly investigate some problems in the use of funds by Secretary Shevardnadze and his subordinates when they were in Georgia, and wanted to rectify their political opponents through anti-corruption, and it happened that at this time, the working group sent by Secretary Ligachev came to Tbilisi, so the contradiction intensified...... "Although the head of the Georgian branch did not speak loudly, he still explained the ins and outs of this matter clearly, and the leader of the investigation team was silent for a long time after listening to it, and was silent for a long time. I asked a new question.

"What about Secretary Shevardnadze's reputation in Georgia? How is the word of mouth among the masses? ”

"Brother, I'll tell you the truth! Ever since the March events in Georgia (Khrushchev's armed suppression of Stalin's supporters in Tbilisi), Georgians have always been wary of the Russian cadres sent by the central government, so in any case, Secretary Patiashvili will never have the prestige of Secretary Shevardnadze in Georgia! There is only one reason, he is not Georgian! The head of the Tbilisi branch analyzed a colleague from Moscow.

"Brother, since I have said this, I won't hide it from you, I am here to investigate the corruption of Patiashvili and the interference of Ligachev's working group in the work of the local government of Georgia! We want to do a good job of investigating what the cadres sent to Tbilisi by Secretary Ligachev have done and whether they have violated the law and discipline......" the head of the investigation team replied truthfully.