Chapter 141: Adapting to the situation
The German side soon sent diplomats stationed in London to the London office of the USST Bank to visit Seryosha's former secretary, Nastya. And Prime Minister Thatcher's husband Denis also transferred a personal trust Nastya to Seryosha in his personal capacity. Nastya told Seryosha about this that night, and Seryosha, after getting a preliminary understanding of the situation, asked Nastya to return to Moscow with the letter.
Nastya has been working in London for almost a year, during which time Nastya studied a degree in finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science in addition to the job assigned by Seryosha. In general, Nasjia is finally familiar with some business in his job at the bank. In fact, as a manager, the most important thing is not to have superb financial skills or rich financial knowledge, but to have the ability to withstand pressure and continue to learn. Because for financial institutions, good treatment and good salaries will always attract the best minds to join in, if you don't understand certain aspects, just ask your subordinates to write you a detailed report.
After Nastya returned to Moscow, Seryosha had a long talk with her. Things are basically over in the UK, and Nasjia's degree is a one-year master's degree in the UK, and it's almost over in a month. Seryosha asked Nastya what her personal plans were, whether she would continue to stay abroad or return to Moscow to work, but Nastya did not express her personal opinion, saying that she would completely obey Seryosha's arrangement.
"Nastya, I can't intervene in that German kid's affairs for the time being, this matter makes Gorbachev distrust the Ministry of Defense, and I feel that the Ministry of Defense may make a big move, so I plan to wait until the situation calms down a little before getting involved. You first tell the German side for me and tell them that I have agreed to this matter, but let them not be in a hurry and continue to maintain communication with the Soviet diplomatic department! After Seryosha and Nastya finished talking, the two had dinner together, and now Seryosha no longer sees Nastya as his subordinate, she has helped Seryosha deal with many important things, and has always been loyal, Seryosha now regards her as a trustworthy person.
Nastya stayed in Moscow for a week or so, when he left Moscow and returned to London. Things turned out as Seryosha had predicted. It is nothing short of a great humiliation to the officials of the army system that the new Defense Minister Dimitry Yasov, who was supposed to be the deputy minister in charge of the personnel arrangements of the Ministry of Defense and was last among all the deputy ministers, was promoted to the post of minister by leaping past several high-ranking deputy ministers at once. Because Gorbachev's move is obviously a punishment for the Ministry of Defense, in addition to this, the new Minister of Defense he arranged cannot convince the public, which has also caused the dissatisfaction of many veterans to a certain extent.
This matter involves not only the position of defense minister, but also a series of personnel adjustments. However, to Seryosha's delight, Lebed was fortunate enough to be promoted to the commander of the Tula Airborne Division during this personnel adjustment. However, the cunning Grachev took advantage of this opportunity to become a major general and officially entered the ranks of the top echelons of the army. Of course, that's all for later.
Seryosha felt that the matter was almost over, so he went to visit this Madias Rust through an acquaintance in the KGB, and then he found an opportunity to contact Yakovlev and discuss the matter with Yakovlev.
"The general secretary is going to deal with this kid like this?" Seryosha asked Yakovlev bluntly that since Ligachev reorganized the ministry, there has been a gap in the intimate relationship between the two men, and there has been no such communication for a long time.
"I don't know, the Federal Republic of Germany is now demanding the release of this guy every day, and it has also joined other Western countries in wishing. The general secretary has a headache now, if he is released, it will simply be a shame for the Soviet Union, but if he is not released, the Federal Republic of Germany is our rare economic partner, and the relationship is too stiff to gain more than it loses! Yakovlev shook his head and sighed.
"Secretary Yakovlev, have you ever considered that this kid is still a minor, that our Soviet laws have always been lenient towards minors, and that we still owe a large foreign debt to the Federal Republic of Germany? This foreign debt is due next year, so why don't we take this opportunity to ask the Federal Republic of Germany to forgive our foreign debt or extend it? Seryosha suggested to Yakovlev.
"It's not that we haven't thought about this issue, but I'm afraid that this kid will talk nonsense after he is released, which will damage the dignity of our Soviet Union! Moreover, this time we lost too many people, and it is really impossible to explain if we don't punish and punish this guy! Yakovlev said worriedly.
"Secretary Yakovlev, we can't deal with this matter with emotion, you must know that the whole world is watching us? We have already made a big joke and cannot hurt the image of the country again in this matter! Why can't we judge this young man normally in accordance with the laws of the USSR? We can also invite foreign media to participate in the live broadcast of this trial, which at least proves that we are stressing the legal system, and at least proves that our legal system is ......sound," Seryosha tried to persuade him.
"Live broadcast, what if this kid is talking nonsense in court?" Yakovlev asked rhetorically.
"Isn't that plane still in our possession? Let the Air Force figure out a way to take a few pictures, like having our fighter jets follow behind this plane or something! It would be nice to prove that we had discovered the plane a long time ago, it was not that we did not find him, but we did not take action because we did not want to hurt him! Even if this kid denies it, it can only seem that he is deliberately elevating himself. Seryosha gave an example.
"Is the debt thing easy to handle?" Yakovlev did not directly agree, but turned the topic to the debt issue that Seryosha had just mentioned.
"This is an opportunity to come to the door, and we can only cooperate properly, so this debt will have to be extended by the Federal Republic of Germany anyway, and I am still considering whether it is possible to let German companies invest in our country and use foreign capital to help us develop our industry and economy!" Seryosha asked Yakovlev for instructions.
"That's a good idea, but how do you want to work together?" Yakovlev asked.
"I heard that the Gorky Automobile Plant has not been doing well in recent years, and I would like to establish a joint venture with German car companies, just like our neighbor China......" Seryosha replied. ...