Chapter 93: Chernobyl

"There was serious unrest in Mogadishu, and local residents rushed into the UN security zone, looting and burning...... Several members of the U.S. Congressional mission were killed, and Massachusetts Congressman John Colvin was killed in the clashes. ”

—April 2, 1987

Journalist Zoe Farmiga was found in the rubble of the United Nations storage and transportation center, seriously injured, but not life-threatening. According to doctors, Zoe is completely blind in one eye due to a large number of reasons, and one of his feet is likely to be amputated due to a serious infection. ”

—April 3, 1987

"Congress announced its decision to terminate the investigation into the Philodendron Africa Foundation in light of the current tensions in Somalia. The Love Africa Foundation claims that they will permanently withdraw from its food aid program in Africa because several employees have been killed in the riots......"

—April 5, 1987

"The Somali authorities claim that the cause of the time was because UN forces opened fire on the unarmed Somali crowd at the scene, and the awakened female journalist Zoe Farmiga claimed that the Friendship Africa Foundation posed as UN soldiers and deliberately created the riot? The Friendship Africa Foundation firmly denies this! ”

—April 6, 1987

"It was decided to hire Zoe Farmiga as deputy editor-in-chief of the political section."

—April 10, 1987

"The Fraternal Africa Foundation has decided to permanently end its charitable business and return all belongings to donors!"

—April 11, 1987

The 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Journalism was announced, and the female journalist Zoe Farmiga and the murdered Associated Press reporter Jimmy McCowan were among them. In its citation, Columbia University claimed that Zoe and Jimmy's courage in revealing the truth and their courage in defying power inspire all journalists......"

—April 11, 1987

Seryosha blocked the investigation of the US Congress with a bloody riot. More than 100 United Nations and charity staff and local people were killed and hundreds injured in the riots. And because of this riot, the Somali government in Barre is facing international condemnation. The United Nations and other international charities decided to close the safe zone in Mogadishu and move relief centres to ports in Djibouti and Eritrea.

Seryosha decided not to use the Friendship Africa Foundation as a platform to continue his food business. He opened another new grain import and export company in Panama, which used bearer stock accounts to register its owners, and its grain imports from the United States would be transported through the Panama Canal to Japan, where they would be repackaged in Japan and shipped to the Soviet Far East. Although the cost of doing so has increased, the profit is still considerable.

Seryosha decided to strengthen ties with the American Farmers Association, and although this cooperation was ruined by the female journalist Zoe, Seryosha still hoped that the Farmers Association would continue to be tied to the chariot of the Gorky Brotherhood. Because Seryosha has one more important thing that needs the help of the farmers' association, that is, the genetically modified soybeans that Seryosha has developed at countless costs.

Monsanto's genetically modified soybeans were commercialized ahead of corn, and seeds of several vegetables were added to the market. In order to accelerate research and development on staple foods such as corn, wheat and rice, Seryosha allocated a new budget of $2 billion to Monsanto's molecular biology division.

But the seed market is already a very mature market, and it is not easy to get a foot in here. Although Seryosha Monsanto's genetically modified seeds have incomparable advantages, they are only new products and are subject to market testing.

There is not much time left for Seryosha, because the patent for glyphosate, the flagship product of Monsanto's chemical division, will expire in a few years, and the chemical giants interested in joining will definitely squeeze Monsanto's market share, and Seryosha's genetically modified seeds will be used precisely with glyphosate.

Using his past experience in the Ministry of Agriculture, Seryosha decided to introduce genetically modified cotton from Monsanto and promote it to the five Central Asian countries of the Soviet Union. At the same time, Seryosha also placed a large number of glyphosate orders with Monsanto Chemical to temporarily maintain the full production of Monsanto's chemical division. Seryosha wants to maximize the benefits of genetically modified seeds and glyphosate before the patent for glyphosate expires.

In Japan, Mikhail made another new proposal to Seryosha to set up an agricultural insurance company for American farmers to help market Monsanto's products. The plan is that if a farmer chooses Monsanto's genetically modified seeds and the Roundup glyphosate herbicide, he can buy the insurance product of the Columbia Agricultural Insurance Company at a very low price, and in the future, if there is a problem with the yield for some reason, the insurance company can compensate the farmer for the loss.

Seryosha felt that Mikhail's suggestion was very reasonable, so he authorized Mikhail to run the matter. Mikhail soon flew back to the United States to deal with the formation of the Columbia insurance company.

Just when Seryosha was looking for an opportunity to go to Switzerland to reunite with his family, he suddenly received a call from the Kremarian Palace in the middle of the night.

"Minister Ulyanov, please rush to the Supreme Soviet at once, the General Secretary is going to convene an emergency meeting, and all officials at the deputy ministerial level and above must be present!" On the other side of the phone, the operator said anxiously.

Seryosha did not want to say goodbye to sleep at this time, but he had to struggle to get dressed, and then he told his driver to get ready for the car and rush to the Supreme Soviet.

When Seryosha arrived at the Supreme Soviet, he was stunned by the number of people attending the meeting, hundreds of them, not only officials from Moscow, but also the first secretaries of Ukraine and Belarus, and Yeltsin had already arrived.

"Big Brother Boris, what the hell is going on?" Seryosha walked up to Yeltsin's side and asked in a whisper.

"Seryosha, don't you know yet? A few days ago, there was a serious nuclear leakage accident in Chernobyl, and these damn local officials actually wanted to cover up this matter and delayed it for several days before reporting it to the central government! Yeltsin said resentfully