Chapter 18 Making a report

"Well, now everyone knows each other! We have begun today's meeting, and today our Secretariat has invited a special guest, Comrade Seryosha, Secretary of the Moscow Youth League Committee! Perhaps some of the notices present here are familiar with Seryosha, and some comrades are not so familiar with Seryosha. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info then I will briefly introduce this comrade for you. Speaking of which, the first time I heard about Seryosha was from the mouth of our old secretary, Comrade Andropov, that about a few years ago, a serious food safety problem broke out at Gorky University. The old secretary was very angry and went to Gorky in person, but when he came back, he was very happy, saying that he had seen a young cadre with great ideas in Gorky, and that he had made Gorky's spare time life of the vast number of young people impressive, not only in charge of the objects of introduction, but also in charge of the difficulties in everyone's life. Who is going to get sick, the Youth League Committee can pay to help everyone get through the difficulties, and even purchase a lot of daily necessities from abroad at low prices to help everyone improve their quality of life, the old secretary is full of praise for this young cadre! Soon he was transferred to Moscow as deputy secretary of the Youth League Committee! At this point, Gorbachev picked up the glass and took a sip of water, then continued.

"This cadre of ours was not idle when he came to Moscow, and just a few months after he arrived in office, he reported to his superiors! And guess what, he actually wants to build houses for the broad masses of workers and solve the housing problems of ordinary families in Moscow! To tell the truth, at that time I did not believe that a cadre of the Youth League Committee could accomplish such a big thing, but Secretary Andropov finally supported him against public opinion, and in the end, everyone saw that the beautiful workers' new city in the south of Moscow was built by this comrade. At that time, when the first phase of the project was completed, the old secretary and I went there to visit! Secretary Andropov once told me that every time I was upset working in the office, I just walked to the window and looked at the building complex to the south, and I felt that I had finally done some good things for the people! When Gorbachev said this, several secretaries present were embarrassed, General Secretary Andropov had just passed away, and his prestige was high, and everyone still missed this old secretary very much.

"If a cadre like Seryosha is evaluated by our cadre appointment evaluation mechanism, he is likely to come up with an evaluation that is not doing his job! But this is such a cadre, who has done something that even our Moscow city government can't do! General Secretary Chernenko has always taught our economic cadres to have greater autonomy and to dare to make bold explorations. China is now in a new stage of socialism -- the beginning of perfecting a developed socialist society. This is a long-term phase, and it may take several generations of us to work together to accomplish the historical mission entrusted by this stage! In this context, the more cadres like Seryosha who 'do not do their jobs', the better, and those who are capable should work harder! In his work, Comrade Seryosha used a series of methods that we have never tried before to solve practical problems, and I can tell you that the workers' new city in Moscow did not cost a penny from the government, and the funds for its construction were collected from the whole society, and this is the ...... of the ability."

Gorbachev talked eloquently for half an hour, and Seryosha was a little embarrassed to be praised, and he forced himself to look ahead and be sure to calm down. He now somewhat understands what Secretary Gorbachev meant, and by giving him the opportunity to speak at a regular meeting of the Secretariat today, he is building momentum for him. After all, the cadres who have taught the secretaries of the Secretariat are, in some respects, recognized experts within the Party. Gorbachev ended his speech by first asking Seryosha to talk about a series of new methods and measures he had taken in the construction of the new workers' city in Moscow, and how he had built such a large area of high-quality housing without using a penny of state money.

Seryosha adjusted the microphone in front of him, and he sat at the end of the conference table. All the secretaries of the Secretariat were watching him at the moment, waiting for his speech. Seryosha stiffened his head and said: "Leaders, I am really a little flattered to be able to attend the meeting of the Secretariat today. In fact, the success of the workers' new city project is not my own credit, but the result of the joint efforts of our Moscow Youth League Committee, Moscow trade unions, and other fraternal units involved in this work under the affectionate care of the leadership. When I first came to work in Moscow, I didn't know what to do at first. Moscow is different from Gorky, it is not only the capital of our great motherland, but also a place that aspiring young people of the whole country yearn for. When I first came to the Youth League Committee, I went to the front line several times to talk to the League members and friends and asked them what their dreams were, and many League members and comrades told me that their biggest dream was to have a house in Moscow where their families could live together. At that time, I thought that our Youth League Committee is the mother's home of the majority of young friends, and their difficulties are our difficulties, and whether our service is good or not depends on whether we can solve the difficulties encountered in the life and work of the League members! So I made up my mind to make solving the housing problem the focus of our work. ”

"Secretary Gorbachev told us that you didn't ask the state for a penny at that time, how did you solve your funding problem?" A secretary asked curiously.

"Funding is indeed a big problem, and it is indeed a bit whimsical for the funds in our hands to promote such a big project, after all, our income is only the regimental fees paid by the members and the appropriation of our superiors, which is a drop in the bucket for the first phase of the workers' new city! To this end we came up with the idea of raising money from the public, and when I was working in Gorky, I managed to have some mass base, I issued some bonds through mutual aid associations, and I raised some deposits for renting houses among young workers in Moscow who were interested in the new city of workers. In order to save money and time, we did not start from scratch, but took down eight unfinished buildings in the south of the city, and solved the problem of funds in this way! Seryosha roughly recalled to everyone some of the work in the early days of the workers' new city project, and several secretaries kept asking various questions to carefully inquire about the specific implementation of the workers' new village project......

On the second day, the front pages of the four official newspapers, Izvestia, Pravda, Labor, and Komsomolskaya Pravda, simultaneously published Seryosha's report at a regular meeting of the Secretariat.