"Comrade Manturov, the People's Commissariat of the Oil Industry asked us to send representatives to Moscow to discuss issues related to the development of oil fields and oil transportation. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info "Irina took a telegram and walked into the office of the state party secretary.

Manturov carefully observed Irina's expression and noticed that her EQ was surprisingly high. I was crying and crying the night before, but now I actually greet people with a smile, "Irina, why are you so happy?" ”

Irina flicked her blonde hair and smiled brightly, "I figured it out." ”

"Figured out what?"

"All these things are in the past, and now that I have been given the opportunity to work in the Soviet government, I should live happily like the rest of the Soviet people." Irina's words express her positive and optimistic attitude towards life.

Manturov nodded and recognized Irina's attitude towards life, "Very good, your attitude towards life is worth learning from." ”

"By the way, to get down to business, which comrade are you going to send to Moscow?"

"I'll go myself."

"You're going in person?" Irina also thought that Manturov had misunderstood the meaning of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry, "The People's Commissariat of the Petroleum Industry only invited us to send a representative to the meeting, and did not specify that the first secretary should be appointed." ”

Actually, Manturov did not misunderstand the meaning of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry, but he had more important things to go to Moscow - to meet Stalin, so he planned to make an additional trip along the way. "Yes, I'm going to go in person, because I'm going to Moscow in a few days to find someone. What is the specific time of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry meeting? ”

"On the afternoon of November 15, it was held in the conference room of the People's Commissariat of the Petroleum Industry."

"November 15th? That is, a week later? Great, I'm going to go there myself, I'm going to be in the Kremlin on November 14 anyway. ”

"To the Kremlin? Comrade Stalin summoned you? "At the thought of Stalin, Irina began to rise high. As an active member of the Komsomol, she had completely regarded Stalin as her idol, a sacrosanct figure.

"Yes, Irina, I'm going to see Comrade Stalin again." Having met Stalin before, he did not feel particularly excited about the opportunity to be received by the leader, but felt that he was under some pressure.

"You've seen him before?" Irina, who regarded Stalin as her second father, asked curiously.

"I met twice, the first time was a year ago, when he awarded me the Order of Lenin, and the second time was half a year ago, when the 18th Congress of the CPSU was held." Manturov's tone was flat, as if he didn't take it seriously.

"Can you help me...... Want an autograph? ”

Manturov has often seen celebrities and writers asking for autographs, but this is the first time he has seen a country leader ask for autographs.

Whether it is a celebrity or a writer, it is not an important person for the country or society, and giving an autograph will not have any consequences for the country and society. But the national leader is the most important person in the country, and many important and confidential documents will have the name of the national leader.

If the signatures of the country's leaders are leaked, it will be easier for spies in other countries and domestic conspirators to forge a series of documents and become tools for them to undermine the country.

As a party cadre, Manturov, of course, was well aware of this, "Comrade Stalin's signature is not something you want to want, and as a party cadre, I think you should know why." ”

However, Irina was only a Komsomol cadre, and was not familiar with the state system, the functioning of the Bolshevik system, and did not know how to think at the level of the state, and this is what inferiorizes Anna. "I don't understand, what's wrong with asking for the leader's signature?"

Instead of answering Irina's question directly, Manturov used another question to guide her to think for herself. "Do you think what would have happened if Comrade Stalin's signature had been leaked out and had fallen into the hands of foreign spies or domestic insurgents?"

"Forge important documents. But...... I'm neither a foreign spy nor a reactionary, so I guess that's fine. "Although Irina has experienced a lot of things, she is still innocent in her heart, and the city government is not deep enough (not cunning enough).

"Young man, you are so naïve." Manturov felt that it was a waste of time to continue talking like this, so he dismissed: "Since you want Comrade Stalin's signature so much, then I will try, but the success rate is low, you must be mentally prepared." ”

"Don't worry, I won't blame you. Oh, by the way, are you going to take me with you when you come to the meeting? ”

Manturov felt that Irina, a young man, lacked experience in dealing with people, and was afraid that she would say something that should not be said or do something that should not be done, so he did not plan to take her with him, even though the minister of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry was an old acquaintance. "Nope. When the time comes, you better go back and help Katyusha. I'm supposed to take Anna with me. Still, if she's still in that bad shape, I'll still consider using you. ”

Irina pouted and said, "Okay then, I'm going to work." ”

"Well, I don't know how Anna is." Manturov secretly sighed in his heart, "It seems that I have to talk to Yasha (Yakov), he can't be that kind of person, there must be some misunderstanding in it." ”

"Bell bell bell! Bell bell bell! When Manturov came to his senses, picked up his pen, and was about to resume his work, the telephone rang in his office so quickly that he had to put down his pen and pick it up.

"Hey, is it Volodya?" A familiar female voice came from the phone.

"Katyusha, I'm very busy right now, hurry up and say something."

"Are you busy?" Katia said in a sarcastic tone, but Manturov, who was so focused on his work and completely trusted Katia, didn't hear the slightest hint of it.

"Yes, I will go to Moscow in a few days to meet Stalin, and then to a meeting of the Ministry of Oil Industry to discuss matters related to the development of oil fields and the pipeline project in the Novosibirsk region, and I am now busy with preparations."

"Present at the meeting? Will you bring Irina over? Katia asked a tentative question. On the one hand, she wanted to know the whereabouts of her secretary's work, and on the other hand, she wondered if Manturov would take this opportunity to bring Irina to Moscow to open a house.

"Maybe." Before it happened, the usually cautious Manturov rarely gave a positive answer, "I want to take Anna there, after all, Irina lacks work experience on the side of the state party committee." But considering that Anna is not in good shape, I can't rule out the possibility of bringing Irina over. ”

Katia had the impression that Manturov was a man of few words, and that he was always fond of using these nasty linguistic arts to disguise his purpose. When she heard Manturov say that she did not rule out the possibility of taking Irina to Moscow, she had a little foreboding, fearing that her husband would take this opportunity to leave Novosibirsk and go to Moscow to open a house with Irina.

She wanted to trust her husband and trust that he wouldn't do such a thing, but the events of that night at the park forced her to be on guard. She can't afford the consequences of her husband's cheating, because Manturov is her spiritual pillar and the person she loves the most.

In any case, Manturov always had Katia alone in his heart, and there was no relationship between him and Irina.

"By the way, I will accompany Comrade Mikhailov tonight, and I won't eat with you."

"Well, magnetic route (цeлyю, meaning in Russian)!"

"Momda!"