Chapter Seventy-Eight: Who Hasn't Been in the Kitchen?
On the way to the American Exposition, the secret police corps with red brimmed hats pulled up a half-meter-high cordon, that is, a thread that a child can tear. The crowd of onlookers cheered to greet the distinguished guests from the United States, and whether the cheers were sincere or not, the warm atmosphere was indeed moving.
As soon as he entered the interior of the fair, Nixon felt like a different person, feeling like he was back in his own home. Energetic and entertaining the guests, he began to explain everything he had seen to Khrushchev and the high-ranking Soviet cadres around him, and Nixon, who had just suffered a loss in the conversation with Khrushchev about the film the day before, took advantage of the opening of the exposition to bring back the balance of power.
Nixon was the vice president of the United States, but this vice president was far from being Nixon's target, he was more prepared than any Soviet leader, and talked for a long time with people in the United States who had met the senior Soviet cadres to ensure that he could deal with any Soviet cadre with ease, on the contrary, in fact, the Soviet Union, including Khrushchev, did not pay much attention to Nixon, just like Serov said, just a vice president.
"What is this?" Khrushchev was very curious about the thing in front of him that looked like a camera, and without waiting for Nixon to answer, Serov, who was standing behind Khrushchev, took a step forward past Brezhnev and Kozlov, vice chairman of the Council of Ministers, and followed Khrushchev's side and looked directly at Nixon and replied, "Electronic cameras, Americans are very unfriendly." Do you want to surprise us with this new device? ”
"Electronic cameras? Little Yuri, you don't seem surprised? Khrushchev said in his usual loud voice, which, although it looked like a reprimand for Serov, caught the attention of everyone, including Nixon.
Serov nodded slightly expressionlessly and said in a low voice, "General Secretary, leave it to me!" Reaching out and taking out the walkie-talkie from his waist, he commanded, "Electronic camera!" In less than 30 seconds, a man in a suit carrying an electronic camera from the General Administration of Technology came to the Soviet Union and Nixon, Serov introduced with a calm face, "Comrades and foreign guests, today's expo is of great significance, all our actions will be recorded, and the culture and personal charm of the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union will be vividly displayed. "Then there is a bunch of principles and stuff like that, but don't think that Serov understands it very well, and he memorized it from an expert last night.
"Let us welcome First Secretary Comrade Khrushchev and Mr. Nixon, as well as Comrade Suslov, Comrade Brezhnev, Comrade Forteva、......" Serov read the other names very quickly, returned behind Khrushchev, and meticulously performed his duties.
"This juicer allows kids to enjoy the purest juices! Saves a lot of traditional steps and allows people to enjoy an easy life! Nixon looked at a juicer the size of a watermelon and said to Khrushchev, the table full of household items.
"Oh? Looks good! Khrushchev listened with a smile and didn't know what was going on, so he naturally glanced at Serov, who was actually fiddling with a serrated knife and didn't see Khrushchev. The other hand held the walkie-talkie directly and shouted, "Juicer!" ”
"According to the research of our Soviet scientists, the most suitable material for the juicer is stainless steel, which is easy to clean! See, this is the internal knife net, which uses the principle of centrifugal force to operate! Serov stood in front of two electronic cameras and talked eloquently, without stage fright at all, which is not difficult! That's what every TV shopper will say in the future. Just one sentence is that our phone number is XXXXXX, as long as XXX, the perfect life to take home......
"This is a thermos cup, which can ensure that the water inside will not cool for a long time!" Nixon patiently introduced.
"The semi-stainless steel electric kettle is divided into two parts, the normal kettle on the top and the electric heating base below! This new Soviet electric kettle will automatically turn off the power after the water temperature reaches a boiling temperature, and there will be no accidents where the owner forgets to boil the water because the owner is busy! Serov said as he held the kettle.
The walkie-talkie in Serov's hand was like Aladdin's magic lamp, and whenever Nixon introduced an American product, most of the time Serov could instantly call in a product that was at least the same and even more functional. This is very normal, if Nixon had introduced something like a new fighter jet or a nuclear bomb, Serov would have gone into hiding. He was just an ordinary person in his previous life, and he had never touched such a tall thing at all, but this kind of thing that the kitchens of later generations have, who did you Nixon bully not go through the kitchen? Although he doesn't know much about cooking......
In addition to wearing a lieutenant general's uniform, Serov acted like a salesman, and introduced the principles of these products to a group of people present, mainly high-ranking Soviet cadres, so that Khrushchev's shocked vision when he first came in returned to normal, and there was a feeling that it was like this.
Serov, who was backed by the General Directorate of Technical Management, pretended to be forced in front of everyone with the results of a General Directorate! How could Serov be afraid, in this time and space, he himself is the godfather of pyramid schemes, and the pyramid marketing groups all over the world under the First General Administration have been developed by him.
For the first time, Khrushchev listened carefully to a lieutenant general talking in front of him, and there was no trace of disgust, looking at Serov as a serious shopper, he seemed to understand why Serepin always pushed Serov to take the lead whenever there was an emergency, and Serepin once said in front of some members of the Central Committee, "People say that my friends and the National Security Council are full of young people, and there is a lieutenant general in his thirties who is the head of the General Administration, I want to say that Serov has dealt with enough things to make the general ashamed, The first person I remember once something happens is the lieutenant general in his thirties......"
"General Serov, this does not correspond to what I see in the state of the Soviet population!" Nixon thought his difficulties were high-ranking Soviet cadres and was ready for them. Unexpectedly, the senior Soviet cadres on the opposite side did not make a sound, and a secret police leader jumped out to make a disgraced face.
Serov clearly grasped Nixon's mental activity, but did not perceive specific thoughts, otherwise he would have been dissatisfied, because the General Directorate of the Secret Police was just an ordinary department of the KGB! This is an insult to his work.
"That's normal, Mr. Nixon! Take the juicer as an example, it's not that the Soviet Union can't make this thing, but the fruit sales in the Soviet Union are just that, a juicer has a single function, and can only make fruit juice! Naturally, it will not be favored by the people! Serov suddenly fell silent, and retreated behind Khrushchev, worthy of the old fox of imperialism, seizing the opportunity of Serov's complacency, if he continued it would involve the real problems of the USSR, distribution......