Chapter 2: The Big Shots

In a world where the law of the jungle eats the strong, weakness is a sin in itself. Two ideas are opposed, no one is right or wrong, either the USSR falls, or the United States falls, there is absolutely no third way for you to choose.

Serov's imagination was interrupted by the ringing of the phone, and the old-fashioned sound of the phone made Serov stunned for a moment before he reacted. While answering the phone, I didn't forget to take the time to look at the structure of the phone, which felt very fresh.

"Comrade Yuri!" Serov was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that it was his name. But I couldn't help flashing in my head, the classic big bald image in the red alert.

"It's me, what do you command?" It's not that Serov is polite, but now that he is a Xibei himself, he can't remember for a while who the voice of the person belongs to? As he spoke, Serov's head dizzy, and he had to put his hands on the table to keep his balance.

"A comrade from the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League has come to us for inspection, and this in itself belongs to your duty!" The loud voice over there paused, as if there was some fear, and there was some impatience in his tone, "In short, let the comrades from Moscow not find some fault with us!" ”

The dizziness gradually subsided, and Serov stabilized his mind and said, "I understand, I will definitely let the comrades in Moscow have a good taste of the Caspian Sea!" ”

"I hope so......" As he spoke, the phone on the other side had been hung up, leaving Serov holding the phone here.

"It seems that my boss is not a very good talker!" Serov touched his chin, and after a short feeling of dizziness, he already remembered who the person on the phone was! First Secretary of Azerbaijan, Nikolai Vladimir?

After thinking about it carefully, Serov did not find this person in the memory of his previous life, so it is obvious that this general secretary should have fallen into various ** groups during the Khrushchev period, otherwise this time he would have been taken out directly after Stalin's death. Of course, there is another possibility, that is, he has been promoted, but he is not as famous as the thunderous names in Serov's memories of his previous life.

But then again, who is the person who can give Nikolai Vladimir a headache? Serov had just heard the jealousy in Nikolai Vladimir's words, and seemed to have some disdain. Then that person is definitely not something that Nikolai Vladimir, who is loyal to Stalin's line, is in the eye of those who are loyal to the Stalinist line, so he kicked to Serov's side and let him deal with it.

Unlikable personality? Communist youth league? Serov was suddenly shocked at this time, "It can't be him, right?" This time it seems to be really good hospitality! He's not a good guy to work with......"

In the entire Soviet Union, arrogant people abound, and the corpse vegetarian eaters do not know how many people are numerous, unlike other officials who don't have much in their minds except Ma Zhe, Sherepin has always instilled his strong style in the governing style, but he has always been above board, but he did not take the last step in the end, and fell into the hands of the mediocre Brezhnev, and the mediocre talent in his mouth, Brezhnev, who could only run one state at most, finally controlled the Soviet Union for 18 years.

For Brezhnev, Serov had only one word, mediocre and evaded numerous political struggles. Because of his incompetence, he became the supreme leader of the CPSU and single-handedly cultivated a huge bureaucracy, which in the end buried the USSR with his own hands.

Seeing Shelepin's hairstyle, Serov suddenly felt a little funny, he didn't expect that Shelepin's aesthetic style was very like the founding leader of the republic, and he couldn't hold back his smile, Serov stepped forward and shook hands with Shelepin, who had just gotten off the plane, and said, "Welcome comrades from Moscow to Baku for inspection, if you have enough time, please stay here longer, believe me, you will fall in love with beautiful Azerbaijan, the Caspian Sea scenery here is rare in the Soviet Union!" ”

Serov's straightforwardness made Shelepin feel a little good, Sherepin himself likes direct people very much, which has a lot to do with his own character, and he who doesn't often laugh also has a smile at this time, "They are all comrades in the same system, and Comrade Serov should not be too polite." ”

It can be said that the Communist Youth League has everything that the party has, and the Organization Department, the Propaganda Department, the Literature and Art Department, and the Sports Department are basically the specific work of the Communist Youth League in the union republics. Of course, the training of young people is the main task of the Komsomol, and the departments of the Komsomol are run in the four most important universities in Azerbaijan, including Baku State University, Azerbaijan State Oil University, Azerbaijan State University of Economics, Azerbaijan Medical University.

At this time, Serov was strolling through the campus of the State Petroleum University with Sherepin and his party, although the group was in the school, it did not attract onlookers, male students were doing sports, and there were some students who vented their excess energy on sports equipment, and they might become unavoidable sports talents in the future.

"Behold, how young they are!" Sherepin pointed to a group of boys on the horizontal bar in the distance and sighed, Serov glanced at his fingers, the young man's smooth movements made him envious, no wonder there was a period of time when gymnastics was called a socialist movement by the United States, just look at the popularity of gymnastics in the Soviet Union is simply invincible, and it is understandable that it is undefeated in the Olympics all year round.

"That's right, it's really enviable!" Serov said from the bottom of his heart, thinking to himself that if he had another chance, he would definitely stay in the campus environment for a while longer.

Serov's look made Shelepin wonder for a while, but he didn't think much about it, at this time Serov really had a feeling of university life, and the whole person was completely relaxed. When he talked to Xie Leping and his party, his expression was flying, and he was not the secretary of the franchise country at all, but like an ordinary student.

"I forgot that Comrade Serov is still very young and has a common language with these peers!" Sherepin quipped to the people behind him.

Random words turned around and seemed to be a little careless, "In the future, there will be talents needed by many countries here!" ”

This sentence made Serov stunned, of course, universities are places to cultivate talents for the country, and this is the case with all universities, why did he say it so abruptly?

National University of Petroleum? Serov suddenly felt that he had found the answer. In the seventies of the last century, Baku began industrial oil production, and at the end of the century, it became the industrial center of Transcaucasia and a world-famous oil base, with 22 major oil refining bases and a developed oil industry. At the beginning of the century, the Baku Commune of a socialist nature was also established.

Thinking of this, Serov replied, "Yes, the future of these students is bright, maybe the whole of the USSR will be their stage!" They may be seen anywhere in the future......"

Serepin was very satisfied with Serov's answer, and in his capacity he certainly knew that in 1940, Baku's oil production peaked, accounting for 71.5% of the total production of the USSR at that time. After that, Baku crude oil production began to decline, but until 1950 it remained the largest oil field in the Soviet Union, accounting for 40% of the total production of the Soviet Union. However, in just a few years, due to the declining reserves, crude oil production has declined after a cumulative extraction of 1.2 billion tons, and the production situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse. Although the trend is just beginning, the top brass in Moscow has turned to the next oil field that could support Soviet industry.

However, although Baku's importance will decline, Baku still has a lot to attract the attention of the leadership in Moscow, as the earliest oil base of the Soviet Union, it is natural that many industrial sectors in Baku are closely related to oil, such as petrochemical industry, petroleum machinery and other industries are quite developed. These industrial categories, as well as the associated university facilities, will surely become the backbone of the pioneers of other oil fields.

In addition to oil and gas exploitation, other industries such as machinery manufacturing, metallurgy, mining, machine tools, electrical machinery, shipbuilding, automobile repair, cement and building materials, and fire-fighting equipment have also gradually developed and expanded. Light industry has also grown from scratch and has become an important light industry base in Transcaucasia, with carpet and food industries quite developed, and the granular black caviar and caviar produced are famous all over the world. Petroleum development has also promoted the development of military enterprises, transportation, urban transportation, residential construction, commerce, and service industries. It can be said that once oil production is transferred to other cities, Baku does not need to worry about recession, and Baku has spare power to support the construction of other new oil cities.

I just don't know whether it will be the Volga-Ural oil fields with the second Baku or the Tyumen oil fields with the third Baku to be supported at that time.

"Comrade Serov, these graduates may need you to bother a lot!" While Sherepin was talking, everyone had already finished walking around the playground, and Sherepin was okay to say, but the officials who were already fifty or sixty years old behind him couldn't stand it, after all, the temperature difference between Baku and Moscow was very large, and many Moscow officials who were accustomed to the cold around the Caspian Sea were not used to the climate.

"Comrade Sherepin, let's go take a break, I believe that your memories on campus are long gone!" Serov smiled and said, "Why don't we solve the food problem in the school cafeteria today?" ”

"This proposal is novel!" Sherepin said with great interest, "Comrades, let's experience the life of our youth together!" ”

"How could we have such a life when we were teenagers!"

An official in the back shook his head, and Serov immediately saw a man about fifty years old, but who looked to be sixty, with a very obvious place on his head to support the center, rather a bit of a premature posture.

This kind of countenance made Serov raise a trace of respect, how much pressure can this make a person into such a virtuous deed?

No matter what mistakes the Soviet Union has, in the history of the entire Russian nation, the period that may be awe-inspiring when mentioned is the Soviet period, no matter how much Russia discredited the Soviet Union after its disintegration, the international status of the Soviet Union cannot be erased. Both domestic and foreign affairs far surpassed those of the Soviet Union in other periods, and before the all-out arms race, people's livelihood and economy were also praised.