Trotsky's proposal was approved by the Politburo not entirely because he had a point, nor because he was not worried that Eriksen and Victoria would blow up. To tell the truth, the Politburo has actually been fighting the idea of NORINCO for a long time, not only the PK machine gun makes them covetous, but also the SKS45 semi-automatic rifle, grenade launcher, and a lot of things The Politburo is quite interested.

If it were an ordinary capitalist enterprise, the Politburo would have done it a long time ago, and it doesn't matter what kind of shit patent you have, let's talk about copycats. However, this involves an important person - Li Xiaofeng.

Because of the existence of this kid, the Politburo is a little tricky, so the great cause of copycat has been shelved. And now, Trotsky felt that the time was almost over, and that Erikson and Victoria, who had made a fortune through entrepot trade, had become the sole spokesman for Russian specialties in the world, and that they would not fall out with the Bolsheviks over the patents of two weapons.

What's more, a certain immortal should also understand that the civil war has reached the most critical moment, and it is also appropriate to make a little sacrifice. Besides, you have made a sacrifice now, can the Politburo still remember, exchanging small profits for long-term interests, you kid still took advantage!

As for Lenin and Sverdlov, they are not without this kind of thought, but the problem is that it is a bit inappropriate for a certain immortal to be a person at their own end, especially to a person who has repeatedly made outstanding contributions to the party and the revolution. Anyway, it was inconvenient for them to start, and now, Trotsky took the initiative to ask for help, and they were naturally happy to sit back and enjoy it.

It seems that the end is already doomed. The Great Elders of the Bolsheviks all decided unanimously. What else can be said. Who can resist?

Trotsky met with Miss Victoria, the general manager of NORINCO, in Moscow with a very relaxed mind. In a tone that could not be questioned, and even more resisted, an instruction was made: "The Tula plant will produce PK machine guns and SKS45 rifles, and the Bolsheviks and Soviets will always remember your contribution to the Russian Revolution!" ”

Yes, from the beginning to the end there is only such an empty sentence, and there is nothing else, it seems that NORINCO is only worth such a sentence. If the bosses of NORINCO are only Victoria and Erickson, then Zhenzhen can only watch Lao Tuo do whatever he wants. But the behind-the-scenes boss of North Industry is a certain immortal, and he has always been difficult to speak!

"Just an empty word?"

Li Xiaofeng couldn't believe it, in his opinion, the central government was indeed financially tight, and it was true that it could not pay patent fees, but this could be solved flexibly. He didn't say that the issue of patent fees is non-negotiable, and that the price can be bargained. It's really not good, the patent fee can be owed first, and it's no problem to make up for it after the war.

But Trotsky came to such a hand, as if he did not exist, and thought that he could do something against North Industries. This is not giving face at all!

Slapped in the face! This was the feeling of a certain immortal, and he was quite annoyed by it. But for the time being, he hasn't lost his mind. He felt that Trotsky was so bold that he must rely on something, otherwise that guy would dare to give him eye medicine?

Li Xiaofeng decided to ask Brother Sverdlov first to see if there was any misunderstanding or any other statement.

Sverdlov received a telegram from a certain immortal "asking for help" and was also distressed. To put it bluntly, the central government wants to take it by force, but it is inconvenient for the mentor to do it. The unified thinking of the Politburo and the Central Committee is the same, that is, all the means to win the war, and even soon to implement the policy of wartime communism, and a certain immortal caught in the middle is undoubtedly very difficult, thinking about it, he can only hint that a certain immortal should not care about this matter, suffering a loss is a blessing, and breaking the wealth to avoid disasters!

In this regard, although Erikson and Victoria are a little uncomfortable, they are not unacceptable, because NORINCO is simply the idea of a certain immortal, and this factory is basically not profitable from the beginning of production. If it weren't for the profits of the entrepot trade, they would have closed it early.

For capitalists, profit comes first, and as long as they have the golden job bowl of entrepot trade in hand, it is tolerable to suffer a little loss and lose a little insignificant profit.

"You know the!" Li Xiaofeng was suddenly furious, in his opinion, this is a signal, a very bad signal, which shows that there is a very bad tendency in the party, "They can start with the patent rights of PK machine guns and SKS45 rifles today, and tomorrow they can start with the trade franchise you control, if we don't do anything and behave well and bully, they will soon kick their noses in the face, and they must not make this bad head!" ”

Erikson cautiously asked, "The question is, are we begging people to get rich......

Before he finished speaking, he was glared at viciously by Li Xiaofeng, "Without the grain we brought in, they would make you rich, without food, all the military operations of the Red Army would be affected, do you understand, it's not us who begged them, it was they who begged us, we are now the uncle!" ”

Victoria pursed her lips and said, "Just say it, what do you want us to do?" ”

Li Xiaofeng walked around the office irritably, and this crisis would be a big test for him. Even the slightest carelessness will put his political future into it.

One minute, two minutes...... An hour had passed, and just as Victoria and Erikson were about to get impatient, a certain immortal spoke: "Victoria, you go to Trotsky yourself and tell him that we strongly oppose that decision, and that if they do not respect the patents of NORINCO, it will affect the whole cooperation between us!" ”

Victoria smiled bitterly and asked, "Does this level of threat make sense?" If Trotsky ignores him, what can we do? ”

Erikson also nodded frequently, indicating that he agreed with Victoria's opinion. At this time, a certain immortal showed a hideous look: "I am afraid that Trotsky saw through your desire to get rich, and only then did he come up with this kind of trick." Therefore, the only effective means of fighting is to let them know that we are not afraid of running out of money! ”

Erikson and Victoria's hearts pounded, and they already knew it. A certain immortal is about to break the boat!

"Not really......" Erikson still tried to persuade one or two. was categorically interrupted by an immortal: "Very much." I just want him to see who has the initiative, and he doesn't play according to the rules of the game, so I'll just let the game not play! ”

It's not that Erikson and Victoria don't want to oppose a certain immortal's method of burning jade, but they are really powerless, and decide that all the food import channels are in the hands of a certain immortal, if he flips the table and doesn't play, even if they have the money to buy food abroad. It can't be shipped back to Russia. And without food, entrepot trade simply cannot be played. Therefore, they can only accompany a certain immortal to go crazy together.

"What? Did the woman really say that? ”

Trotsky was also a little surprised, originally he thought that this was just a trivial matter, not worth mentioning at all, whether it was North Industry or a certain immortal who could still resist the Politburo, and still not do his own business. And now, the situation seems a little unexpected.

"What do you think?" Trotsky asked Ulitsky.

With the improvement of the situation in the civil war and the defeat in the struggle within the party, Ulitsky, who was full of baggage, finally came together with Trotsky again.

"It should just be lip service. It's just a gesture," Ulitsky said after a moment's thought. "Capitalists are profit-seeking, they have considerable interests in our country, and they also control the majority of import and export interests, and it is impossible to give up easily!"

Trotsky thought about it, and agreed with Ulitsky's statement, no one will lose a big deal because of a small one, this should be just a gesture put on by the other side, it is best to frighten them, and if you can't be frightened, it can be regarded as a clear attitude, which can lay the foundation for the next step of negotiation or reaction.

"Then ignore them!" Trotsky said, "Let the Tula plant hurry up and finish the surveying and mapping work and put it into production as soon as possible!" ”

Ulitsky thought for a while and said: "Mapping and then copying will delay a lot of time, it is better to exert a little more pressure and let them directly hand over the drawings and the full set of production processes, which will save a lot of time!" ”

"Tsk......"

Trotsky thought this was a bit excessive, but on thought it was quicker. It is enough to say hello to Lenin in advance and get his understanding.

He finally clapped his head and said, "Then implement it as soon as possible!" ”

I have to say that Trotsky is sometimes too conceited and too conceited, he underestimates Li Xiaofeng, and thinks that he has seen through everything. The result is naturally a head-on blow!

"We came to extract the drawings according to the order of the Politburo, please cooperate!"

When Trotsky's men swaggered into NORINCO and demanded it in a domineering manner, the result was very unsightly, and the group was beaten up and thrown out of the factory by the security guards of NORINCO. And before they could ask Trotsky for help, complain and complain, a certain immortal had already flipped the table.

"Let NORINCO immediately stop production, stop handing over the guns and ammunition that have been produced to the volunteers, disassemble the machine tools, pack the relevant drawings, and let the technicians and engineers prepare to evacuate Vyborg!"

At the same time as this series of orders was issued, a certain immortal sent a telegram to the Central Committee, in which he made a vicious complaint: "Because of Trotsky's nonsense, NORINCO has decided to cease all operations in Finland and to terminate all cooperation with us...... While the Volunteers were fighting bloody battles against the Finnish White Army and the German interventionists, Trotsky was pulling his back, and I strongly condemned his counter-revolutionary behavior, and demanded that the Central Committee immediately correct this mistake and severely punish those responsible! ”

When this telegram was placed in front of the Grand Elder of the Politburo, the faces of the big guys were not very good-looking, such a scene was not expected before. At that time, they all thought that a certain immortal and northern industry would inevitably succumb. Who would have thought that people would pick the child directly.

"Comrade Trotsky, you are a man of your time, tell me first!" Lenin said with some pain.

What can Trotsky say, at this time he is also on fire, thinking that a certain immortal is too unlucky, what do you mean by this, slapping me in the face by name, and daring to ask the central government to severely punish Lao Tzu. Who do you think you are!

"I think some comrades are too immature!" Trotsky held back for a long time before he came up with these words: "We must be wary of such immaturity, which is likely to create a new batch of Korentai and Dembinko!" ”

It seems that Trotsky is ready to teach a certain immortal a lesson, and he wants a certain immortal to know what a certain immortal is and what a great Politburo elder is!

But at the same time as he said this. Krupskaya hurried into the conference room. A few words whispered in Lenin's ear. Suddenly, the Mentor's face became very ugly.

"The General Iron and the People's Commissariat of Commerce and Trade have just received the news," said Lenin with a calm face, "that the Northern Trading Company has stopped the special grain train that is about to be delivered to Petrograd, unloaded all the grain, and reloaded the grain in the port into ......"

Speaking of this, Lenin paused slightly, and said with a calm face: "The Northern Trading Company has decided to completely terminate cooperation with us, and there will be no more entrepot trade!" ”

These two pieces of news were like a bolt from the blue. The five Great Elders were all stunned, no one thought that a certain immortal would be so ruthless, and he would turn his face when he said it, without hesitation at all. Trotsky's face was so ugly that it looked like he had been painted with a layer of black paint. He knew that this time he had kicked the iron plate, and he was afraid that there would be no good fruit to eat.

"The food problem is the core problem!" Lenin spoke heavily, "Without food, our counterinsurgency operations will not be able to be carried out, compared to the food problem." Everything else is secondary. ”

The meaning of Lenin's words is very clear, that is, the copycat PK machine gun and SKS45 will be put first. The weapon is almost overcome, but you can't fight hungry!

According to the mentor's wishes, this matter will be put on hold for now, even if you want to produce PK and SKS45, it is better to negotiate the patent rights first.

However, what surprised and angered the old man was that he wanted to stop, but a certain immortal didn't plan to stop - your old man thought well, and it seemed that he was shelving the dispute, but in fact, he wanted to wait until he got through this period before taking it by force. I'm so foolish and bullied, no way!

"The Northern Trading Company refuses to resume cooperation because they will not cooperate with a perfidious regime that does not respect intellectual property rights......"

Xiao Si said as he paid attention to the face of the mentor, because this was just the beginning, and there were still a lot of ugly words in the back.

However, for the first time, the Mentor is very calm, at least on the surface, whether it is the silence before the storm, then it is unknown.

"Keep reading!" He said slowly.

"Cooperation can be resumed only if the Soviet power in Russia adopts laws guaranteeing respect for patent rights and respect for the legitimate interests of workers, as well as dealing with those responsible......"

Xiao Si looked at Trotsky again, this old man was not as calm as the Mentor, because it was obvious that a certain immortal was sharpening his knife and coming towards him, and this was with him.

When Xiao Si read all the conditions, the elders of the Politburo were silent for a while, what could they say? It can only be said that a certain immortal is too unkind to give the political situation a tough counterattack, insisting on pumping Trotsky's face, and on the contrary, the Politburo can only let Trotsky be slapped in the face, and cannot resist at all.

After a long time, the mentor broke the silence and said: "Comrade Yakov, you go to do the work of Comrade Andrei again, this incident is just a misunderstanding, and we can guarantee that there will be no next time." ”

Xiao Si immediately smiled bitterly, after the incident, he was sent by Lenin to Vyborg to urgently do the work of a certain immortal, hoping to let a certain immortal not go too far, close a little, and give the central government a face.

However, at that time, he made a lot of explanations and made a lot of promises, but a certain immortal ignored them all, and even said very bluntly: "I gave the central government a face, it's really funny, when the central government made this matter, did you think about giving me face!" Today I will put my cruel words here, I will not give anyone face, I will not deal with Trotsky, I will not be satisfied, there will not be a grain of grain! ”

Of course, these words were too straightforward, and he could not say them clearly, so he could only say as tactfully as possible: "Comrade Andrei's mood is very unstable, and the persuasion work is basically impossible to carry out......"

The Man in the Iron Mask was a little annoyed and said angrily, "What kind of behavior is this? Andre. Did Petrovich think that he could be above the center, that he could dictate the collective decisions of the center? He should be dealt with seriously, and this unhealthy trend should not be promoted! ”

Lenin hurriedly shouted to stop, Dzerzhinsky, this guy is sometimes too straight, when is this Nima, you still add fuel to the fire. Handle someone to have food? What kind of virtue is that goods, he knows too well, a stubborn donkey. That's it, that guy really knows how to pick on people. Who will clean up this mess then?

"Comrade Andrei is still very young, many times immature, and likes to be high-spirited. This can only be patiently educated! Lenin quickly set the tone, and then said: "And this incident, on the whole, is that we are too impatient, and we are not quick to do it...... This has caused quite a bad influence and interfered with the normal work of the revolution, and if there is any mistake and responsibility, I am the first to bear the brunt. I will review and self-criticize at the Central Committee! ”

It must be said that the Mentor still has a very core demeanor, and although he does have responsibility (to let Trotsky go), he is not the main responsibility. And now, he is willing to take the initiative to do self-criticism, which is undoubtedly the best way to solve the problem.

He did self-criticism and review, which undoubtedly prevented Trotsky from being slapped in the face in public, and let Lao Tuo go down the stairs, and at the same time gave an explanation to a certain immortal, and even he, the great teacher, reviewed and apologized, and you kid almost got it, and hurried down the steps. Happy ending for everyone!

It should be said that Master Mentor is really painstaking, but will a certain immortal obediently go down the steps? (To be continued......)

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