It was another gloomy day, but it happened that I had to have a meeting on this day. Yang Mingzhi wished he could lie down for a while, but time was precious.
Novosibirsk Oblast has not yet been divided, and the current governor is a middle-aged man named Golovsky. Yang Mingzhi's understanding of this person is limited to a few words from Umov.
Perhaps, that middle-aged man is also a thin and capable person, and perhaps his eyes still show courage.
The oblasts in Soviet Russia were more like administrative units at the "provincial" level. State-level administrators took orders from the Supreme Soviet of Soviet Russia, and then took orders from the Supreme Soviet of the entire Soviet Union. It is obvious that Gorovsky has the seed in his hands.
Quan is a real feudal official.
To meet such a person, an ordinary person would be so nervous that he would tremble all over.
Yang Mingzhi didn't care at all. Even Stalin himself saw him and even talked and laughed. Then facing a governor, why should he be afraid?
"Honey, stop dawdling!" He pushed his wife beside him.
"Okay, I...I'll get dressed and get up right away."
"Well, move quickly. For today's action, you should dress more modestly and put on the woolen coat issued by the Academy of Sciences. Remember, wear all your medals for me."
"Okay...I understand." Yang Tao rubbed his sleepy eyes, looking very lazy.
"Oh, by the way, you also need to wear a formal hat. You are still a member of the Soviet Communist Youth League, so you must wear that hat properly."
"Okay, I'll listen to you, stop nagging."
Star Tao was a little angry when she woke up, so she couldn't help but speak a little louder. Once she became energetic, her whole body became more agile, even though she still had a bulging belly.
While changing her clothes, she watched her husband's movements.
"Brother, today we are going to see the governor. I'm very surprised. What's the point of dragging me along? I don't understand anything."
"I don't know. Anyway, it was the request of the division commander Umov. I guess it was the governor who wanted to see us. My dear, you should understand that there are only a handful of Soviet heroes in Novosibirsk. Look at your Gold Star Medal.
, I guess that person wants to pay homage to you."
"Me? How can I be so capable?"
"Of course you are capable, and you are very capable." As he spoke, Yang Mingzhi finally put his military cap on his head and turned around: "My dear, let's see if your husband is handsome."
"Husband, you are not a eunuch." Her husband sometimes said some novel words, and Yang Tao was already used to it, "Well, you are my man, and you look good in whatever clothes you wear."
"Oh, that's like saying nothing."
Yang Mingzhi can feel how majestic his image is, with a bunch of medals pinned to his chest, and he can wear this outfit to participate in the military parade.
On the other hand, Yang Tao's dress is actually a bit nondescript. The official uniform she currently has is the uniform of the Soviet Communist Youth League. However, her stomach is getting worse every day, and within a few months she will no longer have to wear the uniform.
The attire is a bit strange, so dressing up is necessary.
Yang Mingzhi was surprised when he saw his wife taking out a small box from the drawer of the wooden table in the room. He never expected that his wife would magically take out a lip pencil.
"Oh, you are a woman after all, you have learned how to be beautiful."
"Well... Annie lent me this. I have to return it to her after I use it." Facing a small dressing mirror, Yang Guo applied lip gloss on herself with skillful skills.
"Ah, dear! This is what Annie taught you?" Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Of course, I am not busy in the kitchen. Annie taught me a lot of things, such as some makeup skills. By the way, brother, we are going to the city today. Maybe we can go to the store if we have time, and maybe buy some cosmetics.
"
Today's wife was a bit strange, both familiar and strange. Yang Mingzhi was at a loss for a moment. Although everyone has a love for beauty, he never expected that the wife in his mind was the kind of wealthy woman who grew up in a mountain family.
The wild girl, from Moscow to Novosibirsk, now lives in big cities. Could it be that after entering the city, her soul was also infected by the city? Or is she taking advantage of her work to learn from Anne how to be a woman?
Citizen?
Yang Mingzhi thought for a while and said casually: "If we have time, we will go for a walk, but you have to understand that it is not suitable to buy cosmetics. We will see when the time comes. Even buying a few bottles of fresh milk is a good thing."
After a while, the two of them walked out of the warm little home. As soon as they went out, they were hit by the cold Siberian wind. Fortunately, they were dressed thickly today and their bodies could quickly adapt to the huge temperature difference indoors.
After eating a simple breakfast, which was the bread cubes pre-baked by Annie last night, Yang Mingzhi and his beautifully dressed wife got into the car.
At least in the eyes of Easterners, with lipstick and a little powder on the star fruit, her already delicate smile looks a little more childish. Such a woman is indeed beautiful.
But under the pressure of the Russians, Carambola looked like a child no matter what, but such a "child" was already an expectant mother.
From the Academy of Sciences to the City Soviet Building, Grishenko is already familiar with this route.
They set off early, and after meeting up with the convoy of Umov and others, they headed directly to the office building of the Oblast Soviet.
As early as the night before, Governor Gorovsky and other senior officials, who were under heavy work pressure, took a nap in their respective cars. The convoy began to rush towards Novosibirsk in the evening, with a line of car lights forming a dark world.
The long queue moved forward quickly, and it was almost midnight before Gorowski returned to his official residence.
A new day is coming soon, and there is a very important meeting today.
After drinking a cup of coffee donated by the Americans, Gorowski's spirit quickly became high. When he strode to the preset venue, he had to admire the magic of coffee.
Coffee with added sugar has a strange taste and seems to be addictive, but not everyone may like to drink this taste.
The governor can conclude that the people of the Soviet Union still prefer to drink vodka, and drinking a glass of strong liquor is just as exciting.
In fact, these are just the governor’s assumptions.
Russia already has a coffee and chocolate culture. Peter the Great even built twenty cafes in St. Petersburg to entertain foreigners. With the collapse of Tsarist Russia, the new Soviet Union was attacked and blockaded by Western countries, and no part of the Soviet Union could
You can't even plant coffee trees on the pleasant shores of the Black Sea.
Without the import channel of coffee beans, the coffee culture inherited by the Soviet Union from Tsarist Russia is also shrinking rapidly. Now it has shrunk to an extremely low point, so that young people born after the founding of the Soviet Union are extremely unfamiliar with coffee.
"Those scientific researchers often stay up late to work. Those literary writers and composers often work until dawn. If they have coffee and are energetic, their works will be more popular? Especially that Belekov...
..." Before leaving the house, the governor had a sudden thought.
The United States is fully involved in World War II. In the current war, the United States is competing with the Japanese Navy for sea control in the Southwest Pacific. The U.S. military is gaining dominance in naval battles. A large number of ships have been launched into the water like dumplings. Hundreds of cutting-edge warships have been put into the battlefield, and all the ancillary materials of the warships
The supply is also increasing.
Americans really can't live without coffee, so as a necessary military ration, coffee is naturally shipped to the Soviet Union.
The ground coffee powder was packaged in cans. However, as soon as it landed and was accepted by the Soviet army, it was immediately sent to various agencies and high-level military headquarters, just so that all "smart minds" could enjoy it as soon as possible.
Based on his personal likes and dislikes, Governor Gorowski prefers to drink. Coffee is a bitter potion without sugar. It is not delicious. But it is also a rare American product, so you should keep some for yourself as a treatment.
Effective medicine for headaches.
Before going out, Gorovsky filled half of the coffee powder he owned in a small glass bottle and gave it as a gift to the legendary General Berekov.
Russia has not had such a deep-rooted cultural phenomenon of "reciprocity" since ancient times. Of course, if you want to make new friends by giving them gifts, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
He has not officially met General Belekov yet. From the large amount of information available, Gorovsky felt that if he could not have a cordial meeting with this Belekov before moving to Omsk, I am afraid that
It will become a huge regret for myself.
All senior personnel are very aware that the leader has promoted this Belekov one after another. The reason why Belekov was promoted was entirely due to his outstanding contribution to the alliance. He is truly a rare talent in the alliance.
It had only been two weeks since Belekov arrived in Novosibirsk, and the experiment on the new rifle was successfully completed. It was not an ordinary rifle, but a real "portable machine gun", and of course it had the official name of "assault rifle".
A small bottle of coffee must be given, and the gift-giving must be done in a place other than the meeting. "Since that young man is the leader's main concern, I will first see if he is really talented."
When the Soviet Union was founded, he led troops to fight against the White Army and the interventionist forces. After the founding of the Soviet Union, he served as an official for more than ten years. Gorovsky boasted that he had the ability to see people first, just by the look in their eyes.
By neutralizing speech and behavior, you can determine the character of the person.
The more senior a person is, the more they need to be able to observe what is happening. Of course, loyalty to the Alliance, the Soviets, and Stalin himself is the most important.
An oil painting of Marx and Engels hung high in the huge venue. Here, Governor Golovsky finally met Belekov, the legendary general.
"Comrade Berekov, this is our governor, Comrade Golovsky, and this is the first secretary of the state, Comrade Delinkovsky..."
Mayor Umov introduced many officials one by one, but does it really mean that he knows so many senior local officials? Yang Mingzhi was a little skeptical.
After all, when meeting senior personnel from the entire Novosibirsk region, it is very important to maintain proper etiquette.
Yang Mingzhi saluted the governor Golovsky and at the same time looked at the thin middle-aged man.
On the other hand, Gorowski did the same thing.
"Ah, General Berekov, I have finally met you. It is indeed as rumored. You are very young but have made many military exploits. You are truly a rare talent in our country."
"This is my duty as a soldier!" Yang Mingzhi said, giving another military salute.
It was this military salute that deeply touched Gorlovsky's heart.
Many generals are unruly and rude in their words and actions. Such reckless men are indeed brave to fight. It takes some skills to communicate with them. On the other hand, this Belekov's humble appearance is simply to the other extreme.
This young man was Chinese before he became a citizen of the Soviet Union. Do all Chinese have a low self-esteem? Or do they all like to be excessively modest?
Gorowski couldn't help but think more about it. As an "old man" in his fifties, he has experienced civil war, anti-intervention war, purge of counter-revolutionaries, and now the world war. He has met many Chinese people. Since 1929
Since the Soviet Union expelled illegally staying foreigners in 2006, no foreigners other than Soviet citizens have been seen again.
Gorlovsky has a stereotype of what Chinese people should look like. On the other hand, General Berekov is both familiar and unfamiliar, and of course more unfamiliar. Looking through the general’s glasses-wearing eyes, he can see that they are not big.
There are endless stories in the eyes, just like there is a library stored in the mind behind the eyes.
Many generals receive medals for their ability in commanding and fighting, but those generals often only get a few medals in their lifetime. On the other hand, Belekov not only has many medals on his chest, but a few of them are of great significance.
"Don't be fooled by his gentle and respectful expression! This man is absolutely fierce in battle and is good at using tactics."
After some examination, Gorowski came to his own conclusion.
There is a huge difference between Belekov and other generals. He is a rare multi-faceted talent. It is just a pity that such a talent is not a Slav.
As the participants of the meeting expired one after another, Gorovsky did not want to delay it any longer. After all the people had expired, he sat on the presidium and announced to everyone "the second report meeting on the division of the Novosibirsk Oblast and the establishment of the Omsk Oblast."
"The meeting" officially started.
The so-called "report meeting" is a complete debriefing meeting.
As Umov shouted on the phone before, the issue of state division has been resolved internally. The so-called "second meeting" is when the current governor elaborates on the details of the division. If you have any objections to this report, you can
It can be raised at the meeting. If the objections cannot be resolved quickly, there will be a "third meeting", and all objections must be resolved before the State Soviet Congress is convened.
Yang Mingzhi can already imagine what this kind of meeting will look like.
Sure enough, everything was as expected. The entire conference consisted of a few senior officials reading a manuscript to a group of middle- and lower-level officials to announce the new administrative plan.
There were more than 100 participants, including himself, and most of them were heads of major departments in Novosibirsk. Yang Mingzhi was even sure that many of them had been to the shooting range and seen the style of his assault rifles. In the future, they will also be the main
These people are participating in the Soviet Congress. Since this meeting is now held and all objections have been resolved in advance, it will definitely be unanimously approved at the formal meeting.
If you think about it carefully, the state Soviet congress is simply a formality, and the current one is the most important.
"Well, what does it have to do with me? My wife and I came over to listen, and what we heard was really meaningless."
Yang Mingzhi already knew that the governor of the divided Novosibirsk State was Umov, who knew each other relatively well. I am afraid that Gorovsky, who he had just met, was just a casual acquaintance.
He has won praises from many people with his talents. Among them, the biggest "fans" are Stalin himself, Voroshilov, Zhukov, Timoshenko and other senior military officers. They also highly appreciate him. There are so many people with the surname Golo.
There are no more fans of Umovski, no more, no less. From the current point of view, Umov is his solid friend, which is the most realistic.
Of course, making friends is not a bad thing.
However, now this new friend was talking in his extremely proficient Russian, and a large number of political nouns came out of his mouth, which made Yang Mingzhi feel a little bored and a little dizzy for a while.
Looking at my wife again, the feeling of boredom is reflected on her listless face. For this meeting, she put on lipstick and powder, consuming precious cosmetics in exchange for not being noticed. It is better to hold on to her husband.
I took a nap with my arms. Anyway, I am small, so even if I fall asleep, I won’t attract attention.
Yang Mingzhi didn't care anymore. He saw some participants were concentrating. Thinking about it, they should be concentrating. After several such meetings, everyone will have a new destination. In principle, they have the right to raise objections to their own destination allocation.
In fact, they have no choice but to obey the organizational arrangements in extraordinary times. Unless their level is high enough, but at that level, it will be their turn to sit on the main podium.
Yang Tao closed his eyes slightly. Anyway, everything those people said was like a turtle chanting sutras. If he didn't understand, there was no need to listen.
What about Yang Mingzhi? Even if he doesn’t give face to Gorowski, he still has to give face to Umov.
"Hey, if everyone is drowsy, the speaker still has to take off his leather shoes and bang on the table? I can't lose my composure. No matter how indifferent I have to open my eyes, it seems that I am listening with great interest."