MTL - Big Time 1958-Chapter 917 Reagan makes a move

"But we haven't discovered any new large oil fields." As a technocrat, Ryzhkov is not like a cadre in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Propaganda Department who can quickly grasp the essence of the general secretary's speech. He needs to learn more. This kind of rocket rises This is the case with the cadres of the CCP, no wonder that after taking power, all kinds of acclimatizations are not satisfied.

   "That's why I say suspicious! While stabilizing people's hearts, it also has other functions." Who doesn't want their country to be vast, and all resources to be inexhaustible. Unless it's a comparison between Dubai and Congo. The people of the Soviet Union certainly hope to hear some good news. Hard work is of course valuable, but any person would prefer to lie down and count money.

   This news is mainly released to the United States. Sheloff can’t pull Reagan’s ear and say that you should suppress oil prices. He can only remind his opponents through such a news. It is impossible to discover the second Tyumen oil field, but there are still oil fields that can be exploited in the Soviet Union, in Central Siberia, so this is not a rumor.

   "There is no shortage of supply on the market at the moment, right?" Serov asked Ryzhkov. He was very dissatisfied with the Soviet Union's use of administrative means to lower prices, because the consequence of doing so was to force the Soviet Union to seek more foreign support.

   The capacity of the Soviet Union itself is not enough to support the current low prices. The growth in the Soviet Union during the Brezhnev period was actually not as good as that during the Khrushchev period, which made ordinary people feel the improvement of the quality of life. Naturally, it was because the Soviet Union took advantage of the U.S. contraction to launch a global offensive and supported many pro-Soviet countries to make up for the shortcomings of the Soviet Union.

   "The supply of tea is relatively tight, especially black tea, and the inventory has dropped to a very dangerous level." Ryzhkov selected several products with the most tight supply. The Soviets had a tradition of drinking tea, on average six times that of Americans and more than twice that of China.

"Can only black tea be drunk? If not, import some green tea. The output of green tea in China is several times that of black tea, and green tea is also very beneficial, for example!" Serov thought for a while, thinking about the advantages of green tea, the general secretary does not drink tea, So you need to think for a while, and say nonsense, "For example, if you look at the obesity rate of Chinese people, it has something to do with their eating habits."

   As for whether it really matters, or China is still very poor, and ordinary Soviet people will know? It's not how the government promotes it, and ordinary people just listen to it. If it still doesn't work, you can only spread some false news. For example, the general secretary usually drinks green tea, not only drinking green tea, but also going to the green tea bitch...

"After importing, the price must be higher. It is said that China is already a market economy! Some historical factors and Chinese legends can be found in propaganda, and it is said that it was originally supplied to the royal family." Of course, this responsibility is not for the general secretary, but for supplying The emperor's tribute tea, the price is completely acceptable. Can cheat a few years is a few years.

Khrushchev often uses his infectious power to fool the other party into being unable to find the North. Serov does not have such infectious power. When it comes to creating fake evidence, no one in the entire Soviet Union is more professional than him. As long as he insists that it is true, then It's true.

Almost overnight, the news of the exploration of a large oil field in Central Siberia spread throughout the Soviet Union. The official channel was only a few articles from the Komsomolskaya Pravda. It can be analyzed that heaven and earth are the best, not to mention these are several sentences.

   Through this incident, the theory of the Siberian treasure house was also spread, and the future of the Soviet Union lies in the development of Siberia, etc. According to a rough estimate of the exploration materials, the resources contained in the Siberia region are close to two-thirds of the total resources of the Soviet Union.

Serov, as general secretary, is definitely not suitable to wave the flag and shout. After thinking about it, Ryzhkov, who is not very capable and has no qualifications at all, is pushed out, adding another fire to this argument, "As long as the potential of Siberia is fully realized, the Soviet Union will It will become an unprecedented powerful country, and the realization of the intermediate stage of socialism depends on whether Siberia’s potential can be fully realized, and the Soviet Union will far exceed all countries.”

   The general secretary needs some people to be full of enthusiasm and dedicate their youth to the development of the eastern part of the country. It is a national risk to fool ordinary people to go there. The beautiful Siberia that people pass on by word of mouth actually only exists in the plan of the state leaders with the country as the blueprint, and in the poems sung by poets, it looks beautiful.

   When we get there, ordinary people will know how unfriendly it is for humans. China can't stop the continuous decline of the population of the Northeast. If the Soviet Union opens up, within 30 years, all small and medium cities in Siberia will all become Chernobyl, an excellent filming location for wasteland movies.

  When a matter becomes a hot topic, if ordinary people do not join the discussion, they will appear to be not high enough. Especially after Ryzhkov, the Minister of the Central Economic Department, was pushed out by the general secretary, the icy Siberia was dressed up as a huge colorful bubble by the central government, and some Siberian local party secretaries also joined the craze. It is said that the place where you lead is the virgin land that needs to be changed, and talent is urgently needed to change.

  The boom in the development of Siberia set off by the Soviet Union, as well as various blueprints and grand plans drawn up. It soon spread to the ears of the biggest enemy, the United States. The American media cares about the Soviet Union as much as the Soviet propaganda department cares about the United States. On the contrary, they do not care much about their own country.

"A slave who is aware of his slave status and fights against it is a revolutionary. A slave who is unaware of his slave status and relishes in admiring the wonderful slave life and grateful to a kind and kind master is a slave, Shameless!" Serov's comments on Federal German Chancellor Kohl when he met with the leaders of the GDR also spread. This means that the so-called Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany is just a dog in Reagan's hands, or the kind that has not been unchained.

   "It's like the GDR is not the same!" This sentence can only be said in private. In a formal occasion, Reagan expressed his shock at Serov's public insult to the leader of an economic power, and rightly accused Serov of not being a calm leader of a great power.

"Neither are you!" Brezhnev would definitely not pay attention to Reagan, but unfortunately Serov's mentor was the big fool of Khrushchev, who dragged Reagan to talk every day, even if his reputation was ruined, he could not let Reagan stay. Great impression.

   Internationally, if Reagan was the only one to perform, and faced with Brezhnev or Andropov, these two would definitely not focus on taking advantage of their mouths, both of them are old. But not refuting and allowing Reagan to perform as he likes to do, creates the impression that the United States is aggressive and the Soviet Union does not respond.

   I met a Serov who was equally eloquent. The international community could see the hostility, and also saw the Soviet leader like Khrushchev, but could not see the aggressive offensive of the United States. The performance of the two people will not reflect the image of Reagan's cold warrior, and the two protagonists will naturally distract Reagan from the attention that he should have received.

  Reagan, who was born in Hollywood, soon noticed this. Even if American public opinion has defined the unprecedented opponent as a villain, he must admit that the villain seems to be too powerful, so can't he be stupid?

   When the Soviet Central Economic Minister Ryzhkov held a meeting to assess the value of Siberia, Reagan could not sit still. Siberia is indeed not easy to develop, but if there are results, no one will underestimate the Soviet Union, which uses Siberia's resources.

  Reagan himself has the idea of ​​suppressing oil prices, but all decisions are made on a first-come, first-served basis, not one policy today, one policy tomorrow, and Reagan who just finished the Plaza Accord, and we have to look at various follow-ups, positive and negative consequences. Then make the next decision to supplement.

   But the Soviet Union's move to develop Siberia made Reagan, who was ready to wait, begin to seriously consider it. The territory of the Soviet Union is more than twice that of the United States. Although it is not easy to develop agriculture in the tundra, the resources are not only a lot, but also a rare place with abundant resources. Now that the Soviet Union is so powerful, it is using upper Siberia. resources, the United States will be more difficult to deal with.

"The Soviet Union has a vast territory and abundant resources, and the Soviet system is indeed too powerful for the government. It is really possible to mobilize manpower to develop Siberia." Reagan did not like any news that the Soviet Union might increase its strength, including the news of the development of Siberia. to his close comrade-in-arms, CIA Director Casey.

   "Those ruthless decision-makers in the Soviet Union can of course formulate this kind of policy." CIA Director Casey was also very difficult when facing Serov. Although he squeezed into the White House decision-making level, the other party has become the general secretary. The KGB got more support than the CIA.

   "That big spy leader had a good idea, but he forgot one thing." Reagan said with a deep smile, "The cost of mining various resources in Siberia is very high, and the country with the lowest cost is our ally of the United States."

  Cathy was taken aback for a moment, then nodded slightly. Reagan also nodded, and two weeks later, Reagan announced a visit to Saudi Arabia. Meeting with Saudi King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz. As soon as he met Reagan, he proposed that Saudi Arabia needs to increase oil production and implement a "reverse oil shock" strategy. Provide oil to the world market to the greatest extent possible, driving down the current world oil price.

"Under the current oil price, many countries can attack Saudi Arabia, including the Soviet Union, Mexico, and even Iran. Reverse impacting these oil-producing countries will defeat these opponents and let the price of world oil be controlled by Saudi Arabia itself." Reagan said without hesitation.