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Chapter 1354 Snow in Moscow (Second update, please subscribe)
There is only one Big Brother in the world, and that is the Soviet Union!
In many contexts, it is called Big Brother, whether in the East or the West, the only difference is the context.

With the roar of the engine, a Tu-114 landed at Moscow Airport, as the pride of the Soviet aviation industry. A few years ago, when this aircraft slowly landed at Chang'an Airport as Khrushchev's private plane, it shocked the entire Western world. NBC newspaper reported it with the title "Russians' Secret Plane!" The aircraft also received the NATO code name "Wen Hao", which is quite appropriate for its elegant and generous shape.

It was from that time that this aircraft became the most dazzling star in Soviet civil aviation, supporting the civil aviation banner of the Eastern Bloc, and carrying intercontinental routes from Moscow to New York, Chang'an, Havana, etc.

Only Soviet civil aviation operated on these routes, because Western airlines had to consider the profit margins of the routes, and no company was willing to operate unprofitable routes.

Therefore, only the Soviet Civil Aviation took on this responsibility - the Moscow-Chang'an route, as in the past, had one flight a week, and each time the 190-seat aircraft could only carry a few dozen passengers.

For the passengers on the plane, it's basically like a charter flight.

But today, it was a little different from usual - the plane was almost full of passengers.

After finishing the long flight of more than ten hours, although feeling a little tired, Zhang Sen was soon attracted by the flying snowflakes outside the window like everyone else. Although it was already the end of March, it still snowed here sometimes.

"Snow... I haven't seen this thing in many years..."

Most of the passengers on the plane, except for the Russians, were as eager for snow as he was. This desire was normal - after all, there was no winter on NBC.

In order to see the snow, many people even travel to Kyushu to enjoy the snow. For this reason, the National Tourism Administration even built a resort in Kyushu to facilitate citizens to go on vacation there.

However, there are some people who will go to further places, even to the Soviet Union, and Zhang Sen is one of them. However, he did not come here to see the snow.

But I came here to work.

When passing through customs, the uniformed Soviet customs officer looked at the passport, then looked at Zhang Sen, and asked a few questions in stiff Chinese.

"What is your purpose for entering the Soviet Union?"

"Work."

Zhang Sen turned around and pointed at his colleagues behind him and said:
"We are here to work at your invitation."

The customs officer nodded and she looked to the other side. There, officials from the Ministry of Automobile Industry had been waiting for a long time. There were not only officials from the Ministry of Automobile Industry, but also officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which of course could also be understood as KGB officials.

"Welcome to the Soviet Union!"

Then the female customs officer stamped the passport.

Well, we finally arrived in the Soviet Union!

After exiting the customs channel, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Automotive Industry Gusev, who had been waiting for a long time, stepped forward and said:
"Manager Zhang, welcome you and your colleagues to the Soviet Union!"

The Soviet Union - the motherland of workers all over the world!
Moscow is the heart of this country. Zhang Sen, deputy manager of Volkswagen, came here to help the Soviets build a large automobile manufacturing plant.

After leaving the airport, the 117 engineers and workers boarded the buses that had been prepared long ago. When they saw the buses, Zhang Sen smiled and said:
“It’s a Jinlong bus.”

Gusev smiled and said:

"Yes, it was also made by you. It is very suitable for the Russian weather and the heating is excellent."

"This bus is designed for the North American and European markets. It not only has adequate heating, but is also designed with low-grade roads in mind. It is a bus that is very suitable for the Soviet Union. You should copy it!"

Zhang Sen's words made Gusev laugh. He did not answer him directly. How could it be possible not to copy? However, the quality was still far from the original. In fact, this was the problem of the Soviet automobile industry. Many models did not have the ability to innovate, and most of them were derived from the improvement of Western technology. Moreover, the country's attention to the automobile industry was more inclined to military and heavy industries, and the civilian market was not given enough attention. If it were not for the Soviet Union's urgent need for long-distance buses, I am afraid they would not have copied this model.

Gusev changed the subject and said:

"Manager Zhang, you have just arrived in Moscow. Take a rest in the city first. We will go to the construction site in two days."

Then Gusev added:

"Tonight, the ministry will hold a reception to welcome guests from afar. Tomorrow, we can go to the Bolshoi Theatre to watch a ballet."

This is a typical Soviet-style business arrangement. Zhang Sen has learned about this from other people, so he nodded and said:
"Okay, everything will be arranged by the Minister."

So, the group drove towards the city of Moscow. Along the way, the ice and snow on both sides of the road made the engineers from NBC look at them with concentration and amazement.

Especially for those who have never seen snow, the sight was even more stunning. Zhou Bicheng stared out the window, wiping the glass window from time to time just to see more clearly.

He is 23 years old. He went to NBC with his parents years ago. His memory of snow is completely confined to his childhood. Now, when he looks at the snow outside the window, the yearning and desire in his eyes are hard to conceal.

Although this spring snow was small...it was enough for these young people from the tropics to imagine the scene of the ice and snow kingdom.

But soon, he noticed something was not right on the road, so he asked curiously, "Tania, why are there no cars in the middle lane?"

Most of the other people noticed this as well - on this wide street, the two lanes in the middle of the opposite lanes were empty, with no cars on the road. All other cars, whether they were cars or buses, were driving in the outer lanes.

Tanya, the accompanying translator, explained:
"That is the emergency lane, which is only for ambulances and fire trucks to drive in emergencies. There are such emergency lanes in the middle of all the main roads in Moscow."

After listening to her explanation, everyone in the car praised her and said that this was a very good idea. After all, although there were no major traffic jams in NBC, small traffic jams did occur from time to time. In an emergency, the passage of vehicles such as ambulances and fire trucks would naturally be affected to a certain extent.

The praise from others made Tanya's pretty face reveal a bit of pride.

Looking at the lane in the middle of the road, Zhou Bicheng couldn't help but say:

“In fact, we should also learn…”

As soon as the words fell, they saw two black cars speeding past on the emergency lane. Looking at the cars going away, Zhou Bicheng asked curiously:

"Was that car just now...an ambulance?"

Tanya suddenly became a little embarrassed and didn't even know how to answer this question. After a while, she said:

"That's a special vehicle..."

The special nature of the vehicles is also reflected at the intersection. When the two vehicles pass through the intersection, there will always be police on duty to prevent other vehicles from merging into the main road.

The vehicle is not necessarily special, but the passengers in it are special. The passenger in this vehicle is none other than Brezhnev, the No. 2 figure. As in the past, he has two medals on his chest, one of which is the "Sickle and Hammer" medal for the Hero of Labor he won two years ago. He has always had a strong "medal complex". He is vain, greedy for fame and fortune, and likes to win various medals and awards.

Even now, he did not hide this fact, and of course this was also his honest side - what's wrong with liking the medal? Who doesn't like this shiny thing?

However, Brezhnev now just likes it, but he is the only senior leader who wears the medal at all times.

"What's on the agenda for today's meeting?"

Brezhnev thought to himself,

"Is it something about the car factory?"

After thinking about it, he immediately rejected the idea. After all, a team of engineers from NBC had arrived in Moscow and they would soon go to the construction site to assist the Soviet Union in building a large automobile manufacturing plant.

"24 months!"

When the GAZ car drove past the four King Long buses, Brezhnev couldn't help but feel emotional.

“Can they really build a massive auto plant capable of producing 24 vehicles a year in 66 months?”

Until now, not to mention Brezhnev, even Soviet engineers are still skeptical. The reason is very simple. According to the Soviet factory construction cycle, it takes at least 24 months just for basic construction. It will take at least another year from installing equipment to completing production line commissioning and worker training.

"If this can be realized, it will surely be another example of the Soviet Union's success!"

Of course, this is still a testament to Comrade Khrushchev's wise leadership. Thinking of this, Brezhnev frowned. Although he had always played the role of a "tail-chaser", he would appear in front of Khrushchev every now and then, reporting on big and small things, and constantly narrowing the distance between him and Khrushchev.

But in fact, deep down, Brezhnev had some ideas of his own, and not only him, but there were also some people in Moscow who held other ideas.

They did not want to see Khrushchev's rising prestige because... it was not good for everyone.

In the past, people supported Khrushchev because they were afraid of returning to the precarious state of the Steel Age, but now they want to go back to the past... because at that time, they enjoyed much more than they do now.

But they can only think about it.

After all, Khrushchev's prestige was now at its peak, from the larger and better-equipped "Khrushchev Building" to "plenty of meat in the stores" and then to "giving our people a car."

All of this made the Soviet people, especially the middle and grassroots cadres and the masses, cheer. In addition, his neither humble nor arrogant performance in handling the "Cuban Missile Crisis" last year won him the support of the military hardliners.

“It’s like a miracle…”

While he was muttering this in his heart, Brezhnev's ZIS car drove into the Kremlin.

On that day, ZIS cars drove into the Kremlin from all over Moscow. Soon, these people walked into the meeting room on the second floor of the arsenal building. Khrushchev had been waiting for them for a long time...

(End of this chapter)