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Chapter 1355 Corn Rhapsody (rd update, please subscribe)
The arsenal building was where weapons were stored during the Tsarist era.

Now, as a building in the Kremlin, it is actually just a meeting room.

“66 cars!”

At the beginning of the meeting, Khrushchev, who was leaning his elbows on the T-shaped long table covered with green baize, said proudly:
"Soon, we will have a modern automobile manufacturing plant capable of producing 66 vehicles per year!"

After saying this, Khrushchev cast his eyes on the crowd. As soon as he finished speaking, Brezhnev, the No. 2, immediately said:

"Yes, Comrade Khrushchev, this is simply a miracle. Through this cooperation with NBC, we have fully understood the power of modern industry."

As Khrushchev's assistant and the second-in-command of the Soviet Union, Brezhnev had always been obedient to Khrushchev and followed his lead. He spent all his energy to ensure Khrushchev's work and life needs, thinking about what the leader thought about and what the leader had not thought about. With just a glance from Khrushchev, Brezhnev understood what he meant and did it properly.

Now, at the mere glance of Khrushchev, Brezhnev understood what he meant and began to flatter him.

"I've learned that the combined annual output of all the automobile manufacturing plants in the Soviet Union is only 66 vehicles. But what about now? The new factory we are about to build will be able to produce 100 vehicles a year. With this factory, our automobile production will exceed million vehicles for the first time!"

Is this flattery?
Of course not, this is telling the truth.

The fact is that the Soviet Union's current annual automobile production is only 300,000 vehicles, and most of them are trucks. As for the ZAZ, the annual production is only dozens of vehicles. All other cars - from Moskvich, to Volga, to Seagull and other cars added together, the annual production is only 20,000 to 30,000 vehicles. Even these cars need to be exported to the allies. After all, most of the Soviet Union's allies cannot manufacture cars. It can be said that in the Soviet Union, cars are absolutely official cars. Only a few officials can own them, and ordinary people have no chance.

This is also the reason why, at the end of last year, when Khrushchev inspected a large coal mine and told the workers that "the country will build a large automobile manufacturing plant, and every Soviet worker will own a car just like owning a house", he immediately won thunderous applause and cheers.

Cars... are also a necessity for many Soviet workers. After all, the winters in the Soviet Union are too cold.

"Of course, for the Soviet Union, output is not the most important thing. What is important is that by introducing this factory, the Soviet Union can learn modern automobile manufacturing technology from it and apply it to the transformation of our old automobile factories. I believe that in a few years, our automobile output will exceed 150 million, 200 million, or even 300 million or 400 million..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Kozlov, who was in charge of publicity and was sitting next to him, said:

"If all this is realized, it would be amazing. According to the wartime production capacity conversion, this production capacity can be converted into tens of thousands of tanks, which is also very important for our national defense construction."

"Yes, with these factories, we can produce more tanks and armored vehicles."

Brezhnev then got to the point and said:

"If Comrade Khrushchev had not proposed, against all odds, to sell cars to old comrades so that they could enjoy life with their families, and to provide houses to young comrades so that they could get married and have children and start their own lives, we would still be stuck in the old way of thinking!"

This "car and house" refers to the speech Khrushchev delivered at the coal mine. After this speech, the government formulated a "queue system" - workers with longer service and greater contributions can buy cars first, and of course they will give the opportunity to younger workers in the housing queue.

This system of taking care of the feelings of older workers with cars and favoring young people in housing has naturally won the support of all parties, especially young people. Compared with cars, they are more eager to own a house, and they know very well that if they own a house first and then wait in line for seven or eight years, it will be their turn to buy a car.

As for the older workers, their thoughts are very simple. The children are all grown up anyway, and after they are allocated houses and move out, the house will naturally be empty. It is not important to have a house or not, but a car can greatly improve their lives, and they no longer have to suffer from the wind and snow when going to work in winter.

Although there were some objections, this plan, which took into account the interests of all parties, was welcomed by all parties after it was made public in the newspapers.

In short, Comrade Khrushchev's prestige is now absolutely at its peak, and he is widely praised at the grassroots level and among the people.

"We only see that it will cost $6 million to introduce an automobile manufacturing plant, but we fail to see its far-reaching effects and its significance in national defense, economy, industry, and science and technology!"

This is the real flattery. In Brezhnev's flattery, Khrushchev was a little flattered, and naturally there was another round of flattery around him. Words like far-sighted and far-sighted came out. In short, all the words that could be used to praise were said by the other people one by one. Until this time, people felt that Russian was too poor to fully show Khrushchev's contributions.

In the face of compliments from others, Khrushchev still enjoyed the feeling of being admired.

People are always like this, always sinking unconsciously, no one can escape this. However, Khrushchev still has some advantages. Although he is a little arrogant, he still has not forgotten his original intention. After being complimented by others, Khrushchev said:

"Alexei."

Turning his attention to Kosygin, the chief economist of the Soviet Union, Khrushchev said:
"Now, the infrastructure engineers sent by NBC have arrived in Moscow, and their factory design plan has been completed. The construction of the factory will be fully launched. The Ministry of Automobile Industry alone cannot complete this work. This involves work from all aspects. So, Alexei. Can you take charge of this work personally?"

Although there were some conflicts with Khrushchev on some economic issues, Kosygin, who was fully aware of the importance of this matter, still said:

"Please rest assured, I will take care of everything! Let everyone drive the car as soon as possible! After all, everyone is looking forward to its production now."

Listening to Kosygin's answer, Khrushchev said:
"Very good. I believe you can handle this matter as well as you can handle other matters."

After that, Khrushchev really got to the point of today's meeting. He looked at them and said:

"Today's meeting is not about cars but about another matter. Comrade Anastasia, please introduce the situation to everyone first."

"Ok."

Nodding, Mikoyan said:

"Everyone should have known that a crisis has broken out in Congo again because of mercenaries..."

When Mikoyan introduced the situation, Brezhnev and others, who were originally somewhat confused, finally understood what the agenda of today's meeting was.

Although it was somewhat unexpected, it was also within their expectations. After all, in recent times, this was the only big deal. Compared to this, other things were almost not worth mentioning.

“…So, this crisis is essentially caused by the ‘multilateral nuclear program’.”

After Mikoyan finished speaking, Khrushchev laughed and said:
"You see, this is the most typical aspect of those countries - they will unite because of interests, and they will also conflict because of interests. This is also the fundamental reason why we will definitely defeat them!"

His words naturally aroused a round of applause, and then Khrushchev asked:
"So, Anastasia, how do you think this crisis will end?"

Then, they discussed the crisis there and discussed their positions in the crisis. After Mikoyan finished speaking, others also expressed their opinions, and most of them agreed with Mikoyan's point of view.

"Well, we all know that even if there will be problems between them, they will still adjust their relations with other countries after a few years when a new president takes over. But now, one issue we need to consider is..."

Khrushchev looked at them and said:

“We should do something about this incident!”

This is the Cold War, everyone sees an opportunity in an opportunity, and then they take action. …

(End of this chapter)