Struggle in Soviet Russia

Originally, according to Victor’s guess, Comrade Malinkov was going to pick up the heads of these companies and go to his office for a meeting. How could specific issues have to wait until the meeting to determine.

But the fact is that Malinkov is very resolute and resolute. When everyone got on the bus and the bus started moving, he directly started his agenda.

Moreover, he didn't leave the person in charge of the company with a chance to speak, and he came up to assign tasks.

His secretary stood aside with a small notebook to make notes, and he called on his seat. What is rare is that he can remember all the names of more than a dozen people present, and he can also remember corresponding to these people. The company and its production direction.

The general process of the whole process is like this: Comrade Malinkov rolls the name, and asks the person who clicks directly. In the next quarter, how much output you need to guarantee, and then ask the other party if they can do it.

If the other party answers yes, then there is no problem. The secretary will record the other party’s promise, and then invite the other party to take a seat. Then, Comrade Malinkov clicks on another person’s name, or directly arranges the production task and asks the other party if they can Guaranteed completion.

If they are embarrassed, it is difficult for them to propose such a high output. Then Comrade Malinkov would interrupt the other party directly and would not listen to the other party's reasons at all. He would turn his head and let the driver stop and ask the person in charge of the enterprise to get out of the car at that time.

He didn’t say how he was going to deal with the other party, he just asked the other party to get off the car, but this silent threat was the most terrible. Therefore, when the first person in charge of the company who was asked to get off the car appeared, in the enquiry process that followed, Even if someone was distressed and hesitating, they eventually answered "Able to complete the task."

In this way, ten minutes later, when the bus stopped in front of the two-story building on Film Studio Street, Comrade Malinkov had finished his work. He didn't let the person in charge of those companies get off the bus, but directly requested The driver sent them to the hotel and told the person in charge of these enterprises that they could go back to the Urals tomorrow.

After getting off the depressed bus, Victor stood by the side of the road, watching the car turn around on the highway and drive back along the same road. There was a very absurd feeling in his mind.

Is it really feasible to rely solely on administrative orders to determine production efficiency? Even if the person in charge of those companies can really guarantee the completion of the task, how can the related quality issues be guaranteed?

Watching the bus go away and eventually disappear into the rain, Victor turned and looked at Malinkov, who was standing under the umbrella not far away.

"Go and inform Comrade Alexei Ivanovich, let him go to the hotel and communicate with the leaders of the company," Malinkov was leaning on his side and talking to his secretary. Victor took two steps forward, just in time. I can hear what he is saying, "Ask them about their difficulties, make a record, and try to help our company resolve those concerns and difficulties in the shortest possible time."

"Okay, Comrade Committee member," Malenkov's secretary nodded, recording what he said in the notebook.

Comrade Malinkov’s secretary has the same style as himself. Among Comrade Stalin’s staff, only Malinkov always carries a notebook. Every time Comrade Stalin speaks, he will make notes in the notebook, and The beginning is "Comrade Stalin instructed."

However, at this time Victor did not feel funny, because he discovered a characteristic of Malinkov's work.

Undoubtedly, in front of those business leaders, he played a "black face" role, creating tremendous pressure on all the leaders, and that kind of domineering behavior is enough to be suffocating.

But when he turned his head, he arranged for his deputy, Comrade Shahulin, who is also the People’s Committee of the Aviation Industry, to play a "red face" role, giving those business leaders a chance to make requests and help to the greatest extent possible. They solve the difficulties in the production work.

To be honest, Victor admires this way of doing things. You must know that it is not easy to manage a large-scale department, and the most difficult part lies in the management of cadres.

Don't think that everyone has such a high level of consciousness. For most of the cadres in this world, if they don't put enough pressure on them, they often won't exert their greatest strength to work.

Judging from Comrade Malinkov’s approach, he did not simply use administrative orders to direct the production work, but rather cunningly used some methods. Through this method, he put enough pressure on the heads of those enterprises. , And helped them solve the actual problems in production. There is no doubt that this is a very effective way of working.

Realizing this, Victor was not only a little emotional. In his previous life, he heard some absurd jokes about the Soviet Union. At that time, he did not regard those realistic jokes as facts, but now it seems that the jokes are after all jokes and cannot be taken seriously.

Think about it, if the Soviet leadership is really as absurd as a joke, how can this huge alliance develop into a superpower that can compete with the United States in just a few decades? If the leadership of this country is not capable enough, and each one is as ridiculous as a clown, then what is the American leadership of the same period?

"Come on, Victor, talk about our problems," Malinkov said with a smile as he walked up to Victor under an umbrella, thinking that his secretary had finished his work.

After speaking, he immediately walked towards the entrance downstairs.

Victor picked up the complicated thoughts in his heart, followed quickly, and walked inside the building, while answering the seven questions that the other party had asked before one by one.

In the office on the second floor, Victor sat on the sofa and placed a cup of fragrant coffee in his hand, which Malinkov asked to prepare for him.

Behind the only desk in the office, Malinkov was on the phone. He was contacting relevant experts from the Academy of Sciences and Medical University, preparing to demonstrate the data and information about penicillin provided in the intelligence.

When putting down the phone, Malinkov moved the glass on the table in front of him and said with some emotion: "When Comrade Lenin talked about the work of improving the scientific and cultural knowledge of the whole party and the people, he mentioned Two basic points have been reached: one is to abolish the previous bureaucratic and serfdom culture and accomplish the task of the democratic revolution in cultural education; the other is to build a proletarian scientific culture on the basis of absorbing the excellent cultural achievements of the bourgeoisie."

Hearing him come up and set the tone of the subject so high, Victor hurriedly sat up straight and made a gesture of listening attentively.

"In the past two five-year plans, the main focus of our work has been on the industrial field, to be precise, the basic industrial field," Malinkov stirred in a glass with a small spoon and continued. "Therefore, the energy invested in related new technology research and development is far from enough, so that it has fallen behind in some areas."

Victor nodded in approval.

"For example, in the research field of medicine," Malinkov continued, "Our cadres do not realize the importance of this field to our social construction work, and do not see the role of people’s health in promoting social stability, but one-sided. People believe that only the construction of industrialization can promote the growth of the country’s overall strength. This lack of understanding is very dangerous."

Victor licked his lips and muttered to himself: Is this a denial of Comrade Stalin's decision, or is he dissatisfied with Comrade Molotov, who is the vice chairman of the NKVD?

"It's like penicillin technology. If it were to appear twenty years earlier, at least my family tragedy would not have been staged," Malinkov said, unaware that he was complaining. "So, Victor Viktorovich. ?Comrade Tarashev, I agree with your opinion in the previous report. It is true that foreign intelligence work cannot only be limited to military and diplomatic fields, to obtain advanced foreign scientific and technological information, and to improve and promote our own research in related fields. It is also of great significance."

In these words, Malinkov used Victor’s full name to address him, which is a gesture of respect. As for the family tragedy he referred to, he refers to his brother Alexander and his younger brother Nikolai. Both brothers died of the Spanish flu virus, while his father died of pneumonia.

"You can do your job and try your best," Malinkov said again. "If you have any difficulties, you can bring them up to me. I will try my best to solve these difficulties for you. And my There is only one requirement, and that is technical information like penicillin. You must obtain as much information as possible from the Foreign Intelligence Service. It must be clear that every gain you make will solve an obstacle to scientific research in the Soviet motherland. Save a sum of money. Your work is important, just like our heroic Red Army soldiers, except that you have opened up another battlefield."

"Thank you comrade committee, I will work hard." Victor stood up and said solemnly.

To be honest, he is very unaccustomed to Malinkov's way of talking. In comparison, he prefers Serov's way of talking. There is no high-profile, but it's just a matter of fact.

"Okay, you can go back to work," Malinkov nodded, seeming to be very satisfied with his statement, "The relevant argumentation work will be completed in the shortest time. When there is a result, someone will notify you."

Victor sighed secretly, and after bidding farewell to Malinkov, he turned and left the office.