The next day the Politburo's resolution on personnel appointments was notified to Selyosha. Although Selyosha was prepared for further development in his career, he did not expect to join the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation to serve as assistant minister. You should know that this is a deputy ministerial-level leadership position and has great power. Although he is called an assistant, he is the actual executor of work at the ministry level.

The superior removed Selyosha from his position as director of the Agricultural Department, but he allowed him to retain his position as secretary of the Moscow Youth League Committee. That was because no one took over the project of the Workers' New Village, because this project was founded by Selyosha. It is now the image project of the Moscow government and the largest livelihood project in the Soviet Union. Once someone else comes to take over, if it does it well, Selyosha will lay a good foundation, and if it does badly, it will have a problem with the successor's ability. No one will do such things that cannot be obtained.

Since he was promoted to a deputy ministerial-level cadre, Selyosha's treatment naturally increased. While he went to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economics to report, he also accepted the treatment and privileges enjoyed by deputy ministerial-level cadres. Selyosha's car changed from Volga to Gil 4104 extended sedan, and it also changed from a special car to two special cars. At the same time, two full-time drivers came to serve Selyosha. In addition, it was the housing treatment. Selyosha had two more villas and one in Moscow.

In the ministry and commission compound of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economics in the city center, another is a vacation villa located on the outskirts of the city. Brezhnev's son Yuri Brezhnev once served as the first deputy minister in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economics. These high-ranking villas were also built by Yuri Brezhnev in those years, and were decorated with the best materials. How could Mr. Bo's son treat himself and his colleagues unfairly? Now Yuri has been dismissed, but now Selyosha has made the cheap.

In addition to housing, there are now many staff members who take care of his daily life around Selyosha, including private doctors, nurses, chefs, cleaners, guards, gardeners and other staff who serve him. If his secretary and driver are included, there are no less than twenty people in total. Of course, if Selyosha has children or is married, the government will arrange for him to have nannies and more service personnel.

The changes in life treatment are just a small matter. What really makes Selyossa feel is that it can access some data and information that were unavailable in the past and provide more basis for its future decision-making. Selyossa transferred his long-term secretary Nasjia to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economics again. With Selyossa's position improving, Nasjia is now rising and becoming an official at the same level as the deputy mayor of Gorky. As for Selyossa's old subordinates in the Youth League Committee, such as Gorman and Pugachev who have made great efforts in the project of the Moscow Workers' New City, Selyossa originally wanted to transfer them to the Ministry of Agriculture, but before the process was completed, Selyossa came to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economics, so the promotion of the two had to be a little more trouble.

A few days before Selyosha took office, he did not rush to work in the ministry. He asked Nasca to go to the ministry to play a front-end station for himself. He hid at home while caring about some of his business, while studying the import and export data of the Soviet Union with Glencore's data analysis department. After Selyosha's analysis, although the Soviet Union is one of the only two superpowers in the world, there are not many fist manufacturers that can take advantage of the international market. Looking through the Soviet Union's export data, the most competitive export products are mainly oil and coal.

Iron ore, cement, gold, natural gas and other mineral products, as well as arms and agricultural products caviar, are not comparable to those industrial products with high technological value added in Western countries. Looking at the Soviet Union's trading partners, half of the trade volume comes from poor countries such as Eastern European Groups, and the wealthy European Community accounts for about 12%, followed by the United States and some other countries. If it weren't for the price of oil and natural gas, it would have been reasonable, and a huge country would have been unable to hold on.

In the current international environment, it can be said that it is extremely unfavorable for the Soviet Union's foreign trade. Although the Soviet-European natural gas pipelines and oil trade brought a lot of foreign exchange to the Soviet Union, these wealth were squandered to the Afghan War, as well as importing food, agricultural and sideline products and daily necessities from abroad. Although the leaders realized that there was a problem with the economy and needed reform, their understanding of the economy was entirely derived from the data of the statistical department. For example, how much GDP can be increased by building a new factory, etc., simple calculations, but the operating rate of the factory and whether the products produced are internationally competitive is not a problem that leaders need to worry about.

Seriosha also has business in the United States and is very clear about the gap between the countries in the economic field now. Although Reagan, the current US leader, is also developing military power in a militaristic manner, the US economy is also facing the risk of recession. However, the US computer industry is becoming a new economic driving force and growth point, but the Soviet Union has no advantage. Now the Soviet Union has a serious shortage of labor force, and even in this case, a large number of young and strong people are still sent to the battlefield in Afghanistan. However, the problem at this level is not something Seriosha can reverse.

It can be said that although the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs is a good department that everyone envies, if you really want to do something, the road ahead of Selyosha is not easy to go. Selyosha can use Glencore's channels to sell more oil and petrochemical products, natural gas, electrolytic aluminum and other resources and raw materials to the Soviet Union, but he cannot guarantee that the prices of these resources and raw materials will never fall. If such a thing really happens, the blow to the Soviet economy will be devastating.

However, to Seriosha's surprise, Glencore's industry analysts seemed very interested in the domestic automobile industry in the Soviet Union. Especially the Volga cars of the Gorky Automobile Manufacturing Factory and the Lada cars produced by the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Factory. Many analysts believe that these brands of cars have huge market advantages and will have broad market prospects if they are operated properly. The experts' words attracted Seriosha's attention.
Chapter completed!