Chapter 248: Carve up Poland
When Walesa was elected Poland's first democratically elected prime minister in mid-last year, he was full of confidence in Poland under the leadership of the Solidarity Trade Union. He believed that he could lead Poland to completely get rid of years of ill-fated policies and build a democratic and free Poland.
However, when Varessa took a tough attitude towards the Soviet Union and expelled members of the Gorky Brotherhood within the Solidarity trade union, everything began to develop in an uncontrollable direction. Although the Americans provided $1 billion in financial support to the new Polish government, Varessa made her betrayal and betrayed the promises she made to Seriosha. He not only restricted the large-scale commercial acquisitions of the Gorky Brotherhood in Poland, but also completely offended the Soviet government. The Soviet government not only canceled a series of preferential policies given to Poland, but also cut off trade with Poland. The Gorky Brotherhood even directly pulled out the Polish market.
When all this happened, Vanessa was very dissatisfied because he believed that Americans would not let Poland fend for themselves. American companies would enter the Polish market like a tide, bringing a lot of employment to the Poles, and Poland's economy would take off from now on like a rocket. But the facts slapped Vanessa in the face. American companies did not flock to Poland like a tide, and there was not even a single one. Instead, Leningrad, across the sea, gathered a group of powerful European and American companies to settle down here.
Although the economy did not improve, prices took off like a rocket. Due to the withdrawal of the Gorky Brotherhood, Glencore and the Soviet Mediterranean trading company stopped their business activities in Poland. The goods on the market began to become increasingly in short supply. After Varessa took office for half a year, prices were even twice as high as before he was elected. What made the Polish people even more dissatisfied was that because the Soviet Union interrupted the natural gas and energy trade with the Polish government, residents of most parts of Poland had an unforgettable and heart-wrenching winter, with most of Poland not available for heating throughout the winter. Even the capital Warsaw.
The successive ruling mistakes have made many Poles disappointed with Varessa's ability to govern the country, but the Prime Minister was elected by himself. Unless Varessa has any corruption problem, he will have to wait until his term ends with tears in his eyes. Anyway, freedom of speech has been relaxed, and Varessa still relies on the position of prime minister to refuse to resign. Therefore, among the people of Poland, people have begun to tease Varessa like Yaruselsky, the first secretary of the Polish Unified Workers' Party in the past.
If you catch a Pole on the street and ask him what songs he has been popular recently, most of them will be happy to sing two new songs for you, and a group of people will soon gather on the street to sing together. One of these two songs is called "Waresa, where did my 100 million yuan go?" and the other is called "You Never Believe in an Electrician". From the title of the song, you can see that both songs are satirizing Waresa's poor talent for governing the country.
These two songs soon became popular throughout Poland. Even the radio station's song ordering programs sometimes play these two songs at the strong request of the audience. The people tried their best to use their intelligence to disgust Varessa. Even when Varessa held a press conference, there was a reporter asking whether they knew these two songs in person. Varessa's expression was so embarrassing.
Political reform cannot fundamentally eliminate the difficulties faced by the economy. Because economic problems must be solved by economic means. Leningrad, which is across the sea from Gdansk, Poland, is an excellent proof. Since the launch of the project in the Leningrad Special Economic Zone a year ago, hundreds of thousands of soldiers who withdraw from Afghanistan have put down their weapons and become construction workers in the Leningrad Special Economic Zone. They only took a year to change the entire Leningrad Special Economic Zone. Especially after the natural gas terminals and petrochemical projects in the Leningrad Special Economic Zone were put into production, more and more merchant ships traveling to and from the Baltic routes were added.
It is not that the Poles are sensible. After they were completely disappointed with Vanessa, they turned their attention to the model of the Leningrad Special Economic Zone. Speaking of which, the Solidarity Union is not actually a working-class political party, it is actually more like a loose political alliance. The Solidarity Union actually has many people from the intellectual class and religious circles. They quickly realized how capable Vanessa has. So, within the Solidarity Union, some opposition figures gradually appeared.
These people clearly realized how unreliable the American promises were, and at the same time they realized that Poland could not completely separate the connection between the Soviet Union and the Gorky Brotherhood. When Walesa's support rates inside and outside the party began to hit a new low, these opposition parties finally couldn't help but stand up and put forward opposition to Walesa's bad policy.
Faced with rising domestic prices and tight supplies, as well as industries that were shut down due to lack of energy, the Polish leadership had to reconsider its relations with the Soviet Union and its attitude towards the Gorky Brotherhood issue.
So, under repeated invitations from the Solidarity Union and Varessa, Yuri, who ran away from the United States in anger, was invited to return to Poland to participate in the entertainment and commemoration activities of the Polish government, and the Soviet Union also received good intentions from Poland through various channels.
Seeing that Poland's attitude softened, Seriosha no longer continued his blockade policy. He sent his confidant Nasja to Warsaw to contact the Polish government. And Yuri also heard goodwill from Walesa. After repeated weighing, in order not to let the Polish market fall into the hands of others, Seriosha finally changed his attitude towards Poland.
Poland's requirements quickly reached Selyosci. Perhaps the development of the Leningrad Special Economic Zone was too fast. They wanted to cooperate with the Leningrad Special Economic Zone and use the Leningrad Special Economic Zone to revive Poland's economy.
After all, Poland is a major country in Eastern Europe, and there are still some good things, such as the Polish FSO Automobile Company, which is famous for its production of Polones, as well as the rich copper and zinc resources in Poland, which are the industrial raw materials urgently needed by Seriosha. So when Varessa changed his attitude, Seriosha no longer had the same knowledge as him.
So under the order of Nasja, Gorky Volkswagen quickly came forward to discuss cooperation with the Polish government to acquire FSO Automobile. Seryosha planned to retain the Poronaz brand as a sub-brand of Volkswagen. In addition, Glencore and Mediterranean Trading Company also resumed commercial transactions with Poland. Glencore will acquire several large copper and zinc mines, while Mediterranean Trading Company will return to export natural gas and oil to Poland.
Chapter completed!