Soviet Godfather - v5 Chapter 239

　　The carefully deployed Japanese plan has finally begun to generate profits, and now there is no need to worry about Xie Liaosha, the international hot money is frantically shorting the Japanese real estate and stock markets, and longing the Japanese foreign exchange market. After the initial trial, the Japanese government’s inaction has greatly contributed to the arrogance of hot money. Now the only thing that can madly confront the world’s funds is the Japanese banking system.

　　As the yen continued to rise, dollar after dollar was lost from Japan to overseas, and the foreign exchange that the Japanese people had worked so hard to accumulate after the war was divided among the financial oligarchs. All that is left to Japan is endless debts, tens of thousands of unfinished buildings, and one family after another broken because of the inability to repay the debt.

　　 The financial market is a zero-sum game. If there is a winner, there will be a loser. Every penny earned by Xie Liaosha is lost by others. However, for the Leningrad Special Economic Zone, there is finally no need to worry about funding.

The demonstrations on the Baltic Road also caused some foreign investors to withdraw from the Leningrad Special Economic Zone project. Now the entire SEZ’s foreign financing has been reduced by half, and there are very few foreign companies that have decided to settle in the Leningrad Special Economic Zone. Not much. Most of Sergei’s own companies have already set up new projects in the Leningrad Special Economic Zone. Finally, Sergei’s face is not too ugly.

The remaining companies are mainly energy companies from various countries, such as France’s Total, British Petroleum, and even Mobil are planning to set up branches in the Leningrad Special Economic Zone. What they value is nothing more than the oil and natural gas resources of the Soviet Union. That’s it.

　　 The reality before Sergey Sha is now very clear. The iron curtain and the torrent of steel that the Soviet Union has worked so hard for many years have begun to collapse, and they can no longer play their due role. But the Soviet Union still has something that Europe cannot refuse, and that is natural gas and oil. As long as oil and natural gas are controlled, even if the Iron Curtain really does not exist, Europe will never be able to fall out with Russia. Although the United States has money, it cannot solve the problem of stable energy supply in Europe, and stable energy supply is a decisive factor in the economic development of European countries. This is a problem that the United States will never be able to solve for Europe. Therefore, even if the Soviet Union is no longer treated by European countries, the natural gas resources of the Soviet Union will always be the best friends of European governments.

　　 European and American oil companies are still stuck in the Leningrad Special Economic Zone, hoping to get as much Soviet natural gas as possible. In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Selesha initiated a long-distance pipeline project connecting Siberian oil and gas fields and the Leningrad Special Economic Zone. Even if all Soviet companies do not make money, natural gas can still bring stable profits. In addition, the pipeline project will provide a large number of jobs, which to a certain extent will improve the current chaotic economy of the Soviet Union.

Sergei Sha submitted the report to the Politburo, and the plan was quickly approved. At the same time, Shevardnadze also reached an agreement with the Polish and Hungarian governments that the Soviet Union would move from the borders of the two countries in batches. Withdraw the garrison. These garrison resettlement issues have been settled down due to the pipeline project plan of Sergei Sha. The entire pipeline project is expected to provide about 50,000 job opportunities. If you include the supporting facilities and some temporary jobs, it will basically maliciously provide nearly 200,000 jobs in a short period of time.

　　 Sergey Shah asked Gorbachev to implement an autonomy policy in the Leningrad Special Economic Zone, because this is an area open to the world, and it is impossible to carry out administrative work in the usual Soviet way because the efficiency is too slow. Gorbachev understood what Selesha meant, but he was a little dissatisfied with Selesha’s candidate Yeltsin.

“Comrade Yeltsin served as secretary of the Moscow City Party Committee. He has more experience in large-scale urban construction than all of us, and Yeltsin’s reputation in the European and American media is also very good. With him, foreign investors are also I can’t fault it, so…” Xie Liaosha asked carefully.

Gorbachev considered that the financial power of the Leningrad Special Economic Zone is not in the hands of the government, but in the hands of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. Yeltsin said that although he is the leader of the Leningrad Special Economic Zone, he actually He was just the second-in-command who helped Xie Liaosha manage the construction of the special zone, which is still deserted. Even if Yeltsin was given this opportunity, he couldn’t make any waves.

After thinking about it for a long time, Gorbachev couldn’t find out where Yeltsin was threatening. He simply agreed to Selesha’s suggestion. After all, he sent a person who had served as an alternate member of the Politburo and the first secretary of Moscow to serve as the economics. The chief executive of the special economic zone also expressed to the world that the Soviet Union attaches great importance to the special economic zone.

　　 With Gorbachev’s approval, Selesha could finally righteous Yeltsin, who had been holding the title of consultant. Now Sergey Sha is the leader of Yeltsin, and Yeltsin wants to report to Sergey Sha. However, Sergey Shah has a clear understanding of himself. At present, the tens of thousands of construction workers on the construction site are not well managed. They are not machines~www.mtlnovel.com~ but living people, besides eating and working. All kinds of needs. They need housing, see a doctor, join the party, marry a wife and have children. These tedious things Sergey can’t handle at all. Sergey only cares about how to complete Leningrad’s economy faster. The infrastructure construction work in the special economic zone, so Sergey Sha gave these uninterested work to Yeltsin to deal with.

　　 Lebedev, who has been staying in Switzerland, accepted an interview from the Japanese media under Selesha’s approval. He described to the Japanese media that all his research data on the Japanese economy came from public information. Lebedev’s remarks did not make the Japanese feel suspicious, because it is true, and they care about who the short-sellers behind the muddy water are. Lebedev said he had no knowledge of this, and he only provided consulting services. This disappointed the Japanese guests from afar.

However, Japanese journalists don’t have to worry about the lack of news materials, because just after the police announced that they would formally issue an arrest warrant against the Chief Cabinet Secretary Takao Fujiha, appointed by Nobori Takeshita, people found his body in his home. During the preliminary investigation, Fujiba Takao committed suicide by taking medicine. As soon as the news came out, all of Japan was in an uproar. For whom Fujiba Takao died, even irrelevant people know exactly. His death caused the police investigation to stop at Fujihashi Takao, instead of investigating the responsibility of Prime Minister Toshita Takeshita’s wealth in the entire incident.

　　Takeshita, who has escaped prison, no longer has the face to continue to rely on the position of prime minister, and other Liberal Democratic Party leaders have also been criticized by the media. So after some entanglement, Takeshita’s cabinet finally announced the collective resignation.