Big Time 1958

"Overall, it's not bad!" Shelov, who turned into a contractor, nodded with satisfaction, "Some basic facilities must be done well in the public baths, swimming pools, and gyms in each community. No need, the three departments of the National Security Committee, the NKVD, and the Military Intelligence Bureau combined cannot reach the number of people equipped with a cinema. The capital is not a relatively remote collective farm, and there are also kindergartens and schools that are not needed. However, the gas station can consider setting up one, and these supporting facilities can be launched in the entire alliance after the completion of the community."

   explained his ideal thoughts in detail, Serov mentioned these things to the Minister of Internal Affairs Serokoff, and also told Brezhnev and Serepin who were present about this plan.

   This kind of supporting facilities in the planned economy pursues small and complete, no matter how small a place should have something. Even a forest farm with more than 1,000 people will have such things, such as kindergartens, schools and movies. It's not that Serov has never seen such a small and complete supporting facility, but it was basically a decoration when he was a few years old. The movie theater in the forest farm when I was a child was finally closed, and the movie theater of the Forestry Bureau was finally sold and demolished to become a shopping mall.

   This is also something that can’t be helped. The most important thing for state-owned enterprises is to support people, and China’s population is the largest in the world. The work that should have been done by 100 people, but there are 500 or 600 people in the company doing it at the same time, even if it is profitable, the salary alone can eat all the profits. Not to mention some unspoken rules.

Taking the forestry work that Serov is most familiar with, if a wood products processing plant is located on the Sino-Soviet border, the first problem will be encountered, that is, most of the forest harvesting time is in winter, because the logging roads in the mountains are not only in winter. It is impossible to get in. Every time the logging stops in the spring, because the road improvement will trap vehicles filled with wood, it is impossible to build a cement road, because the mountainous area is inherently uneven, and the cement road will slip when it snows in winter. will cause traffic accidents. In the event of a traffic accident with a heavy truck full of wood, only the car crashes and kills people. Moreover, the harvesting area is different every year, and a road may not be used next year if a road is built.

   Could it be that a new road is built every year because of the different logging areas? Leaving aside this issue, every road needs regular maintenance, even cement roads. As we all know, the winter in Northeast China is relatively cold. It belongs to the kind of climate with 30 degrees in summer and 30 degrees below zero in winter. This kind of climate is hot and cold. The basic principle of shrinking is more powerful, so a road in the northeast often requires much more cement than in the south, because the cement layer of this road must be thicker. It stands to reason that such a road can be used for many years as long as it is built, but it is not the case. The cement road itself in the mountainous area is not easily affected by the terrain, and it is easy to crack and churn in the alternating winter and summer.

  When a log is stored from the harvesting area, the second problem will arise. Because the harvesting season is in winter, the production season is also in winter. Taking Serov’s hometown as an example, the daytime temperature in winter is about minus 20 degrees. In this case, people can no longer work outdoors, so it is necessary to maintain the temperature of the workshop. The produced wood products cannot be placed outside either. Some specific items must be dried immediately and cannot be frozen outside. Therefore, a huge drying kiln workshop is needed, and the drying kiln workshop needs to burn coal. The temperature and wood drying have been continuously guaranteed, whether it is the construction of the drying kiln or the subsequent coal is money.

Therefore, the same factory that produces the same products, one works in the climate of the Sino-Soviet border, and the other does the same thing in the Yellow River Basin, even if it is very far from the raw material production area on the edge of the Yellow River, the products produced are far better than Sino-Soviet If the factories on the border are cheap, the kilns will not need to be built in the first place, and if the kilns are not dried, there will be no need to burn coal. In addition, the factory in the Yellow River basin is much closer to the population gathering area than the factory on the Sino-Soviet border, which can save the cost of raw material transportation from the next link.

   The final result is that the factories on the Sino-Soviet border cannot sell their products because of the high cost. If the boss wants to continue, he will either move the factory away, or honestly sell raw materials, close the production process, and sell resources.

   So why are there always differences between rich and poor in capitalist countries? Because a person lives in a place with different foundations, if two places with different foundations are allowed to compete, and if a place with good conditions makes the same effort, the advantage of the former will naturally increase.

  The environment in most parts of the Soviet Union is even more extreme than in Serov's hometown. In order to ensure the interests of the entire country, it is necessary to use the method of the Planning and Economic Commission to level this disadvantage. Any signs of capitalism will turn the Soviet Union into a source of raw materials. Except for high-tech products that are less restricted by this factor, most products will be defeated by foreign products. The high-tech of the Soviet Union is far from the point of hanging others, at least the United States in the temperate zone is stronger than the Soviet Union.

   Serov will not make any reforms to the Soviet economy. If he has to reform, he will find ways to strengthen the advantages of the planned economy. As for opening the market to allow domestic products to compete with foreign products, don’t even think about it. It is conceivable to find a way to open the market of other countries. Opening its own market is a dream, unless the other party is a member of the CME, the Soviet Union has a way to regulate this kind of trade.

With this kind of small and complete layout, Serov feels very good. He has everything, and it looks no worse than a capitalist country. If you build a room in the Soviet Union, if you use the same materials and compare it with a country with a good climate, It will appear that the cost of construction is higher than that of other countries. When it is backward and wants to be demolished, the cost of demolition is also higher than that of other countries.

   Therefore, while building housing for people in the security field of the Soviet Union, Serov must make sure that this kind of house will not fall behind for decades. Any new technology can be used, and new materials can be used. If the old material needs to be replaced after ten years of use, that is another problem.

   Now it seems that this result is quite satisfactory. Serov and Serokoff are very satisfied, and Brezhnev and Shelepin who came to inspect are also very satisfied. Everyone is very happy. The Khrushchev Building has influenced China's community planning, and Serov let him use the 21st-century Chinese community to build a Soviet community. Except for the gym and swimming pool facilities, no one owes anyone anything.

"Very well, Shurik, this is what we need, and this is what our socialist community wants." Brezhnev said to Shelepin quite satisfied after visiting a circle, "If this kind of community is extended to the whole In the Soviet Union, I don’t think people need to worry about housing.”

   "Yes, very good, I think Yuri has deceived the whole world for the appearance of this kind of house." Shelepin replied with a smile, then turned his head and asked Serov, "Is this Yuri?"

"The construction of socialism needs to fill some gaps. Is this kind of behavior called stealing? Our department itself does this kind of work. Even if it is stealing, it is for the sake of building socialism and for the people." Shelov categorically denied his boss. The accusation, after a long time, can be summed up in one sentence, stealing capitalists is not stealing.

  America's aluminum alloy windows, French interior doors, German house layouts, Italian floors, plus Serov's memory, as well as the rich raw material resources of the Soviet Union, eventually accumulated into this community.

"After the construction of the community is completed, I have no opinion on the promotion issue. Anyway, this does not belong to us at the KGB. I naturally have no objection to benefiting all the people. However, other departments may not necessarily have the same advantages as us. They do not involve foreign countries, so it is possible that There will be some problems in cost, and the KGB will try our best to help other departments to solve this problem." Shelov thought for a while.

"It's all you have to say. You can also hand over some things to Serokoff. You are already so busy with Yura. Serokoff can also help you in some places." Brezhnev said with concern. Just like a honest elder caring for his subordinates, he might be deceived if he were someone else.

   "I will, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is of course important." Shelov answered without any leakage. Anyway, you are the second secretary, you have the final say, as long as you don't want to dismiss me, we can talk about everything.

Brezhnev and Sherepin stayed for a while and then left the construction site. Serov stayed here for a while and said to Serokoff, "As long as the tiles are finished, they can move in in September. Before that, check the natural gas. Plumbing and water supply pipes, if it's ok, that's fine."

  Because the security cadres are all over the country, of course, the energy of the community cannot be the same. Natural gas is used in places where there is natural gas, and coal is burned in places close to coal mines. Because of different places, the planning is also different.

  With such a chairman, what else do people in the security system need to worry about? Shelov has thought of almost all the problems that come to mind. Even the toilets are equipped. In order to prevent the price of toilets from rising, he also used the intelligence network all over the world to track the price. Of course, this is not for nothing. The welfare of the personnel of the entire Soviet security system for the next three years has been cut off. This is not the additional welfare of the KGB being cut off, but that even the firewood, rice, oil and salt have been cut clean.

In the blink of an eye, Serov ran to Latvia again. There is a city with more than 100,000 people in it. All of them are the Soviet version of the Sanhe God who has committed laziness. so. With him was Pugo. (To be continued~^~)