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Chapter 148: The Mass Enters the Soviet Union


It was during Seryosha's time in the USSR that the verdict in Mattyas Ruster's case was finally pronounced.

This verdict has attracted wide attention in Western countries, and the Soviet Union has also taken it very seriously.

Not only was the trial open to the public, but foreign journalists were also allowed to observe the trial.

As a result, Madiasrust was sentenced to one year in prison, after which he would be deported from the Soviet Union.

This result was expected by Seryosha, and the Germans mostly accepted it, after all, illegal crossing of the border is a crime in any country, and flying a plane to land in a sensitive place such as Red Square is even more serious.

For the verdict of Madiasrust, the Soviets have done the utmost patience.

The matter of the bear child has finally come to an end, and then Seryosha can talk to the Federal Republic of Germany about business.

On the issue of debt, the German side did not raise much objections.

The Federal Republic of Germany itself is not rich in resources, and the Soviet Union's choice to use mineral resources to repay foreign debts is the appetite of the Federal Republic of Germany, so the foreign debt negotiations that Gaidar is responsible for are going very smoothly, except for some details, the two sides have basically reached an agreement.

The Germans, however, were hesitant to invest in the Soviet Union.

This is not only the consideration of Volkswagen and the Federal Government of Germany itself, but also the attitude of the United States.

Because Tonya and Karim each hold a large number of shares in Volkswagen, Seryosha is not in a hurry about the board of directors of Volkswagen, but the work of the Federal Government is much more difficult.

In order to gain the trust of the Kohl government, Seryosha contacted General Secretary Gorbachev, who had not been in contact for a long time, through Yakovlev's connections.

Gorbachev was also happy to see the cooperation with Volkswagen come to fruition.

He even spoke to Prime Minister Kohl on the phone himself, and specifically mentioned the matter on the phone.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured that this is not the first time that we have introduced foreign investment.

Even in the Stalin era, Ford Motor Company and Fiat Motor Company had a joint venture with the Soviet Union to build the Motor City, and the Gorky Automobile Plant was the product of the original cooperation with Ford Motor Company, and our domestic best-selling model, Ladavani, was completely the result of cooperation with Fiat Motor Company.

Now, under the leadership of General Secretary Gorbachev, we are carrying out economic reforms, hoping to learn advanced technology and management experience from the West and build a new economy in the Soviet Union.

Seryosha said these things Chancellor Kohl did not take it too seriously, after all, everyone will say good things, and when the public really went to invest in the Soviet Union, in case the Soviets turned their faces, then the money could really only be thrown somewhere.

When the time comes, how can the Federal Republic of Germany recover its losses for its own enterprises and uphold justice?

"Mr.

Minister, I do not know much about the way money was managed and the investment climate in the USSR" Before Chancellor Kohl's refusal could be finished, Seryosha interrupted him, and although it was rude, Seryosha liked to cut through the mess quickly.

The hypocritical rhetoric among politicians is not what Seryosha is to his heart.

So he said bluntly: "A few years ago, we built a pan-European natural gas pipeline with the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the United Kingdom and other countries, and the environment at that time was much worse than now.

You don't worry about the problem of money management, it doesn't matter, I can open a branch of VTB in Bonn, specializing in the management of funds for car projects, and the German side can check the accounts at any time.

Prime Minister Kohl, please don't turn down this opportunity lightly, you are facing a vast market of more than a dozen countries and hundreds of millions of people on the other side of the Iron Curtain, do you want to give up this opportunity?"

Speaking of which, Cole has no worries in his heart, after all, there is a precedent for a pan-European gas pipeline in front of him.

And now the Soviet Union is no longer the aggressive Soviet Union of the Brezhnev period.

Even the President of the United States invited Mikhail Gorbachev to visit the United States this year, and the situation in the world has eased.

If the Federal Republic of Germany can take the lead in further exchanges between the United States and the Soviet Union and fully establish relations with both countries, then the benefits for the Federal Republic of Germany will be obvious.

"Well, our German government no longer interferes with the investment of domestic companies in the Soviet Union, as long as they wish," Chancellor Kohl finally nodded in agreement.

After obtaining permission from the German government, Seryosha contacted the staff of the Gorky Automobile Plant and the Volga Automobile Plant and asked them to fly to Bonn to discuss cooperation with Volkswagen.

In addition, Seryosha had the Bank of the Soviet Union open a local branch in Bonn, which was used to deal with Soviet debts and investments in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Volkswagen's board of directors was not united in its internal opinion on investing in the Soviet Union, but with MSC and Bank of Colombia voting in favor, the opinion of the company's other shareholders was no longer important.

So just before Seryosha left Bonn and returned to Moscow, an agreement was signed on the joint venture between the Gorky and Volga Automobile Plants and the German Volkswagen Group to build a new automobile company in the Soviet Union.

In this agreement, Volkswagen AG will have a 50 stake in the joint venture, while the remaining shares will be owned by VTB, as well as the Gorky and AvtoVA factories.

At Seryosha's personal request, the Federal Republic of Germany promised to visit the city of Gorky next month and select a suitable site for the new plant.

When the news reached China, Gorbachev was very happy, and he considered it a great achievement of the economic reforms he had advocated.

As a result, under the impetus of Yakovlev, mainstream media such as Izvestia, Labor, Komsomolskaya Pravda, as well as Moscow television, began to heat up the entry of Volkswagen into Moscow.

For most people, the only benefit of this matter is that there are companies to recruit workers on a large scale.

Now in the Soviet Union, because the war in Afghanistan has reached a stalemate, the Soviet Union has gradually withdrawn most of its troops, and only some of the elite towns in Afghanistan have been retained.

The return of a large number of people and the dismissal of military posts have caused difficulties in employment, and in addition to soaring prices, people's lives have become increasingly difficult.

Volkswagen's investment in the Soviet Union means that more foreign companies may come to the Soviet Union in the future, which is definitely a blessing for many young people who do not have jobs. t1706231537: