In Tbilisi, the capital of the Georgian SSR, a team of journalists sent by Komsomolskaya Pravda in Moscow had just left the airport when the comrades of the Tbilili branch took them to the best hotel in Tbilisi to rest.
After a few glasses of vodka, these colleagues, who had no work intersection, immediately became enthusiastic.
However, what they talked about the most at the wine table was the transformation of the Komsomol Pravda.
"Comrades from Moscow, although we do not have much contact with each other in our usual work, we all hope that the Komsomolskaya Pravda will get better and better, and in the past few months, our newspapers and periodicals of the Today series are simply in short supply, and the magazines of the Seven Days series are even more sought-after.
This is a good thing that I have never thought of, thanks to the comrades in Moscow who have found a new way to generate income for our Komsomolskaya Pravda, although the days are not long, but it can be seen from our income that this road is on the right path, if you go back, you must thank me for me, Comrade President," said the comrades of the Tbilisi branch with heartfelt emotion.
"Comrades in Tbilisi, the president naturally wants to thank you, but this reform was personally initiated by Secretary Ulyanov, in the final analysis, we are still people from the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and in recent years, one of those units under the Communist Youth League has made a fortune, and now there are good things, Secretary Ulyanov finally remembered us" The comrades from Moscow drank a little high, and inevitably there was no door on their lips, and they began to discuss the above matters.
"Secretary Ulyanov is about to be promoted to minister, and he has been in the position of deputy minister for many years, but he has done a lot of important things that benefit the country and the people.
Not to mention the matter of the workers' new city, which is about to be abandoned by the central government, or our secretary Ulyanov, who has done this project with all his might, and if this is left to other cadres, I am afraid that they will do whatever the above says," the Tbilisi comrade said with emotion.
"Who's to say it's not, I have a classmate who entered Pravda when he graduated from college, and he was the envy of us at the time.
But some time ago, he called me and said that he wanted me to ask if I could be transferred to the Komsomol Pravda.
I asked why, and he said that now that you Komsomol Pravda has the personal care of Minister Ulyanov, it is needless to say that you will be treated in the future, and who doesn't want to come to work at Komsomol Pravda, you see, fate is so strange, who can imagine it," the comrades from Moscow said with emotion.
After three rounds of drinking, I finished chatting about the gossip in the unit.
Everyone slowly shifted the topic to business, and the comrades in Tbilisi asked sideways: "Is there any big move that the headquarters sent you to Tbilisi this time?"
"Don't say it, there is really a big move by the president who has ordered us to come to Tbilisi to investigate the work of the working group of the judiciary in Georgia, and we have heard a little rumor in Moscow that the Georgian comrades have a big opinion on the working group sent by Secretary Ligachev, and we want to find out what is going on.
By the way, do you know something?"
asked the head of the investigation team from Moscow, whispering in the ear of the head of the Tbilisi bureau.
"You are here for this matter, this is a big trouble, I advise you not to get involved in this matter, this matter is too complicated," said the head of the Tbilisi branch with emotion.
"Then you have to tell me that this is a news clue personally explained by the president, if we can't get anything reliable, I'm afraid we won't be able to go back to Moscow to explain," said the leader of the investigation team in embarrassment.
"Come, let's talk about this matter in another place" The person in charge of Tbilisi pulled the leader of the investigation team to stand up from his seat, and the two of them found a remote corner together, and then the comrades in Tbilisi whispered: "This matter is complicated, our current first secretary of Georgia, Patiashvili, was sent by the central government, and in Georgia it is basically a blind eye, and originally this position should have been taken over by the successor designated by the old secretary of Shevardnadze, you think, One is an airborne cadre who has no roots, and the other is our local real power faction, who obeys the words of Secretary Shevardnadze, and this kind of leadership group must be fought," the Georgian comrade said with emotion, shaking his head.
"The contradictions between them are so deep," the leader of the investigation team asked in disbelief.
"Yes, now the two factions are simply dead and alive, but at present, it seems that the old subordinates of Secretary Shevardnadze are more dominant, after all, they are all local cadres in Georgia and have a certain mass base, while Secretary Patiashvili is deep in the Central Committee, especially the new appointment of Secretary Ligachev, but their mass base in Georgia is not good, and they have always been suppressed by Shevardnadze's old subordinates.
So Secretary Patiashvili began to secretly investigate some problems with the use of funds by Secretary Shevardnadze and his subordinates in Georgia, and wanted to rectify their political opponents through anti-corruption, and it happened that at this time, the working group sent by Secretary Ligachev came to Tbilisi, so the contradiction intensified" Although the head of the Georgian branch did not speak loudly, he still explained the ins and outs of this matter clearly, and the leader of the investigation team was silent for a long time after listening to it, and was silent for a long time.
I asked a new question.
"What is Secretary Shevardnadze's reputation in Georgia and what is his reputation among the masses?"
"Brother, I'll tell you the truth, since Khrushchev armed the suppression of Stalin's supporters in Tbilisi after the events in March in Georgia, Georgians have always been wary of the Russian cadres sent by the central government, so no matter what, there is only one reason why Secretary Patiashvili in Georgia will never have the prestige of Secretary Shevardnadze, he is not Georgian," the head of the Tbilisi bureau analyzed a colleague from Moscow.
"Brother, since I have said this, I will not hide it from you, we are here this time to investigate the corruption of Patiashvili and the interference of Ligachev's working group in the work of the Georgian local government, we want to investigate what the cadres sent to Tbilisi by Secretary Ligachev have done, and whether there are any violations of law and discipline," the leader of the investigation team replied truthfully. t1706231537: