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Haniyev made a special trip to visit everyone when he returned to Kiev last time, and they also called Haniyev before coming this time, so these leaders and colleagues were very interested in this trip to the Gaopodi State Forest Farm, and they also knew that Haniyev would entertain them very well.

Chekhov was very pleased with Hanyev, so he went up to shake hands with him only after Hanyev had greeted the provincial leaders.

Regional leaders including Director of the Regional Executive Committee Petrov also shook hands and exchanged greetings with Haniyev one by one.

After Haniyev and Kartov shook hands cordially with the leaders, Haniyev said with a smile, "Now I will take you into the forest farm."

As he spoke, Haniyev mounted his horse and led everyone into the high-slope state-owned forest farm.

After entering the forest farm gate, you can see neat cement roads, neatly trimmed lawns on both sides, and newly transplanted flowers. It looks very beautiful and tidy, refreshing.

These flowers were all wild flowers transplanted by forestry workers, so they didn't cost any money. But when the cars of the state and regional leaders stopped in front of the office building of Gaopodi Village, Haniyev saw the expressions of Lukachikov, Chekhov and others and knew that this face-saving project was done right, and the first image made the leaders very satisfied.

Enter the office building and take a seat in the conference room to rest.

After sitting down, Chekhov smiled and said, "I came here once two years ago. Back then, the forest farm wasn't as clean, tidy, or beautiful as it is now. Victor, you've done a great job."

Haniyev smiled and nodded, then said, "Knowing that the leaders would come to investigate, we made intensive preparations under the leadership of Secretary Kartov. If there are any shortcomings, please criticize and correct me."

Chekhov had controlled Chernobyl for over a decade and, with his considerable experience, was quite powerful. Seeing Haniyev's attitude towards him, he was delighted and nodded, saying, "Very good. Please explain the situation to the leaders first."

After agreeing, Haniyev first stood up to introduce his team members to the leaders, and then began to introduce the basic situation of the state-owned forest farm.

Before the leaders came, Haniyev, Kartov, the State Forestry Committee Office and the Regional Committee Office negotiated and developed a research process.

So the first item in the process was to hold a simple welcome party after Lukachikov and his team arrived. Haniyev presided over the party and first introduced the situation of the state-owned forest farm and the completion of this year's tasks.

Haniyev was obviously very clear about this process. After working for so many years, although he still spent most of his time sitting in the office, he had also followed his superiors to inspect work. So he had seen pigs run and eaten pork.

Haniyev lives and eats in the forest farm, and he has no choice but to work diligently, so he knows all the situations in the forest farm very well. He also completed the logging task target for the first quarter this year in a rush, so he is very confident when he speaks.

Lukachikov and other leaders of the State Forestry Committee were very happy because Haniyev was a person who came from the state. The more capable he was, the more he could reflect Lukachikov's leadership ability and the State Forestry Committee's ability to train cadres.

Chekhov and Piedrov were also very happy because Haniyev did a good job, which reflected their good leadership. So although Haniyev only gave a report at the welcome party, he improved his impression points in the hearts of the leaders and won the party.

After Haniyev finished speaking, Kartov said a few simple words, and then Director Piedrov and Secretary Chekhov gave important speeches.

What Petrov said were all polite words, but Chekhov himself was a simple and direct person, and he had some friendship and familiarity with Lukachikov, so he spoke very easily and without official tone.

Finally, with the collective welcome from the Chernobyl leadership team and the leadership team of the forestry committee of the forest farm, Lukachikov, as the team leader who came to investigate, said a few simple words and highly praised Haniyevkartov's outstanding contribution to forestry work in one sentence. At the same time, he gave a very high evaluation of the leadership of Chekhov and Petrov.

"Haniyev is the most outstanding young cadre in our forestry system. We must give him more opportunities if he has the chance..."

Amidst Lukachikov's meaningful words, the simple welcome party came to an end in a relaxed manner.

Everyone knows why Lukachikov came to the Gaopodi Forest Farm. No one would be willing to suppress and offend a young cadre with a bright future for no reason. Few people may be willing to help someone in need, but adding icing on the cake is an inevitable choice for most bureaucrats.

Therefore, everyone who was qualified to speak spoke highly of Haniyev and praised him highly, and incidentally, Kartov was also praised to the utmost.

Haniyev is a very good person, and he is very careful in what he says and does. After the joyful welcome party, he arranged for the leaders to go to the dormitory to rest first, and then go to the front line of the forest farm after lunch to comfort the front-line workers and take a look at the logging work scene.

Due to the detailed and rigorous work process, the planned projects in the past few days of the investigation process were very rigorous. No matter how high-ranking the leader was, he would not start over without reason. Therefore, Lukachikov, Chekhov and others were led by the forest staff to live in the newest and best small villas and wooden houses in Gaopodi Village.

There are three wooden villas in a small garden one mile behind the office building. This is the "legacy" left by Deputy Director Korchagin to Haniyev. He used public funds to build these three wooden villas during his more than 10 years in charge of the forest farm in order to maintain good relations with higher authorities and for his own enjoyment.

Each of these villas looks very ordinary from the outside, but once you go inside you can see exquisite wallpapers, oak furniture, leather sofas imported from Italy, decorations, etc. Although the overall appearance is not very luxurious, it is still very luxurious and rare for a grassroots unit.

At least in Kartov's words, it is unique in the entire Chernobyl area.

Such a good place must be utilized. The villa cannot be demolished or left idle just because Korchagin was punished.

Therefore, under the arrangement of Haniyev and Kartov, the largest wooden house was reserved for the leaders of the State Forestry Committee, such as Lukachikov.

The second building was reserved for regional leaders such as Chekhov, and the last one was prepared for the directors and deputy directors of various offices of the State Forestry Committee.

Chapter 035 Promotion

For an administrative worker, no matter how capable he is, if he wants to make a good impression on his leader, or wants to highlight his certain work ability, he basically cannot avoid spending money. The first thing is to be willing to spend money, and the second is to know how to spend money and dare to spend money.

If both of these are met, even if one's personal "expression" is not good enough, there will still be opportunities for promotion and reuse.

Haniyev obviously possesses these two conditions, and he is also generous in his personal expressions, so he was able to motivate Lukachikov to come in person to support Haniyev.

However, Haniyev did not think that everything was ready once Lukachikov arrived. He made more preparations in advance and spared no expense, spending tens of thousands of rubles on the forest farm.

However, money spent always has an effect. After just three days of investigation, not only Lukachikov, but all other leaders, including Chekhov and Petrov, were very satisfied with Haniyev and did not hesitate to praise him when talking about him.

So after the survey, every participant left with a jar of wild honey as a souvenir.

As for the leaders of the State Forestry Committee, such as Lukachikov, each of them had two or three squirrel skins, gray squirrel skins, etc. These furs were of good quality, but were smaller and could only be used to make gloves. Their value was not high and they could only be considered rare items, not luxury goods. Naturally, they did not constitute bribery. That was why Haniyev dared to give them to the leaders openly.

Since the state leaders have it, then Haniyev will be even less stingy with the regional leaders as his direct superiors.

Each leader also received a simple gift, which was not of high value, but was definitely something that could hardly be bought anywhere else except at the forest farm.

Before getting into the car, Chekhov patted Haniyev on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Victor, there aren't many young cadres like you left. I'll find a good position for you as soon as possible."

Soviet cadres were not as good at understanding the doctrine of the mean as cadres of a certain neighboring major country. During the three days at the state-owned forest farm, Chekov received excellent hospitality from Haniyev. In addition, Lukachikov also had detailed talks with Chekov several times. The two leaders even had heart-to-heart talks with Haniyev twice at the same time. Therefore, Chekov was very optimistic about Haniyev, a "three-have cadre" with connections, abilities, and skills, and had decided to make use of him.

Things happened exactly as Chekhov said before he left. On the third day after seeing his leader off, Haniyev received a call from Kartov.

After Haniyev and Kartov talked on the phone for twenty minutes, Haniyev's face was filled with a happy and relaxed smile.

It turned out that the purpose of Kartov's call was to tell Haniyev a good news.

That is, from 9:00 to 11:00 this morning, a working meeting of the regional standing committee was held in the municipal building in Chernobyl.

Many issues were discussed and many proposals were passed at the meeting.

Kartov and Haniyev were not interested in other things, so Kartov only told Haniyev two things.

The first was that the Standing Committee unanimously approved the appointment of Comrade Haniyev as the second secretary of the regional forestry committee. This was proposed personally by the first secretary of the region, Chekhov, so naturally no one objected.

The second was to reprimand Zenon Yakovlevich, the party secretary of Pripyat, and at the same time re-establish the team investigating Korchagin to conduct investigations in Pripyat and the nuclear power plant, especially listing Sergei Shimansky, the deputy secretary of Pripyat who was in charge of production safety, as a key inspection target.

Haniyev had long foreseen that he would definitely be promoted. When talking with Chekhov and Lukachikov, he also expressed that if possible, he would be willing to go to Pripyat to serve as deputy mayor. In other words, in Haniyev's opinion, the first option was to be promoted to deputy mayor.

The second option is to hold a leadership position in the Forestry Committee. Although the two are of the same level, if Haniyev wants to make achievements in the Chernobyl accident and gain political capital, it is naturally best to go to Pripyat to be a leader.

Now the results of the meeting have been issued to various departments in the form of documents, and it is obvious that only Haniyev's second goal has been achieved.

However, the second piece of news that Kartov quietly told Haniyev also contained some other meanings, because Chekhov made an exception and accepted Haniyev into the regional committee as an attending member.

The so-called attendance means that one only has the right to participate in the meeting, but does not have the right to put forward opinions or suggestions. However, the members of the committee are the heads of various departments. Haniyev is still one step lower in level, but he can already become a member of the committee, which is also a kind of compensation.

Haniyev had no idea what Kartov said about Chekhov recruiting him into the committee in order to investigate the city of Pripyat.

Kartov laughed a few times on the phone, then explained in a low voice, "I heard it was because Reuters wrote a report yesterday about the Three Mile Island nuclear leak in the United States. It also reported that the leadership team of Pripyat are all cadres from farms and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they don't understand the safety risks of nuclear power plants.

In particular, Deputy Secretary Sergei Shimansky, who was in charge of production safety and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, did not take his job seriously at all. He even got drunk every night during a meeting in Kiev a few years ago.

Therefore, Reuters concluded that no one in Chernobyl's leadership team knew how to cooperate with the nuclear power plant to ensure safe production and maintenance, as well as the procedures for protecting people's lives and property after an emergency accident. This news was a soft nail, accusing the Soviet Union of not understanding the hazards of nuclear power plants enough and not paying enough attention to them.

I heard that Secretary Sherbitsky knew everything and asked relevant personnel to have a talk with the Chernobyl management team, so Secretary Chekhov was very angry and wanted to take action against the city of Pripyat.

I think the Pripyat city leadership will most likely be punished. They certainly can't promote you to mine control at this critical juncture."

Haniyev couldn't help but smile when he heard this. After hanging up the phone, he called the office of his old classmate Anato.

After a while, Anato answered the phone. Haniyev smiled and said, "The news is going well. The regional party committee is going to take action against the Pripyat city leadership."

Anato smiled and replied, "If you hadn't reminded me, how would I have known to inquire about Sergei Shimansky's affairs? Because this news has a certain influence, Mr. Mike is very satisfied and has already given me a permanent position early. I also want to thank you for reminding me of the news material."

Haniyev narrowed his eyes and said, "If you want to thank me, please buy me a drink when I get back."

"That's for sure. I'll have the money when I get my salary next month." Anatole seemed very happy.

Haniyev instructed, "We must see things through. Tell Mr. Mike that in order to highlight the Western free world's seriousness regarding the Three Mile Island nuclear leak, we should report on a mature plan for responding to the accident, including the necessary preparations and supplies needed locally. This will serve as a reminder to the Soviet Union to raise its awareness of its backwardness."

Anato chuckled and said, "No problem. The rigid Soviet Union needs to absorb the advanced management systems and emergency plans of the free world to reform its rotten brains. I will apply to Mr. Mike for the loan of such materials and papers, and then compile them and publish them in the newspaper the day after tomorrow or next Monday."

Chapter 036 Second Secretary and Forestry Secretary

On March 21, 1986, the Standing Committee of the Chernobyl Region appointed Viktor Vladimirevich Haniyev as the Second Secretary of the Regional Forestry Committee.

Originally, the secretary of a state-owned forest farm was a town-level leading cadre, which was a leadership position among grassroots cadres in the Soviet Union. The second secretary of the regional forestry committee was a deputy at the county or city level, which was also considered a middle-level leader in the region. Naturally, it was equivalent to a promotion of one level.

The next promotion will be to a deputy regional position, and the promotion and appointment of a deputy regional position will have to be subject to the involvement of the provincial party committee.

Although it seems that he has been promoted to a grassroots leader, if he does not have strong connections, the normal promotion should be to become the director or deputy secretary of the Forestry Committee. If he wants to become the second secretary, he will have to wait for several years and then move up the ranking through improvement of qualifications.

After all, Haniyev had connections with Lukachikov, and his abilities were good, so he was favored by Chekhov, so he was directly appointed as the second secretary. In practical terms, this saved him five years of struggle in his political career.

After being promoted, the first thing Haniyev thought of was to express his gratitude to Secretary Chekhov.

Although most of Haniyev's promotions were achieved through his own operations, no matter what, since his leader promoted him, he had to show his appreciation and not let his leader down.

So after being promoted, Haniyev did not rush to the Forestry Commission to report, but went to the Chernobyl office building to meet with Secretary Chekhov and express his gratitude to him.

After a few polite words, Chekhov said, "The story of you and Ivan (Kartov) bravely fighting the black bear has spread like wildfire throughout our region and the province. I heard from Lukachikov that the two of you have been reported to the Ukrainian Forestry Committee as examples of bravery in the forestry department. This year, our region can recommend you for the honor of 'Outstanding Worker', and you will definitely receive the provincial May 1st Labor Medal. The rest depends on luck. If you two are lucky enough, perhaps you can receive the May 1st Labor Award of the Republic of Ukraine."

Haniyev bowed with a smile on his face and said, "Thank you for your care. If I hadn't been lucky enough to follow you, how could I have been promoted and given such a position..."

Haniyev's words were flawless. Chekhov smiled and nodded. "You're welcome. I heard from Ivan that Gaopodi Forest Farm currently doesn't have anyone suitable to take over, so I'm going to let you take on the role temporarily. What do you think? Can you handle it?"

Haniyev's concurrent appointment as secretary of the forest farm was a result of a discussion with Kartov. This was a decision Haniyev made to maximize his power, so he patted his chest and said, "I will definitely not let Secretary Kartov down. I will definitely take care of both my work and yours. Secretary Chekonenfu, please rest assured."

Chekhov smiled and nodded, saying, "Have you heard that Secretary Shcherbitsky wants to talk to me?"

Haniyev's heart tightened, and he nodded quickly, saying to himself: Not only do I know, but I am the instigator.

Chekov continued to ask, "You've also heard that the regional party committee is investigating the Pripyat city leadership, right?"

Haniyev continued to nod, and Chekonenfu smiled and said, "Then you understand why I didn't promote you to be the deputy mayor of Pripyat?"

"I know that you, Secretary, are taking care of me and don't want me to get involved in any disputes that might affect my career."

Haniyev expressed his gratitude very solemnly. Chekhov nodded and said, "I just like your intelligence and sharpness. Don't worry, at my age, how many more years can I still run Chernobyl? I'm very optimistic about you. Petrov is Russian. Although I can't prevent Chernobyl from being handed over to him in the end, I don't want him to control it forever. So you do a good job. Before I retire and go to the Black Sea to get some fresh air, I will recruit you into the regional leadership team."

The so-called "Black Sea breeze" actually means going to a sanatorium by the sea to rest. It is a preferential policy for retired cadres. This has been a practice in the Soviet Union for decades. Although Gorbachev began reforms last year, such as cutting spending and reducing cadre treatment, he still dared not touch the recuperation of veteran cadres. With Chekhov's status and qualifications, it would not be a problem for him to live in a sanatorium after retirement.

After all, Haniyev was a man who had experienced life in a big country. He understood what Chekhov said about the "Black Sea wind", which would only come true in a few years. But what he said now was not only to win him over, but also to show off in disguise, to show off that he could be on the list of people who would recuperate in the Black Sea resort.

Haniyev said hurriedly, "Chernobyl is the glorious project you created. If you leave, the 340,000 workers in our region will be reluctant to let you go. I also need to learn from you how to govern the government..."

"Victor, you're worthy of being a top student at Whitechapel State Agricultural University. You speak much more eloquently than a rough guy like me. Don't worry, I'll reassign you after I've reorganized the team in Pripyat. I hope you won't let me down then."

When Cheković decided to promote Haniyev, he had already regarded him as his successor. Not only did he admire Haniyev's abilities, but he also knew that with Haniyev's connections and coordination skills, he could move to a higher position even without his help. And such a child from a legitimate old revolutionary family in Kiev, with outstanding skills and vision, Cheković happened to not want to give the position to Petrov, so he regarded Haniyev as his confidant.

In fact, after Haniyev was promoted at the Standing Committee, he was already branded with Chekhov's mark, and Haniyev had no choice but to maintain a closer relationship with Chekhov.

After Haniyev and Chekhonenev had an in-depth conversation for more than 20 minutes, he also understood that Chekhonenev really treated him with all his heart. The old secretary seemed to be planning to replace and reorganize the leadership team of Pripyat, and then transfer Haniyev there when a position became vacant.

As the second generation of officials living in the capital, although Haniyev's family is not from a wealthy family, he has seen and heard of many stories of people getting promoted at a rapid pace. Those second-generation officials have extraordinary connections, and every time they are promoted, they set the assessment and promotion standards according to their standards, and then they eliminate other cadres and promote them. In this way, they get a small promotion every one to six months, and a big promotion every three to five years. Before the age of 40, they can become the deputy minister of a department of the Republic of Ukraine or the deputy governor of a province.

Compared with those children of high-ranking officials, if Haniyev's father Vladimir had not been sent to work on a farm, he would have been promoted to director last year, and then after a few years, he would have been sent to a regional forestry committee as first secretary.

However, although he could not inherit his father's influence, Haniyev still took a big step forward with his own planning, and he also established connections with Lukachikov and Chekhov. As long as everything goes well, it will not be a problem for him to become a deputy regional official within three to five years.

Chapter 037: A Small Person's Words Have No Effect

After understanding Chekhov's painstaking efforts, Haniyev expressed his gratitude again. Then, while thinking about Chekhov's proudest achievement, he pretended to be a primary school student asking for advice and expressed his sincere desire to learn political skills from Teacher Chekhov.

Chekhov was indeed itching to do so. He immediately threw down his pen and paper, pushed away his teacup, took off his reading glasses, and started telling Haniyev a series of stories, including how he participated in World War II, how he managed the steel plant production, and how he was appointed to take charge of the area when the Central Committee of the Soviet Union was preparing to build a nuclear power plant in Kiev Oblast, and how he contributed to the construction and operation of the nuclear power plant.

While Haniyev was deliberately cleaning his ears, Chekovyev happily talked about the glorious moments of the past. After an hour, he stopped talking with a lingering desire, drank some tea, and nodded with satisfaction. "Victor Vladimirevich, you are now an attending member of our regional committee. You must attend all regional meetings in the future and learn more about how to manage a region.

I can’t teach you for years, it all depends on whether you have the comprehension and intelligence to do so.”

Although Chekhov was already over sixty years old, he obviously did not understand the Chinese virtue of "modesty". Instead, he spoke to Haniyev with some pride.

Haniyev had lived in Ukraine for more than 20 years and was already accustomed to the Ukrainian people's virtues, so he agreed to what Chekhov said.

Since Haniyev's deliberate flattery made Chekhov very happy, the more Chekhov looked at Haniyev, the more satisfied he became.

After chatting for a while, Haniyev, seeing Chihnerv's beaming face, quickly took the opportunity to remind him, "Mr. Secretary, since Secretary Shcherbitsky has even noticed the Reuters report, perhaps our region really needs to pay more attention to nuclear power plants. Perhaps you should pay attention to Reuters's reports on nuclear power plants."

Chekhov is a typical traditional old bureaucrat, very stubborn. His biggest hobby is drinking, and his second is controlling Chernobyl.

Cheković was clearly uninterested in Reuters' report. He shook his head and snorted, "Reuters is nothing but the British and Americans' lackeys. How could they possibly have good intentions? They're a bunch of bastards, deliberately slandering our great Soviet Union. Ignore them. Wait for me to get the Pripyat team in order. There's no need to learn from advanced Western experience. The new team, including you, will be the nuclear power plant's strongest backing."

Sergei Shimansky is such a disgrace. Reuters reported his scandal, which has affected the image of our regional party committee. I must deal with him..."

Chekhov had blind confidence in the Soviet Union's strength and was not prepared to adopt Haniyev's proposal. Haniyev also knew that his influence was insignificant and that giving a reminder was his greatest effort.

Since Chekhov was not prepared to let the nuclear power plant learn and improve according to the relevant reports of Reuters, the explosion in the early morning of April 26 was most likely difficult to avoid. I have tried my best to make changes, and since the highest leaders in the region do not take it seriously, I can only consider the remedial measures after the accident.

So after going around in circles, Haniyev returned to the starting point, that is, he was ready to come out to save people's lives and safety after the nuclear power plant explosion accident by portraying himself as a cadre who pleads for the people, loves the people like his own children, and dares to take responsibility. Naturally, he would become a populist representative loved and supported by the people in the future.

With the support of public opinion and the Reuters report, he was equivalent to having a golden ticket to immortality. In the future, no matter whether Gorbachev used him or not, at worst, he could wait until the Soviet Union collapsed and run for elected president. In short, he could not miss this opportunity for political gamble.

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