Servant of the People in Kyiv

After the meeting, the "three-in-one action" for the overall greening, beautification and lighting of Yalta City was launched.

As the only two departments responsible for finding and providing flowers, turf and fruit trees, the Materials Bureau and the Forestry Bureau suddenly became the busiest units. Countless calls were made to leaders at all levels of the two units, and countless applications appeared at the desks of the two directors.

Looking at the calendar, today is July 6th, and the day when Secretary Sherbitsky will arrive is getting closer, with only less than 5 days left.

Haniyev seemed a little nervous. He was not nervous about seeing Sherbitsky, but was nervous about not implementing the "three transformations" well enough and not letting Secretary Sherbitsky be impressed when he arrived in Yalta.

As early as the Chernobyl incident, Haniyev demonstrated the responsibility of a Communist Party member and the qualities of a capable official, which is why he was appreciated by Sherbitsky.

However, now both Ukraine and the Soviet Union have entered a rigid dead end. With Sherbitsky's "recuperation", the reformists led by Gorbachev have gained the upper hand and are about to carry out drastic economic reforms, which is something that no one in the Soviet Union can stop or change.

Haniyev was not a stubborn conservative. He knew that the Soviet Union would die in a few years, so he wanted to take advantage of the reform to do some practical things, which would not only benefit the people, but also allow him to explore reform experience and accumulate leadership experience for his future position as governor or state secretary, so as to accumulate experience for gaining greater power and doing bigger things when the Soviet Union collapsed in the future.

As for whether he would become the first to be criticized for responding to the reform and even doing his job ahead of Gorbachev, Haniyev did not care. He had been Sherbitsky's man from the moment he chose to come to Yalta. As long as he did not oppose Sherbitsky and did not support the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Sherbitsky would protect and support him.

Haniyev knew very well that even the conservatives were not completely opposed to reform. As long as the reform did not infringe on their interests, they would be happy to see it happen. After all, reform was for the good of the Soviet Union.

Only when the Soviet Union, this big ship, sails on the blue ocean for a long time, can the conservatives enjoy their interests for a long time, and even their descendants can enjoy them without interruption.

For Sherbitsky, as long as it does not infringe on the interests of Ukraine and himself, he will definitely fully support any reform that can solve the Soviet Union's difficulties and ease internal and external conflicts.

After entering the Friendship Sanatorium, agents from the Kyiv Security Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs began to conduct detailed political reviews of all service, logistics, medical and other personnel, including three generations of grandparents and grandchildren, to ensure that those who had access to Sherbitsky must be safe.

While supervising the "three transformations" work, Haniyev also visits the Friendship Sanatorium every day to show his attention.

On the afternoon of July 6, construction had already begun on some streets in Yalta. Truckloads of fruit trees and turf brought from other plantations in Crimea were parked at the street corners. Dozens of workers and several small construction vehicles were busy unloading the fruit trees and turf.

This "three transformations" work was urgent and heavy. Engineering vehicles from Yalta and neighboring cities were dispatched, and employees from various units came to the streets to work free of charge, saving the Yalta City Soviet a lot of labor costs.

Haniyev, who had just finished inspecting the Friendship Sanatorium, was sitting in the car. When the car entered the vicinity of the city center, Haniyev saw the bustling construction site.

Haniyev marveled at the enthusiasm of the citizens working hard for Yalta's future, and whispered to Vyshevsky to slow down.

"slower."

Glancing at Petrov, the co-pilot, Haniyev said, "Comrade Petrov, what are you still standing there for? Hasn't your camera been filmed yet?

As a public servant holding a camera, you must be more discerning and capture the shining moments of workers, capturing their heroic spirit and preserving it. We must have city and state newspapers, and even national newspapers and television stations, publicize these model workers!

As the director of the city party committee office, Petrov naturally carried a camera with him when he traveled with Haniyev. Hearing Secretary Haniyev's dissatisfaction, he hurriedly apologized and took out his camera. He first took two photos of the roadside work scene, and then began to look for workers who could serve as typical examples for reports.

Vyshevsky was considerate enough to slow down the car and let it slide slowly in first gear to make it easier for Haniyev and Petrov to watch the construction.

Looking at the bustling work scene, Haniyev was filled with emotion and said emotionally: "This reflects the superiority of our socialist system. Our system is the best in the world.

You see, whether they are Party members or workers, they all shed their sweat for the honor of the collective. We, the proletariat, are the only ones in the world who possess noble sentiments, and we, the masters of our country under the socialist system, are the only ones who can sacrifice our own interests for the collective good."

Chapter 078 Everything is ready

At noon on the second day after the "Three Transformations" operation began in full swing, Director Alexander of the Yalta City Materials Bureau excitedly called Haniyev's office.

"Secretary Haniyev, I've found a manufacturer of colored lights. It's a light bulb factory. Due to demand in Moscow, they added several colored light production lines a few years ago. I've already called them and they're fully capable of meeting our needs. It only takes a month to produce them."

"Where is the factory?" Haniyev asked.

Alexander's voice came randomly: "The factory is in Lviv, do you want to go and see it yourself?"

Haniyev thought for a moment and said, "Come to the Municipal Party Committee and then follow me to the State Soviet to report to Secretary Wrangel."

Yalta is a small city with a small population, but when Sherbitsky decided to come here for recuperation, the Yalta leadership team became the logistics team to ensure Sherbitsky's safe and comfortable living.

Haniyev was the first secretary of the city Soviet selected by Sherbitsky. In order to pave the way for Haniyev, before Haniyev took office, at the instruction of Kiev, the mayor of Yalta was transferred to other places and promoted to secretary.

Therefore, after Haniyev took office, the leadership team has been lacking a mayor, which has allowed him to work more freely.

After the campaign against organized crime and the Three Transformations Movement, the leadership team and heads of various units in Yalta became people who fully implemented the spirit of Haniyev. Therefore, after Alexander met with Haniyev, Haniyev did not convene a municipal party committee meeting, but directly arranged for Petrov and Alexander to follow him, and Vyshevsky drove to the provincial capital municipal party committee.

After reporting the situation to Secretary Wrangel of the Provincial Party Committee, Wrangel immediately decided to form a research team, led by Nikolayev, the second secretary of the Provincial Soviet, and including the Provincial Finance Director, the Materials Director, the Yalta Municipal Party Committee Secretary, the Deputy Mayor, the Materials Director and others, to go to the Lviv Lantern Factory.

According to Wrangel's instructions, as long as the factory can meet Yalta's needs, a purchase contract can be signed immediately.

Originally, Wrangel wanted Haniyev to go with him as deputy captain, but Sherbitsky arrived in a few days, and Yalta was carrying out the "Three Transformations" operation in full swing. Haniyev naturally did not dare to leave. If he was delayed and could not return, it would be a political incident.

After the trip to Lviv was decided, Secretary Nicholas led the team to the airport that day, preparing to take the afternoon flight to Kiev and transfer to the Lviv Lantern Factory.

Haniyev was very polite and went to the airport to see them off. He only said goodbye and returned to Yalta after he had escorted Nicholas and his party to the VIP waiting room of the airport.

Although only one day had passed, the number of workers and vehicles on the streets and alleys of Yalta had increased several times. Various tulips, marigolds, bellflowers, roses, alfalfa, agave, grapevines, lemon trees, apricot trees, peach trees and other flowers, green plants and fruit trees were carefully unloaded from the vehicles by the workers and planted on the streets, in front of buildings and in front of and behind houses.

This kind of labor scene can be seen everywhere in Yalta, but the busiest place is the main street.

Haniyev looked at it for a moment and nodded with great satisfaction: "From the looks of it, Shcherbitsky should be able to see the colorful streets and smell the fragrance of flowers on his way here."

Visheski glanced at the rearview mirror and said, "Yeah, it's a bit of a waste. It's summer now, and I'm worried these fruit trees and flowers won't survive after being transplanted."

Haniyev smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of death. I'll just plant another round. Some sacrifices are justified for the Soviet cause. As long as we can make Yalta the 'City of Flowers and Fruits,' it will surely become a pearl of the Soviet Union on the Black Sea. By then, tourism alone will allow Yalta to earn enough rubles to plant ten or a hundred rounds of flowers and fruits."

Vyshevsky nodded and said nothing more. As far as he was concerned, he only needed to support and help Haniyev in whatever he did. He was just a bus driver, so it was impossible for him to be more considerate than Haniyev thought.

Before Haniyev could even get comfortable on the sofa in the municipal party committee office, Kalman, director of the municipal National Security Committee, and Zagoyev, minister of internal affairs, came to ask for a meeting.

After the two reported on the work of each unit today, Zagoyev took out the notice on the backward department "Fishery Management Committee". Haniyev signed the document. Tomorrow, he will be able to issue a notice criticizing the Fishery Management Committee to all departments in the city in the name of the Municipal Soviet.

After putting the documents away, Kalman noticed that Zagoyev seemed to have something to say. He stood up and was about to leave, but Haniyev stopped him and said, "Sit down and rest. You are someone appointed by Minister Novikov and you are trustworthy."

Zagoyev coughed lightly and whispered, "Comrade Secretary, most of those arrested and investigated during the last crackdown on organized crime have paid their fines and been released. Some of those found guilty have also received inquiries from the leaders of the provincial Soviet and the committee in the past two days. Do you think they should be released?"

Haniyev smiled faintly and said, "If there are truly unforgivable crimes, we can hand them over to the State Internal Affairs Department and the State Security Committee. I think you can go and see if anyone has not betrayed the Party and the country. We can make a big deal out of it. After all, we are all on the same side. We can't embarrass the state leaders too much, right?"

Zagoyev and Kalman looked at each other and nodded.

Haniyev smiled slightly and asked, "How much was the fine?"

Zagoyev smiled awkwardly and said, "I haven't calculated it yet, but it must be at least 200,000 or 300,000 rubles."

"Don't worry, I'm not someone who disregards my subordinates."

Haniyev chuckled and said, "Leave 100,000 for your Ministry of Internal Affairs, and pay the rest to the city treasury."

Zagoyev was overjoyed and bowed, saying, "Thank you, dear Viktor Vladimirvich Haniyev."

……

Because Sherbitsky would be going to Yalta for recuperation in a few days, and according to the requirements of the Soviets at the provincial and municipal levels, the "three transformations" action was the top priority, the research team going to Lviv showed a work enthusiasm that exceeded 90% of Soviet cadres. Based on the principle of quick processing, the inspection was completed in the afternoon of the next day, and a large order for 30 kilometers of colored light strips priced at 800,000 rubles was placed.

As the highest leader from Yalta, Director Petrov called Haniyev to report after Secretary Nicholas signed the contract with the lantern factory and the provincial finance director paid the deposit.

According to Petrov, the lantern factory only has five or six kilometers of lanterns in stock, and the colors are very diverse. Even if they work overtime to produce the rest, it will take half a month to ship them.

Considering that Secretary Sherbitsky would be leaving for Yalta in three days, Secretary Nicholas showed the responsibility and decisiveness of a veteran cadre and immediately ordered the director of the state finance bureau to charter a plane to send the inventory of colored lights back to Yalta.

So, early the next morning, Secretary Nicholas, who had gloriously completed his mission, arrived in Simferopol with the research team on a plane loaded with colorful lights.

Chapter 079: The Most Livable City in the Soviet Union

In order to welcome the research team back, Haniyev arrived at the airport early in the morning to greet them.

Secretary Wrangel went to Kiev to attend the meeting of the Republican Soviet on the latest direction of economic reform. The research team was greeted by important figures such as the director and deputy director of the provincial committee.

After a few greetings, Haniyev stood behind the leaders and waited silently.

After Vyshevsky sent Haniyev to the waiting room, he was busy coordinating vehicles to transport the first batch of high-priced colored light ribbons brought back from the plane back to Yalta.

As the cabin door opened, Secretary Nicholas and his party got off the plane one after another accompanied by applause. After a simple welcome ceremony, everyone returned to the office building of the Provincial Soviet. The leadership team of the Provincial Party Committee and the Soviet Committee attended the meeting, and Haniyev was in attendance. Everyone gathered in the conference room. Secretary Nicholas personally presided over the meeting and informed everyone of the situation of the investigation.

Finally, Nicholas and other state leaders politely instructed Haniyev to do a good job of coordination, ensure implementation, and provide good service. Seven or eight old men spoke in turn, and they all used the same old, empty words in a new bottle. However, Haniyev listened attentively without getting tired of it. It was already noon when the meeting ended.

In order to welcome the return of the research team, the provincial Soviet naturally had to hold a welcome banquet. Haniyev also attended, and the meal without wine ended quickly.

After bidding farewell to the provincial leaders, Haniyev returned to Yalta with several people from the city.

It was already past four in the afternoon when they returned to Yalta. However, considering that Sherbitsky would arrive in two days, Haniyev still convened a meeting of the Municipal Party Committee. All the secretaries of the Municipal Soviet and the directors of the Municipal Committee attended the meeting.

The meeting was chaired by Haniyev himself. First, Zagoyev informed the various departments that were not active in implementing the "three transformations" movement and were lagging behind in progress, and then Petrov reported on the situation of the investigation.

Finally, Haniyev made a summary speech and asked all party members and cadres in the city to raise their positions, use the last two days to hold themselves to the high standards of a Soviet party member, and use the "day and night" working method to complete their respective "three transformations" tasks.

At the end of his speech, Haniyev made an impassioned promise: "I will suggest to the municipal party committee and the Soviet that they select and promote cadres who have performed outstandingly in this vigorous 'three transformations' campaign, and those who continue to lag behind or even fail to meet the standards by the deadline will be severely punished.

Comrades, the Party and the Soviets will not disappoint a good cadre, nor will they let a cunning and treacherous person escape justice..."

After the meeting, all the cadres were busy supervising the subcontracted "three transformations" projects. Haniyev had not seen Vyshevsky. After asking the Municipal Party Committee Office, he learned that after he brought the vehicle carrying the colored lights back to Yalta in the morning, he had been distributing the colored lights on the front line and urging the departments that received the light strips to install them as soon as possible. He has not returned yet.

Haniyev highly praised Vyshsky's character and work attitude, and reminded Petrov to let the Soviet hurry up and come up with a proposal to commend and reward outstanding cadres.

Petrov was only the director of the Party Committee Office. According to the power operation system of the Party and the Soviet Union, although he was a member of the leadership team in the Yalta system, his ranking was not high, and the scope of work he was responsible for was not large.

However, for a municipal unit with highly concentrated power, the first secretary of the municipal party committee is the rule, and even certain rules of the party and the Soviet can give way to the secretary's rights.

Haniyev had a backer when he came south. As a tiger who had crossed the mountain and a dragon that had crossed the river, his first purpose of coming here was to serve Sherbitsky well, and his second purpose was to make achievements in his work and put his wisdom and memory to use in this era and on this land.

In order to realize his ambitions, Haniyev naturally has the courage of a young man who is not afraid of anything. On the contrary, he is more autocratic than many municipal party secretaries. After he came to Yalta and launched a special campaign to "crack down on gangsters and eliminate evil", Haniyev's unique "one-man show" has been established in the minds of all the leaders of Yalta, and it is unshakable.

With this foundation, and the fact that nepotism is the most convenient way to get work done, Haniyev no longer focuses on division of labor and positions when arranging work. Instead, most of the core work is assigned to his most trusted driver, Comrade Vyshevsky, and secondly to Petrov, director of the Party Committee Office.

So even in terms of power, Petrov should not have been able to interfere in the commendation of research cadres, but after Haniyev handed this task over to him, even the mayor's opinion had to be subordinate to Petrov's, and there was no division commander in Yalta now.

Therefore, to a certain extent, whether it is Vyshevsky, a temporary worker who has not even transferred his file, or Petrov, the director of the Party Committee Office, they are both equivalent to the mayors of Yalta.

Haniyev asked his office to send two secretaries to drive him around Yalta.

Looking at the "City of Flowers and Fruits" which had begun to take shape, Haniyev felt very happy. He couldn't help but imagine Secretary Sherbitsky's surprise when he came to Yalta and saw the streets and alleys of Yalta in full bloom and the air filled with the fragrance of flowers and fruits.

After nightfall, the colorful lights hanging on landmark buildings such as the Livadia Palace, Massandra Palace, Vorontsov Residence, Swallow Castle, and Friendship Sanatorium will be lit up to decorate the night view of Yalta. The night view under the bright lights will surely make Sherbitsky very satisfied and happy.

Haniyev was well aware that his "three-ization" movement was, to some extent, formalism, and even wasted a lot of party and Soviet wealth. However, there were no cadres in the Soviet Union who were honest and served the people. Even the senior Sherbitsky had long become a person who was ambitious, greedy for power, nepotistic, privileged and corrupt.

Even if such a person was originally capable and party-conscious, his appearance would have changed long ago due to the long-term erosion of power.

Haniyev was sure that Sherbitsky would like his "face project". At the same time, Haniyev was also sure that as long as he completed this "face project" that he had built with great effort and huge investment, Yalta would become famous in Ukraine and the Soviet Union. As long as the concept of "Flower City and Fruit City" was tied to Yalta, he could use it to create the concept of "the most livable city in the Soviet Union".

By then, Yalta will be able to make a lot of money from tourism. After the restrictions on various industries are relaxed in the later stage of economic reform, we can also engage in real estate development in Yalta and apply for a trade port. Even if we cannot drive up the housing and land prices in Yalta, it will always be no problem to copy the Hainan model.

By then, if I could expand my business, revitalize the economy, and establish an image of a capable official, I might become the savior in the eyes of the Soviet government and people, and Gorbachev's lifeline. As long as I could squeeze into the core of the Soviet Union before 91, or influence Gorbachev's thoughts and policies, I might be able to save the fate of the Soviet Union.

Haniyev felt that even if the Soviet Union was a broken ship that was bound to sink, as long as he could find a way to make it sink more slowly, it would benefit the country and the people, and bring benefits to tens of millions of families and hundreds of millions of people.

Chapter 080 New Secretary of the Republic

Another day passed in the blink of an eye. People always have no concept of time when they are busy. By the time Haniyev had another check-up at the Friendship Sanatorium and returned to the municipal building, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.

Tomorrow afternoon is the day when Secretary Sherbitsky will arrive in Yalta. In order to ensure that the old secretary is satisfied, Haniyev personally drove around the streets and alleys of Yalta before nightfall and went to the Friendship Sanatorium for a checkup.

On his way back to the municipal center, Haniyev looked at the fruit trees on both sides of the main road and the municipal center, which were hung with bright colorful lights. The city looked so beautiful. He was extremely excited, knowing that it would only take another month for the entire Yalta to be greatly improved in appearance, and by then it would be the best business card of the Soviet Union.

Before Haniyev had even had a sip of hot tea in his office, he saw Vyshevsky, covered in dust, who had just returned from the construction site, walk in with a female secretary in her thirties or forties.

"Secretary Haniyev, Suva said she just received a call from Kiev."

Haniyev asked, "Who hit him? What happened?"

Suva is a native of Yalta and has worked in the municipal government for nearly 20 years. She was able to provide good service after Haniyev came, and it happened to be her turn on duty today.

Suwa took out a notepad and said, "It's a call from the office of the Central Committee of the Republic. They're looking for you. The caller said his name was Nikolay, and he wanted you to call back when you get back."

Haniyev glanced at Vyshchesky. As Haniyev's close friend, Vyshchesky naturally knew a lot of things. He knew that this Nicholas was most likely Sherbitsky's grandson.

Haniyev walked out quickly and said as he walked towards the phone room, "Call back quickly. He has something important to tell me."

While waiting for the call to be connected, Haniyev thought slowly, thinking: Nikolay is Sherbitsky's grandson. Will he come with the old man tomorrow? He definitely didn't call me specifically to ask about the preparations for welcoming the old man. Could it be that the old man has some new instructions?

After anxiously waiting, the call was finally connected.

"This is the Central Committee Office."

Nicholas's hearty voice rang out from the microphone.

"Nikola, I'm Haniyev."

Haniyev smiled slightly and said.

Nicholas on the other end of the phone said in a relaxed tone: "Victor, you finally called me. If it were a little later, I would have gotten off work and gone home."

Seeing that Haniyev and Nikolay were chatting, Vyshevsky glanced at Haniyev's expression and tactfully took Suva out.

With a dull sound of the door closing, the light from the orange light bulb illuminated the huge room. Only Haniyev was in the room, holding a phone, and next to the phone was a cup of steaming water.

"Victor, how are you preparing?"

Nicholas asked.

Haniyev chuckled and said, "Of course, no problem. I guarantee that the old man will be very impressed and satisfied when he sees Yalta and the Friendship Sanatorium. Maybe he'll be reluctant to leave once he gets used to it."