Lin-yin Road, headquarters of the People's Committee of National Security.

In the office of the chairman of the presidium of the committee, Victor changed his soaked pants and took a cup of hot coffee from Nino's hand. He sniffed, returned to his desk and sat down.

The heavy rain outside the window behind you is still there. Looking at the rain, it is estimated that the rain will not stop before noon today. When I came back just now, water had already accumulated on the tree-lined road, and the water line almost passed the sidewalk by the side of the road. Get up, the water reduction project on the boulevard should also be done again. Go back and ask the Moscow City Committee to see if there are arrangements in this regard.

After sitting at the desk, I just took a sip of coffee, and the phone on the desk called, and I could identify it for a while. It was the black phone.

Putting down the coffee cup in his hand and bringing the telephone receiver over, Victor gave a light cough and said, "This is Victor Viktorovich."

There was a slightly hoarse voice from a middle-aged man on the phone. The other party reported that he was Vasily Stepanovich Ryasnoy. This person is about to take over Victor’s work and is responsible for the overall management of the national security people. Candidates for the presidency of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau of the Committee.

One thing that must be clarified here is that this person is from Beria, his military rank is lieutenant general, and he has previously served in the NKVD for a long time, and he is also engaged in intelligence work, which can be regarded as a relatively experienced intelligence. The staff, of course, if compared with the achievements in intelligence work, he and Victor are still far behind.

For the position of the head of the foreign intelligence work of the People’s Committee of National Security, there are still many people who are staring at it. However, it is obvious that Comrade Stalin still has a relatively high degree of trust in Beria, and from a realistic perspective Come to consider, among the many recommended candidates, only the person recommended by Beria is the one who has really experienced intelligence work. The reason why Comrade Stalin chose him is probably because of this consideration.

It must be admitted that even though Ryasnoy is in his early fifties, perhaps because of Beria's advice, he still respects Victor, a young leader who is somewhat excessive. Although he has not yet taken office, he has already offered to visit Victor.

What Victor didn’t know was that if he hadn’t appeared, Comrade Riasnoy would also become the head of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau of the People’s Committee of National Security in the near future. It’s just that in Victor’s previous life, this The Foreign Intelligence Bureau of the People's Committee of National Security in January, did not have much sense of existence yet.

Prior to this, Victor had met with Riasnoy twice, how can I say, there is no good feeling or dislike, after all, the power of appointing this person is not in his hands. It’s a bit sad to say, it’s because in the past two years or so, he has done so well in the Foreign Intelligence Agency and developed this agency too much. Therefore, by now, this department has become eye-catching enough. It is not for the chairman of the presidium of the committee department to decide who should lead such matters in the organization or department. Instead, Comrade Stalin has to make the decision in person.

Of course, what makes people feel a little relieved is that Comrade Stalin still values ​​his suggestions when it comes to the selection of the person in charge of this department.

This time, the internal personnel adjustments of the People's Committee of National Security are still very large. Nearly half of the Bureau members need to be adjusted. At the same time, the adjustment range in charge of the work is also very large.

Two days ago, the Committee of the Committee held a meeting of the Presidium. At this meeting, Victor proposed a plan for the adjustment of the work in charge. In this plan, he will be The personnel decision-making work of the State Security Bureau and the Committee Department has been caught in their own hands.

His domineering behavior has encountered opposition in the presidium of the committee department. Some people have suggested that the adjustment of work should be postponed if the presidium members are dissatisfied with the editor.

But this time Victor took an unprecedented tough stance. He retained his personal opinion at the presidium meeting, but then submitted his proposal to the Central Secretariat. By yesterday morning, the Central Executive Committee made a formal decision. Distributing the plan submitted by Victor to the Presidium of the People's Committee of National Security is tantamount to memorizing a book for Victor in this way, forcibly promoting his adjustment plan.

Of course, behind all this is not to say how much support Victor won in the Central Executive Committee, but he did get the support of Comrade Stalin.

During this period, Victor has successively submitted seven reports to Comrade Stalin as a member of the Central Committee, chairman of the National Security People’s Committee, and Party Secretary of the National Security People’s Committee.

Some of these reports are submitted in the form of work summaries, some are submitted in the form of work plans, some are submitted in the form of planning schemes, and some are submitted in the form of suggestions.

Among the seven documents, the report on the work adjustment and personnel adjustment of the National Security People’s Committee was the first to be approved and recognized by Comrade Stalin. In other words, Victor was the first to obtain the plan for work adjustment. Only after the approval of the committee was discussed at the presidium meeting, he didn’t care about the opposition of the presidium members at all. From another aspect, Victor also used this way to show Comrade Stalin a problem, that is, he is within the People’s Committee of National Security, and he cannot cover the sky with his hands. Even in the presidium, those who oppose him are also A lot of.

On the phone, he agreed with Riasnoy to meet. Victor hung up the phone, but did not put down the receiver. He shook the phone's handle again to reconnect the line, and then said to the operator: "I'm Victor Viktorovich, and I will take over Comrade Feodoro Mikhailovich Volodko."

At this moment, the door of the office was knocked from outside.

Victor put his hand on the telephone receiver, raised his voice, and said, "Please come in."

The door of the office was pushed open from the outside. A tall, middle-aged man wearing the uniform of the National Security People’s Committee and the rank of major general walked in from the outside. He stopped at the door and stood up straight, facing Victor. There was a military salute.

"Hello, Comrade Fealdo Mikhailovich," Victor smiled when he saw the visitor. He directly hung up the phone in his hand. Then he got up and said to the visitor, "I'm about to call and inform you. Come on."

"I just came back from the General Political Department. When I went upstairs, I saw Comrade Varenka. He said you were looking for me, Comrade Victor Viktorovich." In his hand, said with a smile.

This person is the Volokold who Victor called before. His position is the first deputy director of the Ideological Protection Bureau of the National Security People’s Committee. Although he is the deputy director, the director of the Ideological Protection Bureau is The vice chairman of the presidium serves concurrently, so he is actually the person in charge of the daily work of the Security Bureau.

Today’s National Security People’s Committee is very large. In the past, although the ideological defense bureau was established by Victor’s proposal, he was not responsible for the work of this department, and he was not very familiar with Volokold. The number of times people even meet is very limited.

As far as Victor knows, this comrade Volokod is from Belarus and his hometown is Minsk, but in fact, he grew up in Jinjsep and joined the NKVD after graduating from Leningrad University. Ministry of Leningrad Bureau. After the establishment of the National Security People’s Committee, he joined the Leningrad Bureau of the National Security People’s Committee. It was not until the establishment of the Ideological Defense Bureau that he was transferred from Leningrad and became the first deputy of the department. Secretary.

Well, there is no doubt that this major general is a member of the standard Leningrad faction. He himself will not hide this. Of course, Victor knew it too.

"Yes, Comrade Fealdo Mikhailovich," said Victor to sit down on the sofa, and Victor picked up the can of American luncheon meat from his desk. Then he walked to the side next to Comrade Major General. Sit down in front of the sofa and said, "I have something I want you to see."

After speaking, he put the canned luncheon meat in his hand on the coffee table between the two sofas, pointed his finger again, and said with a smile: "This is it, the American Spam canned luncheon meat."

Volokold frowned. He looked at Victor first, then reached out and picked up the can, took a closer look, and said, "Is it military supplies aided by the Americans?"

"Yes," Victor said, sitting down on the sofa, took out a pack of cigarettes, first gave him one, and then he drew one for himself, "However, I bought it on the way back just now. It should be considered very cheap. You can buy a can for three rubles."

Volokold was taken aback, then pursed his lips, and said, "Chairman Victor Victorovich, what do you mean?"

"I know that there are many so-called black markets in Moscow at the moment," Victor lit the cigarette, took a sip, and said, "Of course, I also know that these illegal economic activities are not handled by us, but obviously, it..."

Pointing his finger at the canned luncheon meat in the opponent’s hand, Victor continued: “It’s not just economic activities. I suspect that someone is reselling military supplies. We can’t ignore this, Feodoro Mihai. Comrade Rovich."