Big Time 1958

  The kitchen debate was as if it didn't exist. The next day Serov escorted Khrushchev, Mikoyan, Brezhnev and others to the banquet at the US embassy, ​​and of course the wives of these Soviet cadres. Today's harmonious atmosphere is unexpected, as if there is such a meaning to develop friendship, Serov knows that it is all an illusion...

   Is it just the US embassy? It's a very ordinary place. I looked at the basic structure and furnishings, and remembered these data in my mind. Serov didn't pay too much attention to it, and it was not a secret place. He ordered one to be blown up three years ago.

Picking a few sweets to taste, Serov gave up the act of continuing to eat rice. This **** is hard to swallow. How can these western countries taste like they have never seen sugar, and just fork a few shrimps into the plate. , Serov leaned against the window and looked at the scenery outside. Twenty meters away from the window, there was a one-meter-square brownstone. The surface of the stone was very smooth. It should have been fished out of the river and placed here as ornamental stone. Use, if you are tired from walking, you can sit on it and rest. But in fact, this big stone has been hollowed out, and it contains the monitoring equipment of the General Administration of Technology Management. The entire US embassy is the scope of monitoring.

  Long time under full power monitoring equipment, there will be symptoms of hair loss, dizziness and nausea. If the unhealthy areas of the body go down for many years, lesions will occur, which simply means that the probability of cancer outbreaks is relatively high. But yesterday, the scientists of this instrument assured Serov that there is absolutely no problem, just like the probability of lung problems of workers in a cement factory, no one will doubt this, diplomats are already under great pressure.

When I looked up, I could see a state-owned construction company about 200 meters away. From time to time, I could see people wearing dark blue work clothes coming in and out. This is just a superficial phenomenon. The construction company that is very lively is actually the Second General Administration. The headquarters of the Seventh Division is responsible for all foreigners entering the Soviet Union. It is the department with the widest coverage of the Second Division. All places in the Soviet Union where foreigners travel are arranged by them.

  Nixon, who frequently toasted and toasted, had already discovered Serov, who was not in harmony with the scene. Compared with the enthusiastic Soviet leader and his wife, this young chief of the secret police was out of tune. He just stood by the window and looked at the scenery. The performance of everyone on this trip to the Soviet Union was as expected by Nixon, who had prepared his homework. The only one who left a little impression was Brezhnev, but what surprised him most was the young general with the lowest status. .

"General Serov doesn't seem to be interested in this kind of banquet?" Nixon with a wine glass looked at the mysterious head of the secret police. No one knew when he called on Secretary of State Dulles before he came, but Serov knew, did the Soviet Union evaluate ten The most successful KGB cadre of the year, so powerful?

Serov took his eyes back calmly, looked directly at the future US president and said, "I was thinking about what happened after Mr. Nixon left. Since you came to the Soviet Union, you have already delayed five painting courses and four. Music lessons! And the documents accumulated over five days!"

After speaking, Serov naturally picked up a ten-centimeter-long prawn and stuffed it into his mouth, just like a wild animal, chewing together the shrimp head, shrimp tail, and shrimp skin, making it crispy and crunching. ring! As savage as a Caspian tiger.

   "General Sheloff eats something special like this!" Nixon apparently thought that Serov had never eaten the kind of prawn that originated in Canada, and he had to teach him first.

"Mr. Nixon, I usually eat like this, so I can save time!" Shelov said with a smile, "The Ministry of Shipping is building an ocean-going fleet, and soon all kinds of seafood that live anywhere on earth will enter the Soviet Union. The people's table, something that everyone can enjoy, will not become a rare item..."

   Shelov's attitude made the vice president of the United States who came to the Soviet Union very uncomfortable, but Nixon could feel that Shelov's attitude was not pretending, as if he usually faced others with this attitude. He was right in guessing, Serov has always faced strangers and enemies with this attitude!

"So the general is a person who has been studying all the time, and is very accomplished in painting and music?" Nixon launched his own counterattack. He had already concluded that Serov, like some other Soviet cadres, should be slapped in the face. As a fat man, a secret police chief can learn painting and music? This is simply not possible.

"Have you studied sketching and piano? Now?" Seeing Nixon posing as a gesture of invitation, Serov snorted inwardly but remained calm. He walked directly to the piano in the hall and sat down. He tried the sound and rejected the piano next to him. The teacher's piano score, the smooth audition, and his actions made Khrushchev, Mikoyan, and Brezhnev stop, and Khrushchev asked the people next to him what was going on.

After the audition, Serov started playing directly. The soothing piano sound flowed in the banquet. At the beginning of the prelude, everyone was stunned. Serov, who was wearing a lieutenant general's uniform and sat beside the piano, raised his chest and his eyes did not know that he was watching. Wherever he went, his hands moved like clouds and water, and the lively rhythm of the piano music spread to everyone's ears. The expressionless Serov has a more temperament that matches the piano music.

No one has heard this piano piece. Although only the piano is slightly monotonous, the unique melody still makes everyone fascinated. The Soviet people are known for their simple and brutal appearance and melancholy delicacy, but they have never been exposed to this kind of music. Khrushchev was applauding. After the song, Serov walked down. Khrushchev took the lead in applauding, "Look at our young people in the Soviet Union, what a moving music..."

   "As for the painting you need, I can give you a painting before Mr. Nixon leaves!" Serov said without changing his face and stood behind Khrushchev, "What is the name of this piano piece?"

   "What's the name of this piano piece?" Serov opened his mouth and closed it for a while, "Rhapsody..."

   "Let's call it Serov Rhapsody..." Khrushchev waved his hand very happily and settled down, making Serov's mouth twitch. This is plagiarism, it's obviously called Croatian Rhapsody!

   After the dinner, Khrushchev invited Nixon and his wife to a villa in the suburbs. This villa, which was the summer palace of the Tsar before the October Revolution, was almost as big as the White House. After the October Revolution, it became Stalin's villa, and later in the hands of Khrushchev. The villa is surrounded by very beautiful lawns and gardens, and on one side is a forest with a marble-paved step leading directly to the Moskva River. Khrushchev had already sent someone to welcome Nixon at the gate of the villa.