After receiving the news, Li Ye went to find Sun Xianjin. "Say, Xianjin, didn't you know anything about the nature of Sophia's work before? Why do I feel like that woman doesn't look like a good person?"
Sun Xianjin said aggrievedly, "Brother, I really didn't know. I only heard that she worked over in Ukraine before. She was only transferred back recently."
"Transferred back from Ukraine?"
Li Ye pursed his lips and asked again, "What level is her current position on this side of Big Mao?"
Sun Xianjin sighed and said, "If we go by Soviet Russia's old rules, her rank is already very high."
Li Ye laughed. "How high is 'very high'?"
Sun Xianjin smiled faintly. "Several levels higher than the two of us. To put it more bluntly, you might be able to catch up to her in this lifetime, but I'll never catch up."
"Don't talk nonsense."
Li Ye cut Sun Xianjin off, then said, "Your future and mine are both tied to the prosperity of our country. If our country becomes prosperous and strong while they decline and wither away, then no matter how high her rank is now, she still won't be able to catch up to us in the future."
"Even if they decline and wither away, they'll still be the powerful and privileged."
Sun Xianjin bared his teeth and said, "Brother, you don't understand the situation on the Soviet Russia side. A position like Sophia's right now is even more aggressively youthful than our own push for younger cadres."
"..."
Fine, Li Ye understood.
Someone like Sophia would be the most eye-catching sort of person back home—either heaven-defying, or doomed to die.
Did she look like someone with a short life?
Li Ye slowly shook his head.
In fact, Li Ye himself had