Аннотация: A glass of vodka, a literary institute, a new radio station. A literary joke.
A glass of vodka, a literary institute, a new radio station. A literary joke.
Sergey Sergeevich washed his hands. The release of news ended. The turning off the radio was uncomfortable.
Some author started reading the own story.
The plot was a such. The novice writer could not be published anywhere, divorced wife and married the daughter of an influential person ('he probably graduated from the literary institute - a cultural people are in a high price for those who understand' ...). He fit into the new system of a kinship ties and began to receive a lot of money.
The former wife of the writer after the divorce began to try her forces in a literature. She may have studied at a literary institute in the past, and it is possible that she drank a glass of vodka during the period of melancholy, although the story does not specifically mention this.
Once she saw an old friend (they studied together at a literary institute? Did they drink vodka? - this was not mentioned in a story heard on the radio). He is an editor.
She brought her book to the publishing house, to him, and her book was published in 2000 copies and appeared in all Moscow book stores (a several stores in the story were mentioned by name).
The ex-husband, a past writer and now a man with a means, saw the ex-wife 's book, and he turned from a writer to a book buyer.
First he bought one copy. He read this book. Drank a glass of vodka (as the story says). It did not help. Then he started buying all the ex-wife's books in all bookstores (approximately 2,000 copies * 600 rubles = 1,200,000 rubles - this whether it is a substantial amount of money for the son-in-law of an influential person?.. A secret dream of the writer ...).
The publishing house began to print the additional circulation. The former writer, and now the buyer of books, continued to buy the ex-wife's book in stores ...
Sergey Sergeevich appreciated the plot twists.The story, was read on the radio, he generally liked (a work was between styles of a science fantasy, a describing of everyday being, a psychology and a humor-satire).
Sergey Sergeevich decided to write a literary joke about this story.
He wrote, posted the joke on the Internet (he did not drink vodka with anyone at a literary institute).
(In general, he does not drink vodka and does not like a "buddy companies"... - ... he may to estimate a literary perspectives).
The author of the story, read on the radio, saw a literary joke, written by Sergey Sergeevich and posted on the Internet. The author printed the literary joke on a printer and brought it to the head of the radio station where the story was read (the author and the chief together at the literary institute studied and there drank vodka): "People listen to my stories!."
More and more stories need to be broadcasted on on the radio!
The head of the radio station positively accepted the idea: "An excellent plan!"
Chief tried to remember with whom from the 'tops' he studied at the literary institute, with whom did he drink vodka.
Yes, yes, there is an influential man!
The head of the radio station visited the "top", the influential person. They had a productive negotiations. (They sat a bit, remembered ...).
A new radio station was organized. The necessary means were allocated from the state budget. (What is the point of a publishing a book with a circulation of 2000 copies? They say that for the payback of a book the circulation should be approximately at the level of 40,000 (forty thousand) copies ...). The radio station is a more convenient format. There is an author, there is a creativity, there are a stories, there are (for sure) a listeners, there is a cultural process, there is a movement of money ... You can honestly and officially talk about these cultural achievements...
All is well.
The author reads and receives a fee. The head moved to a new position in a new radio station. He receives a good salary (there is no headache with political themes and capcans). The influential person from the 'tops' arranged at a new radio station his grandchild niece. - She studies at a literary institute, she is an athlete, but it happens that in a student company she can drink a little vodka... Pretty, cultural guys there are...
Sergey Sergeevich writes (if there is a such a mood), he reads about Maxim Gorky, about the circulations and about the fees that existed under Gorky, about the literary institute.
When he washes his hands, he listens to the stories on the radio...
February 22, 2020 17:37
Translation from Russian into English: February 22, 2020 20:54.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Стакан водки, литературный институт, новая радиостанция. Литературная шутка'.