Аннотация: The Dialogue on the huge literary money
The Dialogue on the huge literary money
- Did you hear the latest news?
- The fortress of Izmail is captured?!!
- Well-at-at ... this by itself ... Not in this an issue. Wind arises a new, a literary!
- What's for a wind?
- Firstly, the plot with Radishchev. Secondly, the correspondence with Voltaire.
- A games ... it is desirable not to turn up under a hand ... not to receive a hit at the head ...
- It is clear that 'a games', but - a more interesting in comparison with a card games!
- What's "more interesting"?
- A money! On a regular basis and in significant quantities!
- I can't believe this can happening!
- You don't understand! I on the Internet have seen yesterday the announcement: guys sell the services. As if - a literary factory.
- And what?
- How many members do we have in our fencing club?
- About fifty people, including honorary members.
- Fifteen people are enough. We are writing a letter to the Senior chancellery. "Members of the worthy fencing club wish to tell the country and the world about sports and military and life experience. We ask you to support this initiative." What, from fifty people does nobody have any "entry" into the Senior chancellery? At the same time we will make the order to the literary factory, two small works to each of fifteen participants of our the money project.
- Why two?
- It isn't necessary to make any more. If there are many works, a fail can happen. Because of confusion, discrepancies and so on. Besides, the cost of these two so-called works relatively won't be big. People at us in fencing club, generally not really poor. I think, money in the amount of the cost of two rapiers from each participant of the project will be required.
- Let's say, a literary factory will prepare two pseudo-works for each of us, and what further?
- By this moment affirmative answer will come from the Senior chancellery. Our offer will be supported. We will publish these thirty works at the expense of the money allocated with the Chancellery! It is clear, what them will be bought by nobody. But it will be necessary to pretend, as if that they were bought up. Out of sight them. For example, Gogol something, was the moment, has sent to the oven. Why don't we follow an example of Gogol?
- Thirty are in sense fifteen to multiply by two?
- Yes!
- All it, assume, is published ... But it is a literary garbage!
- And who will read them? - I have already explained! It is important that they are! That is, are present at lists of a published literature! If you have written something clever, but haven't published in a paper form, then there is a question: why? Though it is so clear ... Modern publishing process is so arranged ... But if you have published in a paper form, this become like a literary and intellectual an indulgence - "there" (in sense, in this literary garbage), "everything is correct " ... If someone after all has read the so-called book, and has understood that it is a garbage, then this "someone" will be silent about the impressions. For various reasons. And what sense to him - this "someone" - "to show a profile"?
- Well ... Radishchev the same in a paper form has published the book ... His book - not literary garbage?
- To us Radishchev is not comrade ...
- But why all this: the literary factory, the Senior chancellery, the edition of literary garbage?
- We will create a division, a unit of an already existing literary association. Or better still, - a new an independent literary society ... We will write a letter to the Privy Supreme Council with the offer of candidates to the Literary assembly.
- What for the Literary assembly?
- Well, somewhere are expressed more gracefully. Apply the name "Literary Panel". Not it is important. Important the fact that such Literary assembly acquires a rights of influence on distribution of "cultural money"!
- It's something new.
- With what I have begun? Story with Radishchev needs to be "defused". To show to Voltaire and the western public that "we" have a care of a culture.
- Reputation needs to be taken care of!
- There's a lot we can do! New opportunities have opened up! We can change the world and the country for the better! ("For the better" - for us).
- I agree. Today I wanted to visit the weapon shop to buy two new rapier. I have prepared money. Take them.
- O'key.
- And titles of counts will give to us?
- It's not that important ... but we'll send the money into circulation. Titles - an only one of types of goods which we will be able to get... Alexey Nikolaevich Tolstoy was the count. Why don't we follow his example? We are the Gogol's and Tolstoy's followers, successors!
- When will be the first meeting of our literary society?
- Be not a fool! For small money the lawyer will make a protocol. Look in a "root". Why to spend time for these meetings? Are there no an other, more pleasant, affairs? I assume that the first meeting of the Literary assembly with our participation - in three weeks. The Literary assembly is an influence on a cash flow! Look in the calendar, make a mark. Be in readiness. Across Parises you will ride later, - when on the business card the word "writer" will be printed. So then you will get acquainted with Voltaire. In front of the mirror do a trainings: do a thoughtful and clever face.
- I will try.
- Try do. Do you know how many "for culture" it is allocated? Percent from ...!!!
- Can it be?!
- It isn't an income from a semi-bankrupt estates! It isn't a state salary for the civil or military service! Got it!? Have understood!?
- I go to start a trainings in front of the mirror!
- Act! Keep connection!
- Yes!
September 11, 2018 10:40
Translation from Russian into English: September 11, 2018 12:33.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Диалог о крупных литературных деньгах'.