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As a result Czeslaw Boyarski has organized illegal production of false banknotes of one European country. All were surprised. Printing of banknotes - the " business" demanding use of the non-standard equipment, involvement of many narrow experts - is a very complex.
And he - alone. With high quality. So the engineering talent, technical genius were "realized". Production of false banknotes has come to the end with trial, in a court.
– Curious, - Pavlenkov exclaimed.
– Do the writers come in?
– Yes, they come in. People are different. Who writes about the village, and who - about the city. Who about heroism, and who - about life. Not so that everyone, but many have got new apartments in houses for writers, dachas in settlements for writers...
One of the famous representatives of a literary profession has come yesterday and has taken to read Ron Hubbard's biography. Ron Hubbard is science fiction writer, the author more than 600 literary works, published in 30 languages of the world.
At the lecture in 1949 Hubbard has expressed such idea: "It is ridiculous to write, receiving a penny for a word. If someone really wants to make one million dollars, then the best way - to base own religion". Hubbard became the founder of church of a sayentologiya. Both the founder, and his church were pursued in a number of the countries. He was forced into hiding. Such, here, unenviable result.
The writer - by the way - read the book about Ron Hubbard attentively.
– So too...
– Pavlenkov has thoughtfully said.
– Two days ago one of readers has come. He was among heads of construction of large hydroelectric power station, from among created according to the GOELRO plan. Have constructed this station in five years. Boss read about Nikolay Maksimovich Pavlenko.
Pavlenko by his intellect and by personal organizational efforts "has created" a rigged military-building unit, which enriched the swindler Pavlenko and his accomplices.
Reviews of quality of the works performed by Pavlenko's organization - it seems, positive. Claims weren't. activity of the rigged military-building unit Has ended with trial and executions.
– What you tell...-Pavlenkov has indefinitely reacted.
– Also politicians come, - Gorky answered.
– For example, one my old acquaintance. Specializes in a peasant theme. They say, very spectacular: this politician comes to a reception, and there - bearded peasants with the cares. He will bypass all of them, will listen, will write down requests. Whether everything will solve problems? I can't tell. But the procedure of a bypass of applicants and conversations with them looks very solidly. Popular belief that he is the representative of the peasantry in the Highest Management Staff. This my acquaintance politician orders books about Grigori Rasputin. Reads with interest.
Alexei Maximovich made a pause. And continued.
– I consider you, Florenty Fyodorovich, our reader! Which books should I prepare to your next visit?
– Perhaps, books by the Kamensky Andrey Vasilyevich? Heroes of his biographic essays or from the sphere scientific and technical (James Watt, Thomas Edison, Samuel Morse), or social and political (Abraham Lincoln, William Gladstone, Robert Owen); Daniel Defoe - the English writer and the publicist.
– Yes, Florenty Fyodorovich. Kamensky's books are read often.
– Don't you object, Alexey Maksimovich if I - as the reader of your cafe-library - drink a cup of coffee?
– To your health, Florenty Fyodorovich! Taste what you fancy.
Florenty Pavlenkov thanked, said goodbye. He left because of the librarian's counter,He approached one of tables in cafe, He took a pinch of sauerkraut from a plate and he tasted. Then he chewed and he swallowed a bread piece. He drank a cup of coffee. Judging by a look, claims to quality didn't arise. He went outside.
Alexei Maximovich came back to the librarian's duties. Giving the book to one of readers, he asked him:
– How many did you pages read today? 300? Not badly, not badly...
He made an entry in his logbook.
30 April, 2017.
Phased translation from Russian into English. Supplementation of translated text, amendment: 04 Nov 2017 00:03, 05 Nov 2017 11:51.
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('Masal oh Gorki k"ut"uphanesi')
XLI. Dialogue about pleasant caf'e
Cafe in Berlin. Reader(man) and Reader(woman) have coffee.
The Reader(man) decides to joke:
– Look at that cute person sitting at the next little table. He is similar to Mikhail. Sergeyevich.
The Reader(woman) looked at the person behind the next little table. That person didn't make any impression on her. She answered the Reader(man)'s words with silence an indifferent.
The Reader(man) nevertheless decided cheer up the Reader(woman) . And he decided to play the mystification:
– And opposite of cute neighbor a beautiful man in ancient clothes is sitting.
A Reader(woman) graciously decided to play along with the Reader(man):
– To whom does he look like?
– On Stanislaw. August.
The Reader(woman) with incomprehension looked at the Reader(man):