Аннотация: A professional interview before the studying at the capital's journalism faculty. A story.
A professional interview before the studying at the capital's journalism faculty. A story.
Gosha graduated from secondary school and came to a big city. A life example for him was a distant relative who received an order, a high rank and who moved around a big city in a big shiny official (state) car with a driver.
But the high-level man had a lot of relatives. So Gosha needed to be resourceful.
Gosha settled in an inexpensive hotel.
After a short rest, he began to think about where and to whom he should go.
At that moment, a neighbor in a cheap hotel turned on the radio, and Gosha heard the broadcast of the famous journalist.
He talked about his trips to dangerous places, and said that our planet needs to be cleaned of various (humanitarian) rubbish, and persuaded listeners to act in the interests of good people.
The same words were uttered by various other people who spoke on radio and television, but the famous journalist was known for having previously had a house-palace on the shore of a mountain lake in the West, and now he called for throwing various unpleasant objects onto western cities. And Gosha also drew attention to the idea of the famous journalist to issue texts of death sentences (adopted in absentia) to knowledgeable people, so that knowledgeable people would go to western cities and carry out these sentences there. It is clear that the famous journalist is an influential person, and that he moves [exists] in high spheres.
Internet resources, Internet addresses, phone numbers were constantly mentioned, so that radio listeners would know how to write (and call) this famous journalist.
Gosha decided that it would cost him nothing to write an e-mail to a journalist.
Gosha said in an email that he had just graduated from school, that he admired the activities of the famous journalist, that he, Gosha, would like to clean our planet of a various unpleasant rubbish, and to act in the interests of good people.
Three minutes later, a reply letter arrived.
The interview [a meeting] was scheduled to Gosha at the entrance to the TSUM (Central Department Store) in an hour and a half. Before the meeting, Gosha must purchase a simple table (kitchen) knife (well sharpened) with a metal handle and a metal blade, the cheapest large white metal ring and a package of rat poison.
Gosha purchased all the necessary goods and approached the entrance to the TSUM.
At that moment, a man who looked like a famous journalist jumped out of an expensive SUV and greeted Gosha.
- Well, let's go for a walk. Let's talk...
Yes, it was a famous journalist.
Gosha and the journalist walked down the street. Gosha began his communication by praising reports from dangerous places. Gosha especially liked the specific questions of the journalist addressed to the interlocutors: how many subordinates, what equipment (technique), how much they pay, and so on.
At this time, the interlocutors were passing by the entrance to the subway.
The journalist stopped right in front of the subway entrance and, looking at Gosha, said:
- Yes, if I had lived a little earlier, I would have quickly caught both Mata Hari and Colonel Myasoedov. My questions - they are very specific ones.
It was not convenient to stand in front of the subway entrance. People were constantly passing by. Gosha was pushed by some big guy.
- Deal with him! - the famous journalist instructed.
Gosha stopped a big guy and talked to him in raised tones.
Then Gosha returned to the conversation with the journalist.
- Did you remember to buy a knife?
- No, I haven't forgotten.
- What? Didn't take it out?
Gosha didn't even know how to answer this question.
Meanwhile, the interlocutors walked further down the street.
The journalist pulled the handle of the glass door, and the interlocutors entered the fast food cafe.
They sat down at an empty table.
- Do you know any song or chant? - the journalist asked.
Gosha didn't know what to offer from the songs he knew.
- For example, do you know: "Rotor [a name of sport team] is a champion!"?
- Yes, I know.
- Say [pronounce] this chant - first in a low voice, and then louder and louder. As loud as possible.
Gosha began to pronounce this word-combination, increasing the volume, louder and louder.
At last, one of the cafe's customers approached him and asked Gosha to behave more quietly.
- Explain to him what and how! - the correspondent advised Gosha.
Gosha got up, took the visitor by the shirt and talked to him in raised tones. Then he returned to the table to continue communicating with the famous correspondent.
- Did you buy a ring? Have you forgotten?
- I bought it.
- Let me look at him.
Gosha took out a ring.
The correspondent put the ring on his finger, clenched his fist and jokingly tapped the ring on Gosha's head - near Gosha's ear:
- You're not smart enough! - the correspondent commented.
Gosha and the correspondent left the cafe and approached the entrance to the beer restaurant.
The correspondent took a package out of his pocket. It turned out that it was a uniform vest of a beer restaurant waiter.
- Put on this vest, go to a restaurant and tell them that you have been conditionally accepted as a waiter. Work for an hour and come back. I'll wait for you in the car next to the entrance.
Gosha went to the restaurant. He served beer mugs to visitors, diligently performed other duties.
An hour later, he returned to the entrance of the restaurant.
The famous correspondent jumped out of the expensive SUV again. He was looking around:
- Not a single ambulance has arrived!... Did you remember to buy rat poison?
- Here. - Gosha showed a package with rat poison.
The famous correspondent looked at Gosha:
- What? Should I send you to the fields to run?
Gosha was silent.
- To practice. I've recorded your phone number. My representatives will contact you after a while.
Gosha nodded his head in agreement.
The famous correspondent jumped into an expensive SUV and drove away.
Gosha returned to a cheap hotel.
The neighbor in the cheap hotel turned on the radio again.
Gosha heard the voice of the famous correspondent. He was reporting from dangerous places, asking interlocutors about the number of subordinates, about the equipment at their disposal, about the mood, about plans. However, he did not mention Colonel Myasoedov nor Mata Hari. But Gosha heard again that our planet needs to be cleaned of various unpleasant rubbish, that it is necessary to act in the interests of good people.
"I have to try, I have to study, to train, so that I don't have to run around various unpleasant places," Gosha thought and decided to rest a little after a professional interview.
June 6, 2023 15:24
Translation from Russian into English: June 6, 2023 17:08
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