Аннотация: A media-throw outside the information holding. A story.
A media-throw outside the information holding. A story.
It was Friday. The end of the working day.
The chief editor of a large media holding examined the members of the secret editorial council.
- The main supplier - you know who!
All were silent.
- The installations were supposed to work against drones, but the drones destroyed them, - the chief editor explained the situation sadly.
- We're not weapons specialists! - the elder of the secret editorial council commented on the words of the editor.
"He knows!" The meeting participants looked at the elder with respect.
- Weapons worth two billion dollars were destroyed, - the chief editor continued sadly, - one of these two billion is the result of the work of drones ... Vitamin 'C' was powerless against the coronavirus ...
- We have not yet cashed a media-cheque, - added the head of the Far East department to words of the chief editor.
- It's too early for us to leave the stage, - the secret editorial council elder said. Those present looked at him with deep respect.
The chief editor silently tapped his pencil on the table and looked at his colleagues.
Finally, the host of the military revue spoke out:
- I propose to reduce the number of broadcasts of the military revue! No more than two ones a week! - The colonel said.
- Cut back on talk about endlessly renewing political mandates and switch to the topic of limiting the validity of higher education diplomas ... - the elder of the secret editorial council issued a recommendation.
"He knows!" The meeting participants looked at the elder with respect.
- Thank you, Colonel! - the chief editor thanked of the host of military review. ("I'm not alone! Colonel Zhukov is always next to me!" - the colonel responded instantly). The chief editor looked at those present.
- Our line is that we are not weapons specialists, and the time for discussing endless political mandates is being reduced in favor of expanding the topic of a possible limitation of the validity of university diplomas.
All were silent.
- So, it's decided! Our meeting is over!
Members of the secret editorial council left the editor-in-chief's office in a secret elevator.
The chief editor looked at the media production accumulated during the day.
He put in his briefcase a field ration, a bag of dried grapes, a bottle of pomegranate juice and headed for the exit from the office.
At the beginning of the week, the chief editor landed at the capital's airport (the problems of the Turkic world are visible as in a drop of water on the comfortable shore of the warm sea). Now there was a perspective of a three-hundred-kilometer march-throw to a good holiday home with excellent nature and great fishing ...
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November 11, 2020 22:12
Translation from Russian into English: November 12, 2020 16:03.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Медиа-бросок из информационного холдинга. Рассказ'.