The scene depicts the director's office
Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant.
Representatives of the magazine "finance" (running in):
We would like to congratulate you, Comrade Lisin!
Greetings from us and our chapter!
Our rating is completely independent,
And now you are in the lead!
Among Russian lions and leopards
You have become the rightful king of beasts,
With nineteen billion
And we hasten to congratulate you as soon as possible!
Lisin (horrified):
Thank you very much, comrades,
But I have been working in Russia for a long time -
And from my youth I learned well:
By local standards, this is a death sentence!
Do you want me to give you some money now?
To have a different hero on the cover?
I'm ready to pay a large amount
So that Lisin would be second on this list.
"Finance":
Come on, Comrade Lisin, what are you talking about!
What an unpredictable people!
Everywhere in the world they are ready to pay,
To be the first! And you are the opposite...
Lisin:
Comrades. I lived to see a receding hairline.
The motto of Russia is “green grapes”.
Since Lisin turned out to be richer than everyone else,
So he will be to blame for everything.
Will show interest in shameful secrets,
They will shamelessly reach into your pocket,
I will become a household name and an extreme one,
How Misha and Roman used to be!
Kremlin (I don’t remember by night,
What is the name of the main giant there)
They will demand donations for Sochi,
For the construction of silicon valleys**...
After all, it’s been years and effort
Everything was acquired in industrial hell!
Walk, in general, in orderly rows...
I'll transfer the money now.
"Finance":
It can’t be... what a blow to the nerves!
How to deal with such a difficult client?!
Which one do you want, if not the first?
Lisin (with hope):
Fourth... fifth... it would be better sixth...
*Mikhail Prokhorov and Roman Abramovich, who previously topped the rating.
**New project under the leadership of Vladislav Surkov.