Go to our archive, where Zinaida Maksimovna write you a pass, Ill sign it, and go to the Signature Department Golde. Then to me for forms.
There is! In the military, I snapped and walked out.
The head of the design department was looking at me through the massive spectacles hung on the nose as hooked on a branch Kaloxylos chameleon, and his gray eyes boring into me like two sparkling lenses. He was holding my statement, and a piece of a little shudder in his arms covered with black curls of thick hair, clearly visible because of the short-sleeved T-shirt colorful.
Well, young man, Im just so you can not take the position. I need some sort of probation, and well see. Ill sign a statement later. Now go to the Lubchenco Alexander Vladimirovich for an interview, will work in his design and technology sector support department in the manufacture of products.
Alexander turned terse, but still not old, not young-looking chief of forty-five.
When he saw me, he was silent, and looked at me, gestured to a chair that was set to his desktop with folders drawings. I silently sat down on a specified location
Well, tell me that you know how, who recommended you to come to us?
Let no one. Just passing by, give, I think, I go. Well, thats gone. Personnel Department sent to Golde.
Alexander Askoldovich, of course, only takes on the recommendation of tolerances on the object is not lower than the first.
So I have a number of first admissions of the secret part. Its all right.
Well, then everything is fine. We work for the defense industry, and there are no random people.
So I finished university subordinated to the engineering industry, and all of these institutions are exclusively trained specialists for the military industry.
Well, then this will be no problem. Basically you do for us.
With these words, Lubchenco scored extension phone and said:
Alexander Askoldovich, in principle, even if issued. It suits me. He paused, listening to what Golde replied, then added and that with a salary? Yes OK. And turning to me, he said, go to Alexander Askoldovich he will write you a salary for department frames, and when you plan to work?
Today is Thursday, May by the street, I want to still breathe the spring. From Monday.
Good. Our work at the plant begins with eight staff engineers out of nine, so please come on Monday, though I need you yesterday. Speaking these words, he drew on my statement that the interview conducted and set release date to work.
Alexander Askoldovich silently signed the statement. I noticed that the salary is not checked.
Sorry, Alexander Askoldovich and what my salary?
To go to work. The wage will see their salary.
As the unexpected bee sting hurts sounded these words. In response, I said nothing, and thought to him that the defense industry is financed smoothly and stable charge card I provided. Goodbye to the new leadership, I signed the statement ran for the checkpoint to the head of the personnel department. In the office, he was already waiting for me. Silently, he took a statement, saying:
Work-book is with us, because you are employed. Here on Monday, will go to the personnel department will give the completed forms and bring two photos, so we can issue you a permanent pass. Time will be at the entrance, call his name, and you miss out on a job. Good luck.
Wait, that with a salary?
I thought I would write you a personal Golde supplement to the salary, but we have an engineer-technologist designer of the first category one hundred and twenty rubles plus quarterly bonus forty-five percent. So consider, with all deductions accumulates one hundred and sixty a month.
Well, what Well and thats thanks.
And why you said that you sent Golde take shape? When you met with him?
Because I need this job. Bye.
All the best.
I have opened the door to the study, when the head of personnel called me.
Wait! I forgot to say that as long as you were to me, and demanded Lubchenco called you back to the department.
I chill crept bad feeling: «And what if he changed his mind to accept this Lubchenco,» I thought, I said aloud: Yeah, well, I go already.
Head thrown after: a temporary pass is already at the entrance, the cabin number six.
Lubchenco met me a friendly smile. Next to him stood a woman and a youngish man.
Meet Valentines Albertovich. Began Lubchenco you go in a group to Isai Alexander Vasilyevich.
The man held out his hand to me, Alexander, head of the support group. And note next to me Tamara Petrovna, too, of our group.
The woman handed me a little, and a strong hand, shook my hand, saying, Ill suggest you and bring you into the swing of things. I will hold the workshops and departments that you, Valentin, went into the swing of things.
Well, do not settle, so Tamara Petrovna, intervened Lubchenco let will get used bit. And, turning to me, he said, Come Valentine Albertovich, Ill show you your job, right there next to mine, for the drawing boards.
We walked along the row of drawing boards, mounted on metal racks to my workplace. There were already a folder with drawings on my desk now, which I have summarized Alexander.
This is where you park and you can see the drawings. We check the accuracy of the drawing and make changes according to the current standards. Hopefully, this is familiar to you.
Of course. I in fact worked as a designer of first category in the Ministry of OKTB of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine, and all existing guests know.
Very good. Well, look, and it is advisable that you sat eighteen zero, zero. By the end of the work. This day you will be credited as a worker. Well, even if you want to leave early for work, then you are welcome. While youre in the department, the workshops will be able to go after receive a special pass, since our agency belongs to the Navy and the many developments that run at us with secrecy. You also have a number of first admission, that after appropriate checks, which will last a month and a half, you will be given a pass guild.
I sat down at his desk and began flipping drawings, carefully considering the details of the mechanism, and found a few mistakes. Lubchenco praised me. The work time flashed Snack-ro. Lily workday ended before she met me in tears and reproaches:
What could the cattle call that you are already working well?
I, of course, was justified as he could. Wife soften certainly helped my employment. Then, wiping his tears with a handkerchief, he said:
Well, how much money you were given? To which I could not answer clearly, he said only that we learn in salary. And in the end, everything went peacefully.
I liked the work, but was very monotonous and boring. From this sleepy, and often with the staff I went out for a smoke, to somehow get rid of sag drowsiness and, of course, never smoked.
Chapter Two
I have worked for four months. He received an advance and regularly paid on time. As the Lubchenco said that he was going to Peter, so at the «Electric appliance» called Leningrad at that memorable time when we lived and worked in the Soviet Union. His trip was supposed to last two weeks, for himself Chief of the engineering department left Isaiah Alexander Vasilyevich. Alexander unspeakably was glad, and his mood was not just upbeat, but upbeat over. He joked with everyone showered jokes and telling anecdotes. In the department, the staff prevailed general euphoria in connection with the departure of the chief of the sector on a mission to «Peter». I did not realize such an elevated happiness, even in the face Lubchenco not say that he was glad this. Each employee approaching him, he timidly sighed, he took out his pocket notebook and knew in advance what was wanted of him, carefully writing down what to bring to a particular employee.
In short, I, proceed to work the next day, I found half were not department for various reasons at work. Thats why such a joy reigned yesterday, but today Im Tamara Petrovna, running the shops, checking the implementation of changes in the production process. In one shop we encountered.
Well, Valentine, do you work?
Nothing, you see, can cope. Treacherous thought I was bored with the very moments, that I realized the joy of travel Lubchenco for the department. Courage Tamara Petrovna asked: And what if, Tamara Petrovna
So, Valentine, not Tamara Petrovna, and Tamara. In her dark eyes flashed sparks of fun and full of sensual lips moved slightly ironic smile, arousing eyes the emerging grid «solar» wrinkles. Im in the shower was extremely surprised by the statement to call her by her name, believing that at her age its time to forget about the days long past. But at this delicate moment, hiding his embarrassment, he forced himself to her name without her middle name:
Tamara, and tell me you can not, somehow leave early today. The bosses have left, no Golde nor Isaiah, and Lubchenco to boot.
You should be somewhere? Asked Tamara Petrovna.
Ventilate want. Outside, the golden autumn, the end of September. You know that the new place is always difficult to fit into the work and get tired.
You know, Valentine, at the entrance control and always will report Lubchenco, and he will take prize. She looked at me with sparkling eyes, and then added Well, today is on duty at the checkpoint, my old friend, when we arrive at the Division I call her. No, better to go there, I arrange. Just look, do not get caught the eye of the chief engineer or head of personnel, good. Lets go. You come into the office, and Ill be there soon, and tell you.
From thank you Tamara. Voltage conversation vanished in a moment, and Im relieved to have escaped mental stairs flight of stairs to our department.
She appeared, failing; I close the door of the department.
The sixth stall, you can go. Just lunch, say if you meet someone from inspectors that go out to dinner. But in this case would have to go back. I got it?
Of course, thanks to you.
Not for hot. looked down, said Tamara Petrovna. Hearing rubs her heartbreaking sigh, rapidly approaching your workplace. It is necessary to bring everything in order, as it is Friday, and ahead of two days. And after a couple of minutes I was already at the entrance. With a sinking heart that no one found, I quickly went cabin number six on the way out and drove off briskly to the parking lot tram. To stop, just rolled up, creaking wheels of the tram track number three. The doors opened and the first came Isay, I went into the back, so we, by chance, have not encountered. Unpleasant feeling a wave receded from me only when the tram drove off. Through the window I could clearly see how leisurely gait Alexander began to climb the stairs to the sales pavilion, where our factory was selling different consumer goods of its own production. So, the head of the group does not intend to support products enter the factory, and especially in the department, and I went with quiet confidence further. Ending station tram «Kontraktova area» I came out, looked at his watch, the arrows showing 1230. I did not want to go home, and I decided to walk on the St. Andrews descent, up to the St. Andrews Church and go down there by cable car to the metro station «Post area». Up cobblestone streets climb was not very easy, I soon found myself at the museum of the writer Bulgakov, tired, I did not want to go further. Staying at the monument to the writer, I began to examine the rows of traders souvenirs that are located on both sides of the bridge. Gaze slid to the stairs that led up to the top of Castle Hill. Something pushed me to the other side of the street, and Im drawn by the strange feeling to go up there and decided to take a closer look around. And time will pass unnoticed. Inhale oxygen to healthy sleep, I thought. Slowly, I moved to the opposite side of St. Andrews Descent, and found himself at the ladder that got lost, hiding in the height of the branches of lush foliage. Vigorously knocking heels shoes, I flashed past the black-haired girl with long hair gathered tail. Casting a glimpse of my eyes, I stepped onto the pavement and disappeared from sight. I mechanically looked at her hair and lazy set foot on the ladder began to rise up. Bright orange and red leaves mixed with yellow leaves, sun glare shone softly and tenderly as velvet, the Rays made their way through it, illuminating its warmth all around. After rising for another fifteen meters, I stopped to catch my breath and from the height of the observation deck, opened a fabulous view of St. Andrews descent, a little further from the Dnepr could see pleasure boat slowly sailing against the current. As a toy boat from here to the heights he observed his white skeleton with figures of sitting on the deck at the tables of tourists. After standing for a little more, I got finally out of the maze of stairs and found him on the castle hill.
Then I decided to go in more detail at the places where most recently, in the spring, we Lilichka walked it seemed, even stride.
Trying not to look around, I was clearing an accelerated pace, stepping on the dry autumn grass, hiding the path trodden by tourists. My goal was a fragment of a wall of an ancient castle that has been preserved in non-dismantled masonry apparently due to complex approaches for transporting produced bricks. And most importantly, what attracted me to this side of the Castle Hill, the angle almost vertical cliff, abuts the Old Hem. I wanted a closer look at the junction of two sides of the mountain, so reminiscent of the truncated sides plastered with clay ancient pyramid. Certainly in this mountain there are hidden caves and tunnels that can be hidden treasures. This idea prompted me those black archeologists, we are faced here with Lily spring. Absorbed in these thoughts, I did not notice how he found himself near the ruins of the wall. Considering the close vicinity of the ground and decided to go behind the wall, in the clay-trodden path, a step to the trailing edge of the joint steep hills Mountains. With mine wondering what I was able to see, I realized that in addition to the steep hills overgrown with dry grass, I see nothing interesting, so decided to look around here where I am. Yes, and it is clear that all the moves in the different dungeons begin, of course, on the inner side locks, masked by all kinds of internal structure. And in general I have this quest order tired of that cost to rise by Andrew Descent from the Red Square here upstairs. Fatigue suddenly pulled hard, and I decided to leave, the benefit did not go down that climb mountains. With that, I began to walk away, walking on the rare remnants of ancient bridge. When he reached a small hill serving unremarkable hill, I found the cobblestone inconspicuous three concentric circles that we Lilichka found in the spring, and which I had forgotten. I, like the last time with interest began to consider this building, hardly noticeable for strolling tourists. At first glance, what catches the eye is that obviously someone has protected place for a fire, and the ashes and debris of various superficial circles almost razed to the ground and become invisible. But on the other hand, painfully stones laid out neatly and evenly. Lovers of barbecue and romantic night gatherings around the campfire with a guitar so be careful not to spread the ring. Obviously this place is for some mystical ritual action. The worship of fire, for example, when in a certain place kindle the fire, and then jump over the fire. It is believed that this burns all sins, cleansing fire jumping man through the ritual fire on the night of the pagan holiday of Ivan Kupala, once originated in ancient Russia. On the other hand, if the lock of the Kiev prince stood on top of the remnants of some megalithic structures, and on his orders ably filled viscous clay so that the steep slopes have become stronger and more criminal to the enemy. And inside, under the lock, to build auxiliary facilities and hiding places, and tunnels, and maybe there is all it was.