Аннотация: A mine in the Cordilleria. The story (from the archives of O. Henry).
A mine in the Cordilleria. The story (from the archives of O. Henry).
Alex was the owner of a profitable mine in the Cordilleria.
As Alex was about to light a cigar, he heard a cell phone signal.
It was a phone call from Roman - a tough dude with omnipotent patrons, determined guys around the world and great authority.
Rotten guys have appeared in the Cordilleria. Roman suggests removing them.
How to remove them? There is a whole procedure. Constitution, parties, elections, protocols ...
Alex knew that Roman was practicing simpler schemes ...
Alex reflected, hesitated and played for time.
Finally, Roman took out the main card and said that he was calling from Him.
Alex had to agree.
The management of the mine in the Cordilleria came into contact with the determined guys of Roman.
Roman's men received three railway carriages of green money and the telephone number of an important person (top person in the local security forces). For half a carriage of green money, one could buy three trains with weapons, electrical scooters, tents, medicines, clothing, shoes and dry rations.
The mine management received guarantees that the deputy general director will become the deputy prime minister of the new government.
Everything started spinning.
After the next elections, waves of hungry guys from the hungry cities and villages of the Cordilleria whipped into government offices with the slogan "Power to the new guys!"
Roman's people paid for each shift separately. So local law enforcement officers, living on a salary, soon could not stand it.
Moreover, the kind president, who was elected by the people and who loved the voters, ordered not to shoot with live ammunition.
Soon, all government buildings were captured. The young power contenders set up a coordinating council and began to share government portfolios.
But along with the success came troubles.
Large amounts of money were found in some of the safes. So, the young contenders for power felt freedom from guys of Roman and from their financial resources.
Coordination councils, prime ministers, vice-, ministers, department directors, secretaries of the Defense Councils were multipling like mushrooms ...
One of the dudes two days ago read about Sweden on the Internet and appointed himself the Minister of Happiness ...
The sneaky Internet service "Oink-oink", through the bots of General Vlasov and the bots of Stepan Bandera, began to hint the new elite that the main power is not with the ministers, but with the business owners.
Some of the young contenders for power ran out of government offices and seized the offices of firms, large companies.
The popularly elected president showed composure and was writing congratulations to the UN Secretary General on the award of the UN Food Program with the Nobel Peace Prize.
Meanwhile, Alex's profitable mine was also captured by the new elite.
The name of new director and owner of the mine was Rustam.
Alex took his cigar out of his mouth and dialed Roman's phone number: