Аннотация: The poker face for a game in the international energy market on Kosti-NF. A story.
The poker face for a game in the international energy market on Kosti-NF. A story.
To pick up or not to pick up the phone?
It was a phone call from the talker on issues of international energy supplies.
Mr. Wintertund, after some hesitation, picked up the phone.
- I'm listening.
- A horror seizes the countries of the collective West in connection with the reduction of our energy supplies, especially of gas! This needs to be explained to our people in detail. Why is the duration of my broadcasts is reduced, why are my broadcasts removed from the air?!!!
- There are reports that the gas storage facilities (and other storage facilities) in those countries are almost 100 percent full... What is the horror? (From) Where do they get...?
- They print money and sweep off...!!! They print! They are kicking up the inflation !!!
- N-o-o-o-t .. I'm talking about something else. (From) Where do they get energy goods to fill their storage facilities?
- They rob Pakistan, India, other countries. Suppliers of the goods pay penalties to Pakistan, India for breach of contracts, and the goods are sent to Europe at high prices. High prices in Europe ensure both the payment of penalties and the profit.
- There is enough money in the collective West to buy energy resources (gas and others) at inflated prices, and we remain with our poker face (with the ability to make a straight face while playing poker).
- I'm not going to tell radio listeners about it! And they themselves will not guess about our poker face.
Mr. Wintertund frowned, but added a few words:
- Both India and Pakistan - after all, they can buy our energy goods - at low prices. After all, we are reorienting ourselves from Europe to Asia... And in order to interest buyers in our products, we are reducing our prices...
- Difficult times, huge difficulties are waiting for the low-income sections of the population in the collective West! - the international energy talker continued to speak out. - We have to explain this to our audience. A crisis! A mass unrest, riots !
- The winter is just around the corner, - Mr. Wintertund vaguely reacted. - And if these low-income strata of the collective West will refuse to buy a new car (instead of the old one) and they will spend several summer weeks not on the other side of the world (on an exotic coast), but on the coast of their native country? Or will their governments drop a "helicopter money" on their populations to help pay for higher utility bills? And after that, the residents will easily pay their utility bills?.. All these Western sufferers will put on the warm angora wool sweaters and will survive the evil winter in a Parisian cafe, having a cup of good coffee with a sweet bun - periodically going out to demonstrate (in defense of their economic and social rights) ...
- Why should I talk about it? Our listeners, themselves, will not guess. The ours, with rare exceptions, do not have angora wool sweaters. I will often use the words "horror", "difficulties" and other terms from this set.
Mr. Wintertund sighed:
- I'm a little busy now, call me later.
- But they reduce time. They take me off the air!
Mr. Wintertund pressed the "hang up" [the "disconnection"] button.
'Poker face, poker face... It's one thing to gain the qualifcation by playing cards, along with cheating and fooling our residents, inhabitants, through the offers to 'transfer money to a safe bank account' or to 'purchase reliable and profitable bonds', and another thing is to win against experienced players on the international energy market...', thought Mr. Wintertund, taking a sip of Diplomatic Ceylonian. - "Yes, and our simpletons are gradually gaining the experience ...".
'Green tables are open: the perky players are invited ...',
"And he is live up to this day
... once a brawler, [always] the ataman of the cart [gambling] gang "... - Mr. Wintertund recalled the verses by Alexander Pushkin.
August 29, 2022 09:30
Translation from Russian into English: August 28, 2022 12:58.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Энергетический покер-фэйс на Кости-NF. Рассказ'.
{ 3147. Энергетический покер-фэйс на Кости-NF. Рассказ.
MMMCXVIII. The poker face for a game in the international energy market on Kosti-NF. A story.
Vladimir Zalessky Internet-bibliotheca. Интернет-библиотека Владимира Залесского}