Hear or See? Play on 10,9,8 or 7 people. Fantasy. Drama (and oddly enough) Comedy. Nikolay Lakutin
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loud rhythmic music of a panicky nature (recommended Intro to " hymn of the fool»)
All office workers are scared.
The driver jumps like a scalded cat from the couch, rushes, runs to the side of the cooler. His face is sleepy and swollen (you may need makeup).
Yuri and Anton jump up from their seats, grab their heads, frantically start pounding on the computer keyboard, disconnect some cables, hide game disks, some records and magazines under the table, jump on their chairs, "stick their noses" in laptops, create the appearance of work.
Natalia with fright falls from her chair upside down, somewhere at the table, while only her painted leg remains in the field of view (to provide a soft safe fall).
A stern-looking Philip enters the office, dressed in a suit and holding a mobile phone. In the other hand, a work bag. Presses the phone button, the thundering music stops abruptly (the panic music is the soundtrack set as Philip's mobile phone ring).
Philip puts the phone to his ear.
PHILIP: (into the phone, sternly, loudly) Hello? Yes! Ya With me can agree on. What volumes are you interested in? (listens, expresses rejection on his face) Why are you calling me with your hundred kilos, we are a wholesale company, we work from a ton. Well, we can put five hundred kilos in exceptional cases, but no one will bother with a hundred here. You are welcome. Total…
Hang up. Dissatisfied with the situation in the office.
The driver is drinking water from a single Cup, squinting in the direction of Philip, trying to remain unnoticed.
Accountant Natalia rummaged under the table, trying to quickly put on shoes and quickly remove all unnecessary attributes of cosmetics.
Yuri and Anton casually, distracted from the pile of work, pay attention to the fact that the Director is in the office.
ANTON: (to Philip, as if surprised) Oh, Philip Georgievich! What are your fates? You were supposed to be on a business trip…
YURI: (to Philip) Good afternoon, comrade Director, what a pleasant surprise. And here we are already missing you. The office is boring, no one knows how to joke like you, everyone is sitting rotten stunted, but the work is really in full swing, here… from Petropavlovsk the order was knocked out for two hundred s …something like that. Snatched it can be said from the hands of competitors.
PHILIP: (to Yuri, sternly) what kind of order Is this? Which they paid for ten days ago?
YURI: (to Philip) Well… (improbably, wagging) they paid, then wanted to refuse, there someone offered them better terms, but in the end, thanks to my assertiveness and eloquence, we did not lose the client. All for the good of the company, Philip Georgievich, we try, we work!
Philip looks at Anton.
ANTON: (to Philip, nodding) yeah. All right. We work like hell.
PHILIP: (to Yuri and Anton) Well, I look, my eyes are so red. As if the day from the monitor did not leave. You at least have a rest sometimes, you can't do that either. There are, after all, regulations. No more than two hours in a row, then a fifteen-minute break. Have a Cup of tea, I've just brought it with me. I got off early, and the negotiations were easy.
Philip goes to the accountant's Desk, puts out sweets and cookies, and notices that Natalia is rummaging under the table.
Philip leans across the table and looks down at the accountant.
PHILIP: (Natalia) Good afternoon, Natalia Viktorovna!
Natalya looks out from under the table, confused.
NATALIA: (playfully) Hello, Philip Georgievich. Well, don't be so formal, Natalia Viktorovna…
PHILIP: (smiling) That's just me, which you can't say in a joke conversation.
All the employees of the office start laughing hard at once. The Director draws attention to the driver, who inadvertently gave himself away with a laugh.
PHILIP: (seriously) I Don't understand. Gennadievich. What are you doing here? Are you the driver or where? You've got a delivery schedule that's two weeks in advance, and everyone's pushing the deadline, and you're just hanging out here…
GENNADIEVICH: (stammering) Yes… Yes, I literally stabilizability to drink went. All in deliveries, working hard, and no honor! Why are you so quick, Philip Georgievich?
PHILIP: (to Gennadievich) does it mean to drink some Water? And why is the muzzle all swollen out and crumpled? Not from a dream?
Gennadievich makes a humble face, lowers his hands, lowers his head in agony.
GENNADIEVICH: (pitifully) I'm Plump with hunger, Philip Georgievich, I didn't want to say, but since you asked. My salary is not so great, as you know, utilities are getting more expensive. I'm not eating enough… result on the face. And dented – so it was in the transport company in the queue brawl was. I have a lot of cargo, so one of them in the queue lost his nerve. They dented me a little. I suffer, I don't regret my stomach, Philip Georgievich, but you treat me like this… like me… I'm ashamed to say it…
Colleagues shut their mouths, trying to cover themselves in every possible way and not give away their laughter from the skilful twisting of the driver out of the situation. And yet the laughter sometimes slips from colleagues.
PHILIP: (to everyone, apologetically) well, what's so funny? The man over there didn't get hurt for anything. Here's a bonus for you, Gennadievich (takes a wad of money out of his pocket, counts it out, gives the driver a nice pile of cash) you're doing a good job, I'm sorry if I said something wrong.
Gennady as if reluctantly, shy, accepts the money.
GENNADIEVICH: (plaintively, to the Director) I will go, perhaps, there is still a lot to do.
PHILIP: (to the driver) Can we have a Cup of tea? You won't get enough of water. And so you see… swell…
GENNADIEVICH: Thank you, Philip Georgievich, I'll have something to eat on the way, there's money now (shows everyone the bonuses received, colleagues look at the driver with indignation). I won't waste any time. We are all considered to be one family, we work in the same pot, if someone gives us a slack, we will all feel a drawdown.
Philip is moved, wipes a tear from his eye, hugs the driver, and pats him on the shoulder.
PHILIP: (to the driver) Come on, Gennady, take care of yourself. We need you and your family… Don't worry too much about it.
Gennadievich gives the Director a friendly and respectful nod and leaves the office with a grimace of a modest hero.
PHILIP: (to all the rest, cheerfully, positively) Well…, for a Cup of tea?
Plays loud positive music (recommended by Passion Fruit "The Ring Ding Dong Song").
Colleagues on the rise begin to approach the table, cheerfully and joyfully dancing, carrying their mugs, Philip unpacks Goodies, a pleasant organizational moment is coming.
ZTM.
MISTRESS'S APARTMENT
The apartment is intimate. Prepared a bed, a table with refreshments. Twilight.
Yulechka in a short robe defiles in a great mood, dancing. From the bathroom comes the sound of running water (shower).
Yulechka longs for upcoming events, all this is reflected on her face. The girl straightens the bedclothes, gently and tremulously straightens the sheet.
The sound of running water stops.
The girl enthusiastically looks in the direction of the upcoming appearance of the desired man.
A man in a large sombrero comes out in a long, beautiful dressing gown, with his chest thrust forward and an important, affected gait. The man's face is not visible, nor is anything else except his bare feet and hands, but it is clear that this is a man. And his intentions are not ambiguous.
Yulechka gets out of bed and begins to passionately untie her dressing gown, when suddenly the doorbell rings.
The characters freeze in their movements.
Philip's