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Koreiko's past. The three crooks are joined by Funt, an old man who's spent his whole adult life being the nominal director in dubious enterprises and going to jail when the inevitable bankruptcies followed. Funt provides some information regarding Hercules, a company involved in fraud that had come to Bender's attention.
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and succeeds in selling his dossier for a million rubles. Arriving in Moscow by train, he is surprised to find Shura sleeping on a bench at the station. He treats the young man to lunch, gives him 50,000 rubles and promises to send him to school so he can learn to read and write. While they take the
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last few rubles into a flower bouquet for Zosya, whom he had started courting following Koreiko's flight. The investment pays off when Zosya tells him she's received a letter from Koreiko detailing his whereabouts: he is now working as a time controller on the
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and claiming he is on a trip and a mishap has left him out of money. The official is honored at the idea of helping the progeny of such a great hero. However, the meeting is then interrupted when a young man barges in and states he is the
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his lack of a love life and had repeatedly sent telegrams to Zosya without getting any response from her. Eventually, he runs into Zosya and offers to marry her, only to discover she's already gotten married recently.
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