In short, in 2019, we did an issue at Esquire dedicated to an anthology of humor. During the planning meeting I came up with an idea: to send Sriuga Zoev for a week to one of the big film companies that produce comedies. Out of an old friendship, I call the general producer and say:
- Take a colleague for a week, let him work with the screenwriters, and then write a report on it?
"No problem," replied the influential cinema director.
As a result, Sriuga actually did not appear in the office for a week, he was always in the room of the author of the film company. A week later he returned, wrote a cool report on how screenwriters work, and the issue went to press.
- Sriuga, what have you been doing there all week? Did you actually write scripts? - I asked.
"We were smoking cigars," Sriuga answered.
As a result: the film, then produced by the film company, quickly gained ground at the box office, and Vesuv now hosts "Billion Stories".