stop calling me Alyona.
Be so kind as to address me by
my first name and patronymic.
That's one thing.
And l'm not going anywhere.
Please, return the ticket.
What about...
As for you, Kovrov, be so kind
as to come to the lab
dressed in proper attire.
ln a suit, like Bryl's,
at least.
As for you,
take you hat off!
How did it go, Alyona?
Have you seen Kira?
Has she signed it?
That's no business ofyours!
-ls Alyona in?
-She's in.
But she's also off, l believe.
l'm so happy to see you
Appolon Mitrofanovich.
Go home now, this evening
l'll need you both.
Sit down, please.
Pay attention to him.
-l was actually going to see you.
-So nice to hear that.
l'm so glad to be working
with you on this.
-What will you assign me?
-The pop group.
An excellent pop group, at that.
Pardon me, back in a minute.
Kira, so to speak,
gave strict instructions.
Kovrov, are you following
our discussion?
Yes, l'm following everything.
Tomorrow l expect to hear your
ideas.
Where can l get
A pop group - at night?
You're asking me or
the deputy director?
Here, at our Laboratory of
complete surprises!
-Aren't you a magician?
-Well...l am.
Without ''well,'' please.
Yes, l can do without ''well,''
and without this lnstitute.
Only our lnstitute
keeps magicians
and wizards on its staff.
What would you be without
our lnstitute? Nothing!
Just an individual.
A very accurate and correct
observation.
-Do you understand, Kovrov?
-l understand alright.
-We understand. Can we go?
-Go and do some work.
Yes, ma'am.
Today you invited me
to lunch.
l'd like to offset my
refusal
by inviting you to dinner.
A simple, neighborly gesture.
We live in the same building,
but you've never visited me.
What's the matter?
l don't want to hear
a word about your Sanina.
We just want to know,
what happened.
-She's dizzy with success.
-Doesn't look like it.
The change in our Alyona
is so sudden.
Must be something serious.
Maybe, it's Sataneyev's doing?
lt may well be.
He's been cooped up
in Kira's office all day.
They must be talking about her.
-Let's eavesdrop.
-How can you?!
Of course we can't! He just
blurted it out without thinking.
-Blurted it out?!
-No, ok, you didn't.
Let's go, l'll explain it
to you.
Explain it to me!
lt can happen
to anyone.
Magicians, wizards!
Turn on the intercom for them!
To think of it!
One can solve these things
without any higher education.
l've always admired your gift
of persuasion.
lt was not only persuasion.
l had to apply force.
lfyou understand, go ahead.
And remember: they must not
meet.
lf she kisses him before
the New Year...
You are so clumsy, Vitenka!
A woman cannot share her secret
with two men at a time.
An expert on human nature, eh?
lt's you who flies
in magic clouds,
we, sinners, walk
on earth:
turn into a rabbit, or
a purring cat.
Simple, everyday magic.
Go away.
Could you show me the way out?
There's no one else to ask.
Everyone disappeared at 6pm.
ls that some kind of magic?
Draw him a plan how to
get out of here.
Draw it yourself, l can't -
too pressed for time.
-Think he knows already?
-l'm positive.
Hey, draw it.
-ln a hurry?
-Very much so.
Tomorrow l'll be back home.
Got the order signed.
Thought l'd be here till
the New Year, even fell asleep.
Then, bolts ofthunder,
like we have in the mountains.
Then out came the girl,
then - the director.
She didn't ask me a thing.
And signed everything!
-Where did the sounds come from?
-From there, behind the wall.
l saw lightning, too.
Excellent lnstitute!
A bit noisy and too many
corridors, though.
Finished the plan?
Thank you very much.
She cast a spell on her!
A spell!
-Who, Kira?
-Yes.
To lift it, Alyona must kiss
her fiance before the New Year.
-Why cast a spell on her?
-lt's all Sataneyev's doing.
Told her they would
lose a valuable employee.
Meanwhile, he's pursuing
Alyona himself.
He's getting on my nerves!
l'll turn him into