The underground millionaire Koreiko is one of the main characters in the book Golden Calf, which tells about the adventures of the "great combinator" Ostap Bender. It was his millions who were the main goal of Ostap. What personality was this character?
Brief characterization of the hero
Description of the underground millionaire Koreiko needs to start with the fact that he was a purposeful person who strove to be financially secure. Alexander Ivanovich was adventurous, so he came up with various methods of enrichment.
Koreiko hated socialism and dreamed that the era of capitalism would someday return. And this dream, and not just a simple desire to get rich, motivated him to further work. The underground millionaire Koreiko saved on everything, he cherished his health, because he believed that when capitalism came, he would be able to fully enjoy life.
Such excessive frugality made him a mean person, for whom finance is most important. At the same time, Alexander Ivanovich courted Zosia Sinitskaya, but even his feelings and sympathy for the girl were not as strong as the love of money.
The underground millionaire Koreiko was a cunning man who managed to deftly look in the eyes of others as a simpleton and insignificant person. And only Ostap Bender could discern in him the same combinator as he was.
The beginning of his activity
The underground millionaire Koreiko began his entrepreneurial activity after the revolution began, the young man settled in the businessman’s empty apartment. He ate his groceries, drank his wine and sold the goods of this merchant in the bazaar. For parasitism, he was arrested by the Soviet authorities, and then Alexander Koreiko realized that it was necessary to save finances and spend them secretly from the Soviet government.
The first finance the future millionaire made on the sale of medicines and sugar. An epidemic of typhus occurred in the country, and on it he was able to earn his first millions. But due to inflation, all his savings were gone.
Other combinator scams
Then the enterprising Koreiko scammed a train with food that was being transported to the Volga region. Alexander Ivanovich was able to pick up all the products for himself, simply transferring him to another train. But the active and enterprising nature of the underground millionaire Koreiko required enrichment.
Therefore, Alexander Ivanovich opened an office called the Revens Cottage Trade of Chemical Products, but this was another hero fraud. The office was officially engaged in the production of chemicals. Koreiko even equipped his enterprise so that customers were confident in its activities. A cunning entrepreneur received raw materials for production and loans, and then he resold all this to other enterprises.When his scam was revealed, Koreiko was gone.
Scam in the construction industry
The clandestine millionaire Koreiko, after success with the "Revenge" artel, went to one republic in which the construction of an electric power station was underway. The authors of the project did not have enough money, and Alexander Ivanovich kindly offered to help them by creating a subsidiary enterprise. So the printing house was opened, in which they were engaged in the production of postcards. Money was allocated for the work of the printing house from the construction of an electric station.
The sale of postcards was successful and profitable. So, everyone forgot about the construction of a power plant and focused on the production and sale of postcards. And, of course, Koreiko received most of the income that he set aside. And before the arrival of the inspection commission, Alexander Ivanovich was able to leave with the money.
Frauds in "Hercules"
Ostap Bender became interested in the underground millionaire Koreiko when he began to carry out frauds in the Hercules organization. And this is not surprising - after all, Bender also wanted to get rich and leave for Rio de Janeiro. Then control over commercial activities intensified, and Alexander Ivanovich realized that he could make a fortune only on underground trade.
Therefore, Koreiko got a small position at Hercules and agreed with the head of the enterprise. And so he was able to do through this company a variety of frauds associated with food and textiles. He organized various fictitious enterprises. It was then that Ostap Bender became interested in his activities. Although the "great combinator" did not do too much damage to the financial well-being of Koreiko, taking only a small part of its millions.
Sayings of the hero
Quotes of the underground millionaire Koreiko, as well as the statements of other heroes of the Golden Calf, became winged.
"You can not count - I like in a bank."
This statement can describe the personality of Alexander Ivanovich. He was very careful about money, did not make unnecessary expenses. After all, "he is saving himself for capitalism."
"For a good man and a million, do not mind."
This phrase, Koreiko said with irony - he was not going to give his millions so easily to Bender. And, of course, he did not consider Ostap a “good man,” because he, too, was the same con man as Koreiko.
“They don’t do that,” said Koreiko with a merchant smile.
“Maybe,” Ostap sighed, “but, you know, I'm not a financier.” I am a free artist and a cold philosopher. "
These two characters - Ostap Bender and Alexander Koreiko - differ in many ways, but also in many ways they are similar. Both of them are combinators who strive to become millionaires without any special effort. Both of them believe that capitalism is much better than socialism. Bender and Koreiko are also distinguished by enterprise and a good understanding of the psychology of people.
Only if Koreiko became mean and simply existed, then Ostap tried to enjoy life. Bender possessed a special charm, which the underground millionaire lacked. That is why many sympathized with the "great combinator", despite the fact that he was going to take the savings from Alexander Ivanovich.
In the photo, the underground millionaire Koreiko depicts the actor who played it - Evgeny Evstigneev. He managed to convey the character of this character so that the viewer saw a person not only saving on everything because of stinginess, but believing that he could enjoy life in the era of capitalism. The underground millionaire Koreiko from the Golden Calf is a worthy opponent for Ostap Bender, but not so charming. But their competition in ingenuity and intelligence is the main line in the story of the adventures of the "great combinator".