The hero is a fictional ... And the Rules are real ...
Six rules of Gleb Zheglov
So, the first rule - remember, I will not repeat. Harden as a drill charter. When talking with people, always smile. Got it? People love it.
Rule two - be attentive to a person and try to move him to a conversation about him. But how to do it?
But for this there is a third rule: find a topic that interests him.
Rule Four - show genuine interest in a person. Look at him, find out what he lives with. This is of course difficult. In general, have to sweat. But then, if you can, he will tell you everything.
(Further from the Weiners book “Era of Mercy” - two more rules)
Then something interrupted us. But now I will finish: here are two more rules of Gleb Zheglov for you, remember them - you will never be a fool to yourself!
... First: even “hello” can be said to mortally offend a person.
And the second: even the “bastard” can be said so that a person will melt with pleasure.
Sources: The film “The meeting place cannot be changed.”