Vanya Revzin, in her thirties, despite a gold medal at school and a red diploma from Moscow State University, was very low: his wife was fired from miserable work in a bank, and he there were years of pain and suffering. In a moment of desperation, Ivan learns that his cunning classmate Kolia has become a successful businessman and has announced a competition for high school students with a multi-million dollar prize. Vanya, who looks much younger than her age and to whom even alcohol is sold only with a passport, decides on a scam. He shaves his beard, falsifies documents and goes to the contest with the certainty that the experience of life will easily prevail over youth.