[1] The main character Oleg Chagin (Kirill Pirogov), a gas engineer, arrives from the North where he was earning money for his wedding in Moscow.

His acquaintance Georgiy (Leonid Yarmolnik) lets Oleg stay in his apartment, as he leaves for business in Hong Kong.

Oleg quickly returns to Moscow, secretly enters the hospital and finds out that the patient Klimova can only be helped by a very expensive medicine which no one is able to obtain.

After this, his jacket is stolen in which he kept all his money, which means that he has to make a living doing difficult and demanding work.

Additionally, Oleg rents out Georgiy's apartment to dishonest gypsies who later fail to pay.