Unsuccessful businessman Yuri Kolokoltsev agrees to exchange documents with a policeman friend and go to work under his name at the secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Shuvalov himself is not tempted by work in the “rat house”, he dreams of leaving for America, especially since he was attacked by bandits on a large scale . But his uncle, the deputy minister, needs a relative in this position. Yuri has nowhere to go: he crashed someone else’s car, injured a man, and now he faces a prison sentence. He becomes Shuvalov, moves into his apartment and takes up a post under the wing of “uncle”. Division of property, gang warfare, bribes, mutual responsibility. False Shuvalov begins to rapidly move up the career ladder...