The new Russian statehood was born in the throes of lawlessness, anarchy and freedom bordering on anarchy. After the long stagnation of the 70s–80s, which lulled a couple of generations of Soviet people, events suddenly acquired frightening speed. It was necessary to run to stay in place, and to think and make decisions very quickly to stay ahead of entropy. The majority were not ready for this - the previous rules turned out to be useless, past merits were not taken into account, experience did not work. A simple guy Romka, who received business skills in the Soviet way back in the 80s, is very dissatisfied with himself because he does not have time, as it seems to him. Extremely irrelevant scrupulousness in moral matters is a hindrance. Business topics change, but every time he remains one step away from big money. “If so smart, why so poor?” – youth is uncompromising. However, sometimes it takes time to understand that the first is not always the winner... There is obscene language in the book!