Independent journalist Semyon Kippen finds himself in the thick of a struggle for a certificate of honor between “most worthy” people - social activists, officials, businessmen and even one cook... Readers are accustomed to the fact that a detective will expose a criminal, and justice will be done. Here everything is different: having exposed the scoundrel, the journalist leaves the right of condemnation or acquittal to him, that is, he invites him to consciously make a choice of future fate - to correct himself or to continue leading a life unworthy of a person: to lie, to cheat, to envy, to intrigue, to servile and to shake with fear. From the collection “Ad podlicum, or the Misadventures of Syoma Kippen” - 4.