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Melkiĭ biznesmen I͡Uriĭ Kolokolʹt͡sev, popavshiĭ v kriminalʹnui͡u istorii͡u, soglashaetsi͡a obmeni͡atʹsi͡a dokumentami s prii͡atelem-milit͡sionerom, i pod ego imenem poĭti rabotatʹ klerkom v MVD. Samogo zhe prii͡ateli͡a ne prelʹshchaet podobnogo roda stezi͡a, on razocharovalsi͡a v professii i mechtaet uekhatʹ v Ameriku, khoti͡a protekt͡sii͡u v apparat ministerstva emu sostavil di͡adi͡a - vit͡se-premʹer pravitelʹstva. I͡Urii͡u zhe nekuda devatʹsi͡a: on razbil chuzhui͡u mashinu, ranil cheloveka, i teperʹ emu grozit ti͡uremnyĭ srok. On stanovitsi͡a Shuvalovym, vʺezzhaet v ego kvartiru i zanimaet predlozhennui͡u po sluzhbe dolzhnostʹ, s golovoĭ okunuvshisʹ v delezh sobstvennosti, mezhvedomstvennye razborki, 'kryshevanie' kommersantov, intrigi i krugovui͡u poruku. Tak nachinaetsi͡a ego stremitelʹnoe prodvizhenie po gololedu karʹernoĭ lestnit͡sy…

Small businessman Yuri Kolokoltsev, who got into a criminal history, agrees to exchange documents with a policeman friend, and go to work as a clerk in the Ministry of Internal Affairs under his name. The friend himself is not attracted to this kind of path, he is disappointed in the profession and dreams of going to America, although his uncle, the deputy prime minister of the government, was patronized by the ministry's staff. 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 the position offered by the service, plunging headlong into the division of property, interdepartmental showdowns, "protection" of merchants, intrigues and mutual responsibility. This is how his rapid progress on the icy career ladder begins…