Ilya Shtemler

Oleg Sergachev was one of the best drivers in the taxi company. He got along with everyone and lived by the principle of "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours." He wanted for nothing, living for himself and the woman he loved. But when a new director came to the taxi company and started laying down the law, the hero felt uncomfortable.

Grekov, the chief engineer of the instrument—making plant, is looking for a way out of the difficult situation at the plant: suppliers fail - they have to resort to assault, technology is disrupted, and quality suffers. The Institute of Production Management Problems, to which Grekov is seeking help, suggests introducing a new, as yet untested automated control system at the plant. Grekov agrees, although his colleagues, as one, believe that he chose the wrong time for this.