Alyona Kuleshova

A modern Kazakh version of Agatha Christie's plot: four married couples, two from Kazakhstan and two from Russia, win a vacation in a chalet in the Almaty mountains. But when they get together in a chalet, they are cut off from the outside world by an avalanche, and then a ruthless elimination game begins...

The heroes of the almanac's stories are students who studied at the same institute in the 90s and lived together in a dormitory. Then many people left, their paths diverged and their lives turned out differently, but they did not lose touch and still communicate, help each other and share common problems. Fellow students meet 20 years later on the anniversary of their favorite teacher. But how many things will happen before this meeting…

Sasha, 30, is a serial loser trying his best to become a successful business coach. Fate leads him to billionaire Oleg Kalugin, who decides to hire a cheerful dreamer as a coach. However, Kalugin does not need business advice, in which the guy knows nothing, but the secret of his ability to sincerely enjoy life despite poverty and other problems. From this moment on, drastic changes begin in Sasha's life, which show the real price of success. Step by step, he is moving further away from happiness, plunging into a world of deception, betrayal, hatred and really big, but dirty money.