Lida Baburova, a tour guide of an architectural museum, unexpectedly receives a warrant for a two-room apartment in the new district of Zarechye, among the new settlers called "our Cheryomushki". Lida and her father go to inspect the apartment, but it turns out that it doesn't exist. The manager of the house, Barabashkin, conducted fictitious documentation, and the Baburovs' apartment merged with the neighboring one, owned by the head of the construction trust Drebednyov.
A story about Sofijka, a young girl who is just starting her singer career.
Maxim Mezhe, a new manager, came to Zagotskotkontora. His arrival was marked by gifts from some subordinates - sycophants and swindlers. But Maxim turned out to be incorruptible, and then the swindlers began a war against him with the help of anonyms and denunciations....
