Vanya Revzin, in his thirties, despite a gold medal at school and a red diploma from Moscow State University, was at the bottom: his wife went to the CCM in boxing, she was fired from a miserable job in a bank, and before the mortgage for a small studio was closed in a human case, there were years of pain and suffering . In a moment of desperation, Ivan learns that his cunning classmate Kolya has become a successful businessman and announced a competition for high school students with a multi-million dollar prize fund. Vanya, who looks much younger than his years, and to whom even alcohol is sold only with a passport, decides on a scam. He shaves off his beard, forges documents and goes to the competition with the confidence that life experience will easily overcome youth.