The most reliable partner is a former classmate. That’s what aspiring businessman Sergei Savelyev thought when he bought a dissertation from his former classmate, Vitya Chemodanov. Why would a businessman need a dissertation? To look more presentable in the eyes of his future father-in-law, a respected professor. But the most attractive thing about this deal was that Chemodanov handed over his academic work for just three bottles of beer!
Savelyev had already prepared to wear the mantle of a candidate of sciences—when it turned out that the dissertation was missing the tiniest thing: a few pages with the conclusions. But is that really a serious problem? Vitya Chemodanov will write it! For a crate of vodka, he’ll definitely write. Well, if not a crate, then two… Or three…
However, the behavior of the former classmate suddenly starts to change radically: Chemodanov presents Savelyev with conditions that make the young businessman realize with horror that it’s a gamble—his life is on the line…