At 36, David has a one and only ambition: to win the respect of the president of the company he works for and, in the process, to get a better position with the substantial salary increase going with it. The time seems to have come as he is the author of a revolutionary invention that could help the firm to become more profitable. But before he has time to present the result of his research to his manager, he is accosted by a friendly-looking man who - he will realize too late - his nothing but a con artist. In a matter of a single night, his life is rocked...