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Good morning.

Sorry, I didn't have time to tell you on the phone.

About 18-20 years old, he had no ID on him, his hair...

I want to see for myself.

- Congratulations. - Thank you.

- Nice to see you. Sit down. - Thanks.

Nice to see you too.

- You called, did something happen? - My son's missing.

- How old? - 18.

- Are you sure he didn't run away? - I'm sure.

Do you think it has something to do with your business?

I don't even know what to think.

I wanted to ask you to get involved.

- I'm sure you understand. - Of course I do.

Excuse me.

Yes, honey.

Are you up already?

Good.

You even swam a little? Good job.

Don't forget to eat that yogurt.

You want to go with Alisa?

Of course you can go.

Just don't get drunk with Alisa.

Yes. I'll send him soon. He'll be there in 40 minutes.

Bye.

Alexander Alexandrovich, I...

We'll call you.

We'll search his room and see what we find.

Now we'd like you to tell us everything that seemed unusual.

Everything that was out of the ordinary.

Maybe some calls. People you'd never seen before.

- Threatening letters. - A woman came to my meeting.

- What's her name? - Lida.

Lida. That's all?

She said that my old friend sent her.

Who?

Borya.

What was so strange about that woman?

Borya had a relationship with her.

This Lida, did she talk about your son or ask about him?

She was there for half an hour.

*speaks German*

Where's Kulman himself?

Die Herrschaften interresiert vor Herr Kulman.

Ask them when Kulman will be here.

Die Herr interresiert wann Herr Kulman hier sind wird.

*speaks German*

Go on.

*speaks German*

*speaks German*

As for the post operational X-ray machine, code number 172438 RH,

our side would like to make an addition.

*speaks German*

This machine is supposed to oversee the work of surgeons.

*speaks German*

*speaks German*

Our side would like to know if the clinics you'll supply with our equipment...

Ask them where the hell is Kulman.

Gentlemen, what are we talking about?

We're supposed to be signing the contract. What's the problem?

- Should I ask about Kulman? - Yes.

Herr Smolin interresiert wann Herr Kulman kommen wird.

Herr Kulman vor paar Minuten ein sms gescickt des Leide heute nicht kommen kann.

He sent an SMS two minutes ago stating that he can't attend the meeting.

Tell Kulman that I'm not playing games.

He's disrupted our contract signing.

Tell him that if we don't sign today, this market will be closed for him.

- We won't sign today. - Why?

Kulman's requested another examination, they don't like the financial report.

What exactly didn't he like?

He's sent his auditor to check the balance.

It's him. One second.

Maybe I should ask Artem? He's from Germany and he knows more about them.

I don't know what to do. Can you talk to these Germans unofficially?

To find out what they want.

Yes. Of course.

You know, my friend circle is quite big.

Vera Ivanonva said that you advised Lida to come to her. Is that right?

Well, maybe. I sometimes give advice to my patients.

Do you have a patient named Lida that you advised to go to Vera Mikhailovna?

- Mom. - It's a matter of medical privacy.

- According to Vera Mikhailovna... - Mom.

- You were in a sexual relationship. - Be quiet. Come on.

- Mom. - Leave! Can't you see I'm busy?

Hello.

Well, well.

- Borya, are you drunk? - I'll kill you!

Do you understand what you've done? Do you understand?

- Andrey! - Do you understand or not?

- Borya, calm down! What's wrong? - What's wrong?

Ask your fool what she said to the cops that she wasn't supposed to say.

Katya knows everything, she kicked me out

- I didn't say anything. - She's leaving me.

- I just said that... - Wait, stop talking.

- I just... - What did you say?

- Calm down. - My life has nothing to do with your son.

I'm an idiot.

Why did I tell you?

I thought you had at least a little bit of brains.

Andrey, will you let him talk to me like that?

- I don't understand. - Wait, Borya. What's happened?

Did Kogtev ask you about her? Did he come to you?

What do you think? After this skank talked to the cops.

Too bad that you're home. Otherwise I'd beat your wife up.

But it's okay, I'll stop by. For now I'll leave.

I don't want to know you anymore.

Not you, not your idiot wife.

Borya. Calm down.

You'll fix everything with Katya. You can live with us for now.

- Calm down. - Vera!

Vera!

You...

You didn't even defend me.

I just wanted to give them a lead. I...

I... It's really not my fault.

Who gave him the right to talk to me like that?

As if it's my fault he cheated on Katya.

I just want Ilya to come home.

- He will. - What if he won't?

We'll find him, we'll do anything.

What will we do? What exactly are we going to do?

The police is on the case.

I'll call some people, I have connections.

What connections? Why haven't you called them already?

- Because it's not the right time. - Oh God.

My son's missing.

And no one's going to do anything about it.

Instead, this Borya comes to my house and blames everything on me.

Vera, I know your son is missing.

But he's also my son. I brought him up with you.

If someone told me what I have to do to find him,

I'd do it, Vera.

Even if I had to gnaw off my own hand, I'd do it. I would do it, Vera.

Because I'm not you, all you can do is ask for help you in this life.

You've never had to take responsibility in your life for anything at all.

What can you do, Vera? What can you do? You!

You, Vera! You! What can you do?

Why are you screaming at me?

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have talked to you like that.

I was so scared.

It won't happen again, I promise you.

I couldn't sleep all night long.

And then I thought...

- That you don't love me anymore. - What are you talking about?

I love you very much. Very very much. I love you.

I love you too.

We need to collect ourselves.

And keep on living. And do everything we can to find him.

And we need to stay by each other's side.

Yes. Yes.

Okay, I'll be there soon.

- Who is it? - Let's go.

Excuse me.

I’m Anna, I work in Smolin’s company.

- Yes, I remember you, from the office. - Yes.

- I'm Michael. - Nice to meet you.

You know, we have a problem that we cannot figure out.

Maybe you can help me with it?

And we can meet and discuss it somewhere else?

Of course, I will be glad to help you.

Could we have dinner tonight?

Oh, well, what an excellent idea.

Unfortunately, I’m stranger in your city.

Perhaps, could you pick me up at the hotel? That will be more convenient.

- Yes, of course. - At 8 PM, does it work for you?

Very good.

Here is hotel address.

- Thanks. - Then see you tonight?

See you.

Oleg Petrovich, you're our only hope.

We'll ready to pay as much as you need.

There's no need to cry. Why are you crying?

We'll find him, you can be sure.

And money? No need, it's a favor for a friend.

Alexander Alexandrovich is like family to me.

How can I take money from people he refers to me for help.

- Thank you. - What's this situation with university?

He had to pay twice a year for studying there.

Vera gave that money to Ilya and he brought it to the dean's office.

So it was Vera who gave him money?

And how much money didn't find the way to the dean's office?

- 50 thousand. - Euro.

Vera, were you the one giving him money? Or did Andrey give him some too?

- I don't know. - I gave everything to Vera.

To be honest, I never thought how much she gave him.

The only thing I bought for him was a car for his 18 birthday.

He really wanted a car.

And all this clothes and these gadgets,

iPhones, iPads, all that.

How much money did you give him monthly, Vera?

I don't know, about a 100 thousand. Maybe less.

- Hi Katya. - Hi Vera.

I'm glad you're here. We need to talk.

I didn't call because I didn't know how you'd react.

Lara!

Make more coffee please.

I really like the way you make it.

I look at you and I get jealous.

How can you even be such a witch?

You destroyed my life.

I? Destroyed your life?

Katya, I'm looking for my son so I said what I thought was important.

Lara, please add some cardamon.

Ilya is still missing, but I lost my husband. Understand?

No. What does it have to do with me?

And my old pervert sleeping with a psycho.

I'd understand if he got drunk and she called him and asked to come.

But no...

He knew what he was doing. And he liked it.

And he didn't care that she was a psycho and who knows what she could do.

What if she threw acid on my face or on Sasha?

But you...

You're my friend, how could you tell that to the investigator?

Katya, I didn't mean to. It just happened.

- Didn't mean to? - No.

Don't you know that some things should be ignored. Forgotten.

Some truth is better left unsaid.

If no one talks about it, it doesn't exist.

And you should know that better than others.

But I didn't cheat on you.

But you said it. And now I have to face it.

What's wrong with it. Hello?

Yes, from 18 to 21 o'clock. Yes, this phone number.

Thanks.

Delivery.

I said that I'd call security.

- It's all good, it's fine. - It's fine?

Listen, Artem. Let's talk peacefully.

I gave you 100 millions.

Two weeks ago. And three days ago you said that they would be on the account.

- Where's the money? - I'll give it back.

There were some problems with the contract.

I don't care about your contract, but I care that

that my money isn't put to work.

It's not my fault.

The Germans want an additional examination with their own auditor. What can I do?

If I don't get the money today, other people will handle this matter.

Give me one more week. I'll sign it soon. I'll increase your share.

Today.

How many times did you do it?

- Andrey Petrovich, five minutes. - What?

Be quiet.

Hello, Andrey Petrovich.

- What's going on? - An investigation, Andrey Petrovich.

So what, do you want to go to prison?

- Did you kidnap my son? - The situation is ordinary, but nasty.

The sub prefect, Alexey Ivanovich, has testified against you.

There was a search at his office today, it was unfortunate for him.

He admitted his guilt.

But cooperation with the police will mitigate his sentence.

But what should we do with you?

Listen, he...

- He offered this scheme... - He's accusing you of grand bribery.

We have your money. We'll go and do a dactylographic identification.

If you want.

We'll deal with your scheme later.

When we change your level of restriction to jail time.

How much money have you stolen from the government?

Wait, wait, wait. Can we talk about it? I'm sure we can figure something out.

I'm listening, Andrey Petrovich. Go on, make your suggestions.

- May I? - Come in. I'm listening.

Actually, I wanted to listen to you.

What do you mean, Vera Mikhailovna?

My son has been missing for three days. You're working, right?

Do you have any theories?

I want to know at least something.

Vera Mikhailovna, you won't believe it, but I also want to know at least something.

So you don't know anything? Right?

You're not doing anything? It's all profanation.

You don't care about other people.

- You sit here and wait for your pay check. - Vera Mikhailovna.

Believe me, I'm very sorry for you. I know that it's not easy for you.

But your nonconstructive approach won't change the situation.

My approach is nonconstructive?

You know what? I'll go to your boss and write a report.

Because you're not only not trying to find my son, you're also being rude.

And they'll kick you out for incompetence.

- My husband has connections. - Go then.

Go wherever you want and make your reports.

Connections? I don't care about his connections.

Do you understand who you are?

- Me? - You.

You know nothing about your own child, you gave me only one number.

You didn't even know that he stopped studying half a year ago.

You don't know who he talks to, where he is.

Have you posted about it on the Internet? Have you put up posters on the street?

You didn't do anything to find him.

Did you know that he sold his car two weeks ago? Or you didn't even notice?

Now you want me to find him in three days? To bring him to you? I don't mind.

But you have to give me more information.

- You have no right! - I do! You have no right!

Because you, Vera Mikhailovna, are not a mother.

I came as fast as I could.

How are you?

I ordered you a mille-feuille with nuts and some praline.

- Thank you. - Thank you?

Did I say something wrong? Do you want me to kiss your hand?

For a mille-feuille with nuts, when you know that I hate nuts.

So it's about nuts?

You want to say that I'm inconsiderate?

I'm bad because I forgot that you hate nuts?

I don't hate praline, I don't hate nuts. Forget it. What's happened?

Tell me, do you think that I'm a stupid loser too?

A helpless house plant?

That I'm incapable of anything and I demand too much from others?

- Vera, what are you saying? - My son's missing.

I know.

And you ramble on about some nuts.

You shouldn't have ordered it, you could have waited for me.

I wanted to do something nice for you.

You know what? Nice deeds are altruistic.

You do nice things for your own sake. And then you want to be praised for it.

Praise you for how good and nice you are. It's unbearable.

Vera, wait for me.

I'm sorry. Forgive me. Vera!

Go to hell! Everyone hates you, you stupid schizo.

Why are you laughing like a psycho?

Do you remember how we fought in our town house?

Mom tried to break us up and you broke her finger.

It wasn't me, it was you who broke her finger.

Do you remember why we fought?

I think because of our neighbour.

The one who drove a Niva?

Honey, that's not what we liked in him.

Stop it. Where's my bag?

You see, they're not looking for him, they're looking for people to blame it on.

And who's to blame? Me, of course. I make demands, disrupt their comfort,

ask what exactly they've done so far and it makes them angry.

- Do you know what that detective said? - What?

He said, "You lost him yourself and now you want me to find him in 3 days."

Can you imagine that? He said I'm not a mother.

Vera! You're the best mother.

You're a million times better than our mother.

I thought we would meet downstairs at the reception.

Baby, could you shove your finger into your mouth.

and suck it like you are sucking.

I wanted to talk about the contract.

Listen, baby, I'm just accompanying Kulman.

And I’m his representative.

But the contract wasn’t signed yesterday.

Perhaps some difficulty arose.

But Mr Kulman may have to make an extra check.

But he has time to sign the contract as long as he’s here in town.

Kulman didn’t arrive.

Listen you should talk to someone who is specializing in auditing.

I am the auditor.

As far as I know,

As far as I know,

There are holes in, approximately, 100 million.

Money is on the balance sheet, but it’s an old arrangement.

Loan was taken to balance the report

and it paid back as soon as the report was filled.

One hundred million. I see.

- Good morning, Anna Mikhailovna. - Hello.

Why are you here and not with Vera Mikhailovna?

I'm smoking.

Anna Mikhailovna, I...

found your lipstick.

- Here. - What?

An expensive thing, I checked it.

It costs 2500, you must be upset that you lost it.

You say that I don't clean well, but I do everything around the house.

I change the sheets twice a week.

I don't care.

I'm just letting you know

that I have your lipstick.

- Anya, it's 10 AM. - I need it.

I don't know what to do.

Oleg Petrovich disappeared.

I can't get in touch with him.

My only lead is Lida, but I can't find her number.

- It must be in the cloud. - What cloud, Anya?

- It was a forced measure, but I had a man. - What man?

- Not important. He was cheating I knew it. - Why didn't I know?

- Vera, don't interrupt me. - What man, Anya?

You tell me everything, why so secretive?

- Is it the married one? - Yes.

How could he cheat on you if he was married?

Vera, he had someone else apart from his wife.

- I see. - So I called him, he didn't pick up.

He said he was at a conference and so on.

- So I decided to find out. - What?

Who this woman is, I wanted to talk.

- What did you do? - I found a guy.

He's good at all that computer stuff.

He said if you have an account there, then everything is there.

All the contacts. It's a cloud.

- You've decided to get drunk? - Absolutely right.

I'm calling Andrey.

Have mercy on me, sister. Don't do it.

You're a jerk.

Hello. This is Vera Smolina.

I need to talk to you.

YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND TIME FOR A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE.

- Hello. - Good afternoon. Did you book a table?

- I'm expected, I have a meeting here. - Let me escort you.

No, thanks. That woman is waiting for me. That's her.

I'm meeting her.

Hello. I need to talk about your son.

Of course. I'm sorry that I look bad today.

Sit down, please.

Let's get down to business.

You said your son is good with computers.

That's right. His specialty is cybersecurity or something.

To be honest, I don't understand it.

So it's true that your son is a computer geek?

I'm sorry, who?

Listen, they asked me to identify him.

If I identify him, he'll get eight years for robbery, according to detectives.

Vera Mikhailovna, I'm begging you. He's all I have, please.

- Would you like to make an order? - No.

Thank you.

So, identification. If I don't identify him,

he'll be released due to the lack of evidence.

I can do that.

What can I do for you?

My son's missing. I need help. Technical help.

I need to get information out of his phone. Can your son do that?

I don't know, but I think he can.

- Can you guarantee that your... - Serezha.

That Serezha will agree to help me?

Vera, of course. You'll save his life. He'll do anything for you.

- I'll talk to him. - I have to warn you.

If you don't keep your promise, I'll change my testimony.

Of course! I don't even know how to thank you.

Vera, I mean Vera Mikhailovna.

I'm a father too, I have a son just like you.

Your son is nothing like my Ilya.

And you're nothing like me. Goodbye.

Vera.

What?

Kulman is leaving, they refused to sign the contract.

Who could have thought.

It's not what I'm worried about.

What are you worried about?

Listen, that money was on the balance, you understand?

It was transferred to internal actives.

These Germans couldn't know about it.

Why did they do a second check here?

If Kulman suspected something, he wouldn't have come in the first place.

So you think they got that information here?

I think so.

But who told them?

We'll have to declare bankruptcy.

There's no bankruptcy.

- There is. - Shut up.

Sober up first.

I see.

I'll e-mail you my resignation letter.

What, want to hit me? Come on, do it.

Stop talking about it. You're setting me up.

I'm setting you up? You're setting me up. And not just me, also Vera and your son.

- Where did you get the money? - It's not what you think.

I don't think, I just know that you have a 100 millions on your account.

Listen, I promise I'll fix all of that, just don't tell Vera about it.

She can't take it.

Please.

Where did you get the money?

From Artem.

- What are you going to do now? - I have to give it back.

I need to...

I need to bribe some cops.

I slept with that German guy.

Why are you telling me this?

- Good afternoon, Vera Mikhailovna. - Hello.

- How are you feeling? - Great.

Great, then let's begin.

Vera Mikhailovna, please,

look at all these men, don't rush, think carefully.

And say if you recognize the one who attacked you.

But you must be sure.

- Or we'll sign the protocol stating... - He's not here.

Vera Mikhailovna are you sure? Take your time.

I'm absolutely sure.

Vera Mikhailovna,

I must warn you that false testimony can lead to a prison sentence.

He's not here. Where do I sign?

Here, here and here.

- Thanks. - No problem. Now witnesses.

Here and here.

- What's your maiden name? - Kozlova.

Weird. His e-mail is empty, there are no letters.

Someone deleted everything.

- Who did it? - I don't know, probably your son.

- When? - How do I know?

I'll send a request and we'll get into his cloud. Five minutes.

- When did your son disappear? - Five days ago.

And you have no idea where he went. And you don't know where he was before.

- What? - You see...

When I got a call from the police that my son's a suspect in a robbery,

I thought it was a mistake, it couldn't be him.

Because I know my son. But when I came to the station

They showed me the evidence.

And I couldn't say anything.

I had a choice.

Either to admit that I don't know my son in front of cops

Or I pretend that I lost him. It's easier.

It gives you an explanation. His father is a degenerate, his mom died.

And it seems logical that he robbed someone.

I found something.

These are contacts. These are notes.

The last update was on the 15th of April.

If he added something later, it will be difficult to find.

What is that? Cover for Sasha, on the 12th at 19:00.

- There's also "Lida, 104, 15:00". - Lida?

Is there a number?

Here it is.

Hello. Is this Lida?

Is it you that I'm meeting?

- Excuse me? - I called you, I'm Vera Smolina.

Are you Lida?

Yes, I'm Lida.

Tea or coffee?

No, thanks. I don't understand what happened.

My son had your number in his phone.

His name is Ilya Smolin. Do you know him?

Ilya? Yes, I do. I know Ilya.

We met at a night club and I guess we liked each other and exchanged numbers. Why?

- Did you meet? - We were going to.

But we couldn't. Sometimes he had problems, other times I had exams.

- What happened? - Lida.

Was he alone at that club? Or was there someone else?

No.

- And he didn't tell you anything? - About what?

I don't know, anything weird?

No, we just talked. You know, about school and music. That was it.

I see.

When was it?

About two months ago. Maybe three, I'm not sure.

- Are you home? - Where have you been?

I was right. I recovered everything that he had on his phone.

There was a note to "cover for Sasha". She's hiding something.

- How did you do it? - I didn't. It was the guy who robbed me.

He did it. Anyway, they let him go.

- Let him go? - Yes.

Andrey, listen, Anya told me that when she tried to track her lover...

Anyway, there are clouds where information is contained.

What cloud?

A virtual cloud. I met the father of the guy who attacked me.

He's a military man and he said that his son was a computer genius.

So he got into Ilya's cloud.

There were notes like "cover for Sasha" and there was Lida's number.

- Lida? - Yes. I thought it was Borya's Lida.

Turned out it was some girl he met at the club. She doesn't know anything.

Why do you think this Lida told you the truth?

Vera Mikhailovna, here are the cheques for four days.

As for the money you gave me last week I still have a hundred...

I have 112 rubles 10 kopeks.

Lara, you're so right.

Andrey, can you give us some money?

I have no cash.

Can it wait until evening? I'll stop by a bank.

Of course it can wait. I'm just letting you know.

By the way, Andrey, you didn't transfer money to my card.

By the way, my payday is tomorrow.

- Are you sure he said at 11? - Yes, he'll be here soon.

It's important to tell him everything that I know.

Please, don't interrupt even if it seems insignificant. He's a professional.

Okay. He has some information, you see.

Let's hear him out first, see what he discovered.

He found something? What did he tell you?

He said such things shouldn't be said over the phone.

- Good afternoon. - Hello.

Let's get down to business.

We got into his phone, his e-mails are deleted, what's more

in his cloud, you know, in iPhones, we got all his contacts and messages.

Vera, please.

- Also, a crazy woman came to me. - We got new information.

Is it mine?

For God's sake. One moment, I'll be back.

Andrey, what's going on?