One day the artist Arthur makes up an adventure for himself he goes to the village of Bocheikovo to the former estate of Count Tykhonovetsky in search of the counts archives Arthur hopes to find blueprints and maps drawn up by Tihonovetsky on how to make his way into space floating down the river In the place of the former manor there is an abandoned house of culture and a monument to the muscular proletarian pointing to the sky Arthur finds the oldest man in the village capable of at least something to tell From him he learns a story about a treasure which has long been shared