The heroes of the film are thirty-year-old novice managers of institutions and enterprises. The head of the construction department of the city of Alma-Ata, O. Beisenov, supervises the construction of a dam to block the movement of mudflows from the mountains to the city of Alma-Ata. Destruction caused by mudflows. O. Beisenov, as the head of GlavAlma-Atastroy, discusses projects for the construction of new buildings with architects, and is present at the construction of the Kazakh State University. Scientist S. Konovalov, winner of the Lenin Komsomol Prize, is studying salmon fish in Lake Azabachye in Kamchatka, leaving for Vladivostok as director of the Pacific Research Institute and Oceanography. A. Ya. Grishin, the head of the district administration of agriculture, at meetings with the chairmen of collective farms; in the wheat field, is present when storing feed in one of the collective farms. Director of the plant for the production of parts for cars in the city of Kineshma V. Ivanov holds production meetings, planning meetings, is present in the shops of the plant. Dialogues between leaders, heroes of the film and their subordinates.