After a conflict with the owner of the bookstore, Ksenia is fired. The ability to transfer money to the zone is lost. The artist finds Ksenia and with her help settles the conflict with the owner of the truck. In gratitude, the Artist meets with Galina and her family and demands that Ksenia be left alone. Oleg exposes the sharpie to Bonaparte, and in fear of being at the very bottom of the camp hierarchy, Bonaparte agrees to cooperate with Oleg. Ksenia receives a new task from Oleg - to contact Bonaparte and find a witness Zavyalov, who testified against Alexei. Melchalov is furious with the lack of results from Gennady, he is ready to set the Dispatcher again on him. But, fortunately, Gennady manages to provide a successful example of heavy-duty material to both Melchalov and Chinese customers. It seems that the efforts of Veronica in the laboratory were successful, but as a result of the experiment at the stand, it became clear to her and Gennady that this sample was another failure.