Una situación excepcional que se ha producido en una empresa de construcción ha hecho que se convoque una reunión extraordinaria del Comité del Partido. Es inhabitual el tema a discutir: el equipo de Potapov al completo ha renunciado a recibir una prima porque les parecía que no se la merecían.

A small construction team led by Potapov suddenly refuses to receive a bonus payment from their company for exceeding performance targets. The team accuses its construction company HQ with artificially reducing the targets, so they can be easily exceeded. It makes the management looks good, yet leads to frequent downtime reducing earnings for common construction workers even with fake bonuses. On a hastily organized meeting the management tries to subdue the "unruly" gang leader charging that he cannot know all details. It turned out that Potapov and his team prepared a detailed business analysis, which proved their point. Managers, who had different interests and positions, have to decide how to deal with the real problem leading to unexpected results.

Действие фильма разворачивается в течение полутора-двух часов в одной комнате, где проходит не совсем обычное заседание парткома строительного треста. В повестке дня — отказ целой бригады строителей от премии за «липовые» трудовые достижения!