1922 god. Bogatyj polukolonial'nyj Shanhaj ohvachen panikoj: k gavani podoshla voennaya eskadra - poslednij otryad razgromlennoj bol'shevikami beloj armii. Dve tysyachi russkih prosyat razresheniya sojti na bereg. U Klima Rogova ne ostalos' inogo bogatstva, krome ostroumiya i blestyaschego talanta k zhurnalistike. Nina, zhena, tajkom sbegaet ot nego v gorod. Ej trebuetsya drugoj tip zuboskala: chtob pokazyval klyki, a ne smeyalsya - muzhchina s arifmometrom v golove i valyutoj pod stel'kami botinok. "Lukavaya devochka, ty ne znaesh' Shanhaya. Esli Gospod' pozvolyaet emu stoyat', on dolzhen izvinit'sya za Sodom i Gomorru. Zdes' protsvetaet dikij rasizm, zdes' samoe vygodnoe delo - torgovlya opiumom, zdes' bol'sheviki gotovyat novuyu proletarskuyu revolyutsiyu".
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