Shchukin gives Mukhin the task to compile a complete list of declared icons and paintings exported from the country over the past year, as well as catalogs of auctions at which they were sold. He himself goes to the employee "moskontsert" Eatery, arranging "left" performances. In exchange for freedom, he must select VIA "Masquerade" to record the teleconference. The main task of the guys — to get into the confidence of Zolotarevsky.Owl wants to give the Librarian a Artist's painting of Vermeer, which he learned from a former convict, sitting with a Museum employee. Before his death, he told about the stolen painting from the Museum.