Freelance journalist Jan Schulte hopes for a job at the online portal of Berlin newspaper āDie Republikā when he discovers a potential scandal. Federal minister of health Elisabeth Stade apparently helped her brotherās search for a heart transplant by moving him up the waiting list illegally. But then Schulteās colleague Britta claims the compromising material is a fake. Editor-in-chief Weishaupt and publisher Winter refuse to run the article. As Jan keeps on digging into the scandal, investigating state secretary Katharina PflĆ¼ger and political advisor Frank Gruber, his evidence is suddenly stolen from the newspaper office, and soon a competing tabloid breaks the story...