Klaus and Carla, two young people whose personalities are as different as night and day, are hired for a week-long trial period as salespersons for Telematic International, a computer company. They must conclude ten contracts before the company hires them permanently. This proves to be more difficult than they assumed, partly because Klaus and Carla despise each other.

Aldie grew up with farmer Point and matured into manhood under Grandmaster Sense Hattori Hans. Unloved because of his German dialect, he is drawn into the turmoil of the Tyrolean freedom struggle. Alldie mutates into a freedom hero in a foreign land.