Presentation of the story from the Before series—Before: Interview.
Thomas Boch, a journalist for Bild publishing house in the 20 million Munich in the middle of the next century, is preparing for an interview with an outstanding information technology scientist from Russia—Alexandra Tokareva. Thomas' task is to ‘expose this pseudogenius’ and her ‘magic’. Why does the so carefully prepared first attempt of a meeting of a journalist and a scientist in Moscow fail? What role did the Russian security service play in these circumstances—the algorithms of which unique developments should remain undisclosed? Finally, what are the changes in the organisation of a society that could occur due to Tokareva's new technology? Thomas and his team are looking for answers for the 250 million army of Bild subscribers.