There’s great excitement in the small, Turkish city of Anatol. A plane has landed in the middle of the field outside the city! Out of the plane climbs Jacques, an adventurer, who plans a lot for the city, where he once lived. Many people here still think of him as a burned-out loafer: the rich hotelier as well as Franziska. But Jacques tells them, why he’s come back to Anatol: He’s going to drill for oil.