In the commune of Mensing (Bavarian Alps) there is a demonstration against the high voltage line that will be soon installed by ME POWER.The mayor Franz Steinhofer arrives and tries to speak with the protesters.Some accused him to be corrupt and to have received a bribery. Franz goes back to his house, where he sees graffiti against him.His spouse left him and he goes on the terrace to erase the graffiti.On the morning his wife finds his corpse.She tells Richard that she went to bed at 9 pm and that her husband often worked very late in the night for the commune..The deputy mayor explains that this project of the high voltage is very good for the commune which needs money for the schools,the kindergarten,etc.For him the leaders of the civic movement against the high voltage line are Adi Rudolfs, the owner of horse-stud and Martin Schober, a carpenter.