Successful entrepreneur Max learns that the woman he married has always really been interested more in his money than in being his wife. After his cousin Ricky gets burned by a gold-digger himself, Ricky introduces Max to the world of the pickup artist, hoping to give Max confidence and the tools to find a woman who likes him for who he is.
Un coleccionista de arte reclama un anillo de su tatarabuelo que ha visto en una exposición y que pertenece a la hija ilegítima de la princesa Sissi. El señor Singer se interesa por una restauradora llamada Madison que conoce allí y la invita a la ópera. Al día siguiente, el compañero de Madison y encargado de autentificar el añillo de Singer, aparece muerto.