A young gas station attendant, Joshua Sinclair, is spontaneously offered a job by the aging real estate tycoon, Winston Steele, during a chance encounter. The cautious, shy Joshua accepts to work for the charasmatic Steele, initially believing he had hit the jackpot. When Joshua flies away to meet Mr. Steele on a business trip in Asia and is soon promoted as the tycoon's chief advisor, things defintiely begin to look up for the young man. But when the trip to Asia turns into a lengthy business trek across the world, Joshua succumbs to feelings of loneliness and self-doubt. His budding romance with Steele's secretary, Kate, gives the college drop-out renewed hope as he proceeds with his bizarre, new life. When things eventually take an ominous turn for Joshua, with him getting entangled in a power struggle between Steele and his business colleagues, he is confronted with some important decisons to make.