" Linda, get me a lawyer now." "[announcer]:" "Previously seen on Traders." " They actually believe my father stole $5 million." " lt's not what Cedric wanted." " His incarceration's made it all the more imperative that we accept this bank's offer immediately." " l now own a controlling share of this firm." " Right now, the bank's offer's looking awfully attractive." " Talk to me again when our senior partners aren't slow dancing with their cell mates." " This man is completely unproven." "He's never handled a deal before." "What's he doing here?" " l'm trying to break into the show." "To do that, I must contact Gerald Graykirk." " Larkin's a cowboy." " ls he any good?" "Yeah." " Point and a half." "One-off deal." "When do we start negotiating?" " So based on one summer's experience in investment banking, you feel you can make this decision on behalf of the entire company." " She has that authority." "We're passing." " Do we have a deal?" " The deal is foolish and dangerous." "What other choice do we have?" " lt's still my floor, isn't it?" " For another half hour." "Unless you can drive gml back up!" " Chris, what's the damage?" "A little over4 million." "What way?" " Our way." " Our way!" " 5/8 on them." "Uh, 15." "No, no, no, no." "You want 5/8, you got to come 15 bid." "Glad you think they're hiking the discount rate." "Going long on Canada 7 1/2 of '97." "Are you with me?" " lt was a good company;" "then they sunk $80 million into Mexico and Mexico went down." " There's no such thing as no risk." "You can get hit by a bus, then where would you be?" "Exactly." " l have no opinion on that." "If you want to dump VX at K-Mart prices, who am I to tell you what kind of bath to take?" "Just give me a couple of minutes." "OK, listen up, listen up!" "I've got 200,000 VX to move at 3/8." "Can't lose that." "Want some in-house buyers." "Do it before he changes his mind." " l can move 10." " l can do 15." "Don't let it go." "Marty!" "Of course I'm listening to you, George." "Marty!" "Marty!" "Nah, it's an urban myth." "I don't think their CEO's ever been to the keys." "Stephens!" "[fire alarm ringing]" "Listen, George, I gotta go, I really do." "What's going on?" "Where's everybody going?" " lt's called a fire alarm." "It means there's a fire." " l don't smell smoke." "Do you smell smoke?" "Does anybody here smell smoke?" " l don't hear anything." "It's the line." "I'll call you back in 10." "Something's going down right now." " l got a yard of VX to unload." "Would you get back to work?" " Fifteen, you got my 15?" "Anyone who leaves is fired, how's that?" " Go to hell, Marty." " l'm warning you guys." "You go out that door, don't bother coming back!" " l'll give anyone 5-to-1 odds the whole place burns down." "What, you never heard of hedging?" " l still got VX to unload." "is someone gonna help me do that, please?" "You got my 15?" "What's happening in this world?" "Doesn't anybody care about money anymore?" " Did you say 5 to 1?" "[fire alarm ringing]" " Heard you had a fire sale." " Oh, real cute." "Didn't spread above the fourth floor, so just lay off." " Speaking of layoffs..." " Oh, please." " So how many people did you cut loose, huh?" "Come on." " Come here." "Whoa!" " Come on, come here." " lt was strange seeing the police there." "Yeah, I know Dad really appreciated the visit." " lt was my file." " lt was his file." "I did the due diligence." "I should be the one facing criminal charges." " Nobody should be facing any charges." "Nobody did anything wrong." " Money is missing, Documents are missing." " Good morning, Adam." "Where is everybody?" " Nobody took me seriously." "Everybody knows I'll say anything in the middle of a big trade." " So is everyone back this morning?" " They will be." "Anyone read The Report On Business this morning?" ""A spokesman from Gardner-Ross indicates that a major announcement could expected as soon as Friday."" "News to me." " Nice having you on board, Mr. Larkin." " Did you speak to the press without consulting the executive committee?" " Every day." " Given my father's situation, I'm not sure that we can afford any kind of scrutiny." "What scrutiny?" "We're talking about business reporters here." "Andrew Carnegie said, "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about."" "We could have someone else arrested." " lf it paid the bills, I'd turn you in." " Oscar Wilde." "What?" " The quote -- it wasn't Carnegie, it was Oscar Wilde." "Ah, thank God none of us will leave underthat misconception." "What will you tell the press?" " l have a deal, I'll tell them about it." "How about you, Larkin?" " l don't generally talk to the press, Adam." " So what will you tell us?" "Ahem, Navadyne." " Never heard of it." " l can make a fortune taking over companies that guys in brogues never heard of." " So who is the buyer?" " l'll let you know..." "Friday." " He's got squat." "And you?" "Well, that was fun." "Why?" " Because Cunningham's right." "If I'm gonna earn my keep around here, I need deals." " So you promised to name a buyer by Friday." " l couldn't resist the irony with that one." " Navadyne's not even for sale, Jack." "Fulfillable promises, Donald, fulfillable promises." " Linda, make me a few calls." "McGee at the Ministry of Transport," "Afferton at Finance, Franklin and Marchesi at Labour." " Hell, call everybody I know." " Uh, pardon me, but I've found that before you find a buyer, you generally have to find something forthem to buy, Jack." " Tips like that make you indispensable, Donald." "So if you don't have something you need, what do you do?" "It wouldn't hurt you to be a little more aggressive." " l, um, I go get it?" " lf l teach you nothing else..." "Let's go." " ... and Morrison at the Bank of Canada." "Oh, and call McNally over at our bank and let him know the buyout announcement's gonna have to wait a little while." " ls that all, Mr. Cunningham?" " No." "Find out what Navadyne is." " Now, you see, most navigation devices work on some sort of GPS interferometry principle." "Positions can be located to within 50 metres using a single-frequency system and a fleet of 24 satellites." "Now, what we discovered -- um, quite by accident -- if you subdivide a single source into two beams and measure the phase difference between the two, one could pinpoint locations on the earth up to a few cubic millimetres." " Do you have a prototype?" " Uh, this...is... this." " That's that?" "Yeah, it's a scale model." " l think we should explain the correlation receivers." " l think that's a little too complicated, Tim." "Well, how can they understand it if you don't explain correlation receivers?" "We do understand the correlation receivers, Tim." "You do?" "Absolutely." " Explain them, then." " Go ahead, Donald, explain correlation receivers." "Well, the correlation receivers are necessary to, uh... to correlate, obviously, the... the range of variables, which is received by the, um, uh... receivers, because of the, uh, phase difference?" " Not even close." "We don't even have to know correlation receivers to know that you got a major problem here." "We have orders through till next year." " But your credit's overextended, and you can't afford to go into production, right?" "Yeah." "And the banks won't go nearyou." "If you can't find a lender, betterfind a partner." "Someone who'll buy out your shares at a reasonable price." "We won't sell the company." " Not all of it." "40% ." "Who will we sell them to?" " l can't give you the name right now, but what they'll give you, over and above a large shot of capital, is a managing partner who knows the ropes." " This is our company." " Look at it this way." "60% of something is a lot better than 100% of nothing, right?" "You'll still be major shareholders, and you'll still be directing technical operations." "This baby will be selling everywhere." " The GPS receiver's overthere." " Nice try at aggression back there, Donald." " l guess you have something to teach me about lying as well." " l resent the innuendo of that comment." "What about the cash-rich management you said you had?" " l never said I had, but I'd have." " Fulfillable promises, Donald, remember?" " l never was good at poker." " This isn't poker; this is chess." "It's not about the bluff;" "it's about knowing were you're going to be 10 moves in advance." "Adam, I have your call to Mr. Butterfield." " Paul." "Say, how you doing?" "[chuckling]" "No, I'm fine, fine, fine." "Say, do you still jog after work?" "Well, I was thinking maybe it was time that I, you know, started getting in shape." "Hey, come on." "Yeah, no, Barbara, I know, honey." "It's just that we're really busy here now." "Yeah." "Morons!" "No, no, not you, honey." "No, congress." "They just slashed soy subsidies." "Louis, I'll need 100 SOHO no higherthan 36." "Where the hell's Louis?" "You fired him." " Get him on the phone." "No sense of humour." "Christopher, I'm gonna need 100 SOHO, no higherthan 36." " l'm already on it." " Okay." "Oh, and Equity Mutual, too." "Call them." "They probably know something." "Pick up 50 for us." "Got Louis?" " l'm not your secretary." " Find her and ask her to get Louis on the goddamn phone for me, please!" " Marty, I need a better desk." " l'll go to Ikea with you on Saturday." " Christopher, call Doncaster." "They're always last to know what's going on in Washington." " Traffic from the fax station to the coffee machine's driving me nuts." "You want a quieter spot?" "We don't got any around here!" " l'm pulling in twice as much as anyone else in retail." "I'll take Jim's desk." "Why, where's Jim?" "You fired him." " Someone get Jim on the phone for me!" "I'm not giving away anybody's desk until I find out who works here." "No, honey, I don't think it's gonna affect milk prices at all." "Yes, I know you're being sarcastic." "I'll pick it up on the way home." "I love you too." "Bye-bye." " ls there anything going on down there that could make the commission suspicious?" "Well, Gardner-Ross's policy's always been to let the traders take things right up to the line." " Until my father's cleared, we can't afford even slightest hint of wrongdoing." " Ms. Ross, my wife and I had three kids in the space of five years." "Do you know what it's like taking care of three small children?" " No." " lt's a lot like minding a floorfull of traders." "Most of the time, you can keep most of them from putting jam on the cat." "Well, Carl, I don't want to see any sticky cats." "Yeah, I know." "Thanks foryourtime." "Any luck?" " l got Susannah to put together a list of possibilities." "If they're halfway credible, they've already turned us down." " Pierce Aviation." "Yeah." "Solid management, cash rich." "They just got an orderfrom France for a new fleet of jets." "And you can forget about them." "Susannah warned me --the CEO, he won't talk to anybody;" "he won't see anybody." "The guy, he's a total recluse." "And I already tried calling him." "And you want me to drive." " Oh, come on, Louis, gimme a break." "I did not say you're fired." "I said, "fire."" "Yeah, ask anyone." "I was concerned foryour safety." "Yeah." " No." " No what?" "No, he doesn't have any time?" "No, he doesn't want the deal?" "He never wants to meet us?" " l think "no" to all those things." "We just want 15 minutes of his time." "We have a business proposition with which he could make a lot of money." " Then you should speak to Kenny over in Sales." "We don't want to buy anything." " Then you should speak" "We don't want to sell anything." "At least nothing that Ricky or Terry orJimmy over in Purchasing has authority to handle." " Leonard." " Right." "Could you just tell Mr. Pierce that we're from Gardner-Ross." " lt's one of the best investment banks in the country." " Mildred, we're only asking for 10 minutes." " They want five minutes." "They're from Gardner-Ross." "One of the best investment banks in the country." ""l know Gardner-Ross." "I deal with them daily." "Please go away."" "Who does he deal with?" "Well, you work there." "You work here." " Please go away." " Ross?" " l'd know about it." "Cunningham?" " Thinks money can't be made outside boardrooms." "Who else is there in Corporate Finance?" " Perhaps if you'd come to me before the charges were laid." "We never expected it to go this far." "See, my bigger problem right now is that Cedric's arrest has had a certain ripple effects." "Your name on the street's in trouble." "You know what our competition is like." "They smell weakness." " Like a wolf to a wounded deer." " So anything you could see yourself clearto do  be much appreciated." "Adam, the new ethics directive is insane." "It'd mean my job, if I were seen to be favouring" "We did make a significant contribution to your last campaign." " Desperation doesn't become you, Adam." " Nevertheless..." " Nevertheless, so did a lot of other people, including your competition." " Our competition didn't have his secretary call you five minutes before their last merger bid, I trust." "I don't suppose you used that information to your advantage, did you?" "And if word of an insidertip like that got out, my secretary could lose her job." " Seems "wounded deer" was the wrong metaphor." ""Cornered cat" would be more like it." "Well..." "Very well." "No guarantees." " Of course." " One of my colleagues in the UK is coming to town for a few days." "I'm having him to the club with a few people." "You might do well to meet him." " l'd be delighted." "As I said, nothing definite." " l understand." " lt's not that they can't do the job." "The problem with women is the men can't control themselves right?" "What are we supposed to do?" "Monika comes up, she breathes something in my ear about, I don't know, weather patterns in Venezuela." "Do I think, gosh, my wheat position's exposed?" "I don't think so." " Benny, how's it hanging?" " Long and strong, my friend." "Big money day." " Really?" "All I'm hearing these days is how the old exchange is dying." "With computerization, I don't know why we even need you on the floor." " ls that what you're teaching these pups?" "Stock exchange is still the heartbeat of the street." "You know it, I know it;" "they better not forget it." "When I'm on that floor and see a guy flashing a sell at 7/8 and I say no, I'll buy at 1/2, he says okay, he'll sell at 3/4," "and I say, okay, done at 3/4." "And we're done more and better than you pushing a button on yourthing there." " Keyboard." "Yeah, well, that horse and buggy sure used to be a nice ride, eh?" " There she is." "You sure Pierce hasn't dealt with anyone from Corporate Finance?" " Not according to our phone records." "On the other hand," "Pierce calls this one twice a day." " She's a broker." " Last year she did over $80 million in transactions for Pierce alone." "Ayn Krywarik?" "Hi, I'm Jack Larkin." " l know who you are." "You do?" "You're our knight in shining armour." " That was last week." "And this week?" " l'm just another loser trying to drum up some business." " From me?" "Wow, you really are new to this, aren't you?" "You got a client." " l got lots of clients." "You're the first person from Corporate Finance who's said two words to me about it." " Their mistake." " The client?" "Andrew Pierce." " He's one of my best." " This company's begging to be bought out." "He's the perfect buyer." "Why don't you give him a call?" "Why don't you give me a break?" "You're one of three people who've ever been with him." "Well, you bettertrack down the othertwo." " lt could be good foryour client." "I suspect it would be a lot betterforyou." " He's gotta buy navigation systems for a new fleet of jets." "It represents two points on his total budget." "Why not buy the company that makes them?" "Awhole point's in his pocket." "The company's got orders to eternity." "He can't lose." " l guess no one's ever accused you of being too soft a sell." " Frankly, you don't strike me as the soft-sell type." "You know, Larkin, this is a business where it's not exactly fashionable to have breasts." "I survived by sticking to a very particular niche." "I handle cranky old men." "Guys that nobody else can stand." "They like me." "Andrew Pierce trusts me and I'm not about to risk my relationship with him in orderto give you another notch on yourfinancier's belt." " How about some 8-ball?" " Friendly game?" " Friendly wager -- l win, I meet Pierce." "And when I win?" " l'll get Marty to get you a better desk." "Word is, you've neverturned down a bet in your life." " Boston, no flukes, call the eight." " Same time tomorrow?" "Why not right now?" "You've had drinks." "I wouldn't want to take advantage." " l'm better after a few drinks." "And I wouldn't want you to take advantage." "Tomorrow night." " l'm sure your suspicions are correct." "Do you want these peas?" " No." "Why would he turn on us?" " He didn't." "You're in an awfully forgiving mood." "Adam wants to sell to the bank, because Adam believes it's in the best interest of the firm." "Have some." "I mean, they're good foryou." " That's why you get them, Dad." " l don't want to get better." "The food's lousy." "Did you bring me a beer?" " The guard searched me." " ls he still out there?" "Yeah, 24 hours a day." " l guess I won't be making my break tonight." "Why do you keep Adam around if you can't trust him?" " Because I can." "He's predictable and he's very good." " Certainly not a team player." " Sally, if you tried to run a business with just team players, you'd be running it all by yourself." "Employees are tools." "Widgets." " Exactly." "You don't hire them because they're on your side, but because they can do the job." "Senior partner's job." "Make sure the widgets are well-oiled." " Seems awfully cold." " lt is." "Now, are you going to eat these peas?" "I don't think the nurses are gonna fall forthat mushing-up trick again." " No. I hate them." "You used to like peas." " Never did." " l can rememberyou..." " Hey, James, you got my message." " Hello, Marty." "What message?" "You know I was only kidding about you being fired." "You're an invaluable member of the Gardner-Ross team." " Marty, I've been telling you for weeks now I was leaving early Monday and taking Tuesday off because the in-laws were coming through town." " Oh, yeah." " Don't worry, Marty, I nevertake you seriously." " lt's all right, I didn't phone you." " Marty." "Can I speak to you for a minute?" "Are you nuts?" "Everybody piggybacks." "Jim doesn't." " How much money did Jim make us last month?" "Do you even know what piggybacking is?" " Using knowledge of customertransactions in orderfor a trader to effect trades of his own." " Chapter and verse." "Here's all you need to know:" "it's legal." " There's a thin line between piggybacking and front running." " Talk to me when I cross it." " l can't believe you're my son." "How many times I got to tell you to keep your elbow up?" "Goddammit, what's the matter with you?" " l sank it!" " Look what position you're in." "Don't ever worry about sinking the balls." "Where are you going to be when they're sunk." "You got the 13 up top." "You should be setting up for that in the corner, then what?" " 9 in the side." "Then the 11?" "All right, now you're starting to think." "Rack 'em up and break again." " Paul has been praising yourfirm very highly." "You must have something on him." " Heh-heh, he speaks equally well of you, Minister." " lf you'll excuse me, I think I have some obligations to other guests." " Of course." " Thank you, Paul." "I trust he's taken very good care of you on your visit?" " Oh, Lord, yes." "In between boardrooms, I've been whisked about everywhere." "The CN tower, the Skydome." "Oh, and of course, the famous Niagara Falls, which somehow failed to live up to the legend." "Ah, yes, a bride's second- greatest disappointment, hmm?" "What?" "Oh, ha." "Yes, quite." "Listen, Adam, I wouldn't want this to go beyond the two of us, but there is serious discussion of privatizing our remaining holdings in the British rail system." "Stock would be sold worldwide, of course." "Paul has indicated that yourfirm might be interested in handling a regional tranche." " lt would be a very exciting opportunity to work with you, your Lordship." " Hmm?" "Oh, yes, of course." "You'll excuse me, Adam." "Someone from my office will be in touch." "[whistling]" "You take your work seriously." " ls there another way?" "What is that, "Krywarik"?" "Ukranian?" " Have you lived in Vancouver very long?" "Yeah, a couple years." "You're from Toronto, right?" "Do you mind if I call you Larkin?" " No." "Whatever." "Do you always answer a question with a question?" " l don't know." "Do you always ask questions you already know the answers to?" "Why not tell me what you found out about me, then we can skip to the interesting bits?" "You think I checked you out?" " Unless I underestimated you." "You neverfinished McGill, fouryears in Europe, you speak French, Italian and Spanish." "I pulled your resume." "I also know you're an aggressive self-starter who gets along well with her peers, and that you were head cheerleader at your high school." " That's not on there." " l figured that part out for myself." "Well, you did much better than I did with you." " Really?" "All I could find about you was that you spent two years in reform school for a BE." " Those records should be sealed." " No kidding." "Looks like this could be wrapped up pretty soon." "I hope your pull with Marty is as good as you think." " Tell you what." "How about a side bet?" " 25 says you don't sink the 4." "Are you crazy?" " Take the bet." " Make it 100." " Done." " Easy money." " Money well spent." "You focused on 4, forgot about 7." "You're snookered." "Mmm." "Ouch." "Thanks forthe game, Krywarik." " l'll see you in the morning, Larkin." "You still owe me the hundred." "Yeah." "Yo, Krywarik!" "What can I do foryou?" " That's not your desk anymore." " Don't toy with my affections, Marty." " Do not thank me, no, no, no." "This came from Corporate Finance." "Apparently they have nothing betterto think about." "This way." "We have to talk." " Not on my floor, we don't." " l've left seven messages foryou to come up to my father's office." " l've got a job to do." " This is part of it." "Let's save time." "If it's legal and making money-  lt needn't be illegal to spark inquiries. I don't want more." " They'll do their inquiry and find nothing." " Bottom line: if I feel certain trading practices are out of bounds, that's the way it is." "You've said your piece, and I've said mine." "Now, eitherfire me or get off my floor." "Go on." "Take some time to think about this one." " [laughing]:" "Whoa-ho." " Did you get a chance to look overthe proposal?" " lt's very impressive, but it won't do you much good." "You know what?" "I got an introduction." "I'll take it from here." " There's a reason Andrew Pierce hasn't much to do with people." "He's completely out of his mind -- on the personal side, I mean." "Nuttierthan a bag full of hammers." " Bag full of hammers?" "A really big bag." " Bag full of hammers." " Sir, um, William Schwenck Gilbert, born November 18, 1836, London, England, he co-wrote P/rates of Penzance in 1880, co-wrote H.M.S. " " Enough." " There's more." " l know more." " She's jerking us around." "Let me make this easy foryou, Krywarik." "All you promised was an introduction;" "that's all I want." "The proposal speaks for itself." " lt might, but you have to learn how to speak his language, and it isn't English -- its operetta." " George Grossmith, the original Ko-Ko /n The M/kado." "He suffered from extraordinary stage fright resulting in" "You people putting on a show?" " They're working up the Navadyne pitch." " Didn't know theatre companies required navigational systems." "I'm afraid I'm going to need to steal Donald from you this afternoon." " Can't really spare him, Adam." "He's been on this from square one." "Why don't you just call up his understudy?" "Donald?" " London?" "England?" " Don't worry." "We'll catch the Concorde at Kennedy." "Be back in time forthe morning meeting." "Great, great. ls there anything else I should know?" " $25-million regional tranche for a British privatization." "End of story." " So, um, why am I coming?" "Well, to keep your mouth shut, take notes, and make me look good." " Louis!" "Louis, come here!" "Louis." "Look, come on, come on." "Sit down, we'll talk." "Double scotch for my friend here." "Valentine's double, one cube." "That's your drink, right?" " lt's your drink, Marty." "What do you want?" "You're coming in tomorrow, right?" "Today, you were just screwing with me, right?" "You fired me, Marty." " lt was hectic." "People say things they don't mean. I'm sure you have." " Marty, I'm pyrophobic," "You serious?" " The smell of smoke makes me faint dead." " l thought you were telling me you set the fire." " Everything's a joke to you, isn't it?" "I'm unsure if I can work with you." "You talking to someone else?" "If you're talking to someone without giving me a chance, you'll be one unhappy trader on pogey." " There you go again with that threatening macho crap." "I'm sorry, Marty." " Don't screw with me, Louis." "Louis." "Louis!" "I'm warning you!" "I'm warning you, Louis." "Don't." "What's up?" " Huh?" "Oh, hi." "Nothing." " Come on, convince me." "Ah!" "What's with the back?" " Man was not meant to work standing up." "So what's going on?" " Seven of my traders are trying to give me a bleeding ulcer." "Yeah, conspiracy, huh?" "Yeah, I heard you got some problems." "What, what did you hear?" "Who said what?" " No big deal." "Just something about you fired everybody." " l didn't fire everybody!" "I fired a couple of guys." "Them I didn't even fire." "Don't people have anything interesting to talk about?" " lt's gonna be tough replacing them, uh?" "Yeah." "Do you know any young hotshots looking for a new home?" " Not exactly." "You?" "I thought you loved the old exchange," "The one-on-one-- - lt's over." "You and those computer geeks, that's where the action is now." "Give me two hours upstairs, and I can do more for Gardner-Ross than I can do in two days down on the floor." " Think you can handle the shift?" " How hard can it be?" "You're sitting down." "And you know nobody can touch me when it comes to equities." "Yeah, you're the best." " Rogers and Hammerstein..." "and Vanzetti." "Tried fortreason, 1952." "It's widely believed that the /yr/cs to Pyjama Game were responsible for a rash of teenage suicides." " Don't. lf he thinks you're mocking him, you're dead." "And he'll neverforgive me." "Tango." "It's, um, kind of a mock tango with three low steps-- [tango music] lt goes like this." "It's, um, step, step, step, with a sharp turn in place." "And, um-- - ls he gonna ask me to dance?" " No, but he may expect us to." " Really?" "Yes." " So you're going to dance with me?" "Yeah." "Okay." "Face that way." " Oh." "Right, okay." "Step..." "Step..." "Step..." "Step." "No," "No, no, no, no." "Not a good idea." "Not possible." " Did I miss something?" " No, I don't think you missed a thing." "I only have a few rules in my life, but I try to live by them strictly:" "I do not get up from my seat till the aircraft has come to a complete stop." "I do not mix business with any otherform of entertainment." "Some people can do it, and I'm not one of them." " Fair enough." "But when the deal's over, I may want to renegotiate." "[tango music]" " Sorry I had to reschedule." "Ijust missed my flight." " No problem." "How did it go?" " Ha-ha, give me a break, will you?" "You'll know when the street knows." "No, actually it went pretty well." "And Gardner-Ross is an even tastier little morsel." "I think your bank is going to be very pleased with its latest acquisition." " That's what I want to talk to you about, Adam." "Oh, and the press is set for Friday, so if there's anybody from head office you want to have up here..." "We can't do the deal." "Aw, don't play games with me, Kent, 'cause I am not moving on the price." " No games." "The deal's off." "We can renegotiate." "At any price." "What the hell happened?" " lt's the image thing." "Ross is facing charges." "Which gives you the excuse to come on in here and clean up our whole act." " Sure, with his daughter trying to clear his name." "The man's in hospital, for God's sake, Adam." "We don't want to look like the bad guys here." "You listen to me, McNally." "You started this dance." "And I've spent time and money keeping the music playing." "You're not pulling out now." " lt's out of your hands." "And it's out of my hands forthe moment." "We'll talk again when things stabilize." " So what am I going to tell the Press?" " Tell them about your deal." " Oh, yeah." " Susannah" "Just a minute." " But they're waiting foryou." "Cunningham's back." " Say I'll be a few more minutes." " Light of the Lord network?" " l want to have my own copies." "You're afraid something else is gonna disappear?" " l can't believe something went criminally wrong with this and I missed it." "You don't know that." "Well, something went wrong." "Whatever it was, it wasn't you." "I know that. ljust-- l need to know what happened." "You want proof it wasn't yourfault?" "Yes." "All right, I'll take care of it." "Go, just go." "Go, now, go." "Quickly, quickly." " Huh, wha-  'Afternoon, Donald." "Yes, I'm here." " Maybe you could use some of this." " Thank you." " How was London?" "We missed ourflight back." " l know. I heard that." " l can't sleep on moving vehicles." "Oh, here, I typed up my report." "I highlighted the section on pricing." "I'm probably just worrying too much." "I tend to do that." " He's wasted on the exchange." "He's a hell of a trader, and he's brilliant at equities." " l thought we had Louis on equities." "Good afternoon, Sally." " Louis has got problems." "I may have to let him go." " Good afternoon, Adam." "I trust" "London went well," " Oh, it went very well." "Indeed." "Donald." "I didn't know you got promoted." " l'm sorry." "I dozed off." "Excuse me." " So we get Benny up on the system" " Donald seems a little concerned about some of the specifics on BritRail." "We're in partnership with some of the largest banks in the world." "They know that one doesn't haggle with her Majesty." "What system?" " Bettertaking risks than losing face." " The computer system -- he's been on" " The press release goes out tomorrow, Mr. Larkin, and this firm will get some badly needed publicity." "I doubt if anyone's going to quibble with fine print." "I assume you have no announcements of your own." "Right." "So where's..." "Susannah?" "Hmm?" " So I can just pretty much go ahead with this Benny thing?" " No, we already have too many novices around here as it is." "Well, if Susannah ever does show up, please make sure she knows that the meeting's been cancelled." " Sorry." "You could smuggle the food in." "Strikes me that it wouldn't have been so difficult to include something proper to wash it down." " Dad, you know that's not wise." "You worried I'm going to get hooked?" "Ha, I'm about to embark on the world's most effective 12-step program: prison." "So... how's your life?" " l don't think I'm doing so well." " l hope it's about work." "I'm not surprised." " Marty doesn't take me seriously" "Why should he?" " Because I'm a senior partner." " lt took me 20 years to reach where you reached with one stroke of my pen." " Nobody will let me forget it." " lf they do, then you should start reminding yourself." "Sally, I didn't hand my daughter my firm because I thought she was the best finance person on the block." "I did it because I trust you." "And I trust you know where to turn for advice." "Now, what else do you have?" " Cunningham didn't obtain a market-out clause on a privatization." " ls it a good deal?" "What's there is great." "Apparently it's a no-brainer." "Well, then, we should do what I've always done in these situations." "Pray." " Great." "Thanks." " Excuse me." " Mmm." " See you tomorrow." "Do you need anything?" "Yeah." " Otherthan that?" " Thanks anyway." " Okay." "About the Marty thing..." "You're dealing with a trader." "Find something to trade." " Okay." "Thanks." "Whoa, look at that." "Bag full of hammers?" " The biggest." "You've lost weight." " l haven't lost a pound." "I eat like a horse." "Awoman ought to have a good appetite." " May I introduce Jack Larkin?" "Jack, this is Andrew Pierce." " Mr. Pierce, it's a pleasure to finally meet you face to face." " Uh, yes." " Nanki-poo appears well." " Quite." " So how's the aviation business?" " l-- [coughing]" " Nanki-poo," "You're supposed to be Japanese;" "you look decidedly Danish." "Andrew, perhaps after dinner you'd be willing to play a little piano for us, hmm?" "Well, I'd better get home and get some sleep." " Sleep?" "I thought you stayed up forthe London markets." "They open in what, two hours?" " lt's Guy Fawkes Day." "London's closed." " Can I get you a drink?" " Martini, straight up with a twist." "Buy you a drink?" " No, I'm just going to finish this and head home." "Well, I could use one." "Since you don't have much time, I'll skip the small talk." "I'm sorry about what happened yesterday." "There's a lot of pressure at the moment." " l understand." "This thing with your dad, lt's shocked all of us." "Yeah." "Now, about this piggybacking business" " Oh, here we go" "Just listen for 30 seconds, okay?" "There's someone you want to bring up from the exchange, right?" "An older guy." " Benny Seidleman, but Cunningham-  l know, I know, I know." "But forthe moment, I'm the senior partner, remember?" "So, here's the proposal:" "you cut back on the questionable transactions, I'll get you Benny." " Done." " Good." "Give me a few days to smooth it over with Adam." " No problem." "Cheers." "[piano music]" " am the very mode/ of a modern major genera" "'ve /nformat/on vegetab/e an/ma/ and m/nera" " know the k/ngs of Eng/and And / quote the f/ghts h/stor/ca" "From Marathon to Water/oo /n order categor/ca" "'m very we// acqua/nted too w/th matters mathemat/ca" " understand equat/ons both the s/mp/e and quadrat/ca" "About b/nom/a/ theorem /'m teem/ng w/th a /ot of news" "A lot of news" " Mr. Pierce, look." "I don't know how to sing, I don't want to dance." "I came here to discuss a business proposition." " W/th many cheerfu/ facts" "About the square of the hypotenuse" "W/th many cheerfu/ facts about the square of the hypotenuse" "W/th many cheerfu/ facts about the square of the hypotenuse" "W/th many cheerfu/ facts about the square of the hypotenuse" " l'll make this brief, because there's a small chance I may be wasting my time." "I'm talking about the acquisition of a company that manufactures navigational systems, navigational systems." "As some days /t may happen that a v/ct/m must be found" "'ve got a //tt/e //st /'ve got a //tt/e //st." " The earn-out structure yields full recoupment overtwo years." " ...and who never wou/d be m/ssed" "Who never wou/d be m/ssed" " Okay, perhaps that's a bit optimistic." "But three to fouryears would not be unrealistic." " Now, you listen to me." "I've never met a man so maddening in all my life." "And if you think for one minute that I believe any of your lies, you're very sadly mistaken." "Now go away." "I never want to see you again as long as I live." "Andrew..." " No, no." "Jane Lansing." "Ho/d Your Horses, 1958." "Tony Award-winning performance." "Huh?" "She was incredible, wasn't she?" "Why didn't you tell me he was into Broadway?" "So what do you think?" "Should we go ahead with this?" "Come fr/ends who p/ough the sea" "Truce to nav/gat/on take another stat/on" "Let's vary p/racy w/th a //tt/e burg/ary" "Come fr/ends" "Who p/ough the sea" "Truce to nav/gat/on" "Take another stat/on" "Let's vary p/racy w/th a //tt/e burg/ary" "Well, congratulations." "And to you." "You know what?" "I kind of like the guy." "Where the hell did you get that Jane Lansing business?" "We didn't rehearse that, did we?" " Ho/d Your Horses, that's my mother's favourite musical." "I must have listened to that record 20 million times when I was a kid." " Oh, Jesus, I couldn't believe it." " That's my motto:" "When all else fails, try to get lucky." " l didn't know trying did any good in the luck department." " Luck favours the prepared mind." " Mmm, Andrew Carnegie?" " No." "What's the matter?" " Hmmm, it's, uh... this, uh, this aircraft." "This aircraft has not come to a complete stop." "[laughing] [engine starting]" " Boy, this better be a good deal." "DVD subtitles:" "CNST, Montreal"