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♪♪♪
>> Hope: You have to do this,
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Carter.
You need to take your vision for
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Forrester Creations, and you
need to run with it.
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I mean, you need to at least
try.
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>> Carter: I just have to get
everybody on board, our co-CEOs
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most of all.
>> Hope: Well, knowing Steffy,
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she will probably resist it.
But Ridge...Ridge will listen.
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>> Carter: He'll have to do more
than listen.
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He'll have to realize what I'm
proposing is a major game
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changer for this company, Hope,
and it's a major game changer
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in so many ways.
[exhales]
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>> Hope: [light laugh]
I'm sorry, it's just...
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it's really wonderful to see you
so excited and passionate about
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something.
>> Carter: Well, I'm so excited
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because you see what I see.
To have your support, Hope, it--
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>> Hope: Of course I support
you, Carter.
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I believe in you.
>> Steffy: I have to say, for
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the first time, I'm really
questioning Carter's judgement.
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>> Ridge: Because of the way
he's defending Hope's line.
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>> Steffy: I haven't seen him
like this.
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He's never been so strident
about holding on to
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Hope for the Future.
>> Ridge: It's weird. He says
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we're selling it short, we're
not seeing its potential.
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>> Steffy: We have buyers, and
they're dropping like flies.
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They don't have faith in us
anymore.
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>> Ridge: Right.
>> Steffy: Oh, by the way, guess
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who was here.
Ivy. Per Carter's request.
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He wants to revamp the jewelry
line to help promote
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Hope for the Future.
♪♪♪
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>> Eric: [chuckling]
It is so wonderful that you're
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here. Why didn't you let me know
you were coming?
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>> Ivy: I barely knew myself,
it was all so last-minute.
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Will you ever forgive me?
>> Eric: Only if you promise not
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to stay away so long next time.
>> Ivy: Oh, yeah. I promise.
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>> Eric: Okay. And Electra,
look at you.
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[Electra giggles]
Your grandfather would be so
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proud of this woman you've
become.
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You're this grown up, adult
woman.
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>> Electra: And somehow you seem
to be getting even younger.
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>> Eric: And she has his charm,
too.
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>> Ivy: Mm-hmm.
>> Eric: This is so exciting.
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More Forresters in this house.
I'm so glad you're here.
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Come here. Wow.
[chuckling]
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>> Electra: Aw.
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♪♪♪
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>> Zende: I'm telling you, man,
inspiration can strike at the
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craziest times.
>> Will: You seriously ditched
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the concert last night for that?
>> Zende: Yep. But it turned out
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pretty cool, don't you think?
>> Will: Don't ask me.
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I'm just an intern.
>> Zende: Not for long. Soon
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you'll be running this place if
we're not careful.
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>> Will: Naw. Naw, that's my
father, "Dollar" Bill Spencer.
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He lives for a hostile takeover.
[Zende laughs]
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Me, I'm a little bit more chill.
>> Zende: That's probably why
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all the models around here are
going crazy over you.
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You're too relaxed.
Anyway, I should probably run
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this by Hope--she'll have some
ideas about how to accessorize.
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>> Will: Like with jewelry, you
mean?
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>> Zende: I was thinking more
handbags and belts and that kind
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of thing--why do you ask?
>> Will: I met this girl earlier
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and she said she was hoping to
work on a jewelry line?
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♪♪♪
>> Electra: Your house is
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exquisite. It's like nothing
I've ever seen before.
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>> Ivy: Oh, I know. It still
takes my breath away whenever I
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come to visit you, Uncle Eric.
>> Eric: Yeah?
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>> Electra: It's like a whole
other world, not at all like
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how I grew up.
>> Eric: So, you two...
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how long are you gonna be
staying?
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>> Ivy: [light laugh]
Well, actually, I am, um...
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I'm here to reboot the Forrester
jewelry line.
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>> Eric: What? You are?
>> Ivy: Yeah. But I don't think
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it's gonna be a possibility.
>> Eric: Why not?
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>> Ivy: Steffy.
>> Ridge: Wait. So Carter
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brought Ivy here on his own?
>> Steffy: Mm-hmm. Yeah. I was
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completely blindsided.
>> Ridge: How'd you handle it?
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>> Steffy: Did I embrace the
idea, did I welcome Ivy with
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open arms, you mean?
>> Ridge: Listen, we haven't had
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a jewelry line in a while, not
since, uh--
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>> Steffy: Since Quinn when she
took off abruptly and, yeah, she
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left us high and dry.
>> Ridge: And now Carter wants
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to change that.
>> Steffy: Yeah. With Ivy's
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help.
>> Ridge: What did you say?
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>> Steffy: I said no.
>> Carter: I respect Steffy's
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skills as co-CEO.
But when she lets her personal
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feelings interfere with
business, refusing to hear Ivy
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out, not to mention her attacks
on you and your line--mm.
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I got-I got a big problem with
that.
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>> Hope: So do I.
I mean, yes, Steffy has
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reluctantly agreed to give my
line a little more time to
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rebound, but we all know she
doesn't actually want to invest
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in it, she doesn't want it
to succeed. She's just hoping
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that the next of numbers
will prove her right.
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You...
you actually care about the good
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of the company over all.
You...you truly care, Carter.
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You have amazing ideas.
You are trying to take
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Forrester Creations and evolve
it and grow it into becoming
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the next international
powerhouse, and that is
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something that Ridge deserves
to hear.
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>> Carter: You're suggesting
I go over Steffy's head?
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>> Hope: No.
Ridge is your friend.
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Talk to him.
Tell him everything that you
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have been researching,
everything that you have been
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thinking about.
He'll listen.
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This is your moment, Carter.
Don't let anything or anyone
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get in the way of that.
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>> Zende: You think this girl
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was messing with you?
>> Will: No. Why do you say
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that?
>> Zende: Forrester doesn't have
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a jewelry line.
>> Will: Oh.
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>> Zende: Maybe you...
heard wrong?
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Let me guess--was she cute?
>> Will: Why?
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>> Zende: Let me tell you, man,
it is easy to get distracted by
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all the beautiful women walking
around the hallowed halls of
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Forrester.
>> Will: Dude, tell me about it.
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>> Zende: But, uh, she-she
really caught your eye?
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>> Will: Yeah.
>> Zende: You get a name?
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>> Will: Electra.
>> Ivy: Oh...
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look how tiny.
>> Electra: Oh, was that me and
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Mom?
>> Ivy: I think it might be.
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>> Electra: Oh, that's so cute.
>> Ivy: Oh, so cute.
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>> Eric: Yeah, that was Donna.
She's stuck in traffic.
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She hopes to get here in time to
see you.
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>> Electra: Oh, I'd love that.
I've heard so much about her.
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>> Eric: Whatever you heard,
it's all true.
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It is, absolutely.
[Ivy laughs]
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So, I hear you're-you're, um,
you're interested in jewelry?
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>> Electra: Oh, jewelry,
fashion--I love it all.
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I've been following Steffy and
Ivy's careers since I was
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little.
>> Eric: Not at all surprising.
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I mean, you are a Forrester.
It's in your DNA.
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[women giggle]
Ivy, have you, uh, had a chance
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to talk to Quinn?
>> Ivy: No.
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>> Eric: No? I'm surprised.
You two were so close when you
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worked together.
>> Ivy: Well, you know, she
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taught me a lot, so I'd like to
take what I learn and then
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use that to reboot the jewelry
line, make it as successful
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as it once was.
>> Eric: Good.
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>> Ivy: If only Steffy felt the
same way.
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>> Ridge: So Electra is here
in Los Angeles.
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>> Steffy: Yeah. Wait, when was
the last time you saw her?
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>> Ridge: I don't know, it's
years ago. So she came with Ivy?
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>> Steffy: Guess she's, uh, a
big fan of her aunt.
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Look, about another go around
with the jewelry line again--
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>> Ridge: The jewelry--the one
that you're opposing--that one?
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>> Steffy: We're already putting
way too many resources into
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the Bedroom line, and then we
have couture, and then we have
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Hope's floundering line.
Do we really wanna invest more
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time and money into the jewelry
line, really?
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>> Ridge: I-I don't know, but
Ivy worked with Quinn, and that
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line was very successful.
>> Steffy: Yeah, but Quinn had
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more experience. She was more
seasoned.
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>> Ridge: Okay. But Ivy's
working, and her stuff is
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selling really well...
>> Steffy: I'm not saying that
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Ivy isn't talented--I think she
is incredibly talented. And I do
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like the idea of bringing the
jewelry line back.
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>> Ridge: Just not right now.
>> Steffy: I think it's a really
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big gamble, Dad, one I
personally don't wanna take.
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>> Ridge: Well, Carter is gonna
disagree.
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>> Steffy: Yeah, well, I'm
already concerned about Carter.
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Especially the way he's fighting
for Hope and her line.
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It makes me wonder that
something more is going on.
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>> Carter: Hope, what I've been
dreaming of, it's...
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it's way bigger than Ivy and the
jewelry line.
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And I hear what you're saying,
but I went to them before.
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I made little suggestions about
a company we could acquire,
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expand our reach, but every
single time...
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>> Hope: They shot you down?
>> Carter: Ridge and Steffy
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wouldn't even listen.
>> Hope: Was that because
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they're so risk-adverse?
>> Carter: You know what they
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say: no risk, no reward.
Just feel like they're holding
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us back.
>> Hope: So then don't let them.
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Don't let them, Carter.
You are a kind, wonderful man
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and [exhales]
maybe in this instance,
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you are...
you're being too nice.
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Your voice matters.
You're COO.
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You have a say.
You get to call a meeting.
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You can speak with Steffy and
Ridge, and I know that they will
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see what I see...
which is a leader
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with a strong vision
for the future of this company.
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>> Will: Are you sure that you
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don't know anybody around here
with that name?
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>> Zende: Electra? No.
>> Will: Are you positive?
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>> Zende: Look, man, I don't
know every single person who
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comes and goes, but...
[phone tune]
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Hold on a sec.
Steffy wants to see me in the
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CEO office.
Better not keep the boss lady
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waiting.
Later, dude.
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>> Eric: I really like the idea
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of rebooting the jewelry line.
I really do.
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It was such a-it was such a
solid hit when you and Quinn
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were running it.
I don't see why it wouldn't be
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again with you at the helm.
So, uh, I'll speak to Steffy.
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I still have a lot of clout over
there.
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My name's in front of the
building and it's on all the
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coffee cups too.
>> Ivy: Uncle Eric, I would
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really appreciate that, thank
you, but I do wanna make sure
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that Steffy doesn't think we are
going over her.
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>> Eric: No, no, you haven't.
Steffy and Ridge are co-CEOs,
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and they have nothing but
the best interests of
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Forrester Creations at heart.
They really do.
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But I trust Carter too, and he's
been with us for a very long
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time, and if he thinks it's a
good idea--a good enough idea to
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bring you all the way here and
to introduce this idea to us,
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I think Steffy and Ridge should
listen.
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>> Steffy: You can see why we're
so concerned.
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This isn't what we wanted to
hear from the buyers.
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>> Zende: Of course not, but now
that I'm lead designer and
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Hope for the Future has a solid
direction, the new collection is
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really--
>> Ridge: It's some of your best
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work--we all agree on that.
>> Steffy: Absolutely.
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But the numbers are falling
flat, Zende, and these buyers,
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they're either gonna lean in
and commit to the next
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collection or they're gonna pull
back entirely.
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>> Ridge: Either way, the line
is not where it needs to be.
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>> Zende: I get that, but Ridge,
we've been doing everything
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conceivable to turn things
around.
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I've been working basically
around the clock on all this--
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>> Ridge: We appreciate that
but, I mean...[sighs]
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>> Hope: Oh, uh, sorry.
We didn't realize you were in a
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meeting.
>> Steffy: No, it's fine.
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Perfect timing. We were actually
just talking to Zende about our
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concerns with Hope for the
Future.
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>> Zende: Some of the buyers
have started to bail.
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>> Steffy: Look, we don't know
if we can actually recover from
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this.
I don't think we have a choice
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this time--I think we have to
cut the funding or cut it
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completely.
>> Hope: Well, but in the
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previous meeting, we--
>> Carter: Hope, if you don't
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mind...
I get the continuing concerns
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for Hope's line...
but I would like to see if we
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can move beyond that...
to a new mindset.
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A "thinking outside the box"
approach to moving forward that
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will guarantee Forrester's
future to be bigger than we ever
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dreamed of.
At least I'm hoping you'll see
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it that way...
if you hear me out.
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>> Ridge: All right.
What are you suggesting?
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>> Electra: Oh, oh!
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>> Electra: Oh, oh!
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>> Will: I am so sorry.
I was not looking where I was
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going.
>> Electra: It's okay. I guess
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I wasn't either.
>> Will: I think something
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rolled down over here.
A ring.
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Is it yours?
>> Electra: No.
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Uh, well, yes, um...
kind of?
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Uh, my aunt designed it.
I'm hoping to work on a line
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with her here at Forrester.
>> Will: Cool.
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I-I'm-I'm Will.
>> Electra: I'm Electra.
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>> Will: It's nice to meet you.
>> Electra: It's nice to meet
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you too.
>> Ivy: I really appreciate your
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support, Uncle Eric.
>> Electra: Uh, Ivy has been
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really excited about the
potential reboot ever since
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Carter reached out.
>> Eric: You're really excited
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about this, aren't you?
>> Electra: I would love working
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with my Aunt Ivy.
She has so much to teach me.
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>> Ivy: Well, if everything
works out.
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>> Eric: So where are the two of
you staying while you're here?
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> Electra: A hotel.
>> Eric: Absolutely not.
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You'll-you'll stay here.
There's plenty of room.
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Oh, come on.
It's the least I can do.
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I know how proud my brother
would be of the two of you
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and how much-how much he loved
you, so of course you'll stay
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here.
This is the Forrester family
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home, and you're Forresters.
This is your home too.
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>> Ivy: Uncle Eric, thank you
so, so much.
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This is so kind. Thank you.
Oh, thank you.
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>> Steffy: Carter, you already
know how I feel about the
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jewelry line reboot.
No amount of grandstanding is
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gonna paint Hope for the Future
in a better light.
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>> Carter: [small laugh] Okay,
um, just to be clear.
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Ivy and the jewelry line is only
one small step in the growth and
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expansion I'm envisioning.
I've been planning this for
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months, I've been studying.
This isn't some spur-of-the-
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moment idea or whim.
>> Ridge: Go on.
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>> Carter: We all know Forrester
is a major player in the luxury
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fashion world...
but what if we can expand beyond
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that?
>> Ridge: By ways of what?
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>> Carter: By way of mergers
and acquisitions.
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We ID undervalued companies and
we pull them into a larger, more
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dynamic Forrester luxury family
umbrella.
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>> Ridge: Like what?
>> Carter: Other fashion houses,
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of course.
Jewelry, as I mentioned or,
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Ridge, it could be so much more.
It could be so much bigger.
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Fragrances, spirits, leather
goods--the sky is the limit.
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[Ridge sighs]
We find companies who uphold the
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same reputation of prestige,
of elegance, of sophistication
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as Forrester.
I mean, this is the opportunity
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of a lifetime.
Look at the state of the global
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economy, the evolving retail
spaces, Ridge.
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There are so many companies just
waiting for us to acquire.
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We can bring them into a new
dynamic Forrester Creations.
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So instead of saying no to Ivy
and the jewelry line or
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threatening to cut Hope for the
Future and thinking small,
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I'm asking us to think on a
grand scale.
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Make the next generation of
Forrester Creations bigger and
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better than ever, and we can
do it today.
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