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♪ ("NEW GOLD DREAM"
BY SIMPLE MINDS PLAYING) ♪
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♪ La, la, la ♪
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♪ La, la, la ♪
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♪ La, la, la ♪
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- (GUESTS LAUGHING)
- (SPEAKING SPANISH)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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- (CORK POPS)
- (YASMIN KARA-HANANI GASPS)
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(GUESTS CHEER, LAUGH)
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Are you okay?
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YASMIN: Fucking idiots.
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(GUEST SPEAKING SPANISH)
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Blow on my dices. Blow!
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- (LAUGHS)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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♪ (UPBEAT BASS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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- (SPEAKING SPANISH)
- (GUEST LAUGHS)
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(CHARLES HANANI GROANS)
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- ALONDRA GALPERIN-DIAZ:
Is it good?
- What the fuck?
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(BREATHES HEAVILY)
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- (SPEAKING SPANISH)
- (PANTS)
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(YASMIN SHRIEKS)
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Oh, Dad! What the fuck?
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What the fuck is wrong with you?
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In my fucking room!
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♪ (UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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- (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
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(DISTANT BANGING)
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♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)
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- (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
- (GASPS)
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Fucking cunt!
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PAPARAZZO:
Yasmin, where's your dad?
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- (TIRES SCREECHING)
- (SCREAMS)
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♪ (MUSIC ENDS ABRUPTLY) ♪
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- CAB DRIVER: Fucking hell.
Fuck, fuck, fuck!
- (PAPARAZZO GROANS)
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- (CAB DOOR OPENS)
- CAB DRIVER: Oi! You all right?
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Oi!
Where the fuck are you going?
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- Was that the same one?
- CAB DRIVER: Oi! Cunt!
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NEIGHBOR:
You all right there, mate?
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YASMIN: Where the hell were you?
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Should we call the police?
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He was in your fucking skip.
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♪ (UPBEAT TECHNO MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪
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A lot of you were asking
about my phone case.
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I swapped out the Bottega Green
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because I thought
this matte black case
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was more work appropriate.
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Shout-out
to all my corporate girlies
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for the steer.
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So, this is a morning
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in the life
of a Sales and Trading graduate.
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As I always say,
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always be the first
on the floor,
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and ABSTBB.
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"Always be securing
that bag, bish."
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(CELL PHONE BEEPS)
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God, I sound like
a fucking freak.
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Just hit 50k followers,
it's like a full-time job.
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You're at your full-time job.
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♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
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You can't just film
on the floor.
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Sorry. Sorry, that, um,
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sidebar is literally
like crack, isn't it?
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I just wanna say,
the way they're dragging you
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for being someone
who unashamedly
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enjoys the lifestyle,
it's sickening.
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At least they didn't mention
you work at Pierpoint.
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Yeah.
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The fact that I actually work
would fuck with their narrative.
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You look amazing
in that boat photo.
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YASMIN:
It's not what it looks like.
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It was taken six weeks ago.
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I've deleted all my socials.
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They just ripped it off
someone else's 'gram.
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Bet your DMs were filthy
when all this dropped.
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I actually accrued quite
a passionate gay following
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for some reason.
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But, yeah, like,
I'm guessing a lot of, like,
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unsolicited dick pics.
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Sweetpea, could you just get me
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some more
Lumi IPO decks, please?
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They're under your left hand.
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Also, I started building
this risk indicator model
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when I was doing my rotations
in Risk and Equity trading.
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I can share it with you
if you like,
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you know,
when it becomes interesting.
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Oh, James Ashford's
called, like,
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three or four times
this morning already.
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I guess it's in response
to Lumi's Q2 earnings.
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Why would that not be
the first thing you tell me?
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EMPLOYEE: No, no. No.
He's bent as they come, man.
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Are you worried they're gonna,
like, fire you?
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You know, the article?
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So, your dad just, like,
left, right?
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Like, he just disappeared?
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Have you heard from him since?
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At least you make
the whole incognito look
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work for you.
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Sorry.
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- EMPLOYEE: How-- how is Elaine,
she left you yet?
- (KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING)
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- (CHUCKLES) No, no,
that's my best friend.
- (LINE RINGING)
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- JAMES ASHFORD: Yes.
- James, hi.
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Sorry, I just got in.
Um, how are you feeling?
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I tried Henry all last night,
twice this morning.
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Why is he harder to get
ahold of than one of those
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Obergruppenführer who joined
the priesthood in Argentina?
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Look, I'm sure he's just swamped
with some last-minute
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pre-IPO marketing.
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JAMES: He should be reassuring
current investors,
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not courting new ones.
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No, um, I'm...
Sorry, I mean press.
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He's, um, doing some
news segment on founders.
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JAMES: Oh, Christ.
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Look, James, if you need
any twelfth-hour deal color,
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I am happy to fill you in.
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(SIGHS)
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Now, I have to drive three hours
to a part of London
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that I worked very hard
to escape,
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To visit a business
I used to believe in.
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Make sure the founder
is there with answers, okay?
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Okay, absolutely, James.
I am completely with you.
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It's just, I'm...
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- The answers to what exactly?
- Answers to my questions. Bye.
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(BIRDS SQUAWKING)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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- Do I look like I need it?
- (KENNY KILBANE CHUCKLING)
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James
at Ashford Asset Management.
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I could hear the vein
in his forehead.
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I'm gonna dig into it,
but honestly,
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I have no idea what he wants.
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Yas, he's a minutiae guy. Anal.
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This'll be some non-material
over-intellectual exercise.
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SWEETPEA GOLIGHTLY:
She looks quite chic.
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Sweetpea, could you
print off the Lumi deck?
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- Lumi's stock
isn't gonna shift itself.
- Yeah.
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That newspaper's evil incarnate.
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I mean, it's done more damage
to this country than--
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Private education?
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
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RISHI RAMDANI:
Easy, Tom Selleck.
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David Seaman,
you look like the Thomas Edison
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of pedophilia. What is this?
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(ANRAJ CHABRA CHUCKLES)
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Have they offered you
a Boohoo campaign yet?
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- Every penny counts now, right?
- KENNY: Guys, seriously,
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with the sheer fuck-offness
of the size of this IPO
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that's looming over
the next 48 hours,
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I'm putting a moratorium
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on giving airtime
to that tawdry bullshit.
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Back to the coalface,
everybody, now, please.
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RISHI: Ooh! IPO build-ups.
I get this fuckin' twinge
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in my asshole.
It's incredible!
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Our mission today is consistent
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with when we began
this journey nine years ago.
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To bring renewable energy
at affordable prices
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- to as many people as possible.
- (CELL PHONE RINGING)
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And so...
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ROBERT SPEARING: What?
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James Ashford is on his way
to Lumi.
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His bloodlust is up.
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Whose blood? Why?
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YASMIN:
He wants to speak to Muck,
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says he's deliberately
gone to ground.
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He mentioned something
about a PDF,
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so I think he's talking about
the quarterly report.
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Yeah, well,
he's in an interview.
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You're not a fucking
press officer.
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The whole point
of you wall-crossing
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is so that you can manage him
for Pierpoint's benefit.
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Manage him.
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Questions about the purpose
of going public won't go away.
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I wouldn't be so crude
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as to use the phrase
"cash grab," but...
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HENRY MUCK: Oh, come on. What?
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You know, you see,
these are the typical whispers
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you get around something
this seismic.
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And I might add
that the, uh, the Luddites
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always sharpen their knives
for disruptors.
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Crude scrutiny is important.
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And no one is more
scrupulous than me, than us.
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See, this...
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This is what animates
a decade-long mission.
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Personally, I find I sleep
deeper under my desk.
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- (CHUCKLES)
- ♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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- That was me being humorous.
- (JOURNALIST LAUGHING)
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Yeah. No, we can, uh,
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we can cut that,
it didn't really land.
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Anyway, uh,
over here we have a...
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(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
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BOARD MEMBER: Whoo!
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- (OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
- ERIC TAO: Thank you.
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Sir.
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ERIC: Thanks.
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♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
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BILL ADLER:
And to our newest partner,
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a nod to Pierpoint's
agricultural roots.
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Cotton to credit default swaps.
And in our 150th year.
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Think of it as a gift
from our founders,
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Randolph and Mortimer Pierpoint,
straight to you. (CHUCKLES)
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They were a family
of slavers, right?
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(BOTH CHUCKLE)
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WILHELMINA FASSBINDER:
Pierpoint's been overexposed
in sales and trading.
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This has been ameliorated
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by our commitment
to the green shift.
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And on the day
of his partnership,
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it's important we credit
Eric's work in the trenches.
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Lumi is just the first
in a pipeline
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of environmental, social,
and governance-oriented deals.
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We have a suite of in-demand,
ethical and social impact IPOs
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that we've won
over our competitors.
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Look...
ESG's a great marketing tool,
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and I'm sure it's helped
Pierpoint's stock price
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to be included in all
the ethical investment baskets,
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but...
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shouldn't we be wary
of increasingly gearing
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our balance sheet toward a fad?
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Excuse me?
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Woke investing. Greenwashing.
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So our business model
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isn't a rigorous balance sheet
examination.
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We just look at the org chart
and then...
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Chatham House rules apply.
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Pray that the CEO
is a Black lesbian with one leg,
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then without even meeting her,
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sign "they/them" a blank check.
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(BOARD MEMBER CHUCKLING)
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Have I got that right?
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♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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I'm sorry.
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Chatham House rules means
carte blanche for bigotry?
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Maybe you can leave
your cynicism at the door
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while this trade still has legs.
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Pierpoint Asset Management,
our private equity division,
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is heavily invested
in these companies.
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Lumi, Europa Gaz
out of Frankfurt.
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Momentum is everything.
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With the successful launch
tomorrow of Lumi,
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the first domino falls
and will signal to the market
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that the other European
live IPOs
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we have in the pipeline
will hit.
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Good thing for me to tell
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the CEO about
in our weekly catch-ups.
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- (CHUCKLES)
- (ERIC CHUCKLES)
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How is the old man?
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Oh, still on three hours
of sleep a night in his sixties.
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And that's not because
he's getting up to piss.
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It was a pleasure
to finally meet you, Wilhelmina.
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WILHELMINA: Of course.
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It's about time we had you
in the family.
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- That kid in there.
- Kid?
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You mean our new CFO.
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She's been at the firm
since the dot-com crash.
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Is she good,
or is she just another
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senior woman ticking
the governance box for ESG?
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Hey, uh, I got an email
from our EMEA PR head
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about a girl on your desk
dealing with some bad press.
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Some ugly noise
about embezzlement,
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- and a missing daddy?
- Yasmin.
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Yeah, she's been
pinballed around desks.
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PWM didn't want her.
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Ken Kilbane, ED on our floor,
has been vouching for her.
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She's a nepotism hire, no?
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Should we do the honorable thing
and put her out of her misery?
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Management in New York wouldn't
mind seeing your teeth again.
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We're leaning out
at random over there,
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cutting across every level,
from AN1 to MD.
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I'm sure it's not lost on you
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how late this partnership
has come in your career.
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I lobbied hard for it.
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I said, "Look around the room.
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It's a bit monochromatic,
right?"
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I'm joking.
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(LAUGHS) The look on your face!
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That was an ESG joke, my friend.
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You don't think
I can manage people.
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ADLER: We make tough decisions.
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Otherwise,
we're no longer partners.
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You guys need to know
that constant cuts
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are the state
of our industry now.
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No better motivator than death.
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Oh, uh...
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Lumi's closing
above 4.80, right?
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Above 4.80.
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Fucking tote bag journalists
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won't allow us to do
a good thing.
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I'm dead on my feet!
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ROBERT: All right,
so James Ashford
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from Ashford Asset Management
is on his way in.
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When? Why?
Why did you allow this?
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He's one of your investors.
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Wasn't he in the friends
and family round?
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Yes, and his investment
is friends-and-family-sized.
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(SHOUTS)
He's fucking insignificant!
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CAEDI MCFARLANE: Thought
your blood sugar might be low.
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Thank you so much,
that's so kind.
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They didn't have a keto option,
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so I just got you
what I'm getting.
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Don't worry at all.
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- It's very kind.
- EMPLOYEE: Hi, yeah, it's Chris
from Lumi, how you doing?
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We would love to offer you
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one of our exclusive
introduction rates...
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You thought I was going
to launch my lunch
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at the wall, didn't you?
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Tell James I'll meet with him,
and patch Pierpoint in.
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(CELL PHONE CHIMING)
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How long have
we been working on this?
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Don't know.
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Close to half a year.
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You know, ever since Pierpoint
put you on this IPO,
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I feel like my luck has turned.
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(CHUCKLES) What, for the better?
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No.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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- KENNY: Hey.
- Hey, hey.
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(KENNY CLAPS)
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- Congratulations. (LAUGHS)
- ERIC: Thank you, buddy.
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KENNY: I know you've been
through hell lately,
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- but you deserve this.
- ERIC: Thank you.
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KENNY: The good lady wife
her indoors,
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she said she'll do
chicken à la Eric this week
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if you wanna drop by
and celebrate.
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Don't be ridiculous.
I'll take you guys
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for omakase
at the Araki.
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Oh, kamikaze at the Araki.
I love it.
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At 380 a head, the kamikaze's
my fucking wallet.
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(KENNY LAUGHS)
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Hey, is...
is her head in the game?
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00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:06,920
Level with me.
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00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:10,720
From a management perspective,
do we really need her?
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00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:13,560
Yeah, she's good. She's capable.
Firsthand. Trust me.
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ERIC: With all these rumors
of her dad swirling around,
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I'm getting pressure from above.
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This is a reputation-defining
24 hours ahead of us.
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- I can't carry passengers.
- Hundred percent.
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Eric.
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I wanted to say congratulations.
It's very well-deserved.
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I am glad you think so.
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ANRAJ: How are you finding
the countryside?
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RISHI: I mean,
loads of chinless inbreds
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bickering over inheritance tax,
what's not to like?
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JAMES:
Right, no throat clearing.
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We've got some last-minute
concerns about your valuation...
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based on the very sneakily
timed earnings report
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with its surprising
net debt figure.
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00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,520
The debt profile of the company
has seemingly shrunk overnight,
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just as
you're about to go public?
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♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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So?
347
00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,040
(CLEARS THROAT) In your cash
and cash equivalent,
348
00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,000
you've added in receivables
349
00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,880
which, uh, you know
won't get settled.
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00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:08,800
You've calculated
your indebtedness
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as a net debt to EBITDA ratio,
and it looks like you just
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00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:16,360
massaged the EBITDA
to make that ratio decrease.
353
00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:18,000
What are you accusing me of?
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00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,560
This earnings report,
your first as a public company,
355
00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,640
will legally
have to be published
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on your website
for anyone to see,
357
00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,560
and you're putting lipstick
on the pig
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at the last minute.
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00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:30,760
Which got me thinking what else
you're keeping from people.
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00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:32,960
So I had my analysts up
all night
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00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:35,680
modeling what would happen if,
say, given your debt profile,
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00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:37,880
natural gas prices spike.
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00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,680
My conclusion is that
you'd be sailing into a storm
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00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:42,400
on a shit boat.
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00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,520
Therefore, we disagree
with Pierpoint's price
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of 4.30 pence a share.
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00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:47,120
- It should be closer
to four pounds.
- What?
368
00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,480
- I don't know.
- We have doubts
over the projected closing price
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- of 4.80.
- HENRY: Uh, James, James.
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00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,960
Uh, let's, uh...
(CLEARS THROAT)
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00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:54,920
Let's drill down
to the crux here, shall we?
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00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:56,320
You know the fundamentals
are strong.
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00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,480
(CLEARS THROAT) Sir Henry.
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00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:01,800
Sorry, I know that doesn't
make you sound very, um, modern.
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00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:03,960
- (SCOFFS)
- JAMES: I'm going
to be reasonable.
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I'm going to offer you back
half my equity
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at 4.30 a share
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00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:10,120
as per the Pierpoint valuation.
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00:17:10,120 --> 00:17:11,280
(YASMIN MUTTERS)
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00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:12,440
- (PHONE CHIMES)
- YASMIN: Hi.
381
00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,600
Hi, James, it's Yasmin
from Pierpoint on the line.
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00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:17,920
Um. Look,
Lumi is at the forefront
383
00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:19,800
of the democratization
of the energy sector and--
384
00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:21,480
Yeah, I-- I keep hearing that
385
00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,240
and I still have no idea
what it means.
386
00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:27,240
Okay, well, from our perspective
on the floor,
387
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the IPO is oversubscribed.
Investors are very eager to buy.
388
00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:32,440
You know,
people are clamoring for this.
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KENNY: We know that street-wide,
it is going to be a buy.
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00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,040
YASMIN:
Our traders are expecting
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a very strong bid
for it tomorrow, James.
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00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,080
JAMES: The market won't
support it for long.
393
00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,440
You know, I truly hate
how you sell-side guys speak.
394
00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:45,040
It's all just fucking
smoke and mirrors
395
00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:47,680
with you guys, right?
Just jargon, tarting it up.
396
00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,040
- And, of course, you're
incentivized to overvalue it.
- (WHISPERS) My hands are full.
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00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,280
Your private equity division
is invested in it.
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00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:54,640
(SIGHS)
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00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:58,320
My offer is 4.30
for half the equity,
400
00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,040
and we will see what happens
to the other half tomorrow.
401
00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,200
You know, you can have
it all back at 4.30.
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00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:09,320
♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
403
00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:11,640
HENRY: And whoever's voice
I keep hearing
404
00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:13,840
evangelizing on that phone,
405
00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,400
that belief, that one,
is why I feel
406
00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,120
we should let the market decide
how valuable we are.
407
00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:22,520
All of it?
408
00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:25,760
Okay.
409
00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:27,560
You've got a deal.
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00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:36,240
And, you know, Henry, I, um...
411
00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,400
I always wanted
to be wrong about you.
412
00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:44,400
You know what comes
after hubris.
413
00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,040
- ♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
414
00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,120
(PHONE CHIMES)
415
00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:52,480
(GASPS) Did I just fuck that?
416
00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:54,920
He-- he raised a pretty big
red flag, didn't he?
417
00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:56,720
I'm sure
that Pierpoint's I-bankers
418
00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:57,880
will have done
their due diligence
419
00:18:57,880 --> 00:18:59,320
to make sure
this trades well on day one.
420
00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,800
Yeah, but like--
like day two, day 200?
421
00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:03,760
KENNY: Practically,
it's not really our concern.
422
00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:04,960
Eyeballs are on this day one.
423
00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,480
How it trades day 200
is lost in the noise.
424
00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,560
Look, I know this feels huge
425
00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,240
because he's your client,
but really he's a minnow
426
00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:13,600
on a day of big players.
427
00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,400
Surely it's bad to risk
more shares on the open market
428
00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:17,880
if there is any kind of noise
429
00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:19,920
about Lumi diddling
with the numbers so late.
430
00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,560
I'll, um,
tell Eric we handled it.
431
00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:24,320
SWEETPEA: Mm-hmm.
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00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:27,120
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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00:19:27,120 --> 00:19:29,680
KENNY: James
from Ashford Asset Management
434
00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:30,760
is pulling back.
435
00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:33,400
He raised some red flags
about debt with him and Lumi,
436
00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:34,880
non-transparency,
437
00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:38,280
but Yasmin handled
the whole thing really well.
438
00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:40,960
So we've more stock to shift,
but we'll shift it.
439
00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:42,800
There's plenty of demand.
440
00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:44,360
- All right.
- Yeah, thanks.
441
00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:46,400
- ANRAJ: Ask why
I'm a pituitary gland.
- RISHI: What? No.
442
00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,240
ANRAJ: Go on, ask me
why I'm a pituitary gland.
443
00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,720
RISHI: Okay, why are you
a pituitary gland?
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00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,520
ANRAJ:
Because I make a whore moan.
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00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,440
Kenny filled me in on Ashford.
446
00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,320
He's not a significant voice,
447
00:19:56,320 --> 00:20:00,280
but anything destabilizing
this close to IPO
448
00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:01,680
can fuel a rumor mill.
449
00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:03,960
It can metastasize.
Keep a lid on it.
450
00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:07,040
Didn't Ashford raise
some pretty legitimate concerns
451
00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:08,920
about the CEO's integrity?
452
00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:12,160
Look,
our job is to sell the story
453
00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:14,080
that makes
Lumi trade well tomorrow.
454
00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,360
Is Ashford a canary
in the coal mine?
455
00:20:16,360 --> 00:20:19,640
I'd wager our bankers
and the Lumi CEO know better
456
00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,280
than Ashford Asset Management.
457
00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,360
But if you want to feel better,
this business
458
00:20:24,360 --> 00:20:29,480
is people making money
on a hill of dead yellow birds.
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00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,640
♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
460
00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:35,320
What do you want from this job?
461
00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,320
I want to prove to you
that I belong here.
462
00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,960
I need a functional member
of a functioning team.
463
00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:44,160
I need a worker.
464
00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,120
- Are you a worker?
- I am. I am a worker.
465
00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:48,800
I had a wrecking ball
in that seat.
466
00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:50,960
I would just as quickly
fire another one.
467
00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,880
- ♪ (SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,240
EMPLOYEE 1:
What is it? Veja? Vanilla?
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00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:00,560
Not enough money
to live in Notting Hill,
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00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,760
- but frequents the pubs.
- EMPLOYEE 2: Grim.
471
00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:04,320
- EMPLOYEE 1: She should
definitely marry him...
- (CELL PHONE CHIMES)
472
00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,880
- ...she's not got liquidity
to freeze her eggs.
- (PENNY SCOTT CLEARS THROAT)
473
00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:08,000
- Hi.
- PENNY: Uh--
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00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,920
I don't wanna
kinda dip my little oar in,
475
00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:12,480
but I have spied
476
00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,520
you putting
your disposable coffee cup
477
00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:17,320
- in the general waste.
- Sorry, yeah. I, um...
478
00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,560
With the liquid in it, I'm like
never sure if it qualifies.
479
00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,600
So, if the receptacle
is sullied,
480
00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:22,960
you just clean it out
481
00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:25,160
and then pop it
in the paper recycling.
482
00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:26,400
It's five seconds
out of your day.
483
00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:27,840
- You might even feel good.
- HARPER STERN: Right.
484
00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:29,840
- (LAUGHS)
- No, that's totally rational.
485
00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:31,560
I agree. Apologies.
486
00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:32,640
PENNY: Okay.
487
00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,320
EMPLOYEE 3: How does Lumi
feel on the sales side?
488
00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,520
EMPLOYEE 4: Between us, I think
this one really needs to hit
489
00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,640
for us
from a bright side perspective.
490
00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:43,600
- Feels like
it's a tone-setting...
- (TELEPHONE RINGING)
491
00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:45,640
FutureDawn.
Anna Gearing's office.
492
00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:47,280
YASMIN: Hey, Harper, it's Yas.
493
00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:48,960
HARPER: Hey. Oh, my God.
494
00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:50,360
Rob told me
what happened last night.
495
00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:51,800
I'm so sorry I slept through it.
496
00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,080
YASMIN:
Um, can I get Anna urgently?
497
00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:58,800
Um, she is in with Petra
at the moment.
498
00:21:58,800 --> 00:21:59,920
What's it about?
499
00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:02,840
I have some more Lumi stock,
if Anna would like to add.
500
00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,040
Are you trying
to dump more on her?
501
00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,440
You should probably change
your tonality.
502
00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:08,640
YASMIN: Okay.
503
00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,680
I didn't ask you for advice
on my job, but thank you.
504
00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:13,760
Hey, I have no skin
in this game.
505
00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,200
Just some friendly advice.
506
00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:18,160
Just get her, Harper.
507
00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:24,480
ANNA GEARING: FutureDawn
isn't a vanity project
508
00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:25,600
for your own trading book.
509
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,600
I signed a contract to work
for you under the proviso
510
00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,600
that I'd have autonomy.
I want to place my own trades
511
00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,000
without an autopsy
on every single one.
512
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,280
I don't do well
with micromanagement.
513
00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,840
ANNA:
This is a company-wide strategy.
514
00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:42,360
All of your trades are hedges
that cap FutureDawn's upside.
515
00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:44,680
This is about being clear-eyed.
516
00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,360
My book is the only book
outperforming.
517
00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:49,760
I've been keeping us afloat
since the move from Berlin,
518
00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:51,280
- and you know that.
- Sorry.
519
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:52,920
Sorry, I can come back.
520
00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,600
Do you think ethical investment
actually works,
521
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,920
or is it just a palliative
522
00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,880
we give ourselves
to feel better?
523
00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:02,280
Why the fuck
are you asking her that?
524
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:03,880
I just do the diary. (CHUCKLES)
525
00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,600
And I-- I agree with Anna.
526
00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:08,880
Impact investing
is the foundational ethos
527
00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:10,040
of this company.
528
00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:11,080
See?
529
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,240
I don't think anybody's thinking
for themselves
530
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:15,880
'round here anymore.
531
00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,880
(SIGHS) I'm so sorry about her.
532
00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:20,840
I have Pierpoint on the line.
533
00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:22,720
- ANNA: Oh.
- (TELEPHONE CLACKS)
534
00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:23,800
ANNA: Hello.
535
00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:25,920
YASMIN: Hi, Anna. It's Yasmin.
536
00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,120
You're my first call.
537
00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:30,240
I have some more Lumi stock
538
00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,000
if you would like to add
to your initial position.
539
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,600
The only reason
why you'd call me
540
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,320
to sell me more
this close to the IPO
541
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:37,760
is 'cause someone is dumping.
542
00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,200
- Yasmin.
- ♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
543
00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,240
You know how invested
we are in Lumi's listing.
544
00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,400
Don't freak me out. Is there
something I should know?
545
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,040
You know-- Uh, let me just,
let me call you back.
546
00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:57,440
How much of the fund is in Lumi?
547
00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,640
Can you make sure
that my, um, diary is printed
548
00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:02,320
and on my desk when I come in?
549
00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:03,560
You know I need to hold it.
550
00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,760
- Digital just-- just won't do.
- Yep.
551
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,760
Double-sided, right?
For the environment.
552
00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:09,960
Sorry, it was a joke.
553
00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,160
And can you move my car an hour?
554
00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:13,600
Yeah.
555
00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,360
- (GRUNTS)
- (STAPLE GUN CLICKING)
556
00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:22,640
- (GRUNTS)
- (CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
557
00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:26,400
Who is this?
What do you want?
558
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,400
HENRY: Yasmin, hi.
It's Henry Muck.
559
00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,440
Uh, we were on a call earlier,
Rob gave me your number.
560
00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,800
Um, I hope you don't think
this is inappropriate,
561
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,960
but can you come meet me
a little later tonight?
562
00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:37,400
Near Green Park.
563
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,480
(KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING)
564
00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:47,480
Oh, my God.
565
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:49,720
(KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING)
566
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:51,440
Did you move my car?
567
00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,720
Oh, my God.
Anna, I'm so sorry.
568
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:55,080
It, like,
totally slipped my mind.
569
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,240
It's okay. I knew you'd forget.
Seems to be a trend with you.
570
00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:01,920
HARPER: I was actually
going to suggest
571
00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:04,120
that you get some sleep
before tomorrow.
572
00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,840
You do realize
displaying total incompetence
573
00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:10,800
won't expedite a move
to trading?
574
00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,320
Um... (SIGHS)
575
00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,440
- Good night.
- Night.
576
00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:24,440
♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
577
00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:26,360
Hi.
578
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:28,360
Can I help you?
579
00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:30,880
I was hoping
you might indulge me
580
00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:32,960
and allow me to finish
my earlier thought.
581
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:35,840
I'm listening.
582
00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:38,960
ESG is a fad.
583
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,120
Ethical investing is a fad.
584
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:46,760
Everybody
and their snotty brother
585
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,000
claim to be ESG.
586
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,360
Assets that qualify as it
are so bid,
587
00:25:52,360 --> 00:25:56,280
the valuations are making them
stupid investments now anyway.
588
00:25:56,280 --> 00:26:00,320
Not to mention the macro
headwinds, the election,
589
00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,680
lack of clear-sided investment
in fossil fuels.
590
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:07,880
Really, it's like a utopian
opiate for morons
591
00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:09,480
who believe in a "better world."
592
00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,520
(CHUCKLING) Like,
whatever the fuck that means.
593
00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:13,880
And Lumi...
594
00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:19,000
do you really believe
that cheap green energy
595
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,600
for the masses exists, or...
596
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,600
is someone spinning a story?
597
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,000
- (ELEVATOR BEEPS)
- AUTOMATED VOICE: Fourth floor.
598
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,240
Going down.
599
00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:29,600
♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
600
00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:31,400
- Night.
- HARPER: Night.
601
00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:33,440
Hey.
602
00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:39,760
I was actually just composing
an apology email to you.
603
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:41,680
I've really not had
my eye on the ball.
604
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,640
I left my keys. Sorry.
I'm, um, I'm rushing.
605
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:45,720
HARPER: Yeah.
606
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,360
Actually, I, um... (SIGHS)
607
00:26:48,360 --> 00:26:51,680
I wanted to apologize
to you too, for my tone earlier,
608
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:53,760
my, um, cortisol levels.
609
00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,120
I constantly feel like
610
00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:56,880
there's an active shooter
in the building.
611
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:57,880
(LAUGHS)
612
00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,520
I don't know
why I let myself feel
613
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:02,040
like my life
is on the line. I've...
614
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,400
Turns you into somebody
who you don't wanna be.
615
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:05,480
I totally get it.
616
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,640
I mean, I don't even want
the people who work for me
617
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,680
to feel like my employees,
if you know what I mean.
618
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,440
Yeah, I mean,
we are your employees, so...
619
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:14,680
(CHUCKLES)
620
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,640
- Oh, keys.
- (SIGHS)
621
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,760
I'm really, really appreciative
of you taking a chance on me.
622
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,120
Don't stay up too late.
Big day tomorrow.
623
00:27:23,120 --> 00:27:25,480
HARPER: Yeah. Oh, uh...
624
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,400
in the spirit of honesty,
625
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,160
uh, I'm wondering if maybe
we could just have, like,
626
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,640
a dialogue about
the firm's investment choices,
627
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:35,960
just to keep my brain alive.
628
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:37,720
(SIGHS)
629
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,960
- It's been a really long day.
- ♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
630
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,760
- Okay. We'll talk first thing.
- HARPER: Yeah, cool. Thank you.
631
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:47,880
- Good night.
- ANNA: Good night.
632
00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,360
VENETIA BERENS:
My friend designs
the necklaces herself.
633
00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:03,160
- Do you actually like it?
- ROBERT: Yeah, I love it.
634
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,200
Do you think you'll, uh,
stay over tonight?
635
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,280
- VENETIA: Do you want me to?
- YASMIN: Who do you think
you are?
636
00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:08,600
What gives you the right
to divulge
637
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,680
my personal information
to a stranger?
638
00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:12,080
What are you talking about,
a stranger?
639
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:13,280
He's our business. He asked.
640
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:14,800
Since when do you care
about boundaries?
641
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,040
He asked!
Sorry, I didn't realize that.
642
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:18,720
And-- and next time he asks you
643
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:20,480
- to blow him--
- Oh, what, again?
644
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,440
(CHUCKLES) Sorry, he's--
he's kind of got BDE.
645
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:24,520
ROBERT: Yeah, you bet he does.
646
00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:26,320
And I've actually got
a very sensitive gag reflex.
647
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:27,520
Do you think this is funny?
648
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,400
(CHUCKLES)
Look, I'm sorry, all right?
649
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:30,680
I really didn't want to,
650
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,440
but I've basically
never said no to him.
651
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:38,160
He says that no is just a step
on the way to yes.
652
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,200
But, you know,
it's your work phone. He's work.
653
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,160
No, he called
my personal number.
654
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:44,920
- (DOOR OPENS)
- Yas, I promise
I didn't give him that.
655
00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:46,920
I never would.
What does he want?
656
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:49,760
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- He wants me to go
and meet him tonight.
657
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:50,920
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
658
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,360
DAVE: Nothing more bleak
than a financial flatshare.
659
00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,520
Another a day
at the coalface, eh?
660
00:28:58,520 --> 00:28:59,560
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
661
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,960
Privatizing profits
and mutualizing losses, yeah?
662
00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:04,840
Hi, Dave.
663
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,680
DAVE: Oh, yeah, Harper,
let's Park Chan-wook, babe.
664
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:14,160
Oh, and a sobering glass
of water for you, Harper Lee.
665
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:16,680
Is he staying over again?
666
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:20,200
Are you okay?
667
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:26,800
The press are animals.
668
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:29,040
Ignore them.
669
00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:32,160
You move ahead, right?
670
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,040
- (GROANS, GASPS)
- (HEARTBEAT THUDDING RAPIDLY)
671
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:41,400
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
672
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:42,680
(OBJECTS CLATTERING)
673
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:44,640
HARPER: Night.
674
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:46,800
I'll be in my room,
675
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,240
continuing to make
poor decisions.
676
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,160
I'm sure Henry's being innocent.
677
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:52,880
You gonna go?
678
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,680
I don't really have a choice,
do I?
679
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:57,440
I'm waiting for his car now.
680
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:02,200
Yeah, there's a Tesla outside.
681
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:04,960
Great. So now I'm late.
682
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:06,960
You just passed
your managerial role onto me
683
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:08,640
because you don't know
how to do your fucking job.
684
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:09,760
- Yas, I'm sorry.
- No, you know
685
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:11,800
how exposed I am right now.
686
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,560
An unknown number gives me
a fucking heart attack,
687
00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:16,080
and I'm about to lose my job,
688
00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:17,760
probably,
over a fucking photograph
689
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:19,440
I didn't even know
was being taken.
690
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,600
Can you just try?
Just try and understand that.
691
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,320
- ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- (DOOR OPENS, SLAMS CLOSED)
692
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:42,080
(DISTANT THUD)
693
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:45,360
(BALL THUDDING LOUDLY)
694
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:46,640
Really?
695
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:51,600
HENRY:
So, are we oversubscribed?
696
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:53,800
- ♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
- (MEN GRUNTING)
697
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:54,840
REYNOLDS: Shot!
698
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,000
(GROANS) Fuck!
699
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:01,240
YASMIN: Um, there is
700
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,440
a very exciting level
of appetite.
701
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:05,280
I really think
702
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,880
that Ashford's bearishness
was local to him.
703
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:09,080
How's Aurore?
704
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,040
OTTO MOSTYN: Yeah,
is she electable yet?
705
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,520
Get one of the Sundays
to do a profile.
706
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,200
Uh, Yasmin, this is my uncle,
Lord Norton--
707
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:17,560
Alexander. Pleasure.
708
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,160
HENRY: My godfather,
Otto Mostyn.
709
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,520
And, uh, this is Reynolds.
710
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:23,800
- (BALL THUDDING LOUDLY)
- (GRUNTS)
711
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:27,840
OTTO: Oh, fuck!
712
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:31,040
Where do I know you from?
713
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:32,240
I work at Pierpoint.
714
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:34,840
Pierpoint? My God,
is that place still solvent?
715
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,880
Actually, they've done a pretty
first-rate job marketing Lumi.
716
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:38,920
OTTO: It's closing up, isn't it?
717
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:40,880
- Four pound eighty, Botty!
- OTTO: Oh!
718
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:43,160
(SPEAKING ITALIAN)
719
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,520
"The morning has gold
in its mouth."
720
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:48,680
She's Charlie's kid.
721
00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,040
I was at Balliol
with your father.
722
00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,600
OTTO: Oh, my God,
Charlie Hanani?
723
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:58,000
He used to double-park his Jag
on Radcliffe Square.
724
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,400
He punched the air
when he took a third.
725
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,240
Dangerously handsome.
Dangerously stupid.
726
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:04,440
I admired him.
727
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,160
You're on. (GRUNTS)
728
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,560
- (ALEXANDER NORTON GRUNTS)
- (BALL THUDDING)
729
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:10,760
(GROANS)
730
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,240
Sorry about my papers' coverage.
731
00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:18,320
I empower my editors.
Not my decision.
732
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,560
But a lot of people
are very angry with Mr. Hanani.
733
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,480
I'd gently nudge him
to come out of hiding
734
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:26,280
and stop letting his daughter
take all the punishment.
735
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,760
Scuttling away
from his own boat in a dinghy
736
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:29,920
and going on the lam.
737
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,000
- It's a coward's way out.
- All right, come on.
738
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,640
Well, if that's everything.
Thank you.
739
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:35,400
No, wait a minute.
Hang on, hang on, hang on.
740
00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:36,960
- Hang on. Hang on.
- OTTO: For fuck's sake.
741
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:41,000
(GROANS, BREATHES HEAVILY)
742
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,440
Thank you
for the hands-on service.
743
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:47,040
Uh, let's keep this
dialogue going, shall we?
744
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,520
Oh, and, uh... Yeah.
745
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:53,960
I know what it's like
having a family member
746
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:55,520
ruin your life,
747
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:57,560
so I know
what you're going through.
748
00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,200
The kids are always collateral.
749
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:01,160
ALEXANDER NORTON:
I really do wonder
750
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:02,760
- if Charlie's recovering...
- HENRY: Come on!
751
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,480
...from syphilis he got at
some Mediterranean whorehouse.
752
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,640
- Give me a sec. Give me a sec.
- Fuck's sake, Botty!
753
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,800
Can I, um-- can I have a minute?
Otto Mostyn.
754
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,160
Yes, I know.
755
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:19,560
I'm having lunch tomorrow
at my club with Gregory Clark
756
00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:21,000
from British Electric,
757
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,640
and he's got more social
pretensions than Barry Lyndon.
758
00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:25,960
We could all go
for a drink out afterwards.
759
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,880
Gregory, he's still looking
for a Lumi comp to buy
760
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,280
given he missed out
on Prince Hal's little project.
761
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:32,600
Well, um,
762
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,200
you should really speak to
the investment banking division
763
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:36,720
about that kind of deal making.
764
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:38,320
Do you know, your father...
765
00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:42,200
he owes a lot of people
a lot of money.
766
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:43,800
♪ ("CANDY WALLS"
BY TRUST PLAYING) ♪
767
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:48,080
Including, but not limited to,
his bill at our club.
768
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:51,440
So, stop by...
769
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:54,600
as his proxy.
770
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:56,720
Hmm?
771
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:01,240
(CLOCK CHIMING)
772
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:11,880
♪ So be it what it is ♪
773
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:16,840
♪ Just give it time
Try your best to smile ♪
774
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,680
♪ You give her lengths of love ♪
775
00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:26,000
♪ But the party is gone
The party is gone... ♪
776
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:30,000
I just have to do something
about this article.
777
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,720
I mean, surely I can sue.
778
00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:33,640
It's not going
to stay news for long.
779
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,320
And everyone loses
on a libel case,
780
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,480
except the lawyers, of course.
781
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:39,760
The thing is
782
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,200
the photo was taken
completely out of context.
783
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:45,240
It looks like I was partying
with, like, stolen money.
784
00:34:45,240 --> 00:34:46,600
So... So, wait.
785
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,280
So, what are the financial
implications for you?
786
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,640
I mean, your family
weren't involved
787
00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:53,480
in Hanani Publishing anymore,
were they?
788
00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:56,440
No, but it's
historic embezzlement.
789
00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:58,960
He was skimming off
the pension pot for years.
790
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,880
Some of the employees
are actually suing me directly.
791
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:03,720
Yeah, but surely
they haven't got a case
792
00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:05,000
against you
while he's still missing.
793
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,240
Yeah. (CHUCKLES)
794
00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:08,520
Apparently not, but, um,
795
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:10,680
it's still costing me
a fuck ton in lawyers' fees
796
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:11,840
to fight them off.
797
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,160
If only the press knew
I was broke. (CHUCKLES)
798
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,040
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- ♪ (BASS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
799
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,240
Oh, my God. (CHUCKLES)
800
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,360
Oh, my God. Um...
801
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:27,000
my boss is sat over there
802
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,240
with someone
that is not his wife.
803
00:35:29,240 --> 00:35:32,520
Don't look. Oh, fucking hell.
804
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:34,840
Oh, oh. He's coming over.
805
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,560
- ERIC: Hey.
- (CHUCKLING) Eric.
806
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,440
I'm, um, I'm not on the piss.
807
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:43,120
I-- This is a meeting.
She's a lawyer.
808
00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:45,360
And she used to fuck my brother.
809
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:46,560
(BOTH LAUGH)
810
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:51,400
Okay, uh, well, I am on a date,
and I am separated from my wife.
811
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:52,800
Just wanted
to get ahead of that.
812
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:53,840
Um...
813
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,200
So, um, how's it going?
814
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,320
She keeps talking
about her kids.
815
00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:01,120
One's transitioning.
Not my area.
816
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:05,360
I mean, I fucking hate kids.
So, join us?
817
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:09,920
One never hurt.
818
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,640
Let me just extricate myself
from this situation
819
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:15,800
with as much grace
as I can summon up.
820
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:16,880
- DENISE OLDROYD: Great.
- Of course.
821
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:21,680
Why the fuck would you do that?
Now I can't leave.
822
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,160
I just love an old dog
with new appetites.
823
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:32,280
♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
824
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:45,120
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
825
00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:03,080
♪ ("BLUE WATER"
BY SALLY OLDFIELD
PLAYING ON RADIO) ♪
826
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:06,240
(BOTH MOANING)
827
00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:10,000
You're just a useless
little boy, aren't you?
828
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:13,480
♪ It's weaving around me
Like a lover ♪
829
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:18,000
♪ With your ancient art
You're gonna teach my heart ♪
830
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:21,520
♪ The rolling and rocking
Of the water ♪
831
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:25,920
♪ Blue water, rocking me... ♪
832
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:31,000
Um, my chambers
are around the corner.
833
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:34,600
I have a key.
834
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:37,000
We have a massive day tomorrow.
835
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:39,960
Just when
you were getting interesting.
836
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:45,480
When we separated,
I promised myself
837
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:49,360
I'd say yes to everything
I used to say no to.
838
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:53,880
Okay, fuck it.
839
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,280
♪ ("THE VIBRATION"
BY SONNY HARRIS &
THE SOUL REFLECTIONS PLAYS) ♪
840
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:57,840
- Okay, fuck it.
- Okay.
841
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:02,440
♪ Why don't you try
The vibration? ♪
842
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:05,800
♪ It's number one
In the nation ♪
843
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:07,000
♪ You get
A groovy sensation... ♪
844
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,800
I won't do it.
It's not really...
845
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:11,720
It's not who I am.
846
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:15,160
Not what the newspapers imply.
847
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:17,320
Kidding.
848
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:18,440
- (CHUCKLES)
- (DENISE SNIFFING)
849
00:38:20,240 --> 00:38:22,480
I haven't done blow since 9/11.
850
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:28,680
No, really, it's, um,
it's just not who I am.
851
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:30,360
Me neither.
852
00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:31,480
(DENISE SNIFFING)
853
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:39,080
Yeah, I'm lying.
This is what I'm good at.
854
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:45,520
(SIGHS, SNIFFING)
855
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:49,080
(SNIFFS, SIGHS)
856
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:51,760
On Pierpoint?
857
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:55,720
- I sentence you to a line.
- (DENISE LAUGHS)
858
00:38:56,400 --> 00:39:02,760
♪ (SONG CONTINUES PLAYING) ♪
859
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,800
- DENISE: Fat boy.
- (SNIFFS)
860
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:10,120
- (SCREAMS) Yeah!
- (SCREAMS)
861
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:13,000
(YASMIN AND DENISE LAUGH)
862
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:17,200
Here you go. (SIGHS)
Careful, it's hot.
863
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:18,800
ROBERT: Ta.
864
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:25,160
You know, I've bitten off more
than I can chew with this house.
865
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:27,160
I'm broke.
866
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,920
At least the lights
are still on, just about.
867
00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:33,120
Well, I know
a few illegal Croats
868
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:34,440
that'll give you
a good up-front price.
869
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,120
(CHUCKLES) Of course you do.
870
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,440
And actually have
an appetite for work.
871
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,400
When did the English get
so bad at building things?
872
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,160
(SCOFFS)
873
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:48,840
What is that bullshit
around your neck?
874
00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:51,840
Aw.
875
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:53,960
Did your little girlfriend
give you that?
876
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:56,400
- (CHUCKLES) Don't.
- (NICOLE CRAIG LAUGHS)
877
00:39:58,240 --> 00:40:00,800
You look like a fucking
club rep from Zante.
878
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:02,120
(CHUCKLES) Fuck off.
879
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:06,200
- Let's have a look.
- (SIGHS)
880
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:14,680
Why do you stay...
881
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:17,400
after you fuck me?
882
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:24,080
Here's me thinking that
we were making love. (CHUCKLES)
883
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:26,280
- (NECKLACE JINGLES)
- (ROBERT BREATHES DEEPLY)
884
00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:35,720
I don't know why I'm still here.
885
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:41,240
You desire me.
886
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:44,280
We get each other off.
887
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:48,720
You're you with me.
888
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:53,520
I don't need this...
889
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:57,480
toff CEO to say
"well done" to me.
890
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:01,600
Yeah, you do. (SCOFFS)
891
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:03,560
That's all you've ever wanted.
892
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:07,240
Validation of your betters.
893
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,320
And, uh,
functioning codependence
894
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:14,400
with someone
as fucked up as you are.
895
00:41:15,720 --> 00:41:16,960
Hey, listen,
I'm not knocking it.
896
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:18,680
It's a good a north star as any.
897
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:24,040
We're all just chimps
in a hierarchy.
898
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:27,080
♪ ("FEEL THE DRIVE"
BY DOCTOR'S CAT PLAYING) ♪
899
00:41:31,240 --> 00:41:33,960
What's the deal
with you and Wolfe Tone?
900
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:35,320
(DENISE SNIFFING)
901
00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:37,280
- Kenny?
- Oh, um...
902
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:39,040
God, how do you know about that?
903
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:42,160
I mean, it--
it was brutal at the time,
904
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:45,040
but I think we've sort
of readdressed the balance.
905
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:48,400
He pushed me hard
on rehiring you. He took me in.
906
00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:53,960
After my wife... (SCOFFS)
...kicked me out,
907
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,600
I sort of lost three days
to Jim Beam.
908
00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:59,480
I went to Kenny.
909
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,840
- He and his wife were very kind.
- (DENISE SNIFFS)
910
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:05,040
It's like, um, Robbie Williams
turning up at Elton John's.
911
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:07,160
Like, the patron saint
of pissheads.
912
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,120
I shouldn't have shown him
that side of me.
913
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:12,640
Let me level with you.
914
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:17,120
I am terrified of you
915
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:20,280
because I--
I want to be seen by you.
916
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,960
But, right now, like,
I feel seen by you,
917
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:25,160
and I'm not scared of you.
(GIGGLES)
918
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:26,400
I do feel like we've just
919
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:28,440
skipped several awkward stages
of a relationship.
920
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:31,400
Right, and then let's try
and remember that feeling
921
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,040
when we're sober, you know?
922
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:36,200
Because I do want
to impress you.
923
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:38,040
Eric, you're kind
of a fucking rock star
924
00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:40,040
- on our desk.
- (BOTH LAUGH)
925
00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:41,720
- Keep talking.
- (BOTH CHUCKLE)
926
00:42:41,720 --> 00:42:44,960
I shouldn't need the validation.
I just bailed on therapy.
927
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:46,680
Oh, I've never done it.
928
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:48,560
I'd be so scared
about what would actually
929
00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:50,840
- come out of my mouth.
- Yeah.
930
00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:53,120
A lot of money to just talk
about your parents.
931
00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:55,520
- Right.
- Where's your father?
932
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:59,080
(SIGHS) I really wish people
would just stop asking me that.
933
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:01,960
How do you feel about it now?
934
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:05,160
I hate the way it makes me look.
935
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:11,240
What did you and Harper have
that was so special?
936
00:43:11,240 --> 00:43:12,560
There was nothing special.
937
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:14,880
You don't have to be anything
like her, you know.
938
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:18,640
I'm baffled she's gotten
another job in the business.
939
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,440
Yeah, well, I kind of twisted
Anna's arm on that one.
940
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:24,640
I, you know, I took Anna out
to a bunch of dinners,
941
00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:26,560
and I had to pay
for them. (SNIFFS)
942
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:29,480
Are you going to fire me?
943
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:32,760
You know, we can keep dancing
around it,
944
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:34,200
but, you know, it's on my mind,
945
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:35,640
- and we're here now.
- ERIC: Yeah.
946
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:38,840
- Given our current situation.
- It hadn't crossed my mind.
947
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:42,400
Uh... (LAUGHS) Well,
that's not entirely accurate.
948
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:45,040
- I do have to let someone go.
- Who?
949
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:48,120
Someone worth letting go,
associate or above.
950
00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:51,360
I don't want to,
but if I don't do it,
951
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:53,480
they'll think I'm weak.
952
00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:55,640
Right, but Robert and me
are the only associates
953
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:56,840
on the desk.
954
00:43:56,840 --> 00:44:00,200
And he's made himself completely
indispensable managing Muck.
955
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:02,520
He's indispensable
till the IPO launches,
956
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:04,920
- then he's more dispensable.
- Oh.
957
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:07,400
Why did you put in
a good word for Harper?
958
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:09,400
YASMIN: Mm.
959
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:14,760
I think that, deep down,
Harper is a good person.
960
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:18,240
I don't think she is.
961
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:21,120
(SCOFFS)
962
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:23,440
I cannot believe
963
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:25,480
we're doing this
the morning of the IPO.
964
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:28,000
- (BOTH LAUGH)
- Yas, Yas, take a picture of me.
965
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:30,240
♪ You must feel the drive ♪
966
00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:31,440
I'm beautiful.
967
00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:34,280
♪ You must feel the drive ♪
968
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:38,440
♪ You must feel the drive... ♪
969
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:41,720
The fuck are you doing?
970
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:44,320
♪ Get into the stride... ♪
971
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:46,680
(ERIC LAUGHS)
972
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:50,200
What? (LAUGHS)
973
00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:51,480
Oh, okay.
974
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:56,680
♪ Can't you feel
This common stride ♪
975
00:44:56,680 --> 00:45:00,880
♪ You waited for it
All about... ♪
976
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:03,280
- Can-- can you go?
- Yeah.
977
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:05,440
(ERIC AND DENISE LAUGH)
978
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:09,240
♪ You must feel the drive ♪
979
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:13,440
Bye.
980
00:45:15,240 --> 00:45:16,200
(DOOR CLOSES)
981
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:18,320
(ERIC CHUCKLES)
982
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:21,040
I probably shouldn't take Cialis
on blow.
983
00:45:22,240 --> 00:45:24,600
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
984
00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:27,200
- (THUNDER RUMBLING)
- (RAIN PATTERING)
985
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:41,120
- (GASPS)
- (BODY THUDS)
986
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:43,840
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
987
00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:46,320
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
988
00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:55,400
♪ (FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
989
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:59,760
- (LINE RINGING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)
990
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:04,120
YASMIN: Hello? You okay?
991
00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:10,000
- Are you okay?
- YASMIN: Yeah.
992
00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:11,520
I'm fine.
993
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:12,680
Why are you calling?
994
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:15,360
ROBERT: I don't know.
995
00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:16,880
♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
996
00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:18,560
Well...
997
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:21,280
Well, you-- you called me.
What-- What's the matter?
998
00:46:22,720 --> 00:46:24,240
Why aren't you at the exchange?
999
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:27,160
Do you think I'm cursed?
1000
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:30,440
It's just...
1001
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:33,080
It's just that everyone--
everyone-- everyone dies.
1002
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:36,640
(CHUCKLES) Yeah.
1003
00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:40,120
Yeah, everyone does die.
1004
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:43,120
Are you fucked? (CHUCKLES)
1005
00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:45,040
What have you taken?
1006
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:49,480
Maybe you should stop drinking.
Again.
1007
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:52,800
But I'm-- I'm sure you're okay.
1008
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:58,520
Um, I actually-- I wanted to say
I'm sorry for-- for last night.
1009
00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:01,440
I overreacted. Okay? (SIGHS)
1010
00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:04,080
See you at home, yeah?
1011
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:10,280
♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
1012
00:47:16,240 --> 00:47:17,520
RISHI: (OVER PA)
Lumi close to opening here.
1013
00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:19,920
- Offer price is 4.80.
- KENNY: Bye. Bye-bye.
1014
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:21,520
- (TELEPHONES RINGING)
- KENNY: Where have you been?
1015
00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:22,880
Phones are ringing off the hook.
1016
00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:24,960
Apparently, Adler's coming
onto the floor to oversee Lumi.
1017
00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:25,960
SWEETPEA: Where's Eric?
1018
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:27,520
His wife just dumped
the kids with me.
1019
00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:29,400
Apparently, it's his day
and he hasn't seen them
for weeks.
1020
00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:30,560
I don't know.
Why would I know?
1021
00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:33,720
RISHI: I wanna feel the flow
coursing through my body.
1022
00:47:33,720 --> 00:47:36,400
- You forgot about us.
- No, no, I didn't.
1023
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:38,680
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- ♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
1024
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:41,040
RISHI:
You sure you wanna let his kids
see those heels, Sweetpea?
1025
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:42,920
They'll be destined
for a life on the pole.
1026
00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:45,480
Rishi, do not shame me
for dressing in a way
1027
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:46,920
that gives me confidence
1028
00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:48,960
and then look at me
like I'm lunch.
1029
00:47:50,880 --> 00:47:52,520
It's completely inappropriate.
1030
00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:54,920
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (MOUTHS) I love it.
1031
00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:58,960
EMPLOYEE: Opening price is 4.30.
We're expecting a 4.80 close.
1032
00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:00,960
- So, where the hell were you?
- ROBERT: Please, don't.
1033
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:02,880
- I can't do this now.
- Hey. Hey!
1034
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,200
Shit. Are you all right?
1035
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:07,280
Robert, what are you doing here?
Who's with Henry?
1036
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:09,600
- Hey, man, are you good?
- Rob.
1037
00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:11,120
I need to talk to you.
1038
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:14,240
RISHI: Hey, soft lad.
1039
00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:17,040
Whoa, you got the dead eyes
of a porn star. What happened?
1040
00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:18,680
(ANRAJ LAUGHING)
1041
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:20,760
Fuck off, Rishi.
1042
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:24,400
Please.
1043
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:30,840
That's... I can't...
(SOBS) I can't...
1044
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:34,880
♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
1045
00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:38,040
(SOBS)
1046
00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:41,600
Rob.
1047
00:48:44,720 --> 00:48:46,720
(SOBS)
1048
00:48:46,720 --> 00:48:47,840
ERIC: Off the desk.
1049
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:50,400
- (ROBERT SOBS)
- Rob...
1050
00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:54,880
♪ (FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
1051
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:01,920
I am sorry.
1052
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:06,240
I'm really embarrassed.
That was so unprofessional.
1053
00:49:06,240 --> 00:49:09,120
Don't apologize.
Sometimes things just bubble up.
1054
00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:10,560
What happened?
1055
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:18,160
I lost a client.
1056
00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:20,120
ERIC: Huh? That's all?
1057
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:24,160
Where are you
meant to be right now?
1058
00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:26,000
ROBERT:
At the stock exchange with Lumi.
1059
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:30,840
Look at me for a second.
1060
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:37,920
Are you going to stop
being such a pussy?
1061
00:49:38,920 --> 00:49:39,960
Look at me.
1062
00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:43,240
Say it with me.
1063
00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:47,640
"I'm a man and I'm relentless."
1064
00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:56,680
- I'm a man and I'm relentless.
- ERIC: Good.
1065
00:49:56,680 --> 00:49:59,080
Now, say it properly.
1066
00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:02,440
Stay with me.
1067
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:07,920
I am a man...
and I'm relentless.
1068
00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:09,320
I'm a man...
1069
00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:13,360
- and I'm relentless.
- I'm-- I'm a man.
1070
00:50:13,360 --> 00:50:15,400
- And I'm relent--
- (SHOUTS) I'm a man!
1071
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:17,040
- I'm a man.
- And I'm relentless!
1072
00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:18,520
- I'm a man.
- I'm a man!
1073
00:50:18,520 --> 00:50:20,240
- I am a man!
- And I'm relentless!
1074
00:50:20,240 --> 00:50:22,600
I'm a man! And I'm relentless!
1075
00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:24,880
Now, go to work.
1076
00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:26,760
Now, we do our jobs.
1077
00:50:28,560 --> 00:50:30,200
Wait, what did you want
to talk about?
1078
00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:34,600
♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
1079
00:50:35,480 --> 00:50:36,600
Give me that.
1080
00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:48,360
Hey man, are you good?
I can smell it on you.
1081
00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:51,000
Maybe you should come
to another meeting with me, huh?
1082
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:54,440
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (TELEPHONES RINGING)
1083
00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:56,200
I need a word.
1084
00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:05,800
KENNY: This morning's
set pretty fair.
1085
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:07,600
Phones are ringing off the hook
like the old days.
1086
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:09,440
Hey, man.
1087
00:51:12,160 --> 00:51:14,240
Do you want to talk
about what prompted the relapse?
1088
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:16,360
I'm not like you, Ken.
1089
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:20,680
I-- I don't need
judgment from you.
1090
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:22,520
This is empathy.
1091
00:51:24,280 --> 00:51:25,400
It's worse.
1092
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:34,280
I have to let you go.
1093
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:37,360
(CHUCKLES)
What are you talking about?
1094
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:40,280
You'll have a very healthy
redundancy package.
1095
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:44,360
- I've been performing.
- Part of my new role
1096
00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:46,280
is making tough decisions.
1097
00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:49,760
On the morning of the IPO?
1098
00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:52,320
I'm mortgaged up
to the fucking hilt,
1099
00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:53,400
I just got married.
1100
00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:57,240
You drained the open bar.
Jesus Christ.
1101
00:51:57,240 --> 00:51:59,200
What is this, some sort
of signal to the others?
1102
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:01,800
I'll give you whatever
recommendation you need.
1103
00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:04,160
(CELL PHONE RINGS, VIBRATES)
1104
00:52:06,600 --> 00:52:07,840
VENITIA: Hi.
1105
00:52:07,840 --> 00:52:09,360
KENNY: Please rethink this.
1106
00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:11,760
Eric, you were a state.
I-- I looked after you.
1107
00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:13,720
You made a practical decision.
1108
00:52:13,720 --> 00:52:16,800
You looked after me
because I pay you.
1109
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:17,840
- (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
- (DOOR OPENS)
1110
00:52:17,840 --> 00:52:20,200
I'm so sorry, Kenny.
It's your wife, um,
1111
00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:21,920
I-- I picked it up.
She's called three times.
1112
00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:23,520
- She says it's urgent.
- You can take it.
1113
00:52:30,240 --> 00:52:31,440
KENNY: Hello?
1114
00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:33,600
- ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- Come on, come on.
1115
00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:38,760
I'm a man and I'm relentless.
1116
00:52:39,480 --> 00:52:41,760
I'm a man and I'm relentless.
1117
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:44,800
I'm a man and I'm relentless.
1118
00:52:46,880 --> 00:52:48,920
Eric, you listen to me, okay?
1119
00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:51,120
This is wrongful dismissal.
1120
00:52:51,120 --> 00:52:53,960
I will take you
to a fucking tribunal.
1121
00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:56,440
I decide who lives
and dies here.
1122
00:52:56,440 --> 00:52:58,160
Can you hear yourself?
1123
00:52:58,160 --> 00:52:59,800
Yes, I can.
1124
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:03,800
For the first time
in a long time, I can.
1125
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:05,200
Now, leave quietly.
1126
00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:09,040
Or shall we bring up
your history?
1127
00:53:09,040 --> 00:53:12,680
The litany of sins
against a specific colleague.
1128
00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:16,360
I've been generous.
1129
00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:18,200
I've acted with compassion.
1130
00:53:20,080 --> 00:53:24,040
Now, pack your fucking box
and leave.
1131
00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:30,600
KENNY: You're dripping.
1132
00:53:32,760 --> 00:53:34,560
Wipe yourself off,
you're dripping.
1133
00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:40,440
I pity you.
1134
00:53:42,520 --> 00:53:43,840
I know that shame.
1135
00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:53,720
- What's this?
- Oh. (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)
1136
00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:55,320
Uh...
1137
00:53:56,640 --> 00:53:58,720
play with this instead.
1138
00:53:58,720 --> 00:54:00,720
- Thank you?
- YASMIN: Thanks.
1139
00:54:00,720 --> 00:54:03,360
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1140
00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:09,760
How could you do this to me?
1141
00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:11,120
What?
1142
00:54:12,320 --> 00:54:15,160
RISHI: Lumi closes above 4.80.
No prisoners!
1143
00:54:15,680 --> 00:54:17,200
YASMIN: Kenny!
1144
00:54:17,200 --> 00:54:19,840
Guys,
Sweetpea's gonna watch you.
1145
00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:21,560
My wife's trying to punish me.
1146
00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:23,800
- With your own kids?
- ERIC: Yes, Sweetpea.
1147
00:54:24,520 --> 00:54:26,480
Find them a last-minute sitter.
1148
00:54:27,560 --> 00:54:31,720
Today is the only day
that matters!
1149
00:54:33,240 --> 00:54:35,120
Above 4.80, kids!
1150
00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:38,120
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
1151
00:54:45,360 --> 00:54:46,720
EXCHANGE HEAD: Enjoy.
This is gonna be exciting.
1152
00:54:46,720 --> 00:54:48,040
This is surreal.
1153
00:54:48,040 --> 00:54:50,000
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1154
00:54:54,240 --> 00:54:55,240
Rob.
1155
00:54:58,520 --> 00:54:59,760
Your friend Yasmin.
1156
00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:03,160
Is there more to her
than just a photo?
1157
00:55:06,160 --> 00:55:08,080
You know they're a customer.
1158
00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:11,360
The exchange.
We supply their energy.
1159
00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:17,360
(SIGHS) I'm a bit scared.
1160
00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:22,240
After all this, the ringing
of the bell, the IPO...
1161
00:55:23,680 --> 00:55:27,320
it's all gonna feel
rather pathetic.
1162
00:55:29,480 --> 00:55:30,800
An anticlimax.
1163
00:55:34,240 --> 00:55:35,400
Absolutely not.
1164
00:55:36,120 --> 00:55:37,200
No way.
1165
00:55:38,560 --> 00:55:39,680
I mean, look at all this.
1166
00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:41,640
You've done this.
1167
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:45,680
You're gonna feel very...
1168
00:55:48,560 --> 00:55:49,520
alive.
1169
00:55:51,520 --> 00:55:52,960
Hey man.
1170
00:55:52,960 --> 00:55:55,000
♪ ("OPPORTUNITIES (LET'S MAKE
LOTS OF MONEY)" BY
PET SHOP BOYS PLAYING) ♪
1171
00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:56,040
Good job.
1172
00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:01,080
They're ready to ring in three,
1173
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:03,120
two...
1174
00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:08,080
- RISHI: What the fuck?
- What the fuck?
1175
00:56:08,080 --> 00:56:09,920
- No, no, no, no!
- What the fuck is going on?
1176
00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:11,800
Which prick forgot
to pay the bill?
1177
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:14,960
(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
1178
00:56:18,160 --> 00:56:20,960
Um... (CHUCKLES)
1179
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:23,080
(CLEARS THROAT) What happened?
1180
00:56:23,080 --> 00:56:27,360
♪ I've got the brains
You've got the looks ♪
1181
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:31,000
♪ Let's make lots of money ♪
1182
00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:35,320
♪ You've got the brawn
I've got the brains ♪
1183
00:56:35,320 --> 00:56:37,480
♪ Let's make lots of ♪
1184
00:56:38,920 --> 00:56:42,680
♪ I've had enough of scheming
And messing around with jerks ♪
1185
00:56:42,680 --> 00:56:46,720
♪ My car is parked outside
I'm afraid it doesn't work ♪
1186
00:56:46,720 --> 00:56:51,040
♪ I'm looking for a partner
Regardless of expense ♪
1187
00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:54,880
♪ Think about it seriously
You'll know it makes sense ♪
1188
00:56:56,920 --> 00:56:59,120
- ♪ Let's ♪
- ♪ You've got the brawn ♪
1189
00:56:59,120 --> 00:57:01,200
- ♪ Make ♪
- ♪ I've got the brains ♪
1190
00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:04,800
♪ Let's make lots of money ♪
1191
00:57:04,800 --> 00:57:06,960
- ♪ I've got the brains ♪
- ♪ Got the brains ♪
1192
00:57:06,960 --> 00:57:09,200
- ♪ You've got the looks ♪
- ♪ Got the looks ♪
1193
00:57:09,200 --> 00:57:12,120
♪ Let's make lots of money ♪
1194
00:57:13,080 --> 00:57:14,320
♪ Money ♪
1195
00:57:21,640 --> 00:57:24,040
♪ (SONG CONCLUDES) ♪