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[♪♪♪]

MARK:
You know that orange juice you have every morning?

You know what's in that?

Corn.

And you know what's
in the maple syrup

you put on your pancakes?

You know what makes
it taste so good?

Corn. And when you're good
and help with the trash,

you know what makes the big,
green bags biodegradable?

Do you?

Uh-huh. Corn.

Corn starch.

But daddy's company
didn't come up

with that one.
DuPont did.

Porsche or "Porsce-ah"?
I've heard it both ways.

Three years in Germany,
I should know that.

What's German for "corn"?
The German word I really like

is"Kugelschreiber."
That's "pen."

All those syllables
just for pen.

Archer Daniels Midland.

Most people have
never heard of us,

but chances are they've never
had a meal we're not part of.

Just read the side
of the package.

That's us. Now ADM is taking
the dextrose from the corn

and turning it into
an amino acid called lysine.

It's all very scientific,

but if you're a stockholder,

all that matters
is corn goes in one end

and profit
comes out the other.

We have the largest lysine
plant in the world here.

That's where I come in.

Hey, Kirk.
Mark.

When are we gonna
get out there

and hit some balls?
Anytime.

What do they pay Kirk?
What does a guy like that get?

I bet he gets a hundred grand.
He's just gonna sit

behind that desk
and ride it into the future.

Guten Morgen.

Morning, Mark.Morning.

They have the lysine results.

Great.Good.

MAN:
We adjusted the dextrose levels again,

but the virus
keeps showing up.

I thought we had
it surrounded this time.

We started a new
set of cultures.

[MACHINERY WHIRRING]

MARK:
We'll get it. We just have to stay

after it. I mean,
the things eat sugar

and that's what
we're giving them.

A warm place
filled with sugar.

ANDREAS:
The fucking thing is supposed to produce

113,000 tons annually.

We're not gonna get
anywhere close to that.

We've got over $150 million
in costs over there, guys.

WILSON:
Do the Japanese have this kind of problems with lysine?

I don't give a shit
about the Japanese.

You've gotta get
the goddamn lysine bugs

to eat some dextrose
and shit us out some money.

We're still having problems
with this virus.

ANDREAS:
I don't want to hear about the virus anymore.

Terry, how much
are we losing a month?

We are down, like,
seven million per.

That's not gonna
fly much longer.

You want to go
in there next month,

tell my father we're sucking
the hind tit on this?

I sure don't.

We're number 44
on the Fortune 500list, Mark.

I don't want this turning
us into number 45.

Fix it.

MARK:
You feed a chicken a diet of corn

and it gets sick,
like what happened

to the first settlers.

Pellagra disease.
Niacin deficiency.

Gave them all sorts
of problems:

dermatitis, ataxia,
even dementia.

But you feed a chicken
corn and lysine

and it goes from egg
to supermarket fryer

in six months
instead of eight.

GINGER:
Mark?

Where are you?

Hey, you look great.

Oh.

Hey, they got the first wall
of the stables up. See that?

You know they're doing
a new thing in hydroponics?

They're now feeding lysine
to the jumbo shrimp.

Yeah. Can you imagine that?

You're a jumbo shrimp
and one day

some corn goes floating by.

What do you think
about that?

Weird, right?

There's an opening down
in the plant in Mexico.

They might need me to go down
and set some stuff up.

What do you think
about Mexico?

I thought we were
getting horses.

"Toro."

That's what Spanish
bullfighters say,

but it's also what
the Japanese call

the high-end tuna sushi.

Toro. Raw fish.

Who went first on that one?
The guy without the grill.

I've been to Tokyo.

They sell little-girl underwear

in the vending machines
right on the main drag,

the Ginza,
or whatever.

Guys in suits buying
used girl panties.

How is that okay?

[PHONE RINGS]

That's not okay.

Yeah.

LIZ [ON PHONE]:
There's a Mr. Nakawara

calling from
the Ajinomoto Corporation.

He says he-- You know him
and he needs to speak with you.

Yeah, put him through.

It's the Japanese.

There's this guy, Nakawara.
He works at Ajinomoto.

He was here a couple weeks ago.
You met him.

I've been talking
to him on the phone,

sometimes at work,
but sometimes from home

because of, you know,
the time difference.

Mick, this guy knew everything.

Everything. He says to me,

"Hey, you know
that total nightmare

you guys had
May, June, July?"

Before I can ask him what
he's talking about, he goes:

"No, you know what I mean.

"Those months
when ADM was losing

$7 million a month
in the lysine business."

Mick, I couldn't believe it.
He goes on to tell me

that one of our
highest-paid employees

is actually
an employee of Ajinomoto,

who is sabotaging the plant.

They're injecting a virus
into the dextrose

and contaminating
the whole deal.

That's the problem.

I'm telling you, Mick, it is--
It's like Rising Sun.

It's like the Crichton novel.
It's just like that.

So I go, "Why are you
talking to me about this?"

You know what he says?

Yeah, yeah.
I know what he says.

How much does he want?

Ten million dollars.

Ten million,
but that gives you

the-the identity
of the saboteur,

the secret identity,
and a new lysine bug

that is immune
to the virus.

We have the plant up
and running, three days.

How well do you
know this guy?

[SIGHS]

I met him when he was here,
you know.

We've spoken on the phone
half a dozen times.

So not very well.

Very well?
No, I wouldn't say that.

If you hear from him again,
talk him down on the price.

Find out the least amount
of money he'd settle for.

I mean, if we can get a bug
that's resistant to the virus,

this might be worth it,

but I want you
to keep this secret.

If there is a mole,

I don't want him to know
that we're on to him.

Absolutely.

[♪♪♪]

MARK:
This would be a great place for some outlet stores.

People would come from
all over southern Illinois,

probably Missouri too.

Famous name-brand labels
and appliances

at savings of up
to 50 percent every day.

Maybe a food court
with a Mexican place.

The birds eat the bugs,
the cars eat the birds,

the rust eats the cars

and new construction
eats the rust.

GINGER:
Corky!

Alexander says there's
a bat in his room.

The FBI?

God, no.

I thought you wanted me
to talk him down on the price.

That's what you told me to do
and I was doing it.

Well, we're not gonna sit back
and let the Japanese

fuck us sideways on this.I don't even understand.

We weren't gonna mention
it and now he's in on it?

ANDREAS:
Well, of course he's in on it.

If there's a mole,
it's a security issue.

I'll be sitting
in with the FBI.

I already told you
everything there is to tell.

I mean, what is the point?

CHEVIRON:
Mark. Calm down. All right? We don't like the idea

of talking to the FBI
any more than you do.

They're just gonna
tape the guy's calls,

ask you a few questions.
No big deal.

Questions?

Pfft. Jesus.

Mark?

GINGER:
The FBI?

Why do you have
to talk to the FBI?

It's their plant. Just--

Just let them
talk to the FBI.

Babe, I-I am really
uncomfortable with this.

There-- There are some things
that are going on here.

What does that mean,
"things"?

MARK [ON PHONE]:
It just-- It means...

that we have to be careful.

Well, whatever you do, Corky,
no matter what's going on,

just be honest with them
and tell them the truth, okay?

MARK:
He said he wanted the money wired,

uh, into a numbered account
in Switzerland

and then also
in the Caribbean.

[WRITING ON PAPER]

FBI AGENT:
Uh...

And when did you last have,
uh, contact with him?

Two days ago.

But I think he's
getting suspicious.

I've been dragging
this thing along.

I-I think if we don't
make a move...

I mean, he could already
have backed down here.

And these calls, they've been
coming in on your home line?

Well, I-I have an ADM
line at my house.

It's a business line.

They've been coming
in on the business line.

Well, uh, I think
we should start with, um,

putting a recording
device on your phone.

There's a sale at Bachrach's.

They have those
Oscar de la Renta ties

that nobody buys.

What are they,
two for one for another week?

Diagonal bands of color
hanging around your neck.

They never put the nice
Brioni ties on sale.

I should just get
all my ties in Paris,

wear them once or twice

and shove them
in a duty-free bag.

Nobody gets stopped
at customs for ties.

I can help with that.

[EXHALES HEAVILY]

So.

That's it, then.

I can go?

Um, listen. Why don't--?

[CLEARS THROAT]

I'd like to come out tomorrow,

get on that phone.

Great. No problem.

[♪♪♪]

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

You told the truth, Mark.
That's all you can do.

I never even had the chance.

They were watching me
the whole time.

Cheviron was in the room.

[♪♪♪]

Mick Andreas gets to born
with the vice president

of the United States
as his godfather.

He goes to Richard Nixon's
house for Thanksgiving.

It's not like his parents
died in a car accident

when he was 3 and he ended
up in an orphanage.

Mick's dad wrote a check
to the Nixon campaign

and it wound up in the account
of the Watergate burglars.

Did he admit it?
I don't think so.

Besides, ADM probably
owns the FBI.

They probably
wanted me to move

into Dwayne's old house
when I took this job,

because they got it wired
like in a Crichton novel.

Marty Allison called.

And Sid Hulse
wants to know

if you can have dinner
at 7:00 instead of 7:30.

[SILVERWARE CLUNKING]

SID:
Great earrings, Ginger.

Bet you can see those
shining from space.

Mark got them abroad.

I can't remember where.

Nigeria?

Not funny, Sid.

You're telling me.

[CHUCKLES]

MARK:
So, Sid, you're off tomorrow?

Where to?

SID:
West Coast swing.

Gotta get up there.
Kick some Japanese butt.

MARK:
So I'm not gonna see you for a couple of weeks?

Maybe longer if I get lost
in the Ginza.

Have a great trip, Sid.

[WHISPERING]
Just tell them everything.

We'll leave.

I don't like what this company
is doing to you.

This is a chance
to start somewhere new.

Remember, you said Mexico?

I may tell them at some point,

but now, I gotta toe
the company line here.

Mark.

If you don't tell them,
I will.

I can't.

Not now.

[DOORBELL DINGS]

[DOOR OPENS]

Hello. Please.

Agent Shepard,
my wife, Ginger.

SHEPARD:
Ma'am. I, uh, know it's late.

I'll be out of your hair
in a minute.

Great. Maybe a cup of coffee
for Agent Shepard?

Okay.

SHEPARD:
Just show me where the, uh-- The line in question...

MARK:
It's that one over there.

There should be a TV show

about a guy who calls home
one day and he's there.

He answers,
he's talking to himself,

only it's someone else.

He's somehow divided into two

and the second
one of him drives away.

The rest of the show is about
him trying to find the guy.

I'll give you a call tomorrow.
We can test it out.

Great. Great. Okay.
Thank you for coming by.

Good night.
Night.

Good night,
Mrs. Whitacre.

Good night.

Are you gonna say
something, or am I?

[WHISPERING]
Just don't.

[CAR DOOR OPENS]

Brian?

Hey, got a minute?

Um...

[WHISPERING]
Can I talk to you in the car?

Sure.

[CAR DOOR SHUTS, OPENS]

[CAR DOOR SHUTS]

We could go back
inside if you want.

I think they might
have it bugged.

We're safer out here.

Bugged?

What?

Who?

Us?

All right,
there's things I know.

If I decide to tell you,
could I be prosecuted?

Well, I cannot provide you
with immunity,

but any information
you tell me

about your involvement
in criminal activity

would be discussed
in a favorable light

with the U.S.
Attorney's office.

Okay. Everything
I told you yesterday

about Nakawara was true.
Absolutely.

Except one thing.

He never called me
on my business line.

Well, why did you
tell me that he did?

Before I spoke
with you yesterday,

I was coached by the guys
at ADM to tell you

that he called on my business
line and not my home line.

Why?

What I'm about to tell you,

it involves
something very large.

This Nakawara extortion thing
is nothing compared to it,

nothing at all.

This involves price fixing
in the lysine business.

Now--Oh, oh, wait. Wait, hang on.

[OPENS BRIEFCASE]

Take some notes.

[SIGHS]

Okay, go on.

Price fixing
in the lysine business.

I have been
in several meetings

with our Japanese
and Korean competitors

over the last few months,

where the sole purpose
was to fix the prices.

ADM made me go
to those meetings.

See, that's why
they wanted me to lie.

Because the Nakawara calls
came in on my home line,

but so do the calls
from the people

we're fixing prices with.

They don't want you
to hear those conversations,

so they instructed me to tell
you the Nakawara calls

came in on my ADM line.
But see, I realized

that once you guys started
digging around in the records,

you'd see that I have all these
calls to Japan. Right?

That's what scared me.
Nobody's got more calls than me.

So if you figure out
the price-fixing thing,

I'd be the fall guy.Who told you

to participate in these
price-fixing talks?

I'm operating
under the direction

of Mick and Dwayne Andreas.

[ENGINE STARTS]

He seems like a real good guy.

I hope he doesn't mind me
calling him Brian

instead of Agent Shepard.

I might even try "Bri" out.

This must be very
different for him,

talking to a guy like me
instead of a bank robber

or a drug dealer.

I could see us fishing
or whatever.

What a good listener.

You don't meet
one of those every day.

[♪♪♪]

Morning.

Morning.

What happened last night?

What do you mean? Nothing.
Well, they put a...

recorder on the phone.

That's it?

Well, yeah.

He said when Nakawara calls

I just flip a switch
and record the conversation.

[PHONE RINGS]

Yeah?

Oh. Put her through.

Make sure you do it, okay?

They have ways
of checking up.

Sure thing.

Hi, hon.

What?

What--?
Slow down, honey, slow--

What?

What?

SHEPARD:
A pound of bacon,

a peanut butter sandwich,
some vitamins.

[♪♪♪]

Anything that ADM has
a hand in, it's all fixed.

That's what he's telling me.

I mean, basically--

I mean, everyone in this country
is a victim of corporate crime

by the time they finish
breakfast.

You think the automobile
companies can't make a car

tomorrow that gets
100 miles to the gallon?

You think the TV networks
don't know who's gonna win

the World Series
before the season starts?

Paranoid is what people who
are trying to take advantage

call you in an effort
to get you to drop your guard.

I read that the other day
in an in-flight magazine.

One potential problem
I see moving ahead with ADM

is this guy Cheviron.

He wants to be kept
in on the loop

on-on everything
that we're doing.

I want to meet Mark Whitacre.

You said they were
only gonna tap

one line.

One line.

They are only
monitoring one line.

That is not true.
That is absolutely not true!

I just got off the phone
with my wife.

And some woman named Regina
at the phone company called her

and said that both
my lines are tapped.

My home phone!Come on, Mark--

Mark, the phone company doesn't
call people and say:

"Hello, we just wanted
to let you know

that the FBI is tapping
your phone lines."

Then why would
Regina say that?

She didn't say it.

You're saying it.

Call my wife.

Call Regina.
Fine. Mark.

I will. All right?
I will.

Good.

I don't like wool on skin.

Not even that merino wool
they have

at Marshall Field in Chicago.

Ginger likes it because
it's formfitting,

but she likes avocados

and who wants that texture
in their mouth?

Who'd make up someone
named "Regina"?

It's the capital
of Saskatchewan.

[RINGS]

FBI, Shepard.

CHEVIRON:
Hello, Brian. It's Mark Cheviron at ADM.

Yeah, Mark.

Hey, I was talking to you guys
a couple days ago

about which of the lines
at Mark Whitacre's house

you would be monitoring
and we had agreed

it would only
be the business line,

so that's all you did,
right?

I really can't answer that.

Um-- Okay.

Thank you.

[♪♪♪]

We have decided we will
no longer be cooperating

with any further
FBI requests.

I knew it. I knew it.

And I told you
and you wouldn't listen.

You said,
"Just the office line, Mark."

Evidently, they were
lying to us too.

Well, evidently
you can't keep track

of what the FBI's doing.

[PHONE RINGING]

Yeah?

LIZ [ON PHONE]:
The call you were expecting, Mark?

Well, put him through.

It's a Swedish deal
I'm working on.

Mark Whitacre.

Hey, Mark, it's Brian Shepard.

I told Shepard we're done
working with him as of now.

Hi. So good
to hear from you.

Listen, I want to bring my
supervisor by to meet you.

This weekend be okay?

Well, great.

Well, so-- Mr. Andreas
is in my office right now.

SHEPARD [ON PHONE]: Okay.So I'll talk to you later.

Okay.Good.

Now, what do I do if this
Shepard guy calls?

You let me know about it,
and I'll tell my dad,

but you're done
talking to them.

Absolutely.

[♪♪♪]

Okay, guys, I'm gonna
go over the rules.

There's no running, no pushing,
no horseplay by the pool,

and when you have fished
all the leaves out

you go into the garage
and get the cover for the pool.

And I'm gonna go get
your dad when he's done

and he's gonna come
and do an inspection.

What was that, honey?

ALEXANDER:
You already told us this.

GINGER:
Honey, well, I'm going over it again.

Now, what is the scoop with
all my phones being tapped?

The only listening device
was the recorder, Mark.

We had a trap-and-trace
device on your home line,

but we can't
listen in on that.

However,

the phone company
calling your wife

and telling her about
our intel gathering...

Well, my face is red
on that one.

Shouldn't happen.

Did you bring the expense
reports we talked about?

Yeah. Yeah.

Okay, this is Mexico City,
Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo.

Now, there was a meeting
of the Corn Refiners Association

in Florida last week.
Mick and Terry went to that one.

They were doing the regular
meeting during the day,

and at night, they'd get
together with our competitors

and they all work out
how to fix the prices.

Now, you just watch.
In about six months

the price of a liter
of soda pop

is gonna be about
5 cents more.

Well, when's the next meeting?

Uh, January.
Uh, somewhere in Asia.

Mark, I gotta ask you.
Why are you doing this?

We know you lied to us
about the phone line

and you're afraid of that,

but now you're telling
us all this other stuff

out of the blue.
Got to ask you why.

Well, because things are
going on I don't approve of.

Now, I'm a biochemist.
Yeah, I'm a technical guy.

And they pull me
into the business side

and suddenly I find out all
these things are going on

that are illegal.

You know,
if I want to grow with ADM,

I gotta learn
the business side.

And so suddenly
I'm lying to people.

They're making me
lie to people.

I lie to you.

I mean, I feel real bad
about that.

You look at yourself
as wearing a white hat

and-and they're
wearing black hats?

Yeah. Absolutely.
Something like that.

You know, when I was a kid,

my-my folks died
in an automobile accident.

I was maybe six years old

and a wealthy man
from Ohio adopted me.

Guy owned amusement parks.
He did very well for himself.

Now, I caught a big break there,
real big break.

I went to a good school and all.

Now I adopted
two kids of my own.

I'm-- I'm trying to do
the right thing here.

Well, Mark,

do you think you'd be willing
to go a few steps further

in helping us?

What does that mean?

SHEPARD:
Would you...

be willing to wear a wire?

We don't have
any other sources

at this time, we--

We need your help.

PAISLEY:
We'll be there with you all the way.

It won't be easy.

I'll use my beeper
to signal you

when it's time
to set up a meeting.

When you hear this:

You know-- Right?[PAGER BEEPING]

You call me.

SHEPARD:
He's watched closely at work

and there's reason to believe
that ADM has bugged his home.

He's under a great
deal of pressure.

I mean, you gotta
feel for the guy.

He tells us the truth one day

and wakes up the next with
two lives instead of one.

Well, the good news
is he decided to wake up

and tell the truth.

[♪♪♪]

MARK:
There are these butterflies in Central America.

They're blue
and orange and yellow

and have poison
in their wings.

Just enough poison
to stop a bird heart,

but the birds
know this somehow,

so they don't eat them.

But there are other ones,
butterflies,

they're orange,
blue and yellow too,

but no poison wings.

They're just flying around,
looking dangerous,

getting by on their looks.

Hey, Mark.

Hi, Brian.Ready to make the call?

BOY:
Hey, wait up, dipshit.

We're gonna do it here?

We can't get a room.
There's, uh, problems with that.

Um...
[CLEARS THROAT]

I don't know, it just kind
of seems, you know, awkward.

It's the best
I can do right now.

Okay.

[BRIEFCASE THUDS]

Just--

Hold the microphone
against the receiver

and I'll hold
the recorder.

Zero-zero-nine...

454...

58822.

Thank you.

No, no,
put it on the receiver.

Mr. Yamamoto, please.

The receiver.

I have it on the receiver.

No, the receiver,
where you hear.

I'm on hold.

Hello, Mr. Yamamoto.
It is Mark Whitacre.

[♪♪♪]

Hi, sir. How are you?

No, I'm doing a lot
of traveling this week,

a lot of traveling.

How are sales?

Certainly we need to--
In terms of our--

In terms of our big customers,

we definitely need
to be thinking about

a good price, yes?

MARK:
It's better to maintain a price of $2.50

in other countries and $1.05
for the United States,

and just like that,
there it is: price fixing.

SHEPARD:
Well, this is great, Mark.

This verifies everything
you've been saying.

Yeah.

Thank you.
Thank you so much.

Yeah.
Absolutely.

I like an indoor pool.
Year-round usage.

I like the steam off
it in the winter.

Very mysterious, that steam.

Well, Marty,

when you started work at ADM,
how much money did you want?

I wanted 50 grand.

But I went and told Terry,

"We can't get this guy
for less than 75."

Yeah. I know.I got it for you.

You were the first
person I hired.

I know, Mark. You've always
been really generous with me.

And I appreciate it.

Here's what I want you to do.

I want you to write down a name.

Okay. What's the name?

"Nordkron Chemie."

What is that, like,
a Nigerian name or something?

I like my hands.

I think they're probably
my favorite part of my body.

I think that can be used
to my advantage

in social situations.

If I can get people
focused on my hands,

then I can get a good
result in the meeting.

Eye contact is real
important too.

Hey, I'm gonna
check messages.

Good seeing you again.[BEEPING]

Things good?Yeah, things are good.

You guys heading back today?
Stick around?

DIGITAL VOICE [ON TAPE]:
You have one message.

[PAGER BEEPING]

Sorry, guys. My phone died.
I was on with the plant.

Is there a-a payphone,
a public--?

Across the lobby.
Right, okay.

Mark, this is important
bioproduct stuff.

I know. Hi, Dave, how you
doing? How's Holly doing?

She's good.
Great.

It's the plant.

SHEPARD [ON PHONE]:
FBI.

Brian, it's Mark.

I told you, I'm out of town
on business this week.

The case is getting
some attention

from the Bureau, Mark.

There's another agent
working with me now.

I can't talk right now.
I gotta go. I have a meeting.

I have people
waiting for me. Bye.

[♪♪♪]I'm here, Dave.

Being able to do
two things at once

is a big part of success.

I try and do abdominal
exercises-- Isometrics.

- -even when I'm at a meeting.
Tensing.

Holding.
And then releasing.

I'll even floss in the shower

while the conditioner
is in my hair,

during the part when you're
just supposed to leave it in.

Those things can really add up
to a significant time savings.

Hey, Kirk.

I'll be heading off to Europe

and I was thinking I could
just hand deliver that check

for the ABP
deal in person.

Remind me. ABP deal?

It's a threonine microbe.

They're just making
substantial improvements.

We want to get into the market.
That's the invoice.

We'll just overnight it.

No, no, I'm gonna see
this Thorstensson guy,

so I'll just hand it to him.

[♪♪♪]

The metric system
never panned out.

We all had rulers

with inches on one edge,
centimeters on the other.

I pronounced it "centimiters"
instead of "centimeters"

and nobody ever corrected me,
they let me walk around stupid,

so I'm not upset
we never crossed over,

although it's helpful
to know the conversions

when I go to Europe.

The liter bottle
is the thing that caught on

because it's a nicer word,
"liter" than "quart."

Quart.

MARTY [ON PHONE]:
Mark, it's Marty calling again.

[PHONE BEEPS]

DIGITAL VOICE:
Message deleted.

[PAGER BEEPING]

[BEEPS]

[RINGS]

FBI, Agent Shepard.

Brian, it's Mark.

Look, it's been hard
for me to return a page

as I am out of the country
at the moment.

Listen, we need
to know if you've had

any further contact
with Nakawara.

I told you already that
the guy stopped calling.

Well, what about
the price fixing?

Have you been able
to make any more tapes?

I think you guys
hanging around

has everybody
scared straight.

The word is we're doing
everything by the book now.

Mick said it's over.
No more price fixing.

What? W-W-When did this happen,
th-this conversation?

Everything has changed.
I got lysine up and running.

The virus is gone.

Mick brought me into his office,
he sat me down.

He said, "Whitacre, from now on
we're doing things your way."

Mark.

Look, Mark, the FBI
knows about the crimes.

We're gonna investigate
either way.

Either way? What-what does
"either way" mean?

We really need
to get together.

I-- It is a different
approach there now.

I'm telling you,
it's all--

It's-- Everything's changed.

My plane is boarding.
I gotta go. I gotta go.

Ah!

Everything okay?

Yeah, fine.

Kids.

[BOTH SPEAK IN GERMAN]

Where were we?

We were discussing bonuses.

And we should be
discussing Ferraris.

[SPEAKING IN GERMAN]

You have Fullfederhaltertinte
all over your shirt.

Oh.

One of the Japanese guys
told me a story.

This lysine salesman
is in a meeting with someone

from ConAgra or some
other company, I don't know,

and the client
leans forward and says:

"I have the same tie as you,
only the pattern is reversed."

And then he drops dead,
face down on the table.

Alive and then dead.

Brain aneurysm.

Maybe everyone
has a sentence like that,

a little time bomb.

"I have the same tie as you,
only the pattern's reversed."

Dead. The last thing
they'll ever say.

Something like...

High-fructose corn syrup.
There it is again.

SHEPARD:
He said that Andreas called him into a marketing meeting.

He might be late, he...

If he doesn't show,

the government ought
to charge him for the room.

[PHONE RINGS]

And here it comes.

Shepard.

MARK:
I can't come to the hotel tonight.

I'm still at work.

SHEPARD:
Mark, this is the third time.

Look, I gotta go.
I-I have work to do.

Mark, you can't
keep canceling.

Look, I can't live two lives.

They-- They just offered me
a $100,000 raise, okay?

I'm not gonna lose my job
because of you guys.

I have a family. I'm building
stables across the road.

Yeah, but you told us--

The price fixing is over.
It's over.

Hey, Mick. I'm-I'm getting
off the phone now.

Mark, listen to me.

The only logical thing
for you to do is cooperate.

What happens if I don't?

Then somebody else will,

and you'll end up
being a defendant.

The tapes don't say anything,
because it's over. Mick said.

We have a whole new policy.

Fine, if that's
what he said.

Then I want to hear the tape.
We need tapes, Mark.

Okay, I never made any tapes.

Mark.I never made any tapes

because there's not gonna
be anything on the tapes

because it's over and they'd
just be stupid tapes.

Mark, come on.Look, how--?

You tell me how I can prove
it to you and I will.

[♪♪♪]

[BOTH SPEAKING INAUDIBLY]

Mick Andreas and his dad
would never lie for me.

They say we're in it together.
What a joke.

Team-building offsite meetings
at some lake in Wisconsin.

I can't protect these guys
if they're breaking the law.

Hey, I tried. Anybody could
see the choices I had.

I did my best for ADM.

You don't see them
here in the chair.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Hey, how'd I do?

SHEPARD:
Mark, we have some problems.

Wait a minute. Hold on.
I was looking at the thing.

The needle didn't even move.

Mark, you don't know
how to read a polygraph.

Well, first of all, they're not
100 percent accurate.

Mark, you splattered
the walls with ink.

Come on.
Extortionists just don't leave

their name and number
and then go away.

SHEPARD:
I know it's tough,

keeping it all
bottled up inside,

keeping it a secret,

but there's only one good
choice for you here,

that's all there's ever been.

There's something
you're hiding,

something you're
not telling us,

but the only way
to protect yourself

is to be completely honest.

Okay.

Okay.

[SIGHS]

You realize that, uh...

this can all be used
against you in a court of law.

I'll have to write it all up
and you'll have to sign it.

We're going to find out
what's going on, Mark.

You're not leaving this room

until you tell us
what's going on.

SHEPARD:
So before you answer any more questions,

I want you
to think about Ginger

and your family,
and your career.

HERNDON:
What happened with Nakawara?

Is there a mole?

Well, yeah, I-I think there
has definitely been a mole

before at ADM.

I made it up.Jesus, Mark.

MARK:
I had to.

Look, we-we've had--

We've had problems
with viruses at the plant

and-and-and we're way
behind our projections

and Dwayne is thinking
about shutting us down

and everybody's
looking to me to fix it.

It's all "Blame it on Whitacre."

That's how it is over there.

We're talking
about my job here.

They-- I came all the way
over from Europe,

relocated my family.
They made me a VP.

Uh-- Uh-- What about
the price fixing?

It isn't over, is it?

I mean, there's no
new attitude, right?

It's been going on as recently
as three weeks ago.

Nothing's changed.

It's not just lysine.
It's citric, it's gluconate...

There was a guy
who left the company

because he wouldn't do it.
He was forced out.

The gluconate guy,
he's out of a job.

I met with the guys
from Ajinomoto

just last month in Chicago.

The whole point was to-to-to
actually set-set volume levels.

You set the volume levels,
determine what the market is,

and then you figure out
workable prices.

And we got another
meeting next month.

If there's anything else you
want to add, now is the time.

What else is there?

[♪♪♪]

Seven-thirty a.m.,
March 17th, 1993.

I have parked the car.

I am approaching
the entrance to the office.

Entrance breached.

Terrance Wilson. President
of our corn businesses.

Did our friend from Japan
call last night?

No, he wasn't in.

Well, I spoke with Mimoto

and he is pissed.

He says there will be
no peace in lysine

until we bring production down
to the levels we promised.

Well, in '92, we did exactly
what we told him we would do

in terms of volume.

Exactly.
Now, no promise.

Well, he says he wants
to talk to you.

Yeah? Well, I'll be
right there saying,

"You listen here,
you little mousy motherfucker."

That was Terry Wilson talking
about setting volume

and price levels with
our Japanese competitor

Ajinomoto Corporation.

By the way,
there was no discussion

with Mimoto last night.
I did that

for illustration
purposes only.

I repeat,
no discussion with Mimoto.

LIZ:
Morning, Mark.

Good morning,
Liz Taylor, secretary.

[SPEAKS IN JAPANESE]

Please, come in.

Hello.
Good morning.

Good morning. Hello.
Good morning. Good morning.

Before we even deal
with Latin America,

we have to agree that
we are gonna swap numbers.

It's the only way
this is gonna work.

Keep everybody
on target.

It's possible to do.
Got to be very careful.

Need to check your phones.

[EXHALES HEAVILY]

Excuse me, I need
a comfort break.

Pardon me.

Side two, tape one.

[♪♪♪]

I've got well over two million
frequent flyer miles.

I'm pretty much platinum
across the board.

I get a letter from the CEO
every year, thanking me.

It's a form letter,

but it looks like
he's signing it.

They probably walk
in and he signs,

like, a hundred while
he's on the phone.

Oh, it went great. I think
we're gonna be able to keep it

at a buck and a quarter.

[SNEEZES]

Now what happens?

Something you breathe
in on an airplane,

some little bacteria
and now it's in his hands,

the cup, the phone.
Probably got it from his kids

and now I'll spend
the weekend with it in bed.

I'll miss a few days
or Alexander will run a fever

and who pays for that?

Where does the FBI
weigh in on that

as a cooperating witness?

What does it say
about exposure

to airborne contaminants?

[WHISPERING]
Tape seven, side two. Chicago, O'Hare.

Once again, Terry Wilson
representing ADM.

Representing Eurolysine,

Alain Crouy
and Philippe Rollier.

That's a French company.

That's a big break right there.
Absolutely.

There's no choices
to be made, no debate.

You're an ant,
you just eat it.

- WILSON:
- -part of the world where it works

and the rest of the world
where it doesn't.

It will not last.

Terry, Alain, Philippe,
bonjour.

Hi.

We obviously would
play the game,

but the Koreans
and the Japanese...

They cheat.

Then it won't work.

Well, you make it work

in the other divisions.
Tell them.

Terry doesn't like
me very much.

He's got blotchy skin.

What causes that blotchiness?

It must mean
something medical.

He'll have a stroke
and someone will say,

"He was blotchy.
It happens."

Let's not forget that
if prices went up in Europe,

it's because we talked
in Mexico first.

That's right.
You made it happen.

It was our pleasure.

Mark, these are just
the kind of tapes we need.

And we're getting our
marching orders from Andreas.

See? Goes right to the top.

We need to improve the quality
of these recordings.

[BLOWER WHIRRING]

[HORN HONKS]

MARK: Hey, Rusty.Hey.

Take a look at something.

[SIGHS]

What do you think?

That's a nice briefcase.

But wait.

There's more.

That is a Nagra SN.

Had the Bureau
custom-make it for me.

Mark Whitacre,
secret agent 0014.

Why 0014?

Because I'm twice
as smart as 007.

Ah. Thank you again.

[CHUCKLES]

Whatever happened to that girl
who worked for us?

Didn't she move to California?
What was her name? Tina?

Oh, Tina.
Yeah, she's getting married.

Ugh. My Tina's
getting married?

She's getting married
two or three weeks from now.

Oh-ho-ho-ho.

Well, that won't last long.
She's a bit of a dodo-head.

[LAUGHS]

She'll be back.

I just hope she
doesn't get pregnant

and fuck up that body.

She had a nice body.
It'll ruin her tits.

When polar bears hunt,
they crouch down

by a hole in the ice
and wait for a seal to pop up.

They keep one paw over their
nose so that they blend in,

because they've got
those black noses.

They'd blend in perfectly
if not for the nose.

So the question is,

how do they know
their noses are black?

From looking
at other polar bears?

Do they see their
reflections in the water,

and think, "I'd be invisible
if not for that"?

That seems like a lot
of thinking for a bear.

ANDREAS:
Remember to pat them down for wires before the meeting.

What?Yeah, that's a new policy.

Whenever we meet
with the Japanese.

You're kidding, right?
I didn't get a memo.

Mick, I didn't get
any kind of memo on that.

He's kidding. Relax, Mark.

They don't have the balls
to mess with ADM.

When it's over, the board
of directors at ADM

is gonna understand.
They're gonna see the position

I was in and that I acted
in everyone's best interest.

I think that's the only
conclusion they can reach.

I'm the youngest division
president they've ever had

and I speak a number
of languages fluently.

[MEN CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY ON TV]

[CONVERSING IN JAPANESE]

Would you like some
coffee or fruits?

SHEPARD:
No.

No.

Mark, no.

No.

I told him the camera
was in the lamp.

IKEDA:
We already spend more than one year

to get better market
situation in lysine.

We talked a little bit
about it in Paris,

but we need to come
to an understanding on volume.

We have public shareholders.Can you--?

You need to widen
out a little bit.

We need to show them
working together.

ANDREAS:
Now the question is:

If the market grows,
who gets it?

If Kyowa Hakko, Miwon
and Cheil Corporation

each get 2000 tons,
we can divide up the rest.

[WHIRRING]

If we're gonna have
any stability at all.

IKEDA:
We need-- We need some specific number.

Well, what would you
be willing to accept?

Isn't that really
the question?

YAMADA:
ADM has already eaten all the growth.

ANDREAS:
We have a lot more capacity that we're not using.

We could be growing
20,000 tons.

Isn't that right, Mark?

HERNDON:
I'm going in. We gotta shut this down.

SHEPARD:
No, wait. Hold on.

I need your input.I think he's got it.

IKEDA:
ADM will be allocated its recent production, plus....

SHEPARD:
They talk about Paris.

ROBIN: I can't understand.The meeting.

ANDREAS:
We have a big board of directors.

SHEPARD:
They have a big board of directors.

And shareholders.

And they're all
suffering together.

Well, where's the agreement?

I-I mean, this is--
This is just a discussion.

If there isn't an agreement,
what are they doing there?

You're getting bogged down

with the words.
Just look at the actions.

Look what happens
right here. Okay?

HERNDON:
See what he's doing?

ROBIN:
Yeah, I've looked and I just see

a chart with a bunch of words.

I don't even see
any numbers on that.

I mean, I can't-- I can't
pinpoint an agreement per se.

What more do you want?
The guy is standing there

dividing up the market,
plain as day.

It could just be a proposal.

All the other companies
weren't there.

No one used
the word "agreement."

I'm just telling you.
From the perspective

of the Justice Department,
it is not enough.

We're having
another meeting

to work out some
of the issues in lysine.

We gotta divide up
the volumes and set prices

for some of the markets.

Europe again?

Europe is out.

There is a price-fixing
investigation

in the cement manufacturing
business there.

It's got everybody spooked,
so we're not going there.

We-We can't videotape in Japan.
That's not gonna help us.

I know. Hawaii.

Hawaii?

Hawaii.

[♪♪♪]

Oh!

[SPEAKING INAUDIBLY]

MARK [ON TV]:
Okay. So everybody just....

WILSON:
Goddamn it, Mark.

Look at the size of this.
That's bullshit.

Can you call and get
us a bigger room?

They have conferences, Terry.

This is the only
room they have.

Will you call them,
please?

I will-- I will--

Make yourselves
at home, please.

I'll call.
I'll call.

Do you have a suite,
perhaps, that's maybe

a bit more roomy for us?

The Makuaha Room. Yes.
Is that your biggest room?

It sound--
It sounds big.

But it is, I see. I see.
And for the whole day?

Okay, so this is it.
We're here, we're stuck.

Okay, then-then--
Then we'll make do. Thank you.

MARK:
Looks like we are here to stay, definitely.

Okay. so let's settle in and start.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

WILSON:
Well, I'd like to welcome everybody here.

Mark.
MARK: Let me just, uh--

Indulge me for a second?
I think you might be

more comfortable
if I move the chair.

Thattaboy, Mark.

[SCOFFS]

We have an old saying at ADM.
I think it applies here.

"It's better to have
the elephants

"inside the tent pissing out

than outside the tent
pissing in."

Outside piss?

It's better to be
part of the group.

What he's saying is,
the customers are our enemy.

The competitors are our friend.
Which is why it's important

that we have all
the lysine producers involved,

including
the Cheil Corporation.

I want to know why
we have been excluded

from association
in the past.

We need to be
part of this.

How can we know
that ADM will stay

at agreed-upon levels?

Well, it would
be our preference

that we simply
trust each other,

and if we find out
someone's been lying,

we'll just hire some mafia
figure to rub you out.

[ALL CHUCKLE]

That's just a little bit
of levity, of course,

but the point is that
if we can't trust each other,

ain't gonna work.Right.

You are okay with that?

Yes. I am all right.

So, what are we saying?

[SCOFFS]

Well, what, do you have,
a language problem, Mark?

Then we are all...

Agreed.
Yes!

[ALL CLAPPING]

Agreement.
You heard it.

Congratulations.

Jury's gonna love that.

Well done. You did it.

Christ. How about
this guy Whitacre?

What's his story?

What do you mean?

What--? What's his agenda?

The guy's making
350 grand a year,

he's moving up the ladder
and he turns informer.

When does that happen?
Is the money going up his nose?

Some woman somewhere
with a kid

he's seeing on one
of these business trips?

What's his story?

HERNDON:
We wanted to show you this.

That's a picture
of Mark Whitacre and his family.

We carry that
with us all the time

as a constant reminder
that he is a real person

with a real family
depending on him.

The only reason we have
any of these tapes

is because of this man.

We want to know
when the time comes,

if he loses his job,

will the government
stand behind him?

GINGER:
Mark, are you an idiot?

Ginger, I'll be
the only one left.

Mick will be gone.
Terry will be gone.

Dwayne will be gone.

I am a scientist

and I understand
the business side.

I'm the only one
qualified to run ADM.

Mark, that's completely
illogical.

How can you stay there when
you've taken down the company?

Because they need me
to run the company.

First of all, I'm extremely
valuable to the company.

And secondly,
I did the right thing.

Okay? The board
is gonna see that.

The board's gonna
respect that.

It's the FBI, right?
They're brainwashing you.

It's Brian Shepard
putting these ideas

in your head to keep you
working for him.

I'm telling you,
they will make me

the next president of ADM.

So this is it, huh?

Yes. How's, uh--?
How's your family doing?

Oh, good. They're gonna
be at an amusement park

when you guys
make your move.

Whatever happens tomorrow,

I think it's in your
best interest

to get an attorney
who's gonna represent

your interests alone.

You want me to get
an-an attorney now?

No, not now.

The first thing
that's gonna happen

is the company lawyers
are gonna come

to all the executives
with a list of attorneys

for you to pick from.

You gotta understand,

these attorneys
are paid for by ADM.

They don't represent you.

Do not pick one
of these attorneys.

That's when you tell them
you have your own attorney.

You need to tell them
that you're cooperating

with the government.

It's perfectly reasonable
for you to cooperate.

It happens all the time.

I think I know
a lawyer in Decatur.

I'll talk to him.
No.

The town is too small.

I'm sure you've met lawyers
in your business dealings

that could handle this.

Definitely.

Now, Mark? Mark?

Once this starts,
it is going to be intense.

They are going to know that
somebody was on the inside

working with us,

and they're gonna
do almost anything

to find out who it is.

But you guys still think
I'm gonna be okay

at the company, right?

I mean, you guys are gonna
take down the bad guys,

but I'll be okay, right?[CLEARS THROAT]

Well, I-I think
it's important to remember

what we talked about before,

and-and what we're talking
about right now

is tell them...

you're cooperating
with the government.

Yeah, I know, I know,
but I'm just asking

if you guys think I'm gonna
be okay at the company.

The corporate culture's gonna
change a little bit for you.

I should say so. Yeah.

HERNDON:
We should just focus on the raid.

Right?
Yes.

[♪♪♪]

WILSON:
Mark, you're making that up.

No, Archer,
the A in ADM,

choked to death, 1947,
on a chicken bone.

Fact. Fact.

Well, there you have it,
from Mark Whitacre, Ph.D.

You know what the Ph.D.
stands for, don't you?

"Piled Higher and Deeper."

Heh. Let me guess.

Daniels was killed by a pig
and the cows got Midland.

[ALL LAUGHING]

A chicken got Archer,

but I'll tell you what,
50 years later

our deals with Tyson Farms,
Foster Farms...

What's the body count?
I ask you.

Mr. Wilson,
Mr. Whitacre,

I'm Bob Herndon
and I'm an FBI agent.

This is Special Agent Shepard.

What the heck
is going on here?

Mr. Whitacre,
would you come with me?

MARK:
I don't--

I have no idea
what this is about.

Mr. Whitacre, please.

Could you come with us?

Do I need a lawyer?

MARK: A lawyer? Terry.Excuse me.

I saved a guy once
at a restaurant in Hong Kong.

He was choking on a bone
and I got him to throw himself

over the back of his chair.

He sends me cards on holidays
just to say thanks.

Tells me what his kids are
studying. He remembers me.

You can take basic
first-aid courses

from your local
fire department.

You got a reason
for embarrassing

my colleague and I in front
of a business prospect?

This is a serious matter.

It involves an international
investigation into price fixing.

We have seen you
and your boss, Mick Andreas,

conspire with your competitors
to fix prices.

We have seen you tell
others to do it.

There will be indictments.

Search warrants
have been issued.

And some people, people who
you know and work with,

will be going to jail.

MARK:
Look at that. Look at that.

Look at Terry and Bob.

Oh, I wish I could
be a fly on that wall.

Oh, hey, I was good, right?
Didn't I seem really scared?

Listen.I actually felt scared.

Remember what we
told you, all right?

Tell them you're that
cooperating first thing

and whatever you do, do not
take one of their lawyers.

Right. No.

MARK:
What'd you say to your guy?

WILSON:
Nothing, I told him nothing. Slow down.

Yeah, me neither.
I said nothing.

He said that he had
price-fixing tapes.

What the fuck is that?

Well, I bet they have
the phones tapped.

I always said that
about them. It's the phones.

I can't believe they
would pull this shit

on Dwayne Andreas.

Look, I get phone calls
from time to time.

I know, I know.

Oh, God.

We're going to the lawyers.
I don't wanna use the phones.

See? The phones.They hit everybody.

My dad, Schmidt, Randall.

Oh, fuck me.

ANDREAS:
No, they played me a tape of me.

Some meeting with
the fucking Japanese.

I called the lawyers.
We're gonna go there.

Yeah? They played a tape.

How the fuck did
they get a tape?

ANDREAS:
I don't think they have that much.

When you factor in everything
that we've done for them,

this will be a 10-year thing
for the lawyers, then a deal,

maybe a fine.

That's all this
is ever gonna be.

Trust me.

[DOOR SHUTS]

How's it going? Good, good.

FBI.You guys safe back there?

Yeah, he's here.
Yeah, I got Agent Temples

for Attorney Mutchnik.

This is James Mutchnik.

TEMPLES [ON PHONE]:
Just interviewed an ADM employee, Kirk Schmidt.

Schmidt knew
we were coming.

Says he knew
about the raid days ago.

He says Whitacre told him.

Thanks.

He sees you sitting
in the window and--

Bob. Brian.

Can I talk to you guys
for a second?

That was amazing.
You guys should have seen it.

Oh, Terry was so scared,
and Mick and the lawyers,

they were just--
They were pissed.

SHEPARD:
That's super, Mark.

The best part
is they thought you guys

gave me the once-over.
They're like, "You all right?"

I'm going, "Yeah, yeah--"Did you make a tape?

Yeah, I made a tape.
I made a great one.

Really good.

So it's over, then.

Mark.

Who did you tell?

What?

Who else did you
tell about the raid?

Well...

I had to tell my secretary.

Guys, I'm the head
of the bioproducts division.

She has to know where
to get in touch with me.

I told her months ago.

So all I said was,

"Liz, I'm doing some work
with the FBI.

I might be out of touch
for a while."

That's it.
She had no idea about our case.

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned
the name Kathy Dougherty

a time or two
in my division.

Kathy is a friend.
She is a trusted ally.

And I didn't want
her to be scared.

Why would you do that, Mark?
Why would you tell Dougherty?

I just-- Because I didn't
want her to be scared.

I trust her.

Guys, we can trust Kathy.Who else?

Don't jack us around, Mark.

Mm.

Kirk Schmidt.

I mean, Schmidty.

Look, I was-- I was afraid
that he wouldn't say

anything to you guys.

That he'd clam up on account
of he's loyal to me.

You could have ruined
this entire operation.

Has anything gone wrong?
Has anything gone wrong?

Time out.
Time out. Time out.

Mark, you know what you did,
in our eyes, was wrong.

It was supposed
to be a secret.

Look, we can
get past this,

but is there anything else
that we need to know?

No.

No, not that I can think of.

Remember...to tell them that
you're getting your own lawyer.

I know about
the lawyers, Brian!

[♪♪♪]

MAN:
I hear you.

MAN 2:
Wanna give me a hand?

MAN 3:
I got that.

[♪♪♪]

Mark Whitacre,
Aubrey Daniel.

Pleasure to meet you.

I'm representing ADM
in this matter.

Okay.

This is John Dowd,
a colleague of mine.

Good morning, John.

Dwayne has filled us in

on your responsibilities
here so...

Aubrey prosecuted
Lieutenant Calley

after the My Lai
massacre in Vietnam,

so this ought to be
a cakewalk for him.

We were hoping you'd have
time to sit and talk to John.

Sure.

ADM's behind you
on this, Mark.

Dad and I want all
the key people to know

that we're gonna be paying
for all your legal fees.

Oh, great. Great.
Thank you, that's great.

Then, uh--
Then we'll let you fellas

get acquainted, okay?
Okay.

How you holding up, Mark?

Good. Please, sit down.Thanks.

[SIGHS]

John, can I ask
you something?

Sure, anything.

If I say something to you,

are you allowed to say
anything to Mick and Dwayne?

[♪♪♪]

[SPEAKING INAUDIBLY]

[SPEAKING INAUDIBLY]

Oh. Here we go.

I need to tell you I'm gonna
be cooperating with the FBI.

They have hundreds of tapes.

They know all about lysine.

And John here
agrees with me.

I should probably be getting
another lawyer.

Oh. No question
about it.

I just want to say sorry
for everything that's happened.

Sorry?

What's that?

It feels good to talk,
to clear the air.

You get to be like a balloon
after a while,

a balloon looking
for a pin to bump into

and relieve the pressure.

You could get sick
from keeping it inside

and get a tumor or something.

I didn't ask for that.

I have a friend from school
who has a law practice

and he's always telling me

how they can't talk
about their cases.

Like inThe Firm.
You can tell them anything

and they have to keep
it to themselves

or they get in a lot
of trouble. They're boxed.

That's what they say: "boxed."

LAWYER:
So there wasn't a saboteur

in the beginning at all.

You made that up?

MARK:
Well, maybe there was.

I mean,
there could have been.

Okay.

ADM steals the technology
from the Japanese

so I wouldn't put it past
the Japanese to do

the same thing to us,

but once I told the FBI
that I'd made that part up,

they said I had
very little choice

but to be a cooperating witness.

And you began making tapes.
How many tapes did you make?

There are over 200 tapes.

Ooh.

There are so many really
nice people in the world,

people who want to help out.

Good neighbors,
good listeners.

Like when they had floods
out in the Mississippi

and people lose everything
and are sleeping in a gym,

someone always shows up
with a warm coat

for the old people
and a homemade pot roast.

That's why Ginger and I
bought that girl in town

a special computer after
she had the spine injury.

That kind of thing
really makes a difference.

Jim here strikes me
as that kind of guy.

You can tell he's
the one-in-a-hundred guy who,

when you come
into the emergency room,

you thank your lucky stars
that it's his watch.

- -illegal campaign
contributions, whatever.

Whatever we're talking about.

So then I'd come back.
Two nights a week or so.

Brian and Bob and I
would get together,

and we'd, uh--
You know, we'd work it.

We'd build the investigation.

Get everything we needed,

gather up all the information.

Then we went to DOJ,
briefed those lawyers,

and before you knew it,
we were hitting ADM,

raiding the place,
taking it down.

And for how long
did you do this?

Work as an informant?

Mm, ah, oh.
Two and a half years.

Two and a half years.

You know,
and I always thought

there'd still be
a place for me at ADM

when this whole thing was over.

I still have
a lot of friends there.

A lot of friends.

Hey, Mark, it's a--

It's very important to your
case you not discuss this

with anyone else, okay?

These people you work with,
your friends,

they could end up
being witnesses.

So-So Bob and I are the only
people I want you to talk

to about this from now on.
All right?

And I want you to know
that you can tell us anything.

Okay. Yeah.
Okay?

Well, they kept
coming to the house

and they only had ADM's
side of the story.

SHEPARD [ON PHONE]:
Did you talk toThe Wall Street Journal, Mark?

What did you say?
It-- It's real important

that you not talk
to the press.

Me? I-I told them
I had no comment,

but it didn't matter.

They had the story anyway.
They already had it.

Did you see my stipple portrait?
It's pretty good.

[♪♪♪]

EPSTEIN:
Shit.

Fuck.

REPORTER:
I'd appreciate any comment you can make on

the allegations
on the TV so far.

Just a quick comment.
What do you have to say?

I came out to tell you

that I'm not allowed to talk
to the press at this time.

REPORTER 2:
At least any comment on the effects of your actions

on ADM's declining
stock prices?

What's been the reaction
of your friends being taped?

Well, I'm a person of interest
in an ongoing investigation.

MAN 2:
Do you believe you and your family can stay in Decatur?

Has the government made
arrangements to move you?

[REPORTERS SCRUMMING]

We're still getting
the threatening phone calls

and I know for a fact
that Dwayne and Terry

have been telling people
that he wasn't a good worker

and that he can't be trusted.

We told Mark.

We told him that he had
to expect the unexpected,

that he might be attacked,

that he wasn't gonna win any
popularity contests for this.

Well, he just mopes
around here all day,

watching the news,

looking for a glimpse
of himself.

Or he's calling
someone from ADM,

trying to get the latest
gossip. He's...

Maybe you guys should
get out of town

until the hearings start.

He's got to stop
talking to people.

Well, the FBI never
forced me to cooperate.

I don't owe
Brian Shepard the truth.

I mean, I gave Brian Shepard
two and a half years

and now I have legal bills
to show for it,

and I'm the good guy in this,
the guy who took on ADM.

Is Brian Shepard gonna
lose his job for that?

His standard of living?

I've gone to the local
junior school on career day

and talked to kids
about biochemistry

and the career
opportunities available.

Can Brian Shepard
and Bob Herndon say that?

I'm the white hat.

I did enough
for Brian Shepard.

Who's gonna take care of me?
Who picks the kids up

for swimming lessons? Who has
a plaque in the high school

for the Mark Whitacre
Environmental Award?

Where are your friends
when it's dump on Whitacre?

Where's the pot roast
and the warm coat?

You can see where he--
Where he pasted it.

He's a fucking forger.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

Mark Whitacre.

Hello, Mark.
It's Aubrey Daniel.

Listen, I'm here
in Mick Andreas's office

and we were wondering:

Does the name
"Lennart Thorstensson"

mean anything to you?

What about, uh,
"Nordkron Chemie"?

Does that ring a bell?

Well, I'll have someone
get back to you on that.

Oh, sure. You do that.

[CHUCKLING]

He's going to call us back.Sure.

[ALL LAUGHING]

My lawyer's telling me not
to talk to you guys,

but there's something I've been
wanting to talk to you about.

Don't--
Don't tell us anything.

You have a lawyer now
and it's not like it was before.

SHEPARD:
We are not asking you.

Okay, what if I just
put out some hypotheticals?

And, you know, I'll talk about
certain financial situations

and you guys can tell me
if they're wrong

or how serious they might be.
Okay, for instance...

What if a company
gave an executive a car?

You know, a corporate car.

And instead of driving
that to work,

he drove his personal car

and he gave the company car
to his daughter.

Would that be a problem?

That's it?

That--?
That's the hypothetical?

That shouldn't be a problem.

Okay.

What if it was
a corporate plane

and the executive was using
that for personal use?

Oh. Basically the same thing.

Maybe some IRS issues, but...

Okay.

What if...

it was standard practice
at ADM for executives

to regularly accept
kickbacks in cash?

How much money are we
talking about, Mark?

Well, Brian,
hypothetically, $500,000.

How much?

It's the way things
are done there.

Okay? I'm not the only
one who was doing it.

Everybody's doing it.

When did this start, Mark?

December, 1991.

You, uh...

[CLEARS THROAT]

How-How were you paid?

Paid by check.

A check is deposited
in various accounts

and always under
the amount of $10,000.

And did any of these
checks come in...

after we met?

Maybe.

[♪♪♪]

AUBREY:
Two-point-five million dollars,

deposited into an account
in Switzerland

while Mark Whitacre
was there on ADM business.

Now, we have
sworn testimony

from Mr. Lennart Thorstensson
of the ABP Corporation

that he has never seen
this contract,

and that his signature
is forged.

Neither he nor his company
have ever received this check.

Now, it is clear to us
that Mark Whitacre,

driven by his own boundless
ambition to take over ADM,

has attempted
to frame his superiors

in a price-fixing conspiracy
of his own invention.

His cooperation
with the government,

merely a smokescreen
to hide his lying

and cheating and stealing.
We have additional information

that we are willing to share
with Attorney General Reno

that the money has since
been moved to Grand Cayman,

with the full knowledge
and complicity

of Whitacre's FBI partners.

SHEPARD:
What are they accusing me of? I want the specifics.

Are they saying I'm
in cahoots with the guy?

MEDFORD:
Paragraph 8 in our agreement with Whitacre

states that his actions
are directly attributable

to the FBI and the United States
government.

They're saying he stole
two and a half million dollars

while we were running him.

But how could we know what
he was doing? He came to us.

The question they're asking
isn't "How could we know?"

It's "Why didn't we know?"

No. The question is,
"Were they price fixing?"

The investigation has shifted
from ADM to Whitacre.

Ha. Of course.
ADM decides Whitacre's a thief

as soon as they find out
he's working for us.

Yeah, and who's counting
the money over there

if they can just lose two
and a half million

for a few years and then
find it in a few hours?

We gotta call Mark.

I don't want you
to do that.

We're taking you off.

That's it?

We're done?

I thought the FBI never
hung a witness out to dry.

He's not a witness anymore.
He's a target.

MARK:
I only kept a million and a half dollars.

A million and a half.
And Mick knew about it.

He knows these things went on.

Who do you think taught me
how to do it?

You can't bullshit
these people, Mark.

Who knows what they know?

We gotta go in there
with the whole story.

It gets bad for you if you tell
them you'll confess and don't.

Then you're screwed.This is it.

What you have in front
of you, that is it.

I've found every bank
statement, every record.

Why would I hide
anything from you guys?

This is it.

[♪♪♪]

Listen, I haven't been telling
you guys the whole truth,

but I'm gonna clear
that up in there today.

What?

No, we gotta get you
out of here.

MARK:
No, no, I want to tell.

Mr. Whitacre's conduct
constitutes

a breach of his agreement
with the U.S. government.

He is no longer
a cooperating witness.

This is outrageous.

My client has given you
years of his life.

Clearly, he made mistakes,
but he made your case.

We are not here to discuss
the case against ADM.

Mr. Whitacre,
my name is Ed Herbst

and I am with the FBI's
Economic Crimes Unit.

This is Mary Spearing
and Don McKay,

from the Department
of Justice Fraud Division

and we were wondering
if you could tell us

when your criminal
conduct at ADM began.

In early 1992. Um...

I was taught how things
are done there by Mick Andreas,

who showed me how
to use embezzlements

and kickbacks in order
to make money tax-free.

My client
is voluntarily--

No, I'm-I'm aware
that the fraud

that I perpetrated was wrong
and I accept responsibility.

How did you receive
the money?

By check. They would
deposit the check

to my account in Decatur.

They paid kickbacks
in checks? Ha.

What company would
pay kickbacks in checks?

Well, I don't remember
the name of the company.

It was, like--

Agra Consulting and Trading
or something like that.

You don't remember the company
that paid you checks?

It's hard to remember
for me right now.

I have things going
on in my life,

in case you haven't
been reading papers.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

We're coming to you guys.
We're cooperating here.

We're gonna get
the money back.

I think this might
help your memory.

Now, where did we get those?

These are ADM documents
showing forging of signatures.

[MARK GROANS]

Didn't these people
seeThe Firm?

Or read the book?
It's all there.

Everything they did to me,
they did to Tom Cruise.

I'm not the one
they should be mad at.

HERNDON:
We can't see you anymore.

And if you call us and start
to talk about the case,

we'll have to hang up.

You can talk to us
about your feelings,

but that's it.

Mark, please understand.

It's not what we want.
We got no choice here.

MARK:
You know, the thing of it is,

all of my anger,
all of my frustration

stems from my work
with you guys.

And all this crap
in the paper--

My kids are seeing this.

And it's all just
dump on Mark Whitacre.

Remember, Mark,
we told you

it would be impossible
to predict

what would happen when
the case went public.

And you never told us about
the $5 million you took.

I don't see what that has
to do with the price fixing.

He worked for you
for two and a half years.

[SOBBING]
He risked his career, his home,

and now you just
turn your back on him

and leave us out here. It's...

Yes, Ginger.

SHEPARD:
The reason we came here today

is because we're
concerned about

your and Mark's well-being.

HERNDON:
It's important you tell the people in Washington

everything tomorrow.

One hundred percent.

You would have nothing
without him,

and you know it.

He's just being used
by the government

and then thrown away
because it's a lot easier

to go after Mark Whitacre
than anyone named Andreas.

[♪♪♪]

We took the kids one year

to the Renaissance festival
in Indiana.

You get to be
the white knight.

The kids get to ride
a horse and joust against

the forces of darkness
with a helmet on.

The white knight always wins.

The forces of darkness
fall onto an old mattress.

Someone plays a lute
and plays a song

from medieval times.
The day we went,

it was maybe 90 degrees,
and the heat

and humidity index,

I can't even remember
what the radio said.

We were next in line
and the mare collapsed,

went down in a heap.

Ginger was eating
ye olde drumstick

and she dropped it in the dirt.
The kids were crying

and I remember this farmer
saying he had a gun

in his truck.
Just like that.

From the white knight
to a gun in the truck.

They had everyone
turn their backs

before they put
the animal down,

but even if you couldn't see,
you could still hear.

How do you get that back?

How does that get to be fair?

GINGER:
Well, he just kept buying things.

We had eight cars.Mm-hm.

Three of them
we never even used.

And how else
has he changed?

Well, I was always the one
with the temper. Ha.

Mm-hm.And Corky was the happy one,

but that's changed too.

There's one in Hong Kong.

MILLER:
Mm-hm.

Then there are the accounts
in Switzerland and Grand Cayman.

Right, right.

Other things...
There's a lawyer in New York

who's got a million
dollars of mine.

You told your attorney
the truth about these accounts?

No, I don't need to tell--

Mark, you need to tell your
attorney about these accounts.

The assets were
obtained legally.

I don't-- I don't even know
if I can trust him.

Mark, has anyone in your
family ever been, uh,

diagnosed with
bipolar disorder?

You know,
manic depressive?

I have an aunt that they
used to say that about.

Yeah?

In terms of my parents,
I can't be sure.

My parents died
in an automobile accident

when I was 6.
Oh.

I was adopted
by a wealthy man in Ohio.

He owned amusement parks.Aha.

I caught a big break there,
big break.

So my client's here
to cooperate fully.

Agent D'Angelo,
if you have any questions.

This is your chance to put
everything on the table.

This is your chance
to redeem yourself,

but if you're not going
to be completely honest,

just stop talking now.

I understand that.

I just want to tell you
I feel...bad.

I'm so sorry. Um...

Um, the last time we spoke,

I was under a great
deal of stress

and I said some things
that weren't true.

I want to clear that up.

The first kickback
was in 1992.

Mick knew all about it.

He told me there were
gonna be opportunities

to take kickbacks
on some of the contracts

coming out of Asia and Europe,

that were ADM contracts.

Was there anyone
else involved?

So, Mr. Richter,

we have money leaving
your account here and here

and here,

and it's going into
Whitacre's account,

his wife Ginger's account,

and this is going to Whitacre's
parents' account.

Like I said,
those are loans.

Uh-huh.

Uh, he had me set up a company,
Nordkron Chemie,

and just, like, issue these
fake invoices to ADM.

And there was a bank
account in Hamburg.

So I would get a check for,
like, 200 grand and, uh,

most of it would
go back to Mark.

Ahem. Okay, look. Um--

We know you're looking out
for your friend Mark,

but your story
doesn't seem true.

You're right, it's not true.

All the money went to Mark.

When did it start?

Mark told me about
this Nigerian thing

he got in the mail.

You know about these schemes
with the Nigerian letters?

The 419 fraud? Yeah.
We see it every day.

You get a letter from some
official in Nigeria asking

for a few grand to help
him move millions.

They promise you
a percentage of the money.

Exactly.
A percentage.

You ever wonder
who was dumb enough

to fall for something
like that?

This is really
embarrassing.

So how much money
would you say you made

from your illegal
activities?

Uh...

Seven-point-seven
million dollars.

But like I said,
Mick knew

all about that,
you know?

He-- He endorsed
that kind of behavior.

So not 5 but 7.7?

Seven-point-seven.

Jim, we all understand
special consideration,

but we've got your guy

and these are cases
we know we can convict.

Forty-five counts
of-of wire fraud

and money laundering
and tax evasion.

So explain to us,
where is the wiggle room?

Come on, I'm not stupid.
Mark committed a crime.

He stole $9 million.

That's pretty indefensible.

But these guys at ADM,

they stole hundreds
of millions of dollars

from innocent people
all around the world.

Mark showed you that four
white guys in suits

getting together
in the middle of the day,

that's not a meeting,
it's a crime scene.

And not only did
he tell you about it,

he got the evidence
to prove it. Ha.

When agents go undercover
for the FBI,

they get trained
for the stresses

of living a secret life.

We hear this all the time
from you guys.

How easy it is for
a trained agent to crack.

I mean, here's Mark,
a civilian, with no training,

but you guys just
shove him in there.

You tell him to go for it

without any training
to make sure

he doesn't crack
under pressure.

[♪♪♪]

Ah! Baby!

[GRUNTING]

Ginger!

Ginger.

They kidnapped me.
They put me in a car. What?

They drove me around
for 20 minutes.

They wouldn't let me out.Oh, my gosh.

My leg.
Oh, Mark!

Ah, it's all cramped. Ah.

Who did this?
Who took you?

It's obvious.
Look at my jacket.

These people mean business.Oh, no.

MARK:
I was abducted.

I was thrown
into the back

of a light-brown Dodge
Dynasty by two thugs

and driven around
in a 20-minute joyride.

And basically,
I was told,

you know, "forget everything
that isn't on tape

"and you can forget
about bringing it up

in a courtroom
or-or for the media."

HOST:
Did the men identify themselves?

I think we know
who sent them.

Yeah.

And they sawed the locks
off the door, like mafia thugs.

Yeah, on each side,
so I was-- I was trapped.

NEWSMAN:
You were trapped.

You couldn't
roll down the window?

MARK:
No.

Where was the FBI
in all of this?

GINGER [ON TV]:
Well, I think-- We think people have to realize

that the FBI
did the same thing.

I mean, they locked my husband
in an investigation

and they drove our family
around for three years.

Three to five years?Yes.

In jail?

But ADM's the bad guys.

Everywhere we go,
it's the same story.

It's just dump
on Mark Whitacre.

You gotta focus here.

You stole $9 million
and then you lied about it.

Maybe in your head
you're one of the good guys,

but to them you're a guy
who stole a lot of money

and then you lied about it.

Ginger and I have been talking
and we'd like to file a lawsuit

against Brian Shepard

and the United States
government.

Oh, my God.
For what, Mark?

He hit me with a briefcase.

Mark, come on.

And he told me to destroy tapes
that didn't help the case.

Why would Brian Shepard
do that?

Maybe the question you should
be asking yourself

is what is Brian Shepard hiding?

All right.
I'm telling you, okay?

Take the plea.

[SCOFFS]

Yeah. Thanks, Jim,

but we're gonna go
a different way.

[♪♪♪]

MAN: Evelyn?What?

There's a reporter on the phone
from the Washington Post.

Has some questions
about Corky.

A reporter?

EVELYN:
This is Evelyn Whitacre.

What do you mean, adopted?

Well, as his mother,
I can assure you

that my husband and I were not
killed in a car accident

and Mark was not adopted
by wealthy people.

Mark's been telling
people that you and I

were killed
in a car accident

and he was adopted
by rich people.

What do you make of that?

Hm.

That's kind of weird.

I read this study
inTIME magazine

when I was at Cornell,
which is an Ivy League school

and there were a lot of people
who never believed,

including my mother,
that I would make it

into an Ivy League school.
Maybe just Ginger,

who I met in marching band
in the 8th grade.

And the study said
that people had nice,

sympathetic feelings
about people who were adopted,

and treated them better.

So I made up
this adoption story

and people did treat me better.

And when I got a job,
one of my professors

told the people
at Ralston Purina

that I was this guy that
had accomplished all of this

in spite of being adopted.

So it was really other people
who spread the story, not me.

Although I admit it was wrong
to start it and everything,

it was other people
who kept it going.

Even the people at ADM.

My new lawyer sees that.

Tsk. This all goes
back many years,

before most
of us were born.

It's bigger
than any of us

and it's ongoing.

I know you're skeptical,
but I've seen it.

My client, Mark Whitacre,
has shown it to me.

Maybe I am just
a personal-injury lawyer

from Taylorville,
"Nowhere" Illinois,

but I tell you,

I know the identity
of the master puppeteer.

The who?The master puppeteer.

And it's not
who you're thinking.

Mark has tapes,
tapes that the government

doesn't want us to hear.

Tapes that outline
the actions of Brian Shepard,

who hit Mark Whitacre
with a briefcase

while Mark was cooperating
with the government.

My client has a letter from
his psychiatrist,

outlining and confirming
the cruelty perpetrated on him

by Brian Shepard.

A letter from his psychiatrist

clearly exonerating my client
from all wrongdoing.

"It is obvious that the FBI
made some grand mistakes

in how they handled
and treated you."

There's a phrase
of interest--

- "Grand mistakes."
- -coming from a doctor.

"When one discusses suicide,
this is a red flag.

"When one discusses
how they will do it,

"then it is very,
very serious. Mark.

"I also feel that
the FBI requiring you

"to do unethical conduct

"against ADM
was another blunder

"that forced you into
a bipolar situation.

"They should have known better

"and noted that
a medical problem exists.

"From a medical point of view,

"this is attempted murder
that the FBI did to you.

"From a legal view, your lawyer
needs to decide what to do

"and what the terminology is.

"I'll support you
in whatever you need.

"You and your family have been
through too much turmoil

"working with the government.

They should--
They should know better."

That's Dr. Miller.

I read the letter, Mark.

The problem with
the letter is...it's a lie.

What are you
talking about, Brian?

It's on his letterhead.
That's his signature.

What are you
talking about?

The area code, Mark.

In the letterhead?

The area code 847?

This letter was written
in November, 1995.

That area code
didn't exist then.

Okay, but they announced

that the change was coming.
I even remember that.

People-- People order
their stationery early.

I thought about that.

So I asked the phone company.

This is the press release
announcing

the new 847 area code.

It's dated six days after
your letter was written.

Miller could not
have known about it.

Ron Henkoff fromFortune
called Dr. Miller

and Miller confirmed
the letter.

If you talk to Henkoff...

Ron Henkoff
from Fortunemagazine

verified the letter

with Dr. Miller.

I talked to Dr. Miller, Mark.

You can't--
He--

That's a violation

of my doctor-patient
confidentiality.

That's a total violation of my
doctor-patient confidentiality.

You can't call Miller.

Doctor-patient confidentiality

doesn't apply to forgeries.

Then why didFortune
magazine run the story?

Well, why would Ron Henkoff,
for Fortunemagazine

put it in a cover story?

Stop it, Mark.

Henk-- If you talk to Henkoff--

You need to stop
doing this to yourself.

Why do you--?
Why do you keep lying?

I don't know.

Well, I think maybe I should
go back to the hospital.

[♪♪♪]

WOMAN:
Case 97-2001,

United States of America
v. Mark Whitacre.

Tsk. You have a right to make
a statement, if you wish.

Thank you.

Uh, I really appreciate
the opportunity

to get up here
and say a few words.

Um....

Wow.

What a ride.

Um, been a long five years.

A lot of memories.

I just-- I really
want to apologize

to a lot of people
in this room

and a lot of people
who aren't in this room, um,

for-for my actions.

Uh, I'm on medication now,

so I-- I'm seeing things
a lot more clearly.

And I just really want to--

I realize I hurt
a lot of people,

and so I want to say:

I'm so, so sorry.

I greatly apologize

and accept responsibility
for my actions. That's it.

Thank you.

JUDGE:
To observe that Mr. Whitacre is not the usual felon

is a gross understatement.

He's well-educated,

has a loving wife and family,

is well-respected
in the community.

It's not inconceivable that,
in due course,

he could have been CEO
of Archer Daniels Midland.

However, this court...

can find no clear
connection between

Mr. Whitacre's
bipolar disorder

and the 45 counts
of criminal misconduct

he's been charged with,

just garden-variety greed.

It's very difficult to tell
when Mr. Whitacre

is telling the truth.

I don't think
what happened is fair,

when you look at me compared
to Mick and Terry.

I mean, if you go and hold up
your local grocery store,

you get, maybe,
five years in prison.

Mick and Terry held up every
grocery store in the world

and they got three.

So you tell me how it makes
sense that I get nine,

and I think that you should
consider that, Mr. President,

when reviewing
this request for pardon.

Uh, I'd also like to take
this opportunity

to apologize on behalf
of myself and my wife, Ginger,

to Special Agent
Brian Shepard.

He never hit me
with a briefcase

or told me to destroy tapes.

The idea to sue him came
from someone inside ADM.

Um, I shouldn't have listened.

I don't even remember
who it was.

While I was there at ADM,
I lived so many lives,

I didn't--
I didn't really know who I was.

And I know today
more who I am

and what I really
want out of life.

I've completed
three postgraduate degrees

while in detention,

a J.D., which is,
of course, a law degree.

Uh, another advanced degree

in the psychology
of jury selection.

I sleep better here in prison
than I have in years.

My wife, Ginger,
has forgiven me.

She actually believes
that this incident with ADM

brought us closer together
in a marriage of over 20 years,

and I hope you'll
allow me to leave here

so that I can rejoin that life
with my family, my three kids,

two of whom are adopted.

Especially in light
of the fact that,

in large part because
of my testimony,

the United States
government has to date

been able to collect
over one billion dollars

in price-fixing fines
from big businesses.

So that's it. Thanks.

Good luck with the
pardon, Mark.

Thanks, Bob.
Thanks for helping me

remember everything.
I really appreciate it.

I wish Brian could have come.

Well, he's--
He's still pretty angry.

Yeah. Well, tell him I'm
real sorry. Will you do that?

Sure, Mark.

You know, the irony
is if I hadn't gone undercover,

I never would have stole
the 11 and a half million.

You know, it was my way out.

It was my severance.
What else was I gonna do?

I had to write
my own severance.

MAN:
Work detail.

See you, Bob.

Uh, uh--
Eleven and a half million?

What?
I thought it was 9 and a half.

What did I say?

You said 11 and a half.

You do know that
the people at ADM

think you were the mole.

That you planted the virus
then made it go away.

The 11 and a half
is with the interest.

Mark, is it 9 and a half
or 11 and a half?

[SIGHS]

I don't know, Bob.

You tell me.

[STEVE TYRELL'S
"TRUST ME" PLAYING]

♪ Trust me ♪

♪ There's an art on knowing
How to cut the corners ♪

♪ A trick to living
Strictly by your wits ♪

[DOOR SHUTS]

♪ And if they call you crazy ♪

♪ They wont label you
A crackpot ♪

♪ When the jackpot hits ♪

♪ And you can trust me ♪

♪ There's a light
At the end of every tunnel ♪

♪ A Sunday at the end
Of every week ♪

♪ And if you play
Your cards right ♪

♪ One win is the beginning ♪

♪ Of a winning streak ♪

♪ Well, you may stumble
You may fall ♪

♪ Find your back
Against the wall ♪

♪ Go over it, around it ♪

♪ Under it and through it ♪

♪ It really doesn't matter
As long as you do it ♪

♪ Would I steer you wrong?
Trust me ♪

♪ There are times when
You're feeling like a loser ♪

♪ There's no future
Living in the past ♪

♪ Stick to your intuition ♪

♪ You don't have to leave
A trail behind you ♪

♪ Lady Luck knows ♪

♪ Where to find you ♪

♪ I'll give you
Your money back ♪

♪ Guaranteed ♪

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♪ When you're short
On dreams and hopes ♪

♪ Feel your life
Is on the ropes ♪

♪ You shouldn't let it get you
Rattle or upset you ♪

♪ You'll learn the secret lies
In just improvising ♪

♪ Trust me ♪

♪ There are times when
You're feeling like a loser ♪

♪ There's no future
Living in the past ♪

♪ You gotta stick
To your intuition ♪

♪ Life can be peaches
Cream and honey ♪

♪ Using other people's money
I'll give you a lifetime ♪

♪ Guaranteed ♪

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♪ Would I lie to you?
Never ♪

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[♪♪♪]