1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.CO 1 00:00:11,981 --> 00:00:14,701 So, I've pitched this piece on dating discourse. 2 00:00:14,781 --> 00:00:15,981 You know, like, body count. 3 00:00:16,061 --> 00:00:18,781 "She's a four, but maybe six after five pints." 4 00:00:18,861 --> 00:00:21,221 Age, income bracket. All of it's numerical. 5 00:00:21,301 --> 00:00:23,021 That car's been idling outside for two days. 6 00:00:24,741 --> 00:00:25,997 You know that girl 7 00:00:26,021 --> 00:00:29,301 who fucks 1,000 guys in 24 hours for content? 8 00:00:29,381 --> 00:00:31,341 I mean, she wasn't fucking a person. 9 00:00:31,421 --> 00:00:32,501 She was fucking a number. 10 00:00:32,581 --> 00:00:34,381 I mean, her spirit was dominated, 11 00:00:34,461 --> 00:00:38,021 well gang-raped, almost, by market logic, essentially. 12 00:00:38,101 --> 00:00:39,941 Yeah, individuals reduced to abstraction. 13 00:00:40,021 --> 00:00:41,181 Kierkegaard. 14 00:00:41,261 --> 00:00:43,157 Yeah, but why is it you have to take something modern, 15 00:00:43,181 --> 00:00:44,901 and then you make it for cunts? It's... 16 00:00:46,621 --> 00:00:49,021 Someone's fucking jimmied the window. 17 00:00:49,101 --> 00:00:50,821 Shit! Fuck! 18 00:00:51,781 --> 00:00:52,797 My fucking keys have gone. 19 00:00:52,821 --> 00:00:54,237 Why do you lease a Mercedes anyway? 20 00:00:54,261 --> 00:00:55,877 Where's that money coming from? Do you owe again? 21 00:00:55,901 --> 00:00:56,941 Look, do me a favor, yeah? 22 00:00:57,021 --> 00:00:58,677 Could you just take Matty for the week, all right? 23 00:00:58,701 --> 00:01:00,237 While I sort this shit out. 24 00:01:00,261 --> 00:01:01,421 Okay, we need to formulate 25 00:01:01,461 --> 00:01:03,437 some sort of custody agreement so you cannot keep doing this. 26 00:01:03,461 --> 00:01:04,837 - Also, you look like shit. - All right. 27 00:01:04,861 --> 00:01:06,157 It's the fucking Ritalin, it's my skin... 28 00:01:06,181 --> 00:01:08,117 Well, what is the excuse for the rest of it then? 29 00:01:08,141 --> 00:01:09,917 Because you keep saying, "Oh, I'm working flat out," 30 00:01:09,941 --> 00:01:11,477 and then I hear stories of you out on benders 31 00:01:11,501 --> 00:01:13,917 - and sharking random women. - Well, hang on, you're in a fucking relationship! 32 00:01:13,941 --> 00:01:15,637 All right? 33 00:01:15,661 --> 00:01:17,957 You don't have jurisdiction over my sex life. 34 00:01:17,981 --> 00:01:19,581 We literally fucked once. 35 00:01:19,661 --> 00:01:21,381 You do realize that absolutely no one knows 36 00:01:21,461 --> 00:01:23,341 that you exist, right? 37 00:01:23,381 --> 00:01:24,501 Fuck off. 38 00:02:12,941 --> 00:02:14,341 Edward, hiya. 39 00:02:14,421 --> 00:02:16,557 - Sorry, what time is it? - Who cares? 40 00:02:16,581 --> 00:02:18,541 Good news. We've heard from Tender's counsel. 41 00:02:18,621 --> 00:02:20,621 I think they've come in way too hot. 42 00:02:20,701 --> 00:02:22,637 Their response to the "Tender, investigated" piece, 43 00:02:22,661 --> 00:02:24,741 it's as subtle as a Slade song in truth. 44 00:02:24,821 --> 00:02:26,981 Injunction, threat, defamation. 45 00:02:27,061 --> 00:02:29,221 I mean, it's a real dog's dinner. 46 00:02:29,301 --> 00:02:30,541 And I did a little digging, 47 00:02:30,581 --> 00:02:32,101 and it seems upper management there 48 00:02:32,181 --> 00:02:33,701 are a proxy for the Norton Media Group, 49 00:02:33,741 --> 00:02:36,581 so I'm happy to send you to Accra. 50 00:02:38,981 --> 00:02:40,517 Look, thank you, Ed. You won't regret it. 51 00:02:40,541 --> 00:02:42,981 Listen, the main thrust of all their ire 52 00:02:43,061 --> 00:02:45,261 is collusion and market manipulation 53 00:02:45,341 --> 00:02:47,301 between you and these short sellers. 54 00:02:47,381 --> 00:02:48,981 I mean, that's a shot in the dark, right? 55 00:02:49,006 --> 00:02:50,036 Uh... 56 00:02:50,061 --> 00:02:51,277 Tell me you aren't inveigled 57 00:02:51,301 --> 00:02:53,501 with these fucking short sellers. 58 00:02:53,541 --> 00:02:54,541 Huh? 59 00:02:54,581 --> 00:02:56,141 Yeah, I'm not... I've spoken to them, 60 00:02:56,181 --> 00:02:58,381 - but, you know, tangentially. - Oh, "tangentially." 61 00:02:58,461 --> 00:03:00,581 Like, "elliptically"? Whatever the fuck. 62 00:03:00,661 --> 00:03:02,581 Just clean the slate with those contacts, okay? 63 00:03:02,661 --> 00:03:06,101 Yeah. Look, man, I'm... I'm working on a follow-up. 64 00:03:06,181 --> 00:03:07,621 Far more meat on the bone. 65 00:03:07,701 --> 00:03:09,421 Major discovery in Sunderland, all right? 66 00:03:09,461 --> 00:03:11,237 Well, I don't like being woken by bullies. 67 00:03:11,261 --> 00:03:14,061 And it's in the public interest for us to respond aggressively, 68 00:03:14,101 --> 00:03:15,357 especially if Tender have designs 69 00:03:15,381 --> 00:03:17,741 on the UK consumer with this new banking app. 70 00:03:17,821 --> 00:03:20,821 I'll get legal to word a stern and curt rebuke. 71 00:03:20,901 --> 00:03:23,741 If I know anything about people who go this nuclear this early, 72 00:03:23,821 --> 00:03:25,261 you can bet your loneliest penny 73 00:03:25,341 --> 00:03:27,141 the cunts have a glass fucking jaw. 74 00:03:27,181 --> 00:03:28,541 - Yeah. - Okay, bye. 75 00:03:34,901 --> 00:03:35,941 Oi! 76 00:03:37,181 --> 00:03:38,957 - Hey, what? - Why are you watching my house? 77 00:03:38,981 --> 00:03:40,941 What? Brother, I'm waiting for my girl. 78 00:03:42,101 --> 00:03:43,821 Get the fuck off my street, yeah? 79 00:03:44,661 --> 00:03:46,101 Brother came here all tooled up 80 00:03:46,181 --> 00:03:48,461 looking like some hard wanker, yeah? 81 00:03:48,501 --> 00:03:50,541 Get the fuck away from my car, bro. 82 00:03:51,901 --> 00:03:53,861 - Fuck! - Pussyhole faggot. 83 00:03:59,181 --> 00:04:00,517 All we've done 84 00:04:00,541 --> 00:04:01,941 is share non-private information. 85 00:04:02,021 --> 00:04:03,981 Your article was a non-event. 86 00:04:04,061 --> 00:04:05,677 It helped our short for all of 20 minutes. 87 00:04:05,701 --> 00:04:07,621 Well, proving a connection might be enough. 88 00:04:07,701 --> 00:04:09,357 Now, I've started working on an air-gapped computer 89 00:04:09,381 --> 00:04:10,421 so it can't be hacked. 90 00:04:10,501 --> 00:04:12,181 But you're calling me on my work phone? 91 00:04:13,261 --> 00:04:14,677 When are you publishing the follow-up? 92 00:04:14,701 --> 00:04:16,021 I can't say. 93 00:04:16,061 --> 00:04:17,597 You can't or won't? 94 00:04:17,621 --> 00:04:19,661 Bro, we gave you the Sunderland piece. 95 00:04:19,741 --> 00:04:21,181 You write it up and disseminate it. 96 00:04:21,261 --> 00:04:23,941 - That was agreed. - Uh, no, it was never agreed. 97 00:04:24,021 --> 00:04:25,941 Oh, fuck off. It was fucking implied. 98 00:04:26,021 --> 00:04:28,021 Come on. You're not being fair at all. 99 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:30,661 Yeah, I think you fundamentally misunderstood my ethics here. 100 00:04:30,701 --> 00:04:31,877 It is important from here on out, 101 00:04:31,901 --> 00:04:33,581 we deny any kind of communication. 102 00:04:33,661 --> 00:04:35,181 And that's ethical, is it? 103 00:04:35,261 --> 00:04:38,181 No, it's sensible. I appreciate your time. 104 00:04:41,621 --> 00:04:43,461 If he doesn't publish again soon, 105 00:04:43,541 --> 00:04:45,301 what's our next negative catalyst? 106 00:04:45,381 --> 00:04:47,621 Market's pricing this app launch as a positive one. 107 00:04:47,661 --> 00:04:49,997 - Stock climbs any higher, we'll face a margin call. - Um... 108 00:04:50,021 --> 00:04:52,581 We feed the Sunderland piece to another reporter. 109 00:04:52,661 --> 00:04:55,341 How long a lag time to get it understood, 110 00:04:55,421 --> 00:04:57,661 - past seniors, printed? - Why don't we self-publish? 111 00:04:57,701 --> 00:04:59,341 We'll just get Sweetpea to write it up, 112 00:04:59,421 --> 00:05:01,301 like Hindenburg, GlassHouse, that sort of beat. 113 00:05:01,381 --> 00:05:03,261 It's too clear a conflict of interest. 114 00:05:03,301 --> 00:05:04,301 Okay. Well, obviously, 115 00:05:04,381 --> 00:05:05,981 we would use the appropriate disclosures. 116 00:05:06,021 --> 00:05:07,341 One wrong word, 117 00:05:07,381 --> 00:05:09,781 we open ourselves up to a civil suit. 118 00:05:09,861 --> 00:05:11,741 Plus, our name has no cachet. 119 00:05:11,781 --> 00:05:14,621 Who gives a solitary fuck about "SternTao's view"? 120 00:05:14,701 --> 00:05:16,277 It doesn't matter if Tender is a house of cards 121 00:05:16,301 --> 00:05:17,637 if we don't have any breath to blow. 122 00:05:17,661 --> 00:05:21,021 Don't you think I fucking grasp that by now? 123 00:05:21,061 --> 00:05:22,821 Fuck! 124 00:05:22,901 --> 00:05:25,237 I wanna see the mortgage piece 125 00:05:25,261 --> 00:05:27,061 more prominent on the landing page. 126 00:05:27,141 --> 00:05:29,541 And... And wipe the fucking crypto component off it. 127 00:05:29,621 --> 00:05:31,701 I've given that note three fucking times. 128 00:05:31,781 --> 00:05:34,781 And yes, Robin, that is a user-over-profit decision 129 00:05:34,861 --> 00:05:36,661 because the UI is part of the messaging 130 00:05:36,701 --> 00:05:38,021 and the messaging is everything. 131 00:05:38,101 --> 00:05:39,741 Yeah, the tone matters to our backers 132 00:05:39,821 --> 00:05:40,941 in government too. 133 00:05:41,021 --> 00:05:45,301 And why is the phrase "Pierpoint powered by Tender" 134 00:05:45,381 --> 00:05:47,021 so prominent on the UI? 135 00:05:47,101 --> 00:05:50,181 Whitney cleared that. This is his brainchild. 136 00:05:50,221 --> 00:05:51,621 Has been for some time. 137 00:05:51,701 --> 00:05:55,621 Okay, I didn't stake myself on the build of this app 138 00:05:55,701 --> 00:05:59,141 to facilitate Pierpoint giving the already upwardly mobile 139 00:05:59,221 --> 00:06:00,581 a fucking clickable option 140 00:06:00,661 --> 00:06:02,541 to passively compound their wealth! 141 00:06:02,621 --> 00:06:03,741 Okay? 142 00:06:03,821 --> 00:06:05,181 Bannerman. 143 00:06:05,261 --> 00:06:07,301 You wanna give us a state of play, please? 144 00:06:07,381 --> 00:06:08,477 Yes, sir. 145 00:06:08,501 --> 00:06:10,517 Two hundred and fifty million assets under management. 146 00:06:10,541 --> 00:06:13,021 Eric's five percent of fund, ten bucks. 147 00:06:13,101 --> 00:06:14,981 Pierre, the anchor, 100 bucks. 148 00:06:15,061 --> 00:06:16,501 Further 140 million 149 00:06:16,541 --> 00:06:18,461 when we combine all other invested parties. 150 00:06:18,541 --> 00:06:20,581 With Kenny as our primary broker, 151 00:06:20,661 --> 00:06:23,901 we borrowed a further 250 million via Deutsche. 152 00:06:23,981 --> 00:06:24,981 That's our margin. 153 00:06:25,061 --> 00:06:26,381 Hundred percent gross leverage? 154 00:06:26,421 --> 00:06:28,421 Yes, 250 million equity, 155 00:06:28,461 --> 00:06:30,061 250 million margin. 156 00:06:31,781 --> 00:06:33,901 We remain excited by the potential synergies 157 00:06:33,981 --> 00:06:35,381 of the partnership showcasing 158 00:06:35,461 --> 00:06:37,621 Al-Mi'raj-Pierpoint's wealth management offering 159 00:06:37,661 --> 00:06:39,861 - within the Tender app. - You know, I've long thought 160 00:06:39,941 --> 00:06:42,341 that the copy should be "Tender powered by Pierpoint," 161 00:06:42,421 --> 00:06:43,861 not "Pierpoint powered by Tender." 162 00:06:43,901 --> 00:06:45,381 Our lawyers went back and forth on it 163 00:06:45,421 --> 00:06:47,461 while red-lining, arguing points of construction. 164 00:06:47,541 --> 00:06:50,301 We have the investment managers. We have the customer base. 165 00:06:50,341 --> 00:06:54,021 That's baked in for you in exchange for a platform 166 00:06:54,101 --> 00:06:55,621 and a route to more retail customers. 167 00:06:55,701 --> 00:06:57,781 By any metric, to any investor's eyes, 168 00:06:57,861 --> 00:07:00,421 Tender is the more valuable asset here. 169 00:07:00,501 --> 00:07:02,357 The market caps are moving in opposite directions, 170 00:07:02,381 --> 00:07:03,741 and we see this simply as offering 171 00:07:03,781 --> 00:07:05,741 a dinosaur a digital future. 172 00:07:05,821 --> 00:07:07,461 Why am I here negotiating something 173 00:07:07,501 --> 00:07:09,421 I assumed had already been negotiated? 174 00:07:10,061 --> 00:07:12,301 That isn't what this is. 175 00:07:12,381 --> 00:07:14,781 We wanted to illustrate how amenable we've been 176 00:07:14,861 --> 00:07:17,701 in the hope of asking you to, uh, solidify the partnership 177 00:07:17,781 --> 00:07:19,981 with a further billion-dollar investment. 178 00:07:21,941 --> 00:07:23,861 I really think we're missing a trick 179 00:07:23,941 --> 00:07:25,741 by not featuring Henry more prominently. 180 00:07:25,821 --> 00:07:27,877 What does that mean, and what would it even look like? 181 00:07:27,901 --> 00:07:29,821 Leaning into the tech side of fintech. 182 00:07:29,901 --> 00:07:32,541 A buzzy launch. Named entertainment. 183 00:07:32,621 --> 00:07:34,821 Charli XCX expounding on the virtues 184 00:07:34,861 --> 00:07:36,301 of a digitized spending report 185 00:07:36,381 --> 00:07:37,917 to track her nocturnal trips to the ATM. 186 00:07:37,941 --> 00:07:39,901 Yeah. Yeah! But a public launch, 187 00:07:39,981 --> 00:07:43,301 with translation to socials, it's still achievable. 188 00:07:43,381 --> 00:07:45,341 It might be smart to de-risk a little 189 00:07:45,421 --> 00:07:46,941 ahead of Tender rolling out their app 190 00:07:47,021 --> 00:07:48,781 because streets expect it to land and rally. 191 00:07:48,861 --> 00:07:51,021 Guys, we can't just start throwing down longs. 192 00:07:51,101 --> 00:07:53,117 Then we'd be like any other run-of-the-mill long/short. 193 00:07:53,141 --> 00:07:55,741 What if Dycker's next article lands as flat as his last one? 194 00:07:55,781 --> 00:07:56,957 Not with the Sunderland piece. 195 00:07:56,981 --> 00:07:58,597 Yeah, and when is that coming? 196 00:07:58,621 --> 00:07:59,981 Yeah, FYI, we are edging from gray 197 00:08:00,061 --> 00:08:02,581 to fucking black on market manipulation stuff. 198 00:08:02,661 --> 00:08:05,101 Oh, I've been speaking with the former CEO, 199 00:08:05,126 --> 00:08:06,156 Jonah Atterbury. 200 00:08:06,181 --> 00:08:07,637 I haven't spoken business with him yet. 201 00:08:07,661 --> 00:08:09,021 I'm just softening him up. 202 00:08:09,101 --> 00:08:11,261 - Is he replying? - Oh, yeah. 203 00:08:12,141 --> 00:08:13,821 He is replying! 204 00:08:13,861 --> 00:08:16,077 You know, it's an open secret that Al-Mi'raj 205 00:08:16,101 --> 00:08:18,541 is divesting Pierpoint back to the market piecemeal. 206 00:08:18,621 --> 00:08:20,581 Pierpoint's a fucking legacy name. 207 00:08:20,661 --> 00:08:22,941 It's, uh, sun-bleached font on signage. 208 00:08:23,021 --> 00:08:25,421 Gym bags on eBay. Ironic Fincore. 209 00:08:25,501 --> 00:08:27,661 Tombstones for a once great thing now dead. 210 00:08:27,741 --> 00:08:29,581 We are modernity knocking at your door, 211 00:08:29,661 --> 00:08:30,741 offering a leg up. 212 00:08:30,821 --> 00:08:32,781 And for that, all we're asking for is, uh, 213 00:08:32,861 --> 00:08:35,341 is a pittance. 214 00:08:35,381 --> 00:08:36,437 When does the, uh... 215 00:08:36,461 --> 00:08:38,261 when does the press release go out and to who? 216 00:08:38,301 --> 00:08:40,901 Tabled for 1:00 p.m. PST, Thursday. 217 00:08:40,981 --> 00:08:43,221 Right, so there is time to go bigger if we want to. 218 00:08:43,261 --> 00:08:44,821 Usual channels, TechCrunch, 219 00:08:44,901 --> 00:08:46,421 Wired, Breaking Banks podcast. 220 00:08:46,501 --> 00:08:47,957 Yeah, I think that Henry 221 00:08:47,981 --> 00:08:49,437 should feature on more lifestyle podcasts. 222 00:08:49,461 --> 00:08:52,021 There should be a fucking tariff on podcast equipment. 223 00:08:52,101 --> 00:08:55,021 Right, well, I want a redraft of the release 224 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:56,941 and my notes enacted, and we can go from there. 225 00:09:06,501 --> 00:09:07,501 Yo. 226 00:09:08,301 --> 00:09:09,981 What's up? 227 00:09:10,021 --> 00:09:11,541 Henry isn't happy 228 00:09:11,581 --> 00:09:13,237 about how the app launch is being positioned. 229 00:09:13,261 --> 00:09:14,637 'Cause your husband hasn't landed 230 00:09:14,661 --> 00:09:15,821 on something he likes. 231 00:09:15,901 --> 00:09:17,741 Robin says you want to "eventize" the launch? 232 00:09:17,821 --> 00:09:19,701 Yeah, there should have been a laid 233 00:09:19,781 --> 00:09:20,917 to eventize it from the start. 234 00:09:20,941 --> 00:09:22,797 We gotta stop using the word "eventize" 235 00:09:22,821 --> 00:09:23,821 like it's a serious word. 236 00:09:23,861 --> 00:09:25,661 I don't think this is funny. 237 00:09:25,701 --> 00:09:28,741 You know, if I had a proper job title, 238 00:09:28,821 --> 00:09:30,541 a role in the comms department, 239 00:09:30,621 --> 00:09:32,181 this would have been done properly. 240 00:09:32,261 --> 00:09:33,821 You want to work directly under Robin? 241 00:09:33,901 --> 00:09:35,581 I want to give Henry a pulpit. 242 00:09:36,261 --> 00:09:37,501 If Henry wants to be prominent, 243 00:09:37,541 --> 00:09:39,101 if he wants to be responsible for this, 244 00:09:39,181 --> 00:09:40,341 I'm not gonna get in his way. 245 00:09:40,381 --> 00:09:41,981 But I'm a little disappointed in him. 246 00:09:42,061 --> 00:09:43,741 Thought I was hiring a rock star. 247 00:09:43,781 --> 00:09:45,941 He was like a fucking ghost in our meeting with PRA. 248 00:09:46,021 --> 00:09:48,101 Yeah, his confidence is coming back. 249 00:09:48,181 --> 00:09:49,541 Slowly. 250 00:09:52,221 --> 00:09:53,901 Have you ever thought about laying a path 251 00:09:53,981 --> 00:09:55,701 in the company for Hayley? 252 00:09:58,581 --> 00:09:59,701 What do you see in her? 253 00:09:59,781 --> 00:10:01,317 I think she may have some information 254 00:10:01,341 --> 00:10:02,901 that could help us with Dycker. 255 00:10:02,941 --> 00:10:04,237 But she might need some sweetening. 256 00:10:04,261 --> 00:10:05,701 Mm. 257 00:10:05,741 --> 00:10:08,221 Bright young things attract bright young things. 258 00:10:08,301 --> 00:10:09,797 Speaking of, when was the last time you spoke 259 00:10:09,821 --> 00:10:11,261 to your friend, Harper, by the way? 260 00:10:11,341 --> 00:10:13,661 - You guys still close? - Why? 261 00:10:14,941 --> 00:10:18,261 I got a suspicion her venture's short. 262 00:10:22,141 --> 00:10:24,861 Um... 263 00:10:24,941 --> 00:10:27,341 She's probably being spurred on by her former boss. 264 00:10:27,421 --> 00:10:30,221 They're sort of a poisonous double act. 265 00:10:30,261 --> 00:10:33,461 They like to enable each other's worst instincts 266 00:10:33,501 --> 00:10:34,981 just 'cause... 267 00:10:35,061 --> 00:10:36,861 Well, 'cause they're fucking insecure. 268 00:10:36,901 --> 00:10:38,141 I can, um... 269 00:10:38,221 --> 00:10:40,941 I can think of a comms angle to deal with them. 270 00:10:42,501 --> 00:10:43,661 Great. 271 00:10:53,821 --> 00:10:55,421 What was it, two black cross? 272 00:10:55,501 --> 00:10:57,181 Whatever's most premium. 273 00:10:57,221 --> 00:10:58,941 Red, 180. 274 00:10:59,021 --> 00:11:02,061 One, please. Do you only do coke? 275 00:11:02,101 --> 00:11:04,181 You don't carry any liquid 'shrooms, do you? 276 00:11:04,261 --> 00:11:05,541 No, mate. 277 00:11:08,141 --> 00:11:11,541 Can't be front office with a pinstripe that chalky. 278 00:11:11,621 --> 00:11:14,581 Unless you're at a povvo dive like Royal Bank of Scotland. 279 00:11:25,221 --> 00:11:27,301 No, don't fucking touch it yet. I told you. 280 00:11:27,381 --> 00:11:28,421 Please. 281 00:11:29,461 --> 00:11:30,901 Please, Daddy. 282 00:11:35,101 --> 00:11:37,181 If you want more treats, you'll say it. 283 00:11:37,261 --> 00:11:39,781 I'm a good little whore for Papi. 284 00:11:47,581 --> 00:11:49,981 Get off. 285 00:11:51,221 --> 00:11:53,781 - Yeah, hi. Hello, Mary. - Hello. 286 00:11:53,861 --> 00:11:55,061 Yeah, I, um... 287 00:11:55,141 --> 00:11:56,717 Yeah, I... I wasn't expecting to hear from you. 288 00:11:56,741 --> 00:11:57,901 I hope you're well. 289 00:11:57,981 --> 00:11:59,701 Yeah, as... as well as, I guess. 290 00:11:59,781 --> 00:12:02,101 Um, yeah, and... and you? 291 00:12:02,181 --> 00:12:03,701 We thought we'd make arrangements 292 00:12:03,781 --> 00:12:05,101 for you to see Hugo. 293 00:12:05,181 --> 00:12:07,237 It was important that we got a few things in order before... 294 00:12:07,261 --> 00:12:08,557 You... You... No, no, you... you... 295 00:12:08,581 --> 00:12:09,701 you don't owe me an apology. 296 00:12:09,781 --> 00:12:11,077 This isn't an apology. 297 00:12:11,101 --> 00:12:13,181 Yeah. Yeah, yeah. No, no. Of course, of course. Um... 298 00:12:13,221 --> 00:12:14,517 Let me send through the details. 299 00:12:14,541 --> 00:12:15,997 You know, whenever, whenever. I'm very... 300 00:12:16,021 --> 00:12:18,621 - I'll send those through, thank you. - You... 301 00:12:26,021 --> 00:12:27,821 They took my kid away from me. 302 00:12:30,461 --> 00:12:32,061 Maybe they've got their reasons. 303 00:12:33,661 --> 00:12:35,461 You ever tried shutting the fuck up? 304 00:12:39,781 --> 00:12:42,581 One more thing. Do you know the WebHorizon guys? 305 00:12:42,661 --> 00:12:44,757 They asked Jonah and I to attend a bunch of times, 306 00:12:44,781 --> 00:12:46,461 but I always passed 'cause I, uh, 307 00:12:46,501 --> 00:12:47,661 never thought the two of us 308 00:12:47,701 --> 00:12:49,437 were aligned enough about the future of the company 309 00:12:49,461 --> 00:12:51,501 to share a stage and have it not be a... 310 00:12:51,581 --> 00:12:52,661 stock-negative event. 311 00:12:52,741 --> 00:12:54,661 Well, it... it might be a bit late in the day 312 00:12:54,741 --> 00:12:57,701 for them to accommodate us, but if I say 313 00:12:57,741 --> 00:12:59,821 that Henry's presenting a government darling 314 00:12:59,901 --> 00:13:01,221 and then float the idea 315 00:13:01,301 --> 00:13:02,901 that the Business Secretary might attend, 316 00:13:02,941 --> 00:13:05,901 it may combat the negative press coming out of FinDigest. 317 00:13:05,981 --> 00:13:08,021 You can make that happen? 318 00:13:08,061 --> 00:13:09,421 I mean, it would flatter 319 00:13:09,461 --> 00:13:10,821 the programmers, for sure. 320 00:13:10,901 --> 00:13:12,821 Let me proffer it. See where I get. 321 00:13:12,901 --> 00:13:15,021 Great. And have FinDigest responded to legal yet? 322 00:13:15,061 --> 00:13:16,357 That piece was so undercooked, 323 00:13:16,381 --> 00:13:18,477 it undermined whatever point they were trying to make. 324 00:13:18,501 --> 00:13:21,141 But, uh, Louisa says they're doubling down. 325 00:13:22,941 --> 00:13:24,861 Okay, I'm gonna speak to Percy. 326 00:13:24,901 --> 00:13:27,301 He's the business editor at the Sunday paper. 327 00:13:27,341 --> 00:13:29,021 Robin's on board? 328 00:13:29,581 --> 00:13:30,621 He will be. 329 00:13:31,341 --> 00:13:32,341 Fuck yeah. 330 00:13:32,381 --> 00:13:34,661 I got a 3:00 p.m. to Accra, but I'll be back soon. 331 00:13:34,741 --> 00:13:35,901 Twenty-four hours. 332 00:13:35,981 --> 00:13:37,757 God, that's a long way for such a short trip. 333 00:13:37,781 --> 00:13:38,997 Small management issue 334 00:13:39,021 --> 00:13:40,501 which requires some hand-holding. 335 00:13:40,581 --> 00:13:42,461 Hayley. Do me a favor. 336 00:13:42,541 --> 00:13:44,197 Assist Yas with whatever she needs at the launch. 337 00:13:44,221 --> 00:13:45,661 What, you don't need her in Ghana? 338 00:13:45,741 --> 00:13:47,477 She's supposed to split the load with Henry, 339 00:13:47,501 --> 00:13:50,541 so let her take half of his load off you. 340 00:13:57,581 --> 00:13:58,877 Hey. 341 00:13:58,901 --> 00:14:00,261 Jonah Atterbury? 342 00:14:00,341 --> 00:14:02,237 Yeah, speaking. 343 00:14:02,261 --> 00:14:03,717 Did I get you at a bad time? 344 00:14:03,741 --> 00:14:05,701 Oh, just interrupting the prologue 345 00:14:05,781 --> 00:14:08,181 to a story that I won't be able to finish. 346 00:14:08,261 --> 00:14:10,541 You know, your voice sounds like I imagined. 347 00:14:10,581 --> 00:14:11,997 - Hmm. - Normally, chicks want 348 00:14:12,021 --> 00:14:14,661 some kind of payment before getting personal so fast. 349 00:14:14,741 --> 00:14:16,381 Um, Jonah, I actually have 350 00:14:16,421 --> 00:14:19,421 a slightly ulterior motive for my call. 351 00:14:19,501 --> 00:14:21,261 I work as a research analyst. 352 00:14:21,301 --> 00:14:23,341 We believe your former employer is misrepresenting 353 00:14:23,421 --> 00:14:24,877 - how they make their money. - What the fuck? 354 00:14:24,901 --> 00:14:26,477 - Please don't hang up. - Sorry, but, uh... 355 00:14:26,501 --> 00:14:27,501 So much of this work 356 00:14:27,541 --> 00:14:29,981 is just finding nuggets of encouragement, okay? 357 00:14:30,061 --> 00:14:31,341 People only open up 358 00:14:31,421 --> 00:14:34,981 if the incentive outweighs their incentive to stay silent. 359 00:14:36,381 --> 00:14:38,301 Yeah, I'm a little loaded for riddles right now, 360 00:14:38,381 --> 00:14:39,621 and trust me... 361 00:14:39,701 --> 00:14:41,341 ...I don't need your money. I mean... 362 00:14:41,381 --> 00:14:43,101 I imagine that you have a bone to pick 363 00:14:43,181 --> 00:14:44,981 with Whitney Halberstram. 364 00:14:45,021 --> 00:14:46,981 You know, since he fired you. 365 00:14:47,021 --> 00:14:49,741 Well, I'm in the middle of suing the prick for defamation. 366 00:14:49,821 --> 00:14:55,101 - What the fuck is this? - Well, he shit on you, right? 367 00:14:55,181 --> 00:14:57,661 That fey little shit. 368 00:14:58,821 --> 00:14:59,941 I loved him. 369 00:15:00,021 --> 00:15:01,357 In your legal complaint, 370 00:15:01,381 --> 00:15:03,317 - is there anything that could help me? - Hey, baby. 371 00:15:03,341 --> 00:15:06,101 - Um, well, my, uh... - Want a private dance? 372 00:15:06,141 --> 00:15:09,061 ...or our correspondence was subpoenaed. 373 00:15:09,141 --> 00:15:11,381 My team have access to gigs of emails. 374 00:15:11,461 --> 00:15:14,261 Would you share them with me? I can just ping you my email. 375 00:15:14,341 --> 00:15:16,581 So, anything not pertaining to me is redacted. 376 00:15:16,621 --> 00:15:18,981 I don't see how that would be useful. 377 00:15:19,061 --> 00:15:20,141 The more I think about it, 378 00:15:20,221 --> 00:15:23,501 the more I... I see I was blinded by history with him. 379 00:15:23,581 --> 00:15:25,197 - How do you mean? - Um, small things. 380 00:15:25,221 --> 00:15:27,221 I noticed he'd check the stock price 381 00:15:27,301 --> 00:15:29,661 like an ECG last two years. 382 00:15:29,701 --> 00:15:32,661 Down days, he'd mope around, suicide watch. 383 00:15:32,741 --> 00:15:34,381 Up days, he was a prince. 384 00:15:34,461 --> 00:15:36,221 Me coming to him with a question, 385 00:15:36,301 --> 00:15:37,541 leaving with two more. 386 00:15:37,621 --> 00:15:40,981 Rabidly social. Never seemed to fuck. 387 00:15:41,061 --> 00:15:42,661 I also never saw him drunk. 388 00:15:42,741 --> 00:15:46,981 Clients, investors, auditors, he'd drown them in Cristal, 389 00:15:47,061 --> 00:15:50,141 leave them butt-fucked by a hangover lobotomy. 390 00:15:50,181 --> 00:15:52,341 "Ooh, boy, that cad from Tender 391 00:15:52,421 --> 00:15:55,221 parties like a pre-crisis Florida realtor." 392 00:15:55,261 --> 00:16:00,181 Oh, well, thank you, Jonah. I, um... 393 00:16:00,261 --> 00:16:04,021 I hope I brought you pleasure in unexpected ways. 394 00:16:04,061 --> 00:16:06,661 Listen, if you're gonna play me like this... 395 00:16:06,741 --> 00:16:09,781 do me the courtesy of burying him deep enough 396 00:16:10,581 --> 00:16:12,781 that his kind don't respawn. 397 00:16:13,861 --> 00:16:15,541 I will. 398 00:16:15,621 --> 00:16:18,141 Why the fuck is Whitney in Africa again? 399 00:16:18,221 --> 00:16:21,261 Guy sold me a fucking dummy. I don't want to be a host 400 00:16:21,341 --> 00:16:24,901 for another capital markets vulture like Pierpoint. 401 00:16:24,981 --> 00:16:27,101 The vision was meant to be utilitarian, 402 00:16:27,181 --> 00:16:29,941 not some defibrillator for a zombie bank. 403 00:16:30,021 --> 00:16:32,421 You still control how it's perceived. 404 00:16:32,461 --> 00:16:33,781 Whitney's spoken to WebHorizon 405 00:16:33,861 --> 00:16:35,981 about allowing you to make more of a splash. 406 00:16:36,061 --> 00:16:38,221 You're gonna be on the main conference live stream. 407 00:16:38,261 --> 00:16:40,581 I'll make sure it's picked up by all the trades. 408 00:16:40,661 --> 00:16:41,741 Yeah. 409 00:16:43,981 --> 00:16:45,541 Why are the two of you colluding 410 00:16:45,621 --> 00:16:47,781 on what are clearly executive decisions? 411 00:16:47,861 --> 00:16:50,341 "Colluding"? Henry, we're strategizing 412 00:16:50,381 --> 00:16:52,781 about how to maximize your potential. 413 00:16:52,861 --> 00:16:55,261 We both see it as integral to the success of the co... 414 00:16:55,341 --> 00:16:57,061 Actually, you know what? Fuck that. 415 00:16:57,141 --> 00:16:59,581 I see it as integral to your success. 416 00:16:59,661 --> 00:17:00,941 Okay? To our family's. 417 00:17:01,021 --> 00:17:02,461 Yeah, a press release will allow us 418 00:17:02,541 --> 00:17:04,421 to frame the narrative and control the audience. 419 00:17:04,501 --> 00:17:08,101 Robin's words sound completely dead in your mouth. 420 00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:09,861 Look, I get it. 421 00:17:09,941 --> 00:17:13,181 You've stood on stages before and been embarrassed. 422 00:17:13,261 --> 00:17:16,341 - But, look, just come here. - Not in here. 423 00:17:16,421 --> 00:17:19,301 - Not in here. - Who are you afraid of? 424 00:17:19,341 --> 00:17:21,861 I don't have it in me to be torn apart again. 425 00:17:23,061 --> 00:17:24,941 Do you believe in this company? 426 00:17:26,861 --> 00:17:30,221 Do you have any idea how tiring it is to have people 427 00:17:30,301 --> 00:17:32,701 constantly question your integrity 428 00:17:32,781 --> 00:17:34,101 because you fucked up once? 429 00:17:34,181 --> 00:17:37,021 Once! 430 00:17:37,061 --> 00:17:40,021 Listeners will lean in to the belief of the teller, 431 00:17:40,101 --> 00:17:41,381 so go and tell it. 432 00:17:47,981 --> 00:17:49,181 You always make me chase 433 00:17:49,261 --> 00:17:51,141 the most egoistic part of myself. 434 00:17:51,221 --> 00:17:52,461 Do you know that? 435 00:17:54,141 --> 00:17:57,261 'Cause without it, Henry, nothing would fucking happen. 436 00:18:00,101 --> 00:18:01,981 Thanks again for introducing us to Moritz. 437 00:18:02,021 --> 00:18:03,181 He's a real firebrand. 438 00:18:03,221 --> 00:18:05,157 His "In Defense of Jus Sanguinis" piece 439 00:18:05,181 --> 00:18:07,101 was a bit of a poke in the eye, even for me. 440 00:18:07,181 --> 00:18:08,997 You think he actually believes this stuff? 441 00:18:09,021 --> 00:18:10,597 Oh, who cares? As long as people are clicking. 442 00:18:10,621 --> 00:18:12,477 Your husband said he was in a product meeting. 443 00:18:12,501 --> 00:18:13,501 Our tech editor said 444 00:18:13,581 --> 00:18:15,621 he now expected Henry at WebHorizon. 445 00:18:15,661 --> 00:18:16,821 It's all smooth sailing. 446 00:18:16,861 --> 00:18:18,397 Well, we're supposed to be waiting for Robin. 447 00:18:18,421 --> 00:18:19,661 He's our head of comms, 448 00:18:19,701 --> 00:18:21,557 - but I think we should just crack on. - So, what are we thinking? 449 00:18:21,581 --> 00:18:22,981 Some kind of inside look at Tender? 450 00:18:23,061 --> 00:18:26,701 - Henry's second act? - Robin Williamson, comms. 451 00:18:26,781 --> 00:18:29,301 We'll take any winning highlights 452 00:18:29,341 --> 00:18:30,541 you can offer, 453 00:18:30,581 --> 00:18:32,117 but there's a strategy around the rollout. 454 00:18:32,141 --> 00:18:34,821 I actually wasn't thinking about any kind of puff piece. 455 00:18:34,901 --> 00:18:37,501 It's more of a, uh, tip towards a scandal. 456 00:18:37,581 --> 00:18:39,461 We've been made aware of direct contact 457 00:18:39,541 --> 00:18:41,421 and conspiracy between the business press 458 00:18:41,501 --> 00:18:43,301 and predatory hedge fund activity. 459 00:18:43,381 --> 00:18:45,821 We shouldn't let this flare up any more than necessary. 460 00:18:45,846 --> 00:18:46,876 We're using legal. 461 00:18:46,901 --> 00:18:49,661 Legal tennis won't show any teeth 462 00:18:49,741 --> 00:18:51,221 and it won't stop another article. 463 00:18:51,261 --> 00:18:52,581 I don't think Whitney agrees 464 00:18:52,661 --> 00:18:54,381 with stoking this particular fire. 465 00:18:55,301 --> 00:18:56,861 Actually, I do. 466 00:18:56,901 --> 00:18:58,821 Hey, Robin, please don't speak for me. 467 00:18:58,901 --> 00:19:00,381 We should be proactive against anyone 468 00:19:00,461 --> 00:19:01,901 trafficking fake news. 469 00:19:03,421 --> 00:19:05,821 FinDigest put a hit piece out on Tender 470 00:19:05,901 --> 00:19:08,181 full of vague and unsubstantiated allegations, 471 00:19:08,221 --> 00:19:09,221 and they're in league 472 00:19:09,301 --> 00:19:11,981 with people who stand to profit off of harming us. 473 00:19:12,061 --> 00:19:14,141 Fat cat fund managers, City lawlessness. 474 00:19:14,221 --> 00:19:15,477 When are we not telling this story? 475 00:19:15,501 --> 00:19:17,821 I think this is a unique set of circumstances. 476 00:19:17,901 --> 00:19:20,621 I mean, hamstringing a government-backed success 477 00:19:20,701 --> 00:19:23,701 before it starts to run, benefiting the UK consumer, 478 00:19:23,781 --> 00:19:26,061 I mean, there's a public interest angle. 479 00:19:26,141 --> 00:19:28,301 Burgess at FinDigest is a bit of a twat. 480 00:19:28,341 --> 00:19:30,581 Sort of virtue-signaling, man-of-the-people shyster. 481 00:19:30,661 --> 00:19:32,421 I think our readers will enjoy hating 482 00:19:32,501 --> 00:19:33,981 on the hypocrisy of it all. 483 00:19:34,061 --> 00:19:35,237 Public stoning of hypocrites 484 00:19:35,261 --> 00:19:36,262 is like bloodletting. 485 00:19:36,287 --> 00:19:38,781 Makes us feel better about our own hypocrisies. 486 00:19:38,861 --> 00:19:41,021 - Mm-hmm. - And we have proof of this? 487 00:19:43,781 --> 00:19:45,141 I do, yes. 488 00:19:45,821 --> 00:19:47,381 Can coordinate. 489 00:19:47,421 --> 00:19:48,741 I'll send you the photos. 490 00:19:51,381 --> 00:19:54,661 Let us sidebar and decide on the shape 491 00:19:54,741 --> 00:19:57,861 and how alarmist to go with the presentation. 492 00:19:57,901 --> 00:19:59,301 Thank you, Yasmin. 493 00:20:01,101 --> 00:20:03,221 - Good nose. - Thanks. 494 00:20:05,981 --> 00:20:07,597 Yasmin, stay on the line. 495 00:20:07,621 --> 00:20:09,741 Robin, you're not needed now. Thanks. 496 00:20:19,981 --> 00:20:21,021 Is he off? 497 00:20:21,101 --> 00:20:22,261 Yeah, he's gone. 498 00:20:22,341 --> 00:20:24,101 Yeah, Robin's not aggressive enough. 499 00:20:24,181 --> 00:20:26,741 He's a little bitch. Sorry. 500 00:20:26,821 --> 00:20:29,621 Uh, what proof do you have for Norton? 501 00:20:29,661 --> 00:20:31,117 I have photographic evidence. 502 00:20:31,141 --> 00:20:32,381 I'll send it to you. 503 00:20:32,461 --> 00:20:35,381 Harper Co., whatever the fuck they're calling themselves, 504 00:20:35,461 --> 00:20:37,141 they don't have the capital to touch us. 505 00:20:37,981 --> 00:20:39,901 I'm gonna invite her in. 506 00:20:39,981 --> 00:20:41,277 She needs to see the scale of things 507 00:20:41,301 --> 00:20:42,877 so she knows how much she's bound to lose 508 00:20:42,901 --> 00:20:44,141 if she plays in the dirt. 509 00:20:44,221 --> 00:20:45,901 Do you think she's short because of Dycker? 510 00:20:47,341 --> 00:20:50,101 Morality might as well be fucking Latin to her. 511 00:20:59,141 --> 00:21:00,301 Does he, um... 512 00:21:01,381 --> 00:21:02,941 does he know who I am? 513 00:21:04,781 --> 00:21:07,421 We've not been to our house in Biarritz since, uh... 514 00:21:07,501 --> 00:21:08,501 Um, yeah... 515 00:21:08,541 --> 00:21:10,301 Well, it's a hard place to be, 516 00:21:10,341 --> 00:21:12,901 given how much time we used to spend there together. 517 00:21:12,941 --> 00:21:15,741 Practically, we're slightly worried about the disrepair. 518 00:21:15,821 --> 00:21:17,781 We need to visit soon. 519 00:21:19,181 --> 00:21:20,341 Oh. 520 00:21:23,981 --> 00:21:26,101 - "Hugo Smith." - Yes. 521 00:21:26,181 --> 00:21:28,021 That will be the surname on his new passport 522 00:21:28,101 --> 00:21:29,541 so we can take him abroad. 523 00:21:30,421 --> 00:21:32,301 Not permanently, of course. 524 00:21:32,381 --> 00:21:34,397 - Just on holiday. - I made a little cup of tea. 525 00:21:34,421 --> 00:21:35,957 If you sign off on the name change... 526 00:21:35,981 --> 00:21:39,061 - I made a tea for Mummy. - ...we can look at setting some further visitation. 527 00:21:39,621 --> 00:21:42,141 Will I ever get to be alone with him? 528 00:21:42,221 --> 00:21:44,421 Oh, I don't think that would be a good idea. 529 00:21:46,141 --> 00:21:47,941 You don't get to set any terms, I'm afraid. 530 00:21:48,021 --> 00:21:49,341 I made a... 531 00:21:52,101 --> 00:21:53,221 Yeah. 532 00:21:54,821 --> 00:21:56,501 Yeah. 533 00:21:57,461 --> 00:22:00,461 Uh... 534 00:22:07,701 --> 00:22:09,981 Hugo will grow up in a house of love. 535 00:22:10,061 --> 00:22:11,501 I promise you. 536 00:22:11,581 --> 00:22:15,101 I appreciate you being civil with me. 537 00:22:15,181 --> 00:22:17,981 Oh, Rishi, any anger I feel towards you 538 00:22:18,061 --> 00:22:20,701 is dwarfed by the scale of my faith in God. 539 00:22:22,781 --> 00:22:25,301 Every choice you've made denies it, but... 540 00:22:27,181 --> 00:22:30,021 even a man like you doesn't stand outside His grace. 541 00:22:33,181 --> 00:22:34,261 Yeah. 542 00:22:40,661 --> 00:22:42,317 Here's a good spot, d'you think? 543 00:22:42,341 --> 00:22:43,981 Yeah. I think here's great. 544 00:22:44,061 --> 00:22:45,741 - Hi, hi. How are you? - Hi. 545 00:22:47,341 --> 00:22:48,661 Hey. 546 00:22:49,381 --> 00:22:50,541 Hi. 547 00:22:53,301 --> 00:22:56,141 The FinDigest journalist is in the audience. 548 00:22:56,901 --> 00:22:58,301 Let him watch. 549 00:22:58,341 --> 00:23:00,141 Oh, unless... 550 00:23:00,221 --> 00:23:03,101 if he's making you uncomfortable then we can tell him to leave. 551 00:23:03,181 --> 00:23:08,061 No, no, it's not him. I just... I don't... I don't know. 552 00:23:08,141 --> 00:23:10,181 I don't know, I just don't really feel like I can... 553 00:23:10,581 --> 00:23:13,101 ground myself, you know? 554 00:23:13,181 --> 00:23:15,461 Do you suffer from anxiety? 555 00:23:15,541 --> 00:23:16,901 I do sometimes. 556 00:23:17,341 --> 00:23:18,381 Try magnesium. 557 00:23:18,461 --> 00:23:21,701 Just after what happened between us... 558 00:23:21,741 --> 00:23:25,941 ...uh, and... and your husband... and... 559 00:23:27,141 --> 00:23:28,941 whether it was right, like... 560 00:23:29,981 --> 00:23:33,261 professionally, even personally. 561 00:23:33,341 --> 00:23:35,581 Well, we're all consenting adults. 562 00:23:38,061 --> 00:23:39,141 Right. 563 00:23:39,221 --> 00:23:40,461 And... 564 00:23:41,501 --> 00:23:43,021 ...you enjoyed it. 565 00:23:43,101 --> 00:23:45,421 So, it can't be that that's making you uneasy? 566 00:23:47,541 --> 00:23:48,821 Calabasas? 567 00:23:50,341 --> 00:23:53,101 I mean, you're the one that instigated it, right? 568 00:23:53,181 --> 00:23:55,581 The way you've looked at me since we met. 569 00:23:55,661 --> 00:23:58,421 Maybe you're sublimating experiences, 570 00:23:59,101 --> 00:24:00,901 making a good thing bad. 571 00:24:01,741 --> 00:24:03,061 That loser hack, 572 00:24:03,141 --> 00:24:06,621 he came into your house under false pretenses. 573 00:24:06,701 --> 00:24:08,461 You don't remember what happened. 574 00:24:09,541 --> 00:24:11,381 I mean, God knows what happened. 575 00:24:12,461 --> 00:24:15,061 The price of his action is your trauma. 576 00:24:15,141 --> 00:24:18,781 You can't let him take away your agency as well. 577 00:24:20,661 --> 00:24:21,781 Yeah. 578 00:24:22,661 --> 00:24:24,341 Yeah, you're probably right. 579 00:24:24,421 --> 00:24:26,301 I am. I am right. 580 00:24:27,061 --> 00:24:29,141 It was assault. Oh! 581 00:24:38,101 --> 00:24:40,941 - Yeah? - Yo. 582 00:24:41,021 --> 00:24:42,317 Just wanted to wish you good luck. 583 00:24:42,341 --> 00:24:43,837 Get the fuck in here for a second. 584 00:24:43,861 --> 00:24:45,661 What is this fucking disappearing act 585 00:24:45,741 --> 00:24:46,981 you keep pulling in Africa? 586 00:24:47,061 --> 00:24:49,301 I was just smoothing the adoption of our app. 587 00:24:49,381 --> 00:24:52,181 Yeah, I'm not comfortable with the Pierpoint relationship. 588 00:24:52,221 --> 00:24:55,101 Okay? This app shouldn't be some Trojan horse 589 00:24:55,181 --> 00:24:57,061 for capital markets apparatus. 590 00:24:57,101 --> 00:24:58,581 We're not a fucking broker! 591 00:24:58,661 --> 00:25:00,237 Well, you couldn't be more wrong. 592 00:25:00,261 --> 00:25:01,317 Why should investment planning 593 00:25:01,341 --> 00:25:02,941 only be the purview of the elite? 594 00:25:03,021 --> 00:25:04,181 Give the man his broker. 595 00:25:04,261 --> 00:25:06,621 Yeah, but my role here... 596 00:25:06,701 --> 00:25:09,661 ...isn't gonna be ambassadorial, okay? 597 00:25:09,741 --> 00:25:12,821 I want it to be financial and strategic. 598 00:25:12,901 --> 00:25:15,101 I don't wanna have to keep checking my corners. 599 00:25:15,181 --> 00:25:17,621 I agree. Total transparency. 600 00:25:17,701 --> 00:25:19,981 Which is also what the app is offering. 601 00:25:20,061 --> 00:25:22,541 Like we promised. ISAs, ETFs. 602 00:25:22,621 --> 00:25:23,877 You're giving people the dignity 603 00:25:23,901 --> 00:25:25,157 of being able to choose for themselves. 604 00:25:25,181 --> 00:25:28,421 Pierpoint totally fucked the valuation of Lumi. 605 00:25:28,461 --> 00:25:29,941 Come on, man. 606 00:25:30,021 --> 00:25:32,261 Is it even really Pierpoint anymore? 607 00:25:32,341 --> 00:25:34,941 Hey. 608 00:25:35,941 --> 00:25:37,141 Go out there. 609 00:25:37,981 --> 00:25:39,621 Tell them about your conscience. 610 00:25:41,581 --> 00:25:42,941 It's just a speech. 611 00:25:46,981 --> 00:25:49,781 It's just a day. It's just a speech. 612 00:25:50,341 --> 00:25:51,701 It's just deliverance. 613 00:25:57,421 --> 00:25:58,581 Don't bullshit me. 614 00:25:58,621 --> 00:26:01,181 Henry, I hired you 615 00:26:02,301 --> 00:26:03,861 'cause I look at people like you 616 00:26:03,901 --> 00:26:07,141 and I innately believe in them more than I believe in myself. 617 00:26:07,221 --> 00:26:10,581 Fuck knows what that says about the fascism of our neurology, 618 00:26:10,661 --> 00:26:14,901 but everything in me screams you are more, I am less. 619 00:26:14,981 --> 00:26:18,581 You're a man I'm incapable of lying to. 620 00:26:28,141 --> 00:26:29,861 You'll be great, okay? 621 00:26:32,421 --> 00:26:33,581 You got this. 622 00:26:48,501 --> 00:26:50,117 How you became the Labour prime minister's 623 00:26:50,141 --> 00:26:53,541 appointed pet, I will never understand. 624 00:26:53,621 --> 00:26:57,181 - Pussycat with nine lives. - Thank you for... 625 00:26:57,261 --> 00:27:00,221 uh, the humility... ...in introducing me. 626 00:27:00,301 --> 00:27:03,821 I... I really do, um, appreciate your belief. 627 00:27:04,741 --> 00:27:06,037 You have your wife's frankly 628 00:27:06,061 --> 00:27:07,637 inappropriate relationship with a certain 629 00:27:07,661 --> 00:27:09,341 precocious junior minister in my department 630 00:27:09,421 --> 00:27:10,461 to thank for this. 631 00:27:10,501 --> 00:27:11,541 Do you know how ugly 632 00:27:11,621 --> 00:27:14,261 political sketch artists make me look? 633 00:27:14,341 --> 00:27:16,557 - And they're right to mock my hypocrisy. - Ms. Dearn? 634 00:27:16,581 --> 00:27:18,661 Toeing the party line, that's it. Good luck. 635 00:27:23,861 --> 00:27:24,941 Thank you. 636 00:27:30,421 --> 00:27:32,637 - First, let me restate... - I... I really don't think I can do this. 637 00:27:32,661 --> 00:27:34,181 No. 638 00:27:34,261 --> 00:27:35,597 Do you think I could have a... 639 00:27:35,621 --> 00:27:36,741 ...a Lorazepam or something? 640 00:27:36,821 --> 00:27:38,981 I don't know if that constitutes a relapse. 641 00:27:39,021 --> 00:27:41,541 Tender is at the vanguard of a sector 642 00:27:41,621 --> 00:27:43,237 we have championed since coming into government... 643 00:27:43,261 --> 00:27:46,141 Listen, if you need to, of course, of course you can. 644 00:27:46,221 --> 00:27:48,901 Why would you say that to me? You know that's not an option. 645 00:27:48,941 --> 00:27:50,717 You're meant to talk me down off the fucking cliff. 646 00:27:50,741 --> 00:27:52,661 Are you testing me? Henry, are you using again? 647 00:27:52,701 --> 00:27:55,821 Its aims align with our core values. 648 00:27:55,901 --> 00:27:59,301 Equity and transparency for the British consumer... 649 00:27:59,341 --> 00:28:02,541 How dare you say that to me now? 650 00:28:02,581 --> 00:28:03,861 No, I don't... 651 00:28:03,941 --> 00:28:07,661 Why can't you accept that I want what's best for you? 652 00:28:07,741 --> 00:28:10,197 - I'm pleased to introduce to you this afternoon... - Oh, fuck. 653 00:28:10,221 --> 00:28:14,621 ...Tender's CEO, Henry Muck. 654 00:28:14,701 --> 00:28:15,981 You're gonna be amazing. 655 00:28:36,381 --> 00:28:37,381 Uh... 656 00:28:38,141 --> 00:28:40,061 "So much of... of money, 657 00:28:41,421 --> 00:28:46,581 its, uh, its structures and, um, and trading 658 00:28:46,661 --> 00:28:48,981 are deliberately blackboxed. 659 00:28:49,061 --> 00:28:52,981 For every winner, there must be a loser. 660 00:28:55,141 --> 00:28:56,861 Fine for a market. 661 00:28:57,901 --> 00:28:59,861 Not fine for a society. 662 00:29:04,661 --> 00:29:09,061 Let, uh... Let Tender 2.0 663 00:29:09,141 --> 00:29:14,341 be the opening salvo against this hard reality. 664 00:29:16,181 --> 00:29:20,141 Now, uh, I'm not a neoliberal cultist, 665 00:29:20,221 --> 00:29:21,421 hopped up on the... the lie 666 00:29:21,501 --> 00:29:23,981 that the market is the solution to everything. 667 00:29:24,061 --> 00:29:28,381 Uh, interests can be co-opted, of course. 668 00:29:28,461 --> 00:29:30,261 We are... We're not an NGO. 669 00:29:30,301 --> 00:29:33,381 We're looking for value for our shareholders. 670 00:29:33,461 --> 00:29:34,581 But, um... 671 00:29:36,421 --> 00:29:38,141 But I would like it known... 672 00:29:41,141 --> 00:29:43,661 that we have put our... our conscience 673 00:29:43,741 --> 00:29:47,381 at the heart of all we do here at Tender." 674 00:29:56,461 --> 00:29:58,061 Uh, allow me to be, um... 675 00:29:59,221 --> 00:30:03,261 be sincere with you all for a moment, um... 676 00:30:05,421 --> 00:30:08,661 and tell you about my conscience. 677 00:30:12,821 --> 00:30:15,821 I have failed prodigiously. 678 00:30:18,141 --> 00:30:19,981 I have succeeded... 679 00:30:22,021 --> 00:30:23,181 unfairly. 680 00:30:25,381 --> 00:30:28,861 It's a matter of public record. 681 00:30:28,901 --> 00:30:31,861 If you are sick of listening to me, 682 00:30:32,861 --> 00:30:35,821 I understand, believe me. 683 00:30:37,701 --> 00:30:41,741 But this is how I see the world, 684 00:30:41,821 --> 00:30:45,581 even with the... the blinkers of... of my privilege, 685 00:30:45,661 --> 00:30:49,381 and perhaps especially because of them. 686 00:30:49,461 --> 00:30:54,061 And if you think I am incapable of seeing the world that way, 687 00:30:54,141 --> 00:30:57,781 then you are saying I am inhuman... 688 00:30:59,301 --> 00:31:02,181 that I am incapable of empathy. 689 00:31:03,061 --> 00:31:04,141 No. 690 00:31:05,541 --> 00:31:07,021 I am only human. 691 00:31:09,461 --> 00:31:13,181 He's laying it on a bit thick. Will anyone buy this? 692 00:31:13,261 --> 00:31:14,901 If he buys it, then they will. 693 00:31:14,981 --> 00:31:18,341 We have to believe that we can change 694 00:31:18,421 --> 00:31:21,661 the intransigent structures and expectations 695 00:31:21,741 --> 00:31:25,821 of where we happen to be born and to whom. 696 00:31:25,901 --> 00:31:29,541 This is the bedrock of our app's philosophy. 697 00:31:30,581 --> 00:31:32,421 Frictionless, 698 00:31:32,501 --> 00:31:36,101 transparent access to the full suite 699 00:31:36,181 --> 00:31:38,621 of banking and investment products, 700 00:31:38,661 --> 00:31:41,981 demystifying the complex world of finance 701 00:31:42,061 --> 00:31:45,261 for all members of the Great British public. 702 00:31:45,301 --> 00:31:48,341 Now, observe the cumulative effect 703 00:31:48,421 --> 00:31:52,141 of what happens when you give people that power 704 00:31:52,181 --> 00:31:56,181 and stop patronizing them with handouts, 705 00:31:56,261 --> 00:32:00,781 admonishing their vices and sneering at their virtues. 706 00:32:02,541 --> 00:32:03,861 Today... 707 00:32:06,741 --> 00:32:08,381 I offer you my sincerity. 708 00:32:11,621 --> 00:32:16,901 And sincerity is now the world's rarest commodity. 709 00:32:19,341 --> 00:32:20,421 Not here. 710 00:32:21,461 --> 00:32:22,461 Not at Tender. 711 00:32:24,101 --> 00:32:26,501 Not under my watch. 712 00:32:33,821 --> 00:32:34,861 Thank you. 713 00:32:45,981 --> 00:32:48,381 Let me walk you through our first offering. 714 00:32:49,501 --> 00:32:51,101 So... 715 00:32:51,181 --> 00:32:54,221 My sincere thanks to all of you for coming today, 716 00:32:54,301 --> 00:32:55,941 and if you have any further questions, 717 00:32:55,981 --> 00:32:57,861 we'll meet in the press room afterwards. 718 00:32:57,941 --> 00:33:01,981 Thank you. 719 00:33:03,941 --> 00:33:06,141 See what happens when you listen to me? 720 00:33:06,181 --> 00:33:08,381 Dude! 721 00:33:08,421 --> 00:33:10,021 Good? 722 00:33:16,501 --> 00:33:18,541 - Good job. - Good? 723 00:33:23,101 --> 00:33:25,101 Does Tender have plans around AI integration? 724 00:33:25,181 --> 00:33:27,981 Uh, yeah, we have hopes that on a two-year roadmap, 725 00:33:28,061 --> 00:33:30,621 we'll see AI-powered financial advice, 726 00:33:30,701 --> 00:33:33,621 predictive analytics, and spending controls. 727 00:33:33,701 --> 00:33:34,821 Can you tell me, um, 728 00:33:34,901 --> 00:33:36,781 rather than what Tender hopes to do, 729 00:33:36,861 --> 00:33:38,741 uh, what Tender actually does? 730 00:33:38,781 --> 00:33:40,661 Hey, I'm sorry, can you repeat the question? 731 00:33:40,741 --> 00:33:43,941 Yeah. Uh, Tender. 732 00:33:44,021 --> 00:33:47,021 Sorry, wh... wh... what does it do? 733 00:33:47,101 --> 00:33:49,181 What do you mean, what do we do? 734 00:33:49,261 --> 00:33:51,221 Well, it's a pretty straightforward question. 735 00:33:51,861 --> 00:33:53,421 But Mr. Halberstram, 736 00:33:53,501 --> 00:33:55,117 given how quickly you severed all ties with me 737 00:33:55,141 --> 00:33:57,317 - after I profiled you... - The FinDigest writer 738 00:33:57,341 --> 00:33:58,341 who's trying to fuck us. 739 00:33:58,381 --> 00:34:01,341 Well, I take it you loathe simple questions. 740 00:34:01,421 --> 00:34:03,621 You're our friend from FinDigest, right? 741 00:34:03,701 --> 00:34:06,261 It's a great piece, by the way. Really well-researched. 742 00:34:06,341 --> 00:34:07,661 What is it that we do? 743 00:34:07,741 --> 00:34:09,901 We are a successful payment processor 744 00:34:09,981 --> 00:34:11,501 leveraging our existing user base 745 00:34:11,581 --> 00:34:13,501 to, uh, make targeted acquisitions 746 00:34:13,581 --> 00:34:15,661 and become a market leader in the UK fintech space. 747 00:34:15,741 --> 00:34:17,357 Right, it's just a growing number of people 748 00:34:17,381 --> 00:34:19,061 think your numbers don't stack up. 749 00:34:19,141 --> 00:34:21,741 Well, you're trying to prove a prejudice, 750 00:34:21,821 --> 00:34:23,741 so everything you look at is prejudicial. 751 00:34:23,821 --> 00:34:25,421 These people you're speaking about, 752 00:34:25,461 --> 00:34:27,021 do they brief you or do you brief them? 753 00:34:27,101 --> 00:34:28,837 Or does it matter so long as you're making money 754 00:34:28,861 --> 00:34:30,301 while you twist the knife? 755 00:34:30,341 --> 00:34:31,797 Right, you're not denying anything though? 756 00:34:31,821 --> 00:34:34,461 We are regularly audited by Ellis and Jung. 757 00:34:34,541 --> 00:34:37,141 We have equity analysts poring over our balance sheet. 758 00:34:37,221 --> 00:34:38,501 What is there to spotlight 759 00:34:38,541 --> 00:34:41,341 other than the brutal success of our story? 760 00:34:41,381 --> 00:34:43,741 And your processing facilities in Sunderland? 761 00:34:47,874 --> 00:34:48,876 We've got outposts 762 00:34:48,901 --> 00:34:51,541 that process payments all over Africa, 763 00:34:51,621 --> 00:34:53,901 Europe, Asia-Pac, and the UK, 764 00:34:53,981 --> 00:34:57,261 including, but not exclusive to, the North East. 765 00:34:57,341 --> 00:34:59,461 It's just, you see, I think your fixation 766 00:34:59,541 --> 00:35:01,101 on the future is, uh, 767 00:35:01,181 --> 00:35:03,221 it's a smokescreen for the lies of your past. 768 00:35:03,301 --> 00:35:05,277 Okay. Well, we'll happily sidebar. 769 00:35:05,301 --> 00:35:07,581 We have investor days. We have earnings calls. 770 00:35:07,661 --> 00:35:09,621 - We're wide fucking open. - Next question. 771 00:35:09,661 --> 00:35:12,301 Yes, Hannah Murphy at the FT. 772 00:35:12,341 --> 00:35:13,757 How do you intend to cater 773 00:35:13,781 --> 00:35:16,981 to an older, potentially AI-naive demographic? 774 00:35:17,061 --> 00:35:18,821 Uh, well, thank you, Hannah, 775 00:35:18,901 --> 00:35:20,661 for the, um, sensible question this time. 776 00:35:20,741 --> 00:35:22,821 Um, no, I... I think you're right. 777 00:35:22,861 --> 00:35:25,821 AI is the great unknown of our time... 778 00:35:25,901 --> 00:35:27,677 - Blue? Right. - It was blue. Yeah, uh... 779 00:35:27,701 --> 00:35:29,437 Really? I blame Peter Risdale for everything... 780 00:35:29,461 --> 00:35:31,821 - James. Can we talk? - Yeah, mate. 781 00:35:31,861 --> 00:35:33,501 No, I'm just putting the final touches 782 00:35:33,581 --> 00:35:35,101 - on the article. - Now. 783 00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:38,741 All right. 784 00:35:42,141 --> 00:35:44,061 Oh, my dad used to look at me like that. 785 00:35:46,907 --> 00:35:47,916 What is it? 786 00:35:47,941 --> 00:35:52,421 This may run tomorrow. 787 00:35:52,501 --> 00:35:56,261 My name, your name, short sellers. 788 00:35:56,341 --> 00:35:58,021 You know, corrupt, 789 00:35:58,061 --> 00:36:00,541 money-grabbing enemies of British innovation. 790 00:36:00,621 --> 00:36:02,781 They've even managed to link this Eric Tao bloke 791 00:36:02,861 --> 00:36:05,261 to the fucking cultural revolution. 792 00:36:05,341 --> 00:36:08,701 And there's heavy allusions to you being a drug user, 793 00:36:08,781 --> 00:36:12,101 which you're not, are you? 794 00:36:12,181 --> 00:36:13,541 Yeah, you know what? No, no. 795 00:36:13,621 --> 00:36:16,541 You know, displays of brute force in a velvet glove? 796 00:36:16,621 --> 00:36:19,581 It's disgusting, and I'd love to brain Norton 797 00:36:19,661 --> 00:36:22,461 and scatter the pieces all over his chessboard. 798 00:36:22,541 --> 00:36:23,861 But I can't. 799 00:36:25,181 --> 00:36:27,341 - What's this say? - Well, you... 800 00:36:27,421 --> 00:36:29,221 Yeah, of course I've spoken to short sellers. 801 00:36:29,261 --> 00:36:31,381 It says "cavorting with short sellers," 802 00:36:31,421 --> 00:36:33,517 - does it not? - Well, being "in league" with them 803 00:36:33,541 --> 00:36:35,821 is a fabulist construction. 804 00:36:35,861 --> 00:36:38,741 They're... They're fucking meaningless words, man. 805 00:36:38,821 --> 00:36:42,061 They're words. That... That is what Halberstram does. 806 00:36:42,141 --> 00:36:43,837 Where... Where... Where's the proof of profiting? 807 00:36:43,861 --> 00:36:45,277 You know what? Let's... Let's... 808 00:36:45,301 --> 00:36:46,357 Let's start here, all right? 809 00:36:46,381 --> 00:36:47,621 When I'm targeted this cheaply, 810 00:36:47,701 --> 00:36:49,261 I expect the support of my editor. 811 00:36:49,341 --> 00:36:50,341 Oh. 812 00:36:50,381 --> 00:36:52,341 Look, why are we prostrating ourselves 813 00:36:52,381 --> 00:36:54,781 to anonymous pictures? It's... It's blackmail. 814 00:37:01,141 --> 00:37:02,541 I'm not perfect. 815 00:37:04,261 --> 00:37:08,301 I spent a lot of my early years lying. 816 00:37:10,421 --> 00:37:13,661 Then I stopped, and my world got better. 817 00:37:20,141 --> 00:37:21,901 Who is Hayley Clay? 818 00:37:27,381 --> 00:37:28,861 She... 819 00:37:30,301 --> 00:37:31,581 She works at Tender. 820 00:37:32,461 --> 00:37:35,421 Okay, well, you coerced, 821 00:37:35,501 --> 00:37:37,021 and according to the complaint, 822 00:37:37,061 --> 00:37:38,621 - assaulted her. - No, no. 823 00:37:38,701 --> 00:37:40,797 - I never fucking touched her. - They're pressing charges. 824 00:37:40,821 --> 00:37:42,317 They're weighing charges. That's what it says. 825 00:37:42,341 --> 00:37:43,861 Ed, Ed, Ed, I didn't touch her. 826 00:37:43,901 --> 00:37:45,437 Well, even if I wanted to believe you, 827 00:37:45,461 --> 00:37:47,901 what the fuck were you doing in her fucking house? 828 00:37:47,981 --> 00:37:49,221 What am I supposed to say? 829 00:37:49,301 --> 00:37:51,197 - And I can't, in good conscience... - I was... I was... 830 00:37:51,221 --> 00:37:52,301 I was doing my job. 831 00:37:52,381 --> 00:37:53,757 - I was looking for... - James. 832 00:37:53,781 --> 00:37:56,621 - I was just trying to get a story. I didn't... - James. James! 833 00:37:57,221 --> 00:37:58,861 I can't, in good conscience, 834 00:37:58,941 --> 00:38:01,381 not make this an internal disciplinary matter 835 00:38:01,461 --> 00:38:03,261 and recommend your termination. 836 00:38:04,301 --> 00:38:06,341 Come on. Ed. 837 00:38:06,381 --> 00:38:08,821 - No, no, no, no, no. You... - What do I do? 838 00:38:08,861 --> 00:38:09,941 - I'm sorry. - Mate. 839 00:38:10,021 --> 00:38:12,661 - You don't have to do that. - You're intrepid. 840 00:38:12,741 --> 00:38:14,981 You're fucking smart. 841 00:38:15,061 --> 00:38:20,101 And in your gut, I know you know that when you went to her flat, 842 00:38:20,181 --> 00:38:23,101 you were making a fatal fucking error of judgment. 843 00:38:27,781 --> 00:38:30,381 Mate, I need... 844 00:38:30,461 --> 00:38:32,261 I need this. 845 00:38:36,781 --> 00:38:38,781 I can't... I can't do anything now. 846 00:38:42,341 --> 00:38:44,221 I'm burning my retinas out 847 00:38:44,301 --> 00:38:45,797 trying to parse these Atterbury emails. 848 00:38:45,821 --> 00:38:47,717 - Anything material? - Not really. 849 00:38:47,741 --> 00:38:49,637 I mean, Whitney never really talks about business, 850 00:38:49,661 --> 00:38:50,781 at least in writing. 851 00:38:50,861 --> 00:38:53,381 I mean, maybe that's the unredacted correspondence. 852 00:38:53,461 --> 00:38:54,917 One thing that is interesting though, 853 00:38:54,941 --> 00:38:58,301 is his most active interlocutor is a guy called Tony Day. 854 00:38:58,341 --> 00:39:00,621 I mean, they speak pejoratively about Jonah, 855 00:39:00,701 --> 00:39:02,501 mostly from Tony's side. 856 00:39:02,541 --> 00:39:04,741 It reads like sycophancy to Whitney. 857 00:39:04,821 --> 00:39:06,541 It's like playground bullying. 858 00:39:06,621 --> 00:39:07,741 Who is Tony Day? 859 00:39:07,781 --> 00:39:10,381 Oh, based in Accra. I looked up his CV online. 860 00:39:10,421 --> 00:39:13,021 A Durham alum. Decade-vet Morgan Stanley ops. 861 00:39:13,101 --> 00:39:16,541 Drops to Daiwa Securities. Maybe redundancy or firing? 862 00:39:16,621 --> 00:39:18,021 Lands in Accra in 2011 863 00:39:18,101 --> 00:39:21,981 when Ghana's GDP growth is batshit, like low teens. 864 00:39:22,901 --> 00:39:24,661 Has a failed telecom biz. 865 00:39:24,701 --> 00:39:27,541 Has a failed high-speed rail thingy. 866 00:39:27,621 --> 00:39:28,661 And then, all of a sudden, 867 00:39:28,701 --> 00:39:30,701 he's the CFO of Tender in Africa. 868 00:39:30,741 --> 00:39:33,701 Meteoric over promotion even for a White guy. 869 00:39:33,781 --> 00:39:35,277 And look at this. 870 00:39:37,421 --> 00:39:38,597 When have you ever seen 871 00:39:38,621 --> 00:39:42,781 a 50-million-dollar acquisition closed with a novelty check? 872 00:39:42,821 --> 00:39:45,181 That's what they paid for this third-party processor, 873 00:39:45,221 --> 00:39:46,781 SwiftGC. 874 00:39:46,861 --> 00:39:48,981 It's artificial, right? Like, gut read? 875 00:39:50,061 --> 00:39:52,341 - Presentation as pretense. - Hmm. 876 00:39:53,821 --> 00:39:56,357 He looks like the hated chairman of a lower league football team. 877 00:39:56,381 --> 00:39:57,501 Not a... 878 00:39:57,581 --> 00:40:00,061 Not the CFO of a multinational payment processor. 879 00:40:00,141 --> 00:40:03,181 It's a big song and dance. It's cheap. 880 00:40:03,261 --> 00:40:04,741 I wonder if anyone's flown to Accra 881 00:40:04,821 --> 00:40:06,181 and knocked on their door. 882 00:40:08,581 --> 00:40:09,861 I'll call you back. 883 00:40:09,941 --> 00:40:12,101 - You wanted to see us? - Yeah, I did. 884 00:40:13,021 --> 00:40:14,741 I want to propose a reshuffle. 885 00:40:15,621 --> 00:40:17,381 Yas is gonna be co-running communications 886 00:40:17,421 --> 00:40:18,581 for us going forward. 887 00:40:18,661 --> 00:40:22,021 - On what grounds? - Forward-looking ones. 888 00:40:22,101 --> 00:40:24,701 Whitney, you know I won't stand to share the post, 889 00:40:24,781 --> 00:40:26,621 especially with someone so ill-qualified. 890 00:40:26,701 --> 00:40:28,981 I think qualifications are secondary to instincts. 891 00:40:29,061 --> 00:40:31,301 I also anticipated that you'd have too much pride 892 00:40:31,381 --> 00:40:33,701 to share the post, in which case... 893 00:40:33,781 --> 00:40:35,861 Yas, if you'd like to do the honors. 894 00:40:36,341 --> 00:40:37,501 Do what? 895 00:40:37,581 --> 00:40:40,141 Your first task as, uh, my new Head of Communications. 896 00:40:40,221 --> 00:40:41,541 I don't follow. 897 00:40:41,621 --> 00:40:43,381 Let him go. Fire him. Dismiss him. 898 00:40:43,461 --> 00:40:44,717 She doesn't have the power to do that. 899 00:40:44,741 --> 00:40:46,077 Well, she does if she accepts the post. 900 00:40:46,101 --> 00:40:47,141 - Do you accept it? - I do. 901 00:40:47,221 --> 00:40:49,317 - She accepted it, so... - We can work together. 902 00:40:49,341 --> 00:40:51,061 - Uh, I don't think we can. - Right. 903 00:40:51,141 --> 00:40:53,301 So, I guess you're dismissed then. 904 00:40:55,101 --> 00:40:58,101 - You're kidding me, right? - You're a little bit, uh, 905 00:40:58,181 --> 00:41:00,501 trad for what we want to do next. 906 00:41:03,221 --> 00:41:04,421 This isn't a startup. 907 00:41:05,661 --> 00:41:07,941 You should Google the Dunning-Kruger effect. 908 00:41:08,861 --> 00:41:09,901 Good luck. 909 00:41:16,261 --> 00:41:17,261 Thank you. 910 00:41:17,941 --> 00:41:19,901 You did a great job on Dycker. 911 00:41:19,941 --> 00:41:23,941 You stopped the story from running, deserve this. 912 00:41:23,981 --> 00:41:26,077 Well, those photos seemed to tell the whole story. 913 00:41:26,101 --> 00:41:27,421 Yeah. 914 00:41:27,501 --> 00:41:31,181 Hayley's yours if you want her, but you, me, Henry... 915 00:41:32,581 --> 00:41:34,221 we ride together, we die together. 916 00:41:41,701 --> 00:41:43,901 Whitney gave me the green light to promote you. 917 00:41:44,581 --> 00:41:46,101 Comms role, under me. 918 00:41:48,701 --> 00:41:52,941 - You okay? About earlier? - Oh, yeah. Sure. 919 00:41:52,981 --> 00:41:55,941 It's not like I haven't been sexually harassed before. 920 00:41:55,981 --> 00:41:58,061 I was a child model for fuck's sake. 921 00:42:01,301 --> 00:42:04,741 You're promoting me because you really rate me, right? 922 00:42:04,821 --> 00:42:07,221 - Yeah, of course. - Phew! 923 00:42:08,221 --> 00:42:09,477 Thought it was because of how good 924 00:42:09,501 --> 00:42:12,541 I sucked your husband's cock. 925 00:42:12,621 --> 00:42:16,861 I wonder, why did it feel like it was your cock in my mouth? 926 00:42:18,301 --> 00:42:19,301 I liked that. 927 00:42:20,421 --> 00:42:23,781 An ex-boss told me, uh, an anxiety relief thing once. 928 00:42:24,741 --> 00:42:27,421 - Breathing exercises? - No. 929 00:42:27,501 --> 00:42:33,661 No, he said, "Hayley, baby, when it all gets too much, 930 00:42:33,741 --> 00:42:36,261 just remember, not a single one of us 931 00:42:36,341 --> 00:42:37,421 gets out of this alive." 932 00:42:37,501 --> 00:42:39,317 Doors opening. 933 00:42:46,621 --> 00:42:48,101 Thank you, Mommy. 934 00:42:53,181 --> 00:42:54,797 So, I just got off the phone 935 00:42:54,821 --> 00:42:57,701 with Wilhelmina, CEO of Al-Mi'raj-Pierpoint. 936 00:42:57,741 --> 00:42:59,301 They offered the financing we asked for 937 00:42:59,341 --> 00:43:00,381 in the form of a CoCo. 938 00:43:00,461 --> 00:43:02,621 A contingent convertible bond. 939 00:43:02,701 --> 00:43:04,197 So, they're protecting their downside. 940 00:43:04,221 --> 00:43:05,557 Have they seen something they don't like? 941 00:43:05,581 --> 00:43:06,837 It depends how you look at it. 942 00:43:06,861 --> 00:43:09,541 It's a good bridge while we grow our deposit base, 943 00:43:09,621 --> 00:43:10,941 repayment only gets triggered 944 00:43:11,021 --> 00:43:13,341 if stock falls beneath a certain threshold, 945 00:43:13,421 --> 00:43:15,517 which we know it won't, not with the momentum we have. 946 00:43:15,541 --> 00:43:19,101 Yeah, well, given how distressed an asset Pierpoint is 947 00:43:19,181 --> 00:43:21,101 and how readily Al-Mi'raj wants rid, 948 00:43:21,181 --> 00:43:23,141 it might be smart to deploy some cash, 949 00:43:23,221 --> 00:43:25,501 silently buy some equity in it. 950 00:43:25,541 --> 00:43:27,981 Gives us leverage in the partnership longer term. 951 00:43:28,061 --> 00:43:30,221 Means we can finesse them a little. 952 00:43:30,821 --> 00:43:32,221 I think that's very smart. 953 00:43:32,301 --> 00:43:34,501 You could see the hard-on in Dycker's knickers 954 00:43:34,581 --> 00:43:35,997 when he thought he was calling us out 955 00:43:36,021 --> 00:43:37,981 in front of an audience. 956 00:43:38,021 --> 00:43:40,037 Can I just say, I followed your speech online 957 00:43:40,061 --> 00:43:44,661 and it was just what was needed. A man possessed. Brilliant. 958 00:43:53,981 --> 00:43:56,301 Thank you for, um, 959 00:43:56,381 --> 00:43:58,661 everything you said to me before I went out. 960 00:43:59,821 --> 00:44:01,261 Your belief meant a lot. 961 00:44:02,381 --> 00:44:04,221 Permission to speak out of school? 962 00:44:04,301 --> 00:44:06,221 Please. 963 00:44:06,301 --> 00:44:08,941 Some people see people as just, um, 964 00:44:09,021 --> 00:44:12,181 moving parts in a social process. 965 00:44:12,221 --> 00:44:14,661 Objects that can either help or hinder. 966 00:44:15,581 --> 00:44:17,421 There's few things more toxic in this world 967 00:44:17,501 --> 00:44:21,861 than privileged people who are intellectually insecure. 968 00:44:24,421 --> 00:44:25,861 You see, that's quite loaded. 969 00:44:28,261 --> 00:44:30,301 If you want to insult my wife, 970 00:44:30,381 --> 00:44:32,861 have the good grace to come out and say it. 971 00:44:33,621 --> 00:44:34,981 I see people differently. 972 00:44:36,901 --> 00:44:38,061 You have an innate worth 973 00:44:38,141 --> 00:44:40,221 that supersedes the life you were born into. 974 00:44:42,621 --> 00:44:44,061 I believe that about myself too. 975 00:44:44,141 --> 00:44:46,421 It's what I live to achieve and I yearn to do. 976 00:44:48,021 --> 00:44:49,661 Show the world my true value. 977 00:44:53,101 --> 00:44:54,861 Well, we helped each other do that. 978 00:44:58,581 --> 00:45:00,261 At least for a day. 979 00:45:24,461 --> 00:45:26,181 No, no, I'm going for a piss! 980 00:45:26,221 --> 00:45:27,301 Fuck. 981 00:45:27,381 --> 00:45:29,197 Nah, these shitters are horrific for doing gear. 982 00:45:29,221 --> 00:45:32,261 Oh, shit. 983 00:45:34,381 --> 00:45:35,941 - You all right, mate? - All right. 984 00:45:38,101 --> 00:45:39,941 I know who you are, by the way. 985 00:45:40,021 --> 00:45:41,621 You know. 986 00:45:41,701 --> 00:45:46,661 Sorry, I just... had to say something. 987 00:45:46,741 --> 00:45:49,141 I'm sorry about what happened to your wife. 988 00:45:49,221 --> 00:45:51,541 You know, for what it's worth, I think they demonized you. 989 00:45:51,581 --> 00:45:54,541 I deserved it. 990 00:45:57,021 --> 00:45:59,101 I remember the skew of coverage. 991 00:45:59,181 --> 00:46:00,981 And it would have been very different 992 00:46:01,061 --> 00:46:04,181 if you weren't you and, you know, she wasn't... 993 00:46:05,421 --> 00:46:08,901 you know, no offense, but... posh and White. 994 00:46:08,981 --> 00:46:11,181 They said the guy who, um, who went down for it 995 00:46:11,261 --> 00:46:15,541 was, um, schizophrenic, right? Or... Or BPD, or something, 996 00:46:15,621 --> 00:46:18,501 some diminished responsibility thing. 997 00:46:18,541 --> 00:46:21,421 Yeah, her family are fighting the manslaughter charge. 998 00:46:21,501 --> 00:46:23,301 He got hospital disposal. 999 00:46:24,341 --> 00:46:25,356 Brain went west 1000 00:46:25,381 --> 00:46:29,821 after years of smoking weapons-grade skunk. 1001 00:46:29,861 --> 00:46:32,261 So his lawyer argued. 1002 00:46:32,341 --> 00:46:34,061 Fuck's sake. 1003 00:46:35,501 --> 00:46:38,261 - Mate, you saw it? - Do you want a cigarette? 1004 00:46:38,741 --> 00:46:39,781 - Eh? - Cigarette? 1005 00:46:39,861 --> 00:46:41,141 Oi! 1006 00:46:41,221 --> 00:46:44,461 Fuck off, you urchin! Go on! Fuck off! 1007 00:46:46,661 --> 00:46:48,741 I've seen him operate outside here. 1008 00:46:48,821 --> 00:46:50,741 He looks for wasted people. 1009 00:46:50,781 --> 00:46:52,021 Them fags are laced 1010 00:46:52,101 --> 00:46:54,741 with some fucking spooky PCP or some shit. 1011 00:46:54,821 --> 00:46:57,301 It'll fuck you up, then he'll take you round the corner, 1012 00:46:57,381 --> 00:46:59,581 and he'll turn you over for your wallet and your watch. 1013 00:46:59,661 --> 00:47:00,981 Right. Ch... Cheers, mate. 1014 00:47:01,061 --> 00:47:02,141 - Cheers. - No worries. 1015 00:47:02,221 --> 00:47:04,141 London's full of shit-heels on the take. 1016 00:47:05,821 --> 00:47:07,981 - Yeah. - Do you want a pint? 1017 00:47:08,061 --> 00:47:10,261 Yeah, mate, let's go. 1018 00:47:10,341 --> 00:47:13,421 - Do you want a pint? - Oh, I could go an half. 1019 00:47:16,941 --> 00:47:17,941 Stella. 1020 00:47:20,461 --> 00:47:22,101 That one's on me, lads. 1021 00:47:27,661 --> 00:47:30,221 Mate, I'm flying to Accra next week. 1022 00:47:30,301 --> 00:47:31,541 I can still self-publish. 1023 00:47:31,581 --> 00:47:32,957 Someone will fucking pick it up. Trust me. 1024 00:47:32,981 --> 00:47:34,477 I... I have to admit something though. 1025 00:47:34,501 --> 00:47:36,437 - I have to admit something. - Hey, hey. Hey, what... what... 1026 00:47:36,461 --> 00:47:37,901 I know you too. I know you too. 1027 00:47:37,981 --> 00:47:39,957 I... I did... I did a little work for Harper Stern... 1028 00:47:39,981 --> 00:47:42,061 - Huh? - ...before that silly cunt ghosted me. 1029 00:47:42,141 --> 00:47:43,357 Oh, right. You've been following me. 1030 00:47:43,381 --> 00:47:45,341 Well, I... I looked into you a little, yeah. 1031 00:47:46,661 --> 00:47:48,101 Ah, you broke into my house. 1032 00:47:48,181 --> 00:47:50,181 I was just wondering whether to short Tender PA. 1033 00:47:50,261 --> 00:47:51,517 I thought there might be a little edge. 1034 00:47:51,541 --> 00:47:52,837 You think I'm the type to tell you 1035 00:47:52,861 --> 00:47:54,477 when to fucking pile in before publishing? 1036 00:47:54,501 --> 00:47:57,701 We are all just trying to secure our future, aren't we? 1037 00:47:58,861 --> 00:48:00,941 Did you follow me tonight? Be honest. 1038 00:48:01,021 --> 00:48:02,557 I... I just... I just wanted a pint. 1039 00:48:02,581 --> 00:48:04,637 And that pub is full of them. 1040 00:48:04,661 --> 00:48:06,421 - Pints? - Nah. Women. 1041 00:48:06,501 --> 00:48:08,261 I've got the disease, mate. I love birds. 1042 00:48:08,341 --> 00:48:09,717 Then what the fuck you doing there, man? 1043 00:48:09,741 --> 00:48:11,661 - What? - It's a fucking gay bar. 1044 00:48:14,861 --> 00:48:16,901 I met this one bird, yeah? Hayley. Hayley. 1045 00:48:16,981 --> 00:48:20,981 Fucking corporate smoke show. She fucking threw it on me, man. 1046 00:48:21,061 --> 00:48:22,701 Fucking asked me to go down on her, yeah? 1047 00:48:22,781 --> 00:48:25,101 So I do. I fucking look up... 1048 00:48:25,181 --> 00:48:27,501 she's fucking passed out. 1049 00:48:28,381 --> 00:48:30,421 Hope you stopped, mate! 1050 00:48:30,501 --> 00:48:31,741 Fuck off. 1051 00:48:31,781 --> 00:48:34,021 I'm fucking sick of it. 1052 00:48:34,101 --> 00:48:36,701 I'm sick of the fucking forced discourse 1053 00:48:36,781 --> 00:48:38,381 between the sexes, right? 1054 00:48:38,461 --> 00:48:41,541 Not everything has to be a fucking minefield these days. 1055 00:48:43,541 --> 00:48:46,661 I mean, she gave me her fucking consent, man. 1056 00:48:50,141 --> 00:48:53,141 Can I ask you a really, uh... really prurient question? 1057 00:48:56,501 --> 00:48:59,501 Yeah. 1058 00:48:59,581 --> 00:49:01,861 What was it like... 1059 00:49:01,941 --> 00:49:06,261 ...you know, just, uh, seeing your wife die like that? 1060 00:49:10,541 --> 00:49:12,101 - What? - Fucking sorry, mate. 1061 00:49:12,181 --> 00:49:14,221 Fucking... No... Oh! Whoa! Stupid fucking question. 1062 00:49:14,301 --> 00:49:15,541 Forget it. 1063 00:49:18,821 --> 00:49:21,421 You dissociated, right? 1064 00:49:21,501 --> 00:49:23,581 - Right? - Yeah. Yeah. 1065 00:49:23,661 --> 00:49:25,821 Mate, I saw this fucking girl, right, 1066 00:49:25,861 --> 00:49:28,541 getting fucking DP'd on my feed the other day. 1067 00:49:28,621 --> 00:49:32,301 You know, these blokes just fucking... 1068 00:49:32,381 --> 00:49:34,901 Just fucking sharing her, mate. You know, jacked guys. 1069 00:49:34,981 --> 00:49:37,661 Must have been, like, fucking 18 max. 1070 00:49:37,741 --> 00:49:39,781 Yeah, just black Air Force Ones, 1071 00:49:39,861 --> 00:49:42,261 and all tech fleeces, fucking balaclavas. 1072 00:49:42,341 --> 00:49:45,581 You know, the "mandem" just fucking... 1073 00:49:45,621 --> 00:49:47,501 Just fucking coming all over her face. 1074 00:49:47,581 --> 00:49:50,141 Fucking cum, tears, real fucking horror show, 1075 00:49:50,221 --> 00:49:51,821 - you know, mate? - It's... 1076 00:49:51,861 --> 00:49:53,357 It's... It's like I'm... It's like I'm... 1077 00:49:53,381 --> 00:49:55,381 I'm... I'm watching it, you know, but... 1078 00:49:56,581 --> 00:49:58,061 it really isn't me. 1079 00:49:58,141 --> 00:49:59,461 - It isn't, uh... - Hey, mate. 1080 00:49:59,501 --> 00:50:01,101 Can you fucking turn the music down, man? 1081 00:50:09,541 --> 00:50:11,237 ...the worst kind of person, 1082 00:50:11,261 --> 00:50:13,301 because he might be sick and selfish, 1083 00:50:13,341 --> 00:50:14,781 but you feed off his sickness. 1084 00:50:14,861 --> 00:50:17,901 I bet you have no idea what it's like to feel love! 1085 00:50:17,981 --> 00:50:19,357 We used to be creatures of action. 1086 00:50:19,381 --> 00:50:20,821 And now... well, now 1087 00:50:20,901 --> 00:50:22,397 we're just inter-passive spectators, you know? 1088 00:50:22,421 --> 00:50:24,461 I never... I never once dreamed of her. 1089 00:50:24,541 --> 00:50:26,421 You know, good or... or... or bad. 1090 00:50:26,461 --> 00:50:28,621 ...because we've become means of production. 1091 00:50:28,701 --> 00:50:29,821 Right? We just... 1092 00:50:29,861 --> 00:50:31,501 We just age without getting old, right? 1093 00:50:31,581 --> 00:50:35,061 Stuck on a wheel of production and consumption. 1094 00:50:35,141 --> 00:50:37,181 I mean, it's bread and circuses, man. 1095 00:50:37,261 --> 00:50:38,941 Streamed in glorious 4K. 1096 00:50:39,021 --> 00:50:41,541 Maybe I should... I should just kill myself. 1097 00:50:41,621 --> 00:50:46,301 Eh? No, man. Suicide, mate? 1098 00:50:46,341 --> 00:50:48,141 Don't make me laugh. 1099 00:50:48,221 --> 00:50:50,661 You are too selfish to conceptualize a world 1100 00:50:50,741 --> 00:50:51,981 without yourself in it, 1101 00:50:52,061 --> 00:50:53,821 having every base need catered for. 1102 00:50:53,901 --> 00:50:54,901 Our granddads, yeah? 1103 00:50:54,981 --> 00:50:56,821 They used to fucking paint Marilyn Monroe 1104 00:50:56,861 --> 00:50:58,621 on the side of a fucking plane, 1105 00:50:58,701 --> 00:51:01,421 and then they'd use that plane to firebomb Dresden. 1106 00:51:01,501 --> 00:51:03,901 They'd be lucky enough to meet one Marilyn-class type lady 1107 00:51:03,981 --> 00:51:05,261 in the flesh in their lives. 1108 00:51:05,341 --> 00:51:08,661 But us, man, we fucking jerk off to a dozen gang-banging, 1109 00:51:08,741 --> 00:51:10,981 squirting Marilyns before dawn, and we wonder why 1110 00:51:11,061 --> 00:51:13,061 we don't have the get-up-and-go to go die in a war. 1111 00:51:13,101 --> 00:51:14,701 We're on a ghost ship. 1112 00:51:14,781 --> 00:51:16,501 A fucking system that can incorporate 1113 00:51:16,581 --> 00:51:19,461 any critique, just turn it into a marketable commodity. 1114 00:51:19,541 --> 00:51:20,701 Didn't think about it, mate. 1115 00:51:20,741 --> 00:51:22,821 Nothing has depth. Nothing has traction. Nothing... 1116 00:51:22,901 --> 00:51:25,181 Nothing's fucking serious, right? 1117 00:51:25,221 --> 00:51:27,581 We're just steam on a mirror. 1118 00:51:27,661 --> 00:51:30,261 You're gonna die a fucking spectator, yeah? 1119 00:51:30,341 --> 00:51:33,101 A priest at the altar of your own fucking ego. 1120 00:51:33,181 --> 00:51:35,101 Oi! Fucking hell, mate. 1121 00:51:35,181 --> 00:51:36,637 Turn the fucking music down, will you? 1122 00:51:36,661 --> 00:51:38,261 You know what? Go fuck yourself, 1123 00:51:38,341 --> 00:51:41,541 you little fucking slug! 1124 00:51:41,621 --> 00:51:43,597 You... You... You are like the freak at the afters 1125 00:51:43,621 --> 00:51:45,781 who doesn't know when to shut his fucking hole! 1126 00:51:45,861 --> 00:51:47,237 Why are you laughing? 1127 00:51:47,261 --> 00:51:48,957 You don't know what it's like to be a father! 1128 00:51:48,981 --> 00:51:50,341 No, I fucking do, actually, mate. 1129 00:51:50,421 --> 00:51:51,421 You know what? 1130 00:51:51,501 --> 00:51:52,717 It fucking doesn't change a thing. 1131 00:51:52,741 --> 00:51:54,397 You're in his life. You're out of his life. 1132 00:51:54,421 --> 00:51:56,901 - He's fucking damned either way. - That's such bullshit! 1133 00:51:56,981 --> 00:51:58,277 You know what I dream about, yeah? 1134 00:51:58,301 --> 00:51:59,341 I dream about the fact 1135 00:51:59,381 --> 00:52:01,341 that all my friends are richer than me. 1136 00:52:01,421 --> 00:52:02,861 And when I don't dream about that, 1137 00:52:02,941 --> 00:52:05,061 I dream about a faceless fitness influencer 1138 00:52:05,141 --> 00:52:08,341 making a pornographic payday out of her own fucking privacy. 1139 00:52:08,421 --> 00:52:11,261 Fucking, mate! I am not going to ask you again. 1140 00:52:11,301 --> 00:52:13,341 Turn the fucking music down, yeah? 1141 00:52:13,421 --> 00:52:15,621 And it's on us, man. 1142 00:52:15,701 --> 00:52:17,197 We've built an interface with the world 1143 00:52:17,221 --> 00:52:20,301 which gives us what we want, but not what we want to want. 1144 00:52:22,421 --> 00:52:24,861 Sorry, lads, I'll, um... I will... 1145 00:52:24,941 --> 00:52:27,821 I've got... I'll go and get some more beers. 1146 00:52:27,901 --> 00:52:29,021 Fuck yeah. 1147 00:52:31,541 --> 00:52:32,581 Good idea. 1148 00:52:33,941 --> 00:52:35,181 I like that idea. 1149 00:52:41,461 --> 00:52:44,541 We're out. 1150 00:52:49,741 --> 00:52:51,701 I'mma use the gentleman. 1151 00:52:52,301 --> 00:52:54,301 I need a slash. 1152 00:52:54,381 --> 00:52:57,301 Oh. Hello! 1153 00:53:51,381 --> 00:53:52,461 Mate. 1154 00:53:55,581 --> 00:53:56,581 Mate! 1155 00:53:57,301 --> 00:54:01,301 Mate? Mate, come on! Mate? 1156 00:54:01,341 --> 00:54:03,381 Come on. Come on. Wake up, wake up, wake up. 1157 00:54:06,181 --> 00:54:07,501 Hey, mate! 1158 00:54:07,541 --> 00:54:08,917 Come on, come on, come on, come on. 1159 00:54:08,941 --> 00:54:11,021 Shit! 1160 00:54:14,661 --> 00:54:16,821 Evening, sir. There's been a complaint about the noise. 1161 00:54:21,821 --> 00:54:24,621 Sir? Sir, open the door! 1162 00:54:24,661 --> 00:54:26,821 Can you please just open the door, sir? 1163 00:54:28,381 --> 00:54:29,661 Sir! 1164 00:54:29,741 --> 00:54:32,101 Sir, open this door. 1165 00:54:32,181 --> 00:54:34,661 I'm afraid we're gonna have to breach the door, sir. 1166 00:55:02,741 --> 00:55:04,957 Check down there. 1167 00:55:08,941 --> 00:55:10,541 - Clear. - Clear. 1168 00:55:10,581 --> 00:55:13,381 Control priority. 1169 00:55:13,461 --> 00:55:15,117 Can I get an ambulance to hurry up? 1170 00:55:15,141 --> 00:55:17,157 We've got an adult male, unconscious. Not breathing. 1171 00:55:17,181 --> 00:55:18,821 Possible drugs overdose. 1172 00:55:18,901 --> 00:55:20,237 There's a man on the balcony. 1173 00:55:20,261 --> 00:55:22,941 Sir! 1174 00:56:16,181 --> 00:56:17,637 Show me your hands! 1175 00:56:17,661 --> 00:56:19,197 Put your hands behind your back now! 1176 00:56:19,221 --> 00:56:20,621 Okay, okay, okay. Okay, okay. 1177 00:56:33,581 --> 00:56:39,577 sync and corrections awaqeded www.MY-SUBS.com