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MARK:
You know that orange juice you have every morning?
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You know what's in that?
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Corn.
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And you know what's
in the maple syrup
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you put on your pancakes?
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You know what makes
it taste so good?
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Corn. And when you're good
and help with the trash,
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you know what makes the big,
green bags biodegradable?
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Do you?
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Uh-huh. Corn.
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Corn starch.
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But daddy's company
didn't come up
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with that one.
DuPont did.
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Porsche or "Porsce-ah"?
I've heard it both ways.
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Three years in Germany,
I should know that.
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What's German for "corn"?
The German word I really like
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is"Kugelschreiber."
That's "pen."
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All those syllables
just for pen.
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Archer Daniels Midland.
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Most people have
never heard of us,
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but chances are they've never
had a meal we're not part of.
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Just read the side
of the package.
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That's us. Now ADM is taking
the dextrose from the corn
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and turning it into
an amino acid called lysine.
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It's all very scientific,
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but if you're a stockholder,
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all that matters
is corn goes in one end
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and profit
comes out the other.
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We have the largest lysine
plant in the world here.
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That's where I come in.
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Hey, Kirk.
Mark.
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When are we gonna
get out there
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and hit some balls?
Anytime.
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What do they pay Kirk?
What does a guy like that get?
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I bet he gets a hundred grand.
He's just gonna sit
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behind that desk
and ride it into the future.
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Guten Morgen.
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Morning, Mark.Morning.
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They have the lysine results.
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Great.Good.
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MAN:
We adjusted the dextrose levels again,
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but the virus
keeps showing up.
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I thought we had
it surrounded this time.
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We started a new
set of cultures.
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[MACHINERY WHIRRING]
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MARK:
We'll get it. We just have to stay
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after it. I mean,
the things eat sugar
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and that's what
we're giving them.
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A warm place
filled with sugar.
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ANDREAS:
The fucking thing is supposed to produce
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113,000 tons annually.
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We're not gonna get
anywhere close to that.
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We've got over $150 million
in costs over there, guys.
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WILSON:
Do the Japanese have this kind of problems with lysine?
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I don't give a shit
about the Japanese.
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You've gotta get
the goddamn lysine bugs
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to eat some dextrose
and shit us out some money.
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We're still having problems
with this virus.
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ANDREAS:
I don't want to hear about the virus anymore.
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Terry, how much
are we losing a month?
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We are down, like,
seven million per.
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That's not gonna
fly much longer.
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You want to go
in there next month,
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tell my father we're sucking
the hind tit on this?
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I sure don't.
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We're number 44
on the Fortune 500list, Mark.
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I don't want this turning
us into number 45.
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Fix it.
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MARK:
You feed a chicken a diet of corn
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and it gets sick,
like what happened
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to the first settlers.
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Pellagra disease.
Niacin deficiency.
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Gave them all sorts
of problems:
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dermatitis, ataxia,
even dementia.
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But you feed a chicken
corn and lysine
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and it goes from egg
to supermarket fryer
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in six months
instead of eight.
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GINGER:
Mark?
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Where are you?
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Hey, you look great.
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Oh.
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Hey, they got the first wall
of the stables up. See that?
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You know they're doing
a new thing in hydroponics?
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They're now feeding lysine
to the jumbo shrimp.
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Yeah. Can you imagine that?
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You're a jumbo shrimp
and one day
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some corn goes floating by.
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What do you think
about that?
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Weird, right?
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There's an opening down
in the plant in Mexico.
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They might need me to go down
and set some stuff up.
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What do you think
about Mexico?
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I thought we were
getting horses.
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"Toro."
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That's what Spanish
bullfighters say,
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but it's also what
the Japanese call
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the high-end tuna sushi.
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Toro. Raw fish.
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Who went first on that one?
The guy without the grill.
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I've been to Tokyo.
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They sell little-girl underwear
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in the vending machines
right on the main drag,
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the Ginza,
or whatever.
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Guys in suits buying
used girl panties.
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How is that okay?
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[PHONE RINGS]
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That's not okay.
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Yeah.
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LIZ [ON PHONE]:
There's a Mr. Nakawara
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calling from
the Ajinomoto Corporation.
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He says he-- You know him
and he needs to speak with you.
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Yeah, put him through.
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It's the Japanese.
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There's this guy, Nakawara.
He works at Ajinomoto.
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He was here a couple weeks ago.
You met him.
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I've been talking
to him on the phone,
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sometimes at work,
but sometimes from home
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because of, you know,
the time difference.
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Mick, this guy knew everything.
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Everything. He says to me,
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"Hey, you know
that total nightmare
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you guys had
May, June, July?"
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Before I can ask him what
he's talking about, he goes:
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"No, you know what I mean.
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"Those months
when ADM was losing
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$7 million a month
in the lysine business."
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Mick, I couldn't believe it.
He goes on to tell me
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that one of our
highest-paid employees
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is actually
an employee of Ajinomoto,
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who is sabotaging the plant.
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They're injecting a virus
into the dextrose
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and contaminating
the whole deal.
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That's the problem.
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I'm telling you, Mick, it is--
It's like Rising Sun.
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It's like the Crichton novel.
It's just like that.
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So I go, "Why are you
talking to me about this?"
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You know what he says?
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Yeah, yeah.
I know what he says.
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How much does he want?
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Ten million dollars.
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Ten million,
but that gives you
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the-the identity
of the saboteur,
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the secret identity,
and a new lysine bug
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that is immune
to the virus.
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We have the plant up
and running, three days.
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How well do you
know this guy?
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[SIGHS]
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I met him when he was here,
you know.
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We've spoken on the phone
half a dozen times.
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So not very well.
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Very well?
No, I wouldn't say that.
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If you hear from him again,
talk him down on the price.
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Find out the least amount
of money he'd settle for.
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I mean, if we can get a bug
that's resistant to the virus,
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this might be worth it,
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but I want you
to keep this secret.
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If there is a mole,
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I don't want him to know
that we're on to him.
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Absolutely.
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[♪♪♪]
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MARK:
This would be a great place for some outlet stores.
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People would come from
all over southern Illinois,
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probably Missouri too.
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Famous name-brand labels
and appliances
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at savings of up
to 50 percent every day.
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Maybe a food court
with a Mexican place.
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The birds eat the bugs,
the cars eat the birds,
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the rust eats the cars
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and new construction
eats the rust.
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GINGER:
Corky!
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Alexander says there's
a bat in his room.
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The FBI?
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God, no.
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I thought you wanted me
to talk him down on the price.
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That's what you told me to do
and I was doing it.
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Well, we're not gonna sit back
and let the Japanese
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fuck us sideways on this.I don't even understand.
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We weren't gonna mention
it and now he's in on it?
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ANDREAS:
Well, of course he's in on it.
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If there's a mole,
it's a security issue.
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I'll be sitting
in with the FBI.
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I already told you
everything there is to tell.
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I mean, what is the point?
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CHEVIRON:
Mark. Calm down. All right? We don't like the idea
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of talking to the FBI
any more than you do.
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They're just gonna
tape the guy's calls,
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ask you a few questions.
No big deal.
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Questions?
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Pfft. Jesus.
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Mark?
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GINGER:
The FBI?
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Why do you have
to talk to the FBI?
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It's their plant. Just--
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Just let them
talk to the FBI.
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Babe, I-I am really
uncomfortable with this.
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There-- There are some things
that are going on here.
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What does that mean,
"things"?
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MARK [ON PHONE]:
It just-- It means...
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that we have to be careful.
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Well, whatever you do, Corky,
no matter what's going on,
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just be honest with them
and tell them the truth, okay?
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MARK:
He said he wanted the money wired,
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uh, into a numbered account
in Switzerland
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and then also
in the Caribbean.
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[WRITING ON PAPER]
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FBI AGENT:
Uh...
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And when did you last have,
uh, contact with him?
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Two days ago.
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But I think he's
getting suspicious.
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I've been dragging
this thing along.
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I-I think if we don't
make a move...
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I mean, he could already
have backed down here.
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And these calls, they've been
coming in on your home line?
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Well, I-I have an ADM
line at my house.
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It's a business line.
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They've been coming
in on the business line.
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Well, uh, I think
we should start with, um,
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putting a recording
device on your phone.
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There's a sale at Bachrach's.
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They have those
Oscar de la Renta ties
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that nobody buys.
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What are they,
two for one for another week?
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Diagonal bands of color
hanging around your neck.
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They never put the nice
Brioni ties on sale.
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I should just get
all my ties in Paris,
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wear them once or twice
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and shove them
in a duty-free bag.
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Nobody gets stopped
at customs for ties.
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I can help with that.
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[EXHALES HEAVILY]
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So.
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That's it, then.
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I can go?
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Um, listen. Why don't--?
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[CLEARS THROAT]
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I'd like to come out tomorrow,
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get on that phone.
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Great. No problem.
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[♪♪♪]
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Thank you for your time.
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Thank you.
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You told the truth, Mark.
That's all you can do.
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I never even had the chance.
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They were watching me
the whole time.
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Cheviron was in the room.
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[♪♪♪]
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Mick Andreas gets to born
with the vice president
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of the United States
as his godfather.
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He goes to Richard Nixon's
house for Thanksgiving.
253
00:13:15,359 --> 00:13:17,405
It's not like his parents
died in a car accident
254
00:13:17,405 --> 00:13:20,234
when he was 3 and he ended
up in an orphanage.
255
00:13:20,234 --> 00:13:22,540
Mick's dad wrote a check
to the Nixon campaign
256
00:13:22,540 --> 00:13:25,108
and it wound up in the account
of the Watergate burglars.
257
00:13:25,108 --> 00:13:27,241
Did he admit it?
I don't think so.
258
00:13:27,241 --> 00:13:29,721
Besides, ADM probably
owns the FBI.
259
00:13:29,721 --> 00:13:31,462
They probably
wanted me to move
260
00:13:31,462 --> 00:13:33,290
into Dwayne's old house
when I took this job,
261
00:13:33,290 --> 00:13:35,858
because they got it wired
like in a Crichton novel.
262
00:13:35,858 --> 00:13:37,947
Marty Allison called.
263
00:13:37,947 --> 00:13:39,644
And Sid Hulse
wants to know
264
00:13:39,644 --> 00:13:42,822
if you can have dinner
at 7:00 instead of 7:30.
265
00:13:42,822 --> 00:13:45,128
[SILVERWARE CLUNKING]
266
00:13:52,396 --> 00:13:53,920
SID:
Great earrings, Ginger.
267
00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,531
Bet you can see those
shining from space.
268
00:13:56,531 --> 00:13:59,839
Mark got them abroad.
269
00:13:59,839 --> 00:14:01,449
I can't remember where.
270
00:14:01,449 --> 00:14:03,190
Nigeria?
271
00:14:03,190 --> 00:14:05,148
Not funny, Sid.
272
00:14:05,148 --> 00:14:06,541
You're telling me.
273
00:14:06,541 --> 00:14:08,108
[CHUCKLES]
274
00:14:08,108 --> 00:14:10,414
MARK:
So, Sid, you're off tomorrow?
275
00:14:11,633 --> 00:14:13,069
Where to?
276
00:14:13,069 --> 00:14:15,376
SID:
West Coast swing.
277
00:14:15,376 --> 00:14:18,248
Gotta get up there.
Kick some Japanese butt.
278
00:14:19,989 --> 00:14:22,252
MARK:
So I'm not gonna see you for a couple of weeks?
279
00:14:22,252 --> 00:14:24,385
Maybe longer if I get lost
in the Ginza.
280
00:14:25,734 --> 00:14:27,649
Have a great trip, Sid.
281
00:14:30,957 --> 00:14:33,655
[WHISPERING]
Just tell them everything.
282
00:14:33,655 --> 00:14:36,440
We'll leave.
283
00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:39,226
I don't like what this company
is doing to you.
284
00:14:39,226 --> 00:14:42,707
This is a chance
to start somewhere new.
285
00:14:42,707 --> 00:14:45,145
Remember, you said Mexico?
286
00:14:45,145 --> 00:14:47,451
I may tell them at some point,
287
00:14:47,451 --> 00:14:51,281
but now, I gotta toe
the company line here.
288
00:14:51,281 --> 00:14:53,327
Mark.
289
00:14:53,327 --> 00:14:56,069
If you don't tell them,
I will.
290
00:14:57,505 --> 00:15:00,073
I can't.
291
00:15:00,073 --> 00:15:02,249
Not now.
292
00:15:02,249 --> 00:15:04,294
[DOORBELL DINGS]
293
00:15:08,168 --> 00:15:09,821
[DOOR OPENS]
294
00:15:10,866 --> 00:15:12,999
Hello. Please.
295
00:15:14,522 --> 00:15:17,090
Agent Shepard,
my wife, Ginger.
296
00:15:17,090 --> 00:15:19,788
SHEPARD:
Ma'am. I, uh, know it's late.
297
00:15:19,788 --> 00:15:22,660
I'll be out of your hair
in a minute.
298
00:15:22,660 --> 00:15:25,663
Great. Maybe a cup of coffee
for Agent Shepard?
299
00:15:25,663 --> 00:15:27,187
Okay.
300
00:15:28,710 --> 00:15:31,365
SHEPARD:
Just show me where the, uh-- The line in question...
301
00:15:31,365 --> 00:15:32,801
MARK:
It's that one over there.
302
00:15:32,801 --> 00:15:34,629
There should be a TV show
303
00:15:34,629 --> 00:15:36,500
about a guy who calls home
one day and he's there.
304
00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:38,285
He answers,
he's talking to himself,
305
00:15:38,285 --> 00:15:39,503
only it's someone else.
306
00:15:39,503 --> 00:15:41,070
He's somehow divided into two
307
00:15:41,070 --> 00:15:43,029
and the second
one of him drives away.
308
00:15:43,029 --> 00:15:45,596
The rest of the show is about
him trying to find the guy.
309
00:15:45,596 --> 00:15:48,643
I'll give you a call tomorrow.
We can test it out.
310
00:15:48,643 --> 00:15:51,298
Great. Great. Okay.
Thank you for coming by.
311
00:15:51,298 --> 00:15:52,516
Good night.
Night.
312
00:15:52,516 --> 00:15:54,214
Good night,
Mrs. Whitacre.
313
00:15:54,214 --> 00:15:55,476
Good night.
314
00:16:00,220 --> 00:16:01,917
Are you gonna say
something, or am I?
315
00:16:01,917 --> 00:16:03,397
[WHISPERING]
Just don't.
316
00:16:03,397 --> 00:16:05,007
[CAR DOOR OPENS]
317
00:16:06,313 --> 00:16:07,270
Brian?
318
00:16:09,403 --> 00:16:10,970
Hey, got a minute?
319
00:16:15,452 --> 00:16:16,801
Um...
320
00:16:20,153 --> 00:16:22,198
[WHISPERING]
Can I talk to you in the car?
321
00:16:23,373 --> 00:16:24,984
Sure.
322
00:16:30,772 --> 00:16:32,165
[CAR DOOR SHUTS, OPENS]
323
00:16:34,515 --> 00:16:35,995
[CAR DOOR SHUTS]
324
00:16:37,431 --> 00:16:41,826
We could go back
inside if you want.
325
00:16:41,826 --> 00:16:43,263
I think they might
have it bugged.
326
00:16:43,263 --> 00:16:44,699
We're safer out here.
327
00:16:44,699 --> 00:16:47,006
Bugged?
328
00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:48,790
What?
329
00:16:48,790 --> 00:16:50,357
Who?
330
00:16:51,619 --> 00:16:54,230
Us?
331
00:16:54,230 --> 00:16:55,710
All right,
there's things I know.
332
00:16:55,710 --> 00:16:58,756
If I decide to tell you,
could I be prosecuted?
333
00:16:58,756 --> 00:17:00,584
Well, I cannot provide you
with immunity,
334
00:17:00,584 --> 00:17:01,933
but any information
you tell me
335
00:17:01,933 --> 00:17:04,458
about your involvement
in criminal activity
336
00:17:04,458 --> 00:17:06,373
would be discussed
in a favorable light
337
00:17:06,373 --> 00:17:08,592
with the U.S.
Attorney's office.
338
00:17:11,639 --> 00:17:13,510
Okay. Everything
I told you yesterday
339
00:17:13,510 --> 00:17:15,904
about Nakawara was true.
Absolutely.
340
00:17:15,904 --> 00:17:17,819
Except one thing.
341
00:17:17,819 --> 00:17:20,517
He never called me
on my business line.
342
00:17:20,517 --> 00:17:23,564
Well, why did you
tell me that he did?
343
00:17:23,564 --> 00:17:25,261
Before I spoke
with you yesterday,
344
00:17:25,261 --> 00:17:28,177
I was coached by the guys
at ADM to tell you
345
00:17:28,177 --> 00:17:30,919
that he called on my business
line and not my home line.
346
00:17:30,919 --> 00:17:32,051
Why?
347
00:17:34,575 --> 00:17:36,316
What I'm about to tell you,
348
00:17:36,316 --> 00:17:38,318
it involves
something very large.
349
00:17:38,318 --> 00:17:41,408
This Nakawara extortion thing
is nothing compared to it,
350
00:17:41,408 --> 00:17:42,713
nothing at all.
351
00:17:45,455 --> 00:17:49,111
This involves price fixing
in the lysine business.
352
00:17:49,111 --> 00:17:51,635
Now--Oh, oh, wait. Wait, hang on.
353
00:17:53,681 --> 00:17:55,248
[OPENS BRIEFCASE]
354
00:17:57,728 --> 00:17:58,947
Take some notes.
355
00:18:00,122 --> 00:18:01,341
[SIGHS]
356
00:18:01,341 --> 00:18:02,690
Okay, go on.
357
00:18:02,690 --> 00:18:04,474
Price fixing
in the lysine business.
358
00:18:05,606 --> 00:18:07,564
I have been
in several meetings
359
00:18:07,564 --> 00:18:09,175
with our Japanese
and Korean competitors
360
00:18:09,175 --> 00:18:10,698
over the last few months,
361
00:18:10,698 --> 00:18:13,918
where the sole purpose
was to fix the prices.
362
00:18:13,918 --> 00:18:15,833
ADM made me go
to those meetings.
363
00:18:15,833 --> 00:18:17,792
See, that's why
they wanted me to lie.
364
00:18:17,792 --> 00:18:20,490
Because the Nakawara calls
came in on my home line,
365
00:18:20,490 --> 00:18:22,231
but so do the calls
from the people
366
00:18:22,231 --> 00:18:23,754
we're fixing prices with.
367
00:18:23,754 --> 00:18:25,713
They don't want you
to hear those conversations,
368
00:18:25,713 --> 00:18:27,932
so they instructed me to tell
you the Nakawara calls
369
00:18:27,932 --> 00:18:30,109
came in on my ADM line.
But see, I realized
370
00:18:30,109 --> 00:18:32,676
that once you guys started
digging around in the records,
371
00:18:32,676 --> 00:18:35,810
you'd see that I have all these
calls to Japan. Right?
372
00:18:35,810 --> 00:18:39,248
That's what scared me.
Nobody's got more calls than me.
373
00:18:39,248 --> 00:18:41,207
So if you figure out
the price-fixing thing,
374
00:18:41,207 --> 00:18:42,947
I'd be the fall guy.Who told you
375
00:18:42,947 --> 00:18:45,559
to participate in these
price-fixing talks?
376
00:18:50,346 --> 00:18:51,956
I'm operating
under the direction
377
00:18:51,956 --> 00:18:54,872
of Mick and Dwayne Andreas.
378
00:18:54,872 --> 00:18:56,352
[ENGINE STARTS]
379
00:19:00,182 --> 00:19:02,445
He seems like a real good guy.
380
00:19:02,445 --> 00:19:04,273
I hope he doesn't mind me
calling him Brian
381
00:19:04,273 --> 00:19:06,275
instead of Agent Shepard.
382
00:19:06,275 --> 00:19:07,885
I might even try "Bri" out.
383
00:19:07,885 --> 00:19:10,192
This must be very
different for him,
384
00:19:10,192 --> 00:19:12,368
talking to a guy like me
instead of a bank robber
385
00:19:12,368 --> 00:19:14,631
or a drug dealer.
386
00:19:14,631 --> 00:19:17,199
I could see us fishing
or whatever.
387
00:19:17,199 --> 00:19:19,114
What a good listener.
388
00:19:19,114 --> 00:19:22,248
You don't meet
one of those every day.
389
00:19:22,248 --> 00:19:23,814
[♪♪♪]
390
00:19:25,207 --> 00:19:26,426
Morning.
391
00:19:45,358 --> 00:19:46,837
Morning.
392
00:19:46,837 --> 00:19:48,535
What happened last night?
393
00:19:48,535 --> 00:19:51,015
What do you mean? Nothing.
Well, they put a...
394
00:19:51,015 --> 00:19:54,062
recorder on the phone.
395
00:19:55,411 --> 00:19:56,891
That's it?
396
00:19:56,891 --> 00:19:58,632
Well, yeah.
397
00:19:58,632 --> 00:20:02,331
He said when Nakawara calls
398
00:20:02,331 --> 00:20:05,856
I just flip a switch
and record the conversation.
399
00:20:05,856 --> 00:20:08,294
[PHONE RINGS]
400
00:20:08,294 --> 00:20:09,295
Yeah?
401
00:20:09,295 --> 00:20:11,601
Oh. Put her through.
402
00:20:11,601 --> 00:20:12,994
Make sure you do it, okay?
403
00:20:12,994 --> 00:20:14,430
They have ways
of checking up.
404
00:20:14,430 --> 00:20:15,866
Sure thing.
405
00:20:16,693 --> 00:20:17,738
Hi, hon.
406
00:20:18,782 --> 00:20:20,262
What?
407
00:20:20,262 --> 00:20:23,744
What--?
Slow down, honey, slow--
408
00:20:23,744 --> 00:20:25,354
What?
409
00:20:31,926 --> 00:20:33,014
What?
410
00:20:34,494 --> 00:20:36,365
SHEPARD:
A pound of bacon,
411
00:20:36,365 --> 00:20:38,324
a peanut butter sandwich,
some vitamins.
412
00:20:38,324 --> 00:20:40,891
[♪♪♪]
413
00:20:40,891 --> 00:20:43,807
Anything that ADM has
a hand in, it's all fixed.
414
00:20:43,807 --> 00:20:45,592
That's what he's telling me.
415
00:20:45,592 --> 00:20:48,334
I mean, basically--
416
00:20:48,334 --> 00:20:51,162
I mean, everyone in this country
is a victim of corporate crime
417
00:20:51,162 --> 00:20:53,469
by the time they finish
breakfast.
418
00:20:53,469 --> 00:20:56,298
You think the automobile
companies can't make a car
419
00:20:56,298 --> 00:20:58,692
tomorrow that gets
100 miles to the gallon?
420
00:20:58,692 --> 00:21:00,868
You think the TV networks
don't know who's gonna win
421
00:21:00,868 --> 00:21:02,826
the World Series
before the season starts?
422
00:21:02,826 --> 00:21:05,568
Paranoid is what people who
are trying to take advantage
423
00:21:05,568 --> 00:21:08,092
call you in an effort
to get you to drop your guard.
424
00:21:08,092 --> 00:21:10,312
I read that the other day
in an in-flight magazine.
425
00:21:10,312 --> 00:21:13,402
One potential problem
I see moving ahead with ADM
426
00:21:13,402 --> 00:21:15,839
is this guy Cheviron.
427
00:21:15,839 --> 00:21:17,363
He wants to be kept
in on the loop
428
00:21:17,363 --> 00:21:19,974
on-on everything
that we're doing.
429
00:21:25,675 --> 00:21:27,634
I want to meet Mark Whitacre.
430
00:21:27,634 --> 00:21:29,810
You said they were
only gonna tap
431
00:21:29,810 --> 00:21:31,725
one line.
432
00:21:31,725 --> 00:21:33,292
One line.
433
00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:35,424
They are only
monitoring one line.
434
00:21:35,424 --> 00:21:38,775
That is not true.
That is absolutely not true!
435
00:21:38,775 --> 00:21:40,560
I just got off the phone
with my wife.
436
00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,953
And some woman named Regina
at the phone company called her
437
00:21:42,953 --> 00:21:44,955
and said that both
my lines are tapped.
438
00:21:44,955 --> 00:21:47,218
My home phone!Come on, Mark--
439
00:21:47,218 --> 00:21:49,482
Mark, the phone company doesn't
call people and say:
440
00:21:49,482 --> 00:21:51,527
"Hello, we just wanted
to let you know
441
00:21:51,527 --> 00:21:54,051
that the FBI is tapping
your phone lines."
442
00:21:54,051 --> 00:21:56,184
Then why would
Regina say that?
443
00:21:56,184 --> 00:21:57,185
She didn't say it.
444
00:21:57,185 --> 00:22:00,449
You're saying it.
445
00:22:00,449 --> 00:22:01,668
Call my wife.
446
00:22:01,668 --> 00:22:05,062
Call Regina.
Fine. Mark.
447
00:22:05,062 --> 00:22:08,457
I will. All right?
I will.
448
00:22:08,457 --> 00:22:09,850
Good.
449
00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:17,597
I don't like wool on skin.
450
00:22:17,597 --> 00:22:19,381
Not even that merino wool
they have
451
00:22:19,381 --> 00:22:21,035
at Marshall Field in Chicago.
452
00:22:21,035 --> 00:22:22,819
Ginger likes it because
it's formfitting,
453
00:22:22,819 --> 00:22:24,473
but she likes avocados
454
00:22:24,473 --> 00:22:26,562
and who wants that texture
in their mouth?
455
00:22:26,562 --> 00:22:29,304
Who'd make up someone
named "Regina"?
456
00:22:29,304 --> 00:22:31,698
It's the capital
of Saskatchewan.
457
00:22:33,743 --> 00:22:35,702
[RINGS]
458
00:22:37,965 --> 00:22:39,880
FBI, Shepard.
459
00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:42,099
CHEVIRON:
Hello, Brian. It's Mark Cheviron at ADM.
460
00:22:42,099 --> 00:22:43,666
Yeah, Mark.
461
00:22:43,666 --> 00:22:45,712
Hey, I was talking to you guys
a couple days ago
462
00:22:45,712 --> 00:22:48,845
about which of the lines
at Mark Whitacre's house
463
00:22:48,845 --> 00:22:52,153
you would be monitoring
and we had agreed
464
00:22:52,153 --> 00:22:53,981
it would only
be the business line,
465
00:22:53,981 --> 00:22:56,505
so that's all you did,
right?
466
00:22:56,505 --> 00:22:58,942
I really can't answer that.
467
00:23:00,074 --> 00:23:01,641
Um-- Okay.
468
00:23:01,641 --> 00:23:03,773
Thank you.
469
00:23:03,773 --> 00:23:05,427
[♪♪♪]
470
00:23:15,481 --> 00:23:18,266
We have decided we will
no longer be cooperating
471
00:23:18,266 --> 00:23:20,094
with any further
FBI requests.
472
00:23:20,094 --> 00:23:22,226
I knew it. I knew it.
473
00:23:22,226 --> 00:23:24,098
And I told you
and you wouldn't listen.
474
00:23:24,098 --> 00:23:26,230
You said,
"Just the office line, Mark."
475
00:23:27,449 --> 00:23:29,408
Evidently, they were
lying to us too.
476
00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:31,497
Well, evidently
you can't keep track
477
00:23:31,497 --> 00:23:33,150
of what the FBI's doing.
478
00:23:33,150 --> 00:23:35,152
[PHONE RINGING]
479
00:23:35,152 --> 00:23:37,111
Yeah?
480
00:23:37,111 --> 00:23:39,461
LIZ [ON PHONE]:
The call you were expecting, Mark?
481
00:23:39,461 --> 00:23:41,028
Well, put him through.
482
00:23:41,028 --> 00:23:44,031
It's a Swedish deal
I'm working on.
483
00:23:44,031 --> 00:23:45,162
Mark Whitacre.
484
00:23:45,162 --> 00:23:47,643
Hey, Mark, it's Brian Shepard.
485
00:23:47,643 --> 00:23:50,037
I told Shepard we're done
working with him as of now.
486
00:23:50,037 --> 00:23:52,561
Hi. So good
to hear from you.
487
00:23:52,561 --> 00:23:56,347
Listen, I want to bring my
supervisor by to meet you.
488
00:23:56,347 --> 00:23:58,219
This weekend be okay?
489
00:23:58,219 --> 00:24:00,482
Well, great.
490
00:24:00,482 --> 00:24:03,703
Well, so-- Mr. Andreas
is in my office right now.
491
00:24:03,703 --> 00:24:06,401
SHEPARD [ON PHONE]: Okay.So I'll talk to you later.
492
00:24:06,401 --> 00:24:07,837
Okay.Good.
493
00:24:07,837 --> 00:24:10,013
Now, what do I do if this
Shepard guy calls?
494
00:24:10,013 --> 00:24:12,755
You let me know about it,
and I'll tell my dad,
495
00:24:12,755 --> 00:24:16,280
but you're done
talking to them.
496
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,021
Absolutely.
497
00:24:18,021 --> 00:24:19,806
[♪♪♪]
498
00:24:21,764 --> 00:24:24,506
Okay, guys, I'm gonna
go over the rules.
499
00:24:24,506 --> 00:24:28,423
There's no running, no pushing,
no horseplay by the pool,
500
00:24:28,423 --> 00:24:31,034
and when you have fished
all the leaves out
501
00:24:31,034 --> 00:24:34,995
you go into the garage
and get the cover for the pool.
502
00:24:34,995 --> 00:24:38,477
And I'm gonna go get
your dad when he's done
503
00:24:38,477 --> 00:24:40,870
and he's gonna come
and do an inspection.
504
00:24:40,870 --> 00:24:42,176
What was that, honey?
505
00:24:42,176 --> 00:24:43,873
ALEXANDER:
You already told us this.
506
00:24:43,873 --> 00:24:47,181
GINGER:
Honey, well, I'm going over it again.
507
00:24:49,270 --> 00:24:52,491
Now, what is the scoop with
all my phones being tapped?
508
00:24:52,491 --> 00:24:55,668
The only listening device
was the recorder, Mark.
509
00:24:55,668 --> 00:24:58,888
We had a trap-and-trace
device on your home line,
510
00:24:58,888 --> 00:25:01,195
but we can't
listen in on that.
511
00:25:01,195 --> 00:25:03,066
However,
512
00:25:03,066 --> 00:25:04,633
the phone company
calling your wife
513
00:25:04,633 --> 00:25:06,679
and telling her about
our intel gathering...
514
00:25:06,679 --> 00:25:09,029
Well, my face is red
on that one.
515
00:25:09,029 --> 00:25:11,074
Shouldn't happen.
516
00:25:11,074 --> 00:25:13,294
Did you bring the expense
reports we talked about?
517
00:25:13,294 --> 00:25:15,775
Yeah. Yeah.
518
00:25:15,775 --> 00:25:20,170
Okay, this is Mexico City,
Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo.
519
00:25:20,170 --> 00:25:22,608
Now, there was a meeting
of the Corn Refiners Association
520
00:25:22,608 --> 00:25:25,611
in Florida last week.
Mick and Terry went to that one.
521
00:25:25,611 --> 00:25:28,178
They were doing the regular
meeting during the day,
522
00:25:28,178 --> 00:25:30,746
and at night, they'd get
together with our competitors
523
00:25:30,746 --> 00:25:32,574
and they all work out
how to fix the prices.
524
00:25:32,574 --> 00:25:34,315
Now, you just watch.
In about six months
525
00:25:34,315 --> 00:25:36,230
the price of a liter
of soda pop
526
00:25:36,230 --> 00:25:38,101
is gonna be about
5 cents more.
527
00:25:38,101 --> 00:25:39,842
Well, when's the next meeting?
528
00:25:39,842 --> 00:25:43,280
Uh, January.
Uh, somewhere in Asia.
529
00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:47,284
Mark, I gotta ask you.
Why are you doing this?
530
00:25:47,284 --> 00:25:49,243
We know you lied to us
about the phone line
531
00:25:49,243 --> 00:25:50,897
and you're afraid of that,
532
00:25:50,897 --> 00:25:53,856
but now you're telling
us all this other stuff
533
00:25:53,856 --> 00:25:56,250
out of the blue.
Got to ask you why.
534
00:25:57,643 --> 00:26:00,820
Well, because things are
going on I don't approve of.
535
00:26:00,820 --> 00:26:03,953
Now, I'm a biochemist.
Yeah, I'm a technical guy.
536
00:26:03,953 --> 00:26:06,129
And they pull me
into the business side
537
00:26:06,129 --> 00:26:08,349
and suddenly I find out all
these things are going on
538
00:26:08,349 --> 00:26:09,959
that are illegal.
539
00:26:09,959 --> 00:26:11,570
You know,
if I want to grow with ADM,
540
00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:13,267
I gotta learn
the business side.
541
00:26:13,267 --> 00:26:14,790
And so suddenly
I'm lying to people.
542
00:26:14,790 --> 00:26:16,226
They're making me
lie to people.
543
00:26:16,226 --> 00:26:17,706
I lie to you.
544
00:26:17,706 --> 00:26:19,578
I mean, I feel real bad
about that.
545
00:26:19,578 --> 00:26:21,754
You look at yourself
as wearing a white hat
546
00:26:21,754 --> 00:26:23,364
and-and they're
wearing black hats?
547
00:26:23,364 --> 00:26:25,584
Yeah. Absolutely.
Something like that.
548
00:26:25,584 --> 00:26:26,933
You know, when I was a kid,
549
00:26:26,933 --> 00:26:28,804
my-my folks died
in an automobile accident.
550
00:26:28,804 --> 00:26:30,850
I was maybe six years old
551
00:26:30,850 --> 00:26:33,026
and a wealthy man
from Ohio adopted me.
552
00:26:33,026 --> 00:26:36,507
Guy owned amusement parks.
He did very well for himself.
553
00:26:36,507 --> 00:26:38,858
Now, I caught a big break there,
real big break.
554
00:26:38,858 --> 00:26:40,816
I went to a good school and all.
555
00:26:40,816 --> 00:26:42,862
Now I adopted
two kids of my own.
556
00:26:42,862 --> 00:26:45,168
I'm-- I'm trying to do
the right thing here.
557
00:26:46,343 --> 00:26:48,084
Well, Mark,
558
00:26:48,084 --> 00:26:50,304
do you think you'd be willing
to go a few steps further
559
00:26:50,304 --> 00:26:51,610
in helping us?
560
00:26:53,133 --> 00:26:54,482
What does that mean?
561
00:26:54,482 --> 00:26:55,439
SHEPARD:
Would you...
562
00:26:57,137 --> 00:26:59,008
be willing to wear a wire?
563
00:26:59,008 --> 00:27:01,315
We don't have
any other sources
564
00:27:01,315 --> 00:27:03,360
at this time, we--
565
00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:05,319
We need your help.
566
00:27:05,319 --> 00:27:07,277
PAISLEY:
We'll be there with you all the way.
567
00:27:07,277 --> 00:27:09,236
It won't be easy.
568
00:27:09,236 --> 00:27:10,716
I'll use my beeper
to signal you
569
00:27:10,716 --> 00:27:12,282
when it's time
to set up a meeting.
570
00:27:12,282 --> 00:27:13,806
When you hear this:
571
00:27:13,806 --> 00:27:16,417
You know-- Right?[PAGER BEEPING]
572
00:27:16,417 --> 00:27:17,984
You call me.
573
00:27:19,681 --> 00:27:21,335
SHEPARD:
He's watched closely at work
574
00:27:21,335 --> 00:27:26,383
and there's reason to believe
that ADM has bugged his home.
575
00:27:26,383 --> 00:27:28,864
He's under a great
deal of pressure.
576
00:27:28,864 --> 00:27:31,301
I mean, you gotta
feel for the guy.
577
00:27:31,301 --> 00:27:33,913
He tells us the truth one day
578
00:27:33,913 --> 00:27:37,568
and wakes up the next with
two lives instead of one.
579
00:27:37,568 --> 00:27:39,832
Well, the good news
is he decided to wake up
580
00:27:39,832 --> 00:27:41,181
and tell the truth.
581
00:27:41,181 --> 00:27:43,183
[♪♪♪]
582
00:27:43,183 --> 00:27:46,273
MARK:
There are these butterflies in Central America.
583
00:27:46,273 --> 00:27:48,014
They're blue
and orange and yellow
584
00:27:48,014 --> 00:27:49,450
and have poison
in their wings.
585
00:27:49,450 --> 00:27:51,757
Just enough poison
to stop a bird heart,
586
00:27:51,757 --> 00:27:53,410
but the birds
know this somehow,
587
00:27:53,410 --> 00:27:54,977
so they don't eat them.
588
00:27:54,977 --> 00:27:57,719
But there are other ones,
butterflies,
589
00:27:57,719 --> 00:28:00,026
they're orange,
blue and yellow too,
590
00:28:00,026 --> 00:28:01,810
but no poison wings.
591
00:28:01,810 --> 00:28:04,073
They're just flying around,
looking dangerous,
592
00:28:04,073 --> 00:28:05,553
getting by on their looks.
593
00:28:05,553 --> 00:28:07,598
Hey, Mark.
594
00:28:07,598 --> 00:28:09,818
Hi, Brian.Ready to make the call?
595
00:28:16,782 --> 00:28:18,218
BOY:
Hey, wait up, dipshit.
596
00:28:18,218 --> 00:28:19,306
We're gonna do it here?
597
00:28:23,745 --> 00:28:27,575
We can't get a room.
There's, uh, problems with that.
598
00:28:29,533 --> 00:28:32,101
Um...
[CLEARS THROAT]
599
00:28:32,101 --> 00:28:35,975
I don't know, it just kind
of seems, you know, awkward.
600
00:28:35,975 --> 00:28:38,194
It's the best
I can do right now.
601
00:28:40,196 --> 00:28:41,284
Okay.
602
00:28:41,284 --> 00:28:42,416
[BRIEFCASE THUDS]
603
00:28:42,416 --> 00:28:43,983
Just--
604
00:28:45,811 --> 00:28:47,856
Hold the microphone
against the receiver
605
00:28:47,856 --> 00:28:49,118
and I'll hold
the recorder.
606
00:28:49,118 --> 00:28:50,250
Zero-zero-nine...
607
00:28:51,555 --> 00:28:54,123
454...
608
00:28:54,123 --> 00:28:57,126
58822.
609
00:28:57,126 --> 00:28:58,301
Thank you.
610
00:29:00,303 --> 00:29:01,870
No, no,
put it on the receiver.
611
00:29:01,870 --> 00:29:04,307
Mr. Yamamoto, please.
612
00:29:04,307 --> 00:29:06,266
The receiver.
613
00:29:06,266 --> 00:29:07,615
I have it on the receiver.
614
00:29:07,615 --> 00:29:09,573
No, the receiver,
where you hear.
615
00:29:12,620 --> 00:29:13,752
I'm on hold.
616
00:29:17,103 --> 00:29:20,280
Hello, Mr. Yamamoto.
It is Mark Whitacre.
617
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:21,542
[♪♪♪]
618
00:29:21,542 --> 00:29:23,457
Hi, sir. How are you?
619
00:29:25,154 --> 00:29:27,200
No, I'm doing a lot
of traveling this week,
620
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,375
a lot of traveling.
621
00:29:28,375 --> 00:29:30,203
How are sales?
622
00:29:31,639 --> 00:29:34,598
Certainly we need to--
In terms of our--
623
00:29:34,598 --> 00:29:36,557
In terms of our big customers,
624
00:29:36,557 --> 00:29:38,298
we definitely need
to be thinking about
625
00:29:38,298 --> 00:29:40,039
a good price, yes?
626
00:29:40,039 --> 00:29:42,345
MARK:
It's better to maintain a price of $2.50
627
00:29:42,345 --> 00:29:45,522
in other countries and $1.05
for the United States,
628
00:29:45,522 --> 00:29:48,525
and just like that,
there it is: price fixing.
629
00:29:48,525 --> 00:29:50,136
SHEPARD:
Well, this is great, Mark.
630
00:29:50,136 --> 00:29:52,094
This verifies everything
you've been saying.
631
00:29:52,094 --> 00:29:53,487
Yeah.
632
00:29:53,487 --> 00:29:55,010
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
633
00:29:55,010 --> 00:29:56,229
Yeah.
Absolutely.
634
00:29:57,621 --> 00:30:01,234
I like an indoor pool.
Year-round usage.
635
00:30:01,234 --> 00:30:02,975
I like the steam off
it in the winter.
636
00:30:02,975 --> 00:30:04,846
Very mysterious, that steam.
637
00:30:04,846 --> 00:30:06,282
Well, Marty,
638
00:30:07,980 --> 00:30:11,157
when you started work at ADM,
how much money did you want?
639
00:30:11,157 --> 00:30:12,419
I wanted 50 grand.
640
00:30:13,507 --> 00:30:15,378
But I went and told Terry,
641
00:30:15,378 --> 00:30:17,903
"We can't get this guy
for less than 75."
642
00:30:17,903 --> 00:30:19,208
Yeah. I know.I got it for you.
643
00:30:19,208 --> 00:30:21,036
You were the first
person I hired.
644
00:30:21,036 --> 00:30:23,343
I know, Mark. You've always
been really generous with me.
645
00:30:23,343 --> 00:30:24,474
And I appreciate it.
646
00:30:24,474 --> 00:30:26,563
Here's what I want you to do.
647
00:30:26,563 --> 00:30:29,828
I want you to write down a name.
648
00:30:29,828 --> 00:30:33,005
Okay. What's the name?
649
00:30:35,224 --> 00:30:37,879
"Nordkron Chemie."
650
00:30:37,879 --> 00:30:42,841
What is that, like,
a Nigerian name or something?
651
00:30:42,841 --> 00:30:44,625
I like my hands.
652
00:30:44,625 --> 00:30:46,932
I think they're probably
my favorite part of my body.
653
00:30:46,932 --> 00:30:48,672
I think that can be used
to my advantage
654
00:30:48,672 --> 00:30:50,109
in social situations.
655
00:30:50,109 --> 00:30:51,762
If I can get people
focused on my hands,
656
00:30:51,762 --> 00:30:53,503
then I can get a good
result in the meeting.
657
00:30:53,503 --> 00:30:55,244
Eye contact is real
important too.
658
00:30:55,244 --> 00:30:57,333
Hey, I'm gonna
check messages.
659
00:31:00,075 --> 00:31:02,251
Good seeing you again.[BEEPING]
660
00:31:02,251 --> 00:31:03,949
Things good?Yeah, things are good.
661
00:31:03,949 --> 00:31:06,690
You guys heading back today?
Stick around?
662
00:31:06,690 --> 00:31:08,823
DIGITAL VOICE [ON TAPE]:
You have one message.
663
00:31:08,823 --> 00:31:11,173
[PAGER BEEPING]
664
00:31:12,435 --> 00:31:15,003
Sorry, guys. My phone died.
I was on with the plant.
665
00:31:15,003 --> 00:31:17,092
Is there a-a payphone,
a public--?
666
00:31:17,092 --> 00:31:18,702
Across the lobby.
Right, okay.
667
00:31:18,702 --> 00:31:20,835
Mark, this is important
bioproduct stuff.
668
00:31:20,835 --> 00:31:23,055
I know. Hi, Dave, how you
doing? How's Holly doing?
669
00:31:23,055 --> 00:31:24,317
She's good.
Great.
670
00:31:24,317 --> 00:31:25,405
It's the plant.
671
00:31:25,405 --> 00:31:26,580
SHEPARD [ON PHONE]:
FBI.
672
00:31:26,580 --> 00:31:28,451
Brian, it's Mark.
673
00:31:28,451 --> 00:31:31,019
I told you, I'm out of town
on business this week.
674
00:31:31,019 --> 00:31:32,542
The case is getting
some attention
675
00:31:32,542 --> 00:31:34,022
from the Bureau, Mark.
676
00:31:34,022 --> 00:31:35,806
There's another agent
working with me now.
677
00:31:35,806 --> 00:31:37,983
I can't talk right now.
I gotta go. I have a meeting.
678
00:31:37,983 --> 00:31:40,681
I have people
waiting for me. Bye.
679
00:31:40,681 --> 00:31:43,640
[♪♪♪]I'm here, Dave.
680
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,555
Being able to do
two things at once
681
00:31:45,555 --> 00:31:47,296
is a big part of success.
682
00:31:47,296 --> 00:31:49,646
I try and do abdominal
exercises-- Isometrics.
683
00:31:49,646 --> 00:31:52,562
- -even when I'm at a meeting.
Tensing.
684
00:31:52,562 --> 00:31:54,695
Holding.
And then releasing.
685
00:31:54,695 --> 00:31:56,131
I'll even floss in the shower
686
00:31:56,131 --> 00:31:57,916
while the conditioner
is in my hair,
687
00:31:57,916 --> 00:32:00,092
during the part when you're
just supposed to leave it in.
688
00:32:00,092 --> 00:32:03,138
Those things can really add up
to a significant time savings.
689
00:32:03,138 --> 00:32:05,184
Hey, Kirk.
690
00:32:05,184 --> 00:32:06,750
I'll be heading off to Europe
691
00:32:06,750 --> 00:32:09,014
and I was thinking I could
just hand deliver that check
692
00:32:09,014 --> 00:32:10,276
for the ABP
deal in person.
693
00:32:10,276 --> 00:32:12,495
Remind me. ABP deal?
694
00:32:12,495 --> 00:32:14,280
It's a threonine microbe.
695
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,456
They're just making
substantial improvements.
696
00:32:16,456 --> 00:32:18,632
We want to get into the market.
That's the invoice.
697
00:32:18,632 --> 00:32:19,981
We'll just overnight it.
698
00:32:19,981 --> 00:32:21,678
No, no, I'm gonna see
this Thorstensson guy,
699
00:32:21,678 --> 00:32:22,897
so I'll just hand it to him.
700
00:32:22,897 --> 00:32:24,551
[♪♪♪]
701
00:32:27,032 --> 00:32:28,598
The metric system
never panned out.
702
00:32:28,598 --> 00:32:30,426
We all had rulers
703
00:32:30,426 --> 00:32:32,211
with inches on one edge,
centimeters on the other.
704
00:32:32,211 --> 00:32:34,735
I pronounced it "centimiters"
instead of "centimeters"
705
00:32:34,735 --> 00:32:37,477
and nobody ever corrected me,
they let me walk around stupid,
706
00:32:37,477 --> 00:32:39,174
so I'm not upset
we never crossed over,
707
00:32:39,174 --> 00:32:41,089
although it's helpful
to know the conversions
708
00:32:41,089 --> 00:32:42,786
when I go to Europe.
709
00:32:42,786 --> 00:32:44,571
The liter bottle
is the thing that caught on
710
00:32:44,571 --> 00:32:47,400
because it's a nicer word,
"liter" than "quart."
711
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:50,969
Quart.
712
00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:53,275
MARTY [ON PHONE]:
Mark, it's Marty calling again.
713
00:32:53,275 --> 00:32:54,711
[PHONE BEEPS]
714
00:32:54,711 --> 00:32:56,235
DIGITAL VOICE:
Message deleted.
715
00:32:56,235 --> 00:32:57,801
[PAGER BEEPING]
716
00:32:57,801 --> 00:32:59,238
[BEEPS]
717
00:33:02,154 --> 00:33:04,330
[RINGS]
718
00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:09,770
FBI, Agent Shepard.
719
00:33:09,770 --> 00:33:11,859
Brian, it's Mark.
720
00:33:11,859 --> 00:33:14,340
Look, it's been hard
for me to return a page
721
00:33:14,340 --> 00:33:16,951
as I am out of the country
at the moment.
722
00:33:16,951 --> 00:33:18,648
Listen, we need
to know if you've had
723
00:33:18,648 --> 00:33:20,868
any further contact
with Nakawara.
724
00:33:20,868 --> 00:33:24,219
I told you already that
the guy stopped calling.
725
00:33:24,219 --> 00:33:26,961
Well, what about
the price fixing?
726
00:33:26,961 --> 00:33:28,832
Have you been able
to make any more tapes?
727
00:33:28,832 --> 00:33:30,225
I think you guys
hanging around
728
00:33:30,225 --> 00:33:32,053
has everybody
scared straight.
729
00:33:32,053 --> 00:33:34,360
The word is we're doing
everything by the book now.
730
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:37,058
Mick said it's over.
No more price fixing.
731
00:33:37,058 --> 00:33:41,106
What? W-W-When did this happen,
th-this conversation?
732
00:33:41,106 --> 00:33:44,109
Everything has changed.
I got lysine up and running.
733
00:33:44,109 --> 00:33:46,198
The virus is gone.
734
00:33:46,198 --> 00:33:49,462
Mick brought me into his office,
he sat me down.
735
00:33:49,462 --> 00:33:52,291
He said, "Whitacre, from now on
we're doing things your way."
736
00:33:52,291 --> 00:33:53,727
Mark.
737
00:33:53,727 --> 00:33:58,297
Look, Mark, the FBI
knows about the crimes.
738
00:33:58,297 --> 00:34:01,082
We're gonna investigate
either way.
739
00:34:01,082 --> 00:34:03,128
Either way? What-what does
"either way" mean?
740
00:34:03,128 --> 00:34:05,173
We really need
to get together.
741
00:34:05,173 --> 00:34:07,175
I-- It is a different
approach there now.
742
00:34:07,175 --> 00:34:08,785
I'm telling you,
it's all--
743
00:34:08,785 --> 00:34:11,223
It's-- Everything's changed.
744
00:34:11,223 --> 00:34:15,357
My plane is boarding.
I gotta go. I gotta go.
745
00:34:15,357 --> 00:34:16,924
Ah!
746
00:34:26,325 --> 00:34:27,587
Everything okay?
747
00:34:27,587 --> 00:34:29,415
Yeah, fine.
748
00:34:29,415 --> 00:34:30,938
Kids.
749
00:34:30,938 --> 00:34:34,637
[BOTH SPEAK IN GERMAN]
750
00:34:34,637 --> 00:34:35,899
Where were we?
751
00:34:35,899 --> 00:34:37,510
We were discussing bonuses.
752
00:34:37,510 --> 00:34:40,643
And we should be
discussing Ferraris.
753
00:34:40,643 --> 00:34:42,863
[SPEAKING IN GERMAN]
754
00:34:42,863 --> 00:34:47,781
You have Fullfederhaltertinte
all over your shirt.
755
00:34:47,781 --> 00:34:49,826
Oh.
756
00:34:49,826 --> 00:34:51,828
One of the Japanese guys
told me a story.
757
00:34:51,828 --> 00:34:54,266
This lysine salesman
is in a meeting with someone
758
00:34:54,266 --> 00:34:56,659
from ConAgra or some
other company, I don't know,
759
00:34:56,659 --> 00:34:59,184
and the client
leans forward and says:
760
00:34:59,184 --> 00:35:03,449
"I have the same tie as you,
only the pattern is reversed."
761
00:35:03,449 --> 00:35:07,017
And then he drops dead,
face down on the table.
762
00:35:07,017 --> 00:35:09,890
Alive and then dead.
763
00:35:09,890 --> 00:35:11,544
Brain aneurysm.
764
00:35:11,544 --> 00:35:14,242
Maybe everyone
has a sentence like that,
765
00:35:14,242 --> 00:35:16,070
a little time bomb.
766
00:35:16,070 --> 00:35:19,769
"I have the same tie as you,
only the pattern's reversed."
767
00:35:19,769 --> 00:35:22,381
Dead. The last thing
they'll ever say.
768
00:35:22,381 --> 00:35:23,860
Something like...
769
00:35:23,860 --> 00:35:27,212
High-fructose corn syrup.
There it is again.
770
00:35:27,212 --> 00:35:30,040
SHEPARD:
He said that Andreas called him into a marketing meeting.
771
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,782
He might be late, he...
772
00:35:32,782 --> 00:35:34,219
If he doesn't show,
773
00:35:34,219 --> 00:35:36,525
the government ought
to charge him for the room.
774
00:35:36,525 --> 00:35:38,875
[PHONE RINGS]
775
00:35:38,875 --> 00:35:41,051
And here it comes.
776
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:46,883
Shepard.
777
00:35:46,883 --> 00:35:48,842
MARK:
I can't come to the hotel tonight.
778
00:35:48,842 --> 00:35:50,409
I'm still at work.
779
00:35:50,409 --> 00:35:52,237
SHEPARD:
Mark, this is the third time.
780
00:35:52,237 --> 00:35:55,240
Look, I gotta go.
I-I have work to do.
781
00:35:55,240 --> 00:35:57,546
Mark, you can't
keep canceling.
782
00:35:57,546 --> 00:35:59,722
Look, I can't live two lives.
783
00:35:59,722 --> 00:36:03,509
They-- They just offered me
a $100,000 raise, okay?
784
00:36:03,509 --> 00:36:06,076
I'm not gonna lose my job
because of you guys.
785
00:36:06,076 --> 00:36:08,992
I have a family. I'm building
stables across the road.
786
00:36:08,992 --> 00:36:10,472
Yeah, but you told us--
787
00:36:10,472 --> 00:36:13,345
The price fixing is over.
It's over.
788
00:36:13,345 --> 00:36:16,348
Hey, Mick. I'm-I'm getting
off the phone now.
789
00:36:16,348 --> 00:36:18,480
Mark, listen to me.
790
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:23,398
The only logical thing
for you to do is cooperate.
791
00:36:23,398 --> 00:36:24,660
What happens if I don't?
792
00:36:24,660 --> 00:36:26,401
Then somebody else will,
793
00:36:26,401 --> 00:36:28,969
and you'll end up
being a defendant.
794
00:36:28,969 --> 00:36:32,799
The tapes don't say anything,
because it's over. Mick said.
795
00:36:32,799 --> 00:36:34,583
We have a whole new policy.
796
00:36:34,583 --> 00:36:36,629
Fine, if that's
what he said.
797
00:36:36,629 --> 00:36:39,893
Then I want to hear the tape.
We need tapes, Mark.
798
00:36:41,286 --> 00:36:43,418
Okay, I never made any tapes.
799
00:36:43,418 --> 00:36:45,028
Mark.I never made any tapes
800
00:36:45,028 --> 00:36:47,161
because there's not gonna
be anything on the tapes
801
00:36:47,161 --> 00:36:49,381
because it's over and they'd
just be stupid tapes.
802
00:36:49,381 --> 00:36:50,947
Mark, come on.Look, how--?
803
00:36:50,947 --> 00:36:53,907
You tell me how I can prove
it to you and I will.
804
00:36:53,907 --> 00:36:55,387
[♪♪♪]
805
00:37:14,144 --> 00:37:16,364
[BOTH SPEAKING INAUDIBLY]
806
00:37:37,646 --> 00:37:40,388
Mick Andreas and his dad
would never lie for me.
807
00:37:40,388 --> 00:37:42,912
They say we're in it together.
What a joke.
808
00:37:42,912 --> 00:37:45,959
Team-building offsite meetings
at some lake in Wisconsin.
809
00:37:45,959 --> 00:37:48,701
I can't protect these guys
if they're breaking the law.
810
00:37:48,701 --> 00:37:51,312
Hey, I tried. Anybody could
see the choices I had.
811
00:37:51,312 --> 00:37:52,661
I did my best for ADM.
812
00:37:52,661 --> 00:37:54,272
You don't see them
here in the chair.
813
00:37:54,272 --> 00:37:56,186
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
814
00:37:56,186 --> 00:37:58,754
Hey, how'd I do?
815
00:37:58,754 --> 00:38:00,756
SHEPARD:
Mark, we have some problems.
816
00:38:00,756 --> 00:38:03,193
Wait a minute. Hold on.
I was looking at the thing.
817
00:38:03,193 --> 00:38:06,066
The needle didn't even move.
818
00:38:06,066 --> 00:38:09,548
Mark, you don't know
how to read a polygraph.
819
00:38:09,548 --> 00:38:11,811
Well, first of all, they're not
100 percent accurate.
820
00:38:11,811 --> 00:38:14,204
Mark, you splattered
the walls with ink.
821
00:38:14,204 --> 00:38:16,468
Come on.
Extortionists just don't leave
822
00:38:16,468 --> 00:38:18,426
their name and number
and then go away.
823
00:38:18,426 --> 00:38:20,036
SHEPARD:
I know it's tough,
824
00:38:20,036 --> 00:38:22,343
keeping it all
bottled up inside,
825
00:38:22,343 --> 00:38:23,910
keeping it a secret,
826
00:38:23,910 --> 00:38:26,260
but there's only one good
choice for you here,
827
00:38:26,260 --> 00:38:28,088
that's all there's ever been.
828
00:38:28,088 --> 00:38:29,698
There's something
you're hiding,
829
00:38:29,698 --> 00:38:31,178
something you're
not telling us,
830
00:38:31,178 --> 00:38:34,442
but the only way
to protect yourself
831
00:38:34,442 --> 00:38:37,053
is to be completely honest.
832
00:38:44,844 --> 00:38:46,411
Okay.
833
00:38:47,716 --> 00:38:48,804
Okay.
834
00:38:51,503 --> 00:38:52,721
[SIGHS]
835
00:38:52,721 --> 00:38:54,549
You realize that, uh...
836
00:38:56,377 --> 00:38:59,424
this can all be used
against you in a court of law.
837
00:38:59,424 --> 00:39:02,688
I'll have to write it all up
and you'll have to sign it.
838
00:39:02,688 --> 00:39:05,691
We're going to find out
what's going on, Mark.
839
00:39:05,691 --> 00:39:07,083
You're not leaving this room
840
00:39:07,083 --> 00:39:08,868
until you tell us
what's going on.
841
00:39:08,868 --> 00:39:11,305
SHEPARD:
So before you answer any more questions,
842
00:39:11,305 --> 00:39:13,089
I want you
to think about Ginger
843
00:39:13,089 --> 00:39:16,005
and your family,
and your career.
844
00:39:18,878 --> 00:39:21,576
HERNDON:
What happened with Nakawara?
845
00:39:21,576 --> 00:39:23,578
Is there a mole?
846
00:39:26,929 --> 00:39:29,932
Well, yeah, I-I think there
has definitely been a mole
847
00:39:29,932 --> 00:39:32,195
before at ADM.
848
00:39:39,768 --> 00:39:41,596
I made it up.Jesus, Mark.
849
00:39:41,596 --> 00:39:42,989
MARK:
I had to.
850
00:39:42,989 --> 00:39:44,338
Look, we-we've had--
851
00:39:44,338 --> 00:39:46,384
We've had problems
with viruses at the plant
852
00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:48,908
and-and-and we're way
behind our projections
853
00:39:48,908 --> 00:39:50,866
and Dwayne is thinking
about shutting us down
854
00:39:50,866 --> 00:39:52,607
and everybody's
looking to me to fix it.
855
00:39:52,607 --> 00:39:54,217
It's all "Blame it on Whitacre."
856
00:39:54,217 --> 00:39:55,871
That's how it is over there.
857
00:39:55,871 --> 00:39:58,308
We're talking
about my job here.
858
00:39:58,308 --> 00:40:00,310
They-- I came all the way
over from Europe,
859
00:40:00,310 --> 00:40:03,139
relocated my family.
They made me a VP.
860
00:40:03,139 --> 00:40:05,577
Uh-- Uh-- What about
the price fixing?
861
00:40:05,577 --> 00:40:07,230
It isn't over, is it?
862
00:40:07,230 --> 00:40:09,232
I mean, there's no
new attitude, right?
863
00:40:09,232 --> 00:40:11,583
It's been going on as recently
as three weeks ago.
864
00:40:11,583 --> 00:40:13,236
Nothing's changed.
865
00:40:13,236 --> 00:40:16,370
It's not just lysine.
It's citric, it's gluconate...
866
00:40:16,370 --> 00:40:18,154
There was a guy
who left the company
867
00:40:18,154 --> 00:40:20,113
because he wouldn't do it.
He was forced out.
868
00:40:20,113 --> 00:40:22,158
The gluconate guy,
he's out of a job.
869
00:40:22,158 --> 00:40:24,117
I met with the guys
from Ajinomoto
870
00:40:24,117 --> 00:40:25,988
just last month in Chicago.
871
00:40:25,988 --> 00:40:30,471
The whole point was to-to-to
actually set-set volume levels.
872
00:40:30,471 --> 00:40:33,518
You set the volume levels,
determine what the market is,
873
00:40:33,518 --> 00:40:35,345
and then you figure out
workable prices.
874
00:40:35,345 --> 00:40:37,435
And we got another
meeting next month.
875
00:40:39,045 --> 00:40:41,439
If there's anything else you
want to add, now is the time.
876
00:40:41,439 --> 00:40:43,789
What else is there?
877
00:40:48,402 --> 00:40:50,099
[♪♪♪]
878
00:40:54,016 --> 00:40:59,500
Seven-thirty a.m.,
March 17th, 1993.
879
00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:01,241
I have parked the car.
880
00:41:01,241 --> 00:41:04,766
I am approaching
the entrance to the office.
881
00:41:06,333 --> 00:41:08,770
Entrance breached.
882
00:41:08,770 --> 00:41:13,209
Terrance Wilson. President
of our corn businesses.
883
00:41:13,209 --> 00:41:16,517
Did our friend from Japan
call last night?
884
00:41:16,517 --> 00:41:18,301
No, he wasn't in.
885
00:41:18,301 --> 00:41:20,216
Well, I spoke with Mimoto
886
00:41:20,216 --> 00:41:22,044
and he is pissed.
887
00:41:22,044 --> 00:41:24,743
He says there will be
no peace in lysine
888
00:41:24,743 --> 00:41:27,963
until we bring production down
to the levels we promised.
889
00:41:27,963 --> 00:41:30,618
Well, in '92, we did exactly
what we told him we would do
890
00:41:30,618 --> 00:41:32,620
in terms of volume.
891
00:41:32,620 --> 00:41:35,580
Exactly.
Now, no promise.
892
00:41:35,580 --> 00:41:37,233
Well, he says he wants
to talk to you.
893
00:41:37,233 --> 00:41:39,061
Yeah? Well, I'll be
right there saying,
894
00:41:39,061 --> 00:41:42,456
"You listen here,
you little mousy motherfucker."
895
00:41:45,241 --> 00:41:49,942
That was Terry Wilson talking
about setting volume
896
00:41:49,942 --> 00:41:53,815
and price levels with
our Japanese competitor
897
00:41:53,815 --> 00:41:56,905
Ajinomoto Corporation.
898
00:41:56,905 --> 00:41:58,603
By the way,
there was no discussion
899
00:41:58,603 --> 00:42:00,343
with Mimoto last night.
I did that
900
00:42:00,343 --> 00:42:02,432
for illustration
purposes only.
901
00:42:02,432 --> 00:42:05,261
I repeat,
no discussion with Mimoto.
902
00:42:05,261 --> 00:42:06,524
LIZ:
Morning, Mark.
903
00:42:06,524 --> 00:42:08,700
Good morning,
Liz Taylor, secretary.
904
00:42:18,448 --> 00:42:19,580
[SPEAKS IN JAPANESE]
905
00:42:19,580 --> 00:42:20,929
Please, come in.
906
00:42:20,929 --> 00:42:22,452
Hello.
Good morning.
907
00:42:22,452 --> 00:42:25,847
Good morning. Hello.
Good morning. Good morning.
908
00:42:25,847 --> 00:42:28,763
Before we even deal
with Latin America,
909
00:42:28,763 --> 00:42:32,550
we have to agree that
we are gonna swap numbers.
910
00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:34,508
It's the only way
this is gonna work.
911
00:42:34,508 --> 00:42:36,858
Keep everybody
on target.
912
00:42:36,858 --> 00:42:39,600
It's possible to do.
Got to be very careful.
913
00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:41,776
Need to check your phones.
914
00:42:41,776 --> 00:42:43,473
[EXHALES HEAVILY]
915
00:42:43,473 --> 00:42:45,998
Excuse me, I need
a comfort break.
916
00:42:45,998 --> 00:42:47,826
Pardon me.
917
00:42:56,269 --> 00:43:01,753
Side two, tape one.
918
00:43:01,753 --> 00:43:03,450
[♪♪♪]
919
00:43:03,450 --> 00:43:05,539
I've got well over two million
frequent flyer miles.
920
00:43:05,539 --> 00:43:07,672
I'm pretty much platinum
across the board.
921
00:43:07,672 --> 00:43:09,587
I get a letter from the CEO
every year, thanking me.
922
00:43:09,587 --> 00:43:11,197
It's a form letter,
923
00:43:11,197 --> 00:43:12,677
but it looks like
he's signing it.
924
00:43:12,677 --> 00:43:14,200
They probably walk
in and he signs,
925
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:16,158
like, a hundred while
he's on the phone.
926
00:43:18,813 --> 00:43:21,381
Oh, it went great. I think
we're gonna be able to keep it
927
00:43:21,381 --> 00:43:23,035
at a buck and a quarter.
928
00:43:23,035 --> 00:43:24,427
[SNEEZES]
929
00:43:25,907 --> 00:43:27,430
Now what happens?
930
00:43:27,430 --> 00:43:29,084
Something you breathe
in on an airplane,
931
00:43:29,084 --> 00:43:31,173
some little bacteria
and now it's in his hands,
932
00:43:31,173 --> 00:43:33,828
the cup, the phone.
Probably got it from his kids
933
00:43:33,828 --> 00:43:36,091
and now I'll spend
the weekend with it in bed.
934
00:43:36,091 --> 00:43:38,224
I'll miss a few days
or Alexander will run a fever
935
00:43:38,224 --> 00:43:39,617
and who pays for that?
936
00:43:39,617 --> 00:43:41,183
Where does the FBI
weigh in on that
937
00:43:41,183 --> 00:43:42,837
as a cooperating witness?
938
00:43:42,837 --> 00:43:44,186
What does it say
about exposure
939
00:43:44,186 --> 00:43:45,840
to airborne contaminants?
940
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:49,757
[WHISPERING]
Tape seven, side two. Chicago, O'Hare.
941
00:43:49,757 --> 00:43:53,413
Once again, Terry Wilson
representing ADM.
942
00:43:53,413 --> 00:43:55,371
Representing Eurolysine,
943
00:43:55,371 --> 00:43:58,723
Alain Crouy
and Philippe Rollier.
944
00:43:58,723 --> 00:44:00,768
That's a French company.
945
00:44:07,645 --> 00:44:11,518
That's a big break right there.
Absolutely.
946
00:44:11,518 --> 00:44:13,563
There's no choices
to be made, no debate.
947
00:44:13,563 --> 00:44:15,914
You're an ant,
you just eat it.
948
00:44:15,914 --> 00:44:17,742
- WILSON:
- -part of the world where it works
949
00:44:17,742 --> 00:44:20,179
and the rest of the world
where it doesn't.
950
00:44:20,179 --> 00:44:21,441
It will not last.
951
00:44:21,441 --> 00:44:23,573
Terry, Alain, Philippe,
bonjour.
952
00:44:23,573 --> 00:44:24,879
Hi.
953
00:44:24,879 --> 00:44:27,882
We obviously would
play the game,
954
00:44:27,882 --> 00:44:29,841
but the Koreans
and the Japanese...
955
00:44:29,841 --> 00:44:31,016
They cheat.
956
00:44:31,016 --> 00:44:33,192
Then it won't work.
957
00:44:33,192 --> 00:44:35,237
Well, you make it work
958
00:44:35,237 --> 00:44:36,848
in the other divisions.
Tell them.
959
00:44:38,371 --> 00:44:39,720
Terry doesn't like
me very much.
960
00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:41,374
He's got blotchy skin.
961
00:44:41,374 --> 00:44:43,463
What causes that blotchiness?
962
00:44:43,463 --> 00:44:45,117
It must mean
something medical.
963
00:44:45,117 --> 00:44:47,336
He'll have a stroke
and someone will say,
964
00:44:47,336 --> 00:44:49,382
"He was blotchy.
It happens."
965
00:44:49,382 --> 00:44:51,950
Let's not forget that
if prices went up in Europe,
966
00:44:51,950 --> 00:44:53,995
it's because we talked
in Mexico first.
967
00:44:53,995 --> 00:44:57,433
That's right.
You made it happen.
968
00:44:57,433 --> 00:44:59,566
It was our pleasure.
969
00:45:01,350 --> 00:45:04,179
Mark, these are just
the kind of tapes we need.
970
00:45:04,179 --> 00:45:06,921
And we're getting our
marching orders from Andreas.
971
00:45:06,921 --> 00:45:09,445
See? Goes right to the top.
972
00:45:09,445 --> 00:45:11,970
We need to improve the quality
of these recordings.
973
00:45:11,970 --> 00:45:13,275
[BLOWER WHIRRING]
974
00:45:17,802 --> 00:45:19,412
[HORN HONKS]
975
00:45:21,631 --> 00:45:23,329
MARK: Hey, Rusty.Hey.
976
00:45:24,765 --> 00:45:26,201
Take a look at something.
977
00:45:27,594 --> 00:45:30,162
[SIGHS]
978
00:45:30,162 --> 00:45:32,207
What do you think?
979
00:45:32,207 --> 00:45:34,557
That's a nice briefcase.
980
00:45:34,557 --> 00:45:36,168
But wait.
981
00:45:37,604 --> 00:45:39,040
There's more.
982
00:45:43,436 --> 00:45:46,482
That is a Nagra SN.
983
00:45:46,482 --> 00:45:49,834
Had the Bureau
custom-make it for me.
984
00:45:49,834 --> 00:45:53,228
Mark Whitacre,
secret agent 0014.
985
00:45:54,490 --> 00:45:56,884
Why 0014?
986
00:45:56,884 --> 00:46:00,105
Because I'm twice
as smart as 007.
987
00:46:02,672 --> 00:46:04,544
Ah. Thank you again.
988
00:46:04,544 --> 00:46:06,111
[CHUCKLES]
989
00:46:08,809 --> 00:46:11,029
Whatever happened to that girl
who worked for us?
990
00:46:11,029 --> 00:46:13,814
Didn't she move to California?
What was her name? Tina?
991
00:46:13,814 --> 00:46:16,643
Oh, Tina.
Yeah, she's getting married.
992
00:46:16,643 --> 00:46:18,906
Ugh. My Tina's
getting married?
993
00:46:18,906 --> 00:46:21,691
She's getting married
two or three weeks from now.
994
00:46:21,691 --> 00:46:23,998
Oh-ho-ho-ho.
995
00:46:23,998 --> 00:46:26,392
Well, that won't last long.
She's a bit of a dodo-head.
996
00:46:26,392 --> 00:46:28,133
[LAUGHS]
997
00:46:28,133 --> 00:46:29,351
She'll be back.
998
00:46:29,351 --> 00:46:31,353
I just hope she
doesn't get pregnant
999
00:46:31,353 --> 00:46:33,355
and fuck up that body.
1000
00:46:33,355 --> 00:46:36,489
She had a nice body.
It'll ruin her tits.
1001
00:46:36,489 --> 00:46:38,578
When polar bears hunt,
they crouch down
1002
00:46:38,578 --> 00:46:41,146
by a hole in the ice
and wait for a seal to pop up.
1003
00:46:41,146 --> 00:46:44,323
They keep one paw over their
nose so that they blend in,
1004
00:46:44,323 --> 00:46:46,281
because they've got
those black noses.
1005
00:46:46,281 --> 00:46:48,893
They'd blend in perfectly
if not for the nose.
1006
00:46:48,893 --> 00:46:50,459
So the question is,
1007
00:46:50,459 --> 00:46:52,984
how do they know
their noses are black?
1008
00:46:52,984 --> 00:46:54,986
From looking
at other polar bears?
1009
00:46:54,986 --> 00:46:56,901
Do they see their
reflections in the water,
1010
00:46:56,901 --> 00:47:00,078
and think, "I'd be invisible
if not for that"?
1011
00:47:00,078 --> 00:47:02,167
That seems like a lot
of thinking for a bear.
1012
00:47:04,996 --> 00:47:08,260
ANDREAS:
Remember to pat them down for wires before the meeting.
1013
00:47:08,260 --> 00:47:09,914
What?Yeah, that's a new policy.
1014
00:47:09,914 --> 00:47:11,654
Whenever we meet
with the Japanese.
1015
00:47:11,654 --> 00:47:14,396
You're kidding, right?
I didn't get a memo.
1016
00:47:14,396 --> 00:47:16,398
Mick, I didn't get
any kind of memo on that.
1017
00:47:16,398 --> 00:47:17,965
He's kidding. Relax, Mark.
1018
00:47:17,965 --> 00:47:20,489
They don't have the balls
to mess with ADM.
1019
00:47:20,489 --> 00:47:23,014
When it's over, the board
of directors at ADM
1020
00:47:23,014 --> 00:47:25,320
is gonna understand.
They're gonna see the position
1021
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:27,627
I was in and that I acted
in everyone's best interest.
1022
00:47:27,627 --> 00:47:29,759
I think that's the only
conclusion they can reach.
1023
00:47:29,759 --> 00:47:32,066
I'm the youngest division
president they've ever had
1024
00:47:32,066 --> 00:47:35,200
and I speak a number
of languages fluently.
1025
00:47:41,597 --> 00:47:43,643
[MEN CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY ON TV]
1026
00:47:44,905 --> 00:47:47,255
[CONVERSING IN JAPANESE]
1027
00:47:47,255 --> 00:47:50,041
Would you like some
coffee or fruits?
1028
00:47:52,913 --> 00:47:55,089
SHEPARD:
No.
1029
00:47:55,089 --> 00:47:56,569
No.
1030
00:47:56,569 --> 00:47:58,484
Mark, no.
1031
00:47:58,484 --> 00:47:59,833
No.
1032
00:47:59,833 --> 00:48:01,617
I told him the camera
was in the lamp.
1033
00:48:04,882 --> 00:48:06,927
IKEDA:
We already spend more than one year
1034
00:48:06,927 --> 00:48:10,148
to get better market
situation in lysine.
1035
00:48:10,148 --> 00:48:12,324
We talked a little bit
about it in Paris,
1036
00:48:12,324 --> 00:48:16,328
but we need to come
to an understanding on volume.
1037
00:48:16,328 --> 00:48:18,939
We have public shareholders.Can you--?
1038
00:48:18,939 --> 00:48:20,767
You need to widen
out a little bit.
1039
00:48:20,767 --> 00:48:23,074
We need to show them
working together.
1040
00:48:24,118 --> 00:48:25,554
ANDREAS:
Now the question is:
1041
00:48:25,554 --> 00:48:28,340
If the market grows,
who gets it?
1042
00:48:29,645 --> 00:48:33,606
If Kyowa Hakko, Miwon
and Cheil Corporation
1043
00:48:33,606 --> 00:48:37,566
each get 2000 tons,
we can divide up the rest.
1044
00:48:37,566 --> 00:48:39,133
[WHIRRING]
1045
00:48:39,133 --> 00:48:41,701
If we're gonna have
any stability at all.
1046
00:48:41,701 --> 00:48:45,009
IKEDA:
We need-- We need some specific number.
1047
00:48:45,009 --> 00:48:47,098
Well, what would you
be willing to accept?
1048
00:48:47,098 --> 00:48:48,882
Isn't that really
the question?
1049
00:48:48,882 --> 00:48:51,841
YAMADA:
ADM has already eaten all the growth.
1050
00:48:51,841 --> 00:48:54,279
ANDREAS:
We have a lot more capacity that we're not using.
1051
00:48:54,279 --> 00:48:56,281
We could be growing
20,000 tons.
1052
00:48:56,281 --> 00:48:58,283
Isn't that right, Mark?
1053
00:48:58,283 --> 00:49:00,502
HERNDON:
I'm going in. We gotta shut this down.
1054
00:49:00,502 --> 00:49:02,026
SHEPARD:
No, wait. Hold on.
1055
00:49:02,026 --> 00:49:05,116
I need your input.I think he's got it.
1056
00:49:05,116 --> 00:49:08,032
IKEDA:
ADM will be allocated its recent production, plus....
1057
00:49:08,032 --> 00:49:09,468
SHEPARD:
They talk about Paris.
1058
00:49:09,468 --> 00:49:11,296
ROBIN: I can't understand.The meeting.
1059
00:49:11,296 --> 00:49:13,167
ANDREAS:
We have a big board of directors.
1060
00:49:13,167 --> 00:49:15,169
SHEPARD:
They have a big board of directors.
1061
00:49:15,169 --> 00:49:16,431
And shareholders.
1062
00:49:16,431 --> 00:49:19,434
And they're all
suffering together.
1063
00:49:19,434 --> 00:49:21,219
Well, where's the agreement?
1064
00:49:21,219 --> 00:49:23,743
I-I mean, this is--
This is just a discussion.
1065
00:49:23,743 --> 00:49:26,441
If there isn't an agreement,
what are they doing there?
1066
00:49:26,441 --> 00:49:28,226
You're getting bogged down
1067
00:49:28,226 --> 00:49:30,837
with the words.
Just look at the actions.
1068
00:49:30,837 --> 00:49:34,580
Look what happens
right here. Okay?
1069
00:49:34,580 --> 00:49:36,234
HERNDON:
See what he's doing?
1070
00:49:36,234 --> 00:49:38,018
ROBIN:
Yeah, I've looked and I just see
1071
00:49:38,018 --> 00:49:40,151
a chart with a bunch of words.
1072
00:49:40,151 --> 00:49:41,979
I don't even see
any numbers on that.
1073
00:49:41,979 --> 00:49:44,416
I mean, I can't-- I can't
pinpoint an agreement per se.
1074
00:49:44,416 --> 00:49:46,896
What more do you want?
The guy is standing there
1075
00:49:46,896 --> 00:49:49,116
dividing up the market,
plain as day.
1076
00:49:49,116 --> 00:49:50,944
It could just be a proposal.
1077
00:49:50,944 --> 00:49:52,728
All the other companies
weren't there.
1078
00:49:52,728 --> 00:49:54,904
No one used
the word "agreement."
1079
00:49:54,904 --> 00:49:56,906
I'm just telling you.
From the perspective
1080
00:49:56,906 --> 00:49:59,605
of the Justice Department,
it is not enough.
1081
00:49:59,605 --> 00:50:01,563
We're having
another meeting
1082
00:50:01,563 --> 00:50:03,522
to work out some
of the issues in lysine.
1083
00:50:03,522 --> 00:50:05,480
We gotta divide up
the volumes and set prices
1084
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:06,960
for some of the markets.
1085
00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:08,788
Europe again?
1086
00:50:08,788 --> 00:50:10,224
Europe is out.
1087
00:50:10,224 --> 00:50:11,921
There is a price-fixing
investigation
1088
00:50:11,921 --> 00:50:14,924
in the cement manufacturing
business there.
1089
00:50:14,924 --> 00:50:17,536
It's got everybody spooked,
so we're not going there.
1090
00:50:17,536 --> 00:50:20,104
We-We can't videotape in Japan.
That's not gonna help us.
1091
00:50:20,104 --> 00:50:21,583
I know. Hawaii.
1092
00:50:22,802 --> 00:50:24,108
Hawaii?
1093
00:50:24,108 --> 00:50:25,544
Hawaii.
1094
00:50:26,806 --> 00:50:28,547
[♪♪♪]
1095
00:50:33,334 --> 00:50:34,727
Oh!
1096
00:50:53,485 --> 00:50:55,443
[SPEAKING INAUDIBLY]
1097
00:51:06,498 --> 00:51:09,283
MARK [ON TV]:
Okay. So everybody just....
1098
00:51:09,283 --> 00:51:10,850
WILSON:
Goddamn it, Mark.
1099
00:51:10,850 --> 00:51:12,591
Look at the size of this.
That's bullshit.
1100
00:51:12,591 --> 00:51:15,507
Can you call and get
us a bigger room?
1101
00:51:15,507 --> 00:51:16,812
They have conferences, Terry.
1102
00:51:16,812 --> 00:51:18,205
This is the only
room they have.
1103
00:51:18,205 --> 00:51:19,598
Will you call them,
please?
1104
00:51:19,598 --> 00:51:20,686
I will-- I will--
1105
00:51:20,686 --> 00:51:22,079
Make yourselves
at home, please.
1106
00:51:22,079 --> 00:51:23,645
I'll call.
I'll call.
1107
00:51:23,645 --> 00:51:26,648
Do you have a suite,
perhaps, that's maybe
1108
00:51:26,648 --> 00:51:29,042
a bit more roomy for us?
1109
00:51:29,042 --> 00:51:31,740
The Makuaha Room. Yes.
Is that your biggest room?
1110
00:51:31,740 --> 00:51:33,481
It sound--
It sounds big.
1111
00:51:34,700 --> 00:51:38,660
But it is, I see. I see.
And for the whole day?
1112
00:51:38,660 --> 00:51:43,274
Okay, so this is it.
We're here, we're stuck.
1113
00:51:43,274 --> 00:51:47,582
Okay, then-then--
Then we'll make do. Thank you.
1114
00:51:47,582 --> 00:51:50,281
MARK:
Looks like we are here to stay, definitely.
1115
00:51:50,281 --> 00:51:55,329
Okay. so let's settle in and start.
1116
00:51:55,329 --> 00:51:56,809
Oh, no.
1117
00:51:57,897 --> 00:51:59,551
Oh, no.
1118
00:52:01,944 --> 00:52:05,426
WILSON:
Well, I'd like to welcome everybody here.
1119
00:52:05,426 --> 00:52:07,515
Mark.
MARK: Let me just, uh--
1120
00:52:07,515 --> 00:52:09,648
Indulge me for a second?
I think you might be
1121
00:52:09,648 --> 00:52:12,999
more comfortable
if I move the chair.
1122
00:52:15,654 --> 00:52:17,046
Thattaboy, Mark.
1123
00:52:19,092 --> 00:52:20,963
[SCOFFS]
1124
00:52:20,963 --> 00:52:26,230
We have an old saying at ADM.
I think it applies here.
1125
00:52:26,230 --> 00:52:28,057
"It's better to have
the elephants
1126
00:52:28,057 --> 00:52:30,147
"inside the tent pissing out
1127
00:52:30,147 --> 00:52:33,193
than outside the tent
pissing in."
1128
00:52:33,193 --> 00:52:35,630
Outside piss?
1129
00:52:35,630 --> 00:52:38,285
It's better to be
part of the group.
1130
00:52:38,285 --> 00:52:41,027
What he's saying is,
the customers are our enemy.
1131
00:52:41,027 --> 00:52:44,204
The competitors are our friend.
Which is why it's important
1132
00:52:44,204 --> 00:52:46,250
that we have all
the lysine producers involved,
1133
00:52:46,250 --> 00:52:47,860
including
the Cheil Corporation.
1134
00:52:47,860 --> 00:52:49,992
I want to know why
we have been excluded
1135
00:52:49,992 --> 00:52:51,603
from association
in the past.
1136
00:52:51,603 --> 00:52:53,257
We need to be
part of this.
1137
00:52:53,257 --> 00:52:57,739
How can we know
that ADM will stay
1138
00:52:57,739 --> 00:52:59,524
at agreed-upon levels?
1139
00:53:00,873 --> 00:53:02,744
Well, it would
be our preference
1140
00:53:02,744 --> 00:53:04,964
that we simply
trust each other,
1141
00:53:04,964 --> 00:53:07,227
and if we find out
someone's been lying,
1142
00:53:07,227 --> 00:53:09,751
we'll just hire some mafia
figure to rub you out.
1143
00:53:09,751 --> 00:53:11,405
[ALL CHUCKLE]
1144
00:53:11,405 --> 00:53:13,407
That's just a little bit
of levity, of course,
1145
00:53:13,407 --> 00:53:17,150
but the point is that
if we can't trust each other,
1146
00:53:17,150 --> 00:53:18,891
ain't gonna work.Right.
1147
00:53:20,109 --> 00:53:22,764
You are okay with that?
1148
00:53:22,764 --> 00:53:26,072
Yes. I am all right.
1149
00:53:27,204 --> 00:53:31,904
So, what are we saying?
1150
00:53:31,904 --> 00:53:33,601
[SCOFFS]
1151
00:53:33,601 --> 00:53:36,300
Well, what, do you have,
a language problem, Mark?
1152
00:53:37,649 --> 00:53:41,479
Then we are all...
1153
00:53:41,479 --> 00:53:43,916
Agreed.
Yes!
1154
00:53:43,916 --> 00:53:46,048
[ALL CLAPPING]
1155
00:53:47,485 --> 00:53:50,096
Agreement.
You heard it.
1156
00:53:50,096 --> 00:53:51,097
Congratulations.
1157
00:53:51,097 --> 00:53:52,403
Jury's gonna love that.
1158
00:53:52,403 --> 00:53:54,013
Well done. You did it.
1159
00:53:54,013 --> 00:53:57,146
Christ. How about
this guy Whitacre?
1160
00:53:57,146 --> 00:53:58,887
What's his story?
1161
00:53:58,887 --> 00:54:00,237
What do you mean?
1162
00:54:00,237 --> 00:54:01,977
What--? What's his agenda?
1163
00:54:01,977 --> 00:54:03,936
The guy's making
350 grand a year,
1164
00:54:03,936 --> 00:54:06,330
he's moving up the ladder
and he turns informer.
1165
00:54:06,330 --> 00:54:10,159
When does that happen?
Is the money going up his nose?
1166
00:54:10,159 --> 00:54:12,466
Some woman somewhere
with a kid
1167
00:54:12,466 --> 00:54:14,990
he's seeing on one
of these business trips?
1168
00:54:14,990 --> 00:54:17,602
What's his story?
1169
00:54:24,609 --> 00:54:27,264
HERNDON:
We wanted to show you this.
1170
00:54:27,264 --> 00:54:30,789
That's a picture
of Mark Whitacre and his family.
1171
00:54:30,789 --> 00:54:33,618
We carry that
with us all the time
1172
00:54:33,618 --> 00:54:37,230
as a constant reminder
that he is a real person
1173
00:54:37,230 --> 00:54:39,798
with a real family
depending on him.
1174
00:54:39,798 --> 00:54:41,843
The only reason we have
any of these tapes
1175
00:54:41,843 --> 00:54:43,149
is because of this man.
1176
00:54:44,977 --> 00:54:46,631
We want to know
when the time comes,
1177
00:54:46,631 --> 00:54:49,329
if he loses his job,
1178
00:54:49,329 --> 00:54:52,376
will the government
stand behind him?
1179
00:54:52,376 --> 00:54:54,247
GINGER:
Mark, are you an idiot?
1180
00:54:54,247 --> 00:54:56,641
Ginger, I'll be
the only one left.
1181
00:54:56,641 --> 00:54:59,121
Mick will be gone.
Terry will be gone.
1182
00:54:59,121 --> 00:55:00,645
Dwayne will be gone.
1183
00:55:00,645 --> 00:55:02,037
I am a scientist
1184
00:55:02,037 --> 00:55:03,648
and I understand
the business side.
1185
00:55:03,648 --> 00:55:06,215
I'm the only one
qualified to run ADM.
1186
00:55:06,215 --> 00:55:08,522
Mark, that's completely
illogical.
1187
00:55:08,522 --> 00:55:11,395
How can you stay there when
you've taken down the company?
1188
00:55:11,395 --> 00:55:13,397
Because they need me
to run the company.
1189
00:55:13,397 --> 00:55:17,792
First of all, I'm extremely
valuable to the company.
1190
00:55:17,792 --> 00:55:19,577
And secondly,
I did the right thing.
1191
00:55:19,577 --> 00:55:21,187
Okay? The board
is gonna see that.
1192
00:55:21,187 --> 00:55:23,537
The board's gonna
respect that.
1193
00:55:23,537 --> 00:55:27,106
It's the FBI, right?
They're brainwashing you.
1194
00:55:27,106 --> 00:55:28,803
It's Brian Shepard
putting these ideas
1195
00:55:28,803 --> 00:55:30,849
in your head to keep you
working for him.
1196
00:55:30,849 --> 00:55:32,372
I'm telling you,
they will make me
1197
00:55:32,372 --> 00:55:34,200
the next president of ADM.
1198
00:55:35,157 --> 00:55:37,551
So this is it, huh?
1199
00:55:37,551 --> 00:55:39,945
Yes. How's, uh--?
How's your family doing?
1200
00:55:39,945 --> 00:55:42,295
Oh, good. They're gonna
be at an amusement park
1201
00:55:42,295 --> 00:55:43,862
when you guys
make your move.
1202
00:55:43,862 --> 00:55:45,603
Whatever happens tomorrow,
1203
00:55:45,603 --> 00:55:47,126
I think it's in your
best interest
1204
00:55:47,126 --> 00:55:48,867
to get an attorney
who's gonna represent
1205
00:55:48,867 --> 00:55:50,085
your interests alone.
1206
00:55:50,085 --> 00:55:52,349
You want me to get
an-an attorney now?
1207
00:55:52,349 --> 00:55:53,611
No, not now.
1208
00:55:53,611 --> 00:55:55,134
The first thing
that's gonna happen
1209
00:55:55,134 --> 00:55:56,788
is the company lawyers
are gonna come
1210
00:55:56,788 --> 00:55:58,703
to all the executives
with a list of attorneys
1211
00:55:58,703 --> 00:55:59,878
for you to pick from.
1212
00:55:59,878 --> 00:56:01,140
You gotta understand,
1213
00:56:01,140 --> 00:56:03,403
these attorneys
are paid for by ADM.
1214
00:56:03,403 --> 00:56:04,883
They don't represent you.
1215
00:56:04,883 --> 00:56:06,972
Do not pick one
of these attorneys.
1216
00:56:06,972 --> 00:56:09,278
That's when you tell them
you have your own attorney.
1217
00:56:09,278 --> 00:56:11,368
You need to tell them
that you're cooperating
1218
00:56:11,368 --> 00:56:12,978
with the government.
1219
00:56:12,978 --> 00:56:15,110
It's perfectly reasonable
for you to cooperate.
1220
00:56:15,110 --> 00:56:16,329
It happens all the time.
1221
00:56:16,329 --> 00:56:17,983
I think I know
a lawyer in Decatur.
1222
00:56:17,983 --> 00:56:19,158
I'll talk to him.
No.
1223
00:56:19,158 --> 00:56:20,855
The town is too small.
1224
00:56:20,855 --> 00:56:23,249
I'm sure you've met lawyers
in your business dealings
1225
00:56:23,249 --> 00:56:25,251
that could handle this.
1226
00:56:25,251 --> 00:56:27,209
Definitely.
1227
00:56:27,209 --> 00:56:29,734
Now, Mark? Mark?
1228
00:56:29,734 --> 00:56:32,911
Once this starts,
it is going to be intense.
1229
00:56:32,911 --> 00:56:35,783
They are going to know that
somebody was on the inside
1230
00:56:35,783 --> 00:56:37,176
working with us,
1231
00:56:37,176 --> 00:56:39,526
and they're gonna
do almost anything
1232
00:56:39,526 --> 00:56:40,919
to find out who it is.
1233
00:56:40,919 --> 00:56:42,224
But you guys still think
I'm gonna be okay
1234
00:56:42,224 --> 00:56:43,748
at the company, right?
1235
00:56:43,748 --> 00:56:46,925
I mean, you guys are gonna
take down the bad guys,
1236
00:56:46,925 --> 00:56:50,276
but I'll be okay, right?[CLEARS THROAT]
1237
00:56:50,276 --> 00:56:54,106
Well, I-I think
it's important to remember
1238
00:56:54,106 --> 00:56:56,238
what we talked about before,
1239
00:56:56,238 --> 00:56:58,632
and-and what we're talking
about right now
1240
00:56:58,632 --> 00:57:01,635
is tell them...
1241
00:57:02,984 --> 00:57:04,812
you're cooperating
with the government.
1242
00:57:04,812 --> 00:57:06,510
Yeah, I know, I know,
but I'm just asking
1243
00:57:06,510 --> 00:57:09,817
if you guys think I'm gonna
be okay at the company.
1244
00:57:09,817 --> 00:57:12,864
The corporate culture's gonna
change a little bit for you.
1245
00:57:12,864 --> 00:57:15,257
I should say so. Yeah.
1246
00:57:15,257 --> 00:57:17,956
HERNDON:
We should just focus on the raid.
1247
00:57:17,956 --> 00:57:19,174
Right?
Yes.
1248
00:57:19,174 --> 00:57:21,176
[♪♪♪]
1249
00:58:01,956 --> 00:58:03,523
WILSON:
Mark, you're making that up.
1250
00:58:03,523 --> 00:58:06,395
No, Archer,
the A in ADM,
1251
00:58:06,395 --> 00:58:10,182
choked to death, 1947,
on a chicken bone.
1252
00:58:10,182 --> 00:58:12,358
Fact. Fact.
1253
00:58:12,358 --> 00:58:15,579
Well, there you have it,
from Mark Whitacre, Ph.D.
1254
00:58:15,579 --> 00:58:17,537
You know what the Ph.D.
stands for, don't you?
1255
00:58:17,537 --> 00:58:19,234
"Piled Higher and Deeper."
1256
00:58:19,234 --> 00:58:20,845
Heh. Let me guess.
1257
00:58:20,845 --> 00:58:24,152
Daniels was killed by a pig
and the cows got Midland.
1258
00:58:24,152 --> 00:58:28,809
[ALL LAUGHING]
1259
00:58:28,809 --> 00:58:30,202
A chicken got Archer,
1260
00:58:30,202 --> 00:58:31,595
but I'll tell you what,
50 years later
1261
00:58:31,595 --> 00:58:34,554
our deals with Tyson Farms,
Foster Farms...
1262
00:58:34,554 --> 00:58:36,164
What's the body count?
I ask you.
1263
00:58:36,164 --> 00:58:38,123
Mr. Wilson,
Mr. Whitacre,
1264
00:58:38,123 --> 00:58:40,908
I'm Bob Herndon
and I'm an FBI agent.
1265
00:58:40,908 --> 00:58:42,257
This is Special Agent Shepard.
1266
00:58:42,257 --> 00:58:43,650
What the heck
is going on here?
1267
00:58:43,650 --> 00:58:45,217
Mr. Whitacre,
would you come with me?
1268
00:58:45,217 --> 00:58:46,435
MARK:
I don't--
1269
00:58:46,435 --> 00:58:48,350
I have no idea
what this is about.
1270
00:58:48,350 --> 00:58:49,830
Mr. Whitacre, please.
1271
00:58:49,830 --> 00:58:50,831
Could you come with us?
1272
00:58:50,831 --> 00:58:52,050
Do I need a lawyer?
1273
00:58:52,050 --> 00:58:54,356
MARK: A lawyer? Terry.Excuse me.
1274
00:58:54,356 --> 00:58:57,446
I saved a guy once
at a restaurant in Hong Kong.
1275
00:58:57,446 --> 00:58:59,666
He was choking on a bone
and I got him to throw himself
1276
00:58:59,666 --> 00:59:01,320
over the back of his chair.
1277
00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:04,628
He sends me cards on holidays
just to say thanks.
1278
00:59:04,628 --> 00:59:07,195
Tells me what his kids are
studying. He remembers me.
1279
00:59:07,195 --> 00:59:08,806
You can take basic
first-aid courses
1280
00:59:08,806 --> 00:59:10,503
from your local
fire department.
1281
00:59:10,503 --> 00:59:12,113
You got a reason
for embarrassing
1282
00:59:12,113 --> 00:59:14,376
my colleague and I in front
of a business prospect?
1283
00:59:14,376 --> 00:59:16,640
This is a serious matter.
1284
00:59:16,640 --> 00:59:20,252
It involves an international
investigation into price fixing.
1285
00:59:20,252 --> 00:59:23,211
We have seen you
and your boss, Mick Andreas,
1286
00:59:23,211 --> 00:59:25,953
conspire with your competitors
to fix prices.
1287
00:59:25,953 --> 00:59:28,652
We have seen you tell
others to do it.
1288
00:59:28,652 --> 00:59:30,305
There will be indictments.
1289
00:59:30,305 --> 00:59:32,656
Search warrants
have been issued.
1290
00:59:32,656 --> 00:59:35,746
And some people, people who
you know and work with,
1291
00:59:35,746 --> 00:59:38,487
will be going to jail.
1292
00:59:38,487 --> 00:59:42,361
MARK:
Look at that. Look at that.
1293
00:59:42,361 --> 00:59:44,189
Look at Terry and Bob.
1294
00:59:44,189 --> 00:59:47,627
Oh, I wish I could
be a fly on that wall.
1295
00:59:47,627 --> 00:59:50,021
Oh, hey, I was good, right?
Didn't I seem really scared?
1296
00:59:50,021 --> 00:59:52,327
Listen.I actually felt scared.
1297
00:59:52,327 --> 00:59:54,547
Remember what we
told you, all right?
1298
00:59:54,547 --> 00:59:57,028
Tell them you're that
cooperating first thing
1299
00:59:57,028 --> 00:59:59,247
and whatever you do, do not
take one of their lawyers.
1300
00:59:59,247 --> 01:00:00,640
Right. No.
1301
01:00:00,640 --> 01:00:02,250
MARK:
What'd you say to your guy?
1302
01:00:02,250 --> 01:00:04,122
WILSON:
Nothing, I told him nothing. Slow down.
1303
01:00:04,122 --> 01:00:05,602
Yeah, me neither.
I said nothing.
1304
01:00:05,602 --> 01:00:07,473
He said that he had
price-fixing tapes.
1305
01:00:07,473 --> 01:00:08,779
What the fuck is that?
1306
01:00:08,779 --> 01:00:10,432
Well, I bet they have
the phones tapped.
1307
01:00:10,432 --> 01:00:12,478
I always said that
about them. It's the phones.
1308
01:00:12,478 --> 01:00:14,262
I can't believe they
would pull this shit
1309
01:00:14,262 --> 01:00:15,568
on Dwayne Andreas.
1310
01:00:15,568 --> 01:00:17,526
Look, I get phone calls
from time to time.
1311
01:00:17,526 --> 01:00:19,616
I know, I know.
1312
01:00:19,616 --> 01:00:21,269
Oh, God.
1313
01:00:21,269 --> 01:00:23,837
We're going to the lawyers.
I don't wanna use the phones.
1314
01:00:23,837 --> 01:00:25,752
See? The phones.They hit everybody.
1315
01:00:25,752 --> 01:00:26,971
My dad, Schmidt, Randall.
1316
01:00:26,971 --> 01:00:28,320
Oh, fuck me.
1317
01:00:28,320 --> 01:00:30,583
ANDREAS:
No, they played me a tape of me.
1318
01:00:30,583 --> 01:00:33,673
Some meeting with
the fucking Japanese.
1319
01:00:33,673 --> 01:00:35,588
I called the lawyers.
We're gonna go there.
1320
01:00:35,588 --> 01:00:36,981
Yeah? They played a tape.
1321
01:00:36,981 --> 01:00:38,765
How the fuck did
they get a tape?
1322
01:00:38,765 --> 01:00:40,680
ANDREAS:
I don't think they have that much.
1323
01:00:40,680 --> 01:00:43,117
When you factor in everything
that we've done for them,
1324
01:00:43,117 --> 01:00:45,380
this will be a 10-year thing
for the lawyers, then a deal,
1325
01:00:45,380 --> 01:00:46,555
maybe a fine.
1326
01:00:46,555 --> 01:00:48,645
That's all this
is ever gonna be.
1327
01:00:48,645 --> 01:00:50,472
Trust me.
1328
01:00:50,472 --> 01:00:52,344
[DOOR SHUTS]
1329
01:00:52,344 --> 01:00:53,650
How's it going? Good, good.
1330
01:00:53,650 --> 01:00:56,348
FBI.You guys safe back there?
1331
01:00:56,348 --> 01:00:58,393
Yeah, he's here.
Yeah, I got Agent Temples
1332
01:00:58,393 --> 01:01:00,265
for Attorney Mutchnik.
1333
01:01:02,397 --> 01:01:04,704
This is James Mutchnik.
1334
01:01:04,704 --> 01:01:07,228
TEMPLES [ON PHONE]:
Just interviewed an ADM employee, Kirk Schmidt.
1335
01:01:07,228 --> 01:01:09,927
Schmidt knew
we were coming.
1336
01:01:09,927 --> 01:01:12,233
Says he knew
about the raid days ago.
1337
01:01:13,408 --> 01:01:15,323
He says Whitacre told him.
1338
01:01:16,455 --> 01:01:17,935
Thanks.
1339
01:01:17,935 --> 01:01:19,937
He sees you sitting
in the window and--
1340
01:01:19,937 --> 01:01:21,503
Bob. Brian.
1341
01:01:21,503 --> 01:01:23,288
Can I talk to you guys
for a second?
1342
01:01:28,293 --> 01:01:31,122
That was amazing.
You guys should have seen it.
1343
01:01:31,122 --> 01:01:33,559
Oh, Terry was so scared,
and Mick and the lawyers,
1344
01:01:33,559 --> 01:01:35,169
they were just--
They were pissed.
1345
01:01:35,169 --> 01:01:36,562
SHEPARD:
That's super, Mark.
1346
01:01:36,562 --> 01:01:38,172
The best part
is they thought you guys
1347
01:01:38,172 --> 01:01:40,392
gave me the once-over.
They're like, "You all right?"
1348
01:01:40,392 --> 01:01:42,394
I'm going, "Yeah, yeah--"Did you make a tape?
1349
01:01:42,394 --> 01:01:43,961
Yeah, I made a tape.
I made a great one.
1350
01:01:43,961 --> 01:01:45,919
Really good.
1351
01:01:45,919 --> 01:01:47,921
So it's over, then.
1352
01:01:47,921 --> 01:01:49,183
Mark.
1353
01:01:49,183 --> 01:01:51,620
Who did you tell?
1354
01:01:51,620 --> 01:01:53,274
What?
1355
01:01:53,274 --> 01:01:56,625
Who else did you
tell about the raid?
1356
01:02:01,108 --> 01:02:02,849
Well...
1357
01:02:03,981 --> 01:02:06,853
I had to tell my secretary.
1358
01:02:06,853 --> 01:02:10,683
Guys, I'm the head
of the bioproducts division.
1359
01:02:10,683 --> 01:02:12,598
She has to know where
to get in touch with me.
1360
01:02:12,598 --> 01:02:14,208
I told her months ago.
1361
01:02:14,208 --> 01:02:15,644
So all I said was,
1362
01:02:15,644 --> 01:02:17,951
"Liz, I'm doing some work
with the FBI.
1363
01:02:17,951 --> 01:02:20,040
I might be out of touch
for a while."
1364
01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:24,523
That's it.
She had no idea about our case.
1365
01:02:30,485 --> 01:02:32,923
I'm pretty sure I've mentioned
the name Kathy Dougherty
1366
01:02:32,923 --> 01:02:35,752
a time or two
in my division.
1367
01:02:35,752 --> 01:02:41,409
Kathy is a friend.
She is a trusted ally.
1368
01:02:41,409 --> 01:02:43,063
And I didn't want
her to be scared.
1369
01:02:43,063 --> 01:02:45,631
Why would you do that, Mark?
Why would you tell Dougherty?
1370
01:02:45,631 --> 01:02:48,765
I just-- Because I didn't
want her to be scared.
1371
01:02:48,765 --> 01:02:51,115
I trust her.
1372
01:02:51,115 --> 01:02:53,639
Guys, we can trust Kathy.Who else?
1373
01:02:53,639 --> 01:02:55,815
Don't jack us around, Mark.
1374
01:02:59,514 --> 01:03:01,386
Mm.
1375
01:03:01,386 --> 01:03:02,648
Kirk Schmidt.
1376
01:03:02,648 --> 01:03:04,911
I mean, Schmidty.
1377
01:03:04,911 --> 01:03:06,957
Look, I was-- I was afraid
that he wouldn't say
1378
01:03:06,957 --> 01:03:08,567
anything to you guys.
1379
01:03:08,567 --> 01:03:10,874
That he'd clam up on account
of he's loyal to me.
1380
01:03:10,874 --> 01:03:13,528
You could have ruined
this entire operation.
1381
01:03:13,528 --> 01:03:15,922
Has anything gone wrong?
Has anything gone wrong?
1382
01:03:15,922 --> 01:03:17,489
Time out.
Time out. Time out.
1383
01:03:19,360 --> 01:03:23,582
Mark, you know what you did,
in our eyes, was wrong.
1384
01:03:23,582 --> 01:03:26,715
It was supposed
to be a secret.
1385
01:03:26,715 --> 01:03:29,196
Look, we can
get past this,
1386
01:03:29,196 --> 01:03:33,200
but is there anything else
that we need to know?
1387
01:03:33,200 --> 01:03:35,681
No.
1388
01:03:35,681 --> 01:03:37,422
No, not that I can think of.
1389
01:03:43,907 --> 01:03:47,911
Remember...to tell them that
you're getting your own lawyer.
1390
01:03:47,911 --> 01:03:51,392
I know about
the lawyers, Brian!
1391
01:03:51,392 --> 01:03:53,351
[♪♪♪]
1392
01:04:16,330 --> 01:04:17,418
MAN:
I hear you.
1393
01:04:17,418 --> 01:04:18,506
MAN 2:
Wanna give me a hand?
1394
01:04:18,506 --> 01:04:19,551
MAN 3:
I got that.
1395
01:04:19,551 --> 01:04:21,553
[♪♪♪]
1396
01:04:36,785 --> 01:04:39,832
Mark Whitacre,
Aubrey Daniel.
1397
01:04:39,832 --> 01:04:41,094
Pleasure to meet you.
1398
01:04:41,094 --> 01:04:42,574
I'm representing ADM
in this matter.
1399
01:04:42,574 --> 01:04:43,923
Okay.
1400
01:04:43,923 --> 01:04:45,925
This is John Dowd,
a colleague of mine.
1401
01:04:45,925 --> 01:04:47,100
Good morning, John.
1402
01:04:47,100 --> 01:04:48,841
Dwayne has filled us in
1403
01:04:48,841 --> 01:04:50,930
on your responsibilities
here so...
1404
01:04:50,930 --> 01:04:53,063
Aubrey prosecuted
Lieutenant Calley
1405
01:04:53,063 --> 01:04:55,065
after the My Lai
massacre in Vietnam,
1406
01:04:55,065 --> 01:04:58,459
so this ought to be
a cakewalk for him.
1407
01:04:58,459 --> 01:05:00,635
We were hoping you'd have
time to sit and talk to John.
1408
01:05:00,635 --> 01:05:01,810
Sure.
1409
01:05:01,810 --> 01:05:03,769
ADM's behind you
on this, Mark.
1410
01:05:03,769 --> 01:05:05,858
Dad and I want all
the key people to know
1411
01:05:05,858 --> 01:05:08,992
that we're gonna be paying
for all your legal fees.
1412
01:05:08,992 --> 01:05:11,908
Oh, great. Great.
Thank you, that's great.
1413
01:05:11,908 --> 01:05:14,084
Then, uh--
Then we'll let you fellas
1414
01:05:14,084 --> 01:05:16,608
get acquainted, okay?
Okay.
1415
01:05:18,436 --> 01:05:19,654
How you holding up, Mark?
1416
01:05:19,654 --> 01:05:22,962
Good. Please, sit down.Thanks.
1417
01:05:22,962 --> 01:05:24,398
[SIGHS]
1418
01:05:27,010 --> 01:05:28,620
John, can I ask
you something?
1419
01:05:28,620 --> 01:05:30,100
Sure, anything.
1420
01:05:30,100 --> 01:05:32,015
If I say something to you,
1421
01:05:32,015 --> 01:05:34,756
are you allowed to say
anything to Mick and Dwayne?
1422
01:05:36,628 --> 01:05:38,586
[♪♪♪]
1423
01:05:38,586 --> 01:05:40,501
[SPEAKING INAUDIBLY]
1424
01:05:52,949 --> 01:05:54,951
[SPEAKING INAUDIBLY]
1425
01:06:02,480 --> 01:06:04,395
Oh. Here we go.
1426
01:06:14,840 --> 01:06:19,584
I need to tell you I'm gonna
be cooperating with the FBI.
1427
01:06:19,584 --> 01:06:22,239
They have hundreds of tapes.
1428
01:06:22,239 --> 01:06:25,372
They know all about lysine.
1429
01:06:25,372 --> 01:06:26,895
And John here
agrees with me.
1430
01:06:26,895 --> 01:06:28,636
I should probably be getting
another lawyer.
1431
01:06:28,636 --> 01:06:31,509
Oh. No question
about it.
1432
01:06:34,642 --> 01:06:37,167
I just want to say sorry
for everything that's happened.
1433
01:06:37,167 --> 01:06:38,429
Sorry?
1434
01:06:39,604 --> 01:06:41,823
What's that?
1435
01:06:41,823 --> 01:06:44,652
It feels good to talk,
to clear the air.
1436
01:06:44,652 --> 01:06:46,915
You get to be like a balloon
after a while,
1437
01:06:46,915 --> 01:06:49,092
a balloon looking
for a pin to bump into
1438
01:06:49,092 --> 01:06:50,919
and relieve the pressure.
1439
01:06:50,919 --> 01:06:52,747
You could get sick
from keeping it inside
1440
01:06:52,747 --> 01:06:54,314
and get a tumor or something.
1441
01:06:54,314 --> 01:06:56,055
I didn't ask for that.
1442
01:06:56,055 --> 01:06:58,927
I have a friend from school
who has a law practice
1443
01:06:58,927 --> 01:07:00,320
and he's always telling me
1444
01:07:00,320 --> 01:07:02,322
how they can't talk
about their cases.
1445
01:07:02,322 --> 01:07:04,846
Like inThe Firm.
You can tell them anything
1446
01:07:04,846 --> 01:07:06,631
and they have to keep
it to themselves
1447
01:07:06,631 --> 01:07:09,155
or they get in a lot
of trouble. They're boxed.
1448
01:07:09,155 --> 01:07:10,591
That's what they say: "boxed."
1449
01:07:10,591 --> 01:07:12,115
LAWYER:
So there wasn't a saboteur
1450
01:07:12,115 --> 01:07:13,159
in the beginning at all.
1451
01:07:13,159 --> 01:07:14,595
You made that up?
1452
01:07:14,595 --> 01:07:16,336
MARK:
Well, maybe there was.
1453
01:07:16,336 --> 01:07:17,598
I mean,
there could have been.
1454
01:07:17,598 --> 01:07:19,122
Okay.
1455
01:07:19,122 --> 01:07:21,167
ADM steals the technology
from the Japanese
1456
01:07:21,167 --> 01:07:23,343
so I wouldn't put it past
the Japanese to do
1457
01:07:23,343 --> 01:07:24,953
the same thing to us,
1458
01:07:24,953 --> 01:07:27,260
but once I told the FBI
that I'd made that part up,
1459
01:07:27,260 --> 01:07:29,784
they said I had
very little choice
1460
01:07:29,784 --> 01:07:31,786
but to be a cooperating witness.
1461
01:07:31,786 --> 01:07:35,007
And you began making tapes.
How many tapes did you make?
1462
01:07:35,007 --> 01:07:39,142
There are over 200 tapes.
1463
01:07:39,142 --> 01:07:41,492
Ooh.
1464
01:07:41,492 --> 01:07:44,016
There are so many really
nice people in the world,
1465
01:07:44,016 --> 01:07:45,670
people who want to help out.
1466
01:07:45,670 --> 01:07:48,064
Good neighbors,
good listeners.
1467
01:07:48,064 --> 01:07:50,196
Like when they had floods
out in the Mississippi
1468
01:07:50,196 --> 01:07:52,981
and people lose everything
and are sleeping in a gym,
1469
01:07:52,981 --> 01:07:54,940
someone always shows up
with a warm coat
1470
01:07:54,940 --> 01:07:57,464
for the old people
and a homemade pot roast.
1471
01:07:57,464 --> 01:07:59,858
That's why Ginger and I
bought that girl in town
1472
01:07:59,858 --> 01:08:02,121
a special computer after
she had the spine injury.
1473
01:08:02,121 --> 01:08:04,341
That kind of thing
really makes a difference.
1474
01:08:04,341 --> 01:08:06,647
Jim here strikes me
as that kind of guy.
1475
01:08:06,647 --> 01:08:08,736
You can tell he's
the one-in-a-hundred guy who,
1476
01:08:08,736 --> 01:08:10,434
when you come
into the emergency room,
1477
01:08:10,434 --> 01:08:12,653
you thank your lucky stars
that it's his watch.
1478
01:08:12,653 --> 01:08:14,829
- -illegal campaign
contributions, whatever.
1479
01:08:14,829 --> 01:08:16,222
Whatever we're talking about.
1480
01:08:16,222 --> 01:08:18,790
So then I'd come back.
Two nights a week or so.
1481
01:08:18,790 --> 01:08:20,835
Brian and Bob and I
would get together,
1482
01:08:20,835 --> 01:08:22,968
and we'd, uh--
You know, we'd work it.
1483
01:08:22,968 --> 01:08:25,144
We'd build the investigation.
1484
01:08:25,144 --> 01:08:26,276
Get everything we needed,
1485
01:08:26,276 --> 01:08:28,060
gather up all the information.
1486
01:08:28,060 --> 01:08:30,236
Then we went to DOJ,
briefed those lawyers,
1487
01:08:30,236 --> 01:08:32,108
and before you knew it,
we were hitting ADM,
1488
01:08:32,108 --> 01:08:33,587
raiding the place,
taking it down.
1489
01:08:33,587 --> 01:08:35,720
And for how long
did you do this?
1490
01:08:35,720 --> 01:08:36,895
Work as an informant?
1491
01:08:36,895 --> 01:08:41,160
Mm, ah, oh.
Two and a half years.
1492
01:08:41,160 --> 01:08:44,772
Two and a half years.
1493
01:08:44,772 --> 01:08:46,644
You know,
and I always thought
1494
01:08:46,644 --> 01:08:48,167
there'd still be
a place for me at ADM
1495
01:08:48,167 --> 01:08:49,777
when this whole thing was over.
1496
01:08:49,777 --> 01:08:51,518
I still have
a lot of friends there.
1497
01:08:51,518 --> 01:08:53,651
A lot of friends.
1498
01:08:56,697 --> 01:08:58,960
Hey, Mark, it's a--
1499
01:08:58,960 --> 01:09:01,354
It's very important to your
case you not discuss this
1500
01:09:01,354 --> 01:09:02,921
with anyone else, okay?
1501
01:09:02,921 --> 01:09:05,358
These people you work with,
your friends,
1502
01:09:05,358 --> 01:09:08,100
they could end up
being witnesses.
1503
01:09:08,100 --> 01:09:10,276
So-So Bob and I are the only
people I want you to talk
1504
01:09:10,276 --> 01:09:12,670
to about this from now on.
All right?
1505
01:09:12,670 --> 01:09:15,499
And I want you to know
that you can tell us anything.
1506
01:09:16,630 --> 01:09:18,328
Okay. Yeah.
Okay?
1507
01:09:18,328 --> 01:09:20,068
Well, they kept
coming to the house
1508
01:09:20,068 --> 01:09:22,680
and they only had ADM's
side of the story.
1509
01:09:22,680 --> 01:09:25,552
SHEPARD [ON PHONE]:
Did you talk toThe Wall Street Journal, Mark?
1510
01:09:25,552 --> 01:09:27,337
What did you say?
It-- It's real important
1511
01:09:27,337 --> 01:09:28,990
that you not talk
to the press.
1512
01:09:28,990 --> 01:09:30,905
Me? I-I told them
I had no comment,
1513
01:09:30,905 --> 01:09:32,603
but it didn't matter.
1514
01:09:32,603 --> 01:09:35,345
They had the story anyway.
They already had it.
1515
01:09:37,042 --> 01:09:40,654
Did you see my stipple portrait?
It's pretty good.
1516
01:09:40,654 --> 01:09:42,613
[♪♪♪]
1517
01:09:46,617 --> 01:09:48,314
EPSTEIN:
Shit.
1518
01:09:51,491 --> 01:09:52,927
Fuck.
1519
01:09:55,191 --> 01:09:57,367
REPORTER:
I'd appreciate any comment you can make on
1520
01:09:57,367 --> 01:09:58,890
the allegations
on the TV so far.
1521
01:09:58,890 --> 01:10:01,371
Just a quick comment.
What do you have to say?
1522
01:10:01,371 --> 01:10:03,634
I came out to tell you
1523
01:10:03,634 --> 01:10:06,593
that I'm not allowed to talk
to the press at this time.
1524
01:10:06,593 --> 01:10:09,292
REPORTER 2:
At least any comment on the effects of your actions
1525
01:10:09,292 --> 01:10:11,294
on ADM's declining
stock prices?
1526
01:10:11,294 --> 01:10:14,601
What's been the reaction
of your friends being taped?
1527
01:10:14,601 --> 01:10:17,909
Well, I'm a person of interest
in an ongoing investigation.
1528
01:10:17,909 --> 01:10:20,738
MAN 2:
Do you believe you and your family can stay in Decatur?
1529
01:10:20,738 --> 01:10:22,870
Has the government made
arrangements to move you?
1530
01:10:22,870 --> 01:10:24,045
[REPORTERS SCRUMMING]
1531
01:10:28,006 --> 01:10:30,226
We're still getting
the threatening phone calls
1532
01:10:30,226 --> 01:10:32,880
and I know for a fact
that Dwayne and Terry
1533
01:10:32,880 --> 01:10:35,970
have been telling people
that he wasn't a good worker
1534
01:10:35,970 --> 01:10:37,929
and that he can't be trusted.
1535
01:10:37,929 --> 01:10:40,061
We told Mark.
1536
01:10:40,061 --> 01:10:42,716
We told him that he had
to expect the unexpected,
1537
01:10:42,716 --> 01:10:44,805
that he might be attacked,
1538
01:10:44,805 --> 01:10:48,244
that he wasn't gonna win any
popularity contests for this.
1539
01:10:48,244 --> 01:10:51,464
Well, he just mopes
around here all day,
1540
01:10:51,464 --> 01:10:52,770
watching the news,
1541
01:10:52,770 --> 01:10:55,033
looking for a glimpse
of himself.
1542
01:10:55,033 --> 01:10:57,383
Or he's calling
someone from ADM,
1543
01:10:57,383 --> 01:11:00,995
trying to get the latest
gossip. He's...
1544
01:11:00,995 --> 01:11:04,129
Maybe you guys should
get out of town
1545
01:11:04,129 --> 01:11:05,652
until the hearings start.
1546
01:11:05,652 --> 01:11:07,698
He's got to stop
talking to people.
1547
01:11:11,702 --> 01:11:14,008
Well, the FBI never
forced me to cooperate.
1548
01:11:14,008 --> 01:11:15,880
I don't owe
Brian Shepard the truth.
1549
01:11:15,880 --> 01:11:18,186
I mean, I gave Brian Shepard
two and a half years
1550
01:11:18,186 --> 01:11:20,624
and now I have legal bills
to show for it,
1551
01:11:20,624 --> 01:11:23,366
and I'm the good guy in this,
the guy who took on ADM.
1552
01:11:23,366 --> 01:11:25,542
Is Brian Shepard gonna
lose his job for that?
1553
01:11:25,542 --> 01:11:27,370
His standard of living?
1554
01:11:27,370 --> 01:11:29,241
I've gone to the local
junior school on career day
1555
01:11:29,241 --> 01:11:30,895
and talked to kids
about biochemistry
1556
01:11:30,895 --> 01:11:33,027
and the career
opportunities available.
1557
01:11:33,027 --> 01:11:34,986
Can Brian Shepard
and Bob Herndon say that?
1558
01:11:34,986 --> 01:11:36,292
I'm the white hat.
1559
01:11:36,292 --> 01:11:37,989
I did enough
for Brian Shepard.
1560
01:11:37,989 --> 01:11:39,947
Who's gonna take care of me?
Who picks the kids up
1561
01:11:39,947 --> 01:11:42,341
for swimming lessons? Who has
a plaque in the high school
1562
01:11:42,341 --> 01:11:44,212
for the Mark Whitacre
Environmental Award?
1563
01:11:44,212 --> 01:11:46,476
Where are your friends
when it's dump on Whitacre?
1564
01:11:46,476 --> 01:11:48,391
Where's the pot roast
and the warm coat?
1565
01:12:19,900 --> 01:12:23,164
You can see where he--
Where he pasted it.
1566
01:12:23,164 --> 01:12:25,428
He's a fucking forger.
1567
01:12:28,300 --> 01:12:29,562
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
1568
01:12:33,087 --> 01:12:34,741
Mark Whitacre.
1569
01:12:34,741 --> 01:12:38,745
Hello, Mark.
It's Aubrey Daniel.
1570
01:12:38,745 --> 01:12:41,226
Listen, I'm here
in Mick Andreas's office
1571
01:12:41,226 --> 01:12:42,793
and we were wondering:
1572
01:12:42,793 --> 01:12:45,317
Does the name
"Lennart Thorstensson"
1573
01:12:45,317 --> 01:12:46,971
mean anything to you?
1574
01:12:48,320 --> 01:12:51,279
What about, uh,
"Nordkron Chemie"?
1575
01:12:51,279 --> 01:12:53,151
Does that ring a bell?
1576
01:12:55,893 --> 01:12:58,461
Well, I'll have someone
get back to you on that.
1577
01:12:58,461 --> 01:13:00,941
Oh, sure. You do that.
1578
01:13:02,116 --> 01:13:04,336
[CHUCKLING]
1579
01:13:04,336 --> 01:13:06,033
He's going to call us back.Sure.
1580
01:13:06,033 --> 01:13:08,035
[ALL LAUGHING]
1581
01:13:21,309 --> 01:13:25,618
My lawyer's telling me not
to talk to you guys,
1582
01:13:25,618 --> 01:13:28,186
but there's something I've been
wanting to talk to you about.
1583
01:13:28,186 --> 01:13:30,667
Don't--
Don't tell us anything.
1584
01:13:30,667 --> 01:13:35,062
You have a lawyer now
and it's not like it was before.
1585
01:13:35,062 --> 01:13:37,413
SHEPARD:
We are not asking you.
1586
01:13:38,805 --> 01:13:41,460
Okay, what if I just
put out some hypotheticals?
1587
01:13:41,460 --> 01:13:46,639
And, you know, I'll talk about
certain financial situations
1588
01:13:46,639 --> 01:13:48,859
and you guys can tell me
if they're wrong
1589
01:13:48,859 --> 01:13:51,644
or how serious they might be.
Okay, for instance...
1590
01:13:53,341 --> 01:13:58,259
What if a company
gave an executive a car?
1591
01:13:58,259 --> 01:14:00,131
You know, a corporate car.
1592
01:14:00,131 --> 01:14:02,742
And instead of driving
that to work,
1593
01:14:02,742 --> 01:14:04,527
he drove his personal car
1594
01:14:04,527 --> 01:14:06,442
and he gave the company car
to his daughter.
1595
01:14:07,834 --> 01:14:09,401
Would that be a problem?
1596
01:14:11,142 --> 01:14:12,839
That's it?
1597
01:14:12,839 --> 01:14:15,015
That--?
That's the hypothetical?
1598
01:14:16,277 --> 01:14:18,454
That shouldn't be a problem.
1599
01:14:19,585 --> 01:14:20,978
Okay.
1600
01:14:22,196 --> 01:14:25,373
What if it was
a corporate plane
1601
01:14:25,373 --> 01:14:29,203
and the executive was using
that for personal use?
1602
01:14:29,203 --> 01:14:31,467
Oh. Basically the same thing.
1603
01:14:31,467 --> 01:14:34,078
Maybe some IRS issues, but...
1604
01:14:35,253 --> 01:14:36,733
Okay.
1605
01:14:38,561 --> 01:14:40,650
What if...
1606
01:14:40,650 --> 01:14:43,261
it was standard practice
at ADM for executives
1607
01:14:43,261 --> 01:14:47,613
to regularly accept
kickbacks in cash?
1608
01:14:54,098 --> 01:14:59,407
How much money are we
talking about, Mark?
1609
01:14:59,407 --> 01:15:04,108
Well, Brian,
hypothetically, $500,000.
1610
01:15:04,108 --> 01:15:05,413
How much?
1611
01:15:05,413 --> 01:15:06,893
It's the way things
are done there.
1612
01:15:06,893 --> 01:15:10,375
Okay? I'm not the only
one who was doing it.
1613
01:15:11,463 --> 01:15:13,900
Everybody's doing it.
1614
01:15:13,900 --> 01:15:17,643
When did this start, Mark?
1615
01:15:17,643 --> 01:15:20,167
December, 1991.
1616
01:15:24,476 --> 01:15:25,956
You, uh...
1617
01:15:25,956 --> 01:15:27,131
[CLEARS THROAT]
1618
01:15:27,131 --> 01:15:29,089
How-How were you paid?
1619
01:15:30,395 --> 01:15:31,875
Paid by check.
1620
01:15:31,875 --> 01:15:34,268
A check is deposited
in various accounts
1621
01:15:34,268 --> 01:15:39,796
and always under
the amount of $10,000.
1622
01:15:39,796 --> 01:15:43,408
And did any of these
checks come in...
1623
01:15:44,583 --> 01:15:46,498
after we met?
1624
01:15:50,850 --> 01:15:52,199
Maybe.
1625
01:15:54,898 --> 01:15:57,465
[♪♪♪]
1626
01:15:57,465 --> 01:15:59,293
AUBREY:
Two-point-five million dollars,
1627
01:15:59,293 --> 01:16:01,165
deposited into an account
in Switzerland
1628
01:16:01,165 --> 01:16:03,428
while Mark Whitacre
was there on ADM business.
1629
01:16:03,428 --> 01:16:06,344
Now, we have
sworn testimony
1630
01:16:06,344 --> 01:16:09,826
from Mr. Lennart Thorstensson
of the ABP Corporation
1631
01:16:09,826 --> 01:16:12,306
that he has never seen
this contract,
1632
01:16:12,306 --> 01:16:14,570
and that his signature
is forged.
1633
01:16:14,570 --> 01:16:19,009
Neither he nor his company
have ever received this check.
1634
01:16:20,271 --> 01:16:22,490
Now, it is clear to us
that Mark Whitacre,
1635
01:16:22,490 --> 01:16:25,711
driven by his own boundless
ambition to take over ADM,
1636
01:16:25,711 --> 01:16:28,018
has attempted
to frame his superiors
1637
01:16:28,018 --> 01:16:31,238
in a price-fixing conspiracy
of his own invention.
1638
01:16:31,238 --> 01:16:33,458
His cooperation
with the government,
1639
01:16:33,458 --> 01:16:35,286
merely a smokescreen
to hide his lying
1640
01:16:35,286 --> 01:16:39,333
and cheating and stealing.
We have additional information
1641
01:16:39,333 --> 01:16:43,250
that we are willing to share
with Attorney General Reno
1642
01:16:43,250 --> 01:16:45,557
that the money has since
been moved to Grand Cayman,
1643
01:16:45,557 --> 01:16:48,429
with the full knowledge
and complicity
1644
01:16:48,429 --> 01:16:49,953
of Whitacre's FBI partners.
1645
01:16:51,694 --> 01:16:54,914
SHEPARD:
What are they accusing me of? I want the specifics.
1646
01:16:54,914 --> 01:16:57,047
Are they saying I'm
in cahoots with the guy?
1647
01:16:57,047 --> 01:16:59,440
MEDFORD:
Paragraph 8 in our agreement with Whitacre
1648
01:16:59,440 --> 01:17:02,182
states that his actions
are directly attributable
1649
01:17:02,182 --> 01:17:04,881
to the FBI and the United States
government.
1650
01:17:04,881 --> 01:17:07,448
They're saying he stole
two and a half million dollars
1651
01:17:07,448 --> 01:17:09,233
while we were running him.
1652
01:17:09,233 --> 01:17:12,323
But how could we know what
he was doing? He came to us.
1653
01:17:12,323 --> 01:17:15,369
The question they're asking
isn't "How could we know?"
1654
01:17:15,369 --> 01:17:16,936
It's "Why didn't we know?"
1655
01:17:16,936 --> 01:17:20,461
No. The question is,
"Were they price fixing?"
1656
01:17:20,461 --> 01:17:23,900
The investigation has shifted
from ADM to Whitacre.
1657
01:17:23,900 --> 01:17:27,555
Ha. Of course.
ADM decides Whitacre's a thief
1658
01:17:27,555 --> 01:17:29,514
as soon as they find out
he's working for us.
1659
01:17:29,514 --> 01:17:31,472
Yeah, and who's counting
the money over there
1660
01:17:31,472 --> 01:17:33,257
if they can just lose two
and a half million
1661
01:17:33,257 --> 01:17:35,172
for a few years and then
find it in a few hours?
1662
01:17:35,172 --> 01:17:36,347
We gotta call Mark.
1663
01:17:36,347 --> 01:17:37,478
I don't want you
to do that.
1664
01:17:37,478 --> 01:17:39,350
We're taking you off.
1665
01:17:42,353 --> 01:17:43,920
That's it?
1666
01:17:45,530 --> 01:17:47,227
We're done?
1667
01:17:48,751 --> 01:17:51,579
I thought the FBI never
hung a witness out to dry.
1668
01:17:51,579 --> 01:17:53,930
He's not a witness anymore.
He's a target.
1669
01:17:53,930 --> 01:17:56,106
MARK:
I only kept a million and a half dollars.
1670
01:17:56,106 --> 01:17:58,412
A million and a half.
And Mick knew about it.
1671
01:17:58,412 --> 01:17:59,849
He knows these things went on.
1672
01:17:59,849 --> 01:18:01,241
Who do you think taught me
how to do it?
1673
01:18:01,241 --> 01:18:02,939
You can't bullshit
these people, Mark.
1674
01:18:02,939 --> 01:18:04,244
Who knows what they know?
1675
01:18:04,244 --> 01:18:06,072
We gotta go in there
with the whole story.
1676
01:18:06,072 --> 01:18:08,727
It gets bad for you if you tell
them you'll confess and don't.
1677
01:18:08,727 --> 01:18:10,250
Then you're screwed.This is it.
1678
01:18:10,250 --> 01:18:12,339
What you have in front
of you, that is it.
1679
01:18:12,339 --> 01:18:15,299
I've found every bank
statement, every record.
1680
01:18:16,517 --> 01:18:19,390
Why would I hide
anything from you guys?
1681
01:18:19,390 --> 01:18:20,957
This is it.
1682
01:18:20,957 --> 01:18:22,828
[♪♪♪]
1683
01:18:36,102 --> 01:18:38,888
Listen, I haven't been telling
you guys the whole truth,
1684
01:18:38,888 --> 01:18:40,977
but I'm gonna clear
that up in there today.
1685
01:18:40,977 --> 01:18:42,239
What?
1686
01:18:42,239 --> 01:18:43,806
No, we gotta get you
out of here.
1687
01:18:43,806 --> 01:18:46,156
MARK:
No, no, I want to tell.
1688
01:18:47,810 --> 01:18:49,594
Mr. Whitacre's conduct
constitutes
1689
01:18:49,594 --> 01:18:52,205
a breach of his agreement
with the U.S. government.
1690
01:18:52,205 --> 01:18:54,425
He is no longer
a cooperating witness.
1691
01:18:55,948 --> 01:18:57,428
This is outrageous.
1692
01:18:57,428 --> 01:18:59,386
My client has given you
years of his life.
1693
01:18:59,386 --> 01:19:01,998
Clearly, he made mistakes,
but he made your case.
1694
01:19:01,998 --> 01:19:04,870
We are not here to discuss
the case against ADM.
1695
01:19:04,870 --> 01:19:07,220
Mr. Whitacre,
my name is Ed Herbst
1696
01:19:07,220 --> 01:19:10,571
and I am with the FBI's
Economic Crimes Unit.
1697
01:19:10,571 --> 01:19:12,835
This is Mary Spearing
and Don McKay,
1698
01:19:12,835 --> 01:19:15,272
from the Department
of Justice Fraud Division
1699
01:19:15,272 --> 01:19:17,927
and we were wondering
if you could tell us
1700
01:19:17,927 --> 01:19:21,713
when your criminal
conduct at ADM began.
1701
01:19:21,713 --> 01:19:26,457
In early 1992. Um...
1702
01:19:26,457 --> 01:19:31,288
I was taught how things
are done there by Mick Andreas,
1703
01:19:31,288 --> 01:19:35,031
who showed me how
to use embezzlements
1704
01:19:35,031 --> 01:19:38,512
and kickbacks in order
to make money tax-free.
1705
01:19:38,512 --> 01:19:39,992
My client
is voluntarily--
1706
01:19:39,992 --> 01:19:42,865
No, I'm-I'm aware
that the fraud
1707
01:19:42,865 --> 01:19:48,348
that I perpetrated was wrong
and I accept responsibility.
1708
01:19:48,348 --> 01:19:50,611
How did you receive
the money?
1709
01:19:50,611 --> 01:19:52,831
By check. They would
deposit the check
1710
01:19:52,831 --> 01:19:54,441
to my account in Decatur.
1711
01:19:54,441 --> 01:19:57,531
They paid kickbacks
in checks? Ha.
1712
01:19:57,531 --> 01:19:59,751
What company would
pay kickbacks in checks?
1713
01:19:59,751 --> 01:20:02,014
Well, I don't remember
the name of the company.
1714
01:20:02,014 --> 01:20:03,973
It was, like--
1715
01:20:03,973 --> 01:20:06,366
Agra Consulting and Trading
or something like that.
1716
01:20:06,366 --> 01:20:09,500
You don't remember the company
that paid you checks?
1717
01:20:09,500 --> 01:20:11,545
It's hard to remember
for me right now.
1718
01:20:11,545 --> 01:20:12,938
I have things going
on in my life,
1719
01:20:12,938 --> 01:20:14,679
in case you haven't
been reading papers.
1720
01:20:14,679 --> 01:20:16,376
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
1721
01:20:16,376 --> 01:20:18,639
We're coming to you guys.
We're cooperating here.
1722
01:20:18,639 --> 01:20:20,076
We're gonna get
the money back.
1723
01:20:20,076 --> 01:20:23,775
I think this might
help your memory.
1724
01:20:27,735 --> 01:20:30,086
Now, where did we get those?
1725
01:20:30,086 --> 01:20:34,525
These are ADM documents
showing forging of signatures.
1726
01:20:34,525 --> 01:20:36,135
[MARK GROANS]
1727
01:20:36,135 --> 01:20:38,094
Didn't these people
seeThe Firm?
1728
01:20:38,094 --> 01:20:40,313
Or read the book?
It's all there.
1729
01:20:40,313 --> 01:20:43,055
Everything they did to me,
they did to Tom Cruise.
1730
01:20:43,055 --> 01:20:45,579
I'm not the one
they should be mad at.
1731
01:20:45,579 --> 01:20:47,581
HERNDON:
We can't see you anymore.
1732
01:20:47,581 --> 01:20:51,716
And if you call us and start
to talk about the case,
1733
01:20:51,716 --> 01:20:55,459
we'll have to hang up.
1734
01:20:55,459 --> 01:20:57,330
You can talk to us
about your feelings,
1735
01:20:57,330 --> 01:20:58,854
but that's it.
1736
01:21:00,768 --> 01:21:03,684
Mark, please understand.
1737
01:21:03,684 --> 01:21:08,428
It's not what we want.
We got no choice here.
1738
01:21:08,428 --> 01:21:10,430
MARK:
You know, the thing of it is,
1739
01:21:10,430 --> 01:21:13,216
all of my anger,
all of my frustration
1740
01:21:13,216 --> 01:21:16,349
stems from my work
with you guys.
1741
01:21:16,349 --> 01:21:18,525
And all this crap
in the paper--
1742
01:21:20,223 --> 01:21:22,094
My kids are seeing this.
1743
01:21:24,053 --> 01:21:25,881
And it's all just
dump on Mark Whitacre.
1744
01:21:25,881 --> 01:21:28,709
Remember, Mark,
we told you
1745
01:21:28,709 --> 01:21:31,103
it would be impossible
to predict
1746
01:21:31,103 --> 01:21:33,627
what would happen when
the case went public.
1747
01:21:33,627 --> 01:21:36,630
And you never told us about
the $5 million you took.
1748
01:21:36,630 --> 01:21:39,285
I don't see what that has
to do with the price fixing.
1749
01:21:39,285 --> 01:21:42,158
He worked for you
for two and a half years.
1750
01:21:42,158 --> 01:21:45,074
[SOBBING]
He risked his career, his home,
1751
01:21:45,074 --> 01:21:48,207
and now you just
turn your back on him
1752
01:21:48,207 --> 01:21:51,602
and leave us out here. It's...
1753
01:21:51,602 --> 01:21:52,908
Yes, Ginger.
1754
01:21:52,908 --> 01:21:55,562
SHEPARD:
The reason we came here today
1755
01:21:56,824 --> 01:21:58,609
is because we're
concerned about
1756
01:21:58,609 --> 01:22:02,091
your and Mark's well-being.
1757
01:22:02,091 --> 01:22:05,355
HERNDON:
It's important you tell the people in Washington
1758
01:22:05,355 --> 01:22:07,792
everything tomorrow.
1759
01:22:07,792 --> 01:22:09,576
One hundred percent.
1760
01:22:09,576 --> 01:22:11,927
You would have nothing
without him,
1761
01:22:11,927 --> 01:22:13,972
and you know it.
1762
01:22:13,972 --> 01:22:16,235
He's just being used
by the government
1763
01:22:16,235 --> 01:22:18,411
and then thrown away
because it's a lot easier
1764
01:22:18,411 --> 01:22:21,849
to go after Mark Whitacre
than anyone named Andreas.
1765
01:22:21,849 --> 01:22:24,330
[♪♪♪]
1766
01:22:24,330 --> 01:22:26,332
We took the kids one year
1767
01:22:26,332 --> 01:22:28,073
to the Renaissance festival
in Indiana.
1768
01:22:28,073 --> 01:22:29,683
You get to be
the white knight.
1769
01:22:29,683 --> 01:22:31,729
The kids get to ride
a horse and joust against
1770
01:22:31,729 --> 01:22:33,600
the forces of darkness
with a helmet on.
1771
01:22:33,600 --> 01:22:35,385
The white knight always wins.
1772
01:22:35,385 --> 01:22:37,300
The forces of darkness
fall onto an old mattress.
1773
01:22:37,300 --> 01:22:39,432
Someone plays a lute
and plays a song
1774
01:22:39,432 --> 01:22:41,130
from medieval times.
The day we went,
1775
01:22:41,130 --> 01:22:43,088
it was maybe 90 degrees,
and the heat
1776
01:22:43,088 --> 01:22:44,568
and humidity index,
1777
01:22:44,568 --> 01:22:46,439
I can't even remember
what the radio said.
1778
01:22:46,439 --> 01:22:48,485
We were next in line
and the mare collapsed,
1779
01:22:48,485 --> 01:22:50,052
went down in a heap.
1780
01:22:50,052 --> 01:22:51,705
Ginger was eating
ye olde drumstick
1781
01:22:51,705 --> 01:22:54,099
and she dropped it in the dirt.
The kids were crying
1782
01:22:54,099 --> 01:22:56,145
and I remember this farmer
saying he had a gun
1783
01:22:56,145 --> 01:22:58,147
in his truck.
Just like that.
1784
01:22:58,147 --> 01:23:00,410
From the white knight
to a gun in the truck.
1785
01:23:00,410 --> 01:23:02,064
They had everyone
turn their backs
1786
01:23:02,064 --> 01:23:03,804
before they put
the animal down,
1787
01:23:03,804 --> 01:23:06,285
but even if you couldn't see,
you could still hear.
1788
01:23:06,285 --> 01:23:08,461
How do you get that back?
1789
01:23:08,461 --> 01:23:10,072
How does that get to be fair?
1790
01:23:11,464 --> 01:23:14,815
GINGER:
Well, he just kept buying things.
1791
01:23:14,815 --> 01:23:17,862
We had eight cars.Mm-hm.
1792
01:23:17,862 --> 01:23:20,343
Three of them
we never even used.
1793
01:23:22,388 --> 01:23:24,129
And how else
has he changed?
1794
01:23:26,436 --> 01:23:29,743
Well, I was always the one
with the temper. Ha.
1795
01:23:29,743 --> 01:23:34,096
Mm-hm.And Corky was the happy one,
1796
01:23:34,096 --> 01:23:35,880
but that's changed too.
1797
01:23:35,880 --> 01:23:37,360
There's one in Hong Kong.
1798
01:23:37,360 --> 01:23:39,144
MILLER:
Mm-hm.
1799
01:23:39,144 --> 01:23:41,625
Then there are the accounts
in Switzerland and Grand Cayman.
1800
01:23:41,625 --> 01:23:43,931
Right, right.
1801
01:23:43,931 --> 01:23:46,325
Other things...
There's a lawyer in New York
1802
01:23:46,325 --> 01:23:48,197
who's got a million
dollars of mine.
1803
01:23:48,197 --> 01:23:50,590
You told your attorney
the truth about these accounts?
1804
01:23:50,590 --> 01:23:53,028
No, I don't need to tell--
1805
01:23:55,813 --> 01:23:58,598
Mark, you need to tell your
attorney about these accounts.
1806
01:23:58,598 --> 01:24:00,426
The assets were
obtained legally.
1807
01:24:00,426 --> 01:24:02,472
I don't-- I don't even know
if I can trust him.
1808
01:24:02,472 --> 01:24:05,431
Mark, has anyone in your
family ever been, uh,
1809
01:24:05,431 --> 01:24:07,085
diagnosed with
bipolar disorder?
1810
01:24:07,085 --> 01:24:08,304
You know,
manic depressive?
1811
01:24:12,525 --> 01:24:15,006
I have an aunt that they
used to say that about.
1812
01:24:15,006 --> 01:24:17,269
Yeah?
1813
01:24:17,269 --> 01:24:20,620
In terms of my parents,
I can't be sure.
1814
01:24:20,620 --> 01:24:22,448
My parents died
in an automobile accident
1815
01:24:22,448 --> 01:24:24,059
when I was 6.
Oh.
1816
01:24:24,059 --> 01:24:25,886
I was adopted
by a wealthy man in Ohio.
1817
01:24:25,886 --> 01:24:28,150
He owned amusement parks.Aha.
1818
01:24:28,150 --> 01:24:30,761
I caught a big break there,
big break.
1819
01:24:30,761 --> 01:24:33,546
So my client's here
to cooperate fully.
1820
01:24:33,546 --> 01:24:35,896
Agent D'Angelo,
if you have any questions.
1821
01:24:37,333 --> 01:24:40,292
This is your chance to put
everything on the table.
1822
01:24:40,292 --> 01:24:42,468
This is your chance
to redeem yourself,
1823
01:24:42,468 --> 01:24:44,949
but if you're not going
to be completely honest,
1824
01:24:44,949 --> 01:24:47,517
just stop talking now.
1825
01:24:47,517 --> 01:24:49,562
I understand that.
1826
01:24:51,564 --> 01:24:55,177
I just want to tell you
I feel...bad.
1827
01:24:55,177 --> 01:24:57,004
I'm so sorry. Um...
1828
01:24:59,268 --> 01:25:00,921
Um, the last time we spoke,
1829
01:25:00,921 --> 01:25:02,706
I was under a great
deal of stress
1830
01:25:02,706 --> 01:25:05,100
and I said some things
that weren't true.
1831
01:25:07,014 --> 01:25:08,712
I want to clear that up.
1832
01:25:10,192 --> 01:25:14,109
The first kickback
was in 1992.
1833
01:25:14,109 --> 01:25:16,546
Mick knew all about it.
1834
01:25:16,546 --> 01:25:18,591
He told me there were
gonna be opportunities
1835
01:25:18,591 --> 01:25:20,941
to take kickbacks
on some of the contracts
1836
01:25:20,941 --> 01:25:22,769
coming out of Asia and Europe,
1837
01:25:22,769 --> 01:25:25,120
that were ADM contracts.
1838
01:25:27,339 --> 01:25:29,385
Was there anyone
else involved?
1839
01:25:31,343 --> 01:25:34,390
So, Mr. Richter,
1840
01:25:34,390 --> 01:25:39,873
we have money leaving
your account here and here
1841
01:25:39,873 --> 01:25:41,832
and here,
1842
01:25:41,832 --> 01:25:46,576
and it's going into
Whitacre's account,
1843
01:25:46,576 --> 01:25:49,405
his wife Ginger's account,
1844
01:25:49,405 --> 01:25:53,191
and this is going to Whitacre's
parents' account.
1845
01:25:53,191 --> 01:25:55,933
Like I said,
those are loans.
1846
01:25:55,933 --> 01:25:57,804
Uh-huh.
1847
01:25:57,804 --> 01:26:03,462
Uh, he had me set up a company,
Nordkron Chemie,
1848
01:26:03,462 --> 01:26:07,031
and just, like, issue these
fake invoices to ADM.
1849
01:26:07,031 --> 01:26:09,599
And there was a bank
account in Hamburg.
1850
01:26:10,904 --> 01:26:14,212
So I would get a check for,
like, 200 grand and, uh,
1851
01:26:14,212 --> 01:26:16,736
most of it would
go back to Mark.
1852
01:26:17,911 --> 01:26:20,349
Ahem. Okay, look. Um--
1853
01:26:21,959 --> 01:26:25,397
We know you're looking out
for your friend Mark,
1854
01:26:25,397 --> 01:26:27,660
but your story
doesn't seem true.
1855
01:26:30,620 --> 01:26:33,231
You're right, it's not true.
1856
01:26:33,231 --> 01:26:35,190
All the money went to Mark.
1857
01:26:35,190 --> 01:26:37,279
When did it start?
1858
01:26:37,279 --> 01:26:39,498
Mark told me about
this Nigerian thing
1859
01:26:39,498 --> 01:26:41,065
he got in the mail.
1860
01:26:41,065 --> 01:26:45,025
You know about these schemes
with the Nigerian letters?
1861
01:26:45,025 --> 01:26:48,115
The 419 fraud? Yeah.
We see it every day.
1862
01:26:48,115 --> 01:26:50,857
You get a letter from some
official in Nigeria asking
1863
01:26:50,857 --> 01:26:52,642
for a few grand to help
him move millions.
1864
01:26:52,642 --> 01:26:54,600
They promise you
a percentage of the money.
1865
01:26:54,600 --> 01:26:55,949
Exactly.
A percentage.
1866
01:26:55,949 --> 01:26:57,951
You ever wonder
who was dumb enough
1867
01:26:57,951 --> 01:27:00,171
to fall for something
like that?
1868
01:27:03,043 --> 01:27:05,220
This is really
embarrassing.
1869
01:27:06,830 --> 01:27:09,049
So how much money
would you say you made
1870
01:27:09,049 --> 01:27:10,616
from your illegal
activities?
1871
01:27:12,618 --> 01:27:13,706
Uh...
1872
01:27:18,929 --> 01:27:21,801
Seven-point-seven
million dollars.
1873
01:27:23,499 --> 01:27:25,109
But like I said,
Mick knew
1874
01:27:25,109 --> 01:27:26,632
all about that,
you know?
1875
01:27:26,632 --> 01:27:28,547
He-- He endorsed
that kind of behavior.
1876
01:27:29,940 --> 01:27:33,030
So not 5 but 7.7?
1877
01:27:33,030 --> 01:27:34,466
Seven-point-seven.
1878
01:27:34,466 --> 01:27:36,990
Jim, we all understand
special consideration,
1879
01:27:36,990 --> 01:27:38,688
but we've got your guy
1880
01:27:38,688 --> 01:27:42,039
and these are cases
we know we can convict.
1881
01:27:42,039 --> 01:27:45,303
Forty-five counts
of-of wire fraud
1882
01:27:45,303 --> 01:27:48,132
and money laundering
and tax evasion.
1883
01:27:48,132 --> 01:27:51,570
So explain to us,
where is the wiggle room?
1884
01:27:51,570 --> 01:27:53,659
Come on, I'm not stupid.
Mark committed a crime.
1885
01:27:53,659 --> 01:27:56,662
He stole $9 million.
1886
01:27:56,662 --> 01:27:58,447
That's pretty indefensible.
1887
01:27:58,447 --> 01:28:00,013
But these guys at ADM,
1888
01:28:00,013 --> 01:28:02,059
they stole hundreds
of millions of dollars
1889
01:28:02,059 --> 01:28:03,930
from innocent people
all around the world.
1890
01:28:03,930 --> 01:28:05,845
Mark showed you that four
white guys in suits
1891
01:28:05,845 --> 01:28:07,630
getting together
in the middle of the day,
1892
01:28:07,630 --> 01:28:09,414
that's not a meeting,
it's a crime scene.
1893
01:28:09,414 --> 01:28:11,590
And not only did
he tell you about it,
1894
01:28:11,590 --> 01:28:13,549
he got the evidence
to prove it. Ha.
1895
01:28:13,549 --> 01:28:15,202
When agents go undercover
for the FBI,
1896
01:28:15,202 --> 01:28:16,639
they get trained
for the stresses
1897
01:28:16,639 --> 01:28:18,684
of living a secret life.
1898
01:28:18,684 --> 01:28:20,382
We hear this all the time
from you guys.
1899
01:28:20,382 --> 01:28:22,601
How easy it is for
a trained agent to crack.
1900
01:28:22,601 --> 01:28:27,693
I mean, here's Mark,
a civilian, with no training,
1901
01:28:27,693 --> 01:28:29,739
but you guys just
shove him in there.
1902
01:28:29,739 --> 01:28:31,393
You tell him to go for it
1903
01:28:31,393 --> 01:28:32,872
without any training
to make sure
1904
01:28:32,872 --> 01:28:35,353
he doesn't crack
under pressure.
1905
01:28:35,353 --> 01:28:37,224
[♪♪♪]
1906
01:28:47,104 --> 01:28:48,497
Ah! Baby!
1907
01:28:48,497 --> 01:28:50,760
[GRUNTING]
1908
01:28:50,760 --> 01:28:52,327
Ginger!
1909
01:28:56,113 --> 01:28:57,680
Ginger.
1910
01:29:00,770 --> 01:29:03,076
They kidnapped me.
They put me in a car. What?
1911
01:29:03,076 --> 01:29:04,991
They drove me around
for 20 minutes.
1912
01:29:04,991 --> 01:29:06,993
They wouldn't let me out.Oh, my gosh.
1913
01:29:06,993 --> 01:29:09,213
My leg.
Oh, Mark!
1914
01:29:09,213 --> 01:29:11,650
Ah, it's all cramped. Ah.
1915
01:29:11,650 --> 01:29:13,391
Who did this?
Who took you?
1916
01:29:13,391 --> 01:29:16,133
It's obvious.
Look at my jacket.
1917
01:29:16,133 --> 01:29:18,222
These people mean business.Oh, no.
1918
01:29:18,222 --> 01:29:19,963
MARK:
I was abducted.
1919
01:29:19,963 --> 01:29:23,183
I was thrown
into the back
1920
01:29:23,183 --> 01:29:27,710
of a light-brown Dodge
Dynasty by two thugs
1921
01:29:27,710 --> 01:29:31,540
and driven around
in a 20-minute joyride.
1922
01:29:31,540 --> 01:29:34,499
And basically,
I was told,
1923
01:29:34,499 --> 01:29:37,763
you know, "forget everything
that isn't on tape
1924
01:29:37,763 --> 01:29:40,287
"and you can forget
about bringing it up
1925
01:29:40,287 --> 01:29:43,334
in a courtroom
or-or for the media."
1926
01:29:43,334 --> 01:29:45,728
HOST:
Did the men identify themselves?
1927
01:29:45,728 --> 01:29:47,033
I think we know
who sent them.
1928
01:29:47,033 --> 01:29:48,774
Yeah.
1929
01:29:48,774 --> 01:29:52,735
And they sawed the locks
off the door, like mafia thugs.
1930
01:29:52,735 --> 01:29:55,955
Yeah, on each side,
so I was-- I was trapped.
1931
01:29:55,955 --> 01:29:57,130
NEWSMAN:
You were trapped.
1932
01:29:57,130 --> 01:29:59,437
You couldn't
roll down the window?
1933
01:29:59,437 --> 01:30:01,308
MARK:
No.
1934
01:30:01,308 --> 01:30:04,224
Where was the FBI
in all of this?
1935
01:30:04,224 --> 01:30:09,316
GINGER [ON TV]:
Well, I think-- We think people have to realize
1936
01:30:09,316 --> 01:30:12,015
that the FBI
did the same thing.
1937
01:30:12,015 --> 01:30:15,192
I mean, they locked my husband
in an investigation
1938
01:30:15,192 --> 01:30:18,717
and they drove our family
around for three years.
1939
01:30:18,717 --> 01:30:21,720
Three to five years?Yes.
1940
01:30:21,720 --> 01:30:23,330
In jail?
1941
01:30:23,330 --> 01:30:25,724
But ADM's the bad guys.
1942
01:30:25,724 --> 01:30:27,987
Everywhere we go,
it's the same story.
1943
01:30:27,987 --> 01:30:30,642
It's just dump
on Mark Whitacre.
1944
01:30:30,642 --> 01:30:32,252
You gotta focus here.
1945
01:30:32,252 --> 01:30:36,387
You stole $9 million
and then you lied about it.
1946
01:30:36,387 --> 01:30:38,389
Maybe in your head
you're one of the good guys,
1947
01:30:38,389 --> 01:30:40,478
but to them you're a guy
who stole a lot of money
1948
01:30:40,478 --> 01:30:42,698
and then you lied about it.
1949
01:30:42,698 --> 01:30:45,918
Ginger and I have been talking
and we'd like to file a lawsuit
1950
01:30:45,918 --> 01:30:47,050
against Brian Shepard
1951
01:30:47,050 --> 01:30:48,878
and the United States
government.
1952
01:30:48,878 --> 01:30:51,533
Oh, my God.
For what, Mark?
1953
01:30:51,533 --> 01:30:53,404
He hit me with a briefcase.
1954
01:30:55,885 --> 01:30:57,103
Mark, come on.
1955
01:30:59,366 --> 01:31:03,414
And he told me to destroy tapes
that didn't help the case.
1956
01:31:03,414 --> 01:31:05,024
Why would Brian Shepard
do that?
1957
01:31:05,024 --> 01:31:07,462
Maybe the question you should
be asking yourself
1958
01:31:07,462 --> 01:31:09,986
is what is Brian Shepard hiding?
1959
01:31:09,986 --> 01:31:13,250
All right.
I'm telling you, okay?
1960
01:31:13,250 --> 01:31:15,339
Take the plea.
1961
01:31:15,339 --> 01:31:17,167
[SCOFFS]
1962
01:31:19,212 --> 01:31:22,520
Yeah. Thanks, Jim,
1963
01:31:22,520 --> 01:31:25,784
but we're gonna go
a different way.
1964
01:31:25,784 --> 01:31:27,612
[♪♪♪]
1965
01:31:27,612 --> 01:31:29,614
MAN: Evelyn?What?
1966
01:31:29,614 --> 01:31:32,878
There's a reporter on the phone
from the Washington Post.
1967
01:31:32,878 --> 01:31:35,185
Has some questions
about Corky.
1968
01:31:35,185 --> 01:31:37,492
A reporter?
1969
01:31:40,146 --> 01:31:42,105
EVELYN:
This is Evelyn Whitacre.
1970
01:31:44,107 --> 01:31:46,892
What do you mean, adopted?
1971
01:31:46,892 --> 01:31:51,244
Well, as his mother,
I can assure you
1972
01:31:51,244 --> 01:31:55,901
that my husband and I were not
killed in a car accident
1973
01:31:55,901 --> 01:31:59,165
and Mark was not adopted
by wealthy people.
1974
01:32:04,431 --> 01:32:06,782
Mark's been telling
people that you and I
1975
01:32:06,782 --> 01:32:09,611
were killed
in a car accident
1976
01:32:09,611 --> 01:32:13,397
and he was adopted
by rich people.
1977
01:32:13,397 --> 01:32:15,225
What do you make of that?
1978
01:32:15,225 --> 01:32:17,140
Hm.
1979
01:32:18,750 --> 01:32:21,274
That's kind of weird.
1980
01:32:21,274 --> 01:32:23,059
I read this study
inTIME magazine
1981
01:32:23,059 --> 01:32:24,930
when I was at Cornell,
which is an Ivy League school
1982
01:32:24,930 --> 01:32:26,976
and there were a lot of people
who never believed,
1983
01:32:26,976 --> 01:32:28,804
including my mother,
that I would make it
1984
01:32:28,804 --> 01:32:30,762
into an Ivy League school.
Maybe just Ginger,
1985
01:32:30,762 --> 01:32:32,547
who I met in marching band
in the 8th grade.
1986
01:32:32,547 --> 01:32:34,723
And the study said
that people had nice,
1987
01:32:34,723 --> 01:32:37,377
sympathetic feelings
about people who were adopted,
1988
01:32:37,377 --> 01:32:38,814
and treated them better.
1989
01:32:38,814 --> 01:32:40,250
So I made up
this adoption story
1990
01:32:40,250 --> 01:32:41,904
and people did treat me better.
1991
01:32:41,904 --> 01:32:43,645
And when I got a job,
one of my professors
1992
01:32:43,645 --> 01:32:45,385
told the people
at Ralston Purina
1993
01:32:45,385 --> 01:32:47,605
that I was this guy that
had accomplished all of this
1994
01:32:47,605 --> 01:32:49,476
in spite of being adopted.
1995
01:32:49,476 --> 01:32:52,131
So it was really other people
who spread the story, not me.
1996
01:32:52,131 --> 01:32:54,481
Although I admit it was wrong
to start it and everything,
1997
01:32:54,481 --> 01:32:56,222
it was other people
who kept it going.
1998
01:32:56,222 --> 01:32:57,572
Even the people at ADM.
1999
01:32:57,572 --> 01:32:59,269
My new lawyer sees that.
2000
01:33:00,444 --> 01:33:05,144
Tsk. This all goes
back many years,
2001
01:33:05,144 --> 01:33:07,973
before most
of us were born.
2002
01:33:07,973 --> 01:33:11,368
It's bigger
than any of us
2003
01:33:11,368 --> 01:33:12,935
and it's ongoing.
2004
01:33:14,458 --> 01:33:17,113
I know you're skeptical,
but I've seen it.
2005
01:33:17,113 --> 01:33:21,987
My client, Mark Whitacre,
has shown it to me.
2006
01:33:21,987 --> 01:33:24,163
Maybe I am just
a personal-injury lawyer
2007
01:33:24,163 --> 01:33:27,253
from Taylorville,
"Nowhere" Illinois,
2008
01:33:27,253 --> 01:33:29,995
but I tell you,
2009
01:33:29,995 --> 01:33:34,173
I know the identity
of the master puppeteer.
2010
01:33:36,915 --> 01:33:40,658
The who?The master puppeteer.
2011
01:33:40,658 --> 01:33:42,442
And it's not
who you're thinking.
2012
01:33:42,442 --> 01:33:45,358
Mark has tapes,
tapes that the government
2013
01:33:45,358 --> 01:33:47,317
doesn't want us to hear.
2014
01:33:47,317 --> 01:33:50,799
Tapes that outline
the actions of Brian Shepard,
2015
01:33:50,799 --> 01:33:53,323
who hit Mark Whitacre
with a briefcase
2016
01:33:53,323 --> 01:33:56,282
while Mark was cooperating
with the government.
2017
01:33:56,282 --> 01:34:00,896
My client has a letter from
his psychiatrist,
2018
01:34:00,896 --> 01:34:04,726
outlining and confirming
the cruelty perpetrated on him
2019
01:34:04,726 --> 01:34:07,119
by Brian Shepard.
2020
01:34:07,119 --> 01:34:09,252
A letter from his psychiatrist
2021
01:34:09,252 --> 01:34:12,821
clearly exonerating my client
from all wrongdoing.
2022
01:34:15,693 --> 01:34:19,305
"It is obvious that the FBI
made some grand mistakes
2023
01:34:19,305 --> 01:34:21,220
in how they handled
and treated you."
2024
01:34:21,220 --> 01:34:22,744
There's a phrase
of interest--
2025
01:34:22,744 --> 01:34:25,877
- "Grand mistakes."
- -coming from a doctor.
2026
01:34:25,877 --> 01:34:28,532
"When one discusses suicide,
this is a red flag.
2027
01:34:28,532 --> 01:34:30,447
"When one discusses
how they will do it,
2028
01:34:30,447 --> 01:34:32,362
"then it is very,
very serious. Mark.
2029
01:34:32,362 --> 01:34:34,016
"I also feel that
the FBI requiring you
2030
01:34:34,016 --> 01:34:35,234
"to do unethical conduct
2031
01:34:35,234 --> 01:34:38,150
"against ADM
was another blunder
2032
01:34:38,150 --> 01:34:41,284
"that forced you into
a bipolar situation.
2033
01:34:41,284 --> 01:34:42,807
"They should have known better
2034
01:34:42,807 --> 01:34:44,853
"and noted that
a medical problem exists.
2035
01:34:44,853 --> 01:34:46,724
"From a medical point of view,
2036
01:34:46,724 --> 01:34:50,032
"this is attempted murder
that the FBI did to you.
2037
01:34:50,032 --> 01:34:53,165
"From a legal view, your lawyer
needs to decide what to do
2038
01:34:53,165 --> 01:34:54,601
"and what the terminology is.
2039
01:34:54,601 --> 01:34:56,647
"I'll support you
in whatever you need.
2040
01:34:56,647 --> 01:34:58,997
"You and your family have been
through too much turmoil
2041
01:34:58,997 --> 01:35:00,433
"working with the government.
2042
01:35:00,433 --> 01:35:02,044
They should--
They should know better."
2043
01:35:03,741 --> 01:35:06,613
That's Dr. Miller.
2044
01:35:06,613 --> 01:35:09,878
I read the letter, Mark.
2045
01:35:09,878 --> 01:35:15,013
The problem with
the letter is...it's a lie.
2046
01:35:15,013 --> 01:35:17,799
What are you
talking about, Brian?
2047
01:35:17,799 --> 01:35:21,716
It's on his letterhead.
That's his signature.
2048
01:35:21,716 --> 01:35:23,630
What are you
talking about?
2049
01:35:23,630 --> 01:35:25,632
The area code, Mark.
2050
01:35:25,632 --> 01:35:27,896
In the letterhead?
2051
01:35:27,896 --> 01:35:31,203
The area code 847?
2052
01:35:31,203 --> 01:35:34,772
This letter was written
in November, 1995.
2053
01:35:34,772 --> 01:35:38,645
That area code
didn't exist then.
2054
01:35:40,473 --> 01:35:42,432
Okay, but they announced
2055
01:35:42,432 --> 01:35:45,565
that the change was coming.
I even remember that.
2056
01:35:45,565 --> 01:35:47,959
People-- People order
their stationery early.
2057
01:35:47,959 --> 01:35:49,918
I thought about that.
2058
01:35:49,918 --> 01:35:51,920
So I asked the phone company.
2059
01:35:55,314 --> 01:35:57,577
This is the press release
announcing
2060
01:35:57,577 --> 01:36:00,711
the new 847 area code.
2061
01:36:00,711 --> 01:36:04,976
It's dated six days after
your letter was written.
2062
01:36:04,976 --> 01:36:08,414
Miller could not
have known about it.
2063
01:36:13,115 --> 01:36:15,378
Ron Henkoff fromFortune
called Dr. Miller
2064
01:36:15,378 --> 01:36:16,988
and Miller confirmed
the letter.
2065
01:36:16,988 --> 01:36:18,947
If you talk to Henkoff...
2066
01:36:22,472 --> 01:36:26,302
Ron Henkoff
from Fortunemagazine
2067
01:36:27,564 --> 01:36:29,392
verified the letter
2068
01:36:29,392 --> 01:36:30,610
with Dr. Miller.
2069
01:36:30,610 --> 01:36:32,177
I talked to Dr. Miller, Mark.
2070
01:36:32,177 --> 01:36:33,700
You can't--
He--
2071
01:36:33,700 --> 01:36:35,180
That's a violation
2072
01:36:35,180 --> 01:36:36,878
of my doctor-patient
confidentiality.
2073
01:36:36,878 --> 01:36:40,533
That's a total violation of my
doctor-patient confidentiality.
2074
01:36:40,533 --> 01:36:41,665
You can't call Miller.
2075
01:36:41,665 --> 01:36:43,972
Doctor-patient confidentiality
2076
01:36:43,972 --> 01:36:46,670
doesn't apply to forgeries.
2077
01:36:46,670 --> 01:36:50,195
Then why didFortune
magazine run the story?
2078
01:36:50,195 --> 01:36:53,459
Well, why would Ron Henkoff,
for Fortunemagazine
2079
01:36:53,459 --> 01:36:55,679
put it in a cover story?
2080
01:36:55,679 --> 01:36:57,376
Stop it, Mark.
2081
01:36:57,376 --> 01:37:00,640
Henk-- If you talk to Henkoff--
2082
01:37:00,640 --> 01:37:02,991
You need to stop
doing this to yourself.
2083
01:37:04,949 --> 01:37:08,170
Why do you--?
Why do you keep lying?
2084
01:37:10,694 --> 01:37:12,609
I don't know.
2085
01:37:19,398 --> 01:37:22,575
Well, I think maybe I should
go back to the hospital.
2086
01:37:26,057 --> 01:37:27,929
[♪♪♪]
2087
01:37:27,929 --> 01:37:30,540
WOMAN:
Case 97-2001,
2088
01:37:30,540 --> 01:37:34,849
United States of America
v. Mark Whitacre.
2089
01:37:34,849 --> 01:37:38,504
Tsk. You have a right to make
a statement, if you wish.
2090
01:37:43,727 --> 01:37:45,207
Thank you.
2091
01:37:46,991 --> 01:37:52,257
Uh, I really appreciate
the opportunity
2092
01:37:52,257 --> 01:37:54,999
to get up here
and say a few words.
2093
01:37:54,999 --> 01:37:57,219
Um....
2094
01:37:59,482 --> 01:38:01,571
Wow.
2095
01:38:01,571 --> 01:38:03,616
What a ride.
2096
01:38:03,616 --> 01:38:07,882
Um, been a long five years.
2097
01:38:09,535 --> 01:38:11,363
A lot of memories.
2098
01:38:13,539 --> 01:38:15,933
I just-- I really
want to apologize
2099
01:38:15,933 --> 01:38:18,718
to a lot of people
in this room
2100
01:38:18,718 --> 01:38:21,939
and a lot of people
who aren't in this room, um,
2101
01:38:21,939 --> 01:38:25,812
for-for my actions.
2102
01:38:25,812 --> 01:38:28,206
Uh, I'm on medication now,
2103
01:38:28,206 --> 01:38:33,081
so I-- I'm seeing things
a lot more clearly.
2104
01:38:33,081 --> 01:38:35,953
And I just really want to--
2105
01:38:35,953 --> 01:38:37,302
I realize I hurt
a lot of people,
2106
01:38:37,302 --> 01:38:38,303
and so I want to say:
2107
01:38:38,303 --> 01:38:40,088
I'm so, so sorry.
2108
01:38:40,088 --> 01:38:41,785
I greatly apologize
2109
01:38:41,785 --> 01:38:47,095
and accept responsibility
for my actions. That's it.
2110
01:38:47,095 --> 01:38:48,923
Thank you.
2111
01:38:50,925 --> 01:38:54,493
JUDGE:
To observe that Mr. Whitacre is not the usual felon
2112
01:38:54,493 --> 01:38:57,148
is a gross understatement.
2113
01:38:57,148 --> 01:38:58,976
He's well-educated,
2114
01:38:58,976 --> 01:39:01,631
has a loving wife and family,
2115
01:39:01,631 --> 01:39:03,763
is well-respected
in the community.
2116
01:39:03,763 --> 01:39:06,505
It's not inconceivable that,
in due course,
2117
01:39:06,505 --> 01:39:11,641
he could have been CEO
of Archer Daniels Midland.
2118
01:39:11,641 --> 01:39:14,122
However, this court...
2119
01:39:16,298 --> 01:39:18,169
can find no clear
connection between
2120
01:39:18,169 --> 01:39:20,302
Mr. Whitacre's
bipolar disorder
2121
01:39:20,302 --> 01:39:22,608
and the 45 counts
of criminal misconduct
2122
01:39:22,608 --> 01:39:24,349
he's been charged with,
2123
01:39:24,349 --> 01:39:26,264
just garden-variety greed.
2124
01:39:26,264 --> 01:39:28,223
It's very difficult to tell
when Mr. Whitacre
2125
01:39:28,223 --> 01:39:29,659
is telling the truth.
2126
01:39:30,965 --> 01:39:32,705
I don't think
what happened is fair,
2127
01:39:32,705 --> 01:39:36,579
when you look at me compared
to Mick and Terry.
2128
01:39:36,579 --> 01:39:40,496
I mean, if you go and hold up
your local grocery store,
2129
01:39:40,496 --> 01:39:42,628
you get, maybe,
five years in prison.
2130
01:39:42,628 --> 01:39:46,328
Mick and Terry held up every
grocery store in the world
2131
01:39:46,328 --> 01:39:47,982
and they got three.
2132
01:39:47,982 --> 01:39:51,420
So you tell me how it makes
sense that I get nine,
2133
01:39:51,420 --> 01:39:54,118
and I think that you should
consider that, Mr. President,
2134
01:39:54,118 --> 01:39:57,382
when reviewing
this request for pardon.
2135
01:39:57,382 --> 01:39:59,558
Uh, I'd also like to take
this opportunity
2136
01:39:59,558 --> 01:40:03,084
to apologize on behalf
of myself and my wife, Ginger,
2137
01:40:03,084 --> 01:40:05,129
to Special Agent
Brian Shepard.
2138
01:40:05,129 --> 01:40:07,218
He never hit me
with a briefcase
2139
01:40:07,218 --> 01:40:09,612
or told me to destroy tapes.
2140
01:40:09,612 --> 01:40:13,659
The idea to sue him came
from someone inside ADM.
2141
01:40:13,659 --> 01:40:15,574
Um, I shouldn't have listened.
2142
01:40:15,574 --> 01:40:17,533
I don't even remember
who it was.
2143
01:40:17,533 --> 01:40:20,623
While I was there at ADM,
I lived so many lives,
2144
01:40:20,623 --> 01:40:23,539
I didn't--
I didn't really know who I was.
2145
01:40:23,539 --> 01:40:27,369
And I know today
more who I am
2146
01:40:27,369 --> 01:40:29,240
and what I really
want out of life.
2147
01:40:29,240 --> 01:40:33,157
I've completed
three postgraduate degrees
2148
01:40:33,157 --> 01:40:34,680
while in detention,
2149
01:40:34,680 --> 01:40:37,509
a J.D., which is,
of course, a law degree.
2150
01:40:37,509 --> 01:40:39,033
Uh, another advanced degree
2151
01:40:39,033 --> 01:40:40,947
in the psychology
of jury selection.
2152
01:40:40,947 --> 01:40:44,777
I sleep better here in prison
than I have in years.
2153
01:40:44,777 --> 01:40:47,998
My wife, Ginger,
has forgiven me.
2154
01:40:47,998 --> 01:40:51,393
She actually believes
that this incident with ADM
2155
01:40:51,393 --> 01:40:55,571
brought us closer together
in a marriage of over 20 years,
2156
01:40:55,571 --> 01:40:57,790
and I hope you'll
allow me to leave here
2157
01:40:57,790 --> 01:41:01,838
so that I can rejoin that life
with my family, my three kids,
2158
01:41:01,838 --> 01:41:03,405
two of whom are adopted.
2159
01:41:03,405 --> 01:41:05,668
Especially in light
of the fact that,
2160
01:41:05,668 --> 01:41:07,844
in large part because
of my testimony,
2161
01:41:07,844 --> 01:41:09,802
the United States
government has to date
2162
01:41:09,802 --> 01:41:12,849
been able to collect
over one billion dollars
2163
01:41:12,849 --> 01:41:15,286
in price-fixing fines
from big businesses.
2164
01:41:15,286 --> 01:41:18,681
So that's it. Thanks.
2165
01:41:29,648 --> 01:41:31,563
Good luck with the
pardon, Mark.
2166
01:41:31,563 --> 01:41:33,087
Thanks, Bob.
Thanks for helping me
2167
01:41:33,087 --> 01:41:35,219
remember everything.
I really appreciate it.
2168
01:41:35,219 --> 01:41:37,395
I wish Brian could have come.
2169
01:41:37,395 --> 01:41:40,485
Well, he's--
He's still pretty angry.
2170
01:41:40,485 --> 01:41:44,794
Yeah. Well, tell him I'm
real sorry. Will you do that?
2171
01:41:44,794 --> 01:41:46,361
Sure, Mark.
2172
01:41:46,361 --> 01:41:48,841
You know, the irony
is if I hadn't gone undercover,
2173
01:41:48,841 --> 01:41:50,974
I never would have stole
the 11 and a half million.
2174
01:41:50,974 --> 01:41:52,715
You know, it was my way out.
2175
01:41:52,715 --> 01:41:54,630
It was my severance.
What else was I gonna do?
2176
01:41:54,630 --> 01:41:56,066
I had to write
my own severance.
2177
01:41:56,066 --> 01:41:58,155
MAN:
Work detail.
2178
01:41:58,155 --> 01:41:59,809
See you, Bob.
2179
01:41:59,809 --> 01:42:01,550
Uh, uh--
Eleven and a half million?
2180
01:42:01,550 --> 01:42:04,161
What?
I thought it was 9 and a half.
2181
01:42:05,293 --> 01:42:06,424
What did I say?
2182
01:42:06,424 --> 01:42:08,426
You said 11 and a half.
2183
01:42:08,426 --> 01:42:09,993
You do know that
the people at ADM
2184
01:42:09,993 --> 01:42:11,734
think you were the mole.
2185
01:42:11,734 --> 01:42:15,390
That you planted the virus
then made it go away.
2186
01:42:15,390 --> 01:42:18,523
The 11 and a half
is with the interest.
2187
01:42:18,523 --> 01:42:22,440
Mark, is it 9 and a half
or 11 and a half?
2188
01:42:22,440 --> 01:42:23,485
[SIGHS]
2189
01:42:23,485 --> 01:42:26,357
I don't know, Bob.
2190
01:42:26,357 --> 01:42:27,880
You tell me.
2191
01:42:27,880 --> 01:42:29,317
[STEVE TYRELL'S
"TRUST ME" PLAYING]
2192
01:42:29,317 --> 01:42:31,232
♪ Trust me ♪
2193
01:42:31,232 --> 01:42:35,584
♪ There's an art on knowing
How to cut the corners ♪
2194
01:42:35,584 --> 01:42:38,761
♪ A trick to living
Strictly by your wits ♪
2195
01:42:38,761 --> 01:42:40,632
[DOOR SHUTS]
2196
01:42:40,632 --> 01:42:43,505
♪ And if they call you crazy ♪
2197
01:42:43,505 --> 01:42:45,942
♪ They wont label you
A crackpot ♪
2198
01:42:45,942 --> 01:42:48,771
♪ When the jackpot hits ♪
2199
01:42:48,771 --> 01:42:52,122
♪ And you can trust me ♪
2200
01:42:52,122 --> 01:42:56,561
♪ There's a light
At the end of every tunnel ♪
2201
01:42:56,561 --> 01:43:01,479
♪ A Sunday at the end
Of every week ♪
2202
01:43:01,479 --> 01:43:04,656
♪ And if you play
Your cards right ♪
2203
01:43:04,656 --> 01:43:06,658
♪ One win is the beginning ♪
2204
01:43:06,658 --> 01:43:09,922
♪ Of a winning streak ♪
2205
01:43:09,922 --> 01:43:14,710
♪ Well, you may stumble
You may fall ♪
2206
01:43:14,710 --> 01:43:18,148
♪ Find your back
Against the wall ♪
2207
01:43:19,410 --> 01:43:22,239
♪ Go over it, around it ♪
2208
01:43:22,239 --> 01:43:24,415
♪ Under it and through it ♪
2209
01:43:24,415 --> 01:43:28,767
♪ It really doesn't matter
As long as you do it ♪
2210
01:43:28,767 --> 01:43:31,422
♪ Would I steer you wrong?
Trust me ♪
2211
01:43:31,422 --> 01:43:37,036
♪ There are times when
You're feeling like a loser ♪
2212
01:43:37,036 --> 01:43:41,258
♪ There's no future
Living in the past ♪
2213
01:43:41,258 --> 01:43:45,523
♪ Stick to your intuition ♪
2214
01:43:45,523 --> 01:43:50,267
♪ You don't have to leave
A trail behind you ♪
2215
01:43:50,267 --> 01:43:52,226
♪ Lady Luck knows ♪
2216
01:43:52,226 --> 01:43:54,053
♪ Where to find you ♪
2217
01:43:54,053 --> 01:43:56,491
♪ I'll give you
Your money back ♪
2218
01:43:56,491 --> 01:43:59,015
♪ Guaranteed ♪
2219
01:44:00,190 --> 01:44:08,459
♪ Trust me ♪
2220
01:44:41,144 --> 01:44:45,322
♪ When you're short
On dreams and hopes ♪
2221
01:44:45,322 --> 01:44:49,195
♪ Feel your life
Is on the ropes ♪
2222
01:44:49,195 --> 01:44:53,330
♪ You shouldn't let it get you
Rattle or upset you ♪
2223
01:44:53,330 --> 01:44:58,422
♪ You'll learn the secret lies
In just improvising ♪
2224
01:44:59,510 --> 01:45:01,556
♪ Trust me ♪
2225
01:45:01,556 --> 01:45:05,603
♪ There are times when
You're feeling like a loser ♪
2226
01:45:05,603 --> 01:45:09,955
♪ There's no future
Living in the past ♪
2227
01:45:09,955 --> 01:45:14,699
♪ You gotta stick
To your intuition ♪
2228
01:45:14,699 --> 01:45:19,356
♪ Life can be peaches
Cream and honey ♪
2229
01:45:19,356 --> 01:45:25,536
♪ Using other people's money
I'll give you a lifetime ♪
2230
01:45:25,536 --> 01:45:29,497
♪ Guaranteed ♪
2231
01:45:29,497 --> 01:45:30,889
♪ Trust me ♪
2232
01:45:30,889 --> 01:45:33,718
♪ Would I lie to you?
Never ♪
2233
01:45:33,718 --> 01:45:37,200
♪ Trust me ♪
2234
01:45:37,200 --> 01:45:39,376
♪ Honey, trust me ♪
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♪ Trust me ♪
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♪ T-R-U-S-T M-E ♪
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