1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.CO 1 00:00:00,625 --> 00:00:03,461 Previously on Billions. 2 00:00:05,942 --> 00:00:07,757 Axe swallowed it. 3 00:00:07,799 --> 00:00:09,300 He actually closed on that money. 4 00:00:09,342 --> 00:00:10,343 Where does that leave us? 5 00:00:10,385 --> 00:00:12,929 It leaves you head down, eyes forward doing good work, 6 00:00:12,929 --> 00:00:15,015 earning returns for the firm. 7 00:00:16,016 --> 00:00:18,143 Pull him out of there! 8 00:00:22,772 --> 00:00:24,992 I'll give you two billion walk away money 9 00:00:25,027 --> 00:00:28,069 for Axe Holding, the bank, and the asset management arm. 10 00:00:28,069 --> 00:00:29,654 I hope when this all calms down 11 00:00:29,696 --> 00:00:31,114 and you really look at it and me, 12 00:00:31,114 --> 00:00:32,866 that you won't even want to leave. 13 00:00:32,907 --> 00:00:36,786 But the thing of it is we can't, even if we want to, right? 14 00:00:36,786 --> 00:00:39,456 Anyone who wants to get wealthy, 15 00:00:39,456 --> 00:00:41,332 rich in your language, can stay, 16 00:00:41,374 --> 00:00:44,753 and we can discuss your place in the new organization. 17 00:00:44,794 --> 00:00:47,005 - I'm out. - Yeah. This place... 18 00:00:47,047 --> 00:00:49,299 I'm out of here too. 19 00:00:49,340 --> 00:00:50,633 Run. 20 00:00:51,980 --> 00:00:54,721 If I see you here again, it'll be to my benefit... 21 00:00:55,722 --> 00:00:56,931 but I hope I don't. 22 00:00:56,973 --> 00:01:00,518 This company, formerly known as Axe Capital, 23 00:01:00,518 --> 00:01:01,644 belongs to me now. 24 00:01:01,686 --> 00:01:03,188 Now, you're my problem. 25 00:01:03,229 --> 00:01:05,940 And you know what I do to problems. 26 00:01:05,982 --> 00:01:07,233 - I get rid of them. - No. 27 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:09,069 I got rid of the guy in the chair. 28 00:01:09,069 --> 00:01:11,154 Now how we know this to be true? 29 00:01:11,196 --> 00:01:14,032 'Cause I'm the one sitting in it. 30 00:01:14,032 --> 00:01:16,284 Not for fucking long. 31 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:52,779 Follow me. 32 00:01:53,571 --> 00:01:55,281 Yeah! 33 00:02:25,019 --> 00:02:27,147 Hold fire! 34 00:02:39,951 --> 00:02:42,954 That cannon has fired its last salvo! 35 00:02:45,374 --> 00:02:47,274 _ 36 00:03:29,375 --> 00:03:34,214 You'll be so centered in the office today. 37 00:03:34,214 --> 00:03:35,757 You're in the zone, huh? 38 00:03:35,757 --> 00:03:37,383 That's the idea. 39 00:03:37,383 --> 00:03:38,551 Focus. 40 00:03:38,593 --> 00:03:40,678 Detachment from all else. 41 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,764 That Buddhist shit. 42 00:03:42,764 --> 00:03:46,092 If I can only put everything... 43 00:03:46,134 --> 00:03:47,393 right here. 44 00:03:47,393 --> 00:03:49,312 Right at the tip of my consciousness. 45 00:03:49,354 --> 00:03:52,023 Then you are gonna make hella good ice cream. 46 00:03:52,065 --> 00:03:53,149 Then I'm... 47 00:03:53,191 --> 00:03:56,110 maybe can work myself out of my... 48 00:03:56,152 --> 00:03:57,904 Don't think. 49 00:03:57,946 --> 00:04:00,198 - Just do. - Ah. 50 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:01,866 There's that Buddhist shit again. 51 00:04:35,233 --> 00:04:36,234 Good? Need a break? 52 00:04:36,276 --> 00:04:37,610 When I ask for a break, 53 00:04:37,610 --> 00:04:40,071 you'll know the body snatchers have taken me over. 54 00:04:40,071 --> 00:04:42,490 Good, now use your head. 55 00:04:44,867 --> 00:04:46,286 Sex. He's having sex. 56 00:04:46,327 --> 00:04:48,037 Could he just be having sex? 57 00:04:49,113 --> 00:04:50,957 It's him we're talking about. It's probably sex. 58 00:04:50,999 --> 00:04:54,127 That would look... different, I think. 59 00:04:54,127 --> 00:04:55,461 But I'm not a doctor. 60 00:04:55,503 --> 00:04:57,338 And as a non-doctor, you're diagnosing heart attack. 61 00:04:57,338 --> 00:05:00,049 Well, I can't diagnose. The not-doctor thing. 62 00:05:00,049 --> 00:05:01,634 Suggesting. Declaring. 63 00:05:01,676 --> 00:05:02,844 Somewhere in that spectrum. 64 00:05:02,885 --> 00:05:03,970 Because this... 65 00:05:03,970 --> 00:05:06,764 is what a heart attack looks like. 66 00:05:08,099 --> 00:05:10,893 These readouts look as alike as the Van Arsdale twins. 67 00:05:10,893 --> 00:05:12,854 When you pull out those '70s basketball metaphors, 68 00:05:12,895 --> 00:05:14,147 it does force me to listen. 69 00:05:14,147 --> 00:05:15,773 I reserve them for maximum impact. 70 00:05:15,815 --> 00:05:17,025 Yes. 71 00:05:17,066 --> 00:05:18,443 So, then, we have to make the call. 72 00:05:18,484 --> 00:05:20,820 I'll admit, it's the right thing to do. 73 00:05:20,820 --> 00:05:22,155 If you can save a life, you save a life. 74 00:05:22,196 --> 00:05:23,698 - That's the kind of thing I... - Yes. 75 00:05:23,698 --> 00:05:25,116 And I know you mean it. But... 76 00:05:25,116 --> 00:05:28,578 even at the cost of exposing what we're doing. 77 00:05:28,578 --> 00:05:30,204 I'm going to leave that question lingering 78 00:05:30,204 --> 00:05:32,482 so you can hear it and answer yourself. 79 00:05:32,482 --> 00:05:33,333 Damn. 80 00:05:33,374 --> 00:05:36,085 Once you said heart attack, you knew we'd intervene. 81 00:05:36,127 --> 00:05:38,212 But now our cover's gonna be blown. 82 00:05:38,212 --> 00:05:40,715 Maybe in the all the hubbub, they won't notice. 83 00:05:40,715 --> 00:05:42,550 Make the call. 84 00:05:47,263 --> 00:05:49,140 What the fuck are you guys doing here? 85 00:05:49,140 --> 00:05:50,641 Are you strippers? 86 00:05:50,641 --> 00:05:55,355 Because great, but... not until I finish my... 87 00:05:55,355 --> 00:05:57,398 We're not strippers, sir. You're having a heart attack, 88 00:05:57,398 --> 00:05:59,525 - we're here to... - I'm doing a Peloton class. 89 00:05:59,567 --> 00:06:01,110 With Tunde. 90 00:06:01,152 --> 00:06:05,656 So I don't have a heart attack keeping up with my girlfriend. 91 00:06:06,741 --> 00:06:08,409 She's young. 92 00:06:09,118 --> 00:06:11,371 I liked you better when you were strippers. 93 00:06:11,371 --> 00:06:12,747 We were never strippers. 94 00:06:12,789 --> 00:06:14,082 Sir, how's your jaw? 95 00:06:15,583 --> 00:06:18,878 Now that you mention it, a little like Ali after Norton. 96 00:06:18,878 --> 00:06:21,047 And... uh, 97 00:06:21,089 --> 00:06:24,133 if I'm being honest, the breathing's 98 00:06:24,175 --> 00:06:25,468 a little... tight. Huh. 99 00:06:25,468 --> 00:06:27,929 Mr. Wagner, I implore you, take this aspirin 100 00:06:27,970 --> 00:06:29,806 and let us get you down to an ambulance 101 00:06:29,806 --> 00:06:32,517 before it's too late. 102 00:06:32,558 --> 00:06:34,018 Huh? 103 00:06:40,775 --> 00:06:42,860 It's alive! 104 00:06:45,752 --> 00:06:47,407 Wags! 105 00:06:55,123 --> 00:06:58,418 That is something to see right there. 106 00:07:00,378 --> 00:07:01,671 Rumors of my demise... 107 00:07:01,671 --> 00:07:04,882 I mean to say, it is fucking great to be back! 108 00:07:04,924 --> 00:07:06,717 So glad to see you. 109 00:07:06,759 --> 00:07:08,094 So, so glad. 110 00:07:08,094 --> 00:07:09,220 I was worried. 111 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:11,597 Yeah, I got that from the 40 texts a day. 112 00:07:11,639 --> 00:07:14,267 But like I said, it's a small heart attack. 113 00:07:14,308 --> 00:07:15,852 Mild as Babybel cheese. 114 00:07:15,893 --> 00:07:18,396 Stents are in. I'm not going out like Mr. Big. 115 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:20,440 How'd you know it wasn't just indigestion or something? 116 00:07:20,481 --> 00:07:22,024 I always wonder if I'd know. 117 00:07:22,066 --> 00:07:24,819 You were weaned on olive oil and rustic red wine. 118 00:07:25,641 --> 00:07:27,843 Better chance of you being knocked off in a barber's chair 119 00:07:27,878 --> 00:07:29,949 than from the ticker exploding. But no, I didn't know. 120 00:07:29,991 --> 00:07:33,077 So what made you call the ambulance? 121 00:07:34,412 --> 00:07:36,831 Come to think of it, I didn't. 122 00:07:52,409 --> 00:07:53,931 This is a listening tour. 123 00:07:53,931 --> 00:07:55,224 I listen. You talk. 124 00:07:55,266 --> 00:07:57,143 - Then I give someone else a chance to talk. - _ 125 00:07:57,143 --> 00:07:59,562 But first, take this. 126 00:07:59,562 --> 00:08:01,105 All of you are gonna get one. 127 00:08:01,105 --> 00:08:03,399 The Nimbus. A buddy's startup. 128 00:08:03,399 --> 00:08:05,610 You're holding that ring out there like it's Frodo's. 129 00:08:05,651 --> 00:08:07,737 In its own way, it has the same kind of potential 130 00:08:07,778 --> 00:08:10,406 for life extension and to improve our community. 131 00:08:10,448 --> 00:08:13,326 This'll track your sleep, your resting heart rate, 132 00:08:13,326 --> 00:08:15,453 your BEWAT and ICHS and other vitals 133 00:08:15,453 --> 00:08:17,997 in the name of well-being and productivity 134 00:08:18,039 --> 00:08:19,624 so that you can measure you. 135 00:08:19,624 --> 00:08:21,334 We've found the mind/body connection 136 00:08:21,375 --> 00:08:22,585 a key difference maker. 137 00:08:22,627 --> 00:08:24,837 Use this for a month, check in on yourself, 138 00:08:24,879 --> 00:08:26,172 see if you don't agree. 139 00:08:26,214 --> 00:08:27,715 When you say, "use this," is that like, uh, 140 00:08:27,715 --> 00:08:30,676 "if you choose to use this," or "you have to use this?" 141 00:08:30,718 --> 00:08:32,386 I'm not here to give you orders today. 142 00:08:32,428 --> 00:08:34,138 It's just... I don't think I want to wear it. 143 00:08:34,180 --> 00:08:36,682 I will become obsessed with not disappointing myself. 144 00:08:36,724 --> 00:08:38,726 I will end up working out even more. 145 00:08:38,726 --> 00:08:41,270 Eating even less. Actually, that sounds great... 146 00:08:41,270 --> 00:08:43,231 - Gimme that, please. - Good. 147 00:08:43,231 --> 00:08:46,275 Look, I know this place used to operate in the red zone. 148 00:08:46,317 --> 00:08:48,778 I don't do red zone. 149 00:08:48,778 --> 00:08:49,987 So talk to me. 150 00:08:49,987 --> 00:08:52,156 Ain't ratting or being ratted on. 151 00:08:52,156 --> 00:08:53,908 I'm not really interested in being 152 00:08:53,950 --> 00:08:55,493 the Big Pussy of this place. 153 00:08:55,493 --> 00:08:58,197 Never ends well for the Big Pussy. 154 00:08:58,232 --> 00:09:00,456 Dollar Bill never said nothing like that about you. 155 00:09:00,456 --> 00:09:04,168 No one's getting capped because of something someone said. 156 00:09:04,168 --> 00:09:06,462 As Ness said to the Chi-Town cops, 157 00:09:06,504 --> 00:09:09,340 "What you've done before today is not my concern. 158 00:09:09,382 --> 00:09:11,551 But now we must be pure." 159 00:09:11,592 --> 00:09:13,386 I'm getting my arms around this place, 160 00:09:13,386 --> 00:09:16,973 so this is your chance to shape that bundle 161 00:09:16,973 --> 00:09:20,101 that's gonna be in those arms. So, let's begin. 162 00:09:25,022 --> 00:09:27,108 Everyone knew to be here for this. 163 00:09:27,108 --> 00:09:29,360 I'm here. With bells on. 164 00:09:29,402 --> 00:09:30,611 Set my alarm and everything. 165 00:09:30,611 --> 00:09:32,488 Taylor comes and goes as they wish. 166 00:09:32,530 --> 00:09:33,906 Wherever they are in the world, 167 00:09:33,906 --> 00:09:35,157 they produce results. 168 00:09:35,199 --> 00:09:36,450 Kind of like how Dwayne "The Rock" 169 00:09:36,492 --> 00:09:38,411 can show up late to a film shoot 170 00:09:38,452 --> 00:09:40,955 because his movies always do, like, a billion dollars. 171 00:09:40,997 --> 00:09:42,456 Guys like Winston 172 00:09:42,456 --> 00:09:43,624 need to spitshine their shoes 173 00:09:43,624 --> 00:09:46,043 and stand at attention to get noticed. 174 00:09:46,085 --> 00:09:47,253 I like your loyalty. 175 00:09:47,295 --> 00:09:48,838 And agree, Winston showing out like this 176 00:09:48,879 --> 00:09:50,673 is what the Navy SEALs would call "butt snorkeling." 177 00:09:50,673 --> 00:09:53,175 But when I announce an all-hands, I need... 178 00:09:53,175 --> 00:09:54,468 I know what you need. 179 00:09:54,510 --> 00:09:57,221 Or what you claim to need. Bracing honesty. 180 00:09:57,263 --> 00:09:58,806 But when people say that, what they really want is 181 00:09:58,806 --> 00:10:02,268 someone to tousle their hair and tell them, "good boy." 182 00:10:05,521 --> 00:10:09,567 I have neither the hair nor the need for approval. 183 00:10:09,609 --> 00:10:11,944 Besides, I'm asking about what was, 184 00:10:11,986 --> 00:10:13,946 what should be, not what is. 185 00:10:13,946 --> 00:10:15,114 Not your judgment of me. 186 00:10:15,156 --> 00:10:16,866 You are the very thing I am judging. 187 00:10:16,866 --> 00:10:19,660 My judgment of you crowds all other discernment I might have. 188 00:10:19,702 --> 00:10:21,537 I'm gonna work hard to shift that judgment. 189 00:10:21,579 --> 00:10:23,164 That's on me now. 190 00:10:23,164 --> 00:10:24,624 I don't think that can happen. 191 00:10:24,665 --> 00:10:26,542 Just tell me what you need to succeed here. 192 00:10:26,584 --> 00:10:28,336 A boss I can trust and work with. 193 00:10:28,377 --> 00:10:29,462 I'm not Axe. 194 00:10:29,462 --> 00:10:30,671 You're sitting in the same office. 195 00:10:30,671 --> 00:10:31,881 You own what was once his. 196 00:10:31,922 --> 00:10:33,799 For different reasons. I need faster returns 197 00:10:33,841 --> 00:10:36,510 and greater liquidity than private equity provides. 198 00:10:36,510 --> 00:10:40,973 To that end, I want to make you Chief Investment Officer. 199 00:10:40,973 --> 00:10:42,350 How's that for trust? 200 00:10:42,391 --> 00:10:44,393 Yeah, that means you trust me 201 00:10:44,435 --> 00:10:47,188 and want to use me to win over the investors' trust. 202 00:10:47,188 --> 00:10:48,564 But I won't take that position. 203 00:10:48,606 --> 00:10:51,609 Last time I was CIO, all my moves were wiped off the board. 204 00:10:51,651 --> 00:10:53,194 Like I said, I'm different. 205 00:10:53,235 --> 00:10:54,654 And I'm willing to put the time and effort in 206 00:10:54,695 --> 00:10:56,238 to prove that to you... 207 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:57,907 to everyone here. 208 00:10:57,948 --> 00:10:59,158 You bought me up. 209 00:10:59,158 --> 00:11:01,118 You're kind of forcing me to stay here. 210 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,371 Doesn't feel different. 211 00:11:24,141 --> 00:11:25,601 Hello, neighbor. 212 00:11:25,643 --> 00:11:27,895 - Good day, sir. - Good day to you. 213 00:11:27,937 --> 00:11:29,313 Boy, this is... 214 00:11:29,313 --> 00:11:31,524 some magnificent spread. 215 00:11:32,411 --> 00:11:34,360 Something that's been in the family for... 216 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:36,987 Well, it was in the family years ago. 217 00:11:37,029 --> 00:11:38,531 And now, once again. 218 00:11:38,531 --> 00:11:41,158 My great-great-great -great-grandfather 219 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,494 - built those stone fences... - Ah. 220 00:11:43,536 --> 00:11:44,662 ...and hid behind them, 221 00:11:44,704 --> 00:11:47,039 firing his musket at the Redcoats. 222 00:11:47,081 --> 00:11:49,250 Hmm. 223 00:11:50,376 --> 00:11:51,460 Yeah. 224 00:11:51,502 --> 00:11:54,046 You'd think a place this grand, 225 00:11:54,088 --> 00:11:55,715 it would suck up the sound. 226 00:11:55,756 --> 00:11:58,217 But it's a funny thing about gunpowder and sky, 227 00:11:58,217 --> 00:12:00,594 one offers little resistance to the other. 228 00:12:00,636 --> 00:12:01,804 That's the thing about a cannon, 229 00:12:01,804 --> 00:12:04,348 nothing much offers it resistance. 230 00:12:05,516 --> 00:12:08,728 That's why I have such regard for their power. 231 00:12:09,562 --> 00:12:12,106 Well, that's why I'm here. 232 00:12:12,106 --> 00:12:13,190 The artillery. 233 00:12:13,232 --> 00:12:15,818 For one thing, uh, we share a stream, 234 00:12:15,818 --> 00:12:17,778 that I irrigate my fields with, 235 00:12:17,820 --> 00:12:20,364 and when it comes to black powder residue 236 00:12:20,364 --> 00:12:22,099 and leaching metals... 237 00:12:22,199 --> 00:12:25,244 - I'm downstream of you. - Mm-hmm. 238 00:12:25,286 --> 00:12:27,204 - So you are. - Hmm-hmm. 239 00:12:27,246 --> 00:12:29,415 Then there's the noise. 240 00:12:29,457 --> 00:12:32,084 It's really jarring and unsettling. 241 00:12:32,126 --> 00:12:33,961 And I'm not a dairy outfit, 242 00:12:34,003 --> 00:12:36,547 but I do have a milk cow, and she's sensitive. 243 00:12:36,547 --> 00:12:40,092 She won't give milk with all the bombs bursting in air. 244 00:12:40,134 --> 00:12:42,511 Well, I'm sorry to hear your Guernsey's teats are swoll... 245 00:12:42,553 --> 00:12:46,474 - She's a Holstein. - That's... 246 00:12:47,091 --> 00:12:49,935 A smart man once said, 247 00:12:49,935 --> 00:12:52,438 "Nothing external affects how you feel. 248 00:12:52,438 --> 00:12:54,982 You control how you feel." 249 00:12:55,524 --> 00:12:56,609 So I say this, 250 00:12:56,650 --> 00:12:58,652 "When you hear the sound of the cannon, 251 00:12:58,652 --> 00:13:00,237 why don't you hear what I do?" 252 00:13:00,237 --> 00:13:02,114 The sound of liberty, 253 00:13:02,156 --> 00:13:04,283 of triumph. 254 00:13:04,325 --> 00:13:05,493 Of America! 255 00:13:05,493 --> 00:13:07,912 You can make yourself process it that way. 256 00:13:07,953 --> 00:13:09,538 Hmm. 257 00:13:09,580 --> 00:13:12,458 Seems like an awful lot of work. 258 00:13:13,353 --> 00:13:14,585 Work... 259 00:13:14,627 --> 00:13:16,712 is how I made the fortune 260 00:13:16,754 --> 00:13:19,507 that's allowed me to possess this place anew. 261 00:13:19,548 --> 00:13:20,925 Work is what men like me... 262 00:13:20,966 --> 00:13:23,552 and, I assume, you, are made of. 263 00:13:23,552 --> 00:13:27,473 Sure. No, I'm familiar with the bromides of the self-made. 264 00:13:27,515 --> 00:13:30,768 The work-is-the-tonic types. 265 00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:32,561 Perhaps you could do me the courtesy 266 00:13:32,561 --> 00:13:35,314 of just limiting the number of times a week. 267 00:13:35,314 --> 00:13:37,316 It's strictly limited. 268 00:13:37,316 --> 00:13:38,943 Morning and nightfall. 269 00:13:38,943 --> 00:13:41,320 - I'm a constitutional scholar... - Ah. 270 00:13:41,383 --> 00:13:43,572 Not as a vocation, like you, 271 00:13:43,614 --> 00:13:44,865 but as an avocation. 272 00:13:44,907 --> 00:13:47,409 And the amendments to that vaunted document... 273 00:13:47,451 --> 00:13:48,953 Oh, I'm ahead of you. 274 00:13:48,953 --> 00:13:52,540 Yes, I know which amendment you're so keen on. 275 00:13:54,375 --> 00:13:55,668 Well, thanks for the visit. 276 00:13:55,709 --> 00:13:58,587 Mind Mr. Frost's words about good fences. 277 00:13:58,629 --> 00:14:00,422 Ah, the neighbors worked together 278 00:14:00,464 --> 00:14:02,174 in Robert Frost's "Mending Wall." 279 00:14:02,174 --> 00:14:03,634 The point is wholly... 280 00:14:03,676 --> 00:14:05,219 Whatever. 281 00:14:06,470 --> 00:14:08,138 I didn't come looking for a war. 282 00:14:08,180 --> 00:14:10,516 Well I, on the other hand, have always regretted 283 00:14:10,516 --> 00:14:13,018 I didn't get a chance to fight in mine. 284 00:14:31,036 --> 00:14:33,163 Former culture wasn't a problem for me. 285 00:14:33,205 --> 00:14:35,833 New one won't be either. I'm not like these weak-knees. 286 00:14:35,875 --> 00:14:37,835 You're not talking about me, are you? 287 00:14:37,835 --> 00:14:39,670 I hope you don't think my knees are weak, they're... 288 00:14:39,670 --> 00:14:41,755 Well, he's not fucking talking about me, dude. 289 00:14:41,797 --> 00:14:43,674 Let's start with this. 290 00:14:43,674 --> 00:14:46,135 There's no shame in being sensitive. 291 00:14:46,176 --> 00:14:47,469 You need to be. 292 00:14:47,469 --> 00:14:49,138 One of the secrets to being a great investor 293 00:14:49,179 --> 00:14:51,473 is recognizing the impulses that might lead you 294 00:14:51,515 --> 00:14:53,225 to make decisions based on emotion. 295 00:14:54,188 --> 00:14:55,853 If you're not training yourself to recognize those, 296 00:14:55,853 --> 00:14:58,063 your subconscious will just be directed by them. 297 00:14:58,063 --> 00:14:59,081 Thank you! 298 00:14:59,123 --> 00:15:01,525 Now you won't have to go the bathroom when you want to cry, Tuk. 299 00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:02,902 Once! One time and... 300 00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:04,945 What was encouraged was more of a 301 00:15:04,987 --> 00:15:07,156 "Stick your emotions where your conscience is, 302 00:15:07,156 --> 00:15:10,242 "and then tie 'em off like a gangrenous leg 303 00:15:10,242 --> 00:15:12,453 "until they wither and die. 304 00:15:12,494 --> 00:15:14,371 Then chop 'em off forever." 305 00:15:14,371 --> 00:15:15,748 What effect do you think that had? 306 00:15:15,748 --> 00:15:17,082 Greased the way to profit. 307 00:15:17,082 --> 00:15:19,835 Take the friction out. For guys like me and Bonnie. 308 00:15:19,835 --> 00:15:22,421 And led to some pretty close calls with the SEC, 309 00:15:22,421 --> 00:15:23,756 the U.S. Attorney's Office, the... 310 00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:25,007 Never convicted! We were... 311 00:15:25,049 --> 00:15:27,051 I mean, Axe was, sort of, in absentia. 312 00:15:27,092 --> 00:15:29,744 We're going on a different kind of exploration here. 313 00:15:29,779 --> 00:15:31,889 Because I believe it'll lead you to be better, 314 00:15:31,889 --> 00:15:34,224 not worse, at your jobs. 315 00:15:36,685 --> 00:15:38,854 We used to work for a killer, 316 00:15:38,896 --> 00:15:41,732 now we've got a guy who wants to know how we "feel." 317 00:15:41,774 --> 00:15:44,443 Why is he asking for our guidance? 318 00:15:44,485 --> 00:15:45,694 Why doesn't he know what to do? 319 00:15:45,736 --> 00:15:47,404 Point me at a hill, 320 00:15:47,446 --> 00:15:48,781 tell me to take the hill. 321 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:50,074 That's what I want in a general. 322 00:15:50,074 --> 00:15:53,744 I must admit, Axe's ruthlessness was almost... 323 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:55,955 reassuring. 324 00:15:57,331 --> 00:15:58,749 This might not be salvageable. 325 00:15:58,791 --> 00:16:01,251 Maybe we just take the joint down to the rivets. 326 00:16:01,293 --> 00:16:03,295 - Start over. - Nah. 327 00:16:03,295 --> 00:16:05,464 We can turn it around. 328 00:16:05,506 --> 00:16:07,216 Can't we? 329 00:16:07,257 --> 00:16:09,093 Turn it around? 330 00:16:09,093 --> 00:16:10,152 Can you? 331 00:16:11,381 --> 00:16:13,639 Well, if anyone can guide me there, it's you. 332 00:16:13,681 --> 00:16:16,976 You're the magic sauce, aren't you? 333 00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:19,687 Special sauce. Magic touch. 334 00:16:19,728 --> 00:16:21,689 I don't get nervous. You make me nervous. 335 00:16:21,730 --> 00:16:23,190 Like you can see through me. 336 00:16:23,232 --> 00:16:25,776 That's a good technique. But you're not nervous. 337 00:16:25,776 --> 00:16:27,027 And you said "magic sauce" on purpose 338 00:16:27,069 --> 00:16:30,364 to give me the power in the conversation. 339 00:16:31,532 --> 00:16:33,867 What do you want with me? 340 00:16:33,909 --> 00:16:36,203 I wanted to see if you were that good. You are. 341 00:16:36,203 --> 00:16:38,622 That's very much up for debate right now. 342 00:16:38,664 --> 00:16:39,957 Not with me. 343 00:16:39,957 --> 00:16:41,333 I look at my results, 344 00:16:41,375 --> 00:16:43,711 and I don't see a lot of checkmarks in the win column. 345 00:16:43,711 --> 00:16:45,838 My guy lost this whole place. 346 00:16:45,879 --> 00:16:47,756 Guy hits 700 home runs, 347 00:16:47,798 --> 00:16:49,717 but gets caught bringing a corked bat to plate, 348 00:16:49,758 --> 00:16:52,302 you can't blame yourself without also taking credit 349 00:16:52,344 --> 00:16:53,637 for the 700 dingers. 350 00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:55,305 The one matters more than the other. 351 00:16:55,830 --> 00:16:59,351 On that, we agree. You'll find no pine tar, no cork, 352 00:16:59,393 --> 00:17:00,978 no dented garbage cans, 353 00:17:00,978 --> 00:17:02,479 no signs stolen here. 354 00:17:02,479 --> 00:17:04,023 Okay, Mr. October. 355 00:17:04,064 --> 00:17:05,190 But I'm not settling either, 356 00:17:05,232 --> 00:17:06,984 for my current level of performance. 357 00:17:07,026 --> 00:17:09,486 And here's one you probably didn't guess. 358 00:17:09,486 --> 00:17:10,946 I've never been coached. 359 00:17:10,988 --> 00:17:14,033 Not since I was an athlete, I mean. 360 00:17:14,033 --> 00:17:16,035 No therapy, no executive coaching, 361 00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:18,328 no shrink, no life guru. 362 00:17:18,912 --> 00:17:19,913 But with you... 363 00:17:19,955 --> 00:17:22,499 Nah, there is no "with me." 364 00:17:23,584 --> 00:17:26,086 If I can somehow still do what I used to, 365 00:17:26,086 --> 00:17:28,589 I can't do it with someone unless I have, 366 00:17:28,589 --> 00:17:31,103 or can manufacture, objectivity. 367 00:17:31,138 --> 00:17:32,718 You weren't objective with Axe. 368 00:17:33,072 --> 00:17:34,636 Yeah, not so hype about his name 369 00:17:34,678 --> 00:17:37,639 coming out of your mouth. There's no need for that. 370 00:17:37,681 --> 00:17:39,933 And how I felt about him has nothing to do with 371 00:17:39,933 --> 00:17:42,186 how I feel about you. I... 372 00:17:42,186 --> 00:17:43,854 well, I didn't resent or hate him. 373 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:46,148 Hate? Ouch. Hate feels extreme. 374 00:17:46,190 --> 00:17:48,067 How else should your prisoners think of you? 375 00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:49,568 You're not a prisoner. 376 00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:51,403 You signed an employment contract. 377 00:17:51,403 --> 00:17:53,822 So did a certain musical genius you share a name with. 378 00:17:53,864 --> 00:17:56,658 Didn't stop him from writing "slave" on his face. 379 00:17:56,700 --> 00:17:58,077 Technically, once he did that, 380 00:17:58,118 --> 00:17:59,953 he was The Artist Formerly Known as Prince. 381 00:17:59,995 --> 00:18:01,914 And, look, I bargained for your services, 382 00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:03,707 but I would never keep you here against your will. 383 00:18:03,707 --> 00:18:05,918 So I can leave and work at another fund? 384 00:18:05,918 --> 00:18:07,795 Oh, we're not there yet. You leaving? 385 00:18:07,836 --> 00:18:10,422 We're still getting to know each other. 386 00:18:13,967 --> 00:18:15,594 Investors are clamoring for a meeting. 387 00:18:15,636 --> 00:18:17,221 - Which ones? - All of 'em. 388 00:18:17,221 --> 00:18:19,598 I'm holding them at bay, but you've got to give them 389 00:18:19,598 --> 00:18:20,974 the new manifesto by the end of the week 390 00:18:20,974 --> 00:18:23,894 or they're going to peel off. En masse. 391 00:18:23,894 --> 00:18:25,771 Should we sound him out about it? 392 00:18:25,813 --> 00:18:28,023 I just don't see the point. 393 00:18:28,023 --> 00:18:30,109 So you've said, but the institutional knowledge... 394 00:18:30,109 --> 00:18:32,820 So you've said. But isn't he someone who's 395 00:18:32,820 --> 00:18:34,363 stuck around too long, like... 396 00:18:34,363 --> 00:18:35,781 Hit me with a ref. 397 00:18:35,823 --> 00:18:38,075 Like Jan-Michael Vincent in Hangfire. 398 00:18:38,117 --> 00:18:39,201 I'll have to trust you. 399 00:18:39,243 --> 00:18:40,911 Believe me, it wasn't pretty. 400 00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:42,913 Even if I wanted to get rid of him, 401 00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:44,456 - the buyout makes it... - Popping a zit 402 00:18:44,498 --> 00:18:47,075 is painful for a moment. But then, you're blemish-free. 403 00:18:47,110 --> 00:18:48,961 Yeah. If it cost me 80 million bucks to pop a zit. 404 00:18:48,961 --> 00:18:50,838 You sound a little sorry we made the call. 405 00:18:50,838 --> 00:18:53,377 - So we make him want to quit? - He has to. 406 00:18:53,412 --> 00:18:55,843 Or has to get fired for cause for us to get out of the deal. 407 00:18:55,884 --> 00:18:58,137 He'll get the idea without us doing anything, 408 00:18:58,178 --> 00:19:00,973 as soon as he sees he has no influence here anymore, 409 00:19:00,973 --> 00:19:03,767 no portfolio, no life. 410 00:19:13,485 --> 00:19:15,195 Why do you want to give me this only to take it back 411 00:19:15,195 --> 00:19:17,114 after you fire me at the end of the day 412 00:19:17,114 --> 00:19:20,325 or week or whenever it is in your calendar for? 413 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:21,910 There's no date for that in the calendar right now. 414 00:19:21,910 --> 00:19:23,745 Your institutional knowledge... 415 00:19:23,787 --> 00:19:25,706 If you shitcan me before you hear everyone out, 416 00:19:25,706 --> 00:19:27,249 you think there'll be a revolt. 417 00:19:27,249 --> 00:19:29,835 - We aren't rushing anything. - Uh-huh. 418 00:19:29,835 --> 00:19:31,587 When do we charge this puppy? 419 00:19:31,587 --> 00:19:32,713 Self-charging. 420 00:19:32,754 --> 00:19:33,839 You wear it 24/7. 421 00:19:33,839 --> 00:19:36,383 To bed. When you work out. 422 00:19:49,229 --> 00:19:51,815 They put drones on our fingers, people, 423 00:19:51,815 --> 00:19:53,483 to watch our every move. 424 00:19:53,483 --> 00:19:55,694 Grip 'em and rip 'em! 425 00:19:55,694 --> 00:19:57,279 It's always the fucking nice guys. 426 00:19:57,279 --> 00:19:58,947 Is there GPS on this thing too? 427 00:19:58,989 --> 00:20:01,063 I like the ring, but not how he did it. 428 00:20:01,098 --> 00:20:03,829 Invasion of goddamned privacy is what it is. 429 00:20:03,864 --> 00:20:04,865 Spying on us? 430 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:06,496 We can't have invaded your privacy. 431 00:20:06,496 --> 00:20:07,831 You invited us in. 432 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:09,166 Each of you gave permission when you launched the app 433 00:20:09,166 --> 00:20:12,127 - and clicked agree. - Everyone always just clicks agree. 434 00:20:12,127 --> 00:20:14,504 - You tricked us! - Not everyone, Tuk. 435 00:20:14,546 --> 00:20:17,132 I put mine on my dog's collar the night we got 'em. 436 00:20:17,174 --> 00:20:19,134 I paid a marathoner friend of mine to wear it. 437 00:20:19,134 --> 00:20:22,304 - Forty-four BPM, baby! - You should've told us. 438 00:20:22,346 --> 00:20:25,849 Those tech geeks only care about themselves. 439 00:20:25,891 --> 00:20:26,934 Not even. 440 00:20:26,934 --> 00:20:29,436 It's each for his own from here on out. 441 00:20:33,232 --> 00:20:34,983 Shouldn't you get in the middle of this? 442 00:20:35,025 --> 00:20:37,945 It's good for them to let it out. 443 00:20:47,036 --> 00:20:49,498 - Hello? - Come on in. 444 00:20:49,498 --> 00:20:50,666 Mr. Mayor, I'm... 445 00:20:50,707 --> 00:20:52,042 I know who you are. 446 00:20:52,084 --> 00:20:54,795 Word went around when you bought your land for your... 447 00:20:54,836 --> 00:20:55,921 sabbatical. 448 00:20:57,047 --> 00:20:58,257 Not a sabbatical. 449 00:20:58,257 --> 00:20:59,758 Just... still the AG. 450 00:20:59,758 --> 00:21:02,135 Just working from the farm for a while. 451 00:21:02,177 --> 00:21:03,971 The air out here, you know? 452 00:21:04,012 --> 00:21:05,138 The clarity. 453 00:21:05,180 --> 00:21:08,308 What matters becomes clear. 454 00:21:08,308 --> 00:21:10,560 What are you working on there, a buck tail? 455 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:11,636 Moose May. 456 00:21:11,678 --> 00:21:13,563 Blackfly season's brutal around here. 457 00:21:13,563 --> 00:21:16,984 Least I can do is land some trout thanks to 'em. 458 00:21:19,402 --> 00:21:21,571 Mr. Mayor, 459 00:21:21,613 --> 00:21:25,575 how is it a resident can fire off military-grade, 460 00:21:25,617 --> 00:21:27,119 albeit antique, weaponry? 461 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,080 Ah, you're talking about Melville Revere, 462 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,416 a prominent and beloved resident. 463 00:21:33,287 --> 00:21:36,003 Well, having commemorative cannonry isn't a violation 464 00:21:36,003 --> 00:21:37,838 of the National Firearms Act. 465 00:21:37,838 --> 00:21:39,423 It is if it's operational. 466 00:21:39,464 --> 00:21:42,301 Well, he also has a state firearms license. 467 00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:44,886 He's a wealthy man with lots of lawyers 468 00:21:44,886 --> 00:21:47,556 and "friends in high places," as they say. 469 00:21:47,597 --> 00:21:52,311 And he has a special waiver from the ATF to use them. 470 00:21:52,879 --> 00:21:55,689 Imagine a private citizen with all that. 471 00:21:55,689 --> 00:21:57,357 Mr. Rhoades, you should know, 472 00:21:57,357 --> 00:21:59,234 Stony Gorge is a quiet hamlet. 473 00:21:59,234 --> 00:22:02,654 It'd be a hell of a lot quieter without all that ordnance. 474 00:22:03,196 --> 00:22:05,532 We mind our own business here. 475 00:22:06,199 --> 00:22:08,785 Town has learned to live with it. 476 00:22:08,785 --> 00:22:10,954 I suggest you do too. 477 00:22:42,235 --> 00:22:44,905 Allow me to stand a round of John Barleycorn 478 00:22:44,946 --> 00:22:46,740 for my new friends and neighbors. 479 00:22:46,782 --> 00:22:47,958 - Hear, hear. - Thanks. 480 00:22:48,019 --> 00:22:50,369 Hmm-hmm. 481 00:22:51,995 --> 00:22:53,747 Great. 482 00:23:05,258 --> 00:23:06,593 Is it just me, 483 00:23:06,593 --> 00:23:09,137 or does it feel like we're living in a war zone 484 00:23:09,137 --> 00:23:11,765 around here at dawn and dusk? 485 00:23:16,895 --> 00:23:18,730 Ah. I guess he's, uh, 486 00:23:18,730 --> 00:23:20,399 one of your own, 487 00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:22,150 so you hold him close. 488 00:23:22,192 --> 00:23:24,236 What he is, is a stuck-up prick. 489 00:23:25,157 --> 00:23:26,947 Well, I know this: 490 00:23:26,947 --> 00:23:29,116 If anyone else was firing field artillery, 491 00:23:29,116 --> 00:23:30,909 he'd be locked up. 492 00:23:30,909 --> 00:23:32,948 So how's he getting a free pass? 493 00:23:32,983 --> 00:23:36,373 Fire department needed a new ladder truck last year. 494 00:23:36,415 --> 00:23:37,666 Guess who bought it? 495 00:23:37,666 --> 00:23:40,589 Police department needs new gear, he ponies up. 496 00:23:40,624 --> 00:23:42,337 - Same with the Little League. - And with the Boy Scouts. 497 00:23:42,379 --> 00:23:44,297 No one will line up against him. 498 00:23:44,339 --> 00:23:45,507 It's too dangerous. 499 00:23:45,549 --> 00:23:47,801 - And could cost too much. - Hmm-hmm. 500 00:23:47,843 --> 00:23:50,362 So he's buying indulgences. 501 00:23:50,397 --> 00:23:52,639 Yeah, but he pays in cash. 502 00:24:02,482 --> 00:24:04,860 I'd really love Chuck to have a look at my opening. 503 00:24:04,901 --> 00:24:06,069 I'll take a look at it. 504 00:24:06,069 --> 00:24:08,280 My judge, he worked for Chuck. Can he... 505 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,282 I know him from Southern. I'll touch base. 506 00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:12,742 I'm handling all matters, Chuck. 507 00:24:15,833 --> 00:24:17,621 _ 508 00:24:21,042 --> 00:24:23,128 Okay. Now I need to do some real listening. 509 00:24:23,170 --> 00:24:25,380 To you. Bottom-line it. 510 00:24:25,380 --> 00:24:26,882 Biggest issue. 511 00:24:26,882 --> 00:24:28,383 You have investors who are wary. 512 00:24:28,383 --> 00:24:31,094 You're a long-hold player in a high-vol game all of a sudden. 513 00:24:31,136 --> 00:24:32,637 They'll get more and more restless 514 00:24:32,679 --> 00:24:34,973 as you find your footing in this hedge fund landscape. 515 00:24:35,015 --> 00:24:36,183 In order to keep the investors, 516 00:24:36,183 --> 00:24:37,309 we need to win the employees. 517 00:24:37,309 --> 00:24:39,060 Right. Which, I think, is in motion 518 00:24:39,102 --> 00:24:41,104 to the extent that we know how to reach them. 519 00:24:41,104 --> 00:24:43,106 But neither of us yet have rhythm with this bunch. 520 00:24:43,148 --> 00:24:44,524 Not our kind of folks, on the face of it. 521 00:24:44,566 --> 00:24:46,693 - But in this game... - They are the best. 522 00:24:46,693 --> 00:24:48,945 Which is what the investors count on. 523 00:24:48,945 --> 00:24:50,197 But the way they've always done it 524 00:24:50,197 --> 00:24:51,656 puts us at risk going forward. 525 00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:54,310 As discussed, we won't allow that stuff to happen. 526 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:56,036 Correct. 527 00:24:56,077 --> 00:24:57,496 And I've tasked the back office with yanking out 528 00:24:57,537 --> 00:24:59,664 the odd remaining bad tooth to turn over to the SEC 529 00:24:59,664 --> 00:25:02,083 so the new company can start fresh 530 00:25:02,125 --> 00:25:03,168 and with trust. 531 00:25:03,168 --> 00:25:04,419 Because the place as-is, 532 00:25:04,461 --> 00:25:06,671 the Commission's not gonna like it. 533 00:25:09,174 --> 00:25:11,843 Speaking of bad teeth. 534 00:25:14,012 --> 00:25:16,806 We need a full compliance report. 535 00:25:18,016 --> 00:25:19,809 Can do. 536 00:25:19,809 --> 00:25:22,896 But once I hand it over, 537 00:25:22,896 --> 00:25:25,690 you're in it, responsible. 538 00:25:26,441 --> 00:25:27,984 That's how it has to be. 539 00:25:28,026 --> 00:25:29,402 What's this? 540 00:25:29,444 --> 00:25:32,572 This is a little filing system that I've just implemented 541 00:25:32,572 --> 00:25:33,823 to separate out our trades 542 00:25:33,865 --> 00:25:37,494 based on how far over the line of securities law 543 00:25:37,494 --> 00:25:39,306 each transaction was. 544 00:25:39,683 --> 00:25:41,248 You know we need a little red meat 545 00:25:41,289 --> 00:25:42,415 to throw the SEC, 546 00:25:42,415 --> 00:25:43,634 something so they know we're committed 547 00:25:43,712 --> 00:25:46,545 to being a clean operation. 548 00:25:47,254 --> 00:25:50,590 Then this is your meat locker. 549 00:25:55,470 --> 00:25:57,389 All that... 550 00:25:57,430 --> 00:25:59,683 is dirty? 551 00:26:16,324 --> 00:26:18,535 Got those books you asked for. 552 00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:21,204 Also a bunch of stuff from the office for you to look over. 553 00:26:21,246 --> 00:26:24,165 You handle it. Better for your development that way. 554 00:26:24,207 --> 00:26:25,292 Uh-huh. 555 00:26:25,292 --> 00:26:26,668 - I think I'm developed. - Hmm. 556 00:26:26,710 --> 00:26:29,296 The line troops would love to hear from you. 557 00:26:29,296 --> 00:26:32,340 - Whenever your sabbatical... - Nope, not a sabbatical. 558 00:26:32,382 --> 00:26:34,342 This clean air gets a person thinking. 559 00:26:34,342 --> 00:26:36,886 - That's what I'm doing. - Okay. 560 00:26:36,886 --> 00:26:39,347 I will handle the work stuff while you think. 561 00:26:39,389 --> 00:26:40,765 - How long do you imagine... - Until 562 00:26:40,807 --> 00:26:43,602 I figure out how to actually get something done 563 00:26:43,602 --> 00:26:46,646 from that chair behind my desk. 564 00:26:46,688 --> 00:26:48,106 You've known me a long time, 565 00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:49,466 and you know I don't shy from battle. 566 00:26:49,499 --> 00:26:51,718 But pointless battle? 567 00:26:51,718 --> 00:26:52,777 It's not my jam. 568 00:26:52,777 --> 00:26:55,071 Neither is losing, being thwarted, 569 00:26:55,071 --> 00:26:56,531 or spitting into the wind. 570 00:26:56,531 --> 00:26:57,741 So, I'll be back 571 00:26:57,782 --> 00:27:00,994 when I see a road to victory. And likely not sooner. 572 00:27:03,997 --> 00:27:05,832 - I'll get to it. - No. Later. 573 00:27:05,832 --> 00:27:08,585 First you can stay and have some hunter's stew. 574 00:27:08,627 --> 00:27:10,629 Nah, not in my diet. 575 00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:12,422 Have a seat, Ms. Sacker. 576 00:27:12,422 --> 00:27:15,008 You can pick around the meat... 577 00:27:15,050 --> 00:27:17,344 and I could use the company. 578 00:27:58,475 --> 00:28:01,221 Email just hit from Melville Revere. 579 00:28:01,221 --> 00:28:02,263 I know the name. 580 00:28:02,305 --> 00:28:04,307 Investor we inherited from Axe Cap. 581 00:28:04,349 --> 00:28:05,558 Oh. 582 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:09,688 Mr. Revere's cannonballs and gunpowder got wet? 583 00:28:09,688 --> 00:28:11,648 The shed where he stores his ammo was flooded 584 00:28:11,690 --> 00:28:13,441 by a stream he shares with a neighbor, 585 00:28:13,441 --> 00:28:15,485 so he couldn't fire off his morning blast. 586 00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:18,029 Not a phrase I use often, but... white people problems. 587 00:28:18,029 --> 00:28:20,532 Truly. And why does he think our little depository 588 00:28:20,573 --> 00:28:22,450 can help with this particular problem? 589 00:28:22,492 --> 00:28:23,702 His neighbor is Chuck Rhoades. 590 00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:25,745 Revere thinks Rhoades flooded him. 591 00:28:25,745 --> 00:28:27,497 And he knows Wendy works here. 592 00:28:27,539 --> 00:28:29,708 He thought the ex-wife would step in? 593 00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:30,917 Talk sense into Chuck? 594 00:28:30,917 --> 00:28:32,711 He thought that since we manage his money, 595 00:28:32,752 --> 00:28:34,421 there might be incentive in that direction, yes. 596 00:28:34,462 --> 00:28:35,797 Did Wendy feel so incentivized? 597 00:28:35,839 --> 00:28:38,425 You know how in, like, old Andy Capp cartoons 598 00:28:38,425 --> 00:28:39,718 when the character curses? 599 00:28:39,718 --> 00:28:42,395 She let out a stream of pound signs and asterisks? 600 00:28:42,437 --> 00:28:43,596 And alphasands. 601 00:28:43,596 --> 00:28:44,723 What we now call the "at" sign. 602 00:28:44,723 --> 00:28:46,015 The verbal equivalent. 603 00:28:46,015 --> 00:28:47,976 - Nice. - Here's the not-nice. 604 00:28:48,017 --> 00:28:50,353 We have to help Revere deal with Chuck Rhoades. 605 00:28:50,395 --> 00:28:52,021 - You do. - I'd rather not. 606 00:28:52,021 --> 00:28:53,273 No, of course not. 607 00:28:53,273 --> 00:28:54,691 But we need the story going around that 608 00:28:54,691 --> 00:28:56,735 we are satisfying our investors. 609 00:28:56,776 --> 00:28:58,278 Going the extra mile or two. 610 00:28:58,278 --> 00:28:59,446 Now is the opportunity for us 611 00:28:59,446 --> 00:29:01,039 to get positive word of mouth flowing. 612 00:29:01,081 --> 00:29:02,157 I'd do it, but... 613 00:29:02,198 --> 00:29:04,451 you'll do it better. 614 00:29:05,285 --> 00:29:07,245 Alphasand. 615 00:29:20,717 --> 00:29:24,429 Look at you, out here in the fenland and fields. 616 00:29:28,475 --> 00:29:30,685 So, you've become a modern day Cincinnatus, 617 00:29:30,685 --> 00:29:34,564 leaving matters of the state for the plow. 618 00:29:34,564 --> 00:29:36,149 I merely needed a break. 619 00:29:36,191 --> 00:29:38,651 A recharge. 620 00:29:38,651 --> 00:29:42,989 I imagine you feel there's unfinished business with me. 621 00:29:42,989 --> 00:29:44,949 But I'm unlike the man who came before me. 622 00:29:44,949 --> 00:29:46,701 I will never give you a legal opening 623 00:29:46,743 --> 00:29:49,329 because I do not break the law. 624 00:29:49,329 --> 00:29:51,664 Billionaires break the laws of decency, 625 00:29:51,664 --> 00:29:54,459 even while obeying the letter. 626 00:29:54,501 --> 00:29:58,338 By definition, having that much is criminal. 627 00:29:59,172 --> 00:30:01,716 A point much open to debate. 628 00:30:01,758 --> 00:30:03,468 But I can be your ally. 629 00:30:05,804 --> 00:30:08,431 I know I owe you a debt. I'm aware of that. 630 00:30:08,473 --> 00:30:10,600 But you should be aware that I am good, 631 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,812 very good, at settling scores. 632 00:30:13,812 --> 00:30:15,730 And what have you come to ask, 633 00:30:15,730 --> 00:30:18,191 in order to deepen that debt? 634 00:30:19,567 --> 00:30:23,404 - Melville Revere. - Oof. 635 00:30:23,404 --> 00:30:25,615 Disagreeable sort. 636 00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:28,117 Entitled in a way I've long tolerated, 637 00:30:28,117 --> 00:30:29,285 but no longer can. 638 00:30:29,285 --> 00:30:30,954 All the same, I'd appreciate it 639 00:30:30,995 --> 00:30:33,039 if you left him alone, spared him further harassment. 640 00:30:33,039 --> 00:30:34,707 He's a Michael Prince Capital investor, 641 00:30:34,749 --> 00:30:36,668 and as such, I'd hate to see him in court 642 00:30:36,668 --> 00:30:38,461 on the other end of one of your actions. 643 00:30:38,461 --> 00:30:40,338 Wouldn't look good for you or me. 644 00:30:40,338 --> 00:30:42,465 Why not good for me, Michael? 645 00:30:42,465 --> 00:30:44,592 I mean, you'd be coming after a place that manages 646 00:30:44,634 --> 00:30:45,844 your father's money. 647 00:30:45,885 --> 00:30:47,011 Good chunk of it, anyway. 648 00:30:47,053 --> 00:30:50,390 He left it in after Axelrod took off. 649 00:30:53,476 --> 00:30:54,644 But, sure, worse for me. 650 00:30:55,824 --> 00:30:59,107 Because when it comes to Michael Prince Capital, 651 00:30:59,148 --> 00:31:01,359 I need it to be... 652 00:31:01,401 --> 00:31:02,861 I need to be 653 00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:05,405 reputationally pristine. 654 00:31:17,584 --> 00:31:21,880 I find myself unwilling to help you. 655 00:31:21,921 --> 00:31:25,383 And when it comes to your client, Revere... 656 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:27,468 you hold his money, 657 00:31:27,510 --> 00:31:29,929 you hold the whole bag. 658 00:31:32,098 --> 00:31:34,809 It's not Cincinnatus you're fashioning yourself after, 659 00:31:34,851 --> 00:31:35,977 I get that now. 660 00:31:36,019 --> 00:31:37,896 It's more Manius Curius Dentatus. 661 00:31:37,937 --> 00:31:40,815 "I see no glory in having money myself, 662 00:31:40,857 --> 00:31:43,693 but in commanding those that do." 663 00:31:47,697 --> 00:31:50,283 I'm less interested in speaking Latin 664 00:31:50,325 --> 00:31:52,285 than in speaking the truth. 665 00:31:54,579 --> 00:31:56,456 Safe travels. 666 00:32:01,544 --> 00:32:02,712 You outta breath? 667 00:32:02,754 --> 00:32:04,839 Walking and talking. 668 00:32:04,881 --> 00:32:07,300 Walking... 669 00:32:07,342 --> 00:32:09,802 and talking. 670 00:32:09,844 --> 00:32:11,262 Rolling calls. 671 00:32:12,388 --> 00:32:13,890 What do you want, Sonny? 672 00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:15,433 Who are you talking to? 673 00:32:15,475 --> 00:32:16,601 You, Sonny. 674 00:32:16,601 --> 00:32:18,311 Why, I'm talking to you. 675 00:32:18,353 --> 00:32:19,896 Well, that's right. 676 00:32:19,896 --> 00:32:21,439 Only you're listening. 677 00:32:21,481 --> 00:32:23,334 And what you need to hear is 678 00:32:23,369 --> 00:32:25,571 take your money out of Michael Prince Capital. 679 00:32:25,606 --> 00:32:27,362 Oh, that fella is sharp. 680 00:32:27,403 --> 00:32:29,405 Of mind and body. 681 00:32:29,447 --> 00:32:30,615 And I'm riding along 682 00:32:30,615 --> 00:32:34,160 expecting some sweet returns. 683 00:32:34,702 --> 00:32:37,163 But thanks for checking in. 684 00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:46,881 It really is ideal habitat. 685 00:32:46,881 --> 00:32:48,841 But I don't see any evidence of actual habitation. 686 00:32:48,841 --> 00:32:52,261 Mm-hmm. Ah, ah. Look. Look it. 687 00:32:53,638 --> 00:32:55,223 Now look. 688 00:32:55,223 --> 00:32:58,017 Those are shell fragments from his cannonballs. 689 00:32:58,017 --> 00:33:00,979 Could this have something to do with it? 690 00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:03,231 It could, but who knows? 691 00:33:03,231 --> 00:33:06,401 There just aren't any bog turtles in this area... 692 00:33:08,319 --> 00:33:09,445 Hey, hey. 693 00:33:09,487 --> 00:33:12,782 Hey, hold it right there, all right? 694 00:33:12,824 --> 00:33:14,951 - This is private property. - For sure. 695 00:33:14,993 --> 00:33:16,744 I'm the neighbor. My property's right over there. 696 00:33:16,744 --> 00:33:18,621 Sir, I'm well familiar with the property line, 697 00:33:18,663 --> 00:33:19,872 and you're over it. 698 00:33:19,872 --> 00:33:20,999 Kindly return to your own land, 699 00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:22,667 or the authorities will be called, 700 00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:24,711 and Mr. Revere will press charges. 701 00:33:24,752 --> 00:33:25,962 Copy. Roger that. 702 00:33:26,004 --> 00:33:28,047 Gotcha. Sure thing. 703 00:33:28,047 --> 00:33:31,009 Will do and a pleasure talking to you. 704 00:33:36,055 --> 00:33:38,824 So tell me about the projects near and dear to your heart 705 00:33:38,859 --> 00:33:41,561 that could use a little funding thrown behind them. 706 00:33:47,567 --> 00:33:50,361 Just back from what I call, 707 00:33:50,361 --> 00:33:52,864 "El Commish," the SEC, 708 00:33:52,905 --> 00:33:54,407 and thanks to my magie... 709 00:33:54,407 --> 00:33:55,950 Glad you sent me with him. 710 00:33:55,992 --> 00:33:57,326 It wasn't that easy. 711 00:33:57,368 --> 00:33:59,162 They slapped us with a six-month probationary period 712 00:33:59,203 --> 00:34:01,998 due to red-flagged ongoing business from before, 713 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,667 especially with ongoing investors still aboard. 714 00:34:04,709 --> 00:34:06,377 They want to send a message. 715 00:34:06,377 --> 00:34:07,587 But like I was saying, 716 00:34:07,587 --> 00:34:10,048 thanks to my magie, there were no fines 717 00:34:10,089 --> 00:34:13,426 or sanctions, merely a brief interlude... 718 00:34:13,426 --> 00:34:14,635 Unacceptable. 719 00:34:14,635 --> 00:34:16,512 If we want the Street, the financial press, 720 00:34:16,554 --> 00:34:18,014 and the investors to stay with us, 721 00:34:18,014 --> 00:34:20,016 we need to be clean. Beyond reproach. 722 00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:21,684 Hey, one thing I've learned: 723 00:34:21,684 --> 00:34:23,186 no one, especially investors, 724 00:34:23,227 --> 00:34:25,021 gives crap number one about any of this. 725 00:34:25,063 --> 00:34:27,273 They just want to know their returns are Street-leading. 726 00:34:27,273 --> 00:34:28,983 They might say they care about ethics, 727 00:34:29,025 --> 00:34:31,569 but as long as the SEC lets us keep the lights on 728 00:34:31,611 --> 00:34:32,695 and we keep the numbers up, 729 00:34:32,737 --> 00:34:34,447 in terms that you would understand, 730 00:34:34,447 --> 00:34:36,240 it's like Tarkanian in Vegas. 731 00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:39,702 Did you tell him to use that line? 732 00:34:39,744 --> 00:34:42,580 No. He must be doing some reading on the outside. 733 00:34:42,622 --> 00:34:43,873 But his point still stands. 734 00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:46,292 Investors just want wins. 735 00:34:50,046 --> 00:34:53,049 If you won't do the full-fat, full-protein version, 736 00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:56,385 gimme at least some leaned-down coaching on a specific. 737 00:34:56,427 --> 00:34:58,387 Business. Not personal. 738 00:34:58,387 --> 00:34:59,806 I am getting paid. 739 00:34:59,806 --> 00:35:01,599 And that is the job for which. 740 00:35:01,641 --> 00:35:03,748 So... yeah. 741 00:35:03,783 --> 00:35:05,895 I need to get to the right decision and approach. 742 00:35:05,895 --> 00:35:07,230 Here's the fact pattern. 743 00:35:07,271 --> 00:35:09,774 Michael Prince Capital is not off to a banner start. 744 00:35:09,816 --> 00:35:12,318 Morale ain't great here at the moment. 745 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:13,528 And the culture... 746 00:35:13,569 --> 00:35:15,279 the legacy culture is even worse. 747 00:35:15,321 --> 00:35:18,991 Now codified by a regulatory black eye. 748 00:35:18,991 --> 00:35:20,868 And the clients. 749 00:35:20,910 --> 00:35:22,328 How do I keep 'em rolling with me 750 00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:24,580 when I can't even spin to the group of people 751 00:35:24,622 --> 00:35:25,832 showing up here each day? 752 00:35:25,873 --> 00:35:28,084 What if you tack with the prevailing winds? 753 00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:30,795 And don't try to stay big or get bigger. 754 00:35:30,837 --> 00:35:32,130 At first. 755 00:35:33,138 --> 00:35:34,841 Shrink capital under management? Is that what you're... 756 00:35:34,841 --> 00:35:36,801 You have a move that bold in your arsenal? 757 00:35:36,843 --> 00:35:39,679 I don't know. It's not the house number in this racket. 758 00:35:39,720 --> 00:35:41,013 Sure isn't. 759 00:35:41,013 --> 00:35:42,807 But what if we weren't attached to the way 760 00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:44,433 it's always been done? 761 00:35:44,433 --> 00:35:46,727 Or to the results. 762 00:35:46,727 --> 00:35:48,855 Or to the feeling we get from 763 00:35:48,855 --> 00:35:49,856 having the most. 764 00:35:49,856 --> 00:35:51,774 What if we detach from all that? 765 00:35:51,774 --> 00:35:53,901 And instead think about... 766 00:35:53,943 --> 00:35:57,488 the process, the holistic form of the place. 767 00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:06,664 What would be the final goal of something like that? 768 00:36:16,257 --> 00:36:19,051 When things reach their ideal Platonic form, 769 00:36:19,093 --> 00:36:21,053 they tend to function well. 770 00:36:21,053 --> 00:36:23,514 And the endpoint reveals itself. 771 00:36:24,891 --> 00:36:26,726 If you don't like the legacy, 772 00:36:26,726 --> 00:36:28,853 change out everything from that legacy. 773 00:36:28,853 --> 00:36:30,438 I'm still just trying to figure out 774 00:36:30,438 --> 00:36:32,982 the right investment approach given the parameters 775 00:36:33,024 --> 00:36:34,192 of the world right now. 776 00:36:34,192 --> 00:36:35,860 And our need to color inside the lines. 777 00:36:35,902 --> 00:36:39,238 Maybe for the first time in the history of this place. 778 00:36:40,323 --> 00:36:42,074 If you have investment problems, 779 00:36:42,074 --> 00:36:43,910 talk to your best investment professional. 780 00:36:43,910 --> 00:36:45,203 I believe I tried. Believe they didn't seem 781 00:36:45,203 --> 00:36:46,996 interested in talking to me. 782 00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:48,956 What if it were their beliefs you needed to change? 783 00:36:48,956 --> 00:36:52,126 About who you are, about the lengths you're willing to go. 784 00:36:52,168 --> 00:36:54,462 And what if you were able to show them 785 00:36:54,503 --> 00:36:58,382 what happens when someone doesn't do it your way? 786 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,720 That's advanced. 787 00:37:10,061 --> 00:37:12,813 I finally figured out how you can be of utility to me. 788 00:37:12,813 --> 00:37:15,316 Ah, my life's dream, fulfilled. 789 00:37:15,358 --> 00:37:18,986 You are sassier than Claudia Conway on Mother's Day. 790 00:37:18,986 --> 00:37:20,613 Okay. 791 00:37:20,613 --> 00:37:21,864 We haven't done the dance yet. 792 00:37:21,864 --> 00:37:25,076 I guess this is us about to do it. 793 00:37:25,117 --> 00:37:27,119 I'm your object lesson to them, huh? 794 00:37:27,161 --> 00:37:31,207 Shitcan my ass, they get scared and get 'er done for you. 795 00:37:31,207 --> 00:37:32,750 This was never gonna work. 796 00:37:32,792 --> 00:37:35,127 But I'm not going to pay you in full. 797 00:37:35,169 --> 00:37:37,797 Axe may have set a booby trap with your deal... 798 00:37:37,838 --> 00:37:39,173 Oh, he did. 799 00:37:39,173 --> 00:37:40,549 He rigged a real Bouncing Betty. 800 00:37:40,549 --> 00:37:43,010 $80 million dollars after the sale upon my firing. 801 00:37:43,010 --> 00:37:45,513 So if you are here with a pink slip, I accept. 802 00:37:45,554 --> 00:37:47,932 But nothing if you quit or get fired for cause. 803 00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:49,267 Which is why I'm clocking in and out 804 00:37:49,308 --> 00:37:50,935 like I'm on the factory floor at GM. 805 00:37:50,977 --> 00:37:52,979 And I would even pass a piss test right now. 806 00:37:52,979 --> 00:37:54,563 Sure, I get it, you're not gonna give us cause. 807 00:37:54,605 --> 00:37:56,440 But, by the same token, I'm not going to do you 808 00:37:56,482 --> 00:37:58,943 the favor of firing you to the tune of 80 million bucks. 809 00:37:58,985 --> 00:38:00,861 Why not? You can afford it. 810 00:38:00,861 --> 00:38:02,590 But not how I do business. So. 811 00:38:03,190 --> 00:38:04,190 Let's haggle. 812 00:38:04,190 --> 00:38:06,742 Eighty cents on the dollar. I walk for 64. 813 00:38:06,742 --> 00:38:08,786 Ten cents on the dollar. 814 00:38:08,786 --> 00:38:09,870 Eight million? 815 00:38:09,870 --> 00:38:12,123 I wipe my ass with eight million. 816 00:38:12,123 --> 00:38:13,916 Nine if I've had an açai bowl. 817 00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:16,127 - Seventy. - Twenty. 818 00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:19,171 You're only succeeding at strengthening my resolve. 819 00:38:19,213 --> 00:38:20,840 I see that. 820 00:38:22,008 --> 00:38:23,551 Look, I give you forty million. 821 00:38:23,592 --> 00:38:27,763 We're free, but it sucks a little for both of us. 822 00:38:27,805 --> 00:38:29,807 The definition of a real compromise. 823 00:38:29,849 --> 00:38:31,851 So, agreed? 824 00:38:37,648 --> 00:38:40,026 Oh, damn, 825 00:38:40,067 --> 00:38:42,903 this isn't really about the money. 826 00:38:42,903 --> 00:38:44,864 You need this job. 827 00:38:44,864 --> 00:38:47,074 The place to go, 828 00:38:47,074 --> 00:38:48,659 the sense of purpose. 829 00:38:48,701 --> 00:38:50,077 Maybe it's the ticker scare, 830 00:38:50,119 --> 00:38:52,288 but I'm thinking money isn't the main thing. 831 00:38:53,035 --> 00:38:54,874 Or maybe it's that I'm greedier than I thought, 832 00:38:54,915 --> 00:38:58,327 and want all of it. But I 833 00:38:58,794 --> 00:39:01,922 don't think I'm gonna settle. 834 00:39:01,922 --> 00:39:03,007 Nope. 835 00:39:03,049 --> 00:39:04,592 I'm gonna hold out for the full pop. 836 00:39:04,633 --> 00:39:07,094 And, yes, you could put me out to pasture and pay me, 837 00:39:07,136 --> 00:39:10,222 but here's what you don't know... 838 00:39:10,264 --> 00:39:12,058 Get Scooter in here. 839 00:39:22,943 --> 00:39:25,321 Tell me what you've learned about the team. 840 00:39:25,321 --> 00:39:28,908 Victor Mateo comes off streetwise but went to Yale. 841 00:39:28,949 --> 00:39:31,827 Low double-digit returns average over his career. 842 00:39:31,869 --> 00:39:33,913 Ben Kim, Stanford grad. 843 00:39:33,954 --> 00:39:35,206 Solid fundamental approach. 844 00:39:35,247 --> 00:39:36,624 Risk averse, but improving. 845 00:39:36,665 --> 00:39:40,086 Tuk Lal, close immigrant family, overachiever. 846 00:39:40,127 --> 00:39:41,379 Bonnie Barella, 847 00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:43,506 a bit uncommitted, has gone firm to firm... 848 00:39:43,547 --> 00:39:44,548 You done? 849 00:39:44,590 --> 00:39:47,968 Because you could get that weak shit from LinkedIn. 850 00:39:47,968 --> 00:39:50,221 The things you don't know are, 851 00:39:50,688 --> 00:39:53,282 Victor acts like he's a capo in the 6th Mob family 852 00:39:53,317 --> 00:39:55,434 but translates French literature in his spare time 853 00:39:55,434 --> 00:39:57,061 and he has taken a personal vow 854 00:39:57,103 --> 00:39:58,687 never to have a down year for his clients 855 00:39:58,687 --> 00:40:00,856 because that's how he proves to his dead father 856 00:40:00,898 --> 00:40:03,025 he's the better man. 857 00:40:03,067 --> 00:40:04,735 Ben Kim got a perfect score on his SATs, 858 00:40:04,735 --> 00:40:07,154 but he feels like he's the dumb one in his family. 859 00:40:07,196 --> 00:40:10,153 His mother's alive, but she already haunts him. 860 00:40:10,188 --> 00:40:12,785 That nice guy thing is cloaking a giant ambition 861 00:40:12,827 --> 00:40:15,830 that needs to be unleashed. 862 00:40:15,871 --> 00:40:17,039 Tuk Lal. He tried to date 863 00:40:17,081 --> 00:40:18,916 the prettiest girl in his high school, 864 00:40:18,958 --> 00:40:20,251 but she fucking crushed him. 865 00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:21,502 Told him he was a loser. 866 00:40:21,544 --> 00:40:23,254 He's desperately afraid she's right, 867 00:40:23,254 --> 00:40:25,131 and won't stop until he's rich as Gatsby 868 00:40:25,172 --> 00:40:26,298 to prove her wrong. 869 00:40:26,298 --> 00:40:28,008 And Bonnie, she is tribal. 870 00:40:28,050 --> 00:40:29,343 She hates outsiders 871 00:40:29,343 --> 00:40:32,054 and considers basically everyone an outsider. 872 00:40:32,096 --> 00:40:33,431 But once you're in, 873 00:40:33,472 --> 00:40:36,183 you'll see that under that pistachio shell exterior, 874 00:40:36,183 --> 00:40:37,476 she's got a giant heart, 875 00:40:37,476 --> 00:40:39,186 and she'll protect you like a mama badger. 876 00:40:39,228 --> 00:40:41,543 Oh, and she's terrified of ending up alone, 877 00:40:41,578 --> 00:40:43,774 which can be marshaled into making her into an earner 878 00:40:43,816 --> 00:40:45,901 of the first fucking order. 879 00:40:47,069 --> 00:40:48,612 Damn. 880 00:40:48,612 --> 00:40:49,905 Okay. 881 00:40:49,947 --> 00:40:51,824 Okay. We get the point. 882 00:40:51,824 --> 00:40:53,534 You know what moves the squad, 883 00:40:53,534 --> 00:40:55,035 what makes them rattle and hum. 884 00:40:55,035 --> 00:40:56,162 That's right. 885 00:40:56,203 --> 00:41:00,499 And also... Yes. 886 00:41:02,799 --> 00:41:05,337 I need this place. 887 00:41:05,379 --> 00:41:08,507 Like Gere needed OCS in Gent. 888 00:41:08,549 --> 00:41:10,926 But you fuckers need me too. 889 00:41:10,926 --> 00:41:11,927 Maybe. 890 00:41:11,969 --> 00:41:14,221 But trust is the problem. 891 00:41:14,221 --> 00:41:17,141 Oh, over time, 892 00:41:17,141 --> 00:41:19,477 I'm sure you'll earn my trust. 893 00:41:22,229 --> 00:41:24,648 They keep saying that. 894 00:41:29,612 --> 00:41:31,155 You said you wanted to see us. 895 00:41:31,155 --> 00:41:34,200 Yes, my old friends... 896 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:36,535 Listen, you motherfuckers, 897 00:41:36,577 --> 00:41:39,955 it's being said I've outlived my utility, 898 00:41:39,997 --> 00:41:41,290 that I'm a right-hand man 899 00:41:41,332 --> 00:41:42,791 in search of a man to be that hand to. 900 00:41:42,791 --> 00:41:45,211 But I am not done. 901 00:41:45,211 --> 00:41:46,420 I've still got some fight left, 902 00:41:46,462 --> 00:41:49,048 some money to make, and a next act to play. 903 00:41:49,048 --> 00:41:50,341 Maybe you're all still upset 904 00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:51,926 that things aren't like they were. 905 00:41:51,967 --> 00:41:53,844 Bwah-fucking-hah. Get over it. 906 00:41:53,844 --> 00:41:56,597 We've got a new general. And while I too have been burned 907 00:41:56,639 --> 00:41:58,349 by the rug pull and the spying, 908 00:41:58,390 --> 00:42:00,643 well, that worked out for me, I guess. 909 00:42:01,557 --> 00:42:02,728 You'd better get in fucking step 910 00:42:02,770 --> 00:42:04,563 and start acting like the mercenary army 911 00:42:04,563 --> 00:42:07,107 of professional moneymakers that you are 912 00:42:07,107 --> 00:42:08,400 and get set to kill for him, 913 00:42:08,442 --> 00:42:10,861 or else this place is going to turn into 914 00:42:10,861 --> 00:42:12,738 Parris Fucking Island. 915 00:42:12,738 --> 00:42:15,908 - What's that... - Look it up! 916 00:42:19,036 --> 00:42:21,539 Just having a team-building exercise. 917 00:42:21,580 --> 00:42:25,417 Ready to start rowing in the same fucking direction, sir. 918 00:42:25,459 --> 00:42:27,670 Excited about it! 919 00:42:27,670 --> 00:42:30,589 We're gonna need everyone downstairs. 920 00:42:32,258 --> 00:42:34,134 I thought Sam Kinison died. 921 00:42:34,176 --> 00:42:37,721 Wags 2.0 requires the next update. 922 00:42:40,182 --> 00:42:42,226 'Bout fucking time someone showed 923 00:42:42,226 --> 00:42:44,103 some clankers around here. 924 00:42:44,144 --> 00:42:45,729 I'd like to welcome all of you, 925 00:42:45,771 --> 00:42:48,399 our investors who have placed such trust in our firm 926 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:49,567 over the years. 927 00:42:49,567 --> 00:42:52,194 Even before it was this specific firm. 928 00:42:52,236 --> 00:42:54,664 One of the things I brought to our organization 929 00:42:54,704 --> 00:42:57,032 is a moral barometer. 930 00:42:57,074 --> 00:42:58,909 I understand that these employees 931 00:42:58,951 --> 00:43:00,327 give many of you comfort. 932 00:43:00,369 --> 00:43:02,246 They've managed your money well. 933 00:43:02,288 --> 00:43:03,497 They've grown it. 934 00:43:03,539 --> 00:43:06,584 They've protected you against downside exposure. 935 00:43:06,625 --> 00:43:09,003 But things must develop 936 00:43:09,003 --> 00:43:11,589 and evolve and change, 937 00:43:11,589 --> 00:43:14,091 and I can no longer allow this place to be 938 00:43:14,091 --> 00:43:17,261 peopled with compromised individuals. 939 00:43:20,222 --> 00:43:21,807 Do I fire them all? 940 00:43:23,309 --> 00:43:24,685 Start clean? 941 00:43:24,727 --> 00:43:27,646 Even as I have made a promise to lift them up 942 00:43:27,688 --> 00:43:30,691 and train them in my way of doing things? 943 00:43:30,733 --> 00:43:33,485 Or is there another way to rebuild, retool? 944 00:43:33,485 --> 00:43:35,863 Another attachment to cast off? 945 00:43:35,863 --> 00:43:38,115 I would love if there were a different way 946 00:43:38,115 --> 00:43:39,325 instead of firing us. 947 00:43:39,325 --> 00:43:40,576 Why don't you shut the hell up. 948 00:43:40,618 --> 00:43:42,536 - No. - None of that, Victor. 949 00:43:42,578 --> 00:43:45,956 Enough firepower is pointed in his direction. 950 00:43:45,998 --> 00:43:48,459 In all of your direction. 951 00:43:48,459 --> 00:43:49,877 And if I fired all of you, 952 00:43:49,877 --> 00:43:52,200 but kept the incentive structure the same, 953 00:43:52,235 --> 00:43:54,340 the next batch of analysts and portfolio managers 954 00:43:54,340 --> 00:43:56,717 would end up in the exact same place. 955 00:43:56,759 --> 00:43:59,261 It's the root cause that has to shift. 956 00:43:59,261 --> 00:44:01,972 Uh, in what way, Prince? 957 00:44:04,808 --> 00:44:07,811 Let's look at the prevailing winds. 958 00:44:10,981 --> 00:44:14,943 The prevailing feeling in the country about wealth. 959 00:44:15,694 --> 00:44:17,946 I think it's largely right. 960 00:44:17,946 --> 00:44:19,490 Too much is concentrated 961 00:44:19,490 --> 00:44:21,450 in the hands of too few. 962 00:44:21,450 --> 00:44:23,452 But let's not blame those who manage 963 00:44:23,452 --> 00:44:24,787 that wealth for them. 964 00:44:24,828 --> 00:44:27,665 Let's instead look to those who profit the most. 965 00:44:27,706 --> 00:44:29,625 As one of them, I understand the temptation 966 00:44:29,667 --> 00:44:31,502 more than almost anyone can. 967 00:44:31,502 --> 00:44:32,753 And it's true. 968 00:44:32,753 --> 00:44:35,631 Many of the wealthiest have misused their resources. 969 00:44:35,631 --> 00:44:38,384 Many have cut corners. 970 00:44:39,385 --> 00:44:41,261 We will not. 971 00:44:41,303 --> 00:44:43,138 In fact, we won't take their money. 972 00:44:43,138 --> 00:44:46,141 I'm not firing them, my employees. 973 00:44:46,141 --> 00:44:48,185 I'm firing you, my investors. 974 00:44:48,227 --> 00:44:50,437 Which is why I've called you all in. 975 00:44:50,437 --> 00:44:53,190 We have checks drawn and wire confirmations on hand 976 00:44:53,190 --> 00:44:54,483 for your redemptions. 977 00:44:54,525 --> 00:44:56,568 Thank you for your business, and should you reach 978 00:44:56,610 --> 00:44:58,654 our new standards for ethics in business, 979 00:44:58,696 --> 00:45:01,031 perhaps we'll meet again. 980 00:45:02,074 --> 00:45:03,242 Mr. Rhoades. 981 00:45:03,283 --> 00:45:05,536 This is no mark against your character. 982 00:45:05,577 --> 00:45:07,830 But I can't keep you either. 983 00:45:08,789 --> 00:45:10,749 You're giving me the bum's rush? 984 00:45:10,791 --> 00:45:12,501 I think it's best for your familial harmony 985 00:45:12,543 --> 00:45:15,254 and our morale right here. Thank you for your belief. 986 00:45:15,295 --> 00:45:18,215 If this is some leftover rancor against my son, 987 00:45:18,215 --> 00:45:19,425 know this, 988 00:45:19,425 --> 00:45:21,009 my little Willow will grow up 989 00:45:21,051 --> 00:45:24,513 with revenge on her mind. 990 00:45:24,555 --> 00:45:26,473 Like Beatrix Kiddo? 991 00:45:26,515 --> 00:45:28,225 If that's some young girl 992 00:45:28,267 --> 00:45:31,228 squaring family accounts and some such, 993 00:45:31,228 --> 00:45:33,897 then fuck yes. 994 00:45:33,939 --> 00:45:36,327 Melville, thank you for your business. 995 00:45:36,362 --> 00:45:38,838 Hold on a second, I'm in a wholly different... 996 00:45:38,873 --> 00:45:39,878 Different but the same. 997 00:45:39,978 --> 00:45:42,197 The controversy you're in the middle of, it's too hot, 998 00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:43,615 and you're on the wrong side of it. 999 00:45:43,657 --> 00:45:44,908 But it's also your company. 1000 00:45:46,090 --> 00:45:47,685 We don't want a security contractor 1001 00:45:47,720 --> 00:45:49,663 who sells pepper spray and rubber bullets around here. 1002 00:45:49,705 --> 00:45:51,749 We don't want to make you richer. 1003 00:45:51,749 --> 00:45:54,376 Well, I give not a shit. 1004 00:45:54,418 --> 00:45:57,254 There are 100s of companies who will beg for my money! 1005 00:45:57,254 --> 00:46:00,716 - They will. No doubt. - He-he. 1006 00:46:00,758 --> 00:46:04,553 But I am hereby creating The Prince List, 1007 00:46:04,553 --> 00:46:06,722 which involves shedding all the dirty capital 1008 00:46:06,764 --> 00:46:08,432 currently invested. 1009 00:46:09,351 --> 00:46:11,393 From now on, 1010 00:46:11,393 --> 00:46:13,562 clients will have to qualify to invest with us. 1011 00:46:13,562 --> 00:46:15,856 The SEC has blessed this approach 1012 00:46:15,898 --> 00:46:19,109 and given us a clean bill of health. 1013 00:46:19,151 --> 00:46:20,402 We're flipping the paradigm. 1014 00:46:20,402 --> 00:46:22,571 Instead of proving our worth to the investors, 1015 00:46:22,571 --> 00:46:24,490 our investors will have to prove their worth. 1016 00:46:25,220 --> 00:46:27,159 As a pension fund. As a company. 1017 00:46:27,201 --> 00:46:28,452 As a union. 1018 00:46:28,494 --> 00:46:30,662 As a family. 1019 00:46:30,662 --> 00:46:32,498 As human beings. 1020 00:46:32,498 --> 00:46:34,833 We'll take a hit at first, to be sure. 1021 00:46:34,833 --> 00:46:36,710 But we'll be able to hold our heads up high. 1022 00:46:36,752 --> 00:46:41,173 So we flake off what, like, a third for appearances? 1023 00:46:41,215 --> 00:46:43,217 I'm not an appearances guy. 1024 00:46:43,258 --> 00:46:44,593 No. 1025 00:46:44,593 --> 00:46:47,971 We flake off every investor but one. 1026 00:46:48,013 --> 00:46:49,264 This one. 1027 00:46:49,264 --> 00:46:50,933 We like the New York Firefighters. 1028 00:46:50,974 --> 00:46:52,935 We'd like to keep investing for you. 1029 00:46:52,935 --> 00:46:55,813 Well, it's our pleasure to stay. 1030 00:46:59,733 --> 00:47:02,152 I'll let the rest of you head on out. 1031 00:47:09,618 --> 00:47:12,621 He's never leaned into corner-cutting or dirty edge. 1032 00:47:12,621 --> 00:47:14,790 He's resisted it, in fact. 1033 00:47:14,790 --> 00:47:16,124 So he will ride with us, 1034 00:47:16,166 --> 00:47:19,336 and we will rewrite the way this industry works. 1035 00:47:19,336 --> 00:47:22,840 And I'll need all of you to help me do it. 1036 00:47:22,881 --> 00:47:25,509 And we'll do it together. 1037 00:47:25,551 --> 00:47:27,553 Oh, and so you know, if you continue wearing your rings, 1038 00:47:27,553 --> 00:47:31,515 the data will be available only to you. 1039 00:47:31,515 --> 00:47:34,434 It may feel like we just cut our capital by two-thirds, 1040 00:47:34,434 --> 00:47:35,894 but, remember, 1041 00:47:35,894 --> 00:47:38,146 the one thing billionaires hate 1042 00:47:38,146 --> 00:47:40,107 is being left out. 1043 00:47:40,148 --> 00:47:42,067 Excluded. 1044 00:47:42,109 --> 00:47:43,277 So sit back 1045 00:47:43,277 --> 00:47:47,072 and watch how badly people want to get on the Prince List. 1046 00:47:56,331 --> 00:47:57,583 Ballsy fucking move! 1047 00:47:57,583 --> 00:48:00,377 That's a goddamned badass, right there. 1048 00:48:02,379 --> 00:48:04,381 You hope the billies will want in. 1049 00:48:04,381 --> 00:48:06,758 Damned straight. 1050 00:48:17,394 --> 00:48:20,272 That cannon has fired its last salvo! 1051 00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:24,526 Now I have asked you all here to join me 1052 00:48:24,526 --> 00:48:26,361 in taking our town back! 1053 00:48:27,069 --> 00:48:29,948 Yeah! 1054 00:48:33,994 --> 00:48:35,954 You've caught me on the wrong day 1055 00:48:35,996 --> 00:48:37,372 for this brand of bullshit. 1056 00:48:37,414 --> 00:48:40,626 Excuse me, let me explain. 1057 00:48:42,002 --> 00:48:44,463 Mr. Revere, I'm from the State Department 1058 00:48:44,463 --> 00:48:46,006 of Environmental Conservation. 1059 00:48:46,006 --> 00:48:48,759 Endangered bog turtles have been discovered 1060 00:48:48,759 --> 00:48:50,719 nesting in your marshland. 1061 00:48:56,725 --> 00:48:58,185 It's wonderful news. 1062 00:48:58,703 --> 00:49:01,307 But it certainly won't allow for any more of this cannon fire. 1063 00:49:01,342 --> 00:49:03,899 This is a Temporary Restraining Order, 1064 00:49:03,941 --> 00:49:06,276 ceasing their fire. 1065 00:49:08,028 --> 00:49:09,613 You don't think I got where I am 1066 00:49:09,613 --> 00:49:11,490 by just accepting other people's visions 1067 00:49:11,490 --> 00:49:12,741 for how I live my life, do you? 1068 00:49:12,783 --> 00:49:14,701 - Sir, I don't care... - The answer to that 1069 00:49:14,743 --> 00:49:19,331 is a stiff-necked Yankee "fuck no." 1070 00:49:19,331 --> 00:49:20,749 Nat, what the hell is going on? 1071 00:49:20,749 --> 00:49:22,584 Are you really going to let this... 1072 00:49:22,626 --> 00:49:24,920 interloper come in here 1073 00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:26,004 and mess with a local? 1074 00:49:26,046 --> 00:49:27,881 I'm fabric of the community. 1075 00:49:27,923 --> 00:49:29,925 None of them has ever complained. 1076 00:49:29,967 --> 00:49:31,760 Well, Melville, that's the thing, 1077 00:49:31,802 --> 00:49:33,804 the whole town has signed a petition. 1078 00:49:33,804 --> 00:49:35,263 They want it to stop. 1079 00:49:35,263 --> 00:49:36,390 I want it to stop. 1080 00:49:36,431 --> 00:49:38,058 Well, I'll have my day in court, 1081 00:49:38,100 --> 00:49:39,810 and we'll see if this bullshit holds up... 1082 00:49:39,851 --> 00:49:41,103 Take your best shot, sir. 1083 00:49:41,103 --> 00:49:42,980 But the courts are very supportive 1084 00:49:43,021 --> 00:49:44,564 of threatened species... 1085 00:49:44,606 --> 00:49:46,066 You're going to be a threatened goddamned species 1086 00:49:46,108 --> 00:49:47,776 if you don't get off my property. 1087 00:49:47,818 --> 00:49:49,653 Now that right there 1088 00:49:49,695 --> 00:49:51,655 is a species unto itself: 1089 00:49:51,697 --> 00:49:54,199 the entitled billionaire. 1090 00:49:55,659 --> 00:49:59,287 He and those like him are why I find myself farming 1091 00:49:59,329 --> 00:50:00,914 and not prosecuting. 1092 00:50:01,779 --> 00:50:03,125 Because while I might be able to tangle with 1093 00:50:03,125 --> 00:50:04,918 and prevail against a billionaire 1094 00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:06,837 as a private citizen 1095 00:50:06,878 --> 00:50:08,839 with common sense 1096 00:50:08,839 --> 00:50:10,090 in the name of nature 1097 00:50:10,132 --> 00:50:12,092 and the will of these fine people 1098 00:50:12,134 --> 00:50:13,719 by my side... 1099 00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:15,646 ...I certainly can't as the Attorney General 1100 00:50:15,720 --> 00:50:17,639 of the State of New York 1101 00:50:17,639 --> 00:50:21,393 with the pathetic laws at my disposal. 1102 00:50:26,148 --> 00:50:28,525 Oh, and you all be sure to drop by 1103 00:50:28,525 --> 00:50:30,610 and try my sweet corn when it comes in. 1104 00:50:35,574 --> 00:50:37,784 Hook 'em up, get 'em out of here. 1105 00:50:37,784 --> 00:50:40,412 That's right! Ha ha! 1106 00:50:44,833 --> 00:50:46,668 You wanted your war, you got it. 1107 00:50:52,883 --> 00:50:56,094 Ah, what do you say to one last for old time's sake? 1108 00:51:02,809 --> 00:51:04,770 Fire in the hole. 1109 00:52:34,005 --> 00:52:37,842 - synced and corrected by sot26 - www.MY-SUBS.com