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Then l's take Nigeria.

Teddy spends alltime over there,

a country with immense deposits of oil, shale, and silver.

And what did the stockholders get out of it?

Nothing.

Teddy was doing humanitarian work.

Was there a stripper in need of CPR?

- There was a Hurricane. - Where is he now?

- Myanmar. - Myanmar?

Also known as burma.

What's he saying?

What's he saying?

Drive! Drive!

And what is Teddy doing in Myanmar?

He's on a goodwill tour.

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- Why... - Ladies and gentleman, order! Please.

I now own 15% of maidstone-Rist stock.

Doesn't it seem odd that the co-ceo of this company

can't be bothered to attend a board of directors meeting?

Teddy intended to be here. He's been waylaid.

Blond or brunette?

The situation's a lot more complicated than that.

With Teddy, it always is.

But I see one man's excesses

destroying a vibrant company.

I move that Teddy Rist be forced to resign, effective immediately.

Please.

Mr. Chairman, I ask for a second.

- I second the motion. - Thank you. I call the vote.

First we debate.

Then we'll vote.

All right,

I think it's obvious to everyone around this table...

- That we have. - Dewitt. You don't have the floor now.

I do.

Sit down.

Certainly, Philip.

Have your say.

Teddy Rist has been my partner in this company for eight years.

He's been my best friend for even longer.

The last 12 months have been extremely difficult for him.

- For all of us. - Financial troubles aside, Dewitt,

you didn't struggle through a very public,

very messy divorce and the death of a son.

Since then,

Teddy has been going tough a... a sort of metamorphosis.

But he also.

Well, take Burma.

As you all know, we took a pummeling in the press for our associations there.

Teddy was at this big gala.

He was receiving the man of the year award.

He went into the press room expecting to field a couple of softball questions.

Mr. Rist, tomorrow a British NGO, the Burma Campaign,

are going to add your company to the Dirty list.

Dirty list? Are you flirting with me?

The Dirty list exposes corporations who do business

with the oppressive military regime in Burma.

No, I think you must be Mistaken. We don't do business in Burma.

Mr. Rist recently signed a multimillion-dollar

partnership with the chiang company in China.

They are also involved in oil and gas exploration in Burma.

These sites use forced labor. How do you respond?

I'm gonna have to get back to you on that one. Just

- make sure you leave your number. - Wait a minute, Rist.

Are you saying you don't know anything about this?

Answer the woman.

Guys, I...

Thank you very much.

Morning, Teddy.

There's a very angry mob of villagers with Pitchforks at the door.

I know. Philip's waiting in your office.

This is all i could get since when you called

Late last night while I was on a date.

This meeting is now. I need headlines. Myanmar, Government.

There was a military coup in the'60s. The Junta's ruled ever since.

It's turned out to be more George Orwell 1984 than my little pony.

There's a government in my little pony?

Maybe. I don't know.

Either way, they did have democratic elections in 1990.

- But the woman who won. - A woman won?

Daw May lin wai.

She won the election but she's bee hold under house of arrest for 20 years

Well, that not very my little pony, is it?

Well, the burmese consider her a National hero,

kind of like gandhi under lock and key.

Myanmar or Burma, which is proper?

Depends on who you ask.

Whichever one doesn't piss her off.

The military regime renamed the country Myanmar, so...

Burma. Good, easier to say.

Why didn't I know about this deal?

What?

Do you ever read anything I put on your desk?

- I was in Nigeria. - Teddy, I need to know.

Are you still in nigeria, or are you back at work full-time?

Nice press conference.

I thought I gave some very interesting answers.

- I... - I'm drawing up a statement,

something along the lines of "Maidstone-Rist " is in full support of

human rights "and would never knowingly partner ompany that does business with"

I knew.

Philip, I thought the three of us agreed we wouldn't put profit over.

Our contract with the chiang company has nothing

to do wi their presence in Myanmar.

- Myanmar? - Otherwise known as Burma.

The land of forced labor camps, child exploitation,

and mass rape by the military. People there are poor and dying.

And when they speak out they are thrown in jail and tortured.

Babe, I can see that. But I can also see that their ecomy is

circling in the toilet. So wouldn't providing jobs help the burmese?

No. I think we should sever our ties with the Chiang company.

We have an iron-clad contract with the Chiang company.

Besides, this venture provides anti-corrosive chemicals to Detroit.

We need this deal to happen. America needs this deal to happen.

I feel a salute comingn.

You saw in Nigeria how an oppressive government can destroy the people.

You talk to him and convince him? He's as much your husband as he is mine.

I would, except that I agree with him.

Sanctions don't work.

The United States for bids American companies

to do business directly in Burma.

Really would like to believe that's not the only reason

Maidstone-Rist doesn't have an office there.

Well...

You married her.

- May lin wai. - How much do you know about her?

Just that she's amazing.

What,'96 Chicago Bulls amazing or sex on a white water raft amazing?

Her husband was visiting France hoping gain European support for their cause.

The Myanmar secret police shot him.

He was on his deathbed. You know what she did?

She stayed in Burma,

never saw him again. The love of her life.

May lin wai knew that the government wouldn't let her go home if she left.

And she cares more about a free Burma than she does herself.

I should try and meet with her.

What?

Clearly, we've got a global PR Nightmare on our hands.

The company's credibility is lower than last week's Dow Jones.

Perhaps lin wai is the... The one to turn this around,

if we can get her blessing.

You wouldn't be able to see her. She's locked her house surrounded by soldiers.

But you would agree?

That we should go along with whatever lin wai recommends?

Teddy, don't do thisor me.

Don't worry.

I'm not.

On to Yangon.

Rangoon.

The Strand hotel?

- Very, very nice. - Yeah, we'll go there...

Soon as you take us over to May lin wai's house.

May lin wai?

May lin wai.

- Did I say it wrong or something? - No one sees May lin wai.

Even the road is closed off.

- Get us as close as you can, then. - Cost extra,

400 kyat.

Fine.

Just give me a receipt?

- This is too far already. - Lin wai's house is...?

- I'm gonna need you as a translator. - What? No, no, no.

I'll pay you.

400 rean.

No, no, no.

Fine.

- He's crazy, yes? - Clinically insane.

Sorry.

You speak English, my friend?

Lizard.

Took our luggage.

He won't get far. I'll call the taxi company.

What the guards didn't know... Couldn't know...

Was that they had set off a chemical reaction in Teddy...

Adrenaline, hormones, dopamine.

Every sinew in Teddy's body

was focused on saving the Chiang deal

and helping the burmese people

and seeing Lin Wai.

The guards had told Teddy he couldn't do something.

Nobody tells Teddy Rist what he can and cannot do.

Yeah.

It's about time you showed up.

- You got me fired. - Fired?

So I suppose you're going to tell me the sob story

about your wife and seven kids?

No wife, no kids, I live with my sisters.

Hey, you like young girls?

16 year old, 12?

- You pimping your sisters? - Not yet.

But I need money.

What, a tip?

You're joking, right?

You got me fired, man.

You're lucky that's all we did.

Who do we know at the Myanmar ruling council? I want to set up a meeting.

Thank you for taking the time to see me, General Nguyen.

Not many would recognize Teddy Rist in Myanmar,

but I have access to sensitive material.

The good, the bad, or the obscene?

I have read volumes about you.

- Would you like to have a look? - Yes, please.

Crikey.

All of this is sensitive?

Clip, clip, clip.

My favorite.

Dear.

Yes, this was the one that I censored

in my office too.

I have many treasures.

Well, you are a man of considerable power.

And since you have access to...

so much information, I clearly don't have to tell you about Maidstone-Rist.

Beyond our partnership with the Chiang Company,

we're very interested in laying the groundwork for...

further investments in your beautiful country.

I mean, these sanctions, they...

They can't go on forever, can they?

I'm even thinking of buying a property here,

- you know, a home away from home. - Very nice.

Yes, I hear the Lake Inya area is very pleasant.

There is... there is one...

One road in particular that's very quiet and peaceful.

It's College Street.

I was hoping to get permission to go there.

Mr. Rist,

- College Street is off limits. - I mean...

Out of respect for my friends at the Chiang Company,

let me know if there's anything else I may help you with.

Thank you.

Teddy's next stop was the International Red Cross.

Since one of your doctors gives Lin Wai a complete physical twice a year,

I was kind of hoping you might be able to schedule the next one for this week,

and I could tag along as an orderly or something.

We did do a medical exam.

But after the troubles last year, the junta revoked all our privileges.

Thank you.

Mia, what are you doing here?

- Can you help me? - Yes, of course.

As you all know, a child in distress awakens emotions in Teddy...

- Emotions he can't ignore. - What's wrong with her?

Her kidneys have been failing for weeks.

She needs a kidney transplant

today or tomorrow at the very latest.

What's holding you up?

We need a fully equipped hospital, not my little clinic.

And does this girl really look like her family could afford a bed

at the yangon hospital?

Well, how much do...

do kidney transplants cost these days?

That will do it, right?

Or do you need my kidney too?

We paid for this child's kidney transplant?

No, Teddy paid out of his own pocket

for the transplant, the hotel suite,

even the honor bar.

Teddy was still determined to see May Lin Wai,

and he sent Dax to investigate the guard situation.

- Yeah? - Can I come in?

Okay.

So I just came back from Casing College street.

Fantastic. Just tell me everything you saw, quickly.

Well thankfully, there's a lot of people in the street for some, water festival.

So those guards, they got to multitask.

But to get over that blockade,

we're gonna have to create a diversion.

I love diversions.

We need a new plan.

Yeah.

Our diversion needs a diversion.

Excuse me.

- Teddy broke the law. - Technically, yes.

And put the life of a Maidstone-Rist employee in jeopardy.

Jeopardy's in Dax's job description.

Okay, but Teddy put himself in jeopardy.

Is that in his job description?

You are?

Teddy Rist.

And you are May Lin Wai.

Has the water festival started yet?

I don't know what that is.

It's our celebration of the new year.

As a child,

I looked forward to the festivities more than I did my own birthday.

How long have you been imprisoned in this house?

I don't count the days.

But more than a decade, right?

We moved in right after we were married.

We were happy.

We raised our children here.

When did you last see them?

Like I said, I don't count the days.

I do.

You've lost someone.

I don't like to use the word "lost,"

as if I'd misplaced the car keys or something.

Hide there. Now.

You are wondering why I still stay here,

my every movement monitored, when I can just leave the country.

My desire...

is for a humane and democratic Burma.

My presence is not necessary for that to happen.

But I do want to be present the day freedom comes.

So as to your question,

"who does the embargo and sanctions hurt,

the junta or the people?"

Thank you.

Yes, should my company be aligned

with a company that does business here?

Being locked up hasn't granted me great moral knowledge.

Sugar?

But I am a buddhist.

I believe in a world of loving kindness and compassion.

The dictator is also a buddhist,

but he mistakes what is in his head for what is real.

Lemon or milk?

Lemon, please.

"Moha"we call it.

The inability to differentiate different states of consciousness.

Like you, perhaps.

Me?

From what you've said,

I sense you are suffering through a deep tragedy,

but you don't know what you feel.

You act,

but you don't know why.

You are, in a way, like me, a prisoner in your own house.

No disrespect, ma'am, but I...

I didn't come here to be psychoanalyzed.

I just came for a simple answer to a simple question.

What should my company do?

I must walk my own path, not yours.

I will not tell you what to do.

You must find your own morals and follow them.

And run.

Teddy was lucky to lose the guards because the water festival had started.

The little girl, Mia, did she get a bed at Yangon hospital?

She did, but, the donor, her father, has not shown up yet.

If he does not arrive by tomorrow...

Where is he?

He works in the old ruby mine up near Mogok.

There's a lot of checkpoints along that way, and I'm worried

that perhaps he might have been detained at one of them, or...

maybe he has not even been released yet from the mine.

I'll speak to General Nguyen.

General Nguyen sent some troops around here earlier looking for you.

He wants to let you know your friend... he's been arrested.

What have they done to you?

Nothing that wouldn't happen in a precinct in the South Bronx.

I'm going to go see General Nguyen, get you sprung.

I ain't got no problem with that.

- Be right back. - Hey, you see Lin Wai?

Yeah.

I saw her.

Your friend punched a duly authorized soldier.

Dax doesn't speak the language.

He didn't understand that they were simply trying to help

So...

did you have an enjoyable chat with May Lin Wai?

Tell me when Dax's troubles go away?

Do you know Kate Winslet?

That's all I have with me.

Do we have a deal?

He can go.

There is something else.

I met a little girl that needs a kidney transplant.

Her father is the donor.

But he works in a ruby mine up in...

Mogok.

We're concerned that he may have been detained.

And, frankly, she is running out of time.

I could arrange a pass to get through the checkpoints to see him at the mine.

No, I wasn't thinking of going up there myself.

I was hoping you might make a phone call.

The phone lines are down. I'll give you a pass.

That'll be great.

But then I couldn't release your friend.

And why is that? Because you need more money?

More money is good, but I'm a practical man.

I'm a general in a country stuffed with Generals.

We keep one eye on the people and one eye on each other.

A single favor goes unnoticed. But two,

a General with more stars gets suspicious.

You must choose...

The donor

or your friend.

Teddy Rist has many talents,

but his greatest gift is with people.

And he has an uncanny ability to pick the right person

for the right job at the right time.

Sometimes the choices aren't always so obvious.

Hitting your sister isn't nice.

- Lousy American. - Half Arican, lousy half-brit.

What do you want?

I'm here to offer you a job.

Teddy knew he was headed into a moral abyss,

and he knew he had to take someone with him with no morals.

Like any good CEO, Teddy always has long-term plans

and a backup strategy.

If neither pans out, he knows how to roll with it.

Hey, come on. I need you to translate.

No.

Yes, we're gonna pick up Mia's father,

and you're gonna drive the both of us to Yangon hospital

- I want money to drive back. - We had a deal.

- It's too bad. - Somehow I knew you'd say that.

Pay now. Pay now.

English. Do you speak english?

English?

I've come to see a Mr. Tung.

Tung, come to see Mr. Tung.

Mr. Tung.

Tung.

Who are you?

I'm Teddy Rist. I come for a Mr. Tung.

He's due in Yangon for his daughter's surgery.

Are you with the doctors?

No. I am with General Nguyen.

Tung asked for permission to go. I refused.

If he doesn't get there immediately,

his daughter will die.

The state peace and development council

has placed me in charge of this mining operation.

We are a business.

We cannot lose a worker anytime he chooses to take a trip.

Are you listening to me?

She will die.

My hearing is excellent, Mr. Rist.

You know, I'm...

I'm a businessman too, actually.

I run a company that deals in resources,

everything from uranium to niobium. I know the value of good workers.

I know that when it comes to mining,

the younger, the better.

So...

How'd you like to make a trade?

Tung, Mr. Tung?

I'm gonna take you to your daughter to Mia.

- Mia? - To Mia.

Easy.

All right! All right!

It's okay. Come on.

No, she's coming with me.

- Come on. - No.

No, she's part of the deal.

She's coming with me.

Only one.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

"By jupiter", said Gizmo.

"It's a gigantic spider's web."

Can I call you back in ten minutes? I'm just finishing a story with Terry.

Yeah, sure.

What's wrong?

No, I...

Teddy, I can hear that something's wrong.

The junta. They run these ruby mines.

They're known as pigeon's blood rubies.

The people working there, they...

Well, the conditions are brutal.

I want to break the contract with Chiang.

I want no part of this hellhole.

Enough.

We've all heard enough.

Teddy chooses randomly

to dump a multimillion-dollar contract,

inviting lawsuits and the wrath of the chinese government.

I say we vote.

First we recess.

Dewitt, my office, please.

I've known from the moment you started accumulating stock

in Maidstone-Rist what you were up to.

You want to be CEO.

Philip, I always thought Teddy was the only one

at the company with balls.

But you...

Teddy gets all the press while you do all the work.

Flattery, it's always a nice tactic.

Not a tactic...

Fact.

I never implied any mismanagement on your part,

but I am critical of excess, Teddy's excess.

So what is this, divide and conquer?

No. I intend to run this company with or without you,

but I prefer you stayed.

I pass. And you should be worried about whether you stay.

By my count, I'm one vote short of a majority.

As chairman,

I have the right to table the vote,

put it in committee, bury it

for six months.

But I don't want to look at your face any longer than I have to.

Here's my best and final offer.

You let me finish telling them about Burma.

Then we can vote.

All right.

Don't worry.

I've got access all areas.

You know, access all areas,

backstage at a rock concert.

Forget it.

General Nguyen.

What are you doing?

What you do... What's he doing?

Ask him what he's doing.

- What's he say? - General Nguyen arrested.

Pass no good.

What do you mean, General Nguyen arrested?

Take it easy. We're nearly there.

I can't have you arrested or worse, hurt.

Drive! Drive!

We picked the father up not far past the checkpoint.

He is in the prison with your friend.

You make a lot of noise, Mr. Rist.

It's a condition I've had since childhood.

So what's it going to take to move the party along?

I've got cash.

I am not General Nguyen Selfish and self-satisfied.

A few hundred kyat do not matter to me.

I want what is best for Myanmar.

I've got a few suggestions.

I am told that you are severing your partnership

with the Chiang company.

They are very angry, and in turn, we are very angry.

And when we are very angry,

we have no time to think of an american in prison for punching a soldier

or a dying girl waiting for her father

who will never appear.

Severing our partnership with the Chiang company, no, no.

No, something must've gotten lost in translation there.

We're increasing our end by half a million.

How reasonable you are...

Teddy.

Dax.

You went to go get him before bailing me out?

I knew you could survive this place.

Pi you're like walking kevlar.

Had you gotten me released, Teddy, I could've helped you.

See, you don't think about that.

All right, I guess at the end of the day,

I get paid to protect you, right?

I mean, you don't get paid to protect me.

Given what was at stake here,

what did you expect me to do?

Come on. Let's get out of here.

Rist.

Help me.

Teddy did the right thing, the moral thing,

the financially responsible thing.

He may not have done it in the standard way,

but that's what makes him good at his job.

That's

what makes this company so successful.

Theodore Rist

and Philip Maidstone

are a team.

And we're not gonna let you hurt what we've built

or the folks that work for us,

who depend on us.

So...

Let's vote.

All those in favor of the motion set forth...

I hear you still got a job.

For now,

thanks to Phil,

who, by the way, is delighted that I strengthened the contract

with the Chiang company.

You want to know what Lin Wai said to me?

What?

She said that I should make the decision

based on my own morals.

How's that for irony?

The trouble was, of course,

that I was facing two moral dilemm at exactly the same time.

And I chose the life of one little girl.

So why do I feel so terrible?

Lin Wai also said

that I was living a life of illusion...

Like a dog chasing a stick.

Every time the stick is thrown,

I just run after it,

rather than turning around to face whoever tossed it.

Is she right?

Am I living a life of illusion?

'cause I think I see the world exactly as it is.

I think there is oy one reality.

I miss my little boy.

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