StartUp

-Investigating the disappearance of Agent Pierce.

- Before you take off, better burn your passport.

Payment method. These accounts are empty.

Uh, excuse me.

This right here is the real deal.

Why each of you?

- I'm past due with Jey-Jey. We need that cash yesterday.

- Gonna have to make a choice, lil' homey.

I took my entire hood's stash,

and I gave it to this little girl.

That's how much I believe in GenCoin.

That... is why.

- You guys hungry? We're gonna go to dinner.

- Okay, how... how about I write you a check?

Get me on a flight, and cash it when I'm gone.

- You know what I can do for you. Come on.

You know what I can do to you.

I need to see the money.

Door.

I'm just famished.

Oh, good.

- Haven't eaten in a week. Thank you.

- Startup schedule, huh? - Yeah. That's it.

Thank you.

Great. So, this is your spot?

Uh, yeah, when the occasion demands.

- Thanks. Oh, it demands, Alex.

Thank you.

- Mr. Bell. - Hey, Tony.

Lovely to see you. - Thanks for getting us in so last minute.

-Ah, we've opened this lovely bottle for you tonight.

Superb with our specialty app, veal and wild mushroom terrine.

Sounds great.

Celebrating anything special tonight?

Oh, we are, in fact.

I'm about to tell these three

that I'm gonna fully finance their startup.

- Wow. - It's called GenCoin.

It is the future of currency.

That sounds fascinating.

Let's do two of those bottles?

Absolutely. And a round of old fashioneds.

Actually, you know, just Coke is good for me, dawg.

- Oh, okay. - Three old fashioneds and a Coke.

Actually, I'll have a Coke, too.

What the hell? Coke is delicious.

Absolutely.

Thank you. - And let's get, like, one of everything on the menu.

Perfect. Enjoy.

- He's a good waiter. - Alex, are you serious?

- What do you mean? - Fully finance?

- Oh. That. Sure. Why not?

We need to talk about our funding schedule.

I want to stay ahead of any competition,

'cause RadCoin launches in less than a month.

-Yeah, let's talk about it. -Yeah, but they're full of bullshit.

You said it yourself.

- First to market, all that matters.

That's true. Very important.

- But you know what? - We could talk about that,

sign some paperwork in the morning.

- Tonight, let's celebrate. - That's easy.

- Yeah. - That's easy.

- Yes. Very nice. Yeah.

So, you own this place?

- Mm, just the building. The club came with it.

- Excuse me. - "Just the building."

Huh. It's not really my scene, but hey.

Sometimes it's good to celebrate. Right.

You gotta do what you gotta do. Yeah.

How long have you owned it for?

Whoo! Alex!

Woo-hoo! - Hey, hey.

- Hello. - Hi.

- Hi, babies. - Perfect.

Hello, ladies. Welcome, welcome.

Guys, this is Lucy, and this is Kristina.

They work the bar downstairs.

- Hi. - Hi.

You guys finish your shifts already?

- Thank god. - I'm not even working tonight.

I just came to hang.

- Well, then, I want you to meet Izzy, Nick,

and that intense gentleman over there is Ronald.

I'm financing their company.

Congratulations. That's amazing.

- Thank you. - Yeah, that's great.

-He's a good egg. -Mm. Sounds like we should be celebrating, huh?

- What does it look like we're doing? I mean out there.

On the dance floor. -I don't dance. You know that.

- Oh, whatever. - You always say that.

And it's always true.

You look like you dance.

- I give off that vibe, huh? - Mm-hmm.

If I like the music, I dance.

If I don't like the music, no dancing.

Do you like the music here?

Yeah. I love the music.

- Good. - Let's go dance.

- Okay. - We're gonna go dance.

I've gotta take a piss.

Nico walked me through your code.

It made me wanna code again.

- You don't code anymore? - No.

Uh, no time, really. But I miss it.

I miss being creative, you know? Hands-on.

-Well, it doesn't look like you're doing too bad without it, though.

It's all relative.

Cheers. - Mm.

- You know, I'll admit it. I've been trying to figure

something like this out for a long time.

Something like GenCoin?

-Yeah. I mean, there's so many other ones out there.

Ever since BitCoin hit the scene

and all those other open-source peer-to-peers,

all I could think was...

if you made one that was closed-source... -Impervious to corruption.

-Yes! To human nature altogether. -Exactly.

- No one could crack it. No one's code was stable enough.

- It took me five years to write.

Well, seven, if you count all the drafts that imploded on me.

You're special, Izzy.

Don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise.

- We need shots! - Gimme!

- Tequila. - Tequila, tequila.

- Could I... could I get a water as well, please?

You need agave water.

- How about some limes for this drink?

Hey there.

- Hey, hey. Oh, dude. - He'll be right back.

- Okay, I'll be right... Hey. Hey.

What? -Hey, just listen, all right?

Don't look right off. - All right.

- Some massive shit's been going on right here.

- What do you mean? - Vera at that booth right there

with some Russians, been getting all chummy all night.

Now, don't make a thing.

Bruh. - What?

That's a thing.

What you did right there, that was a thing. -All right. I know. I got it.

-Don't make a thing, just look. -I got it. All right.

Dude, I don't know. She's talking to some guys with big arms. Whatever.

-They packing. I can tell by the way they sat back down, dawg.

- I mean, you're... Aren't you packing?

So, you think they're, like... - They clipped up.

And it ain't just the heat, dawg.

Lots of folks been comin' and goin' all night, dawg.

Lots of business bein' discussed. -Ronald?

I want you to listen to me.

You have to have some fun. - Hey, dawg, all I'm sayin'...

- Come on! Listen. This is it.

We got GenCoin financed. You did that.

We're gonna change the world. Can't you just enjoy that?

Nicholas!

- Let's go dance! - Hey. Hey.

Yeah!

Hey.

- Hi. - What are you doing up?

Couldn't sleep.

- Okay. Well, I gotta work tomorrow, so...

Izzy.

What?

Are you okay?

Yeah.

-'Cause... when you didn't come home last night...

Dad, I'm 25.

- Mm-hmm. But you owe money.

I took care of it.

You sure?

- It's handled. Everything is good.

You hungry at all?

You're hungry.

How 'bout I cook us some breakfast?

Is it gonna cure my hangover?

It's a good start.

Hey!

I'll buy you some more.

No. I mean, give me one.

Take that.

- Mm. I'm not doing anything fancy here, okay?

That's cool.

- Your mother always intimidate me when it comes to cooking.

It's demoralizing. -I don't even like her scrambled eggs.

Yours are better.

- Really? - Don't tell her.

- Remember when we used to do them with cinnamon sugar?

Yeah, that's why I like them.

Pour it up. Wah-wah.

Yes.

You still got it, old man.

Mm.

Mm.

Mm.

So, you're good?

I'm fine, Dad.

I got a new backer, and he's gonna take care of all our debts.

What?

No more, okay?

Asking the wrong people for money.

Your mother and I... - I know, Dad. I know.