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I'm thinking of the incredible breakthrough

which has been made possible by developments in communications.

Particularly, the transistor

and, above all, the communications satellite.

These things will make possible

a world in which we can be in instant contact with each other

wherever we may be.

It will be possible in that age

perhaps only 50 years from now

for a man to conduct his business from Tahiti or Bali

just as well as he could from London.

In fact, if it proves worthwhile

almost any executive skill

any administrative skill, even any physical skill

could be made independent of distance.

When that time comes

the whole world will have shrunk to a point

and the traditional role of the city as a meeting place for man

would have ceased to make any sense.

In fact, men will no longer commute.

They will communicate.

- For fuck's sake. - We're not late!

No, I know, but I'm gonna throw up.

Okay.

I got it...

Shit.

It's good.

that forward Mats Sundin is the sleepiest of all out there.

He's a proven NHL talent, but not scoring like the Leafs need him...

Your nine o'clock is here.

- Where's Brock? - His office.

Mr. Balsillie, you wanted to see this...

Talk to Shelly.

I finally understand that quote.

"When you grow up, your heart dies."

That's from Breakfast Club. John Hughes.

Do you hear that?

Yeah.

Are you talking about that buzzing?

It's an office. I'm sure they've got a million little buzzes.

It's a subtle buzzing.

There.

You've identified it.

What?

"Made in China." The mark of the beast.

- Mike? - I can't concentrate.

And so what? You're gonna fix this?

I'm gonna fix it.

Now's not the time. The meeting starts in, like, two minutes.

Now's not the time...

I need, like, a paper clip.

That's a guy's thing. That's a guy's fucking thing.

It has no off switch.

I mean, it's just always on, so it's just always buzzing.

Yeah.

Well...

Okay. Yeah, go fast.

You can tell him, he's not gonna get steel.

Alloys, Harry.

I'll call you back.

They're outside.

These guys really are Dutch, huh?

Listen, Rick, I... I've thought about this a lot.

And if these guys take the deal

I wanna run the new division.

Think you can run this place?

Yes...

Me too.

Just so we're clear

if this thing doesn't go, we never had this conversation.

Great.

Thank you.

There's one adjustment.

Apparently, the Americans offered them some fancy tax-splitting plan.

So, we need to show them the Canadian version.

- I don't have that. - I know.

Callaghan worked something up last minute.

We're gonna bring him in to explain it.

Callaghan?

You know what? I think that's a bad idea.

Why is that?

I'll tell you what, Rick.

Why don't you have Callaghan explain the tax thing to me?

And I'll just work it into my pitch. I think that's better.

Callaghan was up all night putting this together as a favor to me.

- Okay... - He gets to present.

Rick, I mean...

You're gonna have this guy present to Stork?

I mean, he looks like a...

a fuckin'... a total goof.

Jim.

I'm not asking.

Okay, great.

Okay, bald, scary-looking guy walking towards us right now.

- Goddamn it! - Mike?

Got it.

- Watch the fuck out! - Oh, shit!

Sit down...!

Much better.

Yeah. What can I do for ya?

Yes. Hi. I'm Mike Lazaridis, CEO of Research In Motion.

We create various computer hardware systems

using both custom-designed integrated circuits

as well as off-the-shelf components provided by major hardware vendors

such as Intel, American Micro Devices and Cyrix.

Our clients have included U.S. Robotics, Rogers Cantel

- RAM Mobile Data... - Just a second.

Hey, you're on Callaghan's desk, right?

Okay, great. This is Jim Balsillie.

Brock wanted me to do a quick proof of that tax stuff before the meeting.

Could you bring me a...

Exactly. Okay, great. Thanks.

Okay.

What is this?

So, we had a shop teacher...

Fuck.

- who told us... - Sorry.

We had a shop teacher in high school named Mr. Micsinszki who told us

"The person who puts a computer inside a phone

will change the world."

Well, we have a plan to piggyback

on the unused bandwidth of the UHF spectrum

to create an all-in-one mobile device.

Callaghan's assistant is here

- to see you? - Send him in.

Great.

Sorry, Mr. Balsillie. No one...

I didn't realize you needed a copy of this tax report...

Yeah, I'm in a meeting right now.

So, basically

there is a free wireless Internet signal all across North America

and nobody has figured out how to use it.

There's free Internet in this room right now.

It's like the Force.

Sorry, have you seen Star Wars ?

No.

So, okay, picture a pager

a cell phone and an email machine all in one thing.

We call it PocketLink.

Okay. Listen, we don't do anything like that here.

We are a commercial manufacturing company.

You want to talk to a VC guy.

And you need a better name.

You're gonna cry? Mike.

It's just disappointment?

- Yeah. - You did great!

Well, I saw that Rick sent the limo to pick you guys up.

We must need this merger worse than I thought.

So, I know we have a lot to cover, but...

I thought we should start with our tax strategy.

Now, I'm sure you heard it from the Americans

but let me assure you

we also know how to cheat on our taxes here in Canada.

Okay?

Here's what we can do.

We run payroll out of Ontario

but we pay all our vendors from the Netherlands.

We split that fucker right in half.

The left won't know what the right is doing.

Plus, we get a nice little provincial kickback on manufacturing labor.

We get a massive federal tax credit

because they don't know whether we're private or public.

Beam me aboard.

Taken prisoner and held captive

within the digital world of the computer itself.

Hello?

Hello.

So, what you're saying is that you just touch and talk.

You can use your cellular phone to order me a pizza.

And that includes fifty minutes of airtime.

We'll page you.

It's very hip to be on the internet right now.

Hack the planet!

Hack the plan...

I still think Apple has a future.

The way out is not to slash and burn, it's to innovate.

Okay, here's what I think.

Mike, super simple.

Hit them with the "good news, bad news" routine.

"Good news, bad news" routine. Right?

They're gonna say... Mike!

Wait!

Everything's gonna be fine.

We still have the U.S. Robotics deal.

We're like a... What did the cave say about Aladdin?

"Diamond in the rough."

- Fuck! - What?

I forgot the easel.

We have to change the name. Product needs a new name.

You're giving that guy way too much credit, man.

He hasn't seen Star Wars . He's bald.

How much you wanna bet they don't even mention the phone?

Are you "Office Dad"?

Dude! Okay, make a... make a thing.

- Make a "Scott sucks"... - I can't...

That's why I'm using your computer.

"21BoyCanada."

That's me.

This guy's telling me about sniffing his...

sniffing his...