The first 200 lines.
No, Clive, I completely understand what you're saying,
but the market cannot keep contracting forever.
It is gonna bounce, and you know it's gonna bounce.
And when it does, the equity goes from 8% to 12.5%, 15%.
No questions. You know it.
Fat fuckin' head's right in front of me!
I'm sorry. I'm in New York.
It's full of bloody lunatics.
Yes.
Yes, no, what I'm trying to do
is maximise an asset in a fluid and dynamic market.
No-one laughs like that.
Gentlemen...
..I... I have to call you back.
Risible, divisible, invisible.
If you're invisible, how come we can all fuckin' see you?
Hey? Shut up! Shut up!
Touched you. Huh? See? Hand doesn't go through!
Bar's open, guys.
The usual, sir?
James, phone, please.
This isn't gonna work.
I'm this close to securing a major business deal,
and I can't do it in a place like this.
He fuckin' scratched my Jimi Hendrix!
Well, Jimi Hendrix is no mutant. Boxing match? Boxing match?
Trevor. I'll have that.
You're a dead man! Touch it again, I'll rip your fuckin' head off!
Let's go kick a ball out here. Come on.
Back.
Sorry. Uh, you were saying?
Yeah.
I'm one Skype meeting away, and we're talking a huge investment here.
Millions in.
So, what do you need? Your computer? Yeah.
Hey! Hey!
I'm guest coach for my nephew's team on Wednesday night.
Sean? Yeah. Seanie.
You got your day leave? Yeah.
15 of the little shits. Want to join me?
Oh! Sorry, mate. I've got tickets to a concert.
Better not be that U2 gig, bro, or I'll have to bash ya.
Just joking. I need my laptop and an office.
Preferably somewhere with a bit of privacy.
Linda's your go-to on that.
Thank you very much.
I'm sorry, James. All our offices are in use.
Oh, it doesn't have to be an office. It could just be a room.
Without padding. He gets a room, so do I.
You have a room, don't you? Oh, yes, I have a room.
But I am sharing it with this guy.
I'd love to help, James, but I'm afraid it's a no can do.
Linda. Listen.
I know that you're responsible
for the employment of a whole lot of people here,
and I understand, of all people, how serious that responsibility is.
I'm responsible for the welfare of many, many people.
I've got people.
And I have to secure a very important business deal
and I need a very quiet space to do it in.
I don't see your name on a lot of the lists for group attendance.
Why don't you give mindfulness and depression meditation a go?
Starts in 10 minutes.
I'll tell you what.
Linda, you give me a room and I'll do the groups.
Deal?
I'll tell YOU what.
When you attend groups, then we'll see what's possible.
I want you to take whatever it is -
it could be a thought,
could be an unpleasant feeling -
and just pop it on a cloud.
Oh, that's it. Yeah. Yeah.
Just pop it on a cloud.
And observe the cloud as it carries it away.
Ohh!
Jacinta resigned this morning without notice.
Right, and I'm sure the compo claim you shafted her on
had nothing to do with that.
I'd do the shift myself if I could, but, as you know,
I have other responsibilities.
OK, come on. Let's go downstairs.
I love that meditation.
I feel so much better.
Now, about that room.
One activity won't do it, I'm afraid.
Excuse me?
Mmm.
Oh!
What are you doing?
Just checking you haven't topped yourself.
Stop it!
Oh! I'll fuckin' top YOU, man!
Alright. Night-night, boys.
I can't sleep thanks to you and your fucking torch!
Hey, language. Just go have a cup of tea.
Go, go!
James!
What's the British pound doing?
Oh. Give me my phone and I'll gladly let you know.
I'm gonna need that room.
Did you talk to Linda? Oh, yes.
That woman's a human handbrake. There is always one, isn't there?
Can we work around her?
Come and see me in the morning.
OK. Got to get out of here.
I'll end up like her.
Oh, shut that up!
I'm trying to fucking sleep!
OK, mate. Give me 10 minutes. I'm just heading into the office now.
Rightio.
Fuck, yeah! Oh, come on, come on!
This is on the quiet, OK? Of course. Thank you.
And it's not exactly an office. Wait! You're giving him an office?
Well, I'm the one trying to run a business, mate.
I've got business. Where's MY office?
Shut up! Listen to me.
I'll give you access to my computer if you keep this on the quiet. Deal?
15 minutes, locked door, no interruptions.
I think what's important is that we hammer out proposals three and four.
Are you looking at those? Exac...
Hey.
Huh. Teddy.
Dad.
What are you doing here? How did you get in?
The nurse let me in.
What are YOU doing here?
I'm trying to have a Skype meeting in a broom cupboard.
No, Dad, what are you doing HERE?
I'm, uh...
..just having some time out, that's all.
In a psych ward?
It's your mum.
You know what she's like. She overreacted.
But it's the...
..it's the only way she'll be sure that I get some rest.
Did you try and kill yourself?
What?!
No! God, no.
You know I'd never do that.
Why'd I hear her tell Nan you did?
Because something happened and now everyone's upset.
You overdosed.
What was it, ice? No.
Coke? Heroin?
Nothing like that.
It's...
The doctor gave me some prescriptions.
And...
..I mixed them up a bit.
And I mixed them with the wrong things, and it was just an accident.
Then why are you here? It's your mum.
She...
..wants me to do three weeks or else.
But it's not gonna be three weeks.
Be one, max. Just you watch.
Or else what?
Oh, you... you look worried.
You don't need to be worried. Don't be worried.
Everything's gonna be alright, mate. Everything's gonna be alright.
Do what Mum says and...
..stay the three weeks.
OK?
Deal?
A deal, mate.
It's a deal.
Hello, gents? Gents, have I got ya?
Oh, shit.
Come on! Oi!
Where's my computer access, man?
You will get your computer access after I have finished this meeting.
Thank you very much.
Hello? Have I got ya?
Hey!
We had a deal! Alright. Shit.
Don't flake out on me, man. Come on!
Hey! Come on.
Hey! Hello? Will you shut up?
Oi! Will you shut up?!
Shut up!
Shut the fuck up!
Crazy fuckin' psycho.
Shut the fuck up!
I'm gonna have to hit you up for that room again.
One more meeting, this deal is done.
Mmm.
Not sure your laptop's in any state for a Skype meeting, is it?
Oh, I can use my phone.
It'll be 10 minutes, max.
How long do you reckon you can keep this up?
Well, I came here on the condition
that I could stay in contact with my partners.
Who are in London working on a property deal for you
with no idea where you are.
Yes, but they don't need to know that, do they?
And I can't have them thinking that I'm, uh...
..well, you know.
Like that? Yeah.
Let me ask you a question.
If you're not like that, then why are you here?
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