Investors (Investitorii)

We still have an audit?

I don't know, I'm on acquisitions.

-What's with this rose? -What rose?

This one.

Tavi, quit playing around.

I think you have a secret admirer.

And who could this secret admirer be? Did you happen to see him?

I don't know, but I think he's one of those well built guys,

smart, handsome, with a devastating smile.

-Did Dorian Popa come by? -You killed me.

-Did you hear the news? -I did.

Yeah, and with the striker suspended I still think we'll end in a tie.

Not that, the delegation of investors.

Stoian is wandering the halls with some French guys.

-And? -And, aren't you happy?

If they buy us you could be promoted to Intra-European acquisitions.

-Yeah? -Yeah.

Mr. Eugen, how are you? Did you learn how to write?

Horsey, are you spying on me or doing quality control?

-Workers' protection? What is it? -God forbid! But what are you doing here?

-I'm working, man. -How?

What are you up to, inspecting the assembly line? Anything?

Mr. Eugen, I know how dedicated you are to this job.

Under your watch how could anything less than the best quality

come out on that conveyer belt?

Well done.

I made the dinner reservation for tonight, okay?

Oh, man, the game!

Hey, be careful with what you're about to say.

Guys, so, Silvi and I agreed that if I have personal plans,

I have to let her know at least 24 hours ahead of time.

So, I can't…

So, is she your wife or your boss?

What's the difference?

Horsey, buddy, do you have any idea how the economy works?

Silvi will kill me.

Do you think these guys are playing for nothing?

We have to drink beer.

If we don't drink beer,

how are the guys at the beer factory gonna get paid?

Man, did you really not think about their families?

-I'm sorry, were you saying something? -No, go ahead.

Do you want those families to suffer?

They have kids, they have dogs, they have kitchen roaches.

-Silvi will still kill me. -Come on.

-Great, it's settled. Cast it. -And…

One, two, three, go.

Check it out, it's a big one.

What are they doing there? Something special?

It's… it's for luck!

Let's go to work.

For anything in particular?

It's just… It's Romanian tradition.

Good day, sir.

They also applaud at landing, it's a Romanian tradition.

-So this is a Romanian tradition? -Yes. That's what it is.

Shall we continue?

Come on, they'll put you on the five o'clock news!

-No, man, I don't think so. -Come on.

-How's it going? -Good afternoon.

Hello.

How do you feel about the French are downsizing?

-I say go for it! -Really?

Sure, Romanians don't do anything in this country.

Let the foreigners do it, they can do the roads,

they can do the downsizing, they can do…

They can increase wages for the people!

Tell them even sugar's gotten more expensive.

Get out of here, man, get going!

What do you have to say about the fact

that one of the conditions is laying off 400 employees?

That's great. There's no way they'll fire me,

I have six kids, four with the same mom.

What do you have to say to your kids, now that their dad will be unemployed?

What was that? Get out of here!

Are you angry with the company's management?

I'm angry at you! Who said you could film me?

Who gave you permission?

-Come on, go! -Yeah, get out of here!

What's your back-up plan?

My back-up plan? To shove this down your throat.

-Get out of here! -Who gave you permission?

-Who did? -Hey, Horsey!

-Take it easy. -Pieces of shit!

-What's wrong? Calm down. -Why did you knock down my scooter?!

I thought it was theirs.

LIITLE PARIS IN THE HEART OF ROMANIANS

What do you have to say to your kids,

now that their dad is going to be unemployed?

Who said you could film me? Hey, stop filming me!

Get out of here!

Bravo, man!

Foreigners can't just do whatever they want in our country!

Because if King Stefan the Great, when he stood down the Turkish Pasha,

if he'd been okay with downsizing,

you know, we wouldn't even have laid down arms in '44, and now?

-Don't even think about it. -Come on, Eugene, put the game back on!

-Okay, hang on. -Fuck the news!

-Go. -Hang on.

Get it!

That's it!

-There we go. -It's all us, boys.

-Go. -They're kicking first, right?

No, your mother.

-What are they doing? -It was so close.

It was right there.

-Who's got it? -Ionita, of course.

-Come on, Gica, yes! -Let's go. Get ready.

Hang on.

Go.

And goal!

-Well done! -My God.

-Now if he misses, we win, right? -That's it.

Come on, that's it! Go team, go Craiova!

We really worked today.

Do I smell like alcohol?

If I smell like alcohol, Silvi will kill me.

Man,

if anyone has the nerve to fire you…

I'll turn in my resignation.

They're nothing without us.

No way, man, there's no way they'd fire people with our experience.

How are they gonna get rid of me, of you… us?

That's right.

We have to let you go.

The new investors are reducing personnel by 40%.

Too bad.

Well, that's market economy, right?

You know, I've got someone in mind. You guys know Razvan, the fat guy?

I keep saying, "look at that guy, look how slow he is!"

No. Razvan is staying. He's minimum wage.

We have to let you go.

What do you mean you're letting me go?

It wasn't an easy decision.

But I'm glad you're handling this in a mature way.

I'll knock you right out, jackass.

I know where you live. I'll get you taking out the trash.

You can't fire me. I'm in the union.

Unfortunately the union can't do anything

because there isn't a collective work agreement.

Collective work agreement?

Yes. If you had signed a collective work agreement

I could've worked something out, but now…

Maria spits in the soup!

That cook lady who works in the cafeteria!

Why do you think I don't eat the soup on Tuesdays?

Because she spits in the soup! Why don't you fire her?

I thought the factory was doing well, that things were looking up.

Well, even so.

It's because of everyone's hard work that we haven't failed.

We've even turned a profit. That's why the French are taking over.

-Because of how well it's going? -Exactly.

It's called capitalism, right?

And for it to go even better

we need to adjust our manpower in order to reconfigure our P&O balance.

-P&L. -Yes.

To increase the liquidity of the parent company.

So that they can list it on the stock market

with that coefficient.

With an IPO over 100.

I hope you understand.

No.

We'll give you nine months' pay severance.

Excuse me?

Twelve.

-Five months' pay. -Are you serious?

-Nine. -Okay.

-Three months' pay. -What?

-Two. -God bless you.

I signed as the manager.

I'm guessing you heard?

Yes. I'm sorry.

Stop, please just leave me alone. Stop.

What's wrong?

I have to work.

This morning we were fine.

This morning was different.

This morning we were talking about a mortgage,

and moving in together.

My friends from college talk about their kids, their houses.

Hang on, I can go find work in Italy, it's good money.

Come with me, it'll just be sunshine and good food.

Yeah, let's go to Italy, because that's why I went to college.

To move to Italy and wash dishes or be someone's caretaker, right?

What will people say?

What will people say?

Enough.

Just wait, the pond's full of fish.

No, it's not.

What?

There's no fish here.

If we wanted the fishing pond we'd have had to pay 80 lei per person.

-So what the hell are we doing here? -We're having a nice, relaxing time.

You guys said you wanted to go fishing, not to catch fish.

I could kill him.

I was gonna propose in the fall.

I had it all planned out.

Wedding venue, too.

I'm gonna sell the boat on CraigsList.

Come on, man. Don't you start, too.