1 00:00:13,012 --> 00:00:14,305 What are you doing? 2 00:00:19,394 --> 00:00:21,730 It's fine. Printing is not a felony. 3 00:00:21,813 --> 00:00:24,065 Taking the printouts is. Take a picture and put it back. 4 00:00:24,149 --> 00:00:25,734 - Okay. - Leave the paper trail 5 00:00:25,817 --> 00:00:27,318 in the printer. Nobody will blink. 6 00:00:28,737 --> 00:00:30,572 Take pictures of anything you see. 7 00:00:30,655 --> 00:00:32,866 Org charts. Blotters. Position reports. 8 00:00:32,949 --> 00:00:34,909 I can bring coalition data from upstairs. 9 00:00:34,993 --> 00:00:36,745 Take the photos within WhatsApp 10 00:00:36,828 --> 00:00:39,414 on your personal phone and then send them to me 11 00:00:39,497 --> 00:00:40,957 through there, so it's encrypted. 12 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,919 Our job is to sell ourselves, but our real leverage 13 00:00:45,003 --> 00:00:46,463 - is our color. - Got it. 14 00:00:46,546 --> 00:00:48,256 We need to know the whole franchise. 15 00:00:48,339 --> 00:00:50,759 Or give the impression we do, so we can sell ourselves 16 00:00:50,842 --> 00:00:53,553 as the franchise. What client owns what. Who owns who. 17 00:00:53,636 --> 00:00:54,929 Where the opportunities are. 18 00:00:58,975 --> 00:01:00,101 Hi. 19 00:01:00,185 --> 00:01:02,604 How the fuck was I supposed to know the chrysanthemum 20 00:01:02,687 --> 00:01:03,813 was the flower of death? 21 00:01:03,897 --> 00:01:06,232 I'm now long ten grand worth of chrysanthemums! 22 00:01:06,316 --> 00:01:09,778 Any particular reason you're dressed as Kendall Roy? 23 00:01:09,861 --> 00:01:11,141 You look like an undercover cop. 24 00:01:11,196 --> 00:01:12,781 Look, we're way over budget. 25 00:01:12,864 --> 00:01:14,449 Yeah. I... I know we're over budget. 26 00:01:14,532 --> 00:01:15,784 Just let my dad pay for it. 27 00:01:15,867 --> 00:01:18,495 No... I'm not letting your dad play viceroy. 28 00:01:18,578 --> 00:01:19,954 Stop being racist. 29 00:01:20,038 --> 00:01:21,706 That is not a colonial joke. 30 00:01:21,790 --> 00:01:23,166 That is an age joke. 31 00:01:23,249 --> 00:01:25,043 Hello? Hello? 32 00:01:25,126 --> 00:01:26,920 Fuck! 33 00:01:31,216 --> 00:01:33,009 What is she doing here? 34 00:01:33,092 --> 00:01:34,844 - Rish, sit down. - No, fuck this. 35 00:01:34,928 --> 00:01:37,096 One of the few things DVD actually got right 36 00:01:37,180 --> 00:01:38,264 was suspending her. 37 00:01:39,724 --> 00:01:41,434 She's the only reason I called you. 38 00:01:43,603 --> 00:01:45,247 I told him it wasn't worth selling ourselves 39 00:01:45,271 --> 00:01:46,999 if we didn't have the best trader on the street. 40 00:01:47,023 --> 00:01:49,651 Yeah, I see through your flattery. 41 00:01:49,734 --> 00:01:51,820 And let me tell you, the way you turn on a dime 42 00:01:51,903 --> 00:01:53,822 is sociopathic. 43 00:01:53,905 --> 00:01:56,616 She also covers our biggest client. 44 00:01:56,699 --> 00:01:59,244 Her and Bloom are the weight of our offering. 45 00:01:59,327 --> 00:02:01,037 I only ran you over to placate him. 46 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:02,455 It wasn't personal. 47 00:02:02,539 --> 00:02:04,415 And I know a part of you respects that. 48 00:02:05,667 --> 00:02:09,087 And listen, this New York/London endgame... 49 00:02:09,170 --> 00:02:12,549 little bit of inside info... 50 00:02:12,632 --> 00:02:15,343 we're on the wrong fucking side of that equation. 51 00:02:15,426 --> 00:02:18,930 - There is no future here. - The merger isn't a merger. 52 00:02:19,013 --> 00:02:20,181 It's a slaughter. 53 00:02:27,730 --> 00:02:30,024 Okay, fine. I have very explicit terms, 54 00:02:30,108 --> 00:02:31,192 because I need a flashlight 55 00:02:31,276 --> 00:02:32,716 to get through the gray with you two. 56 00:02:33,987 --> 00:02:37,699 Be crystal with me. One. I'll be an MD. Immediately. 57 00:02:39,701 --> 00:02:41,119 I need more than a fucking head nod, 58 00:02:41,202 --> 00:02:43,705 - Eric, mate. - It's done. Guaranteed. 59 00:02:43,788 --> 00:02:47,167 - Should've happened a while ago. - Yeah. No shit. 60 00:02:47,250 --> 00:02:49,586 And you guarantee my comp for 24 months, 61 00:02:49,669 --> 00:02:52,213 nothing tied up in stock, no BS deferrals. 62 00:02:52,297 --> 00:02:53,882 No BS, Rish. 63 00:02:53,965 --> 00:03:01,222 - No lies. Kings, and Queens. - "Kings" is fine. 64 00:03:01,306 --> 00:03:03,182 Kings of a new patch. 65 00:03:07,729 --> 00:03:09,272 All right. Fuck 'em. 66 00:03:16,195 --> 00:03:17,363 Everything all right? 67 00:03:19,824 --> 00:03:20,825 Yeah. 68 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,914 - Just the usual work stress. - I'm not "work stress." 69 00:03:27,665 --> 00:03:28,917 Of course not. 70 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:36,841 Can I ask... 71 00:03:39,844 --> 00:03:41,804 what was it like being covered by Harper? 72 00:03:45,099 --> 00:03:46,100 Who? 73 00:03:51,648 --> 00:03:54,275 Hi, um, Venetia Berens. 74 00:03:54,359 --> 00:03:57,445 - I work under Robert. - Do you? 75 00:03:57,528 --> 00:04:00,740 Well, it's a pleasure, I hope. 76 00:04:00,823 --> 00:04:03,952 I'm sorry. I... I know this is unprofessional 77 00:04:04,035 --> 00:04:05,912 or maybe it's super professional, 78 00:04:05,995 --> 00:04:07,288 I don't know. Um. 79 00:04:07,372 --> 00:04:10,124 I've really ticked every box pre-RIF. 80 00:04:10,208 --> 00:04:12,001 What the fuck is RIF? 81 00:04:12,085 --> 00:04:16,214 I just need, for security, face time with a client. 82 00:04:16,297 --> 00:04:18,883 And I saw Robert was meeting with you. 83 00:04:18,967 --> 00:04:21,719 And he owes me a favor. Don't you? 84 00:04:23,262 --> 00:04:25,765 - Mm-hmm. - Um... 85 00:04:26,849 --> 00:04:29,394 I hope you don't mind me fangirling. 86 00:04:29,477 --> 00:04:34,482 "Fangirling"? Well, You're actually doorstepping us. 87 00:04:35,525 --> 00:04:37,110 It's not like you, Venetia. 88 00:04:37,193 --> 00:04:40,154 Well, Oxford was quite an education. 89 00:04:42,907 --> 00:04:43,908 Plucky. 90 00:04:46,744 --> 00:04:49,580 I'd love to hear about your positioning in '08. 91 00:04:49,664 --> 00:04:51,374 I did my dissertation 92 00:04:51,457 --> 00:04:53,209 on collateralized debt obligations. 93 00:04:54,585 --> 00:04:56,647 You're talking about it like it was the Great Depression. 94 00:04:56,671 --> 00:04:58,923 Oh, it kind of was. 95 00:05:01,592 --> 00:05:02,593 Christ. 96 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,763 I really am over the hill, aren't I? 97 00:05:07,724 --> 00:05:08,766 Could be worse. 98 00:05:10,143 --> 00:05:11,310 We could be ugly. 99 00:05:14,897 --> 00:05:16,733 Look, all groundwork 100 00:05:16,816 --> 00:05:17,942 with the Yankees are done. 101 00:05:18,026 --> 00:05:20,862 - "The Yankees"? - Safer to use code names. 102 00:05:20,945 --> 00:05:23,364 Get into the habit of calling them “the Yankees,” 103 00:05:23,448 --> 00:05:25,158 becomes second nature. 104 00:05:25,241 --> 00:05:26,784 So, the Yankees. We need to show up. 105 00:05:26,868 --> 00:05:30,663 - Perform. But it's done. - Okay. What makes you so sure? 106 00:05:30,747 --> 00:05:33,875 I came up with Douglas who runs Hedge Fund Sales there. 107 00:05:33,958 --> 00:05:35,418 Kids are at Thomas's together. 108 00:05:35,501 --> 00:05:37,141 We've been strategizing in the playground. 109 00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:39,380 What, like a couple of nonces? 110 00:05:39,464 --> 00:05:42,633 That was really your whole plan? A one-bank meeting strategy? 111 00:05:44,010 --> 00:05:44,927 If we jump from Pierpoint 112 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:46,447 and don't secure anything by tomorrow, 113 00:05:46,471 --> 00:05:48,191 we'll be flipping penny stocks to pensioners 114 00:05:48,264 --> 00:05:50,349 in some chop shop. What's our next best bet? 115 00:05:50,433 --> 00:05:53,728 I've had a few head-hunters call since I started repping Jesse. 116 00:05:53,811 --> 00:05:55,188 Yeah, that'd be Beers Bailey. 117 00:05:55,271 --> 00:05:57,708 You know, he got caught stealing art off the wall at Annabel's. 118 00:05:57,732 --> 00:05:58,775 The phrase "wrong-un" 119 00:05:58,858 --> 00:06:02,236 - was invented for him. Next. - What if we just DM 120 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,697 the most senior person at, uh... 121 00:06:05,823 --> 00:06:08,951 Reichstag. Is that good code? 122 00:06:09,035 --> 00:06:11,662 I mean, I would've gone with “Hitler-loving cunts,” 123 00:06:11,746 --> 00:06:13,915 - but it'll work. - Okay. Why don't we just message 124 00:06:13,998 --> 00:06:16,417 the most senior person on Reichstag's CPS desk? 125 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:21,631 Yeah. All right. We'll go direct. 126 00:06:21,714 --> 00:06:24,675 We're not taking a meeting at Reichstag. 127 00:06:24,759 --> 00:06:27,595 If the Yankees get wind, we're meeting on the same day, 128 00:06:27,678 --> 00:06:30,807 they'll think we're rubes, and we'll jeopardize our sure thing. 129 00:06:30,890 --> 00:06:32,016 Sure thing is a big phrase 130 00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:34,102 we should probably stop using in this business, no? 131 00:06:34,185 --> 00:06:36,187 Now, Reichstag's a bit scheisse, 132 00:06:36,270 --> 00:06:37,688 but two offers is better than one. 133 00:06:37,772 --> 00:06:39,398 I don't want to take another meeting. 134 00:06:40,691 --> 00:06:42,693 Well, I'm not doing this without a contingency. 135 00:06:42,777 --> 00:06:44,278 So, I guess we're at an impasse. 136 00:06:44,362 --> 00:06:45,613 All we need is an offer. 137 00:06:45,696 --> 00:06:47,031 I don't care where it comes from. 138 00:06:48,950 --> 00:06:50,284 Eric. 139 00:06:50,368 --> 00:06:52,036 ♪ 140 00:06:53,871 --> 00:06:54,914 Sit down. 141 00:07:05,091 --> 00:07:07,176 I'll Linkedln the guy's name, drop him a DM. 142 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:09,846 Uh. No. Let me do it. Got more profile. 143 00:07:09,929 --> 00:07:11,722 I'll DM Reichstag's tallest dick. 144 00:07:11,806 --> 00:07:13,516 Tell him the best CPS team on the street 145 00:07:13,599 --> 00:07:15,852 repping Jesse Bloom is available until midnight. 146 00:07:15,935 --> 00:07:18,146 Then? Well, we wait. 147 00:07:20,064 --> 00:07:25,236 Uh. I'm gonna pop out quick, uh, bring back sustenance. 148 00:07:26,737 --> 00:07:28,656 Uh. Yeah. Low calorie. I'm on a shred. 149 00:07:29,907 --> 00:07:31,802 What? I can't be looking like pre-Hurley Shane Warne 150 00:07:31,826 --> 00:07:34,036 - in the wedding photos, like... - Right. 151 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:36,664 You good? You need some cash. 152 00:07:37,707 --> 00:07:38,708 Fuck you. 153 00:07:50,386 --> 00:07:52,430 ♪ 154 00:08:04,066 --> 00:08:06,128 Jesse, I'm going to keep calling you until you pick up. 155 00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:08,571 That's what a salesperson does. 156 00:08:08,654 --> 00:08:10,198 I know FastAide is moving against you, 157 00:08:10,281 --> 00:08:12,081 and I don't know if you've already stopped out 158 00:08:12,116 --> 00:08:14,994 or if you're still listening to me from a distance. 159 00:08:16,287 --> 00:08:17,705 I know you can't ignore me. 160 00:08:21,626 --> 00:08:25,922 ♪ ♪ 161 00:08:26,005 --> 00:08:31,510 ♪ Coat me in sugar So I slip down sweet ♪ 162 00:08:31,594 --> 00:08:35,806 ♪ Baby, I'm the lie That upholds your beliefs ♪ 163 00:08:37,099 --> 00:08:41,270 ♪ I'm Cherry, Cherry ♪ 164 00:08:41,354 --> 00:08:44,315 ♪ And I taste so sweet ♪ 165 00:08:47,652 --> 00:08:50,279 ♪ Don't waste your Hail Mary's ♪ 166 00:08:50,363 --> 00:08:52,907 ♪ I got you hooked On sugarcane ♪ 167 00:08:52,990 --> 00:08:55,993 ♪ Now you'll do anything For the taste ♪ 168 00:08:58,621 --> 00:09:02,083 ♪ Sold your soul So now you're famous... ♪ 169 00:09:02,166 --> 00:09:06,337 It's so inspiring to see a strong woman in this industry. 170 00:09:06,420 --> 00:09:09,298 Uh... Can I say this? 171 00:09:09,382 --> 00:09:13,302 - A fucking titan. - Whoa! 172 00:09:13,386 --> 00:09:20,476 "A fucking titan." What are you selling? 173 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:27,108 - Financial services. - A titan, yeah? Hmm. 174 00:09:27,775 --> 00:09:28,901 Well, some days. 175 00:09:30,027 --> 00:09:31,320 Others... 176 00:09:32,488 --> 00:09:34,198 a desiccated husk. 177 00:09:35,908 --> 00:09:39,704 Oh, look at me feeling sorry for myself in public. 178 00:09:39,787 --> 00:09:42,957 - How unbecoming. - Very unlike you, I'd say. 179 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,376 It's from hanging out with you, you fucking wimp. 180 00:09:45,459 --> 00:09:48,629 Has Robbie written you a poem yet? 181 00:09:48,713 --> 00:09:49,839 Yes. 182 00:09:49,922 --> 00:09:53,217 Petrarchan sonnet. He leaves them on my desk. 183 00:09:53,301 --> 00:09:56,012 Well, why wouldn't he? Look at you. 184 00:09:57,096 --> 00:09:59,307 People would go to war for you. 185 00:10:00,766 --> 00:10:03,436 Oh, now, listen, I better warn you 186 00:10:03,519 --> 00:10:06,939 that the start is his favorite bit. 187 00:10:07,023 --> 00:10:09,942 I mean, Robbie's covered me, what, for mere months now, 188 00:10:10,026 --> 00:10:12,028 I'm already fucking bored of him. 189 00:10:12,111 --> 00:10:13,821 Bored of me? I'm fucking bored of you. 190 00:10:13,904 --> 00:10:20,703 No. I pay you. So, I decide who's bored of who and when. 191 00:10:21,912 --> 00:10:23,831 Good job you've got the next gen. 192 00:10:27,335 --> 00:10:28,377 There you go. 193 00:10:30,004 --> 00:10:31,005 Come on. 194 00:10:32,048 --> 00:10:34,050 Let's try and graduate you 195 00:10:34,133 --> 00:10:37,219 to someone who's actually fucking interesting. 196 00:10:38,804 --> 00:10:41,849 Maybe he could do with another espresso. 197 00:10:42,308 --> 00:10:45,061 Yeah. Or six... 198 00:10:45,144 --> 00:10:47,938 in lieu of his beloved bag of chop. 199 00:10:48,898 --> 00:10:51,484 Don't let the sober routine fool you. 200 00:10:53,110 --> 00:10:55,029 Go on, Mummy's not looking. 201 00:10:56,197 --> 00:10:59,700 Oh, you'll get to hear all about Robbie's mummy issues. 202 00:11:01,994 --> 00:11:05,915 - I'm getting the bill. - Hmm. Go on. 203 00:11:06,999 --> 00:11:08,334 I don't need a babysitter. 204 00:11:17,510 --> 00:11:20,596 Fine. You can pay up then. 205 00:11:24,850 --> 00:11:27,937 - Ooh. - Here. 206 00:11:28,562 --> 00:11:29,605 Mm, thank you. 207 00:11:31,774 --> 00:11:33,234 This is nice. Have some more. 208 00:11:39,448 --> 00:11:41,117 ♪ 209 00:12:09,145 --> 00:12:10,729 ♪ 210 00:12:16,861 --> 00:12:20,030 Uh. Hi. Ven, it's me. Um... 211 00:12:21,115 --> 00:12:22,366 Are you okay to get home? 212 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:25,369 Just call me. Please. 213 00:12:36,338 --> 00:12:39,008 ♪ -Dude... 214 00:12:40,259 --> 00:12:41,760 I was in the middle of a date. 215 00:12:41,844 --> 00:12:44,096 No. 216 00:12:49,727 --> 00:12:51,854 You didn't tell me Celeste was married? 217 00:12:51,937 --> 00:12:53,314 Why would I? 218 00:12:53,397 --> 00:12:55,357 You got me over here to ask me that? 219 00:12:57,151 --> 00:12:58,402 Oh. 220 00:13:00,529 --> 00:13:07,411 You banged her, didn't you? Un-fucking-real. 221 00:13:07,495 --> 00:13:09,371 It was a mistake. Like this. 222 00:13:09,455 --> 00:13:11,540 Ouch. 223 00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:14,210 Well... 224 00:13:14,293 --> 00:13:16,795 I hope it was as enjoyable as our mistake. 225 00:13:29,308 --> 00:13:31,435 You got something you wanna tell me about Berlin? 226 00:13:33,979 --> 00:13:34,980 Like what? 227 00:13:37,107 --> 00:13:38,776 Why'd you go and see my cousin? 228 00:13:41,612 --> 00:13:43,113 You shouldn't have done that. 229 00:13:44,198 --> 00:13:46,909 There could be all sorts of legal ramifications. 230 00:13:46,992 --> 00:13:48,369 Don't worry, I'll deal with it... 231 00:13:48,452 --> 00:13:52,081 as ever, cleaning up after you and your fucking dad. 232 00:13:56,001 --> 00:13:58,003 She said her and Dad were in love. 233 00:13:59,797 --> 00:14:01,924 Yeah. I really didn't know about it at the time. 234 00:14:04,927 --> 00:14:08,472 I kinda remember that trip around Positano. 235 00:14:10,891 --> 00:14:12,768 Actually, no. 236 00:14:12,851 --> 00:14:16,981 It's a sense memory. Not a real memory. 237 00:14:18,148 --> 00:14:20,568 Impossible to trust. 238 00:14:22,653 --> 00:14:24,196 They were great trips though, right? 239 00:14:27,408 --> 00:14:29,243 Amalfi Coast... 240 00:14:30,619 --> 00:14:32,413 Balearics... 241 00:14:33,330 --> 00:14:35,457 sneaking into the clubs. 242 00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:38,419 Maybe I've just romanticized them. 243 00:14:38,502 --> 00:14:39,712 We were very lucky. 244 00:14:40,921 --> 00:14:42,590 I have work in the morning. 245 00:14:44,883 --> 00:14:47,803 - Oh, come on. - Oh, come on... 246 00:14:48,846 --> 00:14:51,432 my balls are aching. 247 00:14:51,515 --> 00:14:56,604 They're as red as the Pacha cherries. 248 00:14:59,315 --> 00:15:00,691 Wha... What are you... 249 00:15:01,859 --> 00:15:05,154 What the... Get the fuck off! What are you doing? 250 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:07,823 Fuck it. I'm so sorry. 251 00:15:12,077 --> 00:15:13,203 I'm really sorry. 252 00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:20,586 ♪ -Get the fuck out! 253 00:15:20,669 --> 00:15:24,632 Now! Now! Get the fuck out now! 254 00:15:40,856 --> 00:15:42,900 ♪ 255 00:15:42,983 --> 00:15:44,902 Five to the witching hour. 256 00:15:44,985 --> 00:15:46,528 They're not calling. 257 00:15:46,612 --> 00:15:47,613 Oh, they're calling. 258 00:15:47,696 --> 00:15:50,115 If I'm on the plate, someone's eating. 259 00:15:50,199 --> 00:15:51,200 And if they don't, 260 00:15:51,283 --> 00:15:53,285 let's not let it fuck with our momentum. 261 00:15:53,369 --> 00:15:54,995 Yankees are buying our confidence. 262 00:15:55,079 --> 00:15:56,413 We gotta go in on an uptick, 263 00:15:56,497 --> 00:15:58,332 like we're still the next big thing... 264 00:15:58,415 --> 00:15:59,695 I'll come in tomorrow as a decoy, 265 00:15:59,750 --> 00:16:01,550 make it look like nothing's amiss on the desk. 266 00:16:02,127 --> 00:16:03,295 I'll say I'm, um... 267 00:16:04,296 --> 00:16:05,856 getting my teeth cleaned for my wedding. 268 00:16:05,923 --> 00:16:07,192 You're gonna tell them you're getting 269 00:16:07,216 --> 00:16:08,509 your teeth cleaned twice? 270 00:16:08,592 --> 00:16:10,219 All right, I'm getting my arsehole waxed. 271 00:16:10,302 --> 00:16:11,970 Fuck it. Hair's so long down there, 272 00:16:12,054 --> 00:16:15,766 Di's started calling it Abu Hamza. 273 00:16:17,559 --> 00:16:18,894 Why are you so calm? 274 00:16:20,354 --> 00:16:22,022 You know why, Harper? 'Cause... 275 00:16:22,106 --> 00:16:23,266 my old man always said to me, 276 00:16:23,315 --> 00:16:24,959 if you lob something out into the universe... 277 00:16:24,983 --> 00:16:26,902 occasionally... 278 00:16:26,985 --> 00:16:29,738 it'll lob something back. 279 00:16:30,906 --> 00:16:32,199 Ramdani. Pierpoint. 280 00:16:32,282 --> 00:16:33,701 Well, formerly of that parish 281 00:16:33,784 --> 00:16:35,911 if you quickly start saying the right things, mate. 282 00:16:40,290 --> 00:16:41,542 Doors closing. 283 00:16:48,340 --> 00:16:49,591 Doors closing. 284 00:16:54,555 --> 00:16:55,723 How's the new gig? 285 00:16:57,141 --> 00:16:58,183 It's great. 286 00:17:00,102 --> 00:17:01,478 It's where I should be. 287 00:17:03,772 --> 00:17:05,774 That's great, yes. It's great. 288 00:17:09,778 --> 00:17:13,157 Uh. We had a... a proper A-lister 289 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,367 drop in to one of our meetings the other day. 290 00:17:15,451 --> 00:17:19,038 Young Oscar winner. He... he said... 291 00:17:19,121 --> 00:17:20,998 he woke the morning after winning, 292 00:17:21,081 --> 00:17:23,959 stared at the statue, and thought, 293 00:17:24,042 --> 00:17:27,171 “Thank God I didn't spend my entire life pursuing this, 294 00:17:27,254 --> 00:17:30,257 because I feel exactly the same.” 295 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,806 I've been thinking about Step 9 a lot. 296 00:17:37,890 --> 00:17:39,850 “Make direct amends to people we have harmed, 297 00:17:39,933 --> 00:17:41,518 wherever possible, except when to do so 298 00:17:41,602 --> 00:17:43,353 would injure them.” 299 00:17:43,437 --> 00:17:45,939 So, I... I hope this doesn't injure you. 300 00:17:46,023 --> 00:17:49,568 But I am chairing my first meeting. Six months. 301 00:17:50,652 --> 00:17:52,279 - Congratulations. - Yeah. 302 00:17:52,362 --> 00:17:54,907 Floor eight. Doors are opening. Um. This is probably 303 00:17:54,990 --> 00:17:57,117 a gross over-step, but it, uh... 304 00:17:58,368 --> 00:18:00,662 it would mean a tremendous deal to me if you came. 305 00:18:02,873 --> 00:18:06,585 Well, if you tell me who the celeb was, 306 00:18:06,668 --> 00:18:09,505 - I promise I'll think about it. - That's all I ask. 307 00:18:10,255 --> 00:18:11,715 A clue... 308 00:18:11,799 --> 00:18:16,095 “I have always been interested in the stars.” 309 00:18:19,890 --> 00:18:21,570 You have to start thinking about yourselves 310 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,894 with the same exceptionalism as the American banks. 311 00:18:23,977 --> 00:18:25,771 Cross-product sales is the answer. 312 00:18:25,854 --> 00:18:27,397 We're a straight plug and play solution 313 00:18:27,481 --> 00:18:30,275 for you guys to start dominating flows. 314 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:32,820 Aren't you a bit young to be talking like this? 315 00:18:32,903 --> 00:18:34,738 If I'm good enough, I'm old enough. 316 00:18:36,573 --> 00:18:38,659 What makes him more than just another trader? 317 00:18:38,742 --> 00:18:40,452 "Him"? 318 00:18:40,536 --> 00:18:41,888 I'll bite my tongue out of decorum. 319 00:18:41,912 --> 00:18:43,997 But I'm a dying breed, okay? 320 00:18:44,081 --> 00:18:46,542 A prop-style guy that embraces customer flow. 321 00:18:46,625 --> 00:18:47,835 A salesperson is nothing 322 00:18:47,918 --> 00:18:50,128 if you can't monetize the relationship on the tape. 323 00:18:50,212 --> 00:18:52,172 I mean, if you guys don't want to take prop risk 324 00:18:52,256 --> 00:18:53,382 while serving clients, 325 00:18:53,465 --> 00:18:54,776 we're gonna walk straight out of that door. 326 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,052 We wanna take risks in the right areas. 327 00:18:57,135 --> 00:18:58,220 Good. 328 00:18:58,303 --> 00:19:00,198 That's the only way you'll make yourselves relevant. 329 00:19:00,222 --> 00:19:02,891 The other European banks are morgues. 330 00:19:02,975 --> 00:19:04,476 And who wants to work in a morgue? 331 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,312 Do I look like a pervert? Don't answer that. 332 00:19:08,355 --> 00:19:09,940 Look... 333 00:19:10,023 --> 00:19:11,316 Why are you paying 334 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:15,237 three to four execution monkeys in each time zone a bar plus 335 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,115 when you could pay a small global team 336 00:19:18,198 --> 00:19:21,493 with real relationships half that all-in number? 337 00:19:21,577 --> 00:19:22,953 That is the crux. 338 00:19:23,036 --> 00:19:26,164 So, we have a trader, a terrier. 339 00:19:26,248 --> 00:19:28,041 Does a terrier cover 340 00:19:28,125 --> 00:19:30,711 the biggest hedge fund manager in the world? 341 00:19:31,169 --> 00:19:32,254 Jesse Bloom. 342 00:19:33,755 --> 00:19:38,802 Heard he was a nightmare. Demanding. Flaky. A brat. 343 00:19:39,595 --> 00:19:40,971 He never screens my calls. 344 00:19:42,014 --> 00:19:46,768 So, commission wise, I'm a game changer. 345 00:19:46,852 --> 00:19:48,770 Places like this don't cover people like Jesse, 346 00:19:48,854 --> 00:19:53,901 - with all due respect. - So, a trader, a game-changer... 347 00:19:55,235 --> 00:19:56,236 and? 348 00:19:57,321 --> 00:19:58,447 Experience. 349 00:20:02,993 --> 00:20:05,579 Seems pricey for some war stories and aphorisms. 350 00:20:05,662 --> 00:20:08,665 Guys, shall we drop the charade? 351 00:20:09,499 --> 00:20:12,169 We're deigning to meet you. 352 00:20:12,794 --> 00:20:14,963 We're punching down, 353 00:20:15,047 --> 00:20:17,633 so you might get a slim opportunity to punch up. 354 00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:20,385 Everyone knows this place is on life-support. 355 00:20:21,929 --> 00:20:25,807 Don't let this whole “sat across from you” BS, 356 00:20:25,891 --> 00:20:28,685 this inversion of status mess with your heads. 357 00:20:28,769 --> 00:20:32,314 Make us a very good offer, and we'll weigh 358 00:20:32,397 --> 00:20:35,525 coming here and upgrading you via our very presence. 359 00:20:36,693 --> 00:20:38,195 We come from a proper shop. 360 00:20:39,363 --> 00:20:41,907 We can make you a proper shop. 361 00:20:42,991 --> 00:20:44,311 So, offer. Else, there's the door. 362 00:20:44,368 --> 00:20:45,911 You can be the ones to walk out. 363 00:20:52,209 --> 00:20:55,087 Eric. Eric, what the absolute fuck, mate? 364 00:20:55,170 --> 00:20:56,254 I did you a favor. 365 00:20:56,338 --> 00:20:58,340 At Pierpoint we murder each other in broad daylight 366 00:20:58,423 --> 00:21:00,676 to win share. Acceptable. I'm not going to a place 367 00:21:00,759 --> 00:21:02,928 where we knife each other in the back to share nothing, 368 00:21:03,011 --> 00:21:05,263 - but losses. - It's fucking reprehensible 369 00:21:05,347 --> 00:21:07,628 - to torpedo something like that. - Put your chin up, man. 370 00:21:07,683 --> 00:21:09,768 Sell yourself at the level you carry yourself, 371 00:21:09,851 --> 00:21:12,646 for fuck's sake. This is beneath you. 372 00:21:12,729 --> 00:21:14,231 We have a giant squid, right? 373 00:21:15,065 --> 00:21:16,566 - Yeah. - Wine for my men. 374 00:21:16,650 --> 00:21:19,653 We ride imminently. Yankee Stadium at 11. 375 00:21:21,446 --> 00:21:23,466 Don't let that dinosaur go off-piste at the next meet. 376 00:21:23,490 --> 00:21:25,385 - I'll do the talking. - I will literally cut him off 377 00:21:25,409 --> 00:21:26,886 mid-sentence if it starts to go south. 378 00:21:26,910 --> 00:21:28,078 I don't give a fuck. 379 00:21:28,161 --> 00:21:29,621 I'll tell the Yankees that me and you 380 00:21:29,705 --> 00:21:33,333 are the totality of the offering and he's an expensive hanger-on. 381 00:21:33,417 --> 00:21:36,378 - Dead weight. Is that clear? - Very. We will be Yankees. 382 00:21:36,461 --> 00:21:37,879 - I'm sure of it. - Yeah, 383 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:41,008 you're very good at the, uh, the empty salesman's patter. 384 00:21:41,091 --> 00:21:43,260 - Thank you. - Fuck. 385 00:21:43,343 --> 00:21:44,904 Di's got another thing coming if she thinks 386 00:21:44,928 --> 00:21:46,722 I'm gonna relocate to the countryside. 387 00:21:46,805 --> 00:21:49,057 Did you know that Neil Hamilton's a guest at my wedding? 388 00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:50,868 Now, how the fuck has this been allowed to happen? 389 00:21:50,892 --> 00:21:56,023 - The F1 driver? - No. Not "the F1 driver." 390 00:21:56,106 --> 00:21:59,192 Uh. I'm gonna go play the part at Pierpoint, all right? 391 00:21:59,276 --> 00:22:00,318 Yep. 392 00:22:23,842 --> 00:22:26,762 - Hey. - Hey, Gus. 393 00:22:26,845 --> 00:22:29,097 Have you heard anything in the committee meetings 394 00:22:29,181 --> 00:22:30,849 about the NHS contracts for Rican 395 00:22:30,932 --> 00:22:34,603 or maybe for even FastAide or, uh, anything 396 00:22:34,686 --> 00:22:37,606 that might be material for the FastAide share price? 397 00:22:38,482 --> 00:22:40,233 I'm suggesting Bloom? 398 00:22:41,151 --> 00:22:42,527 Any intel on the space? 399 00:22:42,611 --> 00:22:44,905 Harper, Harper, what... what are you doing? 400 00:22:44,988 --> 00:22:47,532 I'm not asking for anything confidential, 401 00:22:47,616 --> 00:22:49,343 I'm not asking you to tell me anything privileged. 402 00:22:49,367 --> 00:22:51,870 It's just... it's just whispers, right? It's just whispers. 403 00:22:51,953 --> 00:22:53,622 Even if I knew I wouldn't tell you. 404 00:22:53,705 --> 00:22:57,000 It's illegal and unethical and deeply, deeply stupid. 405 00:22:57,084 --> 00:22:59,086 Okay, fine. Can I speak to Aurore then? 406 00:22:59,169 --> 00:23:00,337 I just need two minutes. 407 00:23:00,420 --> 00:23:02,300 Harper, what fucking line are you doing this on? 408 00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:04,442 I'm gonna do you the biggest favor 409 00:23:04,466 --> 00:23:07,135 I could possibly do you right now and hang up. 410 00:23:13,892 --> 00:23:14,893 Hello? 411 00:23:18,980 --> 00:23:22,609 Hello? 412 00:23:35,038 --> 00:23:38,625 ♪ 413 00:23:55,183 --> 00:23:58,937 Hey, Siri, stop the music. 414 00:24:01,398 --> 00:24:04,359 Is there a more gross phrase in the English language 415 00:24:04,442 --> 00:24:06,987 than "designer to the stars"? 416 00:24:07,070 --> 00:24:09,781 Got the woman who did George Soros' house. 417 00:24:09,865 --> 00:24:12,450 She asked me if I had any opinions of my own. 418 00:24:13,785 --> 00:24:14,995 Harrowing question. 419 00:24:21,084 --> 00:24:23,545 I quite like what you've done with it. 420 00:24:23,628 --> 00:24:25,672 What's your last name, man? 421 00:24:26,923 --> 00:24:28,049 Sackey. 422 00:24:28,133 --> 00:24:31,720 Augustus Sackey, I'm using the Wu-Tang Name Generator 423 00:24:31,803 --> 00:24:34,055 to try and figure out what to call Leo's fund 424 00:24:34,139 --> 00:24:36,892 if he follows his dad into the family business. 425 00:24:36,975 --> 00:24:39,769 Here we go. 426 00:24:42,522 --> 00:24:45,567 The "Iron Toad Attacker." Long-Only. 427 00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:47,527 You reckon that'll stop us raising cash? 428 00:24:47,611 --> 00:24:50,989 I'm pretty sure Leo doesn't want to go into finance. 429 00:24:51,072 --> 00:24:53,366 The more you push it, the harder it'll get. 430 00:24:53,450 --> 00:24:56,870 You're lecturing me right now on abuse of power? 431 00:24:57,454 --> 00:24:58,580 The guy who I hired 432 00:24:58,663 --> 00:25:01,333 to tutor my son, who then slept with him? 433 00:25:01,416 --> 00:25:04,294 I mean, I'm rich enough to be a Democrat, 434 00:25:04,377 --> 00:25:05,921 but you think that sits well with me? 435 00:25:08,298 --> 00:25:10,091 I'm really sorry. 436 00:25:10,175 --> 00:25:11,927 It crept up on both of us. It was... 437 00:25:12,010 --> 00:25:13,386 It was very unprofessional. 438 00:25:20,519 --> 00:25:22,479 Sadly, my own looks have declined to the point 439 00:25:22,562 --> 00:25:24,272 where only women will sleep with me. 440 00:25:29,152 --> 00:25:32,239 So, he's been drifting long enough. 441 00:25:32,322 --> 00:25:34,908 He'll either follow me back to New York or... 442 00:25:34,991 --> 00:25:36,076 I don't know... 443 00:25:37,953 --> 00:25:39,037 I'll cut him off. 444 00:25:39,871 --> 00:25:41,248 Isn't that what people with means 445 00:25:41,331 --> 00:25:43,500 are meant to do with their unruly kids? 446 00:25:46,544 --> 00:25:48,255 Maybe he won't be passionate about it, 447 00:25:48,338 --> 00:25:50,048 but it might surprise him. 448 00:25:52,008 --> 00:25:55,053 I mean, obviously all the, uh, romantic ideals 449 00:25:55,136 --> 00:25:57,931 of Proust and spires and all that shit, 450 00:25:58,014 --> 00:25:59,891 that was more about me than him. 451 00:26:00,976 --> 00:26:02,185 As it turns out... 452 00:26:03,478 --> 00:26:06,273 money couldn't buy it without a network. 453 00:26:10,902 --> 00:26:11,945 Nothing but net. 454 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,283 All right, man. 455 00:26:17,325 --> 00:26:18,576 I assume you don't want 456 00:26:18,660 --> 00:26:21,288 Her Majesty's tithe collectors getting their hands on this. 457 00:26:30,714 --> 00:26:32,882 There's a colossal amount here. 458 00:26:32,966 --> 00:26:35,593 Yeah I... I thought 30-odd K would cover it. 459 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:40,515 - He didn't get in. - Yeah, but that... 460 00:26:40,598 --> 00:26:42,517 That doesn't reflect on your tutelage. 461 00:26:43,226 --> 00:26:44,686 I mean, I could tell 462 00:26:44,769 --> 00:26:46,646 he tried, I could tell he was disappointed, 463 00:26:46,730 --> 00:26:50,233 and I could tell he wanted comfort, even from me. 464 00:26:50,317 --> 00:26:53,361 We've made some progress. So, thank you. 465 00:26:58,241 --> 00:27:00,493 Imagine how much it would have been if you got him in. 466 00:27:02,871 --> 00:27:04,789 Hey, Siri... 467 00:27:04,873 --> 00:27:08,626 resume the beat. 468 00:27:15,050 --> 00:27:16,926 ♪ 469 00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:20,430 His Highness is very à la mode. 470 00:27:20,513 --> 00:27:22,682 You know, big in NFTs. 471 00:27:22,766 --> 00:27:23,808 Right now he's obsessed 472 00:27:23,892 --> 00:27:26,853 with buying the Beach Boys' back catalogue. 473 00:27:26,936 --> 00:27:28,396 - Savvy. - Mm-hmm. 474 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:33,526 But really he's a conduit to the people he knows. 475 00:27:33,610 --> 00:27:35,320 His network is full of those 476 00:27:35,403 --> 00:27:38,031 who don't want to be anywhere near Forbes. 477 00:27:38,114 --> 00:27:42,869 The actual richest people are only interested in hiding 478 00:27:42,952 --> 00:27:44,245 their net worth. 479 00:27:44,329 --> 00:27:47,040 'Cause they're afraid of being eaten. 480 00:27:48,708 --> 00:27:51,002 “Eat the Rich.” Sorry... 481 00:27:51,086 --> 00:27:55,507 - terrible joke. - Well, feel free to observe 482 00:27:55,590 --> 00:28:00,303 and, of course, we are rather delicious. 483 00:28:01,930 --> 00:28:05,809 I'm having a little gathering at my apartment tomorrow. 484 00:28:05,892 --> 00:28:07,060 I'd love you to be there. 485 00:28:08,436 --> 00:28:09,497 I think it would be helpful 486 00:28:09,521 --> 00:28:11,314 to you to meet some of my people. 487 00:28:17,070 --> 00:28:18,113 Sorry. 488 00:28:24,077 --> 00:28:25,286 - Hey. - Hi. 489 00:28:25,370 --> 00:28:26,746 What's up? What are you doing here? 490 00:28:26,830 --> 00:28:29,249 I'm so... I'm sorry. I didn't want to disturb you. 491 00:28:29,332 --> 00:28:31,709 Um. I just didn't know who to come to. 492 00:28:31,793 --> 00:28:34,003 Uh. I didn't want to go to Kenny first 493 00:28:34,087 --> 00:28:36,172 and Jackie's not exactly approachable. 494 00:28:36,256 --> 00:28:38,383 Can we go somewhere more private? 495 00:28:39,968 --> 00:28:42,053 I can't. I have to be in this meeting. 496 00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:46,683 I went to dinner with Robert and this client... 497 00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:51,062 and after dinner, she offered me a lift home... 498 00:28:52,063 --> 00:28:53,064 and... 499 00:28:55,191 --> 00:28:57,986 uh, she sexually assaulted me. 500 00:28:59,988 --> 00:29:01,906 - "She"? - Yeah, she. 501 00:29:05,034 --> 00:29:06,327 Right this way, gentleman. 502 00:29:09,330 --> 00:29:10,915 Hmm. 503 00:29:10,999 --> 00:29:12,709 Are you okay? 504 00:29:14,085 --> 00:29:16,796 I'm fine. Yeah. It's fine. 505 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,174 I stopped it before it could go too far. 506 00:29:19,257 --> 00:29:22,552 But it just feels like something that shouldn't go 507 00:29:22,635 --> 00:29:25,346 unsaid or unreported. 508 00:29:26,764 --> 00:29:28,600 And you're sure it was an assault? 509 00:29:29,225 --> 00:29:30,268 Just, you know... 510 00:29:31,227 --> 00:29:34,230 "assault" is, uh, a sliding scale. 511 00:29:34,314 --> 00:29:37,942 - Especially if you stopped it. - Oh... Oh, I don't think it is. 512 00:29:40,487 --> 00:29:44,115 Well, just, if it was a sort of drunken pass? 513 00:29:44,199 --> 00:29:46,451 I mean, we've all been there. 514 00:29:46,534 --> 00:29:49,037 She tried to put her hand between my legs. 515 00:29:49,954 --> 00:29:51,080 I don't know. 516 00:29:51,164 --> 00:29:53,666 If I was to call every unsolicited advance 517 00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:55,460 “sexual assault,” I mean... 518 00:29:56,711 --> 00:29:59,506 I was assaulted yesterday by that metric. 519 00:29:59,589 --> 00:30:00,632 You were? 520 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,178 Is she a big client? 521 00:30:06,179 --> 00:30:08,014 Yeah. 522 00:30:08,097 --> 00:30:10,600 Do you ever have to see her again? 523 00:30:11,893 --> 00:30:13,353 I don't know. 524 00:30:13,436 --> 00:30:15,563 Look, RIF is right around the corner. 525 00:30:15,647 --> 00:30:17,357 I think there's your answer. 526 00:30:18,358 --> 00:30:20,818 Look, cynically, this might even help you. 527 00:30:25,949 --> 00:30:28,159 You strike me as pragmatic. 528 00:30:31,329 --> 00:30:32,872 Now, I think that would be good, 529 00:30:32,956 --> 00:30:35,917 and we can guarantee you access to Pierpoint's box 530 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,044 at the World Cup Final in Qatar... 531 00:30:38,127 --> 00:30:41,673 Oh, there she is. This is Yasmin Hanani. 532 00:30:43,007 --> 00:30:45,093 It's an honor to meet you, Your Highness. 533 00:30:46,052 --> 00:30:47,220 Sorry to keep you. 534 00:30:48,429 --> 00:30:49,847 As-salamu alaykum. 535 00:30:49,931 --> 00:30:51,691 - Wa alaykumu s-salam. - Wa alaykumu s-salam. 536 00:30:53,309 --> 00:30:56,104 I've got lunch with Jesse, if you wanna join? 537 00:30:57,981 --> 00:30:59,190 I'll let you catch up. 538 00:31:01,568 --> 00:31:03,945 I sort of look forward to seeing him now. 539 00:31:04,028 --> 00:31:06,239 You'll be calling him dad soon. 540 00:31:07,407 --> 00:31:10,577 Maybe. 541 00:31:10,660 --> 00:31:14,163 I think his life, his business, 542 00:31:14,247 --> 00:31:18,626 making sweeping predictions about prices of things 543 00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:21,879 based on people's fear and greed, 544 00:31:21,963 --> 00:31:26,301 I think it genuinely might be one of the most asinine ways 545 00:31:26,384 --> 00:31:27,802 of spending your hours on Earth. 546 00:31:32,265 --> 00:31:33,308 You might be right. 547 00:31:37,812 --> 00:31:40,023 It was you, buddy. 548 00:31:41,691 --> 00:31:45,903 You made me feel like I could achieve something on my own. 549 00:31:45,987 --> 00:31:49,365 You did a pretty convincing job of pretending not to care. 550 00:31:51,784 --> 00:31:53,119 'Cause I really wanted it. 551 00:31:58,166 --> 00:32:00,209 I had everything given to me... 552 00:32:02,211 --> 00:32:04,005 but still, I applied myself. 553 00:32:05,298 --> 00:32:08,343 That's success, as I understand it. 554 00:32:09,802 --> 00:32:10,845 I'm just... 555 00:32:12,930 --> 00:32:14,766 I'm just glad you forced me 556 00:32:14,849 --> 00:32:18,311 to sit down and work on something myself... 557 00:32:20,021 --> 00:32:21,564 even if I fucking failed. 558 00:32:30,239 --> 00:32:31,491 All will be well. 559 00:32:44,837 --> 00:32:46,172 Ray? 560 00:32:46,255 --> 00:32:47,674 - Yeah? - Leave it with me. 561 00:32:51,761 --> 00:32:54,013 - It's okay. - You did the right thing. 562 00:32:56,182 --> 00:32:59,143 - Yo, why are you so late? - Tooth needed filling in. 563 00:32:59,227 --> 00:33:01,229 Been giving me Fred West level murder. 564 00:33:01,312 --> 00:33:04,190 - Uh. I, uh, Danny? Is it? - Yeah. 565 00:33:04,273 --> 00:33:06,859 Kenneth. Not sure we've met beyond head-nodding. 566 00:33:06,943 --> 00:33:09,320 I'm looking after the FX desk with Jackie Walsh 567 00:33:09,404 --> 00:33:10,988 while our MD's off sick. 568 00:33:11,072 --> 00:33:13,074 A bit of an interregnum for us. 569 00:33:13,157 --> 00:33:14,409 Yeah. Not unlike over here, man. 570 00:33:14,492 --> 00:33:17,370 Yeah, well, that's, uh, that's exactly it. Do you mind? 571 00:33:17,453 --> 00:33:18,496 No. Please. 572 00:33:19,580 --> 00:33:20,581 I, uh... 573 00:33:21,624 --> 00:33:23,418 I don't really know what the protocols 574 00:33:23,501 --> 00:33:25,586 around this stuff are, but since we're 575 00:33:25,670 --> 00:33:29,006 the de-facto senior salespeople on the floor, um... 576 00:33:30,007 --> 00:33:31,801 This is actually quite sensitive. 577 00:33:31,884 --> 00:33:33,636 Do you have a minute to confab in private? 578 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:37,181 - Of course. Sure. Yeah. - Uh. This involves you too. 579 00:33:40,601 --> 00:33:42,145 Uh. Okay. 580 00:33:44,981 --> 00:33:48,192 Venetia said she joined you for a client dinner. 581 00:33:48,276 --> 00:33:51,320 Yeah. Uh, she wanted client exposure pre-RIF. 582 00:33:52,321 --> 00:33:53,614 What happened at dinner? 583 00:33:55,241 --> 00:33:56,242 Nothing. 584 00:33:57,326 --> 00:33:59,996 Well, yeah, not nothing. Um... 585 00:34:00,079 --> 00:34:04,333 Yeah, we ate and, uh, we chatted a bit. They got on. 586 00:34:05,501 --> 00:34:06,753 And I wasn't drinking, 587 00:34:06,836 --> 00:34:10,673 so I left them to finish up, and told Ven to pay the bill. 588 00:34:10,757 --> 00:34:13,384 And then, when I went back they were gone. 589 00:34:13,468 --> 00:34:14,886 Why did you go back? 590 00:34:16,012 --> 00:34:17,180 I forgot my wallet. 591 00:34:18,014 --> 00:34:20,391 But you left them to pay? 592 00:34:20,475 --> 00:34:24,145 She has a... a corporate AMEX? How's that possible for a grad? 593 00:34:25,313 --> 00:34:26,314 I gave her mine. 594 00:34:28,941 --> 00:34:32,111 So, you must have had your wallet in hand as you left, 595 00:34:32,195 --> 00:34:34,530 but then you forgot your wallet? 596 00:34:39,535 --> 00:34:40,828 And then you called her? 597 00:34:42,246 --> 00:34:43,456 Uh. 598 00:34:43,539 --> 00:34:45,768 Yeah. I just wanted to check that she got back all right. 599 00:34:45,792 --> 00:34:46,793 Right. 600 00:34:48,085 --> 00:34:50,171 Even though you left first? 601 00:34:57,970 --> 00:34:59,690 In all the time you've been covering Nicole, 602 00:34:59,722 --> 00:35:02,141 have you witnessed any behavior 603 00:35:02,225 --> 00:35:05,895 that made you or any person you work with uncomfortable? 604 00:35:12,109 --> 00:35:13,109 No. 605 00:35:13,152 --> 00:35:14,695 No? Because this is not an in-house, 606 00:35:14,779 --> 00:35:17,573 peer-to-peer disciplinary issue, it involves a client. 607 00:35:17,657 --> 00:35:20,201 The correct channel is a bit fuzzy. 608 00:35:20,284 --> 00:35:21,869 No. Well, it became my responsibility 609 00:35:21,953 --> 00:35:23,162 the moment she told you. 610 00:35:23,246 --> 00:35:25,414 It's... it's unacceptable for her to attend a dinner 611 00:35:25,498 --> 00:35:27,166 and be unsafe. It's reprehensible. 612 00:35:29,794 --> 00:35:30,914 Bill Adler's in the building 613 00:35:30,962 --> 00:35:33,047 meeting with the desk heads pre-RIF. 614 00:35:33,130 --> 00:35:36,342 All right. I'll run it up the chain, we'll go from there. 615 00:35:37,093 --> 00:35:38,094 Thanks, Rob. 616 00:35:45,226 --> 00:35:47,895 It's all so competitive, you know? 617 00:35:47,979 --> 00:35:50,565 You feel guilty pushing them into these schools. 618 00:35:50,648 --> 00:35:55,027 But then are you, they, getting their money's worth? 619 00:35:55,111 --> 00:35:58,364 And is that the sickness of the system talking? 620 00:35:59,115 --> 00:36:01,075 Uh. Candace... 621 00:36:01,158 --> 00:36:03,286 Candace looks after the girls' school results. 622 00:36:03,369 --> 00:36:05,079 I try to do the culture. 623 00:36:06,664 --> 00:36:07,874 Bit of Pixar... 624 00:36:09,166 --> 00:36:10,668 a gallery sometimes, 625 00:36:10,751 --> 00:36:13,337 they even have me reading poetry, can you believe it? 626 00:36:17,008 --> 00:36:18,885 This feels good. 627 00:36:20,052 --> 00:36:21,137 Feels right. 628 00:36:21,220 --> 00:36:25,016 Well, it's a boon for us to have you in the building. 629 00:36:25,808 --> 00:36:27,226 Call me overly romantic, 630 00:36:27,310 --> 00:36:30,813 but I've always wanted to know what these pinstripes 631 00:36:30,897 --> 00:36:34,400 feel like before hanging up my jersey. 632 00:36:34,483 --> 00:36:36,736 And if you can gut the Red Sox in the process... 633 00:36:36,819 --> 00:36:41,449 - win, win, right? - Win, win. 634 00:36:41,532 --> 00:36:43,576 If we keep telling you how good you are, 635 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:45,620 why hire us? 636 00:36:45,703 --> 00:36:48,247 I agree. So, do you wanna tell us 637 00:36:48,331 --> 00:36:50,082 where the holes are in our business? 638 00:36:51,334 --> 00:36:53,544 You've over juniorized the trading desks. 639 00:36:53,628 --> 00:36:56,088 Accounts want to know that they are seeing the flows 640 00:36:56,172 --> 00:36:57,590 or get the best price. 641 00:36:57,673 --> 00:36:59,800 - You can't be neither. - He's right, Doug. 642 00:36:59,884 --> 00:37:02,470 You need our dynamism, 643 00:37:02,553 --> 00:37:05,556 'cause reputations are burned while they're enjoyed. 644 00:37:06,474 --> 00:37:07,516 Apologies. 645 00:37:11,020 --> 00:37:15,650 Apologies. I loathe late people. 646 00:37:15,733 --> 00:37:19,695 You know Daria. Uh. She's a very new MD in our team. 647 00:37:23,866 --> 00:37:29,789 I... I had no idea you were still in the business. 648 00:37:29,872 --> 00:37:32,208 Yeah. Took 18 months maternity. 649 00:37:32,291 --> 00:37:34,293 I haven't officially started yet, 650 00:37:34,377 --> 00:37:36,504 but I heard you were in the building, 651 00:37:36,587 --> 00:37:38,005 and I didn't want to miss out. 652 00:37:40,591 --> 00:37:43,219 I was just, uh, talking to Jesse Bloom. 653 00:37:44,345 --> 00:37:46,806 You know him, right? 654 00:37:46,889 --> 00:37:50,601 Oh, we're all friends. We've been tryna convince him 655 00:37:50,685 --> 00:37:53,646 to stop out of a short he's hemorrhaging money on. 656 00:37:53,729 --> 00:37:56,065 He calls for our desk's council nonstop. 657 00:37:57,066 --> 00:37:58,943 We're a team here, you see. 658 00:38:00,403 --> 00:38:02,989 He's still running it? He hasn't stopped out yet? 659 00:38:03,072 --> 00:38:06,617 Oh, you work here already, do you? 660 00:38:06,701 --> 00:38:08,536 Doug, I didn't know we were adding 661 00:38:08,619 --> 00:38:10,705 to our Senior Relationship Managers? 662 00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:12,790 Didn't they send you upstairs, Eric? 663 00:38:12,873 --> 00:38:15,876 Gotta cut to the mustard. Uh. Truth be told, 664 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:19,880 you're kinda helping us materially 665 00:38:19,964 --> 00:38:22,883 just by being in the room now. 666 00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:27,430 We've been in negotiations with a competitor's CPS team 667 00:38:27,513 --> 00:38:30,725 for months. Let's call them Shogun. 668 00:38:32,268 --> 00:38:33,978 Is that problematic? I hope not. 669 00:38:34,061 --> 00:38:37,231 They've been chasing us on terms. Inviting you here, 670 00:38:37,315 --> 00:38:40,192 well, we kinda knew they'd get wind of it. 671 00:38:41,485 --> 00:38:44,572 Hopefully, this will spook them into signing. 672 00:38:44,655 --> 00:38:47,700 Daria's going to run that team for us. 673 00:38:47,783 --> 00:38:50,453 Frankly, we're tickled pink at the prospect. 674 00:38:52,663 --> 00:38:56,459 I'm sure another opportunity to collaborate 675 00:38:56,542 --> 00:38:59,253 is just around the corner for me and you. 676 00:39:03,632 --> 00:39:04,925 What did... what did I ever do 677 00:39:05,009 --> 00:39:06,802 for you to fuck me like this, Doug? 678 00:39:08,679 --> 00:39:12,058 If the roles were reversed, I'd applaud. 679 00:39:13,059 --> 00:39:14,101 So should you. 680 00:39:19,231 --> 00:39:22,610 Touché, you fucking prick. 681 00:39:22,693 --> 00:39:25,905 Um, no need for handbags, gentlemen. 682 00:39:25,988 --> 00:39:28,365 You know the rough and tumble of this business. 683 00:39:29,658 --> 00:39:31,952 Anything else you wanted from these three? 684 00:39:33,537 --> 00:39:34,538 No. 685 00:39:35,498 --> 00:39:36,665 Got everything I need. 686 00:39:50,221 --> 00:39:52,431 Didn't know you were a smoker. 687 00:39:52,515 --> 00:39:54,266 Yeah, I nicked them from Harper's desk. 688 00:40:11,367 --> 00:40:12,409 I'm sorry... 689 00:40:13,911 --> 00:40:15,121 about whatever happened. 690 00:40:17,665 --> 00:40:20,417 I think I overreacted bringing it up. 691 00:40:21,585 --> 00:40:23,337 I feel fucking stupid. 692 00:40:23,420 --> 00:40:27,591 And to be honest, I have no idea how to feel about it now. 693 00:40:27,675 --> 00:40:30,010 Well, I don't think you overreacted. 694 00:40:30,094 --> 00:40:32,096 I'm surprised they've let you out of the room. 695 00:40:32,179 --> 00:40:34,849 Yeah. They don't have the protocols 696 00:40:34,932 --> 00:40:36,308 in place to deal with it. 697 00:40:37,685 --> 00:40:39,353 Yeah. 698 00:40:39,436 --> 00:40:41,605 There's a bit of a leadership vacuum, I think. 699 00:40:44,442 --> 00:40:45,484 I think you knew. 700 00:40:48,070 --> 00:40:50,531 - Excuse me? - You heard me. 701 00:40:52,032 --> 00:40:53,951 You don't have a normal relationship 702 00:40:54,034 --> 00:40:56,370 with that woman. The way you spoke to each other. 703 00:40:56,453 --> 00:40:57,496 I cover her. 704 00:40:58,622 --> 00:41:00,457 That's a deeply personal relationship 705 00:41:00,541 --> 00:41:01,584 when it's successful. 706 00:41:02,918 --> 00:41:04,712 - You're projecting. - Bullshit. 707 00:41:04,795 --> 00:41:07,715 She spoke to you like you were... 708 00:41:07,798 --> 00:41:11,719 - her toy, just a plaything. - So did you. 709 00:41:15,014 --> 00:41:16,765 Look, I'm so sorry that... 710 00:41:19,727 --> 00:41:20,936 that that happened to you. 711 00:41:22,229 --> 00:41:23,230 It's okay. 712 00:41:24,273 --> 00:41:26,025 You weren't to know, right? 713 00:41:28,110 --> 00:41:29,337 I mean, it's not like you sent me 714 00:41:29,361 --> 00:41:31,572 a concerned voice-note or anything. 715 00:41:37,036 --> 00:41:38,829 Let's run it up the chain first, 716 00:41:38,913 --> 00:41:41,707 get a bit of a steer then we can see if we need to involve HR. 717 00:41:41,790 --> 00:41:43,417 - I'll do it right now. - Grand. 718 00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:44,710 Great. Thanks. 719 00:41:44,793 --> 00:41:46,420 Where the fuck is Rishi by the way? 720 00:41:47,546 --> 00:41:49,048 Uh. Dentist, he said. 721 00:41:49,131 --> 00:41:52,176 - Or hygienist. - Again? What... what has he got, 722 00:41:52,259 --> 00:41:53,427 a fucking abscess? 723 00:41:55,471 --> 00:41:57,431 - I need to talk to you. - Look, man, can it wait? 724 00:41:57,514 --> 00:41:58,992 This day is just evaporating before my eyes. 725 00:41:59,016 --> 00:42:01,602 - I'm meeting with Adler in five. - No. I lied earlier. 726 00:42:02,186 --> 00:42:03,187 Once again. 727 00:42:04,063 --> 00:42:05,606 I lied about Nicole. 728 00:42:05,689 --> 00:42:07,733 We had a sexual relationship. 729 00:42:07,816 --> 00:42:11,403 Woah, man. That's very thorny. You, uh, you sure? 730 00:42:11,487 --> 00:42:12,607 What do you mean, am I sure? 731 00:42:12,655 --> 00:42:14,341 No idea why I said that, my brain is fucking fritzed. 732 00:42:14,365 --> 00:42:15,925 Are you a mad man? Out of all the women? 733 00:42:15,950 --> 00:42:17,534 What do you mean, "of all the women"? 734 00:42:17,618 --> 00:42:19,471 We... we worked together, it became intimate. Is it really that strange? 735 00:42:19,495 --> 00:42:20,805 No. It's deeply naïve and unprofessional. 736 00:42:20,829 --> 00:42:22,957 That behavior will always blow back in your face. 737 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:24,851 You know, that's the kinda shit you have to disclose 738 00:42:24,875 --> 00:42:25,960 to the regulators, right? 739 00:42:26,043 --> 00:42:28,420 I'm... I'm correctly assuming it was consensual? 740 00:42:29,672 --> 00:42:30,881 Correct. 741 00:42:30,965 --> 00:42:32,442 I feel like it's an added complication that doesn't help 742 00:42:32,466 --> 00:42:34,361 with this morning's events. It... it muddles the picture. 743 00:42:34,385 --> 00:42:35,737 Where... where is our fucking head trader? 744 00:42:35,761 --> 00:42:37,030 I have fifty clients wanting prices. 745 00:42:37,054 --> 00:42:38,490 - I know it's a pattern of behavior. - What is? 746 00:42:38,514 --> 00:42:40,234 - Rishi's fucking dental work? - No. Nicole. 747 00:42:44,061 --> 00:42:45,813 Now, I don't know the details, 748 00:42:45,896 --> 00:42:49,149 but I know something happened to Harper when we first joined. 749 00:42:50,985 --> 00:42:53,320 Wait, you serious? She told you that? 750 00:42:54,029 --> 00:42:55,197 All but. Yeah. 751 00:42:58,367 --> 00:43:00,286 Fuck. She been holding that in the whole time? 752 00:43:04,206 --> 00:43:05,207 Jesus. 753 00:43:11,130 --> 00:43:14,008 Why are you involving me in something so low-level? 754 00:43:14,091 --> 00:43:16,260 This doesn't say much for our duty of care 755 00:43:16,343 --> 00:43:18,637 if this shit's happening to grads. 756 00:43:19,555 --> 00:43:20,848 Well if you wanna manage, 757 00:43:20,931 --> 00:43:23,892 then make management decisions. Take a course of action. 758 00:43:23,976 --> 00:43:25,453 If you'd thought I was ready for management, 759 00:43:25,477 --> 00:43:27,771 then you might've promoted me as promised. 760 00:43:27,855 --> 00:43:29,690 I'm sorry, 761 00:43:29,773 --> 00:43:31,692 is this about you or about the new hire? 762 00:43:33,402 --> 00:43:36,989 Uh. I'm worried it's a pattern. 763 00:43:37,072 --> 00:43:39,950 The client did the same thing to Harper Stern on our desk. 764 00:43:42,578 --> 00:43:45,372 That kid prints a tonne of biz. 765 00:43:47,541 --> 00:43:48,542 You close? 766 00:43:51,086 --> 00:43:52,296 No. 767 00:43:52,379 --> 00:43:54,048 I just suspended her 768 00:43:54,131 --> 00:43:56,216 for fucking up one of our trader's books. 769 00:43:58,135 --> 00:44:00,054 Well, I still want her business in New York, 770 00:44:00,137 --> 00:44:01,221 but I don't want her 771 00:44:01,305 --> 00:44:03,105 in another HR entanglement, given her history. 772 00:44:03,182 --> 00:44:06,810 I... I don't want more HR noise anywhere on that floor. 773 00:44:08,896 --> 00:44:11,523 What I tend do in these situations is, 774 00:44:11,607 --> 00:44:12,900 sit on them. 775 00:44:12,983 --> 00:44:14,711 You'd think they fester, but in the aggregate, 776 00:44:14,735 --> 00:44:16,695 they just, you know, they just go away. 777 00:44:18,906 --> 00:44:21,241 So, you want me to bury it all? 778 00:44:23,118 --> 00:44:24,995 Let it bury itself. 779 00:44:26,121 --> 00:44:28,707 And Danny, I've gotta put in face time 780 00:44:28,791 --> 00:44:31,585 with the new blood on RIF, and fold London CPS 781 00:44:31,668 --> 00:44:33,629 with God knows how many redundancies. 782 00:44:33,712 --> 00:44:35,464 I really don't have the minutes in the day 783 00:44:35,547 --> 00:44:38,926 - for mosquitoes like this. - All right. I'm sorry. 784 00:44:42,930 --> 00:44:44,556 Yeah, that's always gratifying to see 785 00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:45,974 my former students do so well. 786 00:44:46,058 --> 00:44:47,768 And the politics faculty 787 00:44:47,851 --> 00:44:50,646 talk about Aurore more than is healthy. 788 00:44:50,729 --> 00:44:53,732 Yeah, moderate, sensible, conservatism. 789 00:44:53,816 --> 00:44:56,068 Something radical in that I suppose. 790 00:44:56,151 --> 00:44:59,488 Yes, she was one of my ablest. Do give her my very best. 791 00:44:59,571 --> 00:45:04,034 - How did you two connect then? - Well, through mutual friend. 792 00:45:04,118 --> 00:45:05,744 Hmm. 793 00:45:05,828 --> 00:45:07,788 So... 794 00:45:07,871 --> 00:45:10,290 I know this chap, just out of Eton, 795 00:45:10,374 --> 00:45:13,001 who was interviewing for History & Politics. 796 00:45:13,085 --> 00:45:16,463 Sadly, he didn't quite make the cut, but I just wanted to, 797 00:45:16,547 --> 00:45:18,841 you know, shine a light on him. 798 00:45:19,716 --> 00:45:20,717 Leo Bloom. 799 00:45:20,801 --> 00:45:22,278 You may have heard of his father Jesse, 800 00:45:22,302 --> 00:45:24,222 - he runs Crotona Park Capital. - Oh, yeah, yeah. 801 00:45:24,304 --> 00:45:26,765 Of course, yeah, he was all over the news at one point, right? 802 00:45:26,849 --> 00:45:29,226 Profiteering off misery. 803 00:45:29,309 --> 00:45:30,727 Yes. 804 00:45:30,811 --> 00:45:34,815 Um. Well his son Leo is really very smart. 805 00:45:35,524 --> 00:45:36,859 You'd like his energy. 806 00:45:36,942 --> 00:45:38,277 He's a... quick study. 807 00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,904 I... I think you'd like spending a few hours a week with him. 808 00:45:41,739 --> 00:45:43,240 So, I was just wondering 809 00:45:43,323 --> 00:45:44,867 if there was anything we could, um... 810 00:45:45,826 --> 00:45:46,827 do? 811 00:45:48,328 --> 00:45:50,789 Uh. Do? 812 00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:53,167 As regards? 813 00:45:54,877 --> 00:45:56,336 Bump him up the ladder. 814 00:45:56,420 --> 00:45:58,839 Find him a place in college for next Michaelmas. 815 00:46:02,509 --> 00:46:04,011 I mean... 816 00:46:04,094 --> 00:46:07,347 Uh. Well, we're... We're not really set up 817 00:46:07,431 --> 00:46:09,808 for that sort of thing. 818 00:46:09,892 --> 00:46:12,686 I've been thinking recently, actually speaking to Aurore, 819 00:46:12,769 --> 00:46:14,456 about how important it is for us to give back 820 00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,982 to the institutions that shape us. 821 00:46:17,065 --> 00:46:19,401 I thought perhaps there could be some kind of conduit 822 00:46:19,485 --> 00:46:21,445 between the college and the department. 823 00:46:21,528 --> 00:46:24,823 Maybe we could make a parliamentary internship 824 00:46:24,907 --> 00:46:27,493 for one of the outgoing PPE students. 825 00:46:28,744 --> 00:46:31,830 Uh. Well, it would be... be great 826 00:46:31,914 --> 00:46:36,126 if... if Aurore could come back and speak to the finalists. 827 00:46:36,210 --> 00:46:39,755 We'd definitely be open to starting those conversations. 828 00:46:39,838 --> 00:46:42,424 We only have six places for History and Politics this year. 829 00:46:42,508 --> 00:46:43,884 Surely someone who'd love 830 00:46:43,967 --> 00:46:46,637 some potential work experience in a minister's office. 831 00:46:50,307 --> 00:46:51,517 Do you remember, 832 00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:54,228 uh, Stiffy a few years above you at school? 833 00:46:54,311 --> 00:46:57,731 I think he went back and taught Mandarin and cricket, 834 00:46:57,814 --> 00:47:00,067 house cricket, when you were in B block. 835 00:47:00,150 --> 00:47:01,360 I helped him out a bit 836 00:47:01,443 --> 00:47:03,379 with the application here. Nothing underhand of course, 837 00:47:03,403 --> 00:47:04,738 just a little advice. 838 00:47:04,821 --> 00:47:08,742 Well, um, Stiffy minor has just landed 839 00:47:08,826 --> 00:47:11,870 a place in this year's intake. I could... 840 00:47:11,954 --> 00:47:14,331 speak to him about a potential gap year. 841 00:47:14,915 --> 00:47:16,124 I mean, 842 00:47:16,208 --> 00:47:18,311 that will certainly put him in a better position for life 843 00:47:18,335 --> 00:47:20,712 post-degree. 844 00:47:20,796 --> 00:47:23,423 And this Leo is intelligent? 845 00:47:23,507 --> 00:47:25,551 - Very. - And he's an OE? 846 00:47:26,593 --> 00:47:29,304 - Yup. - He's one of us. 847 00:47:29,388 --> 00:47:32,099 A "PLU". 848 00:47:32,182 --> 00:47:34,184 I'm... I'm sure we can figure something out. 849 00:47:34,268 --> 00:47:37,855 Let me speak to, um, Stiffy's father. 850 00:47:39,439 --> 00:47:41,233 I always had you pegged for politics. 851 00:47:48,323 --> 00:47:50,409 You drink whisky at a wake, right? 852 00:47:53,662 --> 00:47:55,205 I just don't know, Eric. 853 00:47:57,499 --> 00:48:01,378 Know what? Uh. Three more whiskeys. Doubles! 854 00:48:01,461 --> 00:48:02,754 Why we brought you. 855 00:48:04,131 --> 00:48:05,716 You're fucking last mate, honestly. 856 00:48:05,799 --> 00:48:06,967 Don't talk to him like that. 857 00:48:07,050 --> 00:48:08,302 Oh, you can fuck off and all. 858 00:48:08,385 --> 00:48:11,013 You're a total catastrophe. I swear you're cursed. 859 00:48:14,641 --> 00:48:16,768 I'm gonna go back to the office. Put my head down. 860 00:48:17,686 --> 00:48:20,230 We can't pretend this didn't happen. 861 00:48:20,314 --> 00:48:24,276 Pierpoint finds out five minutes from now or five minutes ago. 862 00:48:24,818 --> 00:48:26,236 Cat's voided bag. 863 00:48:27,279 --> 00:48:29,156 What about Credit Suisse... 864 00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:32,284 JP Morgan, MS, Barclays? We can still try those, no? 865 00:48:32,367 --> 00:48:36,038 Some cunt will hit a lazy bid and have us, surely? 866 00:48:36,121 --> 00:48:39,916 The chatter from today will materially hurt us. 867 00:48:40,834 --> 00:48:42,794 If I was at any of those places 868 00:48:42,878 --> 00:48:45,964 and was to pick up the phone to our equivalents now... 869 00:48:47,090 --> 00:48:49,718 desperation reeks like cheap cologne. 870 00:48:51,345 --> 00:48:53,764 Do I look like a Duty-Free kind of guy to you? 871 00:48:53,847 --> 00:48:57,142 They'd offer us an insulting package. 872 00:48:57,809 --> 00:48:58,852 Rightly so. 873 00:49:02,314 --> 00:49:04,149 I need a slash something terrible. 874 00:49:07,569 --> 00:49:11,698 You should take that. 875 00:49:23,794 --> 00:49:26,088 Harper, I'm glad I got you. 876 00:49:26,171 --> 00:49:27,547 Yeah, what's up? 877 00:49:27,631 --> 00:49:29,591 Uh. Just having the day from hell. 878 00:49:30,133 --> 00:49:32,302 Um. Look... 879 00:49:32,386 --> 00:49:35,555 I... I think I know why you are the way you are with me at work. 880 00:49:36,723 --> 00:49:37,723 I know 881 00:49:37,766 --> 00:49:40,686 people in this business have hurt you. 882 00:49:40,769 --> 00:49:43,438 I know you feel you haven't been able to speak out. 883 00:49:43,522 --> 00:49:46,733 I'm getting a lot of pressure from above to bury it myself... 884 00:49:46,817 --> 00:49:52,114 but I... I know it's... it's a pattern now. 885 00:49:52,197 --> 00:49:55,242 It's the whole damn culture. It's fucking Adler, man. 886 00:49:55,325 --> 00:49:59,830 I feel a bit sick. 887 00:50:05,127 --> 00:50:06,962 Okay. I hear you. Um... 888 00:50:08,046 --> 00:50:10,632 Could we have this conversation in person? 889 00:50:10,716 --> 00:50:12,259 No, I can't get off the desk. 890 00:50:12,342 --> 00:50:14,386 I'd really like to have this conversation in person. 891 00:50:14,469 --> 00:50:17,389 Now. Drink. Usual spot. Right now. 892 00:50:20,016 --> 00:50:22,394 Okay, just... Just give me a couple minutes. 893 00:50:55,719 --> 00:50:57,637 News of our mutiny hit? 894 00:50:57,721 --> 00:50:59,139 No, it was something else. 895 00:51:01,266 --> 00:51:06,480 How did we not know the Yankees covered Bloom? 896 00:51:06,563 --> 00:51:11,443 We shouldn't have said we "own" him. It was a lie. 897 00:51:11,526 --> 00:51:13,278 I did think that he cut me loose, 898 00:51:13,361 --> 00:51:16,782 but, I mean, as ridiculous as this sounds, 899 00:51:16,865 --> 00:51:19,618 the fact he hasn't stopped out of that FastAide position 900 00:51:19,701 --> 00:51:21,828 means I'm still in his head. 901 00:51:21,912 --> 00:51:25,916 He's not the kinda guy who wants anodyne, Daria-style, 902 00:51:25,999 --> 00:51:28,919 parrot of broker, no-coverage. He wants edge. 903 00:51:31,671 --> 00:51:34,299 He wants someone who can say, “I know for certain.” 904 00:51:43,975 --> 00:51:46,102 I think that you're too good 905 00:51:46,186 --> 00:51:48,104 towards steady income instruments. 906 00:51:48,188 --> 00:51:49,105 Too many bonds. 907 00:51:49,189 --> 00:51:51,566 And it would be fantastic if it... 908 00:51:56,321 --> 00:51:59,157 I'm so sorry, um, must be an emergency. 909 00:51:59,241 --> 00:52:01,034 Um. I'm so sorry. 910 00:52:10,043 --> 00:52:12,045 Sportswashing objectively works, 911 00:52:12,128 --> 00:52:14,047 but buying a chunk of Chelsea Football... 912 00:52:14,130 --> 00:52:16,258 I need to have a serious word with you. 913 00:52:16,341 --> 00:52:19,719 Venetia told me that she came to you with, uh, something 914 00:52:19,803 --> 00:52:23,974 very serious, and your response was very disappointing. 915 00:52:24,057 --> 00:52:27,227 From the outside, it looks like you were trying to silence her? 916 00:52:28,436 --> 00:52:30,230 You do realize the facts 917 00:52:30,313 --> 00:52:32,440 presented to me lead me to that conclusion. 918 00:52:33,775 --> 00:52:36,236 It's the exact opposite of pastoral care. 919 00:52:36,319 --> 00:52:38,363 It's not the culture we're trying to engender here. 920 00:52:38,446 --> 00:52:39,781 Are you fucking kidding me? 921 00:52:41,783 --> 00:52:44,494 Can you hear yourself? 922 00:52:44,578 --> 00:52:46,454 You gave up the right to be the "custodian" 923 00:52:46,538 --> 00:52:47,747 of any kind of culture 924 00:52:47,831 --> 00:52:50,917 when you paid for a girl's tits to be bounced in my face. 925 00:52:51,001 --> 00:52:53,628 Forgive me for thinking you shouldn't be the arbiter 926 00:52:53,712 --> 00:52:55,432 of how young women are treated on your desk. 927 00:52:55,463 --> 00:52:57,066 Yes, I'm worried about how this looks for you... 928 00:52:57,090 --> 00:52:58,276 No. Shut the fuck up for a minute. 929 00:52:58,300 --> 00:52:59,652 How dare you pull me out of a meeting 930 00:52:59,676 --> 00:53:02,012 to speak to me like this? You don't get to lecture me. 931 00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:05,849 There's no high ground for you anymore. 932 00:53:05,932 --> 00:53:07,332 I don't care if you're sober, Kenny. 933 00:53:07,392 --> 00:53:09,019 You're still a cunt. 934 00:53:09,102 --> 00:53:10,770 That doesn't go away with a few sessions 935 00:53:10,854 --> 00:53:11,956 with a bunch of other whingers. 936 00:53:11,980 --> 00:53:14,190 You don't have a disease, you're a narcissist 937 00:53:14,274 --> 00:53:15,275 with a new excuse 938 00:53:15,358 --> 00:53:17,903 to lord it over people. You're weak. 939 00:53:17,986 --> 00:53:19,297 In case that wasn't crystal clear, 940 00:53:19,321 --> 00:53:21,406 no, I will not come to your fucking meetings. 941 00:53:21,489 --> 00:53:23,408 No, sorry, you're right. You're... you're right. 942 00:53:37,172 --> 00:53:39,883 Daniel. We're just, uh... 943 00:53:39,966 --> 00:53:43,261 We're just having a couple of sneaky on-the-clock sharpeners. 944 00:53:43,345 --> 00:53:47,182 - What the fuck's going on? - Beats me. 945 00:53:49,017 --> 00:53:50,060 I asked him to come. 946 00:53:52,354 --> 00:53:53,355 You... 947 00:53:54,731 --> 00:53:55,732 What? 948 00:53:56,524 --> 00:53:57,943 Danny, have a seat. 949 00:54:04,950 --> 00:54:07,243 Very soon it will be common market knowledge 950 00:54:07,327 --> 00:54:10,288 that we've been taking meetings away all day. 951 00:54:19,089 --> 00:54:22,342 - Fuck you. - Not fuck us. No. 952 00:54:22,425 --> 00:54:24,302 There is an opportunity here. 953 00:54:24,386 --> 00:54:27,931 A huge competitor has just gutted a rival's CPS offering. 954 00:54:28,014 --> 00:54:30,350 There's a gap to fill out the gutted firm. 955 00:54:30,433 --> 00:54:32,811 We're fixing a supply issue. 956 00:54:33,770 --> 00:54:35,480 Now, the way I see this is... 957 00:54:36,940 --> 00:54:38,900 you know how quickly the clock ticks 958 00:54:38,984 --> 00:54:40,986 when you flirting with a competitor. 959 00:54:41,069 --> 00:54:46,116 We need to secure this now. We have hours. Not days. 960 00:54:47,534 --> 00:54:50,620 You can tell Adler, stay at his heel. 961 00:54:51,705 --> 00:54:53,623 Or you can join us... 962 00:54:54,582 --> 00:54:56,126 and take what was denied to you. 963 00:54:58,211 --> 00:55:04,342 I can see Bill's POV. Why promote a blind acolyte... 964 00:55:04,426 --> 00:55:08,138 when he can get you to do more work for the same money? 965 00:55:08,221 --> 00:55:11,057 Ultimately, your loyalty is what cost you. 966 00:55:13,601 --> 00:55:16,146 You're still drinking buddies with the guys over at Shogun, 967 00:55:16,229 --> 00:55:17,856 yeah? 968 00:55:17,939 --> 00:55:21,234 - Shogun? - Our Japanese brothers? 969 00:55:21,317 --> 00:55:22,944 You still hit up the Slug and Lettuce 970 00:55:23,028 --> 00:55:24,112 with those guys? 971 00:55:24,696 --> 00:55:25,697 Oh... 972 00:55:27,115 --> 00:55:29,409 Yeah, sure. I know everyone there. 973 00:55:29,492 --> 00:55:32,162 They've been making overtures towards me for months. 974 00:55:32,245 --> 00:55:33,288 Well... 975 00:55:34,122 --> 00:55:35,206 the floor is yours. 976 00:55:40,086 --> 00:55:42,213 You guys really are something else. 977 00:55:47,177 --> 00:55:48,928 So, fucking tell them that then. 978 00:55:54,225 --> 00:55:55,226 Uh... 979 00:55:58,354 --> 00:55:59,773 I'm an immediate MD. 980 00:56:02,567 --> 00:56:03,610 I run the desk. 981 00:56:05,445 --> 00:56:06,821 You all report to me. 982 00:56:08,031 --> 00:56:11,868 I run the comp pool. And I'm paid like a trader. 983 00:56:11,951 --> 00:56:13,745 Percentage of total commissions made. 984 00:56:13,828 --> 00:56:14,913 My upside is unlimited. 985 00:56:17,499 --> 00:56:18,541 Old-school. 986 00:56:20,627 --> 00:56:21,669 We can do that. 987 00:56:22,754 --> 00:56:23,797 Can't we, Eric? 988 00:56:25,632 --> 00:56:26,841 We can. 989 00:56:26,925 --> 00:56:28,968 You reckon you can feign sobriety long enough 990 00:56:29,052 --> 00:56:30,261 for me to save your careers? 991 00:56:30,345 --> 00:56:32,388 We'll fucking try. 992 00:56:35,558 --> 00:56:36,684 I'm gonna make a call. 993 00:56:46,152 --> 00:56:51,616 Isn't it lucky that no one is ever satisfied? 994 00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:58,623 ♪ ♪ 995 00:56:58,706 --> 00:57:01,751 ♪ When the MCs came To live out the name ♪ 996 00:57:01,835 --> 00:57:03,753 ♪ And to perform ♪ 997 00:57:03,837 --> 00:57:07,465 ♪ Some had to snort cocaine To act insane ♪ 998 00:57:07,549 --> 00:57:09,342 ♪ Before Pete rocked it on ♪ 999 00:57:09,425 --> 00:57:13,054 ♪ Now on with the mental plane To spark the brain ♪ 1000 00:57:13,138 --> 00:57:14,889 ♪ With the building to be born ♪ 1001 00:57:14,973 --> 00:57:18,017 ♪ Yo RZA flip the track With the what to cut ♪ 1002 00:57:19,978 --> 00:57:22,147 ♪ Fake niggas get flipped In mic fights ♪ 1003 00:57:22,230 --> 00:57:25,608 ♪ I swing swords and cut clowns Shit is too swift to bite you ♪ 1004 00:57:25,692 --> 00:57:26,985 ♪ Record and write it down ♪ 1005 00:57:27,068 --> 00:57:29,237 ♪ I flow like the blood On a murder scene ♪ 1006 00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:31,739 ♪ Like a syringe On some wild out shit ♪ 1007 00:57:31,823 --> 00:57:32,991 ♪ To insert a fiend ♪ 1008 00:57:33,074 --> 00:57:35,368 ♪ But it was your op The shop stolen art ♪ 1009 00:57:35,451 --> 00:57:37,662 ♪ Catch a swollen heart From not rolling smart ♪ 1010 00:57:37,745 --> 00:57:38,955 ♪ I put mad pressure ♪ 1011 00:57:39,038 --> 00:57:40,957 ♪ On phony wack Rhymes that get hurt ♪ 1012 00:57:41,040 --> 00:57:43,751 ♪ Shit's played like Zodiac signs on sweatshirt ♪ 1013 00:57:43,835 --> 00:57:46,880 ♪ That's minimum And feminine like sandals ♪ 1014 00:57:46,963 --> 00:57:50,925 ♪ My minimum table stacks A verse on a gamble ♪ 1015 00:57:54,179 --> 00:57:57,140 ♪ Yo RZA flip the track With the what to cut ♪