Any Questions for Ben? Page #3

the only thing

that truly means anything,

is that you win.

You beat the other guy.

You take the challenge head-on

and you crush him.

Can I use that?

- It's yours.

- Great.

And it's the truth.

Ow.

Ben!

Hey... g'day, mate!

- Jim.

- Jim! Good to see you.

Great to see you.

I didn't know you were doing it.

I saw your name...

- What an honour.

- Yeah.

- And, hey, congratulations.

- Oh, thanks.

- Olympian.

- In archery.

Still, just to make it there.

Yeah, I suppose, and win a medal.

Yeah... bronze.

I mean, great! Fantastic!

Well done.

What about you? Did you

keep up cricket after school?

- Yeah, a bit. I had to let it go.

- Oh, that's disappointing.

- Not really...

- You were such a good cricketer.

Well... yeah, thanks,

but I did other things.

Oh. That's good.

Yeah, great. OK, mate, well,

I better probably keep going.

But I'll see you afterwards.

- Ben.

- Sir.

- No need to call me 'sir' anymore.

- Can't stop.

- Thank you so much for coming.

- Vy pleasure.

- Full house tonight.

- Really?

Yeah. Big thing now, these nights.

Had to tell the Year 10s

they couldn't come.

- Kept up your cricket?

- No.

Ah, that's disappointing.

Few years back...

Hey, it's nice to see you.

Hi! So nice to see you.

An honoured guest, I see.

- You too.

- I think I got the wild card.

Ooh, I'm so nervous.

Honcstly, I don't know

how I ended up in Africa.

Especially when I think

back to school

and all I wanted to be

was a professional netballer

or a member of the Spice Girls.

In the early days with the UN,

you get rotated quite often.

So this is my third country...

The thing about Northern Africa

is there's this incredible diversity...

...incredibly rich oil economies

through to totally bankrupt nations.

...they're also far less likely to be

caught up in extremism...

...agencies and the NGOs

like the UNHCR, USAID...

Sorry, do I sound like I've just

swallowed a dictionary?

Anyway, we're all trying to help.

I'm sorry, should I...

should I stop or...

No, no, no. Don't.

That child is currently in school

and she drew me

a picture of herself

with the word 'shukran'

which is Arabic for thank you.

So... so, thank you.

Thank you, Alex.

Thank you so much.

What a journey.

Some of the Year 11 s are studying

third-world development

and microfinance,

so they'll be doubly...

I can see some nods.

Any questions for Alex?

Wow! We're not going to be able to take

everyone.

Just five or six. I really

want to move on to Ben. Yes.

Uh, yeah, and so after all the

repackaging and the relaunching,

I suppose the real satisfaction comes

at the end

when you look up

and you see that billboard

and it's there for all to see

and you say to yourself...

I think that's the moment

you say... I've rebranded.

No, maybe even more than that -

I've... I've recreated.

And is this for the vodka or

the socks? The cushion socks?

- No, I mean in general.

- Sorry, in general.

Of... yeah, when you see

the billboard and, or...

...or whatever. Yeah.

I just mean that's

when it feels real for me.

The... Yeah, just when 10,000 people

will drive past it

and... ycah.

Are you finished?

- Sorry, am I.?

- You're finished?

- Yes.

- OK. Well... well done.

- Oh. OK.

- Thank you.

Very, very interesting.

Some people are doing

a marketing module

so that will be right on target.

I don't quite... no, no. Let's

dive straight into questions.

That's the way to drill down things.

Any questions?

OK. Rowan. Yes?

I've got a question for Alex.

No, I meant any... I mean

any questions for Ben.

We'll open up to the panel

in a moment.

I just want to stay with Ben for the

moment. Any questions for Ben?

You spoke too well.

OK, come on, come on,

I know you...

Any questions? Now's the time.

Actually I've got a question

about billboards.

Do they go up in one sheet

or in separate panels?

- Hi.

- Hi.

I... I was thinking maybe

we grab a drink.

Um...

I would love to.

OK, great.

Um... are you up for one?

I better not. No, I've got a big meeting

in the morning.

This project

I'm trying to put to bed.

Ah, you're repositioning a brand?

- Uh, yeah.

- Wow!

- So I...

- Can't tempt you for one?

- Look, not tonight. No.

- OK.

Sorry. But you know what, let's catch up

while you're in town.

- Actually I would love that.

- Great.

I'm around these days too.

Yeah, that's good to know, Jim.

Great. Um...

- OK, let's do that.

- Good to see you.

I'll tell Briany.

Anyway, goodbye.

- Don't be down about that.

- Oh, no. I'm fine.

They were absorbing it.

You really had to listen.

They'll be talking about it in

the playground tomorrow.

I got the order wrong. I should have

put you on after archery.

- I mean, Alex spoke so well.

- Yeah.

We're saving the world and then

we're rebranding vodka.

Absolutely fabulous. Sold well?

- Yeah.

- That's the main thing.

You should have mentioned that.

I'll pop it in the newsletter.

- It's fine.

- Wasn't Jim terrific?

# Why drink the water

from my hand?

# Contagious as you think I am

# Don't scream about

Don't think aloud

# Turn your head now baby

Just spit me out

# Don't worry about

Don't speak of doubt

# Turn your head now baby

Just spit me out. #

I'm buzzed.

I'll be honest with you.

When you called it 'barbecue wear',

it put me back on my heels a little.

I didn't mean to be rude. That's how

the young demo might see it.

And we need to hear that.

But then you started talking

about hip heritage, icon brands,

about making connections.

Well, I'm up on my toes.

Ken will be too.

- Great.

- So I say we've got our ideas.

You've got yours. Bring 'em on.

Alright. Well, I can't

get to it right away.

Now... I've got a ton of questions

for ya.

- Jim?

- Yeah.

Jim the Archer?

Did he go to the Olympics?

Yes, I just said that.

Jim won a medal at the Olympics?

- Yeah. He did.

- Wow!

- The wows are back, are they?

- How did he go?

Fine. He's an Olympian.

What does he have to do?

- Good on Jim.

- You don't even know him.

- Sounds like a good guy.

- I guess he's fine.

And you? How did you go?

Uh... yeah. Fine.

- Charmed them, no doubt.

- Uh, yeah.

And what about Alex?

I've been too afraid to ring her.

- Good. She went well.

- Really?

- Kids loved her.

- Really?!

I just said they loved her.

What do you want me to say?

- Oh, thanks, mate.

- Pleasure.

- Hey, Andy.

- Yeah?

- Could I ask you something?

- Yeah, sure.

- Do you ever get the feeling...

- This is a great ad. Watch this.

Uh... you know what,

I'll ask afterwards.

Sure.

- I don't know...

- This is the bit.

Oh, it's funny!

That was the last

we ever saw of him.

He lives now... only in my memories.

Oh! Loved the way

that movie ends.

It's a great ending, isn't it?

You get this feeling that he's still

searching for something.

- Yeah. Petrol.

- I mean, spiritually.

- He's after a sense of meaning.

- No, petrol and food for his dog.

Andy, we're done.

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