August Page #4

Click-through is over.

Cross platform is over.

"i" whatever is over.

Disintermediation is

way over.

The start-up is over,

branding is over,

convergence is so over!

Dot-com and everything

it stands for... over!

So what's left?

What's left

is what we do.

What's left is

those people

who are very very good at what we do.

You all know people,

they're in your shop,

who are amazing designers.

Writers in a language that's

being invented before our eyes.

I grew up with one.

My brother Joshua.

Now, I can charm a VC.

Well, on a good day

I can charm a VC.

But Joshua...

Joshua can Imagine.

Joshua can make something where

yesterday there was nothing.

And that makes all the

difference, doesn't it?

Thank you.

Thank you and

enjoy your lunch.

Yeow!

Tom rules!

Tom.

Tom, I've got

to take off.

Have a drink with me first. Just one.

Oh yeah, I can't.

Morela called...

is everything okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jacob's

having a tough time,

he's still

colicky, he's...

What did you think

of the speech?

It was good.

It was good.

It was nice, thanks.

Tom.

You really pulled one out, Tom.

I was a little worried there for

a moment but, you pulled it out.

I was thinking maybe we

could just do something quiet,

um, like, maybe

I could cook dinner,

just hang out

and talk, you know.

'Cause I had a really good

time seeing you the other night.

And, uh...

so just gimme a call back

when you get this, okay?

Hey.

Hey yourself.

Holy sh*t!

You did it!

Of course

I did it.

I didn't think

you would.

What do

you mean?

I don't know,

I just, um,

I just thought you

were humoring me.

Are you kidding me?

I love it!

I sure wish you were here

when they were working at it,

because the

contractor screwed me.

I have pictures.

You were totally right

about opening this up.

Lets in

the light.

So do you

like it?

It's the first thing

that I designed

that's actually been,

you know, realized.

That's the, um... do you want some wine?

I made a rabbit. You aren't

still a vegetarian, are you?

Just kidding, I

made a sea bass.

You still eat

fish, right?

Seems a little

hypocritical though,

this one looked cute and furry

so I'm not gonna eat this one.

I'll make a little

exception for that one.

I mean, fish have

feelings too, right?

So, can you explain the

logic to me In that because

I just

don't understand.

I'm sorry, were you

actually saying something?

I was saying you liked

the rabbit, remember?

F*** off.

You remember the time

with Mo and my brother?

Yes, I do.

You were a dick.

Walt, how is

it my fault?

Because you

could've told me.

You just gobbled

that sh*t right up!

I though it was tofu!

I had no idea it was...

A cute little

bunny rabbit?

You were like, "Damn,

this is some tasty tofu. "

Hypocrite.

Prick.

What else

is new?

Just work

stuff, really.

Just dealing

with Landshark.

That's going well?

Are you happy?

Yeah, of course,

I mean...

It must be nice to get

to work with Josh, right?

And everything seems like

it's going really well.

Do you know, last spring, I was...

I was on a

train to Madrid.

And someone left a magazine on the seat.

And I looked over, and there

was your face on the cover.

Wired? I hated

that picture.

I looked like

a total douche bag.

Yeah, you did. You were

doing your picture face,

with your lips all pouty.

You looked totally gay.

The point is,

the article,

I mean,

holy sh*t.

You did it.

All those conversations that we had,

and I remember you saying

that there's no second-best

in what you and Josh were planning.

No second-best?

In ever said that.

I would never say

anything that cheesy.

That is exactly

what you said,

and you'd totally say

something that cheesy.

But that's what

I love about you.

You're always

with the absolutes.

You did it, Tom. I'm

really happy for you.

So come on.

Tell me.

Tell me

how it feels.

It's not what you

think it is, believe me.

Well, tell me

what it is then.

Things have changed since

that article was written.

Five months ago,

when that was written,

Josh and I were, uh...

On March 14th, our combined net

worth hit 387 million dollars.

But now,

we're, uh,

worth about one

one-hundredth of that.

And Landshark has burnt their

and made virtually... no

revenue to speak of, so...

Basically, we're f***ed.

But hey, it was

fun while it lasted.

But let's not talk

about Landshark.

I'm sure everythings

gonna be fine.

What about you? What

have you been working on?

Oh, there's, like, a

house, that I designed.

It's in a show and it's

opening tomorrow night.

A house?

Yeah, just like

a little house.

Sounds great,

I love a little house.

It's from last year, it's

like drawings and a model.

But I think it came out

really well, actually.

I wanna see it.

Tomorrow, five to seven,

there's a reception.

Five o'clock.

I'll be there.

I should go.

Oh, f***.

Barton

Ogilvy.

Very... particular.

I'm not in position

to talk price.

My client would Like to discuss

it with Mr. Sterling directly.

But I can tell you that they're very

Interested In hearing your proposal.

They can meet you

tomorrow at nine am.

Maybe you want to talk this

over and get back to me,

just call my office

by lunchtime.

But as I said before,

if you're not prepared to

offer seats on the board...

I just want to be clear on that

so we're all on the same page.

We're not wasting

anyone's time.

We'll be there.

Tomorrow morning,

Thank you.

How we doing on

that Gulfstream, Dyl?

I'll talk to him.

I'll talk to Josh.

Hey, have you

seen my brother?

Have you

checked the roof?

No.

Hey, have you

seen Josh?

Over there.

Hey, Josh.

Oh, hey, Tom. You just

missed your brother.

Did you tell him I

wanted to talk to him?

Yeah, I did.

Check that

sh*t out. It's Like a big pita.

It's totally

absurd though.

Your house is the best one by far.

It blows these

other ones away.

I didn't miss

it, did I?

It's five to seven.

I told you.

I'm just gonna hang

out with my friends.

Come on,

don't be mad.

I'm not.

It's my fault.

I just thought maybe

You might have changed.

I was hoping that...

Take care of

yourself, Tom. Okay?

Use that. We need to watch

out because usually when...

He pees his pants. That's

when I peed my pants too.

How's your brother?

Tom? Um,

well, he's Tom.

I don't know.

By special messenger.

It weighs a ton.

Whoa.

It's from

Tom, Dad.

Go ahead and

open it up.

"From

your friends at Landshark,

wishing you the gift of enlightenment. "

"The gift

of enlightenment. "

Enlightenment.

Hard to beat.

Ohhh.

Hi Tom, how are you feeling?

We're just

taking off, so...

You know what, Josh?

Why don't you stay

and I'll take Jake.

No, I think we

should go home.

No, really, um,

help me to the cab.

Alright, everybody.

Okay, well, I guess

I'll be back.

Why don't you

come over for dinner?

Bye.

I'll get

Morela a cab.

Bye.

I said some words.

The last time I was

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