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here, I said some words.

And I said

them in anger...

and sometimes... anger may not be

the best way to say some things.

I think, David, he's

apologizing to you.

I'd need my decoder ring

to figure that one out.

Cut him

some slack.

You want the words?

I'm sorry, I apologize, my bad.

Thank you, Tom.

I know how hard

that was for you.

And I just want

to say that...

It's okay, Mom, it's okay. It's okay.

Oh! I also want to say, "Thank you. "

Thank you

for the, um...

Crate!

The crate and

what was in it.

I'm glad you

all liked it.

How big is

it, Dad?

There it is.

Is it this big?

Yay big?

Like... 18 Inches?

Yeah, like

a foot and a half.

Okay, so not

three feet.

Not three feet!

Where would we put

a three-foot Buddha?

Exactly.

No, see, that's

not my point.

That's beside the

f***ing point! You see?

The point is that Tom

doesn't give presents, okay?

Everybody gives presents. Tom

doesn't 'cause it's so crass,

it's so, uh, it's

so third quarter 99.

Right? So Tom, Instead

of giving presents

to celebrate Landshark, to

celebrate coming out of lockup,

he gives you...

But of course, Tom being Tom,

there's gotta be an order,

you know, a hierarchy

of some sort, because

how do you know you're In

If there's no out? Right?

So, A-list Buddha,

and B-list Buddha.

Am I right, Tom?

Anyway, who

are you guys?

Oh, just his mom,

just his dad.

So, B-list.

I should go.

Joshua, can I

give you a lift?

Oh, I'll get

a cab.

Come on, let's take a walk.

Come on, Josh.

What do you want?

I don't want anything.

Well, what

are we doing?

Why are we here?

What is this?

A conversation.

A conversation.

Down a road and at

the end of that road...

Joshua, will you turn all

your shares over to me?

Just for a day,

just for a week.

Just sign this piece of paper...

and everything will

be cool, bro, you said.

I just want to talk, Josh.

I just want to hang.

You understand the

position I'm in, right?

I'm in the

same position.

Not really!

See, for you this is

all... a game, or something.

But for me, it's different because

I've got Mo and Jake to think about.

I can't afford

to be cavalier.

I've got a f***ing baby!

I just bought an apartment!

I've got a mortgage to pay. I

know that all seems square to you,

but it's

my f***ing life!

Look, what you said at

that e-Symposium about me,

and about what I do, it was

really sweet, Tom, it really was.

But we had a deal!

I do my thing,

you do yours, right?

Well, I did my thing.

And you? I don't know.

I mean, you talk

a good game.

You... you

understand money.

You understand business a

whole lot better than I do

but where's it gotten

you? Where's it gotten us?

I trusted you, Tom!

It doesn't work, Josh.

What do

you mean?

Landshark.

As a business model...

it doesn't work.

What are you

talking about?

The numbers

don't add up.

At least not the way

we expected them to.

Oh, f*** you! You're so full of sh*t!

I know what you

think of me, Joshua.

I know that you think that

I'm taking advantage of you.

I know that you

don't respect me.

But you tell me,

you tell me

how what you do,

what Landshark does

could possibly make money

as a business right now.

You could say whatever

you want about me,

but I believed

in your idea.

I believed in you!

But the financial

projections that we made,

they were like

three years off.

The technology

isn't there!

So, our market, it

doesn't f***ing exist!

That's not my fault.

I'm not saying

that it is.

It's just the f***ing

reality of our situation.

We're no different from

any of these dot-coms, Josh.

It's all hype.

And where the f***

do you think that

hype comes from?

You're right, I spent a

lot of money on stupid sh*t,

but that's what

kept us going.

Fumes.

That's what

Landshark runs on.

I still believe

In Landshark.

And In three,

maybe four years,

but we're not gonna last that long.

We're not gonna

last three weeks

if we don't make this

deal work tomorrow!

And Ineed your help!

Ineed

your permission.

Josh.

Don't leave!

It was just me and Josh.

Still living at home,

if you can believe that.

I mean, Josh was.

So we sat down

after dinner,

Nancy and David

were up at Lincoln Center.

We were like,

we can do this.

I mean, I was like, we can do

this. Together we can do this.

And Josh just sort

of woke up.

Right before my eyes,

he just sort of woke up

and he said,

"Of course we can. "

And so... we get this

place on the Bowery

not the new Bowery,

it's the old Bowery,

we had rats, big

f***ing rats

the size of cats,

I swear it.

We'd meet our clients

out at restaurants,

we couldn't bring them

back to the office,

it wasn't an office,

not really.

Could we just get a water?

This first guy,

his name was Goldblatt,

he was, like,

what can you do?

And I was like,

And he's just when can you get it up?

And I

don't hesitate,

I say, Week after next but

that's gonna cost you another 25.

I'll squeeze you in

before Hardy McNimman.

Of course there was

no Hardy McNimman.

Know why people

commit to something?

Not because they want to,

because ultimately,

nobody wants anything.

People commit for one reason

and one reason only.

So some other son of a b*tch

doesn't get there first.

And that... Hey,

it's Banana Republic.

I don't think

I like your tone.

I don't think

I'm selling it.

It's a little late

for a working stiff.

You get pink-slipped?

As a matter of fact

I'm with Von Treska,

the number

one aggregator...

Way back In May

you guys had

what did your press release

say? First mover advantage

meaning you were the first

guys in the niche market

only then came July.

It turned out

the niche didn't

really exist.

So you did what everybody Like you did.

You said, "We're not a

niche player, we're B2B."

As if that was gonna save your ass.

How many people did that

same exact thing that week?

F*** you.

It's a lot more fun to

make inventory than sell it.

A lot easier too. How much

do you guys spend in a month

as opposed to

how much comes in?

Or is that old-

school accounting?

I said f*** you.

I heard you

the first time.

If I wanna say it,

I'll say it.

All night If

I want to.

F*** you, f*** you, and f*** you.

Do you know why

you're even here?

Because we

had a dream.

And you did what guys

like you always do.

You smelled the money. You

came down. You wanted in.

You wanted to

drink the Cru.

Not because you love, not even

because you know what you're doing

but because this is where the action is.

No, because somebody told you

this is where the action is.

You don't know

anything about me.

Guys like you

ain't got no vision.

Ain't got no passion.

Ain't got no soul.

Hey, let me ask

you something.

Do all the flowers

and the fancy dinners

make up for the fact that he's

never been able to make you come?

Open up, Tom!

Come on!

Good morning, Tom.

Nice shiner.

What happened to you?

Somebody obviously had enough.

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