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The name alone,

better than the dong or the kwacha.

The name says everything.

Yes.

The rat.

Yes, the rat close lower

today against the euro.

Yes, there's going concern that

the Russian rat will be devalued.

White rats, think about that.

Yes, pregnant rats.

Major sell-offs of

Russian pregnant rats.

Britain converts the rat.

Joins trend to universal currency.

Yes, US is establishing

the rat standard.

Is every US dollar

redeemable for rat?

Dead rats!

Yes, stockpiling of dead rats called

global health menace.

How old are you, now that

you're not younger than everyone else?

Was I expecting you?

Just passing by.

Thought you'd drop in, did you?

That's nice. I'm glad.

Been a while.

I read about it.

Of course. Or did I see it on TV?

What?

What? The wedding!

Strange you didn't tell me.

It's not so strange.

Not so strange?

Two great fortunes!

Like one of those great arranged

marriages of old empire Europe.

Except I'm a world citizen with

a New York pair of balls.

So how many billions together

do you two represent?

She's a poet.

Is that what she is?

I thought she was a Shifrin.

Little of both.

So rich and crisp.

Does she let you touch

her personal parts?

You look gorgeous today.

For someone who's 41 and

finally understands what her problem is.

What's that?

Life is...

too contemporary.

So how old is your consort?

Nevermind, I don't wanna know.

You'd tell me to shut up.

Oh, one more question.

Is she good in bed?

Is she good in the limo?

I don't know yet.

Aww, that's the trouble

will old money.

Now tell me to shut up.

I know something you wanna know.

What's that?

There's a Rothko in private

hands that I have the privileged knowledge of.

It's about to become available.

You've seen it?

Three, four years ago, yes.

It is...

luminous.

What about the chapel?

What about it?

I've been thinking about the chapel.

You can't buy the god-damn chapel.

How do you know?

Contact the principals.

I thought you'd be thrilled

about the painting. One painting.

You don't have a important Rothko

and you've always want one, we've talked about this!

How many paintings in this chapel?

I don't know.

If they're selling the chapel,

I'll keep it intact.

Tell them!

Keep it intact? Where?

Tell them!

In my apartment there's

sufficient space.

I can make more space.

The people need to see it.

Let them buy it.

Let them outbid me.

Forgive the pissed way to say this,

but the ??? chapel belongs to the world.

It's mine if I buy it.

How much do they want for it?

They don't wanna sell the chapel

and I don't wanna give you lessons in self-denial and social

responsibility because I don't believe for a second you're as cruel as you sound.

How much?

What does it mean to spend money?

A dollar?

A million?

For a painting?

For anything.

I have two private

elevators now.

One is programmed to play

Satie piano pieces.

And move at one-quarter the normal speed.

This is right the Satie and this is the

elevator I take when I'm in a certain...

let's say...

unsettled mood.

It calms me, makes me whole.

Who's the other elevator?

Brother Fez.

Who's that?

The Sufi rap star.

You don't know this?

I miss things.

I don't know what

money is anymore.

I'm losing money

by the ton today.

Many millions.

Betting against the yuan.

Isn't the yuan asleep?

Currency markets never close.

Shanghai runs day and night,

all the major exchanges, seven days a week.

I miss that.

I ???

How many millions?

Hundreds of millions.

How old are you?

I want you to go to the chapel

and make them an offer.

Whatever it takes.

I want everything that's there.

Walls and all.

I remember what you told me once.

What's that?

Talent is more

erotic when it's wasted.

What did I mean?

A word?

Yeah.

Complex recommends extra security.

- You're not happy about this.

- No.

First, a threat

at the president.

You're confident you can

handle whatever it comes up?

Now an attack on the managing

director of the International Monetary Fund.

Arthur Rapp?

Arthur Rapp, yes.

Where?

Nike, North Korea, while being

interviewed on television.

It's on all the channels.

Director Rapp, will this

change your policy on the yuan?

The yuan is uncharacteristically

inflated, which makes it unstable

and eventually it will drop,

and when it...

The Complex...

accept their recommendation.

Good.

All these limos, my God,

that you can't tell one from another.

We could be kids on prom night.

Or some dumb wedding wherever.

What's the charm of identical?

That I'm a powerful person that

chooses not to demarcate his territory with

singular driblets of piss, is what?

Something I need to apologize for?

I want to go home and

tongue-kiss my Maxima.

You now what today is?

Incidentally...

- I know.

- It's my day off, dammit!

I know this.

I need this extra day, desperately.

I know this.

But you don't know this.

You can't know what it's like,

I am a single struggling mother.

We have a situation here.

I am a mother running in the

park when my phone explodes in my navel

I think it's the kid's nanny who

never calls unless the kid's fever reaches 105.

But it's the situation, it....

we have a situation alright,

we have a yuan carry that can crush us in hours.

Take some water.

Sit on the banquette.

I like face to face.

And I don't need to look at all

those screens, I know what's happening.

The yuan will fall.

That's right.

Consumer's spending down.

That's right.

Besides, the Bank of China

left the interest rates unchanged.

This happened today?

This happened tonight in Shanghai,

I called the source at Shenzhen.

While running?

While flinging my body down

Maddison Avenue, to get here on time.

The yuan can't go any higher.

That's true, that's right.

Except it just did.

Hadn't sleep last night.

There's a time limit.

Doctor Ingram?

Who the f*** are you?

Doctor Ingram.

Where's Doctor Nevius?

Called away suddenly.

A personal matter.

Speak slowly and clearly.

Called away suddenly,

I don' know, a family crisis...

I'm the associate, I...I...

flushed out your ear holes once.

You do this why?

What?

Everyday.

No matter...?

Wherever I am, that's right.

No matter.

So you do what?

Same routine every day?

Varies.

Depending.

So he comes to your house

Nice!

On weekends.

We die, Jane, on weekends. People.

It happens.

You're right.

I didn't think of that.

We die because it's the weekend.

I thought we were moving,

but we're not anymore.

The president's in town.

You're right.

I forgot. I though I've

seen him when I ran out of the park.

There's an entourage of limousines

going down 5th with a motorcycle escort.

I thought all these limos are for the president,

I can understand, but it was for somebody famous's funeral.

We die everyday.

What do we do about this?

Let it express itself.

What? Do nothing?

Let it express itself.

You can stand up now.

So, look, we have two rumors

working on our favor.

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