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the guy that they first met.

But you can't be that anymore,

'cause they've asked you to change.

Okay. I know where to take you.

Come on. It'll be all right.

Cheers.

So what's our next move, man?.

I wanna sit you down with my partners.

I wanna introduce you to them.

- Yeah?.

- Yeah.

And I think the next thing we need to do

after that is to evaluate-

evaluate your risk tolerance.

- Diversify-

- I got a serious appetite for risk.

I know you do, but we need to

have some safe things for you also.

- Just for the future.

- Okay.

We should schedule that meeting

for a couple of weeks from now.

Right now I'm working on another thing

that's taking a lot of time.

Yeah, what is it?.

If you can talk about it-

Sure. What we had you in before

was a $60 million fund.

This is a $600 million fund.

Can we get him another girl?.

- 600 million. Wow, man.

- $600 million.

It's so much money, man.

It's similar to the deal

I was doing with you, but...

it's a $4.5 million minimum.

I'm in for six.

This thing is unbelievable.

Wait a minute. You're putting 6 million

of your own cash into this?.

This has a really solid management team.

20 years experience, never f***ed up.

Some really smart money in it.

A really sound idea.

Everyone's clamoring to get in,

but the deal's closed.

There's no way

you can massage me into that?.

Are you seriously interested?.

What?.

To show you how heavy my

commitment is, I'll give it back to you.

- Just put it right in.

- You listen to me.

- Then I can get in on it.

- Listen. You keep this.

This is clean money.

They didn't do this for nothing, okay?.

You keep a hold of that.

If you are interested, you get some

more money together and you call me.

- How much time do you have?.

- I'd say about a week or something.

A week. Oh, man.

It's a lot of pressure.

I really want you to think about it.

It scares me the way you just

jump into things like this. Okay?.

Uh-huh.

All right.

It's my turn.

Once you start workin'

for Joanna Menendez, youre hers.

There's no such thing as quitting.

No matter what you do,

she's gonna take a cut for life.

So there ain't a hell of a lot

I could do. I could pack up and run.

I could pay her 40 percent

of what I bring in.

I could tell her to go f*** off, though

I wouldn't make it back to the car.

Or I could talk to her

like a business man.

Let me tell you what I did.

I thought about what Donald Trump

or Ted Turner would have done.

They would have made a deal.

Talk the language

all businessmen understand- money.

Oh, my God. Look at you.

You look so amazing

for your age. Look at you.

- If I was only ten years older-

- Are you learning how to flirt?.

Just now?.

I met you

when you were so green.

But everything comes with a price,

even that gorgeous smile of yours.

What do you want?.

We been working together how long now?.

Ten years?. Something like that?.

I made you $5, 6 million a year?.

Maybe a little bit more?.

And all that time I never f***ed you.

I never held out on you.

I was always the best you had.

But like every business diversifies,

I need to diversify...

'cause there's only so far

I can go in this lifestyle.

"Lifestyle. " What's so bad about it?.

What do you need, Vic?.

I don't see you walking around

with a Metro card in your pocket.

Stop it. Stop it.

Talk to me, Victor.

I got Jimmy working

my crew right now.

He's making as much money

as I was making before...

so youre not gonna

be hurting with me gone.

'Cause I got a prospect for you.

I wanna merge with you.

I wanna make a partnership where I can

get you 300% return on your investment.

- How much are you looking for?.

- 1.5.

That's a lot of money.

I know, but I can get you 4.5

in a six-month period.

That's the beauty of it.

I'm talking about

as soon as I get your money back...

I wanna be able to diversify some more.

You know what I'm saying?.

- What kind of a deal is it?.

- Offshore deposits.

- Money laundering.

- No, this guy's legitimate.

How solid is your contact?.

This guy's unbelievable. I met him

through my girlfriend.

It's this white guy.

The hottest guy on Wall Street.

Everybody's investing with this cat.

He's got all the money he needs.

There's no such thing, baby.

We both know that.

Right. True, true.

But you know, you're right.

You earned this one.

But I want 500% return.

$7.5 million.

That's my price.

I don't know if I can do that.

All right, you got it. I just need

the money by the end of the week.

All right.

But you want something from me,

I want something from you-Jimmy.

He's in a war with Hector.

I can't have that.

Hector is a good guy.

He's not crazy like Tito,

cutting the sh*t and all that.

But this has to come to an end...

before it turns violent

and they f*** up my business.

- You talk to Jimmy.

- All right.

Yeah. You know, it's just that...

me and Jimmy, we just-

I haven't talked to him in a while.

But youre like brothers.

He'll listen to you.

Okay. I'll talk to him.

Will you talk to him tonight?.

Tonight.

Then you'll come back here on Friday

to get your money.

- La Colombiana?

- Yeah, come on.

What do you got to do

with La Colombiana?

Colombiana asked me just

to intervene on her behalf...

and just stop before

it turns into something.

This is the same motherf***er

that came to me talkin' about...

"I'm gonna have a kid," "I want out

the game," "I wanna do what's right. "

You come back now, you telling me

how to run my business.

You are telling me how to run it.

You f***ing turn this into violence,

you're gonna get yourself f***ed.

Who's gonna f*** me?.

That f***in' b*tch?.

What are you gonna do?.

I'm gonna go over there tonight

and settle this whole sh*t.

If youre gonna do that,

I'm going with you, man.

I'm gonna go with you and settle it.

Gimme your gun. I'll take care of this.

Ain't no way

I'm giving you my gun.

Come on. I'll go with you and cure this.

Just give me the gun.

That's like giving you my f***ing shoes.

I ain't giving you my gun, V.

Give me your gun.

Give me your gun, man.

I got your back. You know I'll never

let sh*t happen to you.

What's up, Hector?.

How you doin', dawg?.

- What's up, Vic?.

- Brought you some offerings.

Thanks, brother.

Lost some weight.

You're looking Diesel and sh*t.

- Stress, you know?.

- Yeah, I hear that.

I heard about your abuelita, man.

She hurt her hip and what not.

She's good, man.

How's your lady?.

Love of my life.

Sh*t's so ill.

You know how she is.

Overambitious and sh*t.

Hardly ever see her.

That's why I works, you know?.

Let's cut to the chase, Vic.

You know what I'm about, right?.

Right, man. I know.

Your boy here,

you need to keep him on a short leash.

Kinda strong, man. Kinda strong words

and whatnot, you know?.

But I got to talk to Rafael,

and we just want to squash the beef.

Optimize the situation, you know?.

I spoke to Rafael too, man.

Jimmy's got a long tongue.

Talks too much sh*t around the

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