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personal nature, you know what I mean?

IAN:

Never been a security breach.

If anyone thinks

they can access my photos...

-...l say go ahead, give it a try.

REPORTER:
Well, that...

...certainly should be compelling

for the investors out there.

F***.

Coffee, miss?

Titanite accounts

for the last five years.

Deals where someone may have

known a little something extra.

[MUSICAL RING-TONE

PLAYS OVER PHONE]

- Hello?

WOMAN:
ls this Samantha Ryan?

Yeah. Who's this?

Hi. It's Neera

calling from Bane Recruiting.

I have a position

that will triple your salary.

Yeah, I would love to hear more,

but I'm gonna have to call you back.

Call me when you get a chance.

That sounds great. Thanks.

So? Which bank?

RAUGHS]

What, you never been called

by a headhunter before?

Don't you know that's why they call

this place "the departure lounge"?

I'm the only sucker who's

been here more than a decade.

So why do you stay?

Uh...

Well, it ain't for the paycheck.

Just do me one favor before

you talk to those guys, okay?

You've been

on a trading floor, right?

No?

Honey, you got to go there.

You got to see

what we're up against.

Vi

You go, you breathe it in.

The hunger of it,

the pure American desire.

Five minutes

before the opening bell...

...and all anyone wants to know

is where Cachet will open.

It is not an overstatement

to say that this...

...is one of the most highly

anticipated lPOs of the year.

[DIAL TONE

THEN KEYPAD BEEPING]

Hey, we've got FBA at 20 percent,

Xandos at 10.

- What have we got of foreign?

- Tioros for 15. China for 20.

- Rex Brothers is in for 20 percent.

-l've got Cabreau Fund for 10.

- Milton Group wants 15.

NAOMI:
Good.

- Gonna have Boon Portfolio in a minute.

- Okay.

[BELL RINGING]

MAN:

And there is the opening bell.

Shares of the privacy company

Cachet begin trading today.

The question now is

when they will start trading...

...and at what price.

I've got a bid for 750K at 32.

One mil at 30.

[CHATTERING]

NAOMI:
Okay, are we close?

ERIN:
Almost there.

NAOMI:
Let's get there.

- We got Redding in for 20 percent.

Hey, hey, hey, wait, no.

- Boon is out.

ERIN:
What?

- What are you talking about?

- Boon's hitting the exits.

Milton Ellis is pulling out too.

F***.

Okay. Okay.

[PHONE BEEPS]

Jonathan, we need to anchor this thing

right now.

Is there a problem?

No. No problem.

- We're finishing the share allocation.

- People are pissing themselves.

- When are we gonna open?

NAOMI:
Any minute now.

What's the holdup?

What's our f***ing price?

We're in the 29 to 31 range.

[SCOFFS]

How the f*** did that happen?

NAOMI:

Erin, meet me in the lobby.

Yeah, we need someone up here.

Vi

What's gonna happen up there?

I don't know. Hopefully

the rumors will die down--

Did you leak this?

I don't know

what you're talking about.

I know you were with Michael.

I was not with Michael.

I don't give a sh*t about that, okay?

I want to know

why you sabotaged this.

What the f*** did you do?

- I didn't do anything.

- Yes, you did.

You did,

because you needed it, right?

You don't know what I need.

[LINE RINGING]

SAM:
Hello?

- You need to look into Erin Manning...

...my VP on this deal.

- Naomi?

- She had contact with Michael.

- I will do that.

- Good.

[COUGHING]

You hearing about this?

We got to pull out.

Get us out of this thing now!

Mikey. What are you wearing?

Hold on. I think my Lyft is here.

[HORN HONKS]

Talk to me.

Where are we?

We're about to find out.

But keep me posted.

Hey, listen, when we're done,

we should talk.

[LINE DISCONNECTS]

MAN:

And there it is.

We have Cachet opening

at $28 a share.

That is well down from the IPO price.

Cachet's investors won't be happy.

I got to be honest, I don't know that--

NAOMI:

Are you f***ing kidding me?

Get the desk.

They better be buying.

MAN:

--expecting a pop on the first day...

Start buying. Start buying!

Yes, now.

[CHATTERING

AND PHONES RINGING]

Vi

Oh, jeez.

Got no ask.

Where's the f***ing bottom

on this one?

Yeah, hi. I, um...

I just have a quick question.

I want to know who the f*** thinks...

...they're gonna make money

off this train wreck.

I want you to wait for it.

I want it at 22.

MAN :

Twenty-two?

Here.

- No. No, get that out of my face.

- You haven't eaten anything all day.

Your concern is truly

almost authentic, but I...

I would like one of those.

- Yeah.

NAOMI:
Go.

Hang on. We got bids coming in.

Titanite is buying.

What the hell is...?

MAN:

Come on, talk to me!

- Hey, hey, Mikey.

MICHAEL:
Hey, how are you doing?

Yeah, no, I'm just

real proud of you.

- We'll make a lot of money.

- You in town?

I'm off to the Hamptons.

South. The real Hamptons.

[CHUCKLES]

BILL:

Naomi?

What is this?

- That is the--

- You said you wanted it.

How many chocolate chips

are in my cookie?

- Um, heh.

- Did anyone teach you basic math?

Count the f***ing chips.

Three.

Three. Yes.

And your cookies, I saw them,

and they were oozing with chocolate...

...and my cookie

has three motherfucking chips?

Vi

[BELL RINGING]

[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

MAN:

Let's look at the day that just happened.

Cachet, priced at a very healthy

and confident $35 a share...

...stumbled at the open to $28...

...flopped by the end of the day

priced at--

Let me make sure

I get this right, $23.74.

That is definitely not

$35 a share.

That's about a third of its value

erased on the first day.

Cachet not having a good open.

Vi

Okay, we know that Titanite was

the only buyer of those shares, right?

FRANK:

You know how this story goes.

A few days pass, they get this Marin

to retract her statement...

...the stock rallies,

and they clean up.

- Call your friend in Compliance.

- Not happening.

Get her to get us the personnel file

for Erin Manning.

She's not gonna do that.

- Why?

-Because she'll lose her job.

You got to let go of this.

[SIGHS]

Vi

Compliance is asking for you.

ABBY:

Got it.

Okay, thanks. Okay.

- Hi.

- I know you're familiar...

...with the regulations that keep

the investment banking transactions...

-...separate from the sales and trading.

- Of course.

Did you have contact

with Michael Connor...

...three days before

the Cachet offering?

Uh... I'm sorry.

Do I need a lawyer or...?

Well, essentially,

we are your lawyers.

- For the moment.

- Right.

I spoke to Michael that night

briefly about a colleague.

- You didn't discuss the Cachet deal?

-No.

I'm sure Michael

would tell you the same thing.

Michael Connor

no longer works at the firm.

He moved to Thanks.

Vi

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

[GRUNTS]

Vi

That was him? Your new global head?

Look at me.

Have the respect

to look me in the f***ing eye...

...and tell me if that man

out there is my new boss.

The department needs a new face.

Don't give me that.

You lost control of the story.

Cachet will rally, just like Facebook.

Naomi, it's like I told you.

This just isn't going to be your year.

When is my year?

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