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-- STOCK TICKER -- Washoe climbs...$2.75...$3.10...$4.87...
ACOSTA (V.O.)
Kenny. You check the last report?
WELLS (V.O.)
I’m looking at it now... Holy sh*t...
HOLY SH*T!
-- VIEW THROUGH A MICROSCOPE -- and there it is, scattered
among the base rock -- GOLD! Flecks of it, but there’s
something preternatural about the way it glitters, and at this
magnification, it is mesmerizing.
ACOSTA (V.O.)
Holy sh*t is right, my friend.
WELLS (V.O.)
Whoooow!!!
INT./EXT. NEW WASHOE OFFICES MONTAGE - DAY
-- A RENO OFFICE BUILDING catching morning sun. WASHOE MINING
PLAQUE slides into the lobby list of tenants. REVERSE to WELLS
watching, THE BOYS behind holding boxes of stuff.
-- ELEVATORS OPEN. WASHOE SIGN FIRST THING YOU SEE. The boys
all swoop in and fan out and get to work.
-- TWELVE PACKS go in the fridge. Folding tables opened.
Phones pulled out of boxes, wires snakes across the floor.
-- A FAX MACHINE begins slowly ticking out a fax: WASHOE TEAM
HEADED BY GEOLOGIST MIKE ACOSTA...
54.
-- BOOZE BOTTLES ONTO GLASS SHELVES... and we’re in Wells’s
corner office. He and Kay overseeing something. Whip to a
STUFFED ELK, evidence of the Greenhorns, now on the wall.
WELLS:
Damn nice of Roy to loan us that Elk.
She pushes him backwards by his chest until he’s sitting new
desk chair. She straddles him. Corner windows. View of Reno.
WELLS (CONT’D)
Kay, do you want to work here? Quit
She looks at him.
KAY:
You be the prospector, Mr. Wells. I’ll
be the barmaid who got swept off her
feet.
He spins his chair. Around and around they go -
WELLS:
I love you, Kay.
KAY:
You better.
--CAMERA RACES ACROSS THE FLOOR TO FIND THE FAX IS FINISHED.
CONNIE TEARS IT OFF AND READS IT: ”UPDATES ESTIMATE ON
INDONESIAN MINE -- KENSANA TO YIELD IN EXCESS OF 10 MILLION
OUNCES!” Connie stares in disbelief.
CONNIE:
We’re gonna be so f***ing rich.
CROSS CUT TO:
-- A COMPUTER SCREEN -- WASHOE’S FINANCIALS displayed in
GRAPHS and CHARTS. WASHOE’S SHARE PRICE is listed at $6.26.
Pull back to reveal WE ARE in -
INT. BROWN, THOMAS - TRADING FLOOR - NEW YORK - DAY
A young banker, BRIAN WOOLF (30’s), scans the info on his
screen. He hits print and strides across the trading floor.
He barely breaks stride as he passes the PRINTER, grabbing the
freshly printed documents and we go...
INT. BROWN, THOMAS - HOLLIS DRESHER’S OFFICE - MOMENTS LATER
50th Floor. Breathtaking Manhattan views. We are suddenly a
long, long way from Reno. A file on a desk: IDEAS FOR HOLLIS.
55.
INSIDE --RECOMMENDATION: WASHOE MINING LTD. STRENGTH OF
CONVICTION -- HIGH.
Woolf stands before HOLLIS DRESHER (50’s), impeccable in
bespoke, as Dresher looks over the newly printed documents.
DRESHER:
Who are they?
WOOLF:
Wildcatters basically. This
Acosta had some success before.
Copper. Got taken over by
Freeport Mac. It’s all in there.
Dresher takes a moment before looking up from the documents.
DRESHER:
I like this. Bring them in. Let’s have
a closer look.
INT. WASHOE OFFICES - “CONFERENCE ROOM” - DAY
A folding table in Kenny’s office. Wells is with Bobby Burns,
Connie Wright and Stanton... a Washoe board meeting.
STANTON:
We’re about fifty percent allocated
right now. And we want to set aside
thirty of the remaining fifty for you
boys to unload.
They love this idea. It’s low-hanging fruit at this point.
WELLS:
Hold that thought. I gotta bleed the
beast.
As soon as he’s gone, the phone RINGS. They all stare at it.
BOBBY/CONNIE/NEVINS
Kay!!
Through the doorway, passing, without missing a beat -
KAY:
(into phone)
Good morning, Washoe Mining. How may I
direct your call.
(beat)
Please hold.
She covers the mouthpiece, then realizes they actually have a
hold button. Which she presses.
56.
KAY (CONT’D)
Kenny! You got a call!
Wells emerges from the executive head. They all watch him pick
up the receiver. Press the button.
WELLS:
This is Kenny Wells.
INT. BROWN, THOMAS - DRESHER’S OFFICE - NEW YORK - DAY
Woolf, looking over the skyline.
WOOLF:
Mr. Wells. This is Bryan Woolf of
Brown, Thomas, in New York.
WELLS (V.O.)
No sh*t.
Wells is listening, starting to fidget nervously.
WELLS:
(into phone)
Wait. Really? ...
(covering phone)
Bryan Woolf, mineral group at Brown,
Thomas in NYC.
STANTON:
(impressed)
Brown, Thomas. Wow.
WELLS:
(into phone)
Okay. Okay... I look forward to it.
Wells slowly hangs up. Everyone looking, what just happened?
WELLS (CONT’D)
Kay, they’re flying me out!
Everyone feeling a bit of awe and excitement. Kay’s smile is
painted there like a barmaid Mona Lisa.
57.
EXT. THE SEAGRAMS BUILDING - DAY
The Seagrams building, solid as the booze that built it. And
at the base, Wells staring up. As Acosta looks him over.
ACOSTA:
Wells. Wells--!
WELLS:
I truly had no idea there was a
Seagrams building. Like the Vatican.
ACOSTA:
Wells! Where’d you get the tie?
Wells looks down at the tie.
WELLS:
Airport. Forty bucks. Don’t like it?
Acosta snaps off the tag still hanging from the loop.
ACOSTA:
You ready?
WELLS:
Who you talking to, Mikey?
But Wells’s eye is caught by some WALL STREET HONCHOS,
composed, confident, effortless, heading to a meeting.
ACOSTA:
Wells!
WELLS:
Stop saying my name. Are you ready?
Wells pulls his gaze back. They look at each other. Neither
one is ready.
WELLS (CONT’D)
Sh*t. We’re all just selling used
cars.
Wells brushes by confidently. AND WE GO:
58.
INT. BROWN, THOMAS - CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY
Woolf, Dresher and others in THE MINERAL GROUP. In this
rarefied air, Wells looks out of his depth -
WELLS:
We’ve got a private placement in play
right now that’s over fifty percent
subscribed! And that’s off our current
assays. The numbers keep coming in
good, and they will, sky’s the limit
on this thing.
Woolf steps up, he’s sophisticated, confident.
WOOLF:
You don’t need to sell us, Mr.
Wells. We’ve done the math and we
believe you’re sitting on the
largest gold find of the decade. At
Brown, Thomas we have a history of
yourself through what are sometimes
complicated waters.
WELLS:
Complicated how?
WOOLF:
That delicate balance, Mr. Wells,
between being asset rich and cash
poor. The important thing is we
believe you can go all the way and we
want to help you get there.
Wells loves this. Woolf has said exactly the right thing, but
you also get the feeling he has done this many times before.
WOOLF (CONT’D)
We’ll need big money onboard, of
course, investment banks, mutual fund
managers, pension fund administrators.
We have the team and the relationships
to introduce you to this world.
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