In Good Company Page #5

Yeah.

You have to run

that stuff by me, man.

Run it by you?

They're my clients.

No, they're not, Dan.

They're GlobeCom clients.

That's why we're gonna be takin'

'em to the GlobeCom luxury suite.

Well, these aren't

luxury suite type of guys.

Dan, everyone's

a luxury suite type of guy.

Uh, we can't go there on

Wednesday, because Teddy K.

is hosting Bill Clinton,

Jay-Z, and Kofi Annan.

We're gonna do it

Thursday.

l'll bring them

to a concert.

Look, l gotta get these guys

to up their buy by 18 pages.

We gotta start kicking

some ass here.

l'm gonna have to let

some people go.

Why do you say

''let them go''?

They don't want to go.

Why don't you just say,

''fire them''?

Because it sounds better.

Not to the person

getting fired, it doesn't.

/ You wanna get with me? /

/ Put 'em up /

/ Take long trips with me /

/ Yeah /

This guy was shot 12 times

and pronounced legally dead.

Hence the name.

Someone should tell him

it's spelled D-E-A-D.

They're afraid to.

He's got the number one

hit single right now.

He's a protege of 50 Cent.

Why don't they

just call him ''Nickel''?

What?

20 years, your jokes

still haven't improved.

Want you guys to meet

my colleague.

This is Petey

from K-Jam Sneakers.

Hey, hey.

Hmm.

Cross-promotional idea.

You buy a certain amount

of Jamaican rum, boom.

You get a discount

on running shoes. Done.

Yeah, sounds like

a great fit.

Get a lot of drunk people

running around.

Dan. You want to go

get some air?

Yeah.

Be back in a bit.

Word. Hey, not too long. We

got chimichangas on the way.

/ You wanna get with me?

Take long trips with me //

Sorry about the concert.

They wouldn't let me just get

regular seats for the Knicks game.

No, it's okay.

Look, Dan. l've been

instructed not to advertise

with Sports America anymore.

What?

We were bought out last year by this

company called Continental Brands.

Apparently, the company

that bought us

and the company

that bought you

are having a feud over wireless

communications in Europe.

Wireless communications?

What-- what the hell does that

have to do with our business?

Nothing. But we have

this corporate policy now.

Look, l'm sorry, Dan.

Dan, l have to

fire Louie and Morty.

No, you don't.

l do.

We're gonna get

those ad pages back.

We'll get those...

Oh, my God! lt's like

you don't get it or something.

That was a huge client.

Steckle gave me

a bottom line here.

l have to increase pages.

We already got Harry, Pete,

and Alicia on the Ford account.

Morty's the logical choice.

Oh, and the new woman at Pepsi

thinks that Louie's a sexist.

Guess why.

He called her ''sugar tits.''

He's an idiot.

Come on,

you can't fire these guys.

These are my guys.

They've been with me

for eight years.

l hired them

at the same time.

Yeah, l know, Dan.

That's why they have

huge, bloated salaries.

And they're not

pulling their weight.

l'm sorry.

Well, l've been here

for 23 years.

My salary's bigger than theirs.

Why don't you just fire me?

Do you want me to fire you?

Because l could, Dan.

You have

a family that loves you.

You have a kid on the way.

l look at you sometimes

and it's like...

You have people

who need you.

Do you really wanna put them

in jeopardy for Louie and Morty?

/ Be this sunset

soon forgotten /

/ And what's worth keepin' /

/ Sun still sinkin' /

/ Down and down /

/ Once again /

/ Down and down /

/ Gone again //

What, are you

living here now?

What... We, uh...

What time is it?

7:
00 a.m.

Look, l've been thinking

all night.

And, uh, if it has to be done,

l should be the one to do it.

Guys, l feel really terrible

about what l'm about to say.

But l'm afraid

you're both being let go.

Let go?

What does that mean?

lt means

you're being fired, Louie.

Believe me, if l had any

choice in this, l would...

Anyway, l thought

you should hear it from me

because l'm the one

who hired you.

Oh. Wait a minute.

Are you being fired, too?

No, no. Uh...

This isn't my decision.

Oh, so it's not your decision, so

therefore it's not your fault, right?

l didn't say that.

You know,

this is bullshit.

Louie.

No, no, Morty.

You know something? l

look at you like a brother.

l would've stood in front of a

bus for you, you piece of sh*t!

You've turned into a real corporate

a**hole, you know that, Dan?

Louie.

Do me a favor. lf you see my friend

Dan, tell him l'm looking for him.

Louie!

Dan, what the hell am l

gonna tell my wife?

l mean, she already

wears the pants.

Now she's gonna wear

the tie and jacket, too.

Morty, l am

so very sorry.

l know this must have been

hard for you, Dan.

You were a good boss.

l mean it. You always treated

everyone with respect. And l...

Look, l appreciate it.

What's this?

My 360 evaluation.

Uh, you rated yourself,

''Does not meet expectations.''

Yeah.

l'm gonna cry.

Don't. l'll call you.

Take care, Morty.

Okay, good luck.

Morty.

Oh.

l can't believe this.

Me neither.

You gonna be okay?

l'll be okay.

Take care.

No way! What are...

What are you doing here?

Hey! Um,

just reading.

l- l've-- l go to NYU now.

No way!

Yeah.

You did it! That's...

That's awesome.

Yeah, yeah.

What about you?

l'm renting

an apartment in TriBeCa.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

Wow, that's awesome.

Do you drink coffee?

No! Uh, normally l just

hook up to an lV, actually.

My, you sure can pound back

the caffeine, huh?

ls that why

your leg is shaking like that?

l think it is. Yeah.

You're not wearing

your wedding band.

Oh. Yeah.

l'm now officially

the first person

in my high school class

to get divorced.

Oh, l'm sorry.

No, it's okay.

When l think about it

honestly,

it was pretty much coming

since our second date.

How's... How are you?

How's school going?

lt's pretty good.

lt's pretty good. l mean,

you know, it's, it's, uh...

it's hard to meet new people

as a transfer.

Everybody's got

their own little cliques

and they're not sure if

they want to admit one more.

But, uh, my creative writing

classes are really great.

Oh, yeah,

creative writing?

Yeah.

l've just, uh...

l've always been

interested in stories

and escaping

into other people's lives.

l guess 'cause

mine always seems so boring.

l'm cursed with

a functional family.

But writing

isn't exactly practical.

So l think l might

double major in business.

Oh, no. Don't do that.

Stick with

the creative writing.

Strange, you know,

sometimes you seem sort of

bummed out about your career,

but you're so successful.

No, l'm not bummed. Uh...

God, my career is pretty much

what l have in my life.

That and a dented Porsche,

right?

Your family

must be really proud of you.

My mom is.

You know, she's...

She's this kind of hippie.

So she's not really into

the corporate thing.

And my dad left home

when l was 4,

so, you know, l never

really got to know him.

His family had money,

but, uh,

he was this kind of artist

you know, in quotes,

slash druggy.

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