In Good Company Page #8

Yes?

Uh, uh...

Uh, my name is, uh, uh,

Dan Foreman. l...

l work for Sports America

and l'm not sure

l-- l understand

what you're talking about.

W- what l mean is-- is

what do computers have to do

with sports?

Are you...

Are-- are you literally saying

that there should be

a section in the magazine

about computers?

Who's going to want to

read that?

Um...

And, uh...

l- l'm not sure

l understand

how the way

the world is changing

is actually going to change

how we do business.

We're still selling

a product, right?

Which hopefully

someone needs.

We're human beings with other

human beings for customers.

So l don't see how this

company is like its own country.

l mean, just because we sell

different kinds of things,

that doesn't mean we should

operate by our own laws, does it?

Besides which, countries,

at least democratic ones,

they have some obligation to

their citizens, don't they?

So how do layoffs

and bottom line thinking

fit into that?

Dan Foreman.

Sports America.

You ask

some excellent questions.

Excellent,

excellent questions.

l'm glad you asked them.

And l'm leaving it to you,

to all of you,

to answer them.

Hmm.

Teddy K.!

Teddy K.! Teddy K.!

Oh, my God, Dan.

Oh, my God.

Good, you're both in here.

You,

l'll talk to in a second.

You, have you lost

your frigging mind?

Well, he said

they were excellent questions.

Okay,

you think this is funny.

You think it's funny

to disrespect a great man.

Do you know who you were

just talking to in there?

That was Teddy K.!

Teddy K., God damn it!

Look,

we've been carrying

your fat, bloated salary

for way too long.

l want you

out of this building

within the next

10 minutes.

l'm going to my office.

l'm going to smoke

a nice Cuban cigar

and try to forget

that you ever existed.

You, in my office now.

Mark, don't do that.

Excuse me?

Look.

The guy busts his ass and--

And what?

Nothing. l'm sorry.

l just... lf you fire him,

you're going to have to

fire me, too.

Wait.

Let me get something

straight here.

You're throwing yourself in

with him?

With this useless,

over-the-hill loser?

Think here.

Think about what you're doing,

because if you're not careful,

you could end up like him.

l guess that

that would be okay.

All right.

Then you're fired, too,

you little sh*t.

Well, that's too bad,

'cause, uh, you're gonna lose a huge

account that Dan and l've been working on.

lt was gonna save

the year for us.

Without it, the magazine's

pretty deep in the red.

Really? What account is that?

You think

we'd actually tell you?

You're bluffing.

l don't bluff.

l'm not

that good of a salesman.

Yeah, well,

l don't give a crap.

l think Teddy K. will.

See, l'm gonna call him

and l'm gonna tell him

that you single-handedly drove

his most profitable magazine,

his flagship,

right into the ground.

And he'll remember my name.

He likes

what l did with cell phones.

You've got 24 hours,

or you're both gone.

Any ideas?

One.

You got

all your research?

Yep.

Follow my lead.

So, um,

how are your daughters?

They're great. Thanks.

How about

your grandkids?

Uh, they're fine.

My son-in-law has just

enrolled our oldest, Ralphy,

in a computer camp,

whatever the hell that is.

Uh, this is my boss,

Carter Duryea.

lt's a pleasure to meet you,

Mr. Kalb.

You have a really awesome company here.

You... lt's a really

awesome, awesome--

Your boss? He looks

more like your nephew.

Well, l've, uh, certainly been

learning a lot from Dan.

So what happened to your eye?

That's one of the things

he learned from me.

Are you saying that you

punched him in the eye? Why?

Well, it's... We don't have

to really go into it here.

No, no, no, please, please.

l'm-- l'm-- l'm rather curious.

Why did l hit you?

He called me

a dinosaur.

He said

l was out of date.

That l'd better

step in line.

So you slugged him?

lt was a fair fight.

Hmm?

Right.

Mr. Kalb, we have a sister

company, Krispity Krunch,

that l think we could do a really

exciting cross-promotion with here,

all in the GlobeCom family.

Carter, Carter.

l think that we

could achieve--

Carter, it's ok.

Mr. Kalb,

l don't want get into facts and figures

with you today. You know them already.

l just want to ask you

one question.

What is your hesitation

about advertising

with Sports America magazine?

My hesitation is that our ad

budget is already overextended.

My son-in-law has put a lot

of money into cable and online.

And now he wants to plow even

more money back into it. But...

But what?

But he is such an a**hole!

l mean,

l built this business.

l know more about running this

than he ever will.

So, yeah. l'm gonna make a

major ad buy in your magazine.

And then l'm gonna restructure

the whole damn ad campaign.

That is great news.

Thank you, Mr. Kalb.

Oh. Thank... Yes.

Thank you so much, sir.

You know, l don't give a sh*t

about Krispity Krunch.

Let's just stick

with the magazine, okay?

You really slugged him?

Yeah. Carter.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God, that was amazing.

That was unbelievable!

God,

that was actually fun.

What Kalb

really needed to see

was an old fart who beat the crap

out of a young punk half his age.

And you know

what the best thing is?

lt's the right thing to do.

lt will improve

his business.

Wow, you actually, uh...

You actually

believe in this stuff, huh?

Of course l do.

Why else would l do it?

Hmm?

Hey, Dan. Where you been?

Los Angeles.

We made

a huge sale.

Congratulations.

So did Teddy K.

He sold the company

to CalCor Communications.

Mark! What happened?

l thought you said Teddy K.

was buying another company.

That's what they told me,

but he sold us.

l'm out.

Wait, you're out?

Yeah. They're reorganizing

the whole company.

You're out, too.

l think you're in.

l'm in what?

Your old job.

What?

Running the department?

That's the rumor.

The whole thing

seems so arbitrary.

l feel used.

Yeah.

Kind of tough to know

you're replaceable, huh?

l'm-- l'm sorry

you lost your jobs.

/ Came in close,

I heard a voice /

/ Standing stretching

every nerve /

/ I had to listen,

had no choice /

/ I did not believe

the information /

/ Just had to

trust imagination /

/ My heart was going

boom, boom, boom /

/ Son, he said /

/ Grab your things,

I've come to take you home /

/ Yeah, back home //

Hey, Dan.

Hey, Carter.

Come on in.

Have a seat.

Nice office.

Yeah.

So.

How have you been

the last month?

l've been good.

Really good.

lt's a little weird, uh,

not having to get up,

go to work in the morning.

That's why

l want to talk to you.

l want to offer you a job.

l know

we definitely had our moments.

But l think you're a good

manager and a good salesman.

And l want you to come here

and be my second-in-command.

Wow, Dan.

Uh, l...

l really appreciate that.

Uh, more than you know.

And l...

l think if l really want

to do this for a living,

there's no one l could learn

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