Joy Page #10

It happens sometimes,

Trudy's lawyer's not a patent attorney.

Which I said! And you said I had

no business being Joy's adviser.

- And now it turns out that I was right...

- This is not helping, Tony!

- That's enough, Tony, please.

- It's enough now?

I'm very sorry,

I wish there was more I could do.

But when your sister, Peggy, paid

unjustified bills that you refused to pay...

it closed the door on that.

What about Neil Walker and QVC?

Wouldn't they pay the expenses

on defending the patent?

Be careful, Joy, you could be

sued for misrepresentation,

and failure to deliver your

product, that's breach.

QVC requires that you deliver

a fully patented product.

I've been doing this for a long time,

you're in for a long court process,

that will stall your product,

and you will probably you lose.

I wish I could do more.

Take care now.

You're gonna have to

check the facts, Joy.

You're almost over half a

million dollars in debt,

I don't know how

you're gonna pay it.

We have to declare bankruptcy.

YOU'RE gonna have to declare bankruptcy.

- I have to declare bankruptcy.

- She has to.

- To try to contain my losses.

- Yeah.

- I have to write it off.

- It just seems so wrong.

We've worked so hard.

We've come so far for us to just

give up now, it just seems so unfair!

Business is unfair,

that's it.

It's not working out,

well, that's what happens.

That's why people don't go around

making an invention every other day.

Now, wake up!

It's my fault, I gave her the confidence to

think she was more than an unemployed housewife,

selling plastic kitchen stuff

to other unemployed housewives

on a junk cable channel.

It's my fault, it's not your fault, Honey.

It was my mistake to make her

think she was more than she was.

She pressured herself into doing

something she shouldn't have done.

And it was wrong of you to put that

pressure on yourself.

It was wrong of us put

that pressure on you.

I need more vodka.

It was wrong of us to think that you'd

be an INSTANT business person overnight.

Of course,

this is not who you are!

It takes a kind of toughness, a

certain acumen that you simply don't have.

Sign the paper.

You have to sign these

bankruptcy papers, Honey.

The notary's right outside,

let me get her.

You're gonna have to move out of

your house immediately.

You're gonna have to move

into to an apartment,

maybe you can move into

a room in Trudy's house.

- With the children?

- Yeah.

You have room, she's

my daughter, why not?

Well, let's talk about it.

- Trudy, we have to offer her something.

- Again? Why me?

Thank you.

Mimi said that you were the one

born to help carry us on to success.

No, Christie, Mimi was wrong.

The world does not GIVE you opportunities,

the world destroys the opportunities.

It breaks the heart.

I should have listened to my mother,

when I was 10 years old.

I should have spent the rest of my life watching

TV and hiding from the world like my mother.

So I don't want

hear anymore about Mimi.

She was wrong,

she had her head in the clouds,

and it was full of stupid ideas,

and it gave me stupid ideas.

But this?

This stupid, stupid idea!

Mommy, don't tear them, no!

Christie, I'm sorry.

Christie, I'm so sorry.

Please, go to bed,

everybody, just go to bed.

- Goodnight, Mommie.

- Good night, Sweetheart, go to bed.

- I'm so sorry I failed you, Joy, I'm so sorry.

- Please, just go.

Joy? Joy? Joy, where are you?

Joy, where are you?

It's open.

You can leave the door open.

No one knows I'm here.

You don't even

know who I am.

I could be Derek Markham, or I might be

someone Derek Markham sent to handle you.

You have no case.

Maybe people think you came to Dallas

in despair to take your own life

because you were in such deep financial

trouble suddenly from your little venture.

I made a phone call this

morning to Hong Kong.

It was 3 a.m. in California, but it was

3 p.m. the following afternoon in Hong Kong.

I always think it's amazing...

how time works like that.

But I was fortunate enough to get on

the phone with Mister Christopher,

who I found to be very friendly.

Which was surprising, because I

really haven't found the gentlemen

in California to be very nice,

considering we're all in business together.

Welcome to the world

of business, I guess.

I told Mister Christopher that reason that

I was calling was to discuss the differences

in the designs of our products.

But I quickly learned

that Mister Christopher

has no IDEA that his Hong Kong

patent for a self wringing mop

is worth anything or if it even WORKS.

Because they have not

made or sold a single mop.

Unlike us,

who have sold over 200,000.

And I've paid YOU over 50,000

dollars in advanced royalties

on behalf of Mister Christopher.

Blood money

from my family,

and my second mortgage.

It turns out Mister Christopher didn't

know anything about those royalties.

So it seems... we have a

case of fraud and embezzlement.

And... as if that

weren't bad enough,

I also discovered in the

paperwork that our mops

actually don't bear

any similarities.

So, I never DID owe you any

royalties for your patent.

That's another case of fraud.

My lawyers really

could go after you.

But I told them, "Give me a day."

To see if maybe, you

might have made a mistake.

And you would correct,

given the chance.

We'll pay you back all

the royalties you paid us.

I can pay you... give you 20,000

on top of paying you back the 50.

Okay?

I'll give you 50,000 on top

of paying you back the 50...

Plus interest.

I want all my molds back,

I want you to sign this piece of paper...

saying that you have

no rights financially.

I'm just gonna add...

50...

50...

plus interest.

Sign here.

She'd put up with

just about anything...

until when she had to

bring the hammer down.

She brought the hammer down.

She couldn't know

what was to come.

That she'd go on to make

another 100 record settin' patents.

Skinny velvet hangers

make neater closets.

That's a big deal

for a lot of people.

I mean,

who thinks up things like that?

Joy did.

But she didn't know any of this would

happen as she walked that day in Dallas.

Yes, Sir, tonight's the night, folks,

Saint Nick'll make his yearly visit

to all the folks all over the world.

There's fun and expectation

in every house across the land.

And speaking of houses, what do you say

we take a little look in on a typical one.

Now, I'll admit that what you see right now is

just a small piece of the of the front of the house.

For all you grown-ups

and kiddies alike,

This is the time of Santa's magic, so,

I think we can make it become a real house.

Even the house with love in it.

Mister Santa Claus,

can we have a little snow, please?

Thank you, that's fine.

Now, Santa, let me see what it

really looks like inside this house.

A house with love in it

Is rich indeed.

Although there are a thousand things

that house may need

She couldn't know that one day she

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