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No, no, that's probably a good idea.

So, uh... We should probably, uh,

meet or something, right?

MELISSA:
No, I gotta do the funeral

and God knows what else. I just...

We can't meet, OK?

Right. Well, I'll just... I guess I'll

just see you at the funeral then.

MELISSA:
No. I don't want that. Please

don't. I'll call you at some point, OK?

- When this is over.

- OK, all right.

MELISSA:
OK.

(DIAL TONE)

You know, something doesn't get here.

Write down your number.

I may need to contact you later.

(SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE)

EDDIE:
Worth the risk?

What would you do?

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

EDDIE:
Vern's cash, combined with

an unprecedented surge of motivation,

enabled me to finish the book

in four days.

A tablet a day

and what I could do

with my day was limitless.

(PIANO PLAYING)

EDDIE:
I learned to play

the piano in three days.

(PLAYING CLASSICAL MUSIC)

EDDIE:
Math became useful.

And fun.

EDDIE:
I'm all in.

(GROANING)

(FOREIGN LANGUAGE

PLAYING ON HEADPHONES)

EDDIE:
Even half-listening

to any language, I became fluent.

- (HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS)

- (SPEAKING FRENCH)

So that Shakespeare's catchiness

belies mediocrity?

There's no arguing with you.

EDDIE:
This was great.

So, Mom, I've been doing a little

research on Aunt Helen's tumor.

And it's totally clear that anybody with

familial adenomatous polyposis

should be supplementing

platinum-based doublet regiments

with eicosapentaeonic acid.

EDDIE:
I suddenly knew everything.

About everything.

Well, sure, you get a short-term spike,

but wouldn't that rapid expansion

devalue that stock completely

in two years?

- No, because there are safeguards.

- Against aggressive over-expansion?

There aren't. Because there are

no safeguards in human nature.

We're wired to overreach.

Look at history, all the countries

that ever ruled the world.

Portugal with this big massive navy.

All they got now are salt cod

and cheap condoms.

- And the Brits?

- (LAUGHTER)

Now they're just sitting on a dank

little island fussing over their suits.

No one's stopping and thinking,

"Hey, we're doing pretty well.

We got France, we got Poland,

we got a big Swiss bank account.

You know what?

Let's not invade Russia in the winter.

Let's go home, let's pop a beer,

and let's live off the interest."

- (LAUGHTER)

- Yeah.

EDDIE:
My brain was just

pouring this stuff out.

Everything I had ever read, heard,

seen was now organized and available.

Here it is. Here you go.

Eddie. Hey. Listen,

I'm sure you have a portfolio,

but if you don't, I'd be very

interested in working with you.

OK, Kevin.

EDDIE:
I made some new friends

who invited me to the beach.

The beach was not nearby.

(ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC PLAYS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)

EDDIE:
All my fear,

all my shyness, gone.

They've done four basic trials...

EDDIE:
But mere lounging wasn't enough.

(ENGINE REVVING)

(HORN HONKS)

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(BOTH LAUGHING)

EDDIE:
Only problem?

If I wasn't moving forward,

I felt like I was going to explode.

WOMAN:
Come up here because

it's beautiful, right?

- Anybody ever jump?

WOMAN:
Are you crazy?

- He's gonna do it.

- He's not gonna do it.

WOMAN:
Oh, my God!

Oh!

Ah!

EDDIE:
And then I began to form an idea.

Suddenly, I knew exactly

what I needed to do.

It wasn't writing.

It wasn't books.

It was much bigger than that.

But it would take money to get there.

In a down market,

no one was making much.

But no one had NZT.

WO MAN ON C O MPUTER:

In an optimistic scenario,

gains of that nature

merely would reflect

growth in the economy

and would not pose an obstacle...

EDDIE:
Armed with Vern's last $800,

I made 2,000 in a day.

Next day, 7,500.

It was too slow.

I'd need more capital.

But banks weren't lending

to guys like me.

Hey, Liev.

That's your man

in the corner back there.

Yeah.

So, uh, Liev told you that

I'm looking for a short-term loan?

(RUSSIAN ACCENT)

Yeah, and I told Liev forget it.

Why?

Because I don't see you before

and I don't f***ing like you already.

(LAUGHS) Why do I give you $100,000?

Because...

...I quintupled my money

four days in a row.

So you got a fix on the game.

No, not a fix.

I was able to calculate certain patterns

using algorithms.

If you look at column four,

this was the first...

(GROANS)

(LAUGHS) You're good.

OK, it's a fix.

Yeah, you know,

all you people get caught.

What are you gonna do then?

Well, it's not as if I have

a black book with your name in it,

if that's what you're talking about.

And besides, I get the strong feeling

that you're not somebody

I want to disappoint.

MAN:
Don't get up.

I said don't get up.

- Sit down!

- Hey. OK.

- OK, you take this, you mine.

- OK.

You understand?

You don't pay, you know what we do?

I cut you at waist.

Peel your skin up over your head

and tie knot in it.

You don't die from this.

You suffocate.

- OK.

- Good luck.

EDDIE:
My new friend, Kevin Doyle,

showed me how you could leverage

two and a half times your cash

at the day trading firm.

I'd been upping the dose

for over a week.

It seemed to cut my learning curve.

(BEEPING)

(BEEPING)

Why are you buying that?

The CEO was just indicted.

But not for the big fat defense contract

he bribed his way into.

That's still on.

Should be announced next week.

EDDIE:
I was jacked in. Booted up.

At the end of the week,

my brokerage account

contained over two million dollars.

Word quickly got out.

- (MACHINE BEEPS)

MACHINE:
You have 19 messages.

EDDIE:
Four job offers,

my bank raising my line of credit,

a reporter from the New York Post.

MAN:
Really call me back, Mr. Morra.

No one makes money that fast.

This article's gonna get written

with or without you.

EDDIE:
And finally,

Kevin Doyle trying to sound casual.

KEVIN:
Eddie, I was

talking you up to my boss

and, well,

the impossible happened, bud.

We got you a meeting with Carl Van Loon.

Carl Van Loon wants to meet you?

- Apparently so.

- But you're not in the finance game.

What can you do for Carl Van Loon?

(SERVER AND EDDIE SPEAKING ITALIAN)

(LAUGHING)

Since when do you speak Italian?

Oh. (LAUGHS)

Self-improvement month.

I guess somebody

gave me a wakeup call.

I hope you didn't do it for me.

No, I just wanted

to apologize to you, Lin.

And let you know that apparently

my capacity for self-sabotage

wasn't boundless after all.

The real question is,

why did you ever put up with me?

I was in love with you.

So, when does the book come out?

Next year.

How's your new assistant?

- She's good.

- Good.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

And, uh, are you gonna get a new...

You know...

I'm really happy you're here with me.

I'm proud of you. And...

(LAUGHS)

...a little intimidated.

EDDIE:
We started up again.

(MOANING)

EDDIE:
Her place.

My place.

Basically every place.

LINDY:
"In a sizzling

three days of trading,

the unknown Mr. Morra

trumped the market,

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