Love Punch Page #2

Now, wait a minute.

We don't know that.

Just... just give me

some time here, please.

- Will we get paid this month?

- Yes, of course you will.

- Did you know this was coming?

- Of course he didn't!

Someone said the shares are

worthless. Is that true?

- No.

- Yes.

Jesus!

I suppose they'll let us in at some point.

To collect our things, I mean.

Doreen, I promise you,

I will sort this out.

Everyone, listen up! I promise you

I'll get to the bottom of this.

I will find out what's going on

but I just need some time, OK?

What are we supposed to do now?

- How?

- But, Richard, what can you do?

I... I don't know,

but I promise you,

I will make sure that every one

of you gets what they're due.

I will not, will not, let you down.

OK, Jean-Baptiste, here I come.

I am interested in the, er...

the arts and culture.

I love travel and adventure

and generally being...

spon-tan-eous.

Whoosh!

Oh, God!

'Finally, after heavy bidding, a diamond

has been sold today at Sotheby's

'for a record 10.8 million.'

Blimey!

'Known in the trade as the Eye of the Rainbow

because of its distinctive colouring in the light

'it was bought at auction in New York.

Today's buyer wishes to remain anonymous.

'However, Sotheby's

says the buyer plans...

'...for the stone to be the

centrepiece of a necklace...

Or to be sold for

starving children.

'...for one lucky lady

likely to be extremely happy

'with her gift this evening.

'Coming up on Sky News at seven...'

Oh, bloody hell!

OK.

Ken, I'm coming for you.

Oh, twice in one week. What

have I done to deserve this?

- Kate, we need to talk.

- Not now, Richard. I'm busy.

- Please, I just need to...

- Hello!

- Hello, Ken.

- Look, no flowers!

Well done!

- Oh, it's you again.

- Ken. Again, hi.

Kate, I need to speak to you.

- I'll see you...

- Yes...

OK, great. Looking forward.

- Have you been drinking?

- No... Yes.

- Look, what difference does it make?

- A lot of difference.

You're prone to exaggeration

and wild statements of intent.

Look, there are big

problems at the office.

Please, tell it to Anastasia or

Michaela or whoever the latest is...

Culco has gone into receivership.

The new owners have stripped us of any

value and run us into the ground.

The shares are worthless.

My pension, your pension,

was all tied up in those shares.

The mortgage payments on my place,

this place, the kids' university fees,

everything we'd saved up for

them afterwards, it's all gone.

Kate, I virtually had the

whole company on board.

Marcus, Janice, I even

got Doreen involved.

Come on.

What do we know about these guys?

Lavco. They came in hard

and fast out of nowhere.

The holding company traded

by the name of Lexon.

We were persuaded to integrate

our pension fund into theirs.

Turns out Lexon was hollow, toxic.

So when they turned to

dust, so did our pension.

There's always someone

bigger behind these things,

someone who manages to wipe

their hands clean and move on.

- Still allergic to cat hair?

- Worse than ever.

Go on, Rumpy, sit on him.

- I see you got your PhD.

- Yeah.

- So, how's life as a lecturer?

- Under-paid.

- What are the students like?

- Under-motivated.

Could you just stop

fidgeting and sit down?

I'm on the site but I can't get any

real info. I'm being blocked.

We need a password.

- We need...

- Matt.

We need Matt.

'Mum, you do know

hacking is illegal.'

'I know, Matt and I would never

want you to do anything illegal.

'But I wondered if you could just...

accidentally stumble into it.'

Accidentally stumble into it?

- 'Son, do as your mother asks.'

- Dad?

- What are you doing there?

- 'It's a long story, Matty boy.

'But right now it's payback time

on that misspent youth I funded.'

- 'We funded.'

- OK, hold on.

I'll have to use my other

computer. Wait here.

- Is that his roommate, Tyler?

- I think it is.

Oh, Tyler!

- 'Close the door.'

- 'Come on, son. Close it now.'

Mr and Mrs J?

'Yes, we're here on Skype.'

'Sorry.'

'OK, I've emailed you the password.

That will get you in.'

- 'Good man!'

- 'Well done, Matt.'

Oh, and guys... it's really

good to see you together again.

- Oh!

- Hey!

- We're in.

- Good.

I've always wanted to say that.

There we go. Lexon.

Owned by one Vincent

Mathias Kruger,

international hedge fund

manager, born in Budapest,

currently resides in Paris, horribly young,

keen sportsman, patron of the arts.

Oh! Mentor to the young.

Could he look any more like a money

grabbing, cheating, immoral little sh*t?

But you're not gonna get away with

it, my friend, not on my watch.

- He can't hear you.

- I know he can't hear me.

But he's certainly

gonna feel my wrath.

- OK, Guevara, what's your plan?

- I'm gonna go to Paris.

I'm gonna go to Paris with

what little money I have left

and bang on that man's door so loudly

he's gonna pay for me to go away.

I'm gonna get back

what's rightfully mine.

- Ours.

- Ours.

I didn't work for 25 years in that

God-forsaken job to have some little...

Prick?

prick like him stroll in and

spirit away my, our, retirement.

I'm gonna do it for all the little people

who've done nothing but play by the rules.

For Marcus and Janice,

for Doreen, for you.

No, do not do it for me.

For the kids.

- How's your French?

- Rusty. Why?

Non.

Non, non, non, non, non, non.

Absolutely not. No way!

You missed it again!

I said the second exit.

I couldn't get across.

What do you mean, you couldn't

get across? Just indicate!

I am indicating, darling, but they're

not paying any bloody attention.

How can your driving

not have improved?

You've had years to practise.

Be assertive, man!

Be assertive? Right.

- This is very unlike her.

- She might have got a better offer.

- A better offer than Ken?

- Our dog's a better offer than Ken.

- Let's just get something straight, shall we?

- Yes, let's.

- We go, we sort this mess out.

- Uh-huh.

And then we go on with the

rest of our lives, separately.

Sounds good to me.

Come on then, Trotsky.

Let's get this over with.

Merci.

- Hmm... no dice.

- No.

Do you remember that time

at Soph's PTA meeting

when we couldn't get in

to see the headmaster?

- And you...?

- Yeah.

- Worth a try.

- Yeah.

Oh, sweetheart... Oh, damn!

Oh, dear, dear.

A glass of water, please.

- Which floor?

- Top floor.

- Not bad, Miss Jones. Not bad.

- You never lose skills like that.

- Can you still do that thing with your...

- No, Richard.

- Mr Kruger's office?

- Oui.

- Trs bon.

- Quoi?

Mr Kruger, I'm sorry...

It's OK. Can I help you?

You bought the company

I work for last week.

- Pardon?

- And ran it into the ground.

I don't understand, sir.

Vous tes un money grabbing pig!

- Your company...

- Votre... votre company.

- ...bought my company...

- Hang on... achet ma... company.

And ran it into the ground.

Et le...

Steady, Kate.

- Steady, Kate. Steady.

- Sorry.

I run a lot of companies into

the ground. Which one?

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