Okja Page #7

RECEPTIONIST:

(mouthing the words)

Use the phone...

Suppressing her anger, Mija picks up the receiver and pressesthe 'call' button. We hear upbeat music as the automatedvoice speaks in Korean/English.

AUTOMATED VOICE (V.O.)

Welcome to Mirando Korea! If youwould like to know the number of

the department you are looking for,

press #7. If you would like tospeed-dial your party, press *24 toswitch to voice recognition mode.

Mija presses the button.

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AUTOMATED VOICE (V.O.)

After the beep, please clearlystate the name of the person youare looking for.

MIJA:

Mun, Do, Park.

AUTOMATED VOICE (V.O.)

Sorry, I did not hear you. Pleaseclearly state the name.

Mija holds the receiver with both hands.

MIJA:

Mun! Do!! Park -- !!!

AUTOMATED VOICE (V.O.)

Sorry! I did not hear you. Please

clearly state the name...

Mija screams her lungs off, hoping the Receptionist willnotice her frustration. The Receptionist gets up and casuallywalks into the back office.

MIJA:

(yelling)

Wait!

The Receptionist disappears without answering. The front deskis empty again.

Mija closes her eyes and takes a deep breath to calm herself.

She suddenly begins walking backwards. She spins the fannypack to her side and fully zips up her training suit. Shestands at the opposite end of the long hallway, staring atthe Mirando Korea entrance. Suddenly...

She begins to run...

She charges ahead with explosive speed. Upon nearing theentrance, she accelerates even more and throws herself into

the glass door.

THUMP! Mija's body collides with the door, and the entireglass wall vibrates from the tremendous impact.

The door remains intact while Mija bounces off and tumbles onthe floor.

BEEP! BEEP! The security system is activated. TheReceptionist hurries out to the lobby. She sees Mija on thefloor, MOANING.

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RECEPTIONIST:

(startled)

Oh my God! Are you okay?

Looking down at the fallen Mija, the Receptionist presses thebutton of the automatic door. The moment she does, a spiderweb begins to spread on the glass, and soon the huge glassdoor begins to come down in a cascade of shards.

The Receptionist SCREAMS as tiny, sharp particles pour ontothe floor. Mija immediately leaps up and charges into theoffice, bumping into the Receptionist on the way. TheReceptionist grabs onto the tree that looks exactly like theMirando logo as she tumbles onto the floor. Dirt pours out ofthe pot, revealing the bizarre-looking root of the tree. Werealize it was a plastic tree all along.

INT. MIRANDO KOREA OFFICES - DAY

Mija runs frantically down a MAZE of LONG, EMPTY FLUORESCENTLIT

CORRIDORS. It's creepy and corporate - the stuff ofconspiracy theory nightmares.

MIJA:

(yelling)

Uncle Mundo! Okja! Mundo!

The maze finally opens into a large, brightly lit office.

She sees rows and rows of desks - BUT NOT ONE EMPLOYEE.

She runs through the cubicles, looking around.

MIJA (CONT'D)

(yelling)

Uncle Mundo! Okja!

MIJA'S POV:

A poster on the wall, advertising Mirando's Super Pigproject. The copy 'Harvest For The World' accompanies apicture of hundreds of fully grown Super Pigs feeding on thegrassy acres of the Mirando corporate Ranch in Arizona.

To Mija the sight is deeply unsettling. It's like seeinghundreds of Okjas.

At that moment, we hear a SQUEAL. Is it the real Okja?!

Mija runs toward the sound but is caught by an ELDERLYSECURITY GUARD. She throws him off, sending him into theground. Now it's the RECEPTIONIST'S turn. She leaps at Mija -

but Mija evades her with great athleticism, jumping overdesks and cubicles.

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Mija runs into a conference room and locks the glass door.

INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - CONTINUOUS

Mija runs to the window.

MIJA'S POV:

A PARKING LOT, invisible to the outside world. Mundo and

UNIFORMED MIRANDO EMPLOYEES are dragging a chained and ropedOkja towards a large trailer.

The Mirando uniforms are surprisingly BRIGHT and COLORFUL andVIBRANT looking.

Okja is desperately resisting - but to no avail.

EXT. PARKING LOT - CONTINUOUS

The OFFICE EMPLOYEES have vacated their desks to form a

gallery in the parking lot. They're all busy taking selfieswith Okja in the background.

MUNDO:

(yelling at them)

Hey, put your selfie sticks away!

This is classified! Those are

direct orders from HQ in America!

The Employees reluctantly lower their selfie sticks.

MUNDO (CONT'D)

I don't want to see any of those onInstagram.

INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - PARKING LOT - CONTINUOUS

MIJA:

(banging on the window)

Okja!!! Okja!!!

It's like the scene in The Graduate where Ben bangs on thewindow at the wedding -"Elaine! Elaine!" - except Mundo andthe Mirando Employees don't notice Mija. The glass is toothick and soundproofed. We can see she's yelling, but theycan't hear a thing.

Mija's eyes are alight with fury. The Security Guard and theReceptionist are unlocking the door when Mija charges towardthem and throws herself at the door, knocking them to theground.

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With fierce determination, Mija runs toward the elevator...

EXT. TRAILER - PARKING LOT - CONTINUOUS

As the Uniformed Employees struggle to tie the violentlyresisting Okja in place, Mundo puts his face against Okja'sand raises a selfie stick. He makes his best cute face as he

takes a picture.

INT. CAB, MIRANDO TRUCK - MOMENTS LATER

Mundo climbs in the passenger seat.

MUNDO:

(To the driver)

Let's go.

The driver is KIM (24). The truck begins to move with a hugeroar. Mundo scans Kim up and down, suspicious. Slight frame,

baby face, distracted eyes. Something about him is just...off.

MUNDO (CONT'D)

You've got a commercial driver'slicence, right?

KIM:

(Nonchalantly)

Huh?

MUNDO:

A licence to drive a heavy goodsvehicle. A Class A truck?

Kim smiles blankly without answering. He steers the truckroughly out of the parking lot and into the outside world.

As he does, we see Mija bolting out of the main entrance.

EXT. STREETS NEAR MIRANDO KOREA - DAY

Mija runs with wild desperation as the truck disappears intothe distance. But it soon slows down to merge onto a largerroad and Mija accelerates with all her might until shereaches a point where the road continues downhill but thesidewalk remains level with the buildings. She runs alongsidethe truck until...

...she boldly jumps and - THUMP - lands on the roof of thetrailer.

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INT. TRAILER, MIRANDO TRUCK - CONTINUOUS

THUMP. Okja looks up at the sound. She SQUEALS and hikes upher head. The Uniformed Employees also look up curiously.

Okja can feel Mija's presence above her. She touches theceiling with her face as she continues to SQUEAL.

EXT. TRAILER ROOF, MIRANDO TRUCK - CONTINUOUS

Mija balances herself on the moving trailer. Through thefluttering strands of her hair she sees an overpassapproaching.

INT. CAB, MIRANDO TRUCK - CONTINUOUS

Mundo sees the overpass. It seems very low. He looks over atKim, who drives, still looking blank.

MUNDO:

What's the height of this truck?

Kim gives Mundo a listless, nonchalant look.

KIM:

Uh, they did tell me... it was,

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