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Beautiful.

What the f***

you doing here?!

- What?

- What are you doing here?

The meeting was cancelled.

I just wanted...

The meeting was cancelled?

I bet you

cancelled the meeting!

We're ten days late, man!

We've got to be cranking!

We're two weeks

away from Magic

and you're f***ing wasting

your time right here!

I'm not wasting my time here.

What's the difference?

The difference is that

you're here to play,

I'm here to f***ing work!

Go to the office!

That's nice.

Look here.

Beautiful.

Open your shoulder.

Yeah, that's nice.

Give him a little

kiss on the cheek.

You're selling

the American Dream.

I think it's good work.

- Thank you.

- Good work.

Creative aside,

there's another issue

I've got to talk

to you about.

We've got 2,000

billboards, 20 markets.

But we've gotta

close the deal today.

Amer, how you doing?

Good to see you again.

How you doing, man?

Good to see you.

Let me just kinda

break it down for us.

The nitty gritty of this is -

I've got three or four

of our other clients that are,

they're willing to pay

a little bit more money

than our current deal is.

But you're not gonna

let that happen.

I'm not gonna

let that happen.

We've already given you the

word, but what we need to see

is, uh, that you can

write that check today.

The check is

owed on Monday, man.

I've got the Frederick

Brothers on the line.

They're ready to go

to contract at 2.5...

Brian!

I've got 220 retailers,

who are waiting

for this space right here.

If I don't have

the billboards,

they're not gonna

take my merchandise.

I got a client ready

to put down 2.5...

Five minutes.

Please.

I'm gonna pay today,

but I'm not-

I'm not happy

about it, man.

We have no choice.

May I show you this diamond?

How much is this?

Too much.

How much is this one?

This one is 110,000.

Also a bit too high.

Do you have

anything for 40?

She's turning 40 today

and I don't want to be corny,

but 40 would be

symbolic and right.

This might work for you.

This is $35,000.

It's emerald and diamonds.

- Can I see?

- Let me show it.

And the diamonds

around are real?

Yes.

You can size it

to her finger?

- I've brought her wedding band.

- Perfect.

If you can be back

in a couple of hours,

because tonight is her birthday

and I don't wanna miss it.

Yeah, no problem.

- Thank you so much.

- You're welcome.

This is crazy.

Amer's gonna

completely freak out.

There's no way

he's gonna sign this.

Listen, I'm...

Freak about what?

They want a

creative control provision.

He likes to pull jokes

on me all the time.

- Show me this.

- Amer, listen.

They... they changed it.

Man, what are

you doing?

I thought it was finished.

I thought it was done.

I... I tried to call you.

I tried to...

Man, you're

f***ing full of sh*t.

You're kidding me.

Please don't do that.

You know, man, I'm gonna pop.

It's a bad day to do

sh*t like this on me.

Bad day.

Mr. Atrash.

- I'm Amer Atrash.

- I'm Gordon.

I represent the

board of directors.

Man, you guys are

f***ing pulling a fast one

on me right here.

Look, we wanna be

in business with you.

If all goes well, we're gonna

be in business by Monday.

We are in business

already today!

Well, there's just

one little thing.

There's no other thing!

- The board of directors...

- The board of directors?

...who I represent.

With all respect, sir.

You know, this is a done deal.

This man has introduced

this situation as...

Well, there was one element

that wasn't in the contract.

You're the creative person,

but just for legal purposes

we need to say

in the contract...

Legal purposes, sir?

Like what?

I'm a designer.

I'm Amer Atrash.

We're investment bankers.

Why do you want

creative control from me?

What's the point?

- It's just a necessary thing...

- Necessary for what?

How come it wasn't

necessary yesterday afternoon

or an hour ago when he

called me to tell me

come get my check?

You oversee the contracts?

See them two days ago!

Today, an hour ago, he tells

me come pick up the check.

I only saw it today, sir.

Mr. Aronoff, who's our

chief legal counsel.

Mr. Atrash, so good

to meet you, sir.

- I'm Amer Atrash.

- Good to meet you, sir.

I want you to

meet my attorneys.

These are his team.

You're in good hands.

I'm sure we'll get this done.

We'll be in business.

This doesn't make sense, sir.

It doesn't make sense.

These people will help

you make sense out of it.

What's my

legal claim, Michael?

It's not good.

Man, go fishing alone.

Go fishing alone!

Go fishing alone, man.

Come get the check

and we fish tomorrow!

Sir, please get out

of my way.

Get out of my way,

please, sir.

I'm sorry.

I'm out of here.

You're an attorney.

You understand...

You have any idea

how unacceptable this is?

You bring us up

here to a closing

and you change the terms.

You can't put new

language in at the closing!

We just spent two months...

Guys, please.

Everybody.

Everybody's attention.

Please, guys.

Nobody spends any money

from any account

until further notice.

Small glitch.

We've had them before.

We work around them.

Bear with me, please.

Payroll is safe.

It's gonna work out.

Just give me a week.

We'll make it work.

Sorry, guys.

Okay, no money spent

from any account

without me knowing about it.

Please, Lisa.

No money spent.

Confirm it to everybody.

No money spent.

All accounts are closed

until further notice.

Even coffee.

Sandy, come on in please.

- Your ring.

- Yeah, my ring.

Is everything okay?

I just had a bit of a problem.

I cannot buy this.

These things happen.

Small glitch.

If there is any expense tied up

to the resizing of the ring,

I want to take care

of it out of petty cash.

I need you

at the house tonight.

Bring the whole

rolodex with you.

Brian's gonna

meet us there

and we've got

some work to do.

Thank you.

I'm really sorry.

Hey, there you are.

Come here.

Sit next to me.

What are you

so late for?

Happy birthday, baby.

Thank you.

What happened?

Why are you so late?

Small, small problem

at the office.

- Oh.

- Baby...

Problems are never

small for you.

Inexcusable, baby.

Inexcusable.

It's not right.

It's okay, sweetheart.

You're here.

Baby, I feel terrible.

It's all right.

Look at the party.

It's beautiful.

I know, I know.

I'm having such

a good time.

What's up?

What's going on?

It didn't happen.

Didn't happen.

It's bad, right?

It's gonna work out, baby.

It's gonna work out.

You know me, right?

It's your birthday, baby.

What are we talking about?

It's your birthday...

And I'm having a wonderful

time on my birthday.

Yeah?

You've got

some things to do.

I want you to go do

what you need to do -

and then come back.

I know you so well.

I know what you need.

Go ahead.

Go.

Okay.

Amer?

Can I talk to you

for one second?

I hope it's okay.

I don't know what's happening,

but I organized

this for her 40th

birthday and she's...

not so happy tonight.

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