Supercapitalist Page #3

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No patience.

No consequence.

You're the blind leading the blind.

No ties to family or of heritage.

No tradition.

What?

You think you know everything?

When you have no understanding of anything.

[In Cantonese]

Seven...Seven...Seven...Seven...Seven...

Yeah.

Want to go again?

You bet.

Woa, winner winner,

dim sum dinner.

What happened to you?

All right, all right.

Go wait outside. Come on.

What happened?

I just lost $100,000.

Ouch!

Everytime I bet,

he just bets against me.

And wins.

Relax, you can do this, bro.

Have you ever played both sides before?

What?

Look, first you bet both player and banker.

Force him to decide.

After he has chosen,

you bet the rest of what you have against him.

Are you serious?

What about the trend?

F*** the trend.

Play what you have in front of you.

Shake it up.

Live a little.

You really should just give up now.

And spoil all the fun?

What are you doing?

Being American.

Well, please, by all means,

keep pumping your American dollars into our economy.

That's the only reason we let your kind in here.

How about we make this interesting?

I win,

you give me the numbers I need

to do my job.

I lose,

You lose, what could you possibly have,

that I don't already own?

I lose, me and my American dollars

go home.

Deal.

Player wins.

No hard feelings.

Your intentions,

better be as good as your luck.

Yeah?

I know he's doing good.

Doing really good.

Hey, I gotta go.

Did it work?

Yeah, bro.

Really?

Yes, really.

Damn!

I guess we got something to celebrate.

What do you have for me?

All right, so, retail outlets seem fine,

some factories are losing money,

but it seems the

import/export business has

some serious cash flow issues,

and that's what I want to target.

Right now, they've been working with

Silverman investment bankers to cover their debt.

Donald has been reluctant to

take on extra risks.

This type of indecisiveness has shareholders fed up,

keeping the stock price down.

It's family run company with

younger brother Donald swiftly losing control.

Now, the company has been capitalizing

all the growth in the US,

but, they have been held back

because management can't seem to keep costs down.

With the specific changes I've got lined up,

I'd say the stock is gonna jump

at least 20-30%.

30% sounds good.

Keep me posted.

- Gotta go.

- Bye.

- Conner.

- Hey.

Everyone's betting you'd be

sent home by now.

Well, increase my position on

Fei and Chang by $200 million.

$200 on Fei and Chang?

I thought you're only authorized

to do 100?

Bottom of the ninth, buddy.

Time to call my shot.

OK, you're the boss.

[In Cantonese]

Thank you for calling Fei and Chang.

[In Cantonese]

Mr. Chang will return your call tomorrow. Thank you.

Mr. Lee, it shouldn't be that much longer.

Can I offer your coffee?

No, thanks.

Hey, kid.

What?

Want to know a secret?

OK.

They're trying to kill me with coffee.

- Really?

- Yeah.

You see, if I hadn't drank so much coffee

when I was younger, I'll be a giant.

Whoa!

[Imitating a giant]

I'd be a giant.

[Imitating a giant]

I could eat you up.

Mr. Lee..

Ha...

We're ready for you now.

Right.

- Bye, Natalie.

- OK, I'll see you.

- See you tomorrow.

- OK, bye!

Come on, let's go.

So in summary, I recommend you, 1,

Close down these 9 factories.

2, Terminate several poor-performing managers

listed in Appendix B.

And most importantly, 3,

Sell off the import/export business

for its negative cash flow.

Mr. Lee,

the list of the managers here,

I will not fire any of them.

And these workers,

in the factories that

you want us to close down,

they have families.

Sons and daughters to support.

Not only that,

they are all part of my big family.

I think you're missing the point here.

See,

the factories,

they are inefficient and bloated.

In any event, I'm more concerned about

the import/export business.

Do you know anything about

the import/export business?

There are highs and lows.

Right now, happens to be a low.

For the last 3 years?

You are asking me to eliminate

- an integral part of my company...

- that it could eventually bring down the rest of the company.

Father, you can't seriously allow this guy

to manhandle the fate of the company.

- The fact that you're even considering...

- Richard...

I think I speak for the board...

You know, actually, I'd like to hear

from the board themselves.

Your plan will simply not work.

Look, I've run the numbers.

Respectfully, make the changes

or someone else will.

Someone else?

- Are you threatening me, Mr. Lee?

- It's not a threat.

It's a plain fact.

Look, you think that just because your father gave you

the company a long time ago, you can just

sweep this all under the rug?

What do you know about family?

Enough to know that it's

skewing your judgement.

I don't like your tone.

Good day, Mr. Lee.

- I'm not finished.

- I think you are, Mr. Lee.

Father, just listen to what I have to say for once

without being so thick-headed...

Enough, please.

Everybody out.

Richard!

Richard, Richard.

Now you must learn

which battle to fight.

[In Cantonese] Your father

is under pressure!

- He never listens.

- [In Cantonese] I know he's stubborn.

Comes from your grandmother.

I just want him to know

there's another way.

Richard, I want to know.

[In Cantonese] You're working on some

computer interface

or some new technology

which I don't understand.

All I want to know is

how is it coming?

Almost finished. It's going to revolutionize

the industry and he won't even listen.

[In Cantonese]

You're working on it with Mr. Chow?

Every night.

Great.

Perfect it.

Make it work.

[In Cantonese]

I will talk to your father.

This time, I'm gonna make him listen.

- All for the family, right?

- All for the family.

Keep me informed, OK?

[In Cantonese]

Hello? Yes?

Yeah, I thought they'd agree to

some of the changes.

Well, I'm sure you'll figure something out.

Really?

I mean,

I just don't know if I'm cut out for this.

Look, you are doing exactly what

you should be doing.

Thanks.

You know, sometimes you push when

really what you need to do is pull.

And going in from the front door

hasn't been working. Maybe there's side door?

Yeah, keep going.

Well, Donald has a lot of legacies maintained.

Half his family practically runs the joint.

Why don't we get somebody

from the outside to investigate?

Shake it up a little.

Yeah, shake it up a little.

I like the way you're thinking.

Keep going.

- Can you believe this guy, sir, huh?

- [In Cantonese] Mr. Jang?

Dear Mr. Jang, Vice President of Operations:

We have obtained materials of your

potential involvement in illegal activities

regarding Fei and Chang Enterprises.

Many key employees have already testified,

and we are forced to take immediate action.

We've thus notified the

Independent Commission Against Corruption.

Lauren Ip.

In recognition of your contribution to

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