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doesn't call people and say:

"Hello, we just wanted to let you know

that the FBI is tapping your phone lines."

Then why would Regina say that?

She didn't say it. You're saying it.

Call my wife.

- Call Regina.

- Fine. Mark.

I will. All right? I will.

Good.

I don't like wool on skin.

Not even that merino wool they have

at Marshall Field in Chicago.

Ginger likes it because it's formfitting,

but she likes avocados.

And who wants that texture

in their mouth?

Who'd make up someone named Regina?

It's the capital of Saskatchewan.

FBI, Shepard.

Hello, Brian. It's Mark Cheviron at ADM.

Yeah, Mark.

I was talking to you guys a couple

days ago about which of the lines...

...at Mark Whitacre's house

you would be monitoring...

...and we had agreed

it would only be the business line...

...so that's all you did, right?

I really can't answer that.

Uh... Okay.

Thank you.

We have decided we will no longer be

cooperating with any further FBI requests.

I knew it. I knew it.

I told you and you wouldn't listen.

You said, "Just the office line, Mark."

Evidently, they were lying to us too.

Well, evidently, you can't keep track

of what the FBI's doing.

Yeah?

The call you were expecting, Mark?

Well, put him through.

It's a Swedish deal I'm working on.

- Mark Whitacre.

- Hey, Mark, it's Brian Shepard.

I told Shepard we're done working

with him now.

Hi. So good to hear from you.

I want to bring my supervisor by

to meet you.

This weekend be okay?

Well, great.

Well... So Mr. Andreas is in my office

right now.

Okay.

- So I'll talk to you later.

- Okay.

- Good.

What do I do if this Shepard guy calls?

You let me know about it,

and I'll tell my dad.

But you're done talking to them.

Absolutely.

Okay, guys, I'm gonna go over the rules.

There's no running, no pushing,

no horseplay by the pool.

And when you have fished

all the leaves out...

...you go into the garage and get the cover

for the pool.

And I'm gonna go get your dad

when he's done...

...and he's gonna come

and do an inspection.

- What was that, honey?

You already told us this.

Honey, well, I'm going over it again.

Now, what is the scoop with all my phones

being tapped?

The only listening device

was the recorder, Mark.

We had a trap-and-trace device on your

home line, but we can't listen in on that.

However,

the phone company calling your wife...

...and telling her

about our intel gathering...

Well, my face is red on that one.

Shouldn't happen.

- Did you bring the expense reports?

- Yeah. Yeah.

Okay, this is Mexico City, Paris,

Hong Kong, Tokio.

There was a meeting of the Corn Refiners

Association in Florida last week.

Mick and Terry went to that one.

They were doing the regular meeting

during the day, and at night...

...they'd get together with our competitors

and work out how to fix the prices.

Watch. In about six months,

the price of a liter of soda pop...

...is gonna be about 5 cents more.

Well, when's the next meeting?

January. Somewhere in Asia.

Mark, I gotta ask you.

Why are you doing this?

We know you lied about the phone line,

and you're afraid of that.

But now you're telling us all this other stuff

out of the blue. Got to ask you why.

Well, because things are going on

I don't approve of.

Now, I'm a biochemist.

I'm a technical guy.

And they pull me

into the business side...

...and suddenly I find out all these things

are going on that are illegal.

If I want to grow with ADM,

I gotta learn the business side.

And so suddenly, I'm lying.

They're making me lie to people.

I lie to you.

I mean, I feel real bad about that.

You look at yourself as wearing a white

hat and they're wearing black hats?

Absolutely. Something like that.

When I was a kid,

my folks died in an automobile accident.

I was maybe 6 years old and a

wealthy man from Ohio adopted me.

Guy owned amusement parks.

He did very well for himself.

I caught a big break there, real big break.

I went to a good school and all.

Now I adopted two kids of my own.

I'm trying to do the right thing here.

Well, Mark...

...do you think you'd be wiling

to go a few steps further in helping us?

What does that mean?

Would you...

...be willing to wear a wire?

We don't have any other sources

at this time. We...

We need your help.

We'll be there with you

all the way. It won't be easy.

I'll use my beeper to signal you

when it's time to set up a meeting.

When you hear this...

You know. Right?

...you call me.

He's watched closely at work...

...and there's reason to believe

that ADM has bugged his home.

He's under a great deal of pressure.

I mean, you gotta feel for the guy.

He tells us the truth one day...

...and wakes up the next with two lives

instead of one.

Well, the good news is he decided

to wake up and tell the truth.

There are these butterflies

in Central America.

They're blue and orange and yellow

and have poison in their wings.

Just enough poison to stop a bird heart.

But the birds know this somehow,

so they don't eat them.

But there are other ones, butterflies...

...they're orange, blue and yellow too,

but no poison wings.

They're just flying around, looking

dangerous, getting by on their looks.

Hey, Mark.

- Hi, Brian.

- Ready to make the call?

Hey, wait up, dipshit.

- We're gonna do it here?

We can't get a room.

There's problems with that.

Um...

I don't know, it just kind of seems,

you know, awkward.

It's the best I can do right now.

Okay.

Just...

Hold the microphone against

the receiver and I'll hold the recorder.

...454...

...58822.

Thank you.

- No, no, put it on the receiver.

- Mr. Yamamoto, please.

The receiver.

- I have it on the receiver.

- On the receiver, where you hear.

I'm on hold.

Hello, Mr. Yamamoto.

It is Mark Whitacre.

Hi, sir. How are you?

No, I'm doing a lot of traveling this week,

a lot of traveling.

How are sales?

Certainly we need to, in terms of our...

In terms of our big customers...

...we definitely need to be thinking

about a good price, yes?

It's better to maintain a price

of $2.50 in other countries...

...and $1.05 for the United States,

and just like that, there it is: price fixing.

Well, this is great, Mark.

This verifies everything you've been saying.

Yeah.

- Thank you. Thank you so much.

- Yeah. Absolutely.

I like an indoor pool. Year-round usage.

I like the steam off it in the winter.

Very mysterious, that steam.

Well, Marty...

...when you started work at ADM,

how much money did you want?

I wanted 50 grand.

But I went and told Terry,

"We can't get this guy for less than 75."

- Yeah.

- I got it for you. You were the first I hired.

You've always been really generous

with me. And I appreciate it.

Here's what I want you to do.

I want you to write down a name.

Okay. What's the name?

Nordkron Chemie.

What is that, like,

a Nigerian name or something?

I like my hands. I think they're probably

my favorite part of my body.

I think that can be used to my advantage

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