The Informant! Page #6

I mean, I can't pinpoint an agreement.

What more do you want?

The guy is standing there...

...dividing up the market, plain as day.

It could just be a proposal.

All the other companies weren't there.

No one used the word "agreement."

I'm telling you. From the perspective of

the Justice Department, it is not enough.

We're having another meeting

to work out some of the issues in lysine.

We have to divide up the volumes

and set prices for some of the markets.

Europe again?

Europe is out.

There is a price-fixing investigation in

the cement manufacturing business there.

It's got everybody spooked,

so we're not going there.

We can't videotape in Japan.

That's not gonna help us.

Hawaii.

- Hawaii?

- Hawaii.

Oh!

Okay. So everybody just...

Goddamn it, Mark.

Look at the size of this. That's bullshit.

Yeah.

Can you call and get us a bigger room?

This is the only room they have.

- Will you call them, please?

I will. I will. Make yourselves at home,

please. I'll call. I'll call.

Do you have a suite perhaps that's a bit

more roomy for us?

The Makuaha Room. Yes.

Is that your biggest room? It sounds big.

But it is, I see. I see.

And for the whole day?

Okay, so this is it.

We're here, we're stuck.

Okay, then we'll make do. Thank you.

Looks like we are here to stay,

definitely...

...so let's settle in, and...

...start.

Oh, no.

Well, I'd like to welcome

everybody here.

Let me just...

Indulge me for a second. I think you might

be more comfortable if I move the chair...

Thattaboy, Mark.

We have an old saying at ADM.

I think it applies here.

"It's better to have the elephants

inside the tent pissing out...

...than outside the tent pissing in."

Outside piss?

It's better to be part of the group.

What he's saying is,

the customers are our enemy.

The competitors are our friend.

It's important we have all the producers

involved, including the Cheil Corporation.

I want to know why we have been

excluded from association in the past.

We need to be part of this.

- Yeah.

- How can we know that ADM Will stay...

...at agreed-upon levels?

Well, it would be our preference

that we simply trust each other.

And if we find out someone's

been lying...

...we'll just hire some Mafia figure

to rub you out.

That's just a little bit of levity...

...but the point is

that if we can't trust each other...

...ain't gonna work.

You are okay with that?

Yes. I am all right.

So, what are we saying?

Well, what,

do you have a language problem, Mark?

Then we are ail...

- Agreed.

- Yes.

Agreement. You heard it.

- Congratulations.

- Jury's gonna love that.

Well done. You did it.

Christ. How about this guy Whitacre?

What's his story?

- What do you mean?

- What's his agenda?

The guy's making 350 grand a year,

moving up and he turns informer.

When does that happen?

Is the money going up his nose?

Some woman somewhere with a kid he's

seeing on one of these business trips?

What's his story?

We wanted to show you this.

That's a picture of Mark Whitacre

and his family.

We carry that with us all the time...

...as a constant reminder

that he is a real person...

...with a real family depending on him.

The only reason we have any

of these tapes is because of this man.

We want to know

when the time comes...

...if he loses his job...

...will the government

stand behind him?

Mark, are you an idiot?

- Ginger, I'll be the only one left.

Mick will be gone. Terry will be gone.

Dwayne will be gone.

I am a scientist

and I understand the business side.

I'm the only one qualified to run ADM.

Mark, that's completely illogical.

How can you stay there

when you've taken down the company?

Because they need me

to run the company.

First of all, I'm extremely valuable

to the company.

And secondly, I did the right thing.

Okay? The board is gonna see that.

The board's gonna respect that.

It's the FBI, right?

They're brainwashing you.

It's Brian Shepard putting ideas

in your head to keep you working for him.

I'm telling you, they will make me

the next president of ADM.

So this is it, huh?

Yup.

How's your family doing?

Good. They're gonna be at an amusement

park when you guys make your move.

Whatever happens tomorrow,

I think it's in your best interest...

...to get an attorney who's gonna

represent your interests alone.

- You want me to get an attorney now?

- No, not now.

First, the company lawyers

are gonna come to all the executives...

...with a list of attorneys to pick from.

You've gotta understand,

these attorneys are paid for by ADM.

They don't represent you.

Do not pick one of these attorneys.

Tell them you have your own attorney.

You need to tell them that you're

cooperating with the government.

It's perfectly reasonable

for you to cooperate.

I think I know a lawyer in Decatur.

I'll talk to him.

The town is too small.

I'm sure you've met lawyers in your

business dealings that could handle this.

Definitely.

Now, Mark? Mark?

Once this starts,

it is going to be intense.

They are going to know that somebody

was on the inside working with us.

And they're gonna do almost anything

to find out who it is.

But you guys still think I'm gonna be okay

at the company, right?

I mean, you guys are gonna take

down the bad guys, but I'll be okay, right?

Well, I think it's important

to remember...

...what we talked about before,

and what we're talking about right now...

...is tell them...

- ...you're cooperating with the government.

- I know.

But I'm just asking if you guys think

I'm gonna be okay at the company.

The corporate culture's

gonna change a little bit for you.

I should say so.

- Yeah.

- We should just focus on the raid.

- Right?

- Yes.

- Mark, you're making that up.

- No, Archer, the A in ADM...

...choked to death, 1947,

on a chicken bone.

Fact. Fact.

Well, there you have it,

from Mark Whitacre, Ph.D.

You know what the Ph.D. stands for,

don't you? Piled Higher and Deeper.

Heh. Let me guess. Daniels was killed

by a pig and the cows got Midland.

A chicken got Archer.

I'll tell you, 50 years later...

...our deals with Tyson Farms,

Foster Farms...

...what's the body count?

Mr. Wilson, Mr. Whitacre,

I'm Bob Herndon and I'm an FBI agent.

- This is Special Agent Shepard.

- What is going on?

- Mr. Whitacre, would you come with me?

I don't...

- I have no idea what this is about.

- Mr. Whitacre, please.

- Could you come with us?

- Do I need a lawyer?

A lawyer? Terry.

- Excuse me.

I saved a guy once at a restaurant

in Hong Kong.

He was choking and I got him

to throw himself over the back of his chair.

He sends me cards on holidays

just to say thanks.

Tells me what his kids are studying.

He remembers me.

You can take first-aid courses

from your local fire department.

You got a reason for embarrassing my

colleague and I in front of a prospect?

This is a serious matter.

It involves an international investigation

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