The Pursuit of Happyness Page #5

You got the bill of sale here.

Yes.

All the information

you'll need.

Uh, thank you very much

for your business.

Thank you.

Dr. Forrest, dial 182, please.

One hundred, 200, 20, 40,

45, 46, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Thank you.

Hey, you want one of those?

No, it's okay.

Come on, you can

have one. Which one?

You like that one? How much?

Twenty-five

cents.

This part of my life

is called "Internship."

The 1200 building is Medley

Industrial and Sanko Oil.

The building across the street

is Lee-Ray Shipping.

In a couple of weeks,

you'll get call sheets

with the phone numbers

of employees

from every Fortune 500 company

in the financial district.

You will be pooling

from 60 Fortune companies.

You will mainly be

cold-calling potential clients.

But if you have to

have lunch with them,

have breakfast with them,

even babysit for them,

you will do whatever it takes

to familiarize them

with our packages.

We need you to match

their needs and goals

to one of our many

financial plans.

In essence...

you reel them in,

we'll cook the fish.

Some of you guys are here

because you know somebody.

Some of you are here because

you think you're somebody.

But there's one guy in here

who's gonna be somebody.

That person's gonna be

the guy...

who can turn this into this.

Eight hundred thousand

in commission dollars.

You, you, help me

hand these out.

This is going to be your bible.

You'll eat with it.

You'll drink with it.

It was simple.

X number of calls equals

X number of prospects.

X number of prospects equals

X number of customers.

X number of customers equals

X number of dollars

in the company's pocket.

Your board exam.

Last year, we had an intern

score a 96.4 percent

on the written exam.

He wasn't chosen.

It's not a simple pass/fail.

It's an evaluation tool we use

to separate applicants.

Be safe. Score a hundred.

Okay. Let's take a break.

Be back in 10.

Oh. Hey. Mr. Frohm.

Hi.

Uh, Chris.

Ah, Chris, how are you?

I'm good. How you doing?

Fine, thank you for asking.

Yeah, uh, first day in there.

It was, uh, exciting.

You're not quitting on us yet, are you?

Oh, no.

No, sir. Ten-minute break.

Uh...

Pop out, get a quick bite,

and then back in there

for board prep.

Oh, man, I remember mine.

And ours were only an hour,

not three like yours.

We didn't do world markets,

we didn't bother with taxes,

and it was still

a pain in the ass.

Funny what you remember.

There was a beautiful girl

in that class.

I can't remember her name,

but her face was so...

I've seen an old friend

of mine. Uh, do... Do you mind?

No, go ahead.

Uh, good talking to you, sir.

Aah.

Hey, hey... Hey, a**hole.

Yeah.

Are you all right, a**hole?

Are... Are you okay?

I mean, what were you thinking?

What are you doing?

I could've killed you.

I'm trying to cross the street.

Uh... you're all right?

Yeah, yeah.

Where's my shoe?

What?

You knocked off my shoe!

I don't know

where your shoe is.

Where's my damn shoe?

I don't know.

Hey.

Did you see it?

I lost my shoe.

No, I'm sorry.

Hey. Hey. Where

are you going?

We should wait for the police.

I gotta go to work.

Hey, you just got hit by a car.

Go to the hospital.

I'm in a competitive

internship at Dean Witter.

Hey, man, you're

missing a shoe.

Oh. Yeah.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Dad.

Y-you don't have

a shoe.

Yep. I know.

Wanna know what happened?

Yeah.

I got hit by a car.

You got hit by a car?

Yep.

Where?

Uh, just right by the office.

No, where in your body?

Like, the back of my legs.

Hey, goodbye, Mrs. Chu.

Goodbye.

Where you on the street?

Y-yeah. I was running

in the street.

Don't do that.

You can get hurt.

Yeah, thanks.

I'll remember that next time.

And here I was again.

Show up early.

While qualified persons...

Qualified persons are

interested in investing

and have money to invest.

Now... Chris.

Yes, sir.

Would you get me

some coffee, please?

Favors for Frakesh,

our office manager. All day.

My name is Chris Gardner calling

for Mr. Michael Anderson.

Well, yes, sir. We're having

a lunch actually this Thursday.

Okay, next time. All right.

I'm gonna hold you to that.

Okay, yes. Thank you.

Who wants to get me a doughnut?

Chris?

Yes, sir.

Feeling underrated

and unappreciated.

Hello. Mr. Ronald Fryer.

Why, good morning to you, sir.

My name is Chris Gardner,

and I'm calling

from Dean Witter.

Yes, I have some very, very

valuable information

on what's called a tax...

Okay... Thank you, sir.

Then catch the bus by 4

to the place where

they can't spell "happiness."

Then the cross-town.

The 22 home.

Hey! Chris!

Hey. Hi, Ralph.

I'm waiting.

All right, uh,

I-I got that for you, Ralph.

I'm... I'm gonna

get that for you.

Whoever brought in

the most money after six months

was usually hired.

Yes, hello, Chris Gardner

calling for Mr. Walter Hobb.

We were all working our way up

call sheets to sign clients.

From the bottom to the top.

Yes, sir.

How are you?

From the doorman to the CEO.

Okay.

They'd stay till 7,

but I had Christopher.

I had to do in six hours

what they do in nine.

Good afternoon.

My name is Chris Gardner.

I'm calling from Dean Witter.

In order not to waste any time,

I wasn't hanging up the phone

in between calls.

Okay. Thank you very much.

I realized that by

not hanging up the phone,

I gained another

eight minutes a day.

Why, good morning to you,

my name is Chris Gardner.

I'm calling from Dean Witter.

I also wasn't drinking water,

so I didn't waste any time

in the bathroom.

Uh, yes, I'd love to

have the opportunity...

Okay... No problem at all, sir.

Thank you very much.

But even doing all this...

after two months...

I still didn't have time

to work my way up a sheet.

We're feeling really

confident about that one as well.

Walter Ribbon's office.

Yes. Hello, my name

is Chris Gardner.

I'm calling for

Mr. Walter Ribbon.

Concerning...?

Yes, ma'am, I'm calling

from Dean Witter.

Just a moment.

Hello?

Mr. Ribbon.

Uh, h-h-hello, sir.

My name's Chris Gardner.

I'm calling from Dean Witter.

Yeah, Chris.

Uh, yes, Mr. Ribbon,

I would love to have

the opportunity

to sit with you to discuss

some of our products.

And, I... I'm certain

that I could be

of some assistance to you.

Can you be here in 20 minutes?

Uh... ye... 20 minutes.

Absolutely.

Just had someone cancel.

Come now. I can give you

a few minutes before the 49ers.

Monday Night Football, buddy.

Yes, sir.

Thank you very much.

See you soon.

Bye-bye.

Excuse me.

Thank you for the...

Chris, what's up?

Hey, Mr. Frakesh.

Hey, man, do you have

five minutes?

Actually, I got a green light

from Walter Ribbon...

Because I have no minutes. I'm

supposed to present commodities

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