The Secret of My Succe$s Page #6

in the Middle States area.

Let me pass these out.

Why can't you be

more like her, Davis?

Mr. Prescott!

Well, what a surprise!

Art, I haven't received the full

report on the cutbacks yet,

so I thought I'd drop in

and see what the problem is.

Oh, no problem. No, sir.

Everything is tip-top.

Uh, Whitfield has pointed

out a few wrinkles

and we are going to

iron those wrinkles out.

Hmm. You don't mind if I stay

for a few minutes, now, do you?

Yes, sir.

Which one of

you is Whitfield?

Oh, my God!

Nose bleed! Dry heat!

Get 'em all the time!

Oh, God!

Such a disappointment!

Who was that?

Well, that's

the new boy, Whitfield.

Sorry.

Needed some supplies.

Well, back to business.

Oh, a few of these, and...

Oh, God!

You're from Receiving,

aren't you?

I see

you're a workaholic.

Yeah, well...

I got a lot of work to do.

What are you

doing here so late?

Oh, I'm a workaholic, too.

Wow. You mean we have

somethin' in common?

So, what's all

this supposed to be?

On, it's the...

It's the heart and soul

of an idea you hated,

Expansion in the Midwest.

I don't hate it.

I just think it's risky.

Furthermore, Mr. Prescott

doesn't want it.

It's a waste of time

to pursue it.

But if something's right,

how can it be

a waste of time?

There is no right or wrong,

there is only opinion.

You know, in some states, you can

get arrested for saying that.

All right, convince me.

Convince me then that your

opinion is the right one.

All right.

Take a look at this.

And this.

And, uh...

Yeah. Peruse that.

Oh! Why do you keep saying the

exact opposite of what I say?

'Cause you keep saying

such stupid things.

Will you take a look

at these figures?

They prove that the

elimination of salaries

would create a war chest for the

defense of the Pemrose Corporation.

Can't you see that? No,I can%.

I'll tell you why.

Closing those factories

and laying up people

is just gonna send a panic

through the market.

That might happen

or that might not happen.

No, it will happen.

Look.

All right,

close the centers,

put thousands of

people out of work.

You're gonna waste

all your profits

on unemployment

contributions,

severance pay,

union lawsuits.

Are you all right? My

blood sugar's dropping.

What?

It's just my mind wandered in the

middle of what you were saying.

It means I need food.

Do you wanna get a bite?

Yeah, yeah, come on.

I'll buy you dinner.

No, no, no. Dutch.

Just tell me one more time what

your solution is to this crisis.

We don't cut. We expand.

I agree.

Expansion is a positive

reaction to the universe.

While retraction or cutting

back or pulling off,

those are all

negative forces.

I used to be very negative,

and then I took this personality

workshop, my whole life turned around.

Hiya. My name's Sheila.

You make

a good-lookin' couple.

How long you been

goin' together?

About 20 minutes.

Oh, first date, huh?

Good luck.

No, we're business

colleagues.

Colleagues.

Who needs that?

You should go together.

You look good together.

Oh, oh,

did you wanna order?

Yeah, we need to see

some menus, Sheila.

Menus! I'm sorry.

I'm studying to be an actress. I'm a much

better actress than I am a waitress.

Concentration, that's my big problem.

I'll be right back.

Well, Sheila's in

favor of expansion.

We should bring her to

our next executive meeting.

I think Art Thomas

would like her a lot.

Sheila is also in favor

of us seeing each other.

Yes, well,

Sheila is clearly a nut.

I heard that. You should try

to be more positive with your life,

or you're gonna

wind up miserable.

She heard me.

I'm having a nice time.

How about you?

Yes, very nice.

Well,

it's pleasant walking.

I mean, I don't

want to imply anything.

About your expansion plan,

I did some checking

and it turns out we can

get some tax breaks

if we put up a facility

in the Midwest region.

You checked? Earlier today?

That's great.

But the powers that be seem

to want the cutting, but I...

I've been trying to stay open to

your ideas, your business ideas.

That's great.

Okay, so you're

open to my business ideas.

Now, how about

my after-work ideas?

Don't push. Yesterday, I

thought you were obnoxious.

You know, a lot of

people start out that way.

They usually end up

gettin' married.

Don't hold your breath.

Come on.

Look, I think you're

secretly crazy about me.

And I think you'd feel a lot

better if you'd just admit it.

Come on, you'll like me.

I'm an acquired taste.

My dad insisted

on buying me this.

A round trip ticket

back to Kansas.

You know, I almost traded it

in a couple of times.

But now, it's kind of a symbol.

The day I use this ticket

is the day

New York has beaten me.

You know,

I just noticed something.

You're kind of a mess.

Thank you.

Did anybody

ever tell you that?

You're the first.

So what

I was wonderin' was...

how you can be

so incredibly beautiful

and be such a mess?

When two people get involved

on a project together,

there's a danger of getting

emotionally involved.

That would be bad.

They confuse the intensity of

their involvement on the project

and mistake it

as a relationship.

What are you, a shrink?

It's happened to me.

It's actually still happening

to me, I guess. And then...

The project ends and they find they

don't have anything to talk about.

Okay,

it's settled then.

We won't get involved while

we're working on this project.

Right.

Right.

So who is he?

Who?

Who?

My competition.

Just a guy.

All right. So why don't

we call this guy?

Tell him you met a new guy,

the whole thing is off.

I can't call him.

Why not?

His wife might

answer the phone.

Big mistake.

Yeah, well,

let's not talk about it.

I have done a lot of stupid

things, but I have never...

I bet you have.

Ever?

Even

Been

involved with a married man.

Well, he was sort of

separated when we started.

Yeah, well,

it turned out to be a lie.

The whole thing

was a mistake.

But we live and we learn

and we move on...

That wasn't bad.

Thank you.

Can you do it

again just as good?

I could try.

Where were you

all weekend?

You can at least

begin with good morning.

I'm madder than hell!

I want to know why you weren't

answering your phone.

I owe a lot to you, Howard.

I'll always be grateful to you for the

chance you gave me in this company

and the things I've learned.

What is this? What...

What are you leading up to?

I wanna work with you. I respect

you more than you know, but...

I can't be involved with you

outside the office anymore.

Hello?

Yes, June, I'm looking for

the transportation costs

from Toledo

dating September...

I'll call you back.

Look, I'm not gonna

pressure you on this.

I want you to

take your own time

and decide

what's best for you.

Thank you.

I do think the timing's

a little ironic, though.

I was gonna

tell you last night

that Vera and I have agreed

on terms for a divorce.

I only wish that Vera and I could

have worked things out sooner.

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