The Ultimate Life Page #6
I expect to have your decision
by tomorrow. That's it. Let's go.
The deal is it.
And right now that's
in my hands, not yours.
We both know you're
still trying to recover
from that explosion at
the plant 18 months ago.
- Red!
- Mm-mm.
Took 11 lives.
Your liability went sky high and the
publicity practically crippled you.
Red...
Your profits...
...are down 22 percent
from last quarter.
Where did you get that information?
I want to buy your refinery,
and you need to sell it.
And that makes you... needing me.
And that...
That just makes your blood boil.
Let's go.
See you later, Red.
"ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH"]
Room service.
- Anything?
- No, it's Christmas Eve.
What kind of game is he playing?
Red, do you consider me a friend?
'Course I do.
Well, as your friend,
let's fly home tonight.
You could be with Hanna, with
the kids, enjoy Christmas.
I told you, I'm not leaving
till I get that refinery.
Look, you could wait
till the cows come home,
but I'm not missing
Christmas with my family.
Now, you can dock my
pay, you can fire me,
you can do whatever you want,
but I'm heading to the airport
and taking the company plane home.
And if you're smart,
Red, you'd come with me.
Hm...
You're right.
You're right. Go home.
Go be with your family.
I'll take a charter plane home.
Go on.
Merry Christmas, Red.
Merry Christmas, Hamilton.
Can't anybody read the
"do not disturb" sign?
Strang?
You gonna invite me in, Stevens?
The docs are signed.
I actually made my decision last
night, put out a press release.
Panhandle Oil is now the proud
owner of its own refinery.
You're welcome.
I'll be on my way, then.
Nice doing business with you, Stevens.
I'm curious, Mr. Strang.
Why did you wait till
Christmas to give me this news?
'Cause I knew I could.
How?
Because you remind me of
myself, you know, 20 years ago.
"Panhandle Gas & Oil is now
a billion-dollar operation... "
I'm a...
I'm a billionaire.
I'm a billionaire.
I wonder as I wander...
When I became a billionaire.
Mr. Stevens, you have a phone call.
Yeah?
Line five.
This is Red Stevens.
Hanna? What?
Pilot!
He was headed straight from the
airport to his mother's nursing home
for Christmas Eve dinner.
A trucker fell asleep,
and hit him head-on.
The doctor said he had
severe internal damage.
Both of his kidneys are
ruptured. He's gonna lose them.
If he survives, they're
gonna put him on dialysis,
but he'll go to the end
of a very long waiting list
for a kidney donor.
It's gonna be a long night.
- You want some coffee?
- Yeah.
You've been with me
for such a long time.
I owe you so much of everything I got.
You been a friend to me...
...even when I didn't even deserve it.
O-positive. Nurse!
Hey, Red.
What's this?
What's going on?
Christmas Eve, you met the
business end of a semi on the 205.
What day is it?
Happy New Year.
Welcome to 1969.
I thought...
I thought you were in Tulsa.
You needed some new plumbing,
so I gave you some of mine.
You know what? I think I
need to go back to sleep.
Maybe this could all be a bad dream.
Starting over...
...is not the easiest thing to do.
I'm sorry. Hope I didn't wake you.
I'm just glad that I can wake up.
So do we have a refinery?
We do.
I think that means you're a billionaire.
Yeah. It does.
How does that feel?
Not a stitch different.
I thought it would,
though. I really did.
All that time thinking about
it and dreaming about it,
and when it finally
happened, it just happened.
The world kept moving on forward...
...and there was no one
there to share it with me.
But you did what you said you would.
You should take pride in that, Red.
I got all the money in the world.
I traded everything that
was important to me for it.
It's not too late, Red.
What if it is, Hamilton?
My kids are a mess.
My wife thinks I'm lost.
You can change that.
You can change that, Red.
See, money's been your dream.
But your legacy...
Your legacy is your family.
Your fortune is your wife, your kids
and all the little
Stevens that comes along.
You still got time, Red.
What's this all about, Dad?
Yeah, is this gonna take long?
Are you guys getting divorced?
No, that's not what this is about.
Well, what are we here for?
You're kinda freaking me out!
- That doesn't take much.
All right, that's enough!
Your father has something that
he would like to say to you.
So you will sit there with
your mouths shut and listen.
Go ahead, Red.
I wanted you kids here because...
Well, I want to apologize to you.
- Apologize?
- For what?
For neglecting you over two decades.
I made my work more
important... over you and...
...more important over your mom.
I learned a lot of
lessons along the way.
But I ended up burying them in
pursuit of the almighty dollar.
Is there a bottom line here, Dad?
I got a plane to catch
back to Princeton.
Your mom and I decided we're gonna
start living life a little bit different.
So future profit from Panhandle Oil
will go into a new fund that we started.
We're gonna start doing
some good in the world.
And we're gonna stop
living for ourselves.
We're gonna to try to
learn how to help others.
Tell me you're not giving our trust
funds away to the poor or something?
I'm not giving your money away, son.
In fact...
...your mother and I are
going to give each of you
$10,000 right now.
Ruth.
For what?
For the chance to learn
the gift of giving.
No strings attached?
We... We hope that you'll
use this money to help others.
So we're done here? We can go?
Yeah, ya'll can go.
- I'm gonna put this in the bank.
- It's a lot of money.
I'm gonna spend it.
All we can do is try and
hope that their hearts change.
It will take patience.
Hm... I've never been very patient.
Dad?
Yeah, Jay?
Here you go.
I don't need it. Put
it in the foundation.
You sure, son?
- This is your money.
- I have enough.
Thank you.
Thank you, son.
My dad got it.
And when my dad died...
...Red knew that I would get it, too.
That's right, Jason.
The monetary inheritance that we
accumulate to pass on to our children
the personal legacy we pass on.
I almost forgot. We
have the hearing at ten.
Are you sure that's where
you want to be this morning?
I thought that's where I had to be.
Naw, I can deal with
those hyenas in court.
What you need to do is
find that special someone
who's gonna help you
pass your legacy on.
Excuse me.
Jason, what are you doing here?
I was hoping you could give me a job.
I could empty the trash, mop the floors.
If... well, if there
were floors, I'd mop them.
- Anything you need.
- What about the foundation?
Decided to take a leave of absence
for a few months... maybe six.
Place isn't gonna fall apart
with Hamilton in charge.
I tried to tell you. I wanted
to tell you in person...
I understand. I understand
why you did it the way you did.
bomb to get my attention.
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