The Wizard of Lies Page #9

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- Why are you being so mean?

- I got so many other goddamn things

I'm worried about

on Wall Street

and this kid's asking me

about how Wall Street is!

- Shut up and eat your food!

- Dad!

It's okay, sweetheart.

Bernie, stop it!

What's wrong with you?

Now you're playing

the good guy.

- Honey, it's okay, it's okay.

- Taking her side.

- She's just curious.

- Now I can't eat.

- It's okay, it's okay.

- She's an eight-year-old kid.

What's the matter

with you?

You're just too smart.

It's okay.

I wanna know why

you're acting this way.

The f***ing market

is a bloodbath.

- Ah! God damn it.

- Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Take it ea... Dad.

F***ing thing.

What's going on?

Are you all right?

I started these

blood pressure pills.

Makes me dizzy.

- Maybe you should take

a couple days off. - No, I can't.

I have to be at the office

first thing in the morning.

- Founder of Home Depot.

- Reschedule.

- You know...

- This f***ing thing.

If you ever trusted me

to help you

with the advisory,

you know, I could handle

this kind of thing for you.

It's my business,

not yours.

Well, what happens

when you're gone?

- I'm not having this discussion

with you. - It's a legitimate question.

- I'm not having this discussion

with you. - What is it, Dad?

Tell me.

What is it?

Is it that I'm not cut out?

- Are you not listening?

- Just be honest with me.

- Just tell me. - Do you not see

what I have to deal with,

the sh*t that I have to go

through on a daily basis?

No, that's why...

that's my point.

The f***ing sh*t that

they put me through?

That they're trying

to f*** me all the time?

Steal from me?

Do you think you can do that?

Do you think you

can deal with that?

- Yes, I can. - I don't think

you can deal with it.

Bullshit.

I don't think so.

You can't stomach that stuff.

That's not in you.

Andy, maybe,

but not you.

What?

Wait, what are you saying?

Are you saying that Andy...

what are you saying?

Andy's better

at his job than I am?

- Mark. - I go to that f***ing

office every single day.

I do the same thing

that he does.

I gave you

a f***ing business to run.

Are you not happy

with that?

Was that not good

enough for you?

It is definitely good

enough for me, Dad.

- I'm just trying...

- Well, then shut the f*** up

and give me

a little f***ing gratitude.

Say, "I'm... thanks, Dad. "

Can't you do that?

What, do you think the whole

f***ing world owes you something?

The whole f***ing world

owes you nothing.

You gotta work for it, and I always

say this with your mother.

This is the problem with

having money, an education.

Nothing is earned.

You want something,

you gotta f***ing work for it.

What, you don't

think I have?

For you, it was

installing sprinklers.

For me, it was digging ditches

on a construction crew.

I never would have started Home Depot

if I hadn't had that experience.

Ken, I wanna be respectful

of your time,

so I'm gonna

get right to it.

I'm starting a new

highly exclusive fund.

It's gonna have

just five investors.

Same split-strike

conversion strategy

that's performed

so consistently.

But, frankly,

this fund's gonna have

even higher returns.

The only thing

is that it relies

on the market volatility

that we're seeing now,

so I gotta put the money

together right away.

Your current fund's been running

for a while, hasn't it?

It has.

Decades.

Double digit returns

every year.

And you're promising even better

returns for the new fund?

It's a unique

opportunity, Ken.

Uh-huh.

So I'm asking myself

only one question.

What if I'm a longtime

client of yours

and, uh,

how would I feel

getting shafted

for new customers?

There are other people

that I do other funds with,

but I don't wanna include them

in this because they're not...

- Whoa, whoa, wait a second.

- they're not the ones...

Okay, just a second.

I'm a little confused.

You got this fund,

you got that fund,

you got people who are long-term

customers and you're not gonna...

Those people are already

taken care of.

We have... we have

other funds with them.

Bernie, I don't... I don't know

what you're trying to say.

- Well...

- I'm confused.

The new fund is getting money

before the other people?

- That's not what I'm saying.

- That's exactly what you're saying.

I'm not saying that.

They are taken care of.

I have other arrangements

with them.

Something

is not kosher here.

- Something.

- No, it's all kosher.

I think it's not kosher.

I think it's total bullshit.

That's what I think.

It's hitting me

the wrong way.

Something is wrong here.

I think you're full of sh*t,

that's what I think.

I'm getting the hell out of here.

Is that guy in?

You're kidding me.

All right, well,

between Medici, Kingate,

and the f***ing Spaniards,

that's minus

1.5 billion right there.

Thanks to Fairfield,

we're down 980 in November

and we're looking at at least

minus 580 in December, Bern.

We write that f***ing check,

it's gonna bounce.

We got 300 million left.

What do you wanna do?

Hey, Carl,

this is great news.

I just want you to know

it's great news.

- All right, take care.

- Okay, of course, of course.

- Great. Okay, talk soon.

- That's it.

- Thank you.

- Okay.

He's in for 250.

All right.

That's not nothin'.

No, but it's not enough.

No, it's definitely

not enough.

What about that schmuck

from Palm Beach?

Oh, no, no, no,

it was, like,

20 f***ing questions

with that guy.

He wanted to know

why our controller

was based in Bermuda.

Why our auditor

was a one-man operation

working out of a strip mall

in upstate New York.

It was a whole f***ing

thing with that guy.

It's not an easy conversation.

I've already laid

the groundwork for this.

You're hardly

in the office anymore.

I think what I say is that...

Andrew, sweetheart,

you don't have to sell

him on a decision

that you're making

for yourself.

- This is about you.

- I know, I know.

It's just hard because I know

he's gonna be disappointed.

Well, I'm not.

I am very proud of you.

Thanks.

Okay, I'll see you

when I get home.

I love you.

Dad?

You okay?

What's wrong?

Oh, f***ing back spasms.

It's all seized up.

This is the only position

that doesn't kill.

I'm sorry.

Can I get you something?

I already took

a bunch of pills.

- What's up?

- Uh, nothing.

- We can talk later.

- Look, what do you need?

No, forget it.

Well, f***ing spit it out.

Well, I wanna talk to you

about a few things.

Then spit it out.

Come on.

Well... well, look...

I'm thinking about taking office

space somewhere else.

You're thinking about

leaving the business?

I'm ready to strike

out on my own.

And here I was worried about

the business I handed you.

Look, I have professional

goals of my own.

And I'd like to run my

own company someday

and it's obviously not happening

here anytime soon.

You're pretty

f***ing selfish, Andrew.

You got some f***ing nerve.

I've worked here forever

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