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148 EXT. GENEVA - SHOPPING DISTRICT - DAY (SUMMER ‘95) 148

A limo pulls up at an office building. Jordan emergeswith Rugrat and Donnie. *

149 INT. BANQUE REAL DE GENEVE - LOBBY - DAY (SUMMER ‘95) 149

JEAN-JACQUES SAUREL greets them. 30s, suave. The lobby isultra-modernist.

SAUREL:

Jordan Belfort! At last!

Nicholas has told me so much.

RUGRAT:

Jordan, Jean-Jacques Saurel.

JORDAN:

Nice to make your acquaintance.

This is some lobby you got.

SAUREL:

Ah, yes. We gave our designer an

unlimited budget and he exceeded

it. Come! You must tell me all

about your adventure with the

stewardess over coffee!

They disappear upstairs.

150 SCENE 150 OMITTED 150

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151 INT. BANQUE REAL DE GENEVE - SAUREL’S OFFICE - DAY 151

Jordan, Rugrat and Donnie drink coffee with Saurel andone other SWISS BANKER. It’s an impressive office, withan enormous fish tank.

*

DONNIE:

We have a joke in America.

“Heaven is a place where thepolice are Brits, the chefs areItalian, the car mechanics are

German, the prostitutes are Frenchand the bankers are Swiss.” I

never got it ‘til now -- look atthose f***ing fish! Come here,

little guy...

SAUREL:

Yes, we have the same joke here.

Only sometimes the English arechauffeurs and the chefs are

French. The Germans, alas, are

always mechanics; no one wants togrant them more authority thanthat.

Polite laughter. Jordan, not as impressed by the fish,

cuts straight to the point:

JORDAN:

I'm curious about your banksecrecy laws.

SAUREL:

Excusez-moi, Jordan, Swiss custom

requires ten minutes of idle chitchat

before business can be

discussed.

(a smile)

Of course, let’s get “down to it.”

What would you like to know?

JORDAN:

Under what circumstances would yoube obligated to cooperate with anFBI or U.S. Justice Departmentinvestigation?

Ca depend.

SAUREL:

Ca depend?

JORDAN:

Ca depend on what?

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SAUREL:

Whether America plans to invade

Switzerland in the coming months.

RUGRAT:

Want me to see if tanks are

rolling down the Rue de la Croix?

More chuckles. Through Jordan’s forced smile:

JORDAN (V.O.)

What I’m asking, you Swiss dick,

is are you going to f*** me over.

SAUREL (V.O.)

I understand perfectly, you

American shitheel.

Saurel smiles.

SAUREL:

The only way the Banque Real de

Geneve would cooperate with a

foreign legal body is if the crime

being pursued also happened to be

a crime in Switzerland. But there

are very few Swiss laws pertaining

to your “rumored” improprieties.

Which is why Mr. Azoff’s joke is

most appropriate: from a financial

standpoint you are now in heaven,

and we welcome you. If the U.S.

Justice Department or FBI or SEC

or IRS sent us a subpoena, it

would become papier-toillette. We

would wipe our ass with it.

Everyone’s impressed. Except Jordan.

JORDAN:

Unless it was an investigation

into stock fraud -- which is a

crime in Switzerland. Then you’d

have to cooperate.

SAUREL:

(now he’s impressed)

Yes, we would. Assuming the

account is under your name.

However, if it were in the name of

a nominee of yours...

They take each other in.

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JORDAN (V.O.)

Was that yodeling I just heard ordid you just say what I thoughtyou said?

SAUREL (V.O.)

Yes! Yes!

As the meeting wraps up with handshakes, Jordan’s V.O.

overwhelms Saurel’s V.O..

JORDAN (V.O.)

He was telling me to use arathole. Problem was: sneaking a

U.S. rathole into Switzerland was

a chance I couldn’t take. What I

needed was somebody with aEuropean passport.

152 SCENES 152 - 153 OMITTED 152

154 EXT. LONDON FLAT - DAY (SUMMER ‘95) 154

Naomi’s Aunt Emma answers the door.

AUNT EMMA:

Jordan?

JORDAN:

(big smile, sweating)

Surprise.

155 EXT. HYDE PARK - DAY (SUMMER ‘95) 155

Amid towering trees and horse trails, a noticeablytwitchy Jordan walks arm-in-arm with Aunt Emma.

AUNT EMMA:

So tell me about this plan of

yours.

JORDAN:

I’d like us to go to Switzerland

tomorrow so you can open an

account. I’ll fund it, and I’ll

pay you really well for yourtrouble.

AUNT EMMA:

Oh my.

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JORDAN:

Next month maybe you can fly toNew York and we can start movingthe cash.

AUNT EMMA:

Moving the cash.

(smiles)

I feel like a character in an

Ian Fleming novel. It’s all quiteracy, isn’t it?

JORDAN:

It is, and it’s illegal too. Of

course if you ever got in trouble,

I’d come forward in two seconds,

say I duped you, but even still.

AUNT EMMA:

Risk is what keeps us young, isn’tit darling?

JORDAN:

I like that attitude. Promise me

you’ll spend at least ten thousandpounds per month out of theaccount, okay?

*

AUNT EMMA:

(chuckles)

I wouldn't even know how. I

really do have everything I need.

JORDAN:

But I bet you don't haveeverything you want. How about a

bigger apartment so your grandkidscan sleep over?

Aunt Emma notices that Jordan is sweating, fidgety.

jonesing.

He’s

Shall we sit?

AUNT EMMA:

JORDAN:

Sure, that’d be great.

They sit on a nearby bench. After a while:

AUNT EMMA:

Sometimes I wonder if you letmoney get the best of you, dear.

(beat)

Among other substances.

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JORDAN:

It’s that obvious, huh?

AUNT EMMA:

It’s the height of summer and *

you’ve got the chills. *

JORDAN:

I’m a drug addict, Emma. Coke, *

pills, you name it, whatever you *

got. Sex addict too. *

AUNT EMMA:

(laughs)

Well there are worse things to beaddicted to than sex.

JORDAN:

(chuckles; then)

Why did I just tell you that? *

AUNT EMMA:

(playful)

Because I’m very easy to talk to.

Jordan looks at her. A few beats, then:

JORDAN:

As a matter of fact you are. My *

job, you know, it’s tough. I mean *

I’m not complaining, it’s just thestress. All these people depending *

on me. Millions of dollars at *

stake every day. I sometimes feel *

I’ve bitten off more than I can *

chew. *

AUNT EMMA:

You’re a man with large appetites.

Jordan looks at her and smiles:

JORDAN (V.O.)

Is she f***ing hitting on me?

JORDAN:

I agree. I put it on myself. It’s *

hard to control the anxiety, you *

know? It’s hard to learn to relax. *

AUNT EMMA:

To release the tension.

JORDAN (V.O.)

She is hitting on me! Holy sh*t!

Jordan leans in closer, casually slips an arm around her.

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JORDAN:

Exactly, to release the tension. *

Sometimes you gotta learn to do *

what comes natural in life, huh? *

Aunt Emma pulls back slightly.

AUNT EMMA (V.O.)

Is he f***ing hitting on me?

He leans in even closer, kisses her, then:

*

AUNT EMMA:

Stability, dear. Family.

*

AUNT EMMA (CONT’D) *

You take care of my niece, mylove. And I’ll take care of

everything over here. *

(a beat) *

Ah, once upon a time... *

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INT. BEACH HOUSE - BEDROOM - SOUTH HAMPTON - DAY 155A

(SUMMER ‘95)

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