Unfinished Business

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Good morning.

Dynamic Progressive Systems.

Please hold.

It's not a small thing.

5% is a lot.

If you've managed a household with

kids and stuff... 5% is a lot.

You know what, Dan?

Just walk with me.

No. I don't care

if everyone hears us.

You really wanna

do this here? You do?

I don't wanna be

doing it at all, Chuck.

It's just that we had terms, and now

you're changing those terms again.

We are restructuring

the department salaries.

That's just the bottom line.

That's the way it is.

I know it's not

what you want to hear.

Dan, just walk with me.

A little annoying.

What?

It's just a little annoying.

"Walk with me."

You say that a lot.

It's stuff like

that you say, you know.

That's why Brian Peters

wrote "You're an a**hole"

on your parking curb thing.

What the f***, Dan?

I'm sorry.

Do you really wanna challenge

me in public, Dan?

This was my best year.

I am an a**hole, Dan,

because I have to make

decisions to keep

the company strong.

You make a living

from this company.

You're replaceable, frankly.

If you were to leave,

Dynamic would continue.

So, don't minimize

my company's interests.

Now, if you would please, as

I said before, walk with me.

We can discuss

this in my office.

Chuck, just because

you caught me...

which is, granted,

a pretty big feat...

in a trust fall

at the company retreat...

which you make us all go to...

and that I don't like, by the way,

that nobody here really likes.

Nobody does.

Right, Russell?

I like them.

Russell is a team player.

Russell is

a beaten-down dog.

You're Mr. Negative.

Are you making less?

I'm a sales manager, Dan.

You want a bigger slice of the

pie, start your own company.

Oh, I've been

thinking about it.

Everybody thinks about it...

but don't b*tch when the

people who actually do it...

pay themselves

what they deserve.

I have been in airports for two

days, preparing a deal for you.

I came in here

just to get a bagel,

because I haven't had

a meal since Tuesday.

And then, you tell me I'm gonna

have to take 5% less this year?

I don't want new terms, Chuck.

I want to be able to see

my kids sometimes.

The old "kid" card.

Strong.

I'm gonna do it.

Really?

You're gonna go up against

me and Dynamic?

Yeah. I will see you in the field.

You should look for me.

Because I'll be the guy

in first who's happy.

I think you're better off for

me than against me, Dan.

Well, I actually have my own

ideas on how to do this job.

It doesn't involve any of

that "trust fall" sh*t.

Okay. Game on.

Game on.

By the way,

anyone here wanna join me?

There's a lot of

great people here.

How about it? Come on.

Any of you guys wanna build

a total starship with me?

"Starship"?

Yeah, I'm just riffing, here.

I wasn't planning on founding

my own company here today...

but if anyone wants

to play a key role...

in a new mineral sales company

that does it the right way...

then walk through

that door with me,

because there is

a place for you.

Guys!

Men!

We're doing this.

Doing what?

Boarding the starship. Starting

this new adventure together.

Uh, I'm just walking to my car.

Because I just got let go...

because of some

mandatory age limit.

Oh.

Do you still wanna work?

Well, I'm just 67. Yeah!

I'm not the Crypt Keeper.

All right, great!

Come work with me.

We'll drop these guys.

Yeah!

Let's drop these pussies!

Right!

Look at us.

We're standing here.

We're synergizing already.

I'm excited.

Thank you.

How about you, young buck, huh?

Are you starshipping with us?

Yeah.

What did you do at Dynamic?

Uh... Um... No.

I don't work there.

You just walked out of there.

Well, I interviewed.

But you got a box

with office belongings.

Yeah. I brought it to the

interview to show confidence.

Do you have any

sales experience?

Yes, I do.

Great.

Foot Locker.

And reasons for leaving?

I don't like feet.

But I do like people.

I'm good with people.

It's for real, it's true.

Do you work hard?

Yeah.

Like, what's "hard"?

The hardest.

Don't just say it because you

think I want to hear it.

No, it's true.

Whatever you need.

All right.

If you're willing to try,

I'll turn you into an animal.

Hop in. Come on, young

buck, we're doing it.

I'm willing!

Let's go.

All right.

Let's hit Dunkin' Donuts,

and we'll launch this thing.

Good.

I know we've had

a little dry spell...

but I'm proud to announce

that we got this deal.

Bill said, "Fly up,

let's shake hands."

F***, yes!

Oh, excuse me.

I'm sorry about

the "f***."

I get to go on a trip?

Yeah.

Overnight?

Is this your first

business trip, Mike?

Yeah.

You didn't have any

Foot Locker business trips?

No. They would

all just come to me.

Yeah. All right,

we're going on a trip.

Will things happen?

Like, explers?

"Explers"?

Yeah.

Can you use it in a sentence?

"We're gonna go on a business

trip and have explers."

"Exploits"?

Exploits.

No, there won't be any exploits.

Just up and back.

I got too much stuff at home.

You can have them,

after we close the deal.

Is it just us going up there, or

are they bringing up a fluffer?

Just us, free and clear.

What's a "fluffer"?

When a company wants

to do a sweetheart deal

with a friend or something...

they generally

pretend to negotiate

with another company,

right to the end.

Just to make it look legit.

Well, this one's all ours.

Come on.

Tomorrow, we are going

on a business trip.

Let's go close this thing.

Go get them, Dan.

I feel good about this one.

You got a strong number set.

I appreciate that, Don.

You've been here

since the beginning.

After we close this, we're

gonna get an actual office.

Hey, Paul we need to talk.

I'm headed off to Portland.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to surprise you.

Everything all right?

I'm doing stuff.

That's cool.

Lookit, "doing stuff"

is natural.

Dad...

I used to "do stuff."

I used to "do stuff" three times a day.

And I still "do stuff."

Dad. I don't "do

stuff" as much as I used to...

because now I'm tired

from doing other stuff.

But there's no crime, here.

There's not gonna be a trial.

Nothing happened.

I don't even know

what we were talking about.

When I was your age...

we used to get these

magazines for my sisters...

that would be like

a lingerie or swimsuit...

No, that's not...

But now you go online, you

see a clown f*** an alpaca.

I don't watch that, Dad.

It's not a big deal.

It's just an easy thing.

I want you to get back

to doing it,

but you should do it

in the bathroom...

because you can't lock

this door.

And your sister could walk in

and it's no good.

So, just do it

somewhere else, okay?

Yeah.

Just keep a lid on it.

Like a gentleman does. A

gentleman celebrates his body.

You know that Walt Whitman

poem, "Song of Myself"?

We don't need to

talk about it anymore.

It's a song. Walt Whitman,

he celebrates his body.

You're celebrating your body.

So, I don't think

it's a big deal.

Okay.

I'm gonna be back tomorrow. I'm

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