Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Page #10

because it's a hustle.

It's all inside. That's why

your oil companies are safe, right?

The mentor-protg relationship

is not emotional over anything.

I thought you might be a good addition

to the Churchill Schwartz team.

- Am I mistaken?

- Let me tell you something, Bretton.

You are not my mentor. Lou Zabel was.

And whether you admit it or not,

your raid destroyed Zabel

and forced him to suicide.

So you may talk about moral hazard.

You are the moral hazard.

You are the worst kind of toxic debt

this system's polluted with.

- Is this a threat?

- Absolutely.

(EX CLAIMS)

This is so disappointing.

I really saw so much in you, Jacob.

You should look in the mirror first.

See yourself. It might scare you, Bretton.

Consider the motorcycle

part of your severance.

F*** you, Bretton!

(GRUNTS)

GORDON:
Here you are.

MAN:
Thanks a lot.

WOMAN:
Hi. For Elise.

GORDON:
"For Elise."

- And can I ask you a question, Mr. Gekko?

- Certainly, Elise.

What exactly is "moral hazard"?

- He screwed me.

- Excuse me?

Shocker.

He saw that fusion was actually possible,

so he killed it.

Well, that's a little far-fetched.

But then, these days, anything is possible.

Well, I quit, Gordon.

That's really going to help.

I'll see you outside in 15 minutes.

Moral hazard, that's when somebody

takes your money

and is not responsible for it.

This guy James,

he must walk between raindrops.

He's a monkey dancing on a razorblade.

Not only did he start the rumors at Zabel

to get your bank for peanuts,

the guy was trading for his own account

in this Locust Fund.

- He was?

- He was.

And he was betting against the market

that he was making.

But the kicker is, so was his firm.

Churchill Schwartz

was shorting sub-primes?

Yeah, for the last two years

they've been hedging.

Not just sub-primes.

Primes, indexes, the whole thing.

But they knew this home loan fantasy

was going to collapse the market.

And when they did, they got the Feds

to bail out their bad insurance swaps,

a 100 cents on the dollar.

I mean, talk about an evil empire.

This puts me to shame.

And I'm small-time

compared to these crooks.

The system is insolvent

if no one knows what to do next

except repeat the insanity

till the next bubble blows.

That'll be the one. The big one.

The tipping point, just like the tulip.

We could still go after James on this.

Just bring it all out.

Easy, Trigger.

Media is not going to get in the way

of Churchill or the government.

They want their profits

just like the rest of us.

It's unethical, but it's not illegal.

When everyone's running for the lifeboats,

who's going to care?

Maybe some little leftist website?

Your daughter will run it.

It'll get some play.

Look, Bretton is not an enemy

a kid like you wants to have for life.

Just get out of this racket.

Settle down with Winnie.

Live a happy life somewhere.

- What?

- Well, you know, she's got enough money.

- What do you mean?

- You're smart.

You'll come up with another way

to slice bread.

- What money?

- My money.

Stop playing it dumb, will you, Jake?

I know you know.

Know what?

Are you telling me

that you're not the only one

in this relationship keeping a secret?

(LAUGHING)

Hold on a second. What money, Gordon?

- Switzerland.

- How much?

It's close to $100 million by now.

What do you say we split a cab?

(MUSIC BLARING ON RADIO)

I set it up as a Swiss account in the '80s

before all the trouble.

Hey, chief.

Look, I'll pay you extra. Just slow down.

Can you... Can you...

When she was 18, I told her she would

come into it all when she turned 25.

And she agreed to stake me

when I got out.

Then Rudy died, and she reneged.

She never visited me again.

She told me she had a small trust

from you and her mom,

but she didn't care anything about it.

She was going to give it to charity

when she was 25.

Well, it's easy for her to say.

She never earned it.

And now you want it

for your fusion delusion.

But it's a trust. I mean, she couldn't

break into it before she was 25 anyway.

Are you as dumb as you sound?

Anything can be revoked.

They don't got trusts in Switzerland.

It's an account, that's all.

I know the bank well.

They'll work with me.

But you still need her signature, of course.

When it comes to money, sport,

your eyes suddenly shine, just like mine.

(BRAKES SCREECHING)

(HORN BLARING)

Great! Saved another life, huh?

A**hole!

Are you crazy? You want to die? Huh?

(SPEAKING HINDl)

How do we do this?

She goes with you to Switzerland,

she signs the account over to your control

then you give me the money

and I'll get it to the States for you.

You mean launder it?

Look, pal, you want the IRS on Winnie?

Because you damn well know

she is complicit and seriously liable.

All right? You want the money?

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

(WOMAN LAUGHING)

- Hi. How are you?

- Hi.

- Can I talk to you for a second?

- Yeah. I'll be back in a sec.

Why didn't you tell me

about the $100 million?

How did you find...

How did you find out in the first place?

Did you talk to my father?

I found out because Churchill Schwartz's

international trading desk

handles some of the money,

and your name came up,

along with Gordon Gekko.

I never considered it mine.

I was 14. I was a minor when he set it up.

Yeah, but you didn't do anything

with the money

when you turned into a major, did you?

- I was going to give it to charity.

- Really?

What were you gonna do,

launder the money yourself, Winnie?

- What was your plan?

- I didn't think about it.

- You didn't think about it?

- It was my father's money.

- You know how he got it.

- No, you're wrong. It's your money.

It's $100 million of your money.

Do you know what that means?

That's five years in jail. You're gonna

get busted with him for tax fraud.

This is serious, Winnie.

You could do something good

with this money.

This is more than just charity, Winn.

You might want to wipe some of the drool

off your face, Jake.

Winnie, if it wasn't important,

I'd totally understand, but it is.

You know that fusion just might work.

I know it sounds like Star Wars, love,

but if it weren't for crazy people

who thought these crazy things

then where would we be

in this world? Nowhere.

Huh?

Winnie, Dr. Masters is a genius.

He's a pioneer.

They might just solve this thing.

It could change the world.

Yeah, okay. Is this about changing

the world or making money?

Because you come into my office,

pitching to me.

You sound like a Wall Street guy.

Hold on for a second!

I am a Wall Street guy.

I am and I'm good at this.

And I believe in this.

And you know that I do.

What do you wanna do, just report

the news for the rest of your life

or do you want to make the news?

This is your opportunity.

It's your chance to shine.

To be Captain America.

(VOCALIZING)

This is the most charitable

you could ever be in your life!

- (VOCALIZING)

- (LAUGHING)

You honestly believe in this?

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