Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Page #2

How do you make money on losses?

You tell me.

I'm just an old dinosaur.

Lou, I believe in Keller Zabel. We're fine.

And you're not a dinosaur. Come on.

It's no fun anymore, Jacob.

I'm talking to some guy

in Mumbai, Dumbai.

I don't know what he's talking about.

I don't know what he's selling,

I don't know who he is,

I don't know how much I'm putting up.

And my partners, they're in their graves.

They're laughing at me.

It's just a bunch of machines now,

telling us what to do.

That's why you got people like me here,

Lou, to lighten the load.

Getting old is not for sissies, kid.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Take that money, huh?

You spend it on that pretty girl.

You deserve it.

I remember when the pro sent me you.

This skinny kid with crazy hair.

I said, "Jimmy, what are you doing to me?

Give me a real caddy."

I was having a bad day,

and you wouldn't shut up.

Twelve years old,

you're talking to me about

companies and sectors and earnings.

You had the hunger, Jake.

I could smell it then. You still got it.

I've just never had a check like this

in my hands before.

You spend it. Somebody has to keep

our economy going.

Well, get out of my office.

Thank you.

SALESMAN:
Princess cut.

Platinum-banded, one and a half carat.

There's nothing quite like a ring...

Can you take me to the money room?

You mean the private client foyer?

That's it.

(R&B MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

MAN:
Olga from Russia, with love.

How are you?

WAITRESS:
Shots or champagne, guys?

(GIRLS LAUGHING)

She was scoping you for the kill, bro.

Perfect. An 11, man. Gisele time.

No. This is...

ROBBY:
Wow. You're serious.

Yeah.

So young, and already pricing yourself

off the market.

- 'Tron?

- Shots.

So when are you gonna ask her?

She's not that crazy

about marriage, you know.

I mean, look at her parents.

ROBBY:
A girl's got to get it straight

with her pop, don't you think?

- What if you have kids?

- Yeah, it's going be tough.

Did you hear what he said on TV

the other night?

"Home loan defaults are just the first

raindrop in the mother of all storms."

Christ. Sour grapes, this man.

The guy is a legend. Gordon the Gekko.

He's speaking next week

up at your old alma mater, Fordham.

Watch yourself.

- ROBBY:
Hey buddy, get a cane.

- Come on, come on.

A few of us are going up after work

to check him out. Come along.

I can't. Winnie, you know.

The only God you worship is Zabel.

I don't worship the man.

He got me a seat at the table.

The word is he's stuck with a ton of toxic

sub-prime debt off the balance sheet.

Billions. Can't find a bid for it.

Yeah, so what?

So, buddy, it don't matter

if the rumors are true or not.

Because in this climate,

it's what buyers believe.

And where there's smoke, there's fire.

- I'll make you a bet right now.

- Go.

I got a million dollars

left of my bonus, okay?

- Mmm-hmm.

- It's yours tomorrow a.m.

You put it in KZI shares.

You leverage that to the max.

That's how much I believe

in this company.

Did you not hear me?

Listen, as your only friend left

from a place in Long Island no one can

remember, let alone pronounce,

I'm telling you,

you're acting like your mama.

Don't do that. Leave her out of this.

Plus, why would he spot-bonus me

right now if we were in trouble, huh?

It makes no sense.

Look, you don't want to

make any money on this, fine.

- I'm sure Harry Shapiro would love to.

- Okay, okay.

I'm a hooker, too. Send it to me.

You're still young enough to recover.

I'll ream you on the commission.

(LAUGHS) I'm gonna love

the look on your face

when I make so much money off this.

I'll have no choice but to walk away.

MALE NEWS ANCHOR: Guys, we're looking

at an unprecedented meltdown here.

I've never seen anything like it...

FEMALE NEWS ANCHOR: Keller Zabel's

loss today was the worst in over a year.

And this big drop may be

just the beginning

of a much deeper correction.

It is an amazing story.

Keller Zabel stock is getting hammered.

ROBBY ON PHONE:
How is it you've

never been more wrong in your life

than right now?

You're losing all your money right now.

I see it, it's going down.

Somebody is betting big money

that Zabel's stock is about to collapse.

You wanna owe?

This stock's about to lose

its bar mitzvah, Jake.

Take the haircut and sell.

You're on a 50% margin, buddy.

I can still get you out now

at a total loss, but at least you won't owe.

... threatening the firm 's liquidity.

In one incredible week, shares of KZI

are down 52%.

STAN:
I know where the stock is.

I have it in front of me.

What you got to do right now is relax,

take a deep breath.

Tell your banks not to sell the stock.

The stock is overreacting right now and...

Hey, what financial stock isn't, right?

Listen, three months from now

we're going to look back on this and laugh.

You're angry? I'm angry.

Okay! We're okay.

- Relax.

- AUDREY:
Relax.

Jesus Christ.

ROBBY:
I've known you

your whole life, Jake.

And I know when you're lying to yourself.

Robby, listen to me.

Keller Zabel's been around a long time.

All right? It's one of the great names

in investment banking.

A month, a year, it doesn't matter.

We'll be back to 65/70, and I'll be fine.

You just gotta hold it, okay?

You're gonna owe, you know.

Not just the buck, but the margin, too.

We're talking another...

Tell me.

(EXHALES) You don't want

to hear this today.

Robby.

How much?

At least another half a buck.

Give me the okay to sell, buddy.

Right now.

Sell. Sell!

Robby, I got to call you later.

Have you seen Zabel?

Annica, where's Lou?

Not in. Not answering.

Not happy.

Hey.

Lou.

Hey, Lou. How's your day going, huh?

I told you. Good day, I'm okay.

Bad day, I'm okay.

Stop bugging me on my feelings.

They're irrelevant.

I wanted to come see you face to face

and talk about these rumors, you know.

Because it's getting crazy.

It's out of control now.

I'm hearing it from all ends.

Our world is all bullshit.

Some TV bubblehead, he gets up there

like he knows something.

He sells fear, panic.

And morons, they love it.

They want it to end because it sells.

There's no limits anymore.

Muriel knows how to walk this thing.

It's her damn dog.

Lou, I can help. I can get

to the bottom of these derivatives.

You just got to tell me.

There's so much you don't know, Jacob.

What? What about the bonus thing?

Why now?

Because I know you.

You're holding out for something better.

Well, don't. Spend it. Use the money.

Because one day, you're gonna wake up

and you're gonna be dead.

Lou, you got to get yourself together,

all right?

We're gonna be fine.

No matter how bad this thing gets,

we have real equity in this company.

We're gonna get through this.

Marry Gekko's daughter.

Make some kids with her.

And you spend as much time as you can

with those kids when they're young

because everything changes. Everything.

I cannot help you if I don't understand

what you are talking about.

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