Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Page #5

- DR. MASTERS:
Hey, Jake.

- Hey, Doc.

I don't know, Jake. We're on hold here.

Now they're telling me...

Hold on just a second.

Hold on just a second.

- I'll see you. We'll have drinks.

- Okay.

- It's not over. All right, Olaf?

- Thank you.

Go ahead, Doc.

They're telling me we have to cut staff.

We went back to Third Boston,

and they turned us down.

And since your firm, um...

JAKE:
Listen, I totally understand, okay?

But I think I can keep this thing going

with minimal cutbacks.

Look, Jake.

I think we have to have a face-to-face talk

with my people, because...

I totally agree, Doc.

It's just that I'm walking into

a critical meeting right now. Okay?

(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)

But I'll definitely have it on your desk

tomorrow a.m., okay?

- Okay.

- Okay.

Robby, what do you got?

We got movement definitely

on Tuesday of that week.

There was some large shorts

from money out of the Cayman Islands.

Something called Locust Fund.

Locust Fund.

What else?

Wednesday, they traded

another 500,000 shares.

Monday, two million.

Tuesday, one million more.

Total of 3.5 million shares.

These guys made some serious money.

Who is that, though?

Who is the Locust Fund?

I don't know. And I don't want to find out.

It could be my ass.

It'll be your ass if I tell your girlfriend

about the pumps and heels.

Which girlfriend?

Just find out, all right? I got a hunch.

I hope it's better than your last one.

Do I hear revenge here?

It's a dish you stick to cold, pal.

I'm about to serve it up hot, Robby.

I told you. Guinea's pulling the plug.

This dictator, Ojukwa,

he says Western bankers are greedy.

- What else is new?

- Listen. Okay?

You will not lose on this. Not on this.

Look, if there's one thing I know,

it's energy,

and that the Church

is gonna get hit on this.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

Is this true?

Oh, yeah.

I'm telling you, it's gonna happen.

He's definitely gonna nationalize the oil.

I promise you.

Are you behind it?

No. Churchill Schwartz is.

They got a huge stake.

Can't get behind that size,

but you and your boys can.

You should.

All I'm asking

is you rent me this beautiful thing

for the weekend, and we're good.

Deal?

Deal. Super deal.

Can he just take over the oil like that?

The guy's out of his mind.

He's talking to witch doctors.

He's gonna murder the stock.

I know. That's why you gotta get in.

Jake, that company, Offshore African Oil...

Yeah. Hydra Offshore.

And you're saying

Churchill Schwartz is a part of it?

Mmm-hmm.

Over here is gonna be

the most expensive item by tomorrow.

It's Alice, in Wonderland.

Churchill Schwartz

has a huge position in this thing.

I want to get short that stock.

Churchill Schwartz is behind that?

It's just a rumor. It might take a hit.

(SPEAKING GERMAN)

Hear about that African deal?

Yeah, I heard they're gonna nationalize.

Churchill Schwartz! Off the floor!

They're creating rumors

around the Hydra position.

None of it's true.

They're just trying to kill the stock.

MAN 1:
Doesn't make any difference

what's going on.

MAN 2:
Then start another

goddamn rumor is what you do.

MAN 3:
... short quickly and quietly

without everyone figuring out...

I'm convinced what they're after

is Churchill,

which has a big position in this stock

because Churchill got

the sweetheart deal on Keller Zabel.

Churchill Schwartz has

a five-percent position in it.

Who knows? Who's got the inside line on

some tin-pot dictator in Africa?

House of pain.

ELECTRONIC VOICE: The house of pain!

Hydra Offshore got taken

to the woodshed today.

(GROWLING)

This one's getting beaten

like a redhead stepchild.

Down a quick 19%

on rumors of oil nationalization...

- RECORDED VOICE: No, no!

- (CRASHING)

CRAMER:
... in Equatorial Guinea.

There's a country for you.

Get them.

The shockwave from this one

extended all the way

to investment bank Churchill Schwartz.

Churchill Schwartz down eight percent

in pre-market trading.

FEMALE NEWS ANCHOR: Home builder

confidence falls to a record low in July.

The monthly indicator from the

National Association of Homebuilders

dropped for a third consecutive month...

SYLVIA:
You got your high ceilings.

Bonus playroom upstairs,

not that I'm rushing you.

Oh. Here.

This is going to be the sun room.

Perfect for reading.

(EX CLAIMS) lt'll get great light.

And there's plenty of room for a pool

or a tennis court. See?

What's going on with Rainwater Road, Ma?

I'm showing it tomorrow.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

Sylvia, I think it's lovely.

Long Island always goes up.

Great schools, great shopping,

lots of doctors.

Everybody loves it here.

You ought to buy it.

(LAUGHS)

There are quite a few choices

on this block.

That's what I love about you, dear.

You call it like you see it.

I'd rather have this down payment any day.

JAKE:
Ma, you got three properties.

Two of the loans are resetting

in a few months.

You got to sell at least one.

Oh, don't tell me my job, Jacob.

There are no buyers out there right now.

The market's soft.

Everybody reads the same news.

I just gotta wait it out.

It's like the two Florida properties

five years ago.

I didn't get spooked,

and I flipped 190 grand from them.

What does Henry say?

Oh, Henry. Forget about him. He's a wimp.

That's done?

SYLVIA:
Oh, if I listened to Henry,

I would have sold every house

way too soon.

He's just like your father was.

No. Dad had bad luck.

He took a shot and he failed.

But he took a shot, Ma.

Yeah, and then Jack Daniels took his shot,

and he succeeded.

Can we not have an argument about

my father every time I come to see you?

So sensitive. Forget I said anything.

God. Defending your father

is like defending smallpox.

Look.

The developers are on my ass, okay?

I just need you to bridge me.

What about the money

from Sagamir Road?

What do you think?

I put it into the new properties.

What did you think,

it was just gonna shoot up in perpetuity?

Don't patronize your mother,

Jacob Lawrence.

Of course I know the risks involved.

Hey, you're buying diamonds.

You got the bonus, right?

I remember visiting you when I was young

at the hospital after school, thinking,

"How cool is this?

My mother is saving lives."

- Don't change the subject.

- I'm not changing the subject.

I never saved any lives.

Yeah, but you did something,

and that's the point, Mom.

I make more in a month now

than I did in my best year as a nurse.

You made a difference.

Listen to the broker

preaching making a difference.

That's ironic.

How much?

Two hundred, tops.

(EX CLAIMS)

You're killing me, Ma!

I'll wire it to you.

Can you stop, please?

WINNIE:
You're not doing her any favors.

I know.

And you're not preventing it

from happening again.

I'll shut up.

(THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGL Y

THEMERINGTONE PLAYING)

- Yeah?

- AUDREY ON PHONE: Guess what?

Your boy, Bretton James?

His assistant just called me and asked

if you can see him today.

You're kidding me.

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