Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Page #7

United Fusion.

James would probably want to polish

his resume a little green.

He's in pole position to be top dog

when Julie Steinhardt kicks the bucket,

which, I hear, could be any day now.

This company could change not just the

energy market, Gordon, but the world.

Idealism. Idealism, pal, it kills every deal.

The thing you got to know about James is,

he's a gambler. You know, like me.

He's got an ego the size of Antarctica.

(LAUGHS) Like me.

So now you got his attention.

How are you going to shine

sitting on his sun?

Make him money and melt his ass.

Just like the old days.

We slaughtered men for payback.

Maybe it's time for us

to do our second trade?

All right. I'll dig around on James

and this Locust Fund,

and you see what you can do about

getting Winnie and me

back together again.

Well, I never guaranteed

she'd forgive you, Gordon.

Why don't we just start with her

agreeing to have dinner with you first, huh?

Well, at my age, I'll take anything I can get.

I had two beautiful children.

And then I went away,

and I didn't see them much.

My ex made sure of that.

And then when we lost Rudy,

Winnie just shut down on me.

(SIGHS)

Except for the exceedingly precious

and depreciating asset of time.

Winnie's all I got left.

You understand that?

I'll try, Gordon.

Well, try harder.

Then you both can have a father.

(THUNDER CRASHING)

- He chose this place?

- Yeah.

Yeah, we used to come here

every Sunday night.

You're going to be fine.

You do know I'm never

having sex with you again.

(LAUGHS) Then what my friends say about

marriage is actually true. Five back.

I'm only doing this for you.

No, baby. You're doing this for you.

Come on.

MAN:
Taxi!

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

Hi.

Hey.

JAKE:
Mr. Gekko.

Jacob Moore. We spoke on the phone.

Yeah.

JAKE:
Okay.

Drinks?

No.

What about you? Heineken?

Yeah, sure.

Let me guess. The ginger-garlic lobster.

I used to order that every time.

I guess so.

I checked out that website.

Frozen Truth. It's impressive.

Thanks. We work hard at it.

Although, there was a bullshit blog

blaming the current administration

for the entire mess that we're in.

I don't think that's the truth.

I agree with you.

You do?

Yeah. Jack Salmon wrote it...

Graydy.

Congratulations. Great to see you.

You're doing great work down there.

- Um. Thank you. Thank you so much.

- Gordon. Gordon Gekko.

Nice to see you. Thanks so much.

I'm sorry. I can't do this.

Winnie!

Why did you make me do that, Jake?

You don't understand.

This is none of your business.

It is my business. Stop for a second.

Look at the real man in there.

He's hurting.

He's desperate to get you back in his life.

He's not who you think he is, Jake!

People change.

It was a long time ago. Winnie.

He'll hurt us.

Don't go back in there.

JAKE:
Are we really going to lead

with this Babaco Solar?

It's a hustle, Bretton. I passed on it

twice within the last two years.

They spin a sexy story

with these super-thin

cadmium telluride semiconductors,

but the truth is,

the technology is not proprietary...

We've been over this, Bretton.

You are unbelievable, Moore.

Babaco is a cow. It's dead in the water.

The Chinese aren't stupid.

They're not going to go for it.

Yeah, a cash cow maybe.

They've been saying fusion

is five years away for the last 40 years.

It is. Laser fusion is the future.

Can you prove that, boy genius?

Can you prove evolution, girl genius?

That seems to work, though, right?

Look, knock it off. Both of you.

These guys are parking 15 billion

across the board in energy sectors

and I want them here, okay?

Carol's taking the lead on this.

Our recommend is Babaco. That's final.

Go ahead.

I'll take you to dinner some other time.

Oh, eat me, Moore.

CAROL:
Babaco is at the forefront

of developing thin film technology

to incorporate solar cells

into pliable plastic sheets.

We believe that within the next few years

we can approach the 20% level

making it a perfect match for the

explosion of growth and energy needs,

which, as you know, is growing at 40%.

Thin film technology

is the breakthrough here.

And in 2010,

thin film is going to surpass

crystalline silicon.

And that's about it.

- Go ahead.

- So, with the world energy demand

growing 40% in the next 20 years,

we at Church believe, Mr. Xu,

that Babaco Solar

is a cutting-edge no-brainer.

Good for a 20% return

in the next two years

with a 30 to 40% upside

in the next five years.

Thank you, Miss Carol.

Solar will make an important part

of our portfolio.

But truthfully, we have seen

similar technology from another firm.

As you know, China's demand

will more than double

before my daughter turns 21.

So we are looking for the next 100 years.

Where even my grandson

can spend money.

CHUNG:
Do you have anything else

to present to us today?

We've come a long way.

Listen, Wang,

now, we got a great new line

on this shale oil technology.

Let's just dig a lot deeper for a price

that we think is a good one.

We'll have a complete workup for you

by the end of the month.

All right, Bretton. That sounds promising.

JAKE:
What about fusion?

We happen to be working

with a company right now.

It's got all the hardware in place.

Started by the Department of Energy.

They share R&D facilities

with the University of California.

It's got a market cap right now

of about a billion. No earnings.

Fusion has been around a long time.

(SPEAKING MANDARIN)

"Good things take time."

JAKE:
The simple of it is,

it's using the intense energy

of some 200 laser beams

focused on a single target

the size of a few grains of rice

filled with hydrogen fuel.

So the idea being that

when that target combusts

it produces more energy than it took in.

All the tests they've done indicate

that they can use this ignition process

to turn simple seawater into energy.

It's called

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

using the reaction between hot water

on the surface

and cold water beneath

to power the lasers.

So what you wind up with

is unlimited clean energy.

How do you contain the explosion?

That's a secret

I can't really share with you right now.

Not to be secretive, but I could

probably get you in there for a peek.

Maybe next week,

on your way back to Beijing from DC?

(CHINESE BUSINESSMEN

MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY)

Mr. Wang, I got you something.

This is American baijiu.

(SPEAKING MANDARIN)

"Johnnie Walker Blue Label."

Whoa! Thank you.

- Miss Chung, this is for you.

- Oh, thank you.

I used to go with Zabel to China.

Their culture's as much about manners

as it is about business.

They're on the hook, Jake.

That's all I care about.

Good.

I'll send him some bamboo flowers

symbolizing continued growth

and prosperity.

You don't always listen so good, Jake,

but you got fight in you.

I like that.

I think you might just have something

on James.

My friend in Switzerland, he confirmed

that this Locust Fund, it exists and it's big.

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