Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Page #8

- A billion dollars.

- Mmm-hmm?

It just might be our friend Bretton

was trading through his own account,

outside of Churchill Schwartz.

Can we get that on the record?

That's the hard part, isn't it?

So what are we going to do

about my daughter, Jake?

I told you, I'm sorry about the other night.

Gordon, I can't control her, you know?

Yeah.

You know, they say parents are the bones

on which children sharpen their teeth.

Find another way for me to get with her.

You know, there's got to be...

That dinner that's coming up,

all the Street guys are going?

- The Alzheimer's thing at the Met.

- Yeah. I'm taking her.

I wish I had 10K for a seat.

A writer's got to sell

a lot of books for that.

And we both know how Winnie

would react to the fact

that you've been bonding

with your future father-in-law.

Is that a threat?

Absolutely.

Huh.

Well, consider it done.

I just got to put you at another table.

It's got to look like an accident.

I like trading with you, Jake.

See you around campus.

Hey.

Get her a ring, for Christ's sake!

How are you, Bill?

Julie, how nice to see you.

Well, it's a pleasure to see you, William.

So nice to see you.

Have you spoken to J.P.

About the conservancy?

- Hi, nice to meet you.

- Hi.

Congratulations.

Looks like you won this one.

- Hi.

- It's not over yet.

- Have you met Jake?

- Good to see you. How's your husband?

Very well.

ROBBY:
I gotta tell you, Mr. Gekko,

seeing you speak was inspirational

on so many levels.

Because, I'll tell you, I'm on the outside.

I'm looking at all my buddies

making all this money

and I'm thinking, "Fellas,

"there's no there, there." You know?

But listen, I'm at your table.

We can talk about this all night.

That's great, Robby.

I'll see you later then, all right?

BUD:
Hey, Gordon.

Looking good.

My God.

Bud Fox, huh? I haven't seen you in years.

This is Erin and Christina.

- Hi.

- Hello. Hi.

What was that airline called?

Blue Star, that's right.

That must be keeping you

pretty busy now, huh?

Excuse me.

Well, after a little time away,

I actually turned it into

one of the largest private jet brokerages

in the world and sold it. Made millions.

That's great, pal. That's really great.

So what's up next?

You're looking at it. Golf,

winters in St. Barts, philanthropy.

- Ah!

- And how about you, Gordon?

Does Blue Horseshoe

still love Anacott Steel?

(LAUGHING) You know it.

Well, I'll see you around

sometime, Gordon.

Stay out of trouble.

(WALTZ MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

WINNIE:
And the website's

called Frozen Truth.

BRETTON:
Frozen Truth?

WINNIE:
Yeah.

BRETTON:
That's catchy. I like that.

What we really need

is some game-changing news.

And now you can come out of nowhere

with one big story.

Since "Mission Accomplished"

broke the Senator's affair,

they've gotten 200,000 hits a day.

Is it expensive to run?

Not really. It's a shoestring budget.

Maybe Jake can find ways

to raise you some money

flip it to the public?

(LAUGHS) We don't really want to go

public. It would affect our credibility.

We want to stay non-profit.

Non-profit? What is that?

I don't know what that is.

- I've heard the term before, "non-profit."

- That's very funny.

You know what it is?

Isn't that when you came out of school

and you had to do something for

the government, like it was mandatory?

- WINNIE:
Very funny.

- It was called the draft.

- JAKE:
It was called the draft.

- It's called the draft.

GORDON:
So one day, Brett,

Churchill Schwartz

is going to buy every table

at this jackal's ball.

They're going to call it

"a religious revival."

Winn, you don't have to leave

on my behalf.

I'm only going to be here

a couple of seconds.

No. Stay. I'm just going to get some air.

(GUESTS APPLAUDING)

If somebody took this place out tonight,

there'd be nobody left to rule the world.

But, Brett, congratulations.

I know how hard you worked for all of this.

I go by "Bretton" these days.

It's a beneficiary of a few bull markets.

That's all it takes.

So easy, even a caveman can do it, right?

That's right.

You make modesty a virtue, Bretton.

The truth is, nobody needs

inside information anymore to get rich.

All you have to do is stay out of jail.

- MAN:
Glad to be here, Bretton.

- Herb.

Actually, jail was the best thing

that ever happened to me.

- Oh, yeah?

- Got me to think.

It centers a man.

I probably should thank

whoever put me in there.

BRETTON:
You know,

I saw you on television the other night.

You are quite the bear.

You be careful, you know.

Your daughter's financial health

is now in our hands.

- So it is, so it is.

- Yeah, it is.

But your firm knows sub-primes are crap.

The way you keep buying

Bernie's insurance swaps lately,

I mean, I gotta worry about

my grandchildren's college education.

- We like insurance.

- What's not to like?

Easy selling crack to kids

in a school playground.

Credit default swap is a good idea.

It's the execution that isn't.

Well, you know what they say.

Bulls make money, bears make money,

and the pigs, they get slaughtered.

I thought this was a charity event, Gordon.

Why don't you go find some?

Tell you what.

I'll make you a deal, Bretton.

You stop telling lies about me,

I'll stop telling the truth about you.

That's sad.

- Isn't it?

- WOMAN:
It's pathetic.

That he can't just take his ball

and go home.

He has to piss on the whole game.

(LAUGHING)

- I'm going to go find Winnie.

- Oh, look, by the way,

I talked to Wang today.

I think the Chinese are close. Very close.

In any case, I want to talk to you

about the future,

about how we're going

to bring this over the top.

- Sure.

- Okay?

- Tomorrow?

- Possibly tomorrow.

- Okay. Okay.

- All right.

GORDON:
Hi.

He's a good kid.

He came from nothing.

Hustler, like me.

You think he's the one for you, Winn?

Yep.

Well, just make sure he's worthy of you

because, whether you like it or not,

you're still a Gekko.

And whether you like it or not

that name

doesn't mean anything anymore.

Why do you say something like that?

We had an agreement.

You remember?

Last time you came down to see me?

We were going to take a little trip.

When I got out, you remember that?

To Switzerland?

Yeah.

That was before Rudy.

Some of the things that came out

after you went away,

things you were recorded saying,

the affairs?

That wasn't you. That wasn't my father.

It was some sociopath.

- It was nine years ago.

- So?

When are you going to stop?

You got no idea

what hell I went through in there.

Hell, for you? It was hell for you?

Do you know what you did to Rudy?

To all of us? You drove Mom mad.

Winnie,

he was my only son.

I tried everything.

I put him in the 12-step deal.

I never told you,

I borrowed money from hardcore guys.

Tens of thousands of dollars,

which I didn't have.

I gave it to the best therapist I could find.

I even tried to pay off one scumbag dealer

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