War Dogs Page #8

rounds of ammunition.

Understood. But how many actual crates?

We have 68,520 crates.

I've seen it.

It's f***ing crazy.

Done.

So 50 men, eight weeks.

I can do it for $100,000.

100,000 U.S. dollars?

Yeah.

- Give us a second.

- Yeah. One second, please.

Okay. I'm going to talk very seriously.

It was hard not to laugh.

I mean, not only was this guy

saving the entire deal,

but by repacking all the ammo

we would increase our profit margin

by almost $3 million.

Where should we get dinner tonight?

There's this place by the hotel.

It's pretty good.

Okay. All right, go ahead.

Okay, deal.

It was even better than we thought.

We were trading heavy wooden crates

for light cardboard boxes.

Eight ounce tins for plastic bags.

By repacking the ammo,

we would lighten our overall load

by 180 tons.

180 f***ing tons!

That meant fewer flights

using lighter planes burning less fuel.

Which all added up to more money for us.

On December 8th, 2007,

AEY delivered the first 5 million rounds

to the Afghan army.

It went off without a hitch.

Come on, just say it once, sweetie.

Come on.

Say "dada." Say "dada."

We really have to go, David.

No, hey, five more minutes,

please? Please?

We're about to eat. My mom's waiting.

Ella, wave goodbye to Daddy. Hmm.

Bye-bye, Ella.

Merry Christmas. I love you.

Hey, can you give her to your mom

so that we can talk for a minute?

I'm sorry, David.

We'll call you in a couple days. Okay?

Bye.

Hey, this is David.

Bro, you want to hear

something totally f***ed up?

Merry Christmas, Efraim.

It's Christmas?

That's why nobody's here.

I was about to fire the entire office.

Anyway, when I was over there,

I was talking to our boy, Bashkim.

Did you know his uncle

works at the Albanian defense ministry?

No, I didn't know that.

Well, he does.

So I said, "You know what would be

interesting to me, Bashkim?

"I'd be curious to know what Henry

is paying the Albanians for the AK ammo."

Efraim?

Do you know what he found out?

That motherf***er is paying

two and a half cents a round.

He's charging us a 400% markup!

Yeah. So what? We do the same thing.

Yeah, but this is our contract.

And we almost lost it because of him

and his Chinese f***ing bullets.

But we didn't lose it.

That's not the point!

I want to figure out a way

to cut this cocksucker out of the deal.

Efraim, stop.

No, listen to me.

I'm serious, man.

We're making money, okay?

He's making money,

the whole thing is f***ing working.

Don't mess with it.

I don't give a f***. He's ripping us off!

Look, I'm serious, okay?

I'm going to be on the next flight

out of here if you pull that sh*t.

Whoa. Bro, you don't have to threaten me.

All right? I'm your partner.

Yeah, it doesn't always feel like that.

I found this deal. And I'm over here

doing all the work and you're in Miami

trying to sabotage it.

How am I sabotaging it?

By trying to f*** over Henry,

the way you f*** over everybody else.

You're right. Henry's our partner.

He's the reason we got this deal.

I was just looking out for us

and I took it too far.

Don't sweat it, bro. I'll leave it alone.

Thank you.

We can't push our luck

with this sh*t, man.

All right, I'll talk to you soon. Bye.

Whoa. What the f***? Hey.

F***! Stop.

Stop! I don't understand!

Do you understand now?

Yeah. Yes.

Did you really think

you could cut me out of my own deal?

Please.

F***.

F***.

David, we need to talk.

Now's not a good time.

I have not been paid yet.

What do you mean? Like for the month?

Ever.

You haven't been paid anything?

Your partner doesn't return phone calls.

My guys need to be paid.

They are going to stop work.

David, I know the real reason

that you want ammunition repacked.

Okay, look, Enver. Listen to me.

I gotta fly to Miami right now.

I'll be back in a week.

But I promise you,

the first thing that

I'm going do when I land

is make sure

you get your money wired, okay?

Okay.

David.

Airport, let's go.

David.

Look, I'm late for a flight.

I'll be back next week.

She said her husband

didn't come home last night.

Okay, what do you want me to do?

She's very worried. It is not like him.

Tell her I don't know her husband.

Who's your husband?

Bashkim.

No one ever heard

from Bashkim again.

They never found a note,

they never found a body.

He just fell off the planet.

I was done with Albania.

I was never going back.

Hi.

Hey.

The reason I went to Albania

was to repackage Chinese ammunition

so we could disguise it

and sell it to the U.S. government.

That sounds illegal.

It is. But I'm done.

I swear, no matter what happens

for the rest of my life

I'm never going to lie to you again.

Mmm-hmm.

I love you so much, Iz.

What happened to your nose?

I was kidnapped by Albanian gangsters.

- I think it's broken.

- Oh, my God.

I think I'm going to go back

to being a massage therapist.

Is that okay?

Yes.

It was always okay.

Hey, you're back.

Whoa!

Bro, what are you doing back?

What happened to your face?

That's everything that's been delivered

on the Afghan deal.

I want my cut. I'm out.

What are you talking about?

He put a f***ing gun to my head, man.

Who, Henry?

You said that you were going

to leave it alone.

Oh, f***.

I f***ed up.

I'm done, Efraim.

Look, you don't have to go back.

I hired this new guy, Ivan.

- He speaks Albanian.

- I'm done.

What, do you think

I just got 4 million bucks laying around?

I've thought it through.

I'll take 40 cents on the dollar.

Yeah, I thought it through too.

How about this?

How about zero cents on the dollar?

Let me remind you that we have a contract.

F*** your contract!

If I asked you to build me a house,

and you quit after building me

half a house,

you think I owe you half the money?

Is this a f***ing joke, David?

You have two weeks.

Otherwise, you'll hear from my lawyer.

Who, Warren?

Are you talking about Warren?

He's my lawyer too.

I introduced you to him.

F***ing Warren.

F***!

AEY.

How may I direct your call?

We fight.

Fight with our families,

fight with our business associates.

Sometimes we fight with our friends.

If God were here,

we'd probably fight with Him too.

Efraim has a heavy heart

over what's happened.

No offense, Ralph, but I'm not sure

you've ever met the real Efraim.

He's a complicated young man.

But he just wants to sit down and talk.

Find a fair solution.

He's asked me to mediate.

Let me help you, David.

I just don't know

if I'm ready yet.

All right, here he is.

Hey, bro.

Good to see you.

Sorry things have gotten so crazy.

Yeah. Me too.

You having anything, hon?

I'll just have a coffee. Thanks.

I've thought about it a lot.

And I don't want you to walk away

from this empty-handed.

Cool.

So I had Warren draft up

a severance agreement.

And I think it's pretty fair.

I'm prepared to pay you 50K per year

for the next four years.

200 grand?

Is this a f***ing joke, man?

Is this what you meant by mediation?

In all fairness, there was never

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