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Quite a plan you boys cooked up here.
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Quite a plan.
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I'm not sure what upsets me more,
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that I have four employees
that conspired to commit felony fraud,
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or that I have four employees
that are so stupid
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I found out about it within 30 seconds.
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Hearing it out loud, the first one seems worse.
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We got sales, manufacturing,
design, assembly,
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logistics teams, they're all ready to go.
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All of them on the payroll,
all of them here to build me a box.
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I have a deal, in principle,
with Maleant to buy the box.
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The second that we deliver a product
that meets those specs,
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we are cashing checks!
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And you are the only four people
in this building that are fighting me on it!
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So give me one reason
why I don't fire you right now,
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claw back your options,
make you unhireable all over town.
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One goddamn reason!
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Because you can't.
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Excuse me?
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This agreement says that you have 10 weeks
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to complete a working prototype
before the deal expires.
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So how are you gonna do that if you fire us?
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There are maybe eight engineers on Earth
proficient in middle-out compression.
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Five of them work for EndFrame,
your competition,
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and three of them are here
in this office right now.
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So if we're gone, I don't think
you're ever going to get your box.
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What do you want?
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I want to build my platform. Now.
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To complete the box project,
it's going to take six months at least.
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So, what I think maybe we should do is
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take a little tip from your chart there
and we compromise.
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Compromise is the shared hypotenuse
of the conjoined triangles of success.
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Mmm-hmm. Yep.
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So, uh, what I'm proposing
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is we stand up the prototype, that's it.
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We're not doing any custom features,
no new versions, no maintenance, nothing.
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Richard, the Maleant basement.
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And no onsite support.
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I think you can hire other engineers
to do that fucking mole monkey work.
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The second we write code that satisfies
the basic minimum requirement of the deal,
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we are off the box and on to the platform.
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And that is my final offer.
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So, what do you say to that...
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- Whoa!
- Ow!
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- Richie!
- Oh, my God!
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Hey, hey. You okay?
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- You were standing and then what happened?
- Okay, I'm okay.
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-It's just a little shocking.
- Oh.
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What were you saying? Did you...
Do we have a deal or...
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Yeah, Richard, we have a deal.
You have a bloody nose.
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That was pretty badass, Richard.
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Until it wasn't.
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Uh, this is not even a room.
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This is a hallway.
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Uh, it can't be because that is a bed,
thus, this is a bedroom.
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Two entrances and exits, cross drafts ahoy.
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And it is the safest room in the event,
unlikely, of a fire.
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Ah. Oopsies. Don't mind me.
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Ah, Fred, this is Jared.
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He actually is, uh, a temporary resident.
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While I have you,
there were fresh droppings near my cot.
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I think you were right.
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The Havahart traps don't seem to be working.
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I was thinking maybe we could just pick a day
and just drench it in hawk urine,
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because the scent of a predator
can keep rodents at bay.
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It's funny, we're named Pied Piper,
but we're beset with rats.
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Little rascals.
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Fuck this.
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I've been writing quick, bullshit subpar code
for 48 hours, and I want to kill myself.
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How do you do it every day, Dinesh?
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What a coincidence.
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I've also been writing bullshit code
for 48 hours,
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and want you to kill yourself.
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Guys, please. Let's just shit this thing out
so we can get on to building the platform.
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Hi.
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- Hi.
- Dang.
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- What?
- I'm Dang.
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I'm dang?
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Dang.
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What...
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My name is Dang.
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Oh, my... I'm sorry. What can I do for you?
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I'm heading the design team
that's building the enclosure for the box.
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It's time for the concept meeting.
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"Concept meeting?"
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Okay. I'm just going to
show you a few pictures,
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and you tell me which ones you like, okay?
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Okay. Sure.
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Look... Wait, hold on.
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I thought you were going to
show me pictures of boxes.
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Like data storage devices.
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Before I can actualize a box,
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you and I need to develop
a shared aesthetic vocabulary.
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Otherwise, I have no idea
what you're going to want.
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I have a lot of work to do right now.
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This is work. This is my work.
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What we're doing here
could actually save time.
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Okay. Sure. Yeah...
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Look, let's just make this simple.
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If the box were an animal,
what sort of animal would it be?
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Leopard?
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Butterfly? Rhinoceros?
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Stop. Animal?
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It's a box. Right?
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Okay, so if you need an animal,
make it a box turtle. How does that sound?
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So this is all kind of a joke to you?
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You know what? I don't actually give
a flying fuck what this box looks like, okay?
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If it was up to me,
I wouldn't even have it in the first place.
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So, look, here.
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This is a black rectangle.
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Make it that, all right?
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Because we're going to take it
and put it in a hole
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in a sub-basement in a data center,
where no one can see it
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except for a sad man
named John with a ponytail. Okay?
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Just make it a box.
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And please turn off that fucking music.
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Hello!
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It appears there has been a mistake.
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Is this not my parking space?
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Sorry, a lot of premium spaces
are being reassigned.
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14-A, you've been reassigned to lot D.
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Lot D?
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The structure?
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Beyond the freeway?
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Anywhere above level three,
those are reserved.
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There's a shuttle stop on the ground level.
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A shuttle?
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Call Gavin Belson. Cell.
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Greetings, friend,
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I'm not available right now.
Please leave a message after the beep.
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- I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
{HORN HONKS
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What the fuck?
Why isn't this working?
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Gilfoyle's preprocessor and my compressor
should integrate seamlessly.
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This should work.
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I may have made my preprocessor
slightly faster than you asked me to, Richard.
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What do you mean?
How much "slightly faster"?
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200 megs per second.
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You dick.
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That's eight times as fast
as the specs required.
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No wonder our modules
aren't running at the same speed.
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Why would you do that?
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I tried to make it slow. I really did.
But I'm not Dinesh.
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It's very difficult for me to do shitty work.
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So, I added a differencing library
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and then the whole thing
just took off like a rocket.
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Wait, so you're not processing whole files,
just the changes?
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That's actually pretty cool.
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Yeah, I thought so, too.
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That's why I wrote it.
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All right, well,
I guess I should just revert back.
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Right?
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Slow my preprocessor way down.
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Although, Richard,
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couldn't you just rewrite the compressor
to make it faster so it's compatible?
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I mean, these are minimum speeds, right?
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Just 'cause making the box sucks
doesn't mean we have to suck at making it.
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Yeah. Okay. Um, here's one idea. Uh...
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What if we actually move upstream
and connect the parser...
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Directly to the compressor
seed functions.
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Okay.
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Well, then, the whole thing would really fly.
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- Yeah.
- That would rock.
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Hey, Richard, do you have a sec?
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I have a preliminary render for you.
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What is that?
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What do you mean? It's a box.
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That's not our box, is it?
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Yes. It's exactly what you asked me for.
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You drew a rectangle and said,
"if it was an animal, it'd be a box turtle."
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I mean, are you just going to do
the bare minimum and call it a day?
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I mean, is that, like, what you do?
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You said it didn't matter,
you said you didn't care.
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No one's caring about this.
I'm just saying, like,
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it's just a matter of pride
and, like, self-respect.
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I mean, that's gonna go on brochures, man,
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that's like an advertisement to you
and the company and everything.
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I can maybe add some color to it
and give the bezel a little slam.
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There you go. Definitely, a slam. Slam it.
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Yeah, maybe add some more lights.
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Sure. Yeah.
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Well, hey, what are you doing
standing around here talking about it?
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You should go do it, you know?
Go ahead and make the damn thing.
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Make it a jaguar 'cause I have a feeling
this baby is going to purr.
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I don't care either, but, you know,
I think maybe a gazelle is more like it.
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'Cause it's synonymous with speed.
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Fuck that. A cheetah's faster.
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And it kills fucking gazelles.
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But I really don't fucking care.
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But definitely cheetah.
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Or a gazelle.
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Also, don't throw away
the whole jaguar thing,
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-yeah, 'cause they're pretty quick too.
- Or a gazelle.
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Ah! Jared, Jesus fuck! What are you doing?
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Sorry. I was...
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I was just taking a quiet moment
to collect myself.
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What the hell is all this shit?
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My tenant has been leaving my belongings
in the alley behind my condo,
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to make more room for his tenants.
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Your tenant has tenants?
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Yeah.
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He's Airbnbing my Airbnb.
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So, if it's okay with you,
I might need to stay a little bit longer.
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Um, I can go around the back
to get to the bathroom once Fred's here.
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When's he moving in?
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Wouldn't we all like to know.
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Fred, Erlich Bachman.
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You said you'd get back to me
about the room.
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I don't mean to pressure you,
but I need you to decide now.
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In this moment, on this phone call.
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I am literally standing within feet
of three potential candidates
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whose selves I could easily tell to go fuck...
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"Good"? What do you mean "good"?
What does that mean, you're "good"?
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What? What other incubator? Where?
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What is the address?
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Because I want to send them
a fucking nice gift!
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Fucking Miami Vice. Disgusting architecture!
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Hey, man. What are you doing here?
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What the fuck are you doing here?
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What do you mean? This is my house.
Crazy, right?
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This place is huge.
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Did you want to...
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Yes, it would be polite
for you to invite me into your home
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and offer me a Push Pop, yes.
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I'm sorry.
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You're telling me that
we should spend less time together?
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Absolutely, Chela.
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Well, I have to say, this is a big relief.
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In all candor, I was feeling the same,
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but I thought that discussing it with you
might be awkward.
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Not at all.
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You are ready, Chela, to stand on your own,
to weather the challenges of the future.
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And the rumors swirling
about your leadership.
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Be well, Gavin.
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I'm sorry. Wait, what...
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What rumors?
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There is talk that
in the face of a growing threat
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from Richard Hendricks and Pied Piper,
armed with a powerful new CEO,
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that you have done nothing.
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- Well, yes, but...
- And that by shuttering Nucleus,
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you have left them
to gather strength unopposed,
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ceding the entire space.
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Some are saying
this is a show of great weakness.
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Who? Who exactly is saying this?
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Well, people talk.
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In the halls, in the cafeteria,
on the parking shuttle.
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Wait, should I be worried about this?
247
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The beauty is, now you have all the answers.
248
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Yes?
249
00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:03,760
All right.
250
00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:06,325
Denpok, please.
251
00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:09,688
Will you sit back down?
252
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I need your help.
253
00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:13,566
Of course.
254
00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:15,006
Thank you.
255
00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,687
Clearly, we have come far,
but we still have far to go.
256
00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:23,483
Not as far as lot D,
257
00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:26,410
but far nonetheless.
258
00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:30,251
Look what you guys built.
259
00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:31,526
You can't help but be elegant.
260
00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,648
You're like Audrey Hepburn.
261
00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:34,801
Here they come.
262
00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,042
Well, I know we made a big deal
263
00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,363
about just doing your
absolute minimum of your specs,
264
00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,011
but one thing led to another and, well, Jack,
265
00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,163
buckle your seat belt
because I'd like to introduce you to...
266
00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,242
Richard, just save it.
267
00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:52,401
Just got off the phone with
Calvin Greene, CEO of Maleant.
268
00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:54,649
- They're pulling out.
- What?
269
00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:56,006
How can they just pull out?
270
00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,161
Because they shopped our deal
271
00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,288
and got a better bid
from another appliance maker,
272
00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,607
so Maleant's out, they fucked us.
273
00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:03,000
- Oh.
- Yeah.
274
00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,882
So, probably we should just push pause
on the whole box thing
275
00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,328
until we figure out where to go from here.
276
00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:14,166
Okay. I... Actually, I have a question.
277
00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:17,210
Yeah, I know. I know.
I know, Richard, we had an arrangement,
278
00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:19,806
but that was all based on
closing the Maleant deal.
279
00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:22,161
- So now we have to figure out...
- No, no, no. Sorry.
280
00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,288
No, my question is, who did they go with?
281
00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,840
Whose box do they think
is that much better than ours?
282
00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:29,088
Oh, uh, Dectosphere.
283
00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:30,286
Dectosphere?
284
00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:32,124
It's a brick with a power cord.
285
00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:35,405
Yeah. But I hear their new 43-11 s,
286
00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,649
they're going to be hitting
close to 75 megs per second.
287
00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:40,962
Uh, we can do 200.
288
00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:45,325
- What?
- Yeah.
289
00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,880
Do you think you can get me in a room
with Calvin Greene?
290
00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:48,961
This is the pool.
291
00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,646
The first night I was here,
I turned the heat, like, all the way up,
292
00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:53,722
and half the water evaporated overnight.
293
00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:54,847
It's crazy.
294
00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:55,967
Well, I hope you own a skimmer
295
00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,801
because there's a massive turd
floating on the surface of your pool.
296
00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:02,881
Who, Fred? Fred's great, man.
297
00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:06,089
He's got this really cool,
um, malware cataloging thing...
298
00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:07,241
Cut the shit, Big Head.
299
00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:08,924
I see exactly what you're doing.
300
00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,206
Poaching my tenants?
301
00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,009
You stole my business model.
302
00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,329
What? No. Dude, it's not like that at all.
303
00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,085
It's just, this house has, like, nine bedrooms.
304
00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:18,810
You have any idea
how scary that gets at night?
305
00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:21,009
So I just wanted
to have some roommates around,
306
00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:23,287
but, you know, I felt weird charging them rent,
307
00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,243
-'cause, you know.
- No, I don't.
308
00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,842
Well, it's, like, 20 million, you know?
So I don't really need it,
309
00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:32,447
but then they felt weird
living here without paying me anything,
310
00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,046
so they offered me pieces of their start-ups.
That's all.
311
00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,802
You just admitted to starting
a competing incubator.
312
00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,727
I've caught you in a web
of your own lies, haven't I?
313
00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:44,761
I don't think so. Wait, have you?
314
00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:46,609
All right, Big Head.
You want to play it that way?
315
00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:49,445
If it's a fight you want,
then a fight you shall have.
316
00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:50,760
All of you!
317
00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:54,565
See you, buddy.
318
00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:00,360
Big Head.
319
00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:02,247
We'll see.
320
00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:14,611
Fuck!
321
00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:15,966
What are we doing here?
322
00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:18,929
Why are we fighting like this?
323
00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:22,044
I mean, I'm gonna steal your guys,
you're gonna steal my guys.
324
00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,930
We'll both wield the heft
of our considerable fortunes
325
00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,287
until each of us have nearly nothing left.
326
00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,601
Is that really what you want? Me either.
327
00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:32,363
So what do you say we join forces?
328
00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:33,851
I'm big enough.
329
00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,042
Are you, Big Head?
330
00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,081
Partners?
331
00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:40,921
Okay.
332
00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:42,241
Atta boy.
333
00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,607
All right, I'm going to take a spin
on that fancy Japanese toilet,
334
00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:46,091
and then let's get to work
335
00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:49,528
figuring out which one of these bedrooms
is gonna be my office.
336
00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:53,729
Consider the bulldog.
337
00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:58,005
A grotesque monstrosity
born of relentless inbreeding.
338
00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,602
Riddled with sinusitis, crippled by joint pain,
339
00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:04,401
chronically flatulent.
340
00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:09,286
A kindly pet, or humanity's cruelest mistake?
341
00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:12,610
All right, take it away.
342
00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,168
Ladies and gentlemen,
just like that horrible creature,
343
00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:21,608
the entire Nucleus program
was the result of inbreeding.
344
00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:26,163
We mated Hooli engineers
with Hooli designers in a Hooli kennel.
345
00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:30,450
Is it any wonder the result was
just as unspeakable as that thing?
346
00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:32,126
Bring it back here!
347
00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:35,521
Look at that hideous face.
348
00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:37,809
All right, get it out of here!
349
00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,402
I'm sorry, Gavin. What's your point?
350
00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:45,246
My point is, just as not all dogs
are as flawed as the bulldog,
351
00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:49,006
not all compression plays
are as flawed as Nucleus.
352
00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:52,562
Our execution was lacking,
but the idea was correct.
353
00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:54,847
Our only mistake was looking inward.
354
00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:56,809
It is now time to look outward.
355
00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,890
I mean, this guy did all of the work.
356
00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,201
Ten minutes after we leave
Calvin Greene's office,
357
00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:10,170
he calls me up and says,
"Hey, you got me. How much?"
358
00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:11,401
I just showed them the box,
359
00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,369
Jack's the one who made the deal.
360
00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,083
Good feelings, happy feelings.
361
00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:21,686
So, Big Head built a better version
of your incubator, accidentally.
362
00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:23,091
Correct.
363
00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:24,650
And he didn't even realize it?
364
00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:26,131
Also correct.
365
00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,602
And your solution to that was
to go into business with him?
366
00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:30,727
Big Head?
367
00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:35,044
The guy you once called more useless
than a bag of dicks without a handle?
368
00:18:35,120 --> 00:18:38,090
Dinesh, don't fall for his "aw, shucks" routine.
369
00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,083
He is a shrewd businessman.
370
00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:46,566
And together, we have over
$20,036,000 at our disposal.
371
00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:51,171
Now, if you'll excuse me, on to Pied Piper.
372
00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:56,090
I have a board meeting,
and this board ain't exactly gonna meet itself.
373
00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,366
Our subsequent order of business
is the approval of Pied Piper's redraft
374
00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:05,411
of the hardware requisition agreement
with Maleant Data Systems Solutions.
375
00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:06,766
Oh, yeah.
376
00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:08,410
The main event.
377
00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:12,326
We've all read
the latest sales agreement, yes?
378
00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,368
Actually, I don't think I was CC'd on...
379
00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:16,568
So, I believe
we can move straight forward to a vote?
380
00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:17,801
Actually, I'm sorry.
381
00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,089
I have an issue with, uh, section 14,
paragraph two.
382
00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:26,447
Um, it states that Maleant has exclusive rights
to purchase any appliance made by Pied Piper
383
00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,164
for the next five years.
384
00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,527
Oh, uh, yeah.
Jack gave them exclusive rights to the box
385
00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:32,284
so that we would get a better price upfront.
386
00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,482
Right, but this language is far broader.
387
00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:38,406
They actually have exclusive rights
to use the underlying algorithm in any form.
388
00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:39,891
Oh, no. That's not right at all.
389
00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:41,286
Yeah, so I think, Jack,
390
00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:44,125
we're going to have to go back to them
and just change the language here.
391
00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,926
We're not going to be able to do that.
392
00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:52,168
And, uh, why not?
393
00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:56,484
Because that was the specific language
which Maleant requested
394
00:19:56,560 --> 00:20:00,770
when I got them to pay three times as much
for each one of our boxes.
395
00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:06,085
It's a white label deal, so they have the right
to resell these boxes in any form they choose.
396
00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:09,209
Yeah, but, Jack,
if they have exclusive rights to the algorithm,
397
00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,124
then we can't use the algorithm
to build the platform.
398
00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:13,531
For five years.
399
00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,443
They wanted seven, I talked them down.
400
00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:16,760
I know, but you said that we could
401
00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:18,365
build the platform once we gave you the box.
402
00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:21,411
Yes, but I never specified a time frame.
403
00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:22,811
Are you serious?
404
00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,721
I save your ass
and you stab me in the back like this?
405
00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:26,767
In the front, Richard.
406
00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:28,205
Laurie, did you know about this?
407
00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,122
- I did not.
- Well, then, good, okay.
408
00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:34,010
So it won't go through
because Laurie's not going to vote for it.
409
00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,927
Richard, this is complicated.
410
00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,727
If one goes strictly
by the numbers, these numbers,
411
00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,725
you have built a box that is so valuable,
412
00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,406
I am now obligated to vote in favor of it.
413
00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,369
Laurie, this deal is peanuts.
414
00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:55,601
The platform could be worth
1,000 times what the box is worth.
415
00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,445
It could be, correct, however...
416
00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:01,410
This is theoretical, Richard.
417
00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,130
You don't have a price point, I do,
418
00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,562
and she has a fiduciary obligation
as a member of the board
419
00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:07,880
to vote for the box.
420
00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:11,282
On the page, this is in the best interest
of the company.
421
00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:12,407
Am I wrong, Laurie?
422
00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,050
That is factually correct.
423
00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:19,049
You remember when you tried to end run me
and kill the box?
424
00:21:19,120 --> 00:21:21,407
Well, she couldn't do
a goddamn thing about it then.
425
00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:24,051
And she can't do
a goddamn thing about it now.
426
00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,450
Simple majority ratifies
the agreement, all in favor.
427
00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,364
Are you kidding me?
What the fuck is going on right now?
428
00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:33,766
Laurie.
429
00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,320
I wasn't carbon copied
on this particular email,
430
00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:37,646
so, I stand with Richard.
431
00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:41,561
Um...
432
00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:46,404
Richard, you know how
I voted to fire you a couple months ago?
433
00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,448
And I said that I did it to stay in the game,
434
00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,888
so that maybe at some point in the future,
I could do something to help?
435
00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:54,883
Well, Laurie,
436
00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,200
I know you'll probably
replace me on the board
437
00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,602
and call for a revote tomorrow,
but I'm here today.
438
00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,641
And I don't have any metrics to back it up,
439
00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:09,242
but I honestly believe that
the platform that Richard wants to build
440
00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:12,767
will be far more lucrative
in the long term than any box.
441
00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:17,688
So, at least for today, I'm voting no.
442
00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:20,451
Motion denied.
443
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,643
We will be reconvening tomorrow.
444
00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,931
And if I could get a...
An email, be CC'd on the latest draft...
445
00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:38,888
I couldn't sit there
and watch them do that to you.
446
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,207
I just hope I don't end up fired over this.
447
00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,047
Well, what you did took incredible guts.
448
00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,607
And the fact that
it probably won't make any difference
449
00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:48,170
makes it all the more meaningful.
450
00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,204
Right, I saw this nature documentary
451
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:55,205
where a bison fought a lion
to protect the rest of the herd.
452
00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:56,964
And it was so moving.
453
00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:01,728
It didn't work, the lion tore into the bison
and then laid waste to the herd,
454
00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,689
but what courage.
455
00:23:05,120 --> 00:23:06,770
Thank you, Jared.
456
00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,411
You guys just had to make a great box,
didn't you?
457
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:10,766
You couldn't phone it in.
458
00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:16,649
Uh, guys, Gavin Belson is calling me. Again.
459
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:18,166
What the fuck does he want?
460
00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:20,161
Hello?
461
00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,921
Richard Hendricks, just checking in,
seeing if you heard the news.
462
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:25,561
What news?
463
00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,925
Hmm. Obviously, you don't have your
Hooli news alerts up to date.
464
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:31,730
Go to the site. I'll wait.
465
00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:35,964
Go to the Hooli news website.
466
00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:37,041
Okay.
467
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:41,847
It's an ad.
468
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,009
It's an ad. Hold on.
469
00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:47,327
Just wait four seconds
and you can click to skip it.
470
00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:49,842
Just wait four seconds
and then you can click it.
471
00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,287
No, it's the kind where you have to watch
the whole fucking thing.
472
00:23:52,360 --> 00:23:53,771
It's the whole ad kind.
473
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:57,128
I thought we stopped doing those.
God damn it.
474
00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,124
Well, regardless, what you'll see
once the paid announcement is over
475
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:04,768
is that I just closed a $250 million deal
476
00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,804
to acquire a little company called EndFrame.
477
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,609
I thought you'd want to know.
478
00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,967
Update those Hooli news alerts.
479
00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:15,203
Also, I invite you to click "yes"
if our ad experience was relevant to you.
480
00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:16,611
Be well, Richard.
481
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:19,926
What did he say?
482
00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:21,966
Oh, my God.
483
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,405
"Gavin Belson announces deal
to acquire EndFrame,
484
00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:27,801
"a middle-out compression
platform company,
485
00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,691
"for $250 million."
486
00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:36,567
Even after they shit the bed with Nucleus,
Hooli gets to build our platform and we don't?
487
00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:42,326
What is funny about this?
488
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:43,811
He's intoxicated.
489
00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,963
No. No... Yes, but don't you see?
490
00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,563
Gavin, in trying to fuck us,
just saved our asses.
491
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,411
He's right. He's right.
492
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,047
My gosh. Oh, my gosh, he's right.
493
00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:00,485
Holy shit.
494
00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:02,604
I am so confused right now.
495
00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:03,681
Gavin set a...
496
00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:07,206
He set the...
497
00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:08,964
- The price point.
- Yes!
498
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:11,771
Yes, yes, yes. Yes, thanks to Gavin,
499
00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,525
EndFrame, a middle-out
compression platform,
500
00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,171
is objectively worth $250 million.
501
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:18,366
Wait, okay.
502
00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,482
We are a
middle-out compression platform company.
503
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,961
Are we worth $250 million?
504
00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,042
There's no way the box
makes us worth a fraction of that.
505
00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:28,690
Laurie couldn't vote for the platform
506
00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,001
because she couldn't assign
a dollar value to it.
507
00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:33,128
Well, Gavin has just done that.
508
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,124
He's validated the market,
so there's no reason to revote
509
00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:37,690
We win.
510
00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:41,321
I can't wait to see the look
on that AAR prick's face
511
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:44,210
when we come in there and gut him like a...
512
00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:47,441
Is he okay?
513
00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:48,885
He's gonna be fine.
514
00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,367
Welcome, men and ladies of EndFrame.
515
00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,728
Rather than incestuously promoting
the same faces from within,
516
00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:58,247
you represent fresh blood, new ideas.
517
00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,607
Everything Nucleus was not.
518
00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:05,481
It is my honor to personally
welcome you all to Hooli.
519
00:26:08,120 --> 00:26:10,168
Does he really not remember us?
520
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,562
How long did you work at Hooli?
The last time?
521
00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:15,085
Seven years.
522
00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:16,764
I was here for nine.
523
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:18,171
He was invited to my wedding.
524
00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,163
I hope Jack doesn't cry.
525
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:24,809
I really hope he does.
526
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,006
Hey, Gloria. Lynn.
527
00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:32,771
Did they both get fired?
528
00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:34,080
I don't...
529
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,289
Laurie. What are you doing here?
530
00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:38,600
Where's Jack?
531
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:42,286
As you may recall,
532
00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:46,001
at our board meeting last night,
Jack said that he would get his way,
533
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,128
and that, in his words,
534
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,921
I, quote, couldn't do
a goddamn thing about it, end quote.
535
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,281
Well, in light of recent activities,
536
00:26:56,360 --> 00:26:59,045
it appears that
I could do a goddamn thing about it.
537
00:26:59,120 --> 00:27:00,724
And I just did.
538
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:02,643
Jack Barker has been exited.
539
00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:04,131
Fuck me sideways.
540
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:05,406
Indeed.
541
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:07,566
Effective immediately,
542
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:11,201
you are all at liberty to commence work
upon the platform.
543
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,128
Okay. Uh, wow.
544
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,850
Yeah, I just got to ask,
545
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,811
with Jack not being CEO anymore,
am I CEO again?
546
00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:22,927
You are not.
547
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:25,805
Nor are you, Mr. Bachman.
548
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,724
I'm sorry, if I'm not CEO,
Erlich isn't, Jack isn't,
549
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,802
who is gonna run Pied Piper then?
550
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,246
Officially, and until further notice,
551
00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,447
this chair will remain empty.
552
00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:40,122
- What, really?
- Excuse me.