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David : Ron.
Ron. I need to talk to you.
Linus : I'm in a meeting.
David : When was the last time I came here?
Linus : You're right. Ron. Ron.
David : I wondered why I was suddenly being treated
with so much respect.
Linus : Is something bothering you David?
David : You've been pushing me into this relationship
with Elizabeth so you could
engineer
a merger with
Tyson.
Linus : Pushing you? I could burn in hell for the lies
I told about you. You begged me to make you look good in
front of Elizabeth.
David : You never said a word about planning to make
an offer to Patrick.
Linus : "Talk about my
accomplishments," you said. "My
qualities, be creative, lie!" you said.
David : I can't do this, Linus. I'm not ready to make
this kind of commitment.
Linus : Oh, I see. She must have asked for an actual
wedding date.
David : I don't know what came over me. She was
healing children; I was in a tuxedo I'm not
in any position to take care of a wife.
Linus : Elizabeth is a doctor and a millionaire,
David. She won't be a burden. You don't deserve her, but
she appears to love you.
David : Yeah, see, doesn't that worry you a little
bit? I mean about her mental health?
Linus : David.
David : So this is all just a coincidence?
Linus : It's an opportunity.
David : Opportunity?
Linus : What do you expect me to do? Disqualify myself from
a billion dollar merger because I might have family
connections?
David : What are you doing? It was just a question!
Linus : Look at this thing. Not a scratch.
David : Is this some new way of changing the subject?
Linus : No one in the world has a flat panel screen
this size, except Patrick Tyson. And the damn thing's
indestructible. He's
sitting on the hottest technology in
town and everyone in Wall Street knows it. We've got so
much competition on this merger that...
David : Wait a minute Linus. You're talking about my
life.
Linus : I pay for your life, David. My life makes your
life possible.
David : I
resent that.
Linus : So do I. Look at yourself. You went to law
school, you never took the bar. You went to business
school, I can't get you anywhere near the office. You
studied languages, you don't speak. Instruments, you
don't play. You have a series of girlfriends, you never
see more than twice. Do you not see a pattern here?
David : Who are you to lecture me about closeness?
Your idea of a long-term relationship is giving your
date a chance to order dessert.
Linus : I don't have time for dessert. I'm too busy
with this company. You're a grown man, David. Finish
something. Elizabeth Tyson's the best thing that ever
happened to you, and you told me so yourself. |
