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M : Quite the body count you're
stacking up. She was tortured first. As
you'd already killed her husband, she must have been the
only one left to question. Did she know anything that
could compromise you?
Bond : No.
M : Not your name? What you were after?
Bond : No.
M : Dimitrios worked as middle-man. Always knew how to
put his hand on weapons and people who could use them.
He worked with anyone who had money. For years he was involved with
a man we knew as Le Chiffre, private banker to the
world's terrorists. He invested their money and gave
them access to it wherever they wanted.. Oh good, you're
here. Albanian, we believe. Chess prodigy, a bit of a
mathematical genius and liked to prove it by playing
poker.
Bond : Ow. So you can keep an eye on me?
M : Yes. When they analyzed the stock market after
9/11, the CIA discovered a massive shorting of airlines
stocks. When the stocks
hit bottom on 9/12, somebody made a
fortune. The same thing happened this morning with
Skyfleet stock, or was supposed to. With their prototype
destroyed, the company would be near bankruptcy.
Instead, somebody lost over 100 million dollars betting
the wrong way.
Bond : You think it's this man, Le Chiffre?
M : Which would explain how he could set up a high stakes poker
game at Casino Royale in Montenegro. Ten players, $10
million buy in, five million re-buy. Winner takes all,
potentially one hundred fifty million.
Bond : Good, then we'll know where he'll be. Do you
want a clean kill
or do you want to send a message?
M : We want him alive. Le Chiffre doesn't have a
hundred million to lose.
Bond : He must have been playing the stock market
with his client's funds. They're not going to be too
happy when they find out it's gone.
M : We can't let him win this game. If he loses, he
will have nowhere to run; we'll give him sanctuary in
return for everything he knows. I'm putting you in the
game, replacing someone who's playing for a syndicate.
According to Villiers, you're the best player in the service.
Trust me, I wish it wasn't the case. I would ask you if
you could remain emotionally detached, but I don't think
that's your problem, is it Bond?
Bond : No. |
