CUT TO: MIDTOWN DISTRICT
EXT. FACTORY - MORNING
MONEYMAN WAITS OUTSIDE HIS CAR SIPPING HIS LATTE. BRODERICK ARRIVES A FEW SECONDS LATER AND PARKS NEXT TO MONEYMAN'S CAR. BRODERICK GETS OUT OF THE CAR AND APPROACHES MONEYMAN.
[Moneyman]
Broderick, it's so nice to see you. I take it you enjoyed the prototype.
[Broderick]
I did. It's unlike anything that I've ever seen. However, before the paper endeavors to promote your product, as agreed I would like to see the back stock.
[Moneyman]
Hey, seeing is believing. Did you bring your camera? I wore my extra special suit today.
BRODERICK EXAMINES MONEYMAN'S SUIT.
[Broderick]
Now that you mention it, do you only wear green suits?
[Moneyman]
What color is money?
[Broderick]
It's green.
[Moneyman]
And what is my name?
[Broderick]
Moneyman...?
[Moneyman]
So what's the problem? Let's get to your evidence friend. I don't want to keep you waiting. As they say, time is money!
MONEYMAN AND BRODERICK WALK INTO THE FACTORY. BRODERICK CAN SEE THAT THE PHONES ARE BEING ASSEMBLED AND TAKES PICTURES.
[Broderick]
Wow, you guys are liable to take the world by storm.
[Moneyman]
It's possible.
[Broderick]
Do you know who's behind all of this?
[Moneyman]
I have an idea.
[Broderick]
You took a job without knowing who your employer was? Seems a bit rash don't you think?
MONEYMAN PICKS UP A PHONE AND TWIDDLES IT IN HIS HAND.
[Moneyman]
Not one bit. The amount of money this is about to make me will allow me to take it easy for a while until I get bored anyway. The plans are all thought out and everything is progressing smoothly. What more could you ask for?
[Broderick]
Ethics. What implications will come as—!
[Moneyman]
Let me stop you right there. Sure, ethics have their role to play but are you telling me, you wouldn't want a juicy tender steak because of the poor treatment of a cow? However, when you go to the store or restaurant, you have not the slightest idea how the steak came to be. You don't even ask. Maybe you ask if it was corn-fed or grass-fed but that's about it. Let's just keep ethics out of it okay? I've got some good products rolling off the assembly line and they will make people very happy.
BRODERICK TAKES A COUPLE MORE PICTURES.
[Broderick]
I have a feeling that even if I feel a bit fishy about this, someone will be able to shed light on it. Even if I can't.
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