:52:02
A man with more money than Kirk, even,
:52:05
and even more in need of
a counsel for public relations.
:52:08
It's a form of insurance, you might say.
:52:10
Only, instead of your life, it protects
your good name and your reputation.
:52:14
Too late. My name and reputation
already are hopelessly bad.
:52:19
Mr Muldoon, in my whole life
I have made one major decision.
:52:23
When I was 15 years old,
I had two choices.
:52:26
Everybody wanted me to be a good
little boy and do good for others.
:52:29
I chose to be a bad little boy
and do good for myself.
:52:32
So far, so good, señor. But the world
is getting smaller all the time.
:52:36
And if somebody drops a lot of money
in a gambling casino in Deauville, France,
:52:41
the noise can be heard quite a way.
:52:43
Interesting. And how far, would you
say, can this falling money be heard?
:52:49
With nobody around to quiet it down,
:52:51
the sound could travel all the way
to certain mining camps
:52:54
deep in the jungles of South America.
:52:56
Camps where the men aren't paid enough
or protected against disease enough.
:53:00
Interesting.
:53:02
And how would such fantastic lies
come to the ears of a man such as you?
:53:06
Well, like I say, it's a tiny world.
:53:09
Lf, for instance, somebody rents
a whole hotel at Cap d'Antibes, France,
:53:14
for the entire season, just to make sure he
can have it the last two weeks in August,
:53:18
and if somebody else
doesn't keep it quiet,
:53:22
people might read about it in cafés
in certain South American cities.
:53:26
Is it not fortunate, for instance,
that I own the newspapers in my country?
:53:31
Anyone with a printing press in the cellar
and something to say owns a paper.
:53:35
There are laws against propaganda that
certain governments enforce very rigidly.
:53:39
Is any man rich enough
to own a government?
:53:42
I will not answer vaguely,
Mr Muldoon. Yes.
:53:46
It's a funny thing about
the governments one owns.
:53:49
If the owner isn't around, but is cruising
around the Mediterranean on a yacht
:53:53
that costs more to keep up than the
combined salaries of his government,
:53:57
- and nobody protects his interests...
- Will Maria come with me to the Riviera?