:12:01
44.
:12:02
Not counting the mezzanine.
:12:04
Quit showboating.
:12:05
The man is gone. The question now
is whether we'll let...
:12:07
...John Q. Public waltz in here
and buy our company.
:12:10
What are you suggesting?
:12:13
Certainly we can't afford
to buy a controlling interest.
:12:16
Not while the stock is this strong.
:12:19
How soon before Hud's paper
hits the market?
:12:21
January 1st.
:12:22
- Thirty days.
- Four weeks.
:12:24
- A month at the most.
- One month...
:12:26
...to make the blue-chip investment
of the century...
:12:28
...look like a round-trip ticket
on the Titanic.
:12:31
We play up the fact that Hud is dead.
:12:33
Long live the Hud!
:12:35
We depress the stock.
:12:36
- To the point where we can buy 50%.
- 51%.
:12:39
Not counting the mezzanine.
:12:40
It could work.
:12:41
- It should work.
- It would work.
:12:43
It's working already.
:12:46
Waring Hudsucker is abstract art
on Madison Avenue.
:12:50
What we need now is a new president
who will inspire panic in the stockholder.
:12:55
- A puppet!
- A proxy!
:12:56
A pawn!
:13:00
Some jerk...
:13:01
...we can really push around.
:13:05
You punch in at 8:30 every a.m.,
at 7:30 a.m. following a business holiday...
:13:09
...unless it's a Monday, then it's 8:00.
:13:11
- Punch in late and they dock you.
- This goes to seven! Urgent.
:13:15
Incoming articles get a voucher.
Outgoing articles provide a voucher.
:13:19
Move any article without a voucher,
they dock you!
:13:21
Take this up to the secretarial pool
on three! ASAP!
:13:24
Letter-size, a green voucher!
Folder-size, a yellow voucher!
:13:26
Parcel-size, a maroon voucher!
:13:28
This is for Morgatross! Chop-chop!
:13:30
Wrong color voucher and they dock you!
:13:33
6-7-8-7-0-4-9-Alpha-6!
:13:36
That is your employee number!
It will not be repeated!
:13:39
Without it, you can't cash your paycheck.
:13:42
All right! This goes up to 27!
:13:44
Return a waiver!
Do not return without a signed waiver!
:13:47
Inter-office mail is code 37!
Intra-office mail is 37-3.
:13:51
Outside mail is 3-37.
:13:53
Code it wrong and they dock you!
:13:55
I was supposed to have this on 28
ten minutes ago!
:13:58
This has been your orientation.
Is there anything you do not understand?