:50:01
Drinks are on me. Drinks for everyone.
:50:04
Champagne.
Fucking good gear and all.
:50:07
But I've come unstuck in my attempts
to provide a spectacle for my chums.
:50:12
Jimmy, as usual
on the look out for titbits,
:50:16
has met the development minister
of some tin-pot republic.
:50:20
They're trawling the West
for investments.
:50:22
They have vast natural resources.
Quite an investment for the right man.
:50:28
They've sent in men from Timbuktu
explaining all the details.
:50:32
Profits, shares, long-term investments,
short-term investments.
:50:37
They've even made him an honorary
citizen. Even made him one of the tribe.
:50:43
What we didn't know,
until it all ended in tears,
:50:47
was that the hard-line
communist insurgents
:50:49
who control the country
outside the mining areas...
:50:53
Bad news about our little venture, Jim.
:50:56
The communists have broken through.
:50:58
Heading for the capital
with little resistance.
:51:00
What the fuck are you on about?
:51:02
I got word they were planning a push.
:51:05
The final coup de grâce. I told Jimmy.
:51:07
- It's all over.
- Fuck's sake!
:51:09
- Keep your voice down.
- Get my money out quick, now.
:51:13
As if it was some little kiddie's
piggy bank.
:51:16
Now, I explained that wasn't possible.
We thought we'd bought a government.
:51:21
Maybe someone made a better offer.
Forget about it.
:51:24
You win some, you lose some.
:51:26
How much are we talking?
:51:28
It's only a cheeky half-mill, Jim.
:51:29
- It's much more than that.
- How much?
:51:33
- 13.
- 13 what?
:51:36
- 13 million pounds. I'm fucked.
- Have you gone fucking mad?
:51:43
13 million pounds!
How could you be so fucking stupid?
:51:50
You've been right grafted,
royally turned over.
:51:53
- Like some Yank buying London Bridge.
- Don't talk to me like that.
:51:57
He accused me of instigating it.
:51:59
It's no coincidence
I met them at your tournament.