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- {\an8}<i>Today the United States Senate Committee
- on Government Operations</i>
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- {\an8}<i>begins hearings
- on federally insured banks.</i>
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- 00:00:16,308 --> 00:00:20,020
- <i>We are concerned whether existing laws
- are adequate to guarantee</i>
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- <i>the character, experience, and integrity
- of people who acquire such banks,</i>
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- <i>which are the cornerstones
- of American capitalism</i>
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- 00:00:29,321 --> 00:00:31,323
- <i>and the foundation of the American dream.</i>
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- <i>Be careful in there, Bernard.
- They want to make an example out of you.</i>
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- Committee calls Bernard S. Garrett
- to testify.
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- Mr. Garrett,
- I think you understand the stakes.
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- {\an8}Carlyle and Spring?
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- {\an8}Right. Annual rental income 80,000,
- which is strong,
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- but Mr. Miller wants us
- to use a six multiplier to value it.
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- That's too high.
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- He's coming in an hour to negotiate on it.
- Maybe you can step in.
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- All right.
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- Boy does a pretty good shine.
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- Harder worker than most of 'em.
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- There may not be comps in Willis,
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- but take a look at
- the other properties I own in the county.
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- A six multiple is reasonable.
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- Your other buildings are in Conroe,
- which is booming with the oil find.
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- So, I'm not sure this is a good comp.
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- Willis is booming too.
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- Hey! What are you doing up there, boy?
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- You spying on these
- white people's business?
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- Get back here!
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- Your dad's gonna hear about this!
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- Hey! Watch it, boy!
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- What do you think them white folks would
- do if they knew you were spying on them?
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- 00:03:04,768 --> 00:03:07,062
- When I was growing up
- I've seen boys killed for less.
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- You know what it's like to see a young boy
- hanging dead from a tree?
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- And don't think because it hasn't happened
- recently, it couldn't happen again.
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- I was just trying to learn
- how they make money.
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- You are so talented.
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- How did you learn all this?
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- You was born the wrong color, son.
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- Negro man can't earn money with this.
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- White man won't let him,
- no matter how good at it you are.
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- Maybe not in Texas.
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- You really think it's gonna be different
- for you, you go somewhere else?
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- We're in California.
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- What's wrong?
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- Just looking forward
- to having dinner with your uncle.
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- 00:04:43,784 --> 00:04:46,745
- Well, the aircraft companies are booming.
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- Northrop is looking to hire 5,000
- new workers for their assembly line
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- and they hire our kind.
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- And I can get you
- an interview there tomorrow.
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- Well, thank you, sir. But I came here
- to try my hand at real estate.
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- There's not a lot
- of colored real estate agents.
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- Owning property and renting it out.
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- You married a millionaire, Eunice?
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- Deacon.
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- Well, I sure hope you're close, son.
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- This isn't some one-horse town in Texas.
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- Real estate is expensive here.
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- Bernard saved up money
- from a company we started in Houston.
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- So, what do you plan to do
- until you find something you can afford?
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- Keep looking.
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- And spend down your savings
- till they're gone?
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- And then can't pay your rent?
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- Deacon, stop.
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- You'll get your rent
- the first of every month,
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- one month in advance.
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- I should go get Bernard Jr. in bed.
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- Excuse me.
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- <i>Eunice, what does your husband have
- against working?</i>
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- If we need to supplement our income
- until he finds the right property,
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- I'll work at the Plantation Club.
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- That ain't no place
- for a married woman to work.
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- Bernard okay with you going back there?
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- Well, we haven't had a chance
- to discuss it.
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- If he's a real man, he won't let you.
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- That won't be for him to decide.
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- What does that mean?
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- My husband is a genius.
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- You'll see.
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- I know this isn't much.
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- Yeah, I don't plan on us being here long.
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- Why are you so hard on yourself?
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- I don't want Bernard Jr.
- Growing up in a shed.
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- Well, I grew up in a shed.
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- Abraham Lincoln grew up in a shed.
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- Abraham Lincoln grew up in a log cabin.
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- Well, that's what they call a shed
- when it's in the woods.
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- There's no difference.
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- Well, I'm gonna get you and him
- out of this shed.
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- As soon as possible.
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- Thanks for the lift.
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- No problem.
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- I'm sorry my dad was such a jerk
- last night.
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- Was he? I didn't notice.
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- Hey, nice car.
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- Thanks.
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- Bernard, this is my friend Matt.
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- You didn't tell me you had a rich uncle.
- Nice to meet you.
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- Hardly rich. And I'm his cousin.
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- You got a car, you're rich to me.
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- Hey, good luck finding the right place.
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- Hey.
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- Hey, what's your cousin do for a living?
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- He owns buildings.
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- Really?
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- Damn.
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- <i>Hello, my name is Bernard Garrett.</i>
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- <i>I saw your property on Victoria Road.
- I was wondering what the asking price...</i>
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- <i>Hello, my name is Bernard Garrett.
- Are you the owner of 12...</i>
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- <i>Hi, my name is Bernard Garrett.
- I'm a real estate investor.</i>
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- <i>What's the asking price?</i>
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- <i>That high?</i>
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- <i>How can a price that high be sustainable,
- given the current rents...</i>
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- <i>How many units are in the building
- and what are they really...</i>
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- {\an8}<i>Looks to me
- the building needs a little work.</i>
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- {\an8}<i>Maybe we can negotiate...</i>
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- {\an8}<i>Right. I understand.
- Thank you for your time.</i>
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- This is a white neighborhood, Bernard.
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- Well, it won't be white for long.
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- Not with the black neighborhood
- two blocks away bursting at the seams.
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- Well, how much
- does Barker & Associates want for it?
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- We have enough to buy it.
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- Just won't have anything left over
- to fix it up with.
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- What if I got us a co-investor?
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- All right, fellows. That was smokin'.
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- Joe!
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- Eunice!
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- You came back to me.
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- Girl, look at you.
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- Stop it. Behave now.
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- Honey.
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- Who's this?
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- That uncle
- you was always talking to me about?
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- Husband.
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- Your hus... What?
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- Wait.
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- Three years.
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- Congratulations, man.
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- You hit the jackpot.
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- If you're the marrying type.
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- I'm not, but if I were,
- can't do no better than Eunice Perkins.
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- Garrett.
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- Pleased to meet you, Garrett.
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- No, I'm Bernard.
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- I heard him say "Garrett."
- Didn't you hear him say "Garrett"?
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- That's what I heard.
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- I'm just messing with you, man.
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- You want a drink?
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- It's 4:00 p.m.
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- I know. You're starting late.
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- I'll have 'em make it strong.
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- Jackie, make my man here something strong.
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- A triple.
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- You know, see if we can blow
- the stick out of his ass.
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- 00:10:00,350 --> 00:10:03,103
- You did not even talk to him
- about your idea.
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- No way am I doing business with that man.
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- Not for a loan.
- Especially not as a business partner.
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- He's a damn degenerate.
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- Bernard, please!
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- I don't need his help.
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- You have got the wrong idea about him.
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- Really? You think so?
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- 00:10:21,955 --> 00:10:24,082
- 'Cause the vice squad
- seems to disagree with you.
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- 00:10:25,125 --> 00:10:26,919
- Well, that's the mayor, silly.
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- 00:10:27,002 --> 00:10:29,338
- Do you wanna meet him?
- Because he's friends with Joe.
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- No.
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- If you won't let Joe invest,
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- then you are gonna have to
- make Barker come down on his price.
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- Asking price is 40,000.
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- You won't get a penny over 35.
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- You offering 35?
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- I can give you 30.
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- Why would I take 30 if I can get 35?
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- Well, the building needs renovations
- to unlock its value.
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- It's been fine for my tenants.
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- Your tenants only occupy
- half the building.
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- 00:11:01,828 --> 00:11:04,289
- But with new kitchens
- and refinished floors...
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- My tenants won't pay more even if they
- can see the reflections in those floors.
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- 00:11:08,252 --> 00:11:09,670
- But another market will.
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- Black doctors, lawyers, teachers
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- looking for a place to move outside
- the ghettos that they've been forced into.
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- No one is going after that market.
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- But I can.
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- Your confidence is impressive.
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- 00:11:24,518 --> 00:11:28,230
- But 10,000 less than asking is not enough.
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- 00:11:28,313 --> 00:11:31,191
- Once I lease the units,
- I can give you your full asking price.
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- Let's say by...
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- June.
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- You want me to loan you $10,000
- so you can buy my building?
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- It's not a loan. It's an investment.
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- It's a loan.
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- For more than three times what the average
- American family make in a year.
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- - Two point four times.
- - What?
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- 00:11:48,584 --> 00:11:53,172
- The average American income in 1953
- was $4,233.
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- 00:11:53,255 --> 00:11:56,508
- Ten thousand is 2.4 times
- the average income.
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- 00:11:58,468 --> 00:12:02,514
- Well, I admire your entrepreneurial gusto,
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- 00:12:02,598 --> 00:12:05,517
- but it's not the way I do business.
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- I'm sorry.
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- Thank you for your time, Mr. Barker.
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- Look what just walked in.
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- Mighty fancy for a colored fella.
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- We'll see.
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- 00:12:41,595 --> 00:12:44,556
- Hi. I'm Bernard Garrett.
- I'd like to speak with Mr. Reed, please.
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- I'm sorry, Mr. Reed is out.
- May I take a message?
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- 00:12:49,019 --> 00:12:52,940
- I have pretty good eyesight and I can
- clearly read the nameplate on his desk.
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- 00:12:54,399 --> 00:12:56,151
- I'm sorry. I misspoke.
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- 00:12:57,194 --> 00:12:58,946
- Mr. Reed can't meet with you right now.
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- 00:12:59,029 --> 00:13:00,280
- But I could take a message.
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- 00:13:02,157 --> 00:13:04,535
- No. There's no message.
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- 00:13:05,410 --> 00:13:06,411
- Thank you.
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- Mr. Reed.
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- Do I know you?
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- 00:13:18,048 --> 00:13:19,424
- No. But you know Mr. Barker.
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- 00:13:19,508 --> 00:13:21,385
- I'd like a loan
- to buy one of his buildings.
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- 00:13:21,468 --> 00:13:23,637
- Yeah, you can make
- an appointment inside, please.
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- 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,765
- Well, you and I both know
- I'm not getting an appointment inside.
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- 00:13:27,766 --> 00:13:30,602
- Now, this deal will benefit Mr. Barker.
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- 00:13:31,562 --> 00:13:32,563
- You should hear me out.
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- 00:13:35,232 --> 00:13:37,651
- Your uncle gonna get a good laugh
- out of this one.
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- 00:13:40,362 --> 00:13:42,990
- Keep looking. You're gonna find yourself
- another building.
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- Yeah.
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- Come on. Time for bed, little man.
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- 00:13:50,289 --> 00:13:51,123
- Yes?
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- 00:13:51,206 --> 00:13:54,001
- Bernard, there's a phone call for you.
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- 00:13:59,006 --> 00:14:02,176
- - Hello?
- <i>- Mr. Garrett. This is Patrick Barker.</i>
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- 00:14:02,801 --> 00:14:07,723
- Did you use my name to try and get a loan
- from Mr. Reed at Mid City Bank?
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- 00:14:08,307 --> 00:14:09,975
- Well, in a manner of speaking...
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- yes.
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- 00:14:12,519 --> 00:14:15,606
- And do you think that follows
- normal business customs?
- 227
- 00:14:16,940 --> 00:14:18,775
- If I was following
- normal business customs,
- 228
- 00:14:18,859 --> 00:14:20,903
- I'd still be a shoeshine boy
- in Texas, sir.
- 229
- 00:14:20,986 --> 00:14:23,572
- I didn't ask for your biography,
- Mr. Garrett.
- 230
- 00:14:23,655 --> 00:14:27,284
- I asked if you thought
- it followed normal business customs.
- 231
- 00:14:29,620 --> 00:14:31,038
- - No.
- <i>- Good.</i>
- 232
- 00:14:31,121 --> 00:14:32,789
- Well, at least we can agree on that.
- 233
- 00:14:34,833 --> 00:14:38,629
- Reed wants to see you at the bank
- in the morning to sign off on that loan.
- 234
- 00:14:39,213 --> 00:14:40,255
- Excuse me?
- 235
- 00:14:40,714 --> 00:14:42,841
- <i>I told him I'd act as guarantor.</i>
- 236
- 00:14:45,385 --> 00:14:46,428
- You still there?
- 237
- 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,265
- Why are you doing this, Mr. Barker?
- 238
- 00:14:50,349 --> 00:14:52,100
- Because normal business customs
- 239
- 00:14:52,184 --> 00:14:54,853
- are in place to screw people like you,
- Mr. Garrett.
- 240
- 00:14:55,312 --> 00:14:58,315
- <i>You went to see Reed
- knowing the deck was stacked</i>
- 241
- 00:14:58,398 --> 00:15:01,193
- <i>because you have
- that much confidence in this deal.</i>
- 242
- 00:15:02,194 --> 00:15:04,112
- That tells me
- all I need to know about you.
- 243
- 00:15:07,324 --> 00:15:08,951
- Well, do you want this loan or not?
- 244
- 00:15:12,037 --> 00:15:13,330
- Yes.
- 245
- 00:15:18,043 --> 00:15:22,673
- Sometimes you need to take a step back
- and enjoy what you've accomplished, baby.
- 246
- 00:15:55,914 --> 00:15:56,999
- You like cigars?
- 247
- 00:15:58,625 --> 00:15:59,710
- I don't smoke.
- 248
- 00:16:09,178 --> 00:16:11,096
- I'm not fucking your wife.
- 249
- 00:16:12,848 --> 00:16:15,934
- You go to every table in here
- to reassure your patrons of that?
- 250
- 00:16:16,018 --> 00:16:18,645
- No. Might have to skip some of them.
- 251
- 00:16:21,023 --> 00:16:22,357
- Come on, man. Lighten up.
- 252
- 00:16:22,441 --> 00:16:24,234
- I'm not the asshole you think I am.
- 253
- 00:16:24,318 --> 00:16:26,403
- You a different kind of asshole, huh?
- 254
- 00:16:29,573 --> 00:16:31,158
- I've been told that, yeah.
- 255
- 00:16:31,909 --> 00:16:33,535
- Come on. Let's go outside and talk.
- 256
- 00:16:46,715 --> 00:16:48,133
- What do you want from me, man?
- 257
- 00:16:48,717 --> 00:16:50,636
- You mean aside from your wife?
- 258
- 00:16:53,764 --> 00:16:57,559
- Look, I like seeing black men succeed.
- 259
- 00:16:57,643 --> 00:17:00,646
- Sometimes I even invest
- some of my own money to back them.
- 260
- 00:17:02,022 --> 00:17:03,357
- But you don't even know me.
- 261
- 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:05,442
- I know you're smart and ambitious.
- 262
- 00:17:06,818 --> 00:17:08,654
- You and I both know that's not enough.
- 263
- 00:17:08,737 --> 00:17:10,239
- You're also angry.
- 264
- 00:17:11,114 --> 00:17:12,241
- But you don't show it.
- 265
- 00:17:12,824 --> 00:17:14,576
- That's the best kind of anger.
- 266
- 00:17:14,660 --> 00:17:16,744
- Fuels you without making you a target.
- 267
- 00:17:17,913 --> 00:17:18,914
- I'm not angry.
- 268
- 00:17:22,041 --> 00:17:23,085
- Yeah, all right.
- 269
- 00:17:27,923 --> 00:17:28,966
- Nice glasses.
- 270
- 00:17:29,049 --> 00:17:30,467
- You near-sighted or far-sighted?
- 271
- 00:17:31,134 --> 00:17:32,135
- Does it matter?
- 272
- 00:17:33,053 --> 00:17:35,138
- Just wondering what you'd look like
- without 'em.
- 273
- 00:17:40,853 --> 00:17:42,437
- So, you trust this Barker?
- 274
- 00:17:43,522 --> 00:17:44,773
- He didn't have to help me.
- 275
- 00:17:45,858 --> 00:17:49,236
- What if you can't finish the work
- or rent the units fast enough?
- 276
- 00:17:50,112 --> 00:17:51,154
- I'll make the date.
- 277
- 00:17:53,156 --> 00:17:55,826
- See? Anger.
- 278
- 00:17:57,536 --> 00:17:58,912
- I'm gonna get another drink.
- 279
- 00:18:03,917 --> 00:18:04,960
- I'm not angry.
- 280
- 00:18:06,253 --> 00:18:07,337
- Yes, you are.
- 281
- 00:18:17,222 --> 00:18:18,765
- What are you doing here?
- 282
- 00:18:19,224 --> 00:18:22,769
- Ma'am, I'm Bernard Garrett.
- 283
- 00:18:22,853 --> 00:18:25,105
- Just doing some renovations
- on the empty apartments.
- 284
- 00:18:25,522 --> 00:18:27,274
- What hours do you work?
- 285
- 00:18:27,357 --> 00:18:31,278
- Well, the city say all construction has to
- be done between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
- 286
- 00:18:31,361 --> 00:18:34,698
- - So, if you need any improvements...
- - I don't need improvements.
- 287
- 00:18:35,115 --> 00:18:37,868
- And you can tell
- that mick that owns this place,
- 288
- 00:18:37,951 --> 00:18:41,413
- when he goes jacking the rent,
- he ain't jacking mine.
- 289
- 00:18:41,496 --> 00:18:42,496
- Yes, ma'am.
- 290
- 00:18:42,539 --> 00:18:45,751
- Mr. Barker was very clear about your lease
- when he sold me the building.
- 291
- 00:18:46,835 --> 00:18:49,004
- Don't you sass me, boy.
- 292
- 00:18:49,379 --> 00:18:50,881
- This is a white building.
- 293
- 00:18:51,715 --> 00:18:53,634
- You can't own this place.
- 294
- 00:19:04,061 --> 00:19:06,813
- Hey, why don't you grab that scraper
- and start on the other end?
- 295
- 00:19:07,356 --> 00:19:08,398
- All right.
- 296
- 00:19:10,234 --> 00:19:11,276
- - Hey, man.
- - Hey.
- 297
- 00:19:12,110 --> 00:19:13,195
- Hey, thanks for coming.
- 298
- 00:19:13,278 --> 00:19:14,279
- Of course.
- 299
- 00:19:15,781 --> 00:19:16,865
- How's it going?
- 300
- 00:19:17,491 --> 00:19:19,076
- I can offer you a buck, 50 an hour.
- 301
- 00:19:19,159 --> 00:19:20,410
- That's great.
- 302
- 00:19:20,494 --> 00:19:22,204
- And you're fine with working for me?
- 303
- 00:19:22,287 --> 00:19:24,122
- I've been working for other men
- my whole life.
- 304
- 00:19:24,206 --> 00:19:26,750
- Right. But are you okay
- with working for me?
- 305
- 00:19:27,876 --> 00:19:30,838
- Well, your money is green.
- That's the only concern about color I got.
- 306
- 00:19:31,255 --> 00:19:33,549
- And I like the idea
- of watching you build a business.
- 307
- 00:19:33,632 --> 00:19:35,759
- It's something I'd like to do again
- myself one day.
- 308
- 00:19:35,843 --> 00:19:36,885
- "Again"?
- 309
- 00:19:36,969 --> 00:19:38,887
- Yeah, I tried something a few years back.
- 310
- 00:19:38,971 --> 00:19:41,181
- It was a drive-in ice cream shop.
- 311
- 00:19:41,974 --> 00:19:45,352
- Well, it turns out people don't wanna
- eat ice cream while driving their cars.
- 312
- 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,274
- - You serious?
- - Yeah.
- 313
- 00:19:54,903 --> 00:19:56,280
- - Let's get to work.
- - Yeah.
- 314
- 00:19:59,616 --> 00:20:01,660
- Connect it here. Like this.
- 315
- 00:20:04,162 --> 00:20:05,162
- Should be good.
- 316
- 00:20:13,839 --> 00:20:14,840
- Step back.
- 317
- 00:20:19,178 --> 00:20:20,179
- Right there.
- 318
- 00:20:20,846 --> 00:20:22,931
- We want to scrape these railings
- up to the front
- 319
- 00:20:23,015 --> 00:20:25,601
- and paint our way back
- and then go back with the stucco.
- 320
- 00:20:25,684 --> 00:20:28,020
- Go from the top. Let's work our way down.
- 321
- 00:20:28,103 --> 00:20:29,521
- - Bernard Garrett.
- - Then let's...
- 322
- 00:20:31,064 --> 00:20:32,858
- Yes, Officer. Is there a problem?
- 323
- 00:20:32,941 --> 00:20:34,610
- We received a complaint about you.
- 324
- 00:20:35,110 --> 00:20:38,197
- Ms. Cooper in Apartment 2A
- does not like you working in the building.
- 325
- 00:20:39,489 --> 00:20:40,324
- Why not?
- 326
- 00:20:40,407 --> 00:20:42,260
- She said you were impersonating
- the owner of the building.
- 327
- 00:20:42,284 --> 00:20:44,912
- - No, he owns the building.
- - I'm not talking to you.
- 328
- 00:20:47,956 --> 00:20:49,625
- I do own the building, Officer.
- 329
- 00:20:49,708 --> 00:20:52,169
- All the paperwork is filed downtown.
- 330
- 00:20:52,252 --> 00:20:55,214
- But I keep a copy with me,
- just to be safe.
- 331
- 00:21:01,386 --> 00:21:02,554
- This actually looks real.
- 332
- 00:21:09,478 --> 00:21:10,604
- Yeah, I guess so.
- 333
- 00:21:13,106 --> 00:21:15,025
- Try to be more respectful to your tenants.
- 334
- 00:21:16,485 --> 00:21:17,694
- Yes, sir, Officer.
- 335
- 00:21:18,820 --> 00:21:20,447
- Sorry for the inconvenience.
- 336
- 00:21:30,249 --> 00:21:33,627
- You can't be here after 6:00 p.m.
- 337
- 00:21:33,710 --> 00:21:36,672
- A contractor can't be here
- after 6:00 p.m., Ms. Cooper.
- 338
- 00:21:37,214 --> 00:21:38,590
- I'm a resident.
- 339
- 00:21:38,674 --> 00:21:39,675
- I'm moving in.
- 340
- 00:21:55,649 --> 00:21:57,693
- I hope your mother enjoys her new place.
- 341
- 00:21:57,776 --> 00:21:59,069
- I'm sure she will.
- 342
- 00:21:59,152 --> 00:22:00,654
- - Mrs. Garrett?
- - Yes.
- 343
- 00:22:00,737 --> 00:22:03,782
- Anita Jefferson. We spoke about
- leasing one of your apartments?
- 344
- 00:22:03,866 --> 00:22:05,784
- Yes, of course. It's nice to meet you.
- 345
- 00:22:08,620 --> 00:22:09,830
- Fully leased.
- 346
- 00:22:10,914 --> 00:22:11,957
- Impressive.
- 347
- 00:22:15,544 --> 00:22:18,463
- I have my eye on a place
- two blocks east of here.
- 348
- 00:22:19,047 --> 00:22:20,132
- You interested?
- 349
- 00:22:20,215 --> 00:22:21,216
- You mean a partnership?
- 350
- 00:22:22,134 --> 00:22:23,260
- Yeah. 50-50.
- 351
- 00:22:24,178 --> 00:22:25,262
- But on one condition.
- 352
- 00:22:27,514 --> 00:22:28,515
- Bernard...
- 353
- 00:22:29,141 --> 00:22:30,392
- I do business with people
- 354
- 00:22:31,059 --> 00:22:33,103
- who turn away from me
- after we shake on the deal
- 355
- 00:22:33,187 --> 00:22:35,606
- and wash their hands
- because I'm a dirty Irishman.
- 356
- 00:22:37,191 --> 00:22:39,943
- But they do business with me
- because I make them money.
- 357
- 00:22:41,278 --> 00:22:44,907
- Now, you have the knack of knowing
- the untapped value of a building.
- 358
- 00:22:46,617 --> 00:22:48,535
- You'll work the phones with me.
- 359
- 00:22:49,995 --> 00:22:51,079
- Work the investors.
- 360
- 00:22:51,914 --> 00:22:55,751
- But when we need a face to sign the deal,
- that'll be me.
- 361
- 00:22:57,419 --> 00:22:58,420
- And we'll make money.
- 362
- 00:22:59,505 --> 00:23:00,506
- A lot of it.
- 363
- 00:23:02,966 --> 00:23:03,967
- Fifty-fifty?
- 364
- 00:23:06,678 --> 00:23:07,888
- Fifty-fifty.
- 365
- 00:23:14,937 --> 00:23:15,938
- This is it. Right here.
- 366
- 00:23:16,355 --> 00:23:17,356
- There you go.
- 367
- 00:23:19,691 --> 00:23:20,692
- Your signature.
- 368
- 00:23:30,327 --> 00:23:31,578
- Hello? Yeah.
- 369
- 00:23:32,204 --> 00:23:33,205
- Right.
- 370
- 00:23:35,082 --> 00:23:36,500
- I was calling about the house...
- 371
- 00:24:01,984 --> 00:24:03,360
- Let's try the sofa over here.
- 372
- 00:24:03,944 --> 00:24:06,321
- Lamp. Right here in the corner.
- 373
- 00:24:06,405 --> 00:24:08,490
- It's perfect. Perfect. Perfect.
- 374
- 00:24:08,991 --> 00:24:10,909
- That looks great.
- 375
- 00:24:11,451 --> 00:24:13,370
- What do you think, baby? It's nice, right?
- 376
- 00:24:13,453 --> 00:24:15,956
- Well. I think there's something going on
- with the car.
- 377
- 00:24:16,039 --> 00:24:17,207
- You wanna go check on it?
- 378
- 00:24:19,001 --> 00:24:20,002
- Right.
- 379
- 00:24:21,753 --> 00:24:24,256
- Okay, let's move the table there,
- slide the couch in,
- 380
- 00:24:24,339 --> 00:24:25,966
- and put the lamp on the other side.
- 381
- 00:24:26,717 --> 00:24:29,636
- And don't you dare let him move anything
- when he gets back. Okay?
- 382
- 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:30,971
- - Yes, ma'am.
- - Yes, ma'am.
- 383
- 00:24:33,682 --> 00:24:37,269
- Barker and I have been thinking about
- diversifying in single family homes.
- 384
- 00:24:38,395 --> 00:24:39,396
- So...
- 385
- 00:24:40,314 --> 00:24:44,651
- want you to go in, tell me
- what you think this house needs.
- 386
- 00:24:52,492 --> 00:24:53,577
- Bernard.
- 387
- 00:24:56,079 --> 00:24:57,706
- This place is beautiful.
- 388
- 00:24:59,458 --> 00:25:00,459
- You think?
- 389
- 00:25:00,959 --> 00:25:02,711
- - Yes.
- - Does it need anything?
- 390
- 00:25:02,794 --> 00:25:03,962
- Furniture.
- 391
- 00:25:05,130 --> 00:25:06,715
- So I did a good job?
- 392
- 00:25:06,798 --> 00:25:08,634
- Well, it depends on the price, doesn't it?
- 393
- 00:25:10,344 --> 00:25:11,470
- Not this time, baby.
- 394
- 00:25:14,348 --> 00:25:16,099
- Go on. Take it. I already got a set.
- 395
- 00:25:18,227 --> 00:25:20,020
- Are you serious?
- 396
- 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:27,152
- You really sleeping in late.
- 397
- 00:25:27,736 --> 00:25:29,488
- Time to get up, dear.
- 398
- 00:25:43,836 --> 00:25:45,879
- <i>Mrs. Barker would like to offer a buyout</i>
- 399
- 00:25:45,963 --> 00:25:49,383
- for your interest
- in all the Barker/Garrett properties.
- 400
- 00:25:49,466 --> 00:25:51,134
- I have no reason to sell.
- 401
- 00:25:51,218 --> 00:25:53,053
- I'm happy running the buildings on my own.
- 402
- 00:25:53,136 --> 00:25:54,513
- That's unacceptable.
- 403
- 00:25:54,596 --> 00:25:56,036
- I don't wanna be in business with...
- 404
- 00:25:57,724 --> 00:26:00,853
- I prefer not to continue the arrangement.
- 405
- 00:26:02,729 --> 00:26:03,981
- What's the offer?
- 406
- 00:26:12,948 --> 00:26:14,533
- This is outrageous.
- 407
- 00:26:14,616 --> 00:26:17,661
- I own 50% of a dozen properties.
- 408
- 00:26:17,744 --> 00:26:20,205
- You want me to give it up
- for pennies on the dollar?
- 409
- 00:26:20,289 --> 00:26:22,666
- I don't have to pay you anything.
- 410
- 00:26:23,333 --> 00:26:25,294
- Your name doesn't appear
- on any of the deeds.
- 411
- 00:26:25,377 --> 00:26:26,503
- Well, it couldn't.
- 412
- 00:26:27,004 --> 00:26:28,130
- We had an agreement.
- 413
- 00:26:28,213 --> 00:26:30,841
- And we all know
- what your husband's intentions were.
- 414
- 00:26:35,220 --> 00:26:38,265
- I will up my offer
- to 25 cents on the dollar.
- 415
- 00:26:38,348 --> 00:26:40,517
- And if you see fit
- to refuse that, Mr. Garrett,
- 416
- 00:26:40,601 --> 00:26:42,227
- you can walk away with nothing
- 417
- 00:26:42,769 --> 00:26:44,688
- unless you wanna face me
- in a court of law.
- 418
- 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:46,773
- With a different lawyer.
- 419
- 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,657
- There has to be a way
- to prove Mr. Barker's intentions.
- 420
- 00:26:55,741 --> 00:26:57,868
- Well, if you could find a witness, yes.
- 421
- 00:26:57,951 --> 00:26:58,952
- But...
- 422
- 00:26:59,328 --> 00:27:00,329
- it can't be me.
- 423
- 00:27:00,913 --> 00:27:02,331
- I could get disbarred for that.
- 424
- 00:27:03,207 --> 00:27:05,334
- Mr. Reed at Mid City...
- 425
- 00:27:05,417 --> 00:27:07,544
- He's her banker now, Bernard.
- 426
- 00:27:08,921 --> 00:27:10,589
- He's not going to intervene for you.
- 427
- 00:27:15,427 --> 00:27:16,887
- I need to see Mr. Reed.
- 428
- 00:27:16,970 --> 00:27:18,388
- I'm sorry, Mr. Garrett.
- 429
- 00:27:18,472 --> 00:27:20,849
- Mr. Reed can't see anybody
- without an appointment.
- 430
- 00:27:20,933 --> 00:27:21,934
- This is urgent.
- 431
- 00:27:24,353 --> 00:27:25,395
- Hold on a moment.
- 432
- 00:28:29,084 --> 00:28:32,296
- I don't know how familiar you are
- with the commercial real estate market.
- 433
- 00:28:32,379 --> 00:28:35,174
- Eunice told me you had two or three
- income-producing buildings?
- 434
- 00:28:36,091 --> 00:28:37,301
- Seventeen.
- 435
- 00:28:37,384 --> 00:28:39,636
- But once you've popped your cherry,
- 436
- 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,222
- I mean, how much more
- can you learn on each new one?
- 437
- 00:28:43,807 --> 00:28:44,850
- Seventeen?
- 438
- 00:28:45,726 --> 00:28:47,144
- Eighteen, if you count the club.
- 439
- 00:28:47,936 --> 00:28:49,605
- My mother was a real estate agent.
- 440
- 00:28:50,898 --> 00:28:51,982
- You know this building?
- 441
- 00:28:54,943 --> 00:28:57,821
- Sure. Bunch of bankers headquarters
- in there.
- 442
- 00:28:57,905 --> 00:29:00,824
- Tallest commercial building
- in downtown Los Angeles.
- 443
- 00:29:00,908 --> 00:29:01,950
- I wanna buy it.
- 444
- 00:29:04,119 --> 00:29:05,162
- I want us to buy it.
- 445
- 00:29:08,999 --> 00:29:13,295
- That's a mighty big building to buy
- on the most expensive land in the city.
- 446
- 00:29:13,378 --> 00:29:14,379
- I know.
- 447
- 00:29:16,215 --> 00:29:18,217
- We'd need a substantial loan.
- 448
- 00:29:18,300 --> 00:29:21,053
- You don't own all 18 of those properties
- outright, do you?
- 449
- 00:29:23,055 --> 00:29:27,184
- I got a banker in San Francisco
- I've done business with for years.
- 450
- 00:29:28,894 --> 00:29:29,895
- Drink?
- 451
- 00:29:29,978 --> 00:29:31,313
- No, thank you. I don't drink.
- 452
- 00:29:37,194 --> 00:29:42,741
- You know there's not a single black-owned
- building in downtown Los Angeles.
- 453
- 00:29:42,824 --> 00:29:44,326
- There's a reason for that.
- 454
- 00:29:44,409 --> 00:29:46,703
- Yeah. We're probably gonna
- have to overpay to get it.
- 455
- 00:29:48,247 --> 00:29:49,623
- Tell me something I don't know.
- 456
- 00:29:51,166 --> 00:29:52,167
- Now...
- 457
- 00:29:53,669 --> 00:29:54,711
- convince me.
- 458
- 00:29:57,172 --> 00:29:58,173
- Well...
- 459
- 00:30:00,008 --> 00:30:02,928
- the best place to learn about the present
- state of the real estate market
- 460
- 00:30:03,011 --> 00:30:04,429
- is inside of a bank.
- 461
- 00:30:04,513 --> 00:30:07,224
- We get that building,
- we'll be inside 12 of them.
- 462
- 00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:11,854
- And next time they'll think twice about
- refusing to make loans to us
- 463
- 00:30:12,437 --> 00:30:13,856
- if we're their landlords.
- 464
- 00:30:15,983 --> 00:30:18,527
- That's very audacious, Mr. Garrett.
- 465
- 00:30:19,194 --> 00:30:21,154
- I think of it in purely logical terms.
- 466
- 00:30:22,489 --> 00:30:23,490
- What a shame.
- 467
- 00:30:23,907 --> 00:30:24,950
- Excuse me?
- 468
- 00:30:25,033 --> 00:30:28,120
- What about the thrill
- of taking it to the man?
- 469
- 00:30:28,203 --> 00:30:30,455
- In his own castle, no less?
- 470
- 00:30:31,790 --> 00:30:32,791
- No?
- 471
- 00:30:34,918 --> 00:30:35,919
- Never mind.
- 472
- 00:30:36,962 --> 00:30:41,592
- But on purely logical terms,
- I have a concern about your plan.
- 473
- 00:30:41,675 --> 00:30:43,010
- What's that?
- 474
- 00:30:43,552 --> 00:30:47,347
- All this information we'll be getting
- from hanging around all these bankers
- 475
- 00:30:47,431 --> 00:30:51,268
- is gonna be about
- property in white neighborhoods.
- 476
- 00:30:55,314 --> 00:31:01,195
- Do you plan on starting to buy real estate
- in white-only neighborhoods, Mr. Garrett?
- 477
- 00:31:01,987 --> 00:31:03,655
- That's exactly what we're gonna do.
- 478
- 00:31:08,827 --> 00:31:12,956
- And just how in the hell
- do you plan on pulling that off?
- 479
- 00:31:13,790 --> 00:31:15,959
- The same way we're gonna buy
- the Bankers Building.
- 480
- 00:31:22,382 --> 00:31:23,800
- You want me to what?
- 481
- 00:31:23,884 --> 00:31:26,512
- Be us to the rest of the world.
- 482
- 00:31:27,721 --> 00:31:31,225
- I don't know anything about banking.
- I don't know how to buy a bank.
- 483
- 00:31:31,308 --> 00:31:33,060
- We're not actually buying a bank.
- 484
- 00:31:33,143 --> 00:31:35,437
- We're buying a building
- that the banks are in.
- 485
- 00:31:35,938 --> 00:31:37,022
- The banks are tenants.
- 486
- 00:31:38,857 --> 00:31:39,691
- Right.
- 487
- 00:31:39,775 --> 00:31:41,610
- You'd just be the face of our partnership.
- 488
- 00:31:42,736 --> 00:31:45,030
- You think I'm,
- you know, qualified for this?
- 489
- 00:31:45,113 --> 00:31:46,990
- We'll teach you everything
- you need to know.
- 490
- 00:31:50,744 --> 00:31:52,955
- That guy? Seriously?
- 491
- 00:31:53,455 --> 00:31:55,082
- He just has to digest it.
- 492
- 00:31:55,165 --> 00:31:56,166
- So, what?
- 493
- 00:31:56,250 --> 00:31:58,627
- He can freeze up
- soon as we send him in the room?
- 494
- 00:31:58,710 --> 00:31:59,753
- He won't freeze up.
- 495
- 00:31:59,837 --> 00:32:01,505
- Trust me. He's the right guy.
- 496
- 00:32:01,588 --> 00:32:05,884
- I'll lay you a hundred dollars to your one
- he can't go the distance.
- 497
- 00:32:06,301 --> 00:32:07,928
- Don't you know any other white people
- 498
- 00:32:08,011 --> 00:32:09,930
- who'd like to get paid
- to be our front man?
- 499
- 00:32:10,013 --> 00:32:11,598
- Not that I trust. Do you?
- 500
- 00:32:11,974 --> 00:32:13,392
- I don't trust white people.
- 501
- 00:32:14,142 --> 00:32:15,853
- How do you even go through life like that?
- 502
- 00:32:15,936 --> 00:32:17,896
- Truth be told,
- I don't trust black people either.
- 503
- 00:32:19,106 --> 00:32:20,440
- What are you even saying?
- 504
- 00:32:20,524 --> 00:32:23,402
- Look. I do plenty of business
- with white folks.
- 505
- 00:32:23,485 --> 00:32:24,486
- I'm friendly with them.
- 506
- 00:32:24,570 --> 00:32:26,321
- Good friends with some.
- 507
- 00:32:26,405 --> 00:32:29,241
- I'm just saying that no matter what,
- 508
- 00:32:29,324 --> 00:32:33,287
- there's always something extra
- going on in the relationship.
- 509
- 00:32:33,370 --> 00:32:34,830
- It's just the way shit is.
- 510
- 00:32:34,913 --> 00:32:36,623
- When you accept that,
- 511
- 00:32:36,707 --> 00:32:40,002
- you can't get caught off guard
- when it rears its ugly head.
- 512
- 00:32:40,669 --> 00:32:42,296
- I can't live my life like that.
- 513
- 00:32:42,796 --> 00:32:44,339
- See, that's what I like about you.
- 514
- 00:32:45,048 --> 00:32:46,592
- You are a good person.
- 515
- 00:32:46,675 --> 00:32:48,802
- Ain't been corrupted by the world yet.
- 516
- 00:32:48,886 --> 00:32:50,053
- Like a child.
- 517
- 00:32:50,971 --> 00:32:53,724
- But that's gonna change when you get rich.
- 518
- 00:32:54,725 --> 00:32:55,934
- Yeah, I'll take that risk.
- 519
- 00:32:56,643 --> 00:32:58,103
- You ain't gonna have no choice.
- 520
- 00:33:08,238 --> 00:33:09,323
- Thanks.
- 521
- 00:33:20,083 --> 00:33:21,083
- Hi.
- 522
- 00:33:22,544 --> 00:33:23,587
- Hi.
- 523
- 00:33:24,087 --> 00:33:26,256
- You're Matt Steiner, right?
- 524
- 00:33:29,301 --> 00:33:30,385
- Hollywood High?
- 525
- 00:33:30,469 --> 00:33:31,637
- - Yes.
- - Right.
- 526
- 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:35,557
- You were a few years ahead of me,
- but everybody knew who you were.
- 527
- 00:33:39,144 --> 00:33:40,854
- What are you all sour-faced about?
- 528
- 00:33:42,606 --> 00:33:43,607
- I was just thinking.
- 529
- 00:33:44,149 --> 00:33:45,150
- About?
- 530
- 00:33:45,901 --> 00:33:46,901
- A new job.
- 531
- 00:33:47,319 --> 00:33:48,320
- Doing what?
- 532
- 00:33:49,238 --> 00:33:50,322
- Real estate.
- 533
- 00:33:50,697 --> 00:33:52,533
- Like a broker?
- 534
- 00:33:52,991 --> 00:33:55,160
- You know, more like an investor.
- 535
- 00:33:56,036 --> 00:33:57,871
- Well, I'd be working with the investors.
- 536
- 00:33:57,955 --> 00:33:58,789
- Hand in hand.
- 537
- 00:33:58,872 --> 00:34:00,123
- So, they're hiring you?
- 538
- 00:34:01,750 --> 00:34:02,793
- Kind of a partnership.
- 539
- 00:34:03,961 --> 00:34:05,295
- A partnership.
- 540
- 00:34:07,673 --> 00:34:10,300
- - Susie.
- - Yeah, yeah.
- 541
- 00:34:10,384 --> 00:34:12,010
- - It's good to see you.
- - You too.
- 542
- 00:34:23,021 --> 00:34:24,022
- I'm in.
- 543
- 00:34:25,065 --> 00:34:26,065
- You sure?
- 544
- 00:34:26,149 --> 00:34:28,569
- Just teach me what I need to know.
- I won't let you down.
- 545
- 00:34:31,154 --> 00:34:34,116
- Be at Rancho Park Golf Course
- tomorrow morning, 6:00 a.m.
- 546
- 00:34:34,574 --> 00:34:35,617
- Don't be late.
- 547
- 00:34:35,701 --> 00:34:36,702
- Thank you.
- 548
- 00:34:38,203 --> 00:34:39,246
- Thanks.
- 549
- 00:34:53,969 --> 00:34:55,094
- What? Is he even coming?
- 550
- 00:34:57,264 --> 00:34:58,515
- Morning, fellows.
- 551
- 00:34:58,599 --> 00:34:59,808
- I thought you said 6:00?
- 552
- 00:34:59,892 --> 00:35:02,227
- - I did. Were you here at 6:00?
- - Yeah.
- 553
- 00:35:02,311 --> 00:35:03,312
- Good.
- 554
- 00:35:03,896 --> 00:35:04,938
- You ever play golf?
- 555
- 00:35:05,397 --> 00:35:06,607
- No.
- 556
- 00:35:06,690 --> 00:35:08,817
- Well, before you learn
- how to talk real estate,
- 557
- 00:35:08,901 --> 00:35:10,903
- you gotta learn
- how to talk to rich white folks
- 558
- 00:35:10,986 --> 00:35:12,654
- so it seems like you one of 'em.
- 559
- 00:35:12,738 --> 00:35:16,200
- And you got one month
- to learn how to play golf.
- 560
- 00:35:16,283 --> 00:35:18,678
- And I mean learn to play
- like you've been playing your whole life.
- 561
- 00:35:18,702 --> 00:35:19,786
- Think you can do that?
- 562
- 00:35:20,579 --> 00:35:22,706
- Yeah. I played
- a lot of sports as a kid. So...
- 563
- 00:35:22,789 --> 00:35:24,917
- So... yes?
- 564
- 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,627
- - Yes.
- - All right, then.
- 565
- 00:35:27,044 --> 00:35:28,754
- Take him over and get him outfitted.
- 566
- 00:35:28,837 --> 00:35:31,006
- Show him the basics
- and I'll take over from there.
- 567
- 00:35:31,089 --> 00:35:32,090
- Follow me.
- 568
- 00:35:38,138 --> 00:35:39,515
- So a hundred dollars to my one?
- 569
- 00:35:39,598 --> 00:35:43,602
- You think it's a done deal because,
- what, I'm such a good golf teacher?
- 570
- 00:35:43,685 --> 00:35:45,938
- You can fake math.
- You can't fake a golf game.
- 571
- 00:35:46,021 --> 00:35:47,272
- He's right about that, Joe.
- 572
- 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:51,652
- Bernard, this is Don Silverthorne.
- My banker.
- 573
- 00:35:51,735 --> 00:35:53,570
- Flew all the way down
- from San Francisco
- 574
- 00:35:53,654 --> 00:35:54,988
- just to see how crazy we are.
- 575
- 00:35:55,072 --> 00:35:56,073
- Nice to meet you.
- 576
- 00:35:59,159 --> 00:36:00,244
- Shit!
- 577
- 00:36:00,327 --> 00:36:02,079
- Well, it looks like I got my answer.
- 578
- 00:36:02,162 --> 00:36:03,956
- Let's try that again.
- 579
- 00:36:04,039 --> 00:36:05,624
- All right. What do I do differently?
- 580
- 00:36:05,707 --> 00:36:06,708
- Swing lower.
- 581
- 00:36:07,292 --> 00:36:09,127
- - Great, thanks.
- - Keep your head still.
- 582
- 00:36:09,586 --> 00:36:10,879
- Head still, head still...
- 583
- 00:36:14,007 --> 00:36:15,133
- No, you moved.
- 584
- 00:36:15,801 --> 00:36:18,679
- If this charade's gonna work
- and you guys want me to finance,
- 585
- 00:36:18,762 --> 00:36:21,431
- I just hope you don't offer
- over two million for that building.
- 586
- 00:36:22,015 --> 00:36:23,559
- More than that, I don't want the risk.
- 587
- 00:36:24,601 --> 00:36:26,770
- I can get that building
- for under two million.
- 588
- 00:36:26,854 --> 00:36:28,730
- It's not you I'm worried about,
- Mr. Garrett.
- 589
- 00:36:29,857 --> 00:36:30,858
- I hit it.
- 590
- 00:36:32,442 --> 00:36:33,443
- It's him.
- 591
- 00:36:34,069 --> 00:36:36,196
- You sure you don't wanna give me
- that dollar now?
- 592
- 00:36:38,657 --> 00:36:40,284
- The old way of valuing a building
- 593
- 00:36:40,367 --> 00:36:43,704
- is the number of years rent it takes
- to pay off the price of a building.
- 594
- 00:36:44,246 --> 00:36:46,206
- So, if the building costs $300,000
- 595
- 00:36:46,290 --> 00:36:50,169
- and you're getting $30,000 net income
- per year, it's a ten multiple.
- 596
- 00:36:50,252 --> 00:36:53,839
- Today most people value buildings
- using the capitalization rate.
- 597
- 00:36:54,256 --> 00:36:55,883
- But they're mathematically related.
- 598
- 00:36:56,717 --> 00:36:59,595
- So the cap rate
- is the multiplicative inverse
- 599
- 00:36:59,678 --> 00:37:01,847
- of the ten multiple
- we were just talking about.
- 600
- 00:37:03,015 --> 00:37:06,602
- 300,000 = 30,000 x M.
- 601
- 00:37:06,685 --> 00:37:10,939
- M = ten years.
- 602
- 00:37:11,023 --> 00:37:15,194
- One-tenth x 300,000 = 30,000.
- 603
- 00:37:17,237 --> 00:37:20,365
- One-tenth is 10%.
- 604
- 00:37:21,617 --> 00:37:22,618
- Your cap rate.
- 605
- 00:37:26,580 --> 00:37:28,624
- Maybe we should start with a math review.
- 606
- 00:37:29,833 --> 00:37:30,918
- That'd be great.
- 607
- 00:37:41,845 --> 00:37:43,764
- - Right?
- - You have to carry the four.
- 608
- 00:37:44,723 --> 00:37:45,724
- Which four?
- 609
- 00:37:55,734 --> 00:37:59,404
- Even on a putt, keep your f-ing head down.
- 610
- 00:37:59,488 --> 00:38:00,989
- Keep my f-ing head down. Keep...
- 611
- 00:38:07,287 --> 00:38:10,082
- There's a subtraction error in there
- and that last step is wrong.
- 612
- 00:38:10,165 --> 00:38:13,418
- But other than that
- you're getting the gist of it.
- 613
- 00:38:15,879 --> 00:38:16,880
- Sorry.
- 614
- 00:38:16,964 --> 00:38:17,965
- Sorry.
- 615
- 00:38:18,048 --> 00:38:19,049
- Sorry!
- 616
- 00:38:25,764 --> 00:38:26,765
- Right.
- 617
- 00:38:26,849 --> 00:38:29,142
- Now multiply by 1.25.
- 618
- 00:38:29,893 --> 00:38:31,478
- 1.25...
- 619
- 00:38:32,938 --> 00:38:35,607
- No. No, no, no. Stop! Stop!
- 620
- 00:38:39,820 --> 00:38:41,029
- No, no, no.
- 621
- 00:38:41,655 --> 00:38:42,781
- Stop laughing.
- 622
- 00:38:44,825 --> 00:38:46,285
- What the hell?
- 623
- 00:38:47,911 --> 00:38:49,037
- Hit it.
- 624
- 00:38:49,121 --> 00:38:50,205
- I am hitting it!
- 625
- 00:38:56,170 --> 00:38:57,713
- Careful now. Don't hurt yourself.
- 626
- 00:39:00,007 --> 00:39:01,175
- Stop. Just stop.
- 627
- 00:39:04,011 --> 00:39:07,681
- We're about 50 yards from the green,
- so we're gonna use a wedge.
- 628
- 00:39:14,396 --> 00:39:17,608
- And you wanna swing it 'bout this hard.
- 629
- 00:39:22,279 --> 00:39:25,115
- Remember, it's a wedge,
- so don't be scared to swing it.
- 630
- 00:39:25,199 --> 00:39:26,366
- What else you gonna do?
- 631
- 00:39:26,450 --> 00:39:27,910
- Keep my f-ing head down.
- 632
- 00:39:27,993 --> 00:39:29,203
- Jesus. Come on.
- 633
- 00:39:40,797 --> 00:39:41,798
- It's right...
- 634
- 00:39:46,136 --> 00:39:48,555
- Holy shit. Oh, my...
- 635
- 00:39:48,639 --> 00:39:49,640
- Come on.
- 636
- 00:39:50,474 --> 00:39:52,226
- I just kept my f-ing head down and...
- 637
- 00:40:00,484 --> 00:40:03,862
- It's 432,000.
- 638
- 00:40:08,408 --> 00:40:10,118
- Yeah. Yeah, that's right.
- 639
- 00:40:10,202 --> 00:40:11,882
- You got it right, man.
- You're getting this.
- 640
- 00:41:13,515 --> 00:41:14,766
- What you want, Bernard?
- 641
- 00:41:14,850 --> 00:41:15,976
- This is my time.
- 642
- 00:41:17,394 --> 00:41:18,520
- I wanna buy a building.
- 643
- 00:41:20,397 --> 00:41:24,902
- It has a $100,000 annual gross income,
- 8% vacancy rate,
- 644
- 00:41:25,485 --> 00:41:30,490
- $12,000 annual operating costs
- and I require a 10% cap rate.
- 645
- 00:41:32,576 --> 00:41:34,786
- What's the maximum purchase amount
- I can offer?
- 646
- 00:41:41,710 --> 00:41:42,753
- Where'd that go?
- 647
- 00:41:44,379 --> 00:41:47,966
- Straight down the middle, 'bout...
- 648
- 00:41:49,218 --> 00:41:52,387
- Shit, I don't even know.
- I ain't never hit a ball that far.
- 649
- 00:41:52,471 --> 00:41:53,639
- It's 800,000.
- 650
- 00:41:56,725 --> 00:41:58,227
- - He's right.
- - You're right.
- 651
- 00:41:58,310 --> 00:41:59,561
- - He's right?
- - Yeah.
- 652
- 00:42:00,771 --> 00:42:02,564
- We have created a monster.
- 653
- 00:42:02,648 --> 00:42:03,815
- You made the algebra easy.
- 654
- 00:42:03,899 --> 00:42:06,151
- A month ago, you didn't know
- what algebra was, Matt.
- 655
- 00:42:06,235 --> 00:42:07,945
- - That's true.
- - You have a knack for it.
- 656
- 00:42:12,699 --> 00:42:13,742
- He's ready.
- 657
- 00:42:14,493 --> 00:42:16,620
- Yep. He's ready.
- 658
- 00:42:17,955 --> 00:42:21,250
- The Bankers Building is owned
- by Charles Renault.
- 659
- 00:42:22,209 --> 00:42:23,919
- It's 14 stories.
- 660
- 00:42:24,002 --> 00:42:27,464
- 119,000 square feet of commercial space.
- 661
- 00:42:28,549 --> 00:42:30,342
- It was built in 1929.
- 662
- 00:42:30,425 --> 00:42:33,720
- And it's still the tallest
- commercial building downtown
- 663
- 00:42:33,804 --> 00:42:37,140
- <i>and generally considered the crown jewel
- of downtown architecture.</i>
- 664
- 00:42:41,353 --> 00:42:42,729
- That's his office?
- 665
- 00:42:42,813 --> 00:42:44,189
- That's his office.
- 666
- 00:42:44,982 --> 00:42:46,900
- <i>A converted ballroom.</i>
- 667
- 00:42:47,693 --> 00:42:49,945
- <i>Holy shit. How rich is this guy?</i>
- 668
- 00:42:50,028 --> 00:42:51,113
- <i>Very.</i>
- 669
- 00:42:51,613 --> 00:42:54,950
- <i>Now, he won't take you seriously
- without a proper introduction.</i>
- 670
- 00:42:55,033 --> 00:43:00,455
- But I have arranged for you to bump
- into him at the Hancock Park country club.
- 671
- 00:43:01,415 --> 00:43:03,750
- Wait, that's the most exclusive club
- in the city.
- 672
- 00:43:03,834 --> 00:43:05,043
- I can't just walk in.
- 673
- 00:43:05,127 --> 00:43:06,211
- Don't worry about that.
- 674
- 00:43:22,477 --> 00:43:24,271
- Mr. Steiner, welcome.
- 675
- 00:43:24,354 --> 00:43:25,355
- Thank you.
- 676
- 00:43:25,439 --> 00:43:28,317
- Arrangements have been made
- for you to use our club as a guest,
- 677
- 00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:31,236
- per our exchange program
- with your home club in Pennsylvania.
- 678
- 00:43:31,862 --> 00:43:34,198
- Will your chauffeur be
- waiting on the premises?
- 679
- 00:43:36,408 --> 00:43:37,951
- I'll be just outside the gate.
- 680
- 00:43:38,577 --> 00:43:40,537
- Anything goes south, you come find me.
- 681
- 00:43:41,371 --> 00:43:43,040
- That won't happen, Mr. Morris.
- 682
- 00:43:44,791 --> 00:43:45,918
- I promise.
- 683
- 00:43:46,001 --> 00:43:47,002
- Thank you, Anton.
- 684
- 00:43:50,797 --> 00:43:52,716
- - I'm worried.
- - About what?
- 685
- 00:43:52,799 --> 00:43:54,843
- I don't always do great under pressure.
- 686
- 00:43:55,636 --> 00:43:57,221
- Come on. You're a natural.
- 687
- 00:43:57,304 --> 00:43:59,473
- - Natural what?
- - Performer.
- 688
- 00:44:00,432 --> 00:44:01,517
- How do you know that?
- 689
- 00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:04,686
- You think I got where I am in life
- without being able to spot talent?
- 690
- 00:44:07,606 --> 00:44:08,607
- Go get him.
- 691
- 00:44:09,858 --> 00:44:10,901
- Yes, sir.
- 692
- 00:44:20,244 --> 00:44:21,286
- Mr. Steiner?
- 693
- 00:44:21,995 --> 00:44:22,996
- Yes?
- 694
- 00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:25,558
- Jackie says you're playing as a single,
- looking to be paired up.
- 695
- 00:44:25,582 --> 00:44:27,042
- Always looking for a good game.
- 696
- 00:44:27,793 --> 00:44:29,670
- If I can find someone to give me one.
- 697
- 00:44:29,753 --> 00:44:31,255
- Charles Renault, good to meet you.
- 698
- 00:44:33,215 --> 00:44:34,675
- Enjoying playing dress-up?
- 699
- 00:44:34,758 --> 00:44:36,844
- You should try it sometime.
- It's thrilling.
- 700
- 00:44:37,511 --> 00:44:38,846
- No, thanks.
- 701
- 00:44:38,929 --> 00:44:42,182
- So, you're okay with having a white boy
- do your business for you,
- 702
- 00:44:42,266 --> 00:44:43,934
- but you're not okay putting on a cap
- 703
- 00:44:44,017 --> 00:44:46,019
- so you can keep an eye on him
- while he does it?
- 704
- 00:44:46,562 --> 00:44:49,356
- It's the only job I've been able to avoid
- my entire life.
- 705
- 00:44:49,898 --> 00:44:51,567
- I'd like to try and keep it that way.
- 706
- 00:45:05,539 --> 00:45:07,416
- Jimmy, I think we got ourselves a game.
- 707
- 00:45:09,168 --> 00:45:10,210
- Okay.
- 708
- 00:45:10,961 --> 00:45:12,504
- So, we're really gonna do this now?
- 709
- 00:45:12,588 --> 00:45:16,133
- If by "we," you mean "you," yeah.
- 710
- 00:45:38,155 --> 00:45:39,198
- Remember,
- 711
- 00:45:40,157 --> 00:45:41,283
- eyes on the ball.
- 712
- 00:45:41,366 --> 00:45:42,618
- And keep my f-ing head down.
- 713
- 00:45:46,914 --> 00:45:48,040
- Make me proud, son.
- 714
- 00:45:57,299 --> 00:46:00,052
- He's gonna claim he's renting
- for 20 cents a square foot,
- 715
- 00:46:00,135 --> 00:46:01,136
- but that's poppycock.
- 716
- 00:46:01,220 --> 00:46:02,221
- It's more like 15.
- 717
- 00:46:04,598 --> 00:46:08,894
- <i>See, this whole thing is about getting you
- to agree to a higher base value.</i>
- 718
- 00:46:08,977 --> 00:46:10,521
- Which I won't do.
- 719
- 00:46:10,604 --> 00:46:12,940
- He's gonna test you. Probe you.
- 720
- 00:46:21,573 --> 00:46:25,661
- You give him the slightest reason
- to doubt your command of the numbers,
- 721
- 00:46:25,744 --> 00:46:27,579
- he'll see straight through you.
- 722
- 00:46:27,663 --> 00:46:28,789
- So you gotta impress him.
- 723
- 00:46:29,831 --> 00:46:31,166
- <i>Like you did on the first tee.</i>
- 724
- 00:46:32,209 --> 00:46:33,210
- Okay, so what do I do?
- 725
- 00:46:33,293 --> 00:46:36,755
- What's the equivalent
- of a 300-yard tee shot in negotiation?
- 726
- 00:46:39,007 --> 00:46:40,217
- A four-course lunch.
- 727
- 00:46:48,642 --> 00:46:50,394
- Flown in from France once a week.
- 728
- 00:46:51,478 --> 00:46:52,479
- Enjoy.
- 729
- 00:46:58,110 --> 00:47:00,445
- Okay, we lease at 20 cents a square foot.
- 730
- 00:47:00,529 --> 00:47:03,740
- That's 272,880 gross per year.
- 731
- 00:47:03,824 --> 00:47:05,409
- Eighty thousand expenses.
- 732
- 00:47:05,492 --> 00:47:07,369
- That's 192,880 in profit.
- 733
- 00:47:08,036 --> 00:47:12,165
- 10% cap rate on that
- will get us to 1,928,880.
- 734
- 00:47:12,666 --> 00:47:17,087
- 25% premium on that would be 2,411,100.
- 735
- 00:47:18,672 --> 00:47:21,008
- If that's what you're offering,
- I'm interested.
- 736
- 00:47:24,261 --> 00:47:25,470
- Here's my problem, Charles.
- 737
- 00:47:25,554 --> 00:47:28,098
- I know you have leases
- at 15 cents a square foot.
- 738
- 00:47:28,182 --> 00:47:29,641
- You know, big long-term leases.
- 739
- 00:47:29,725 --> 00:47:31,661
- So even if you have
- a few suckers paying 20 cents...
- 740
- 00:47:31,685 --> 00:47:32,769
- More than a few.
- 741
- 00:47:34,062 --> 00:47:35,689
- Fine, call the average 18 cents,
- 742
- 00:47:35,772 --> 00:47:37,524
- so that would be a net income of...
- 743
- 00:47:37,608 --> 00:47:41,153
- 245,592. But that's not important.
- 744
- 00:47:41,236 --> 00:47:44,114
- I mean, if you wanna show me your leases
- and prove it, okay.
- 745
- 00:47:44,198 --> 00:47:46,283
- Otherwise, I'd call it
- 15 cents a square foot.
- 746
- 00:47:46,366 --> 00:47:48,160
- - Fifteen is too low.
- - Fifteen is generous.
- 747
- 00:47:48,243 --> 00:47:51,038
- Especially when you factor in vacancies,
- which are at least 9%.
- 748
- 00:47:51,121 --> 00:47:52,915
- - Less than that.
- - I counted 12.
- 749
- 00:47:52,998 --> 00:47:54,708
- How could you possibly know that?
- 750
- 00:47:55,501 --> 00:47:56,793
- Charles, it's November.
- 751
- 00:47:57,669 --> 00:47:59,254
- <i>It gets dark by 5:00 p.m.</i>
- 752
- 00:48:02,049 --> 00:48:04,110
- <i>If you wanna bullshit someone
- about your vacancy rate,</i>
- 753
- 00:48:04,134 --> 00:48:06,970
- you need lights shining
- in all those unleased spaces by 4:30.
- 754
- 00:48:07,513 --> 00:48:09,890
- I don't blame you for not doing it.
- It's a lot of work.
- 755
- 00:48:09,973 --> 00:48:12,368
- But those vacancies would
- take you to 13.5 cents a square foot.
- 756
- 00:48:12,392 --> 00:48:13,477
- We'll fill some of those.
- 757
- 00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:15,604
- Let's call it 16 cents. Fair?
- 758
- 00:48:16,271 --> 00:48:21,610
- That's a $1,383,000 valuation
- at a 10% cap rate.
- 759
- 00:48:22,611 --> 00:48:25,364
- But, of course a 10% cap rate
- is too low for this market.
- 760
- 00:48:25,447 --> 00:48:28,116
- My partners and I have multiple deals
- with 12% returns,
- 761
- 00:48:28,867 --> 00:48:30,244
- which would be...
- 762
- 00:48:30,327 --> 00:48:36,083
- $1,152,533 underlying valuation.
- 763
- 00:48:37,835 --> 00:48:42,464
- 1,152,533.
- 764
- 00:48:44,383 --> 00:48:46,009
- How do you do this in your head?
- 765
- 00:48:46,677 --> 00:48:48,762
- There's no way I can do this math.
- 766
- 00:48:49,972 --> 00:48:52,391
- Well, you know, maybe I could fake it?
- 767
- 00:48:53,141 --> 00:48:54,142
- How?
- 768
- 00:48:56,311 --> 00:48:57,646
- Practice.
- 769
- 00:48:57,729 --> 00:48:58,814
- I'll just memorize it.
- 770
- 00:49:00,858 --> 00:49:01,900
- All of it?
- 771
- 00:49:03,068 --> 00:49:04,528
- Yeah, I got a pretty good memory.
- 772
- 00:49:05,487 --> 00:49:06,572
- That good?
- 773
- 00:49:06,655 --> 00:49:08,365
- Well, I got a week to learn it, right?
- 774
- 00:49:09,783 --> 00:49:11,243
- Hustling a hustler.
- 775
- 00:49:11,326 --> 00:49:12,578
- I love it.
- 776
- 00:49:13,787 --> 00:49:15,038
- But, if this works,
- 777
- 00:49:15,706 --> 00:49:17,666
- Renault's gonna challenge you
- on the cap rate.
- 778
- 00:49:17,749 --> 00:49:19,793
- So you need to get ready for it.
- 779
- 00:49:20,752 --> 00:49:23,046
- Look, this is downtown.
- The risk here is very low.
- 780
- 00:49:23,672 --> 00:49:25,257
- It doesn't warrant a 12% return.
- 781
- 00:49:25,799 --> 00:49:27,509
- I'm firm with a 10% cap rate.
- 782
- 00:49:28,010 --> 00:49:31,513
- He's gonna try to hold you
- to a 10% cap rate on the underlying value,
- 783
- 00:49:31,597 --> 00:49:33,098
- which we're not gonna take.
- 784
- 00:49:33,599 --> 00:49:36,018
- Not with a 25% premium going to him.
- 785
- 00:49:36,101 --> 00:49:38,478
- But you're gonna need
- somewhere to go in the conversation.
- 786
- 00:49:38,562 --> 00:49:42,024
- So I want you to memorize
- the 10.5% cap rate scenario as well.
- 787
- 00:49:42,107 --> 00:49:48,447
- But a 25% premium on a 10.5% cap rate
- is too high, right?
- 788
- 00:49:52,201 --> 00:49:57,331
- 10.5% cap rate means
- $1,317,000 underlying.
- 789
- 00:49:57,414 --> 00:50:02,669
- With the 25% premium, that's $1,646,250.
- 790
- 00:50:03,462 --> 00:50:04,546
- Too high.
- 791
- 00:50:04,630 --> 00:50:06,715
- Yeah, that sounds too high.
- 792
- 00:50:06,798 --> 00:50:09,593
- You goddamn right it's too high.
- 793
- 00:50:11,887 --> 00:50:13,722
- So maybe you can sell him a choice.
- 794
- 00:50:15,891 --> 00:50:17,267
- Mr. Renault, I like you.
- 795
- 00:50:17,768 --> 00:50:20,521
- First halfway decent golf game I've had
- since I've moved here.
- 796
- 00:50:20,604 --> 00:50:24,441
- But if you want us to value this building
- at a 10% cap rate in a booming market,
- 797
- 00:50:24,525 --> 00:50:26,276
- where we can get 12% elsewhere,
- 798
- 00:50:26,818 --> 00:50:29,821
- we're not gonna give you
- an instant 25% profit in the markup.
- 799
- 00:50:31,073 --> 00:50:32,074
- Tell you what.
- 800
- 00:50:32,950 --> 00:50:34,201
- I'll give you two options.
- 801
- 00:50:35,118 --> 00:50:40,415
- We get an 11% capital return rate
- and you get your 25% profit in the markup,
- 802
- 00:50:40,499 --> 00:50:46,755
- or we get a 10.5% cap rate and you take
- an 18% instead of a 25% markup.
- 803
- 00:50:47,214 --> 00:50:49,341
- You can choose. But...
- 804
- 00:50:50,259 --> 00:50:51,552
- he can't help you.
- 805
- 00:50:56,515 --> 00:50:58,475
- You're not what I expected, Matt Steiner.
- 806
- 00:51:01,645 --> 00:51:02,729
- I'll take the latter.
- 807
- 00:51:03,397 --> 00:51:04,398
- Okay.
- 808
- 00:51:05,274 --> 00:51:06,316
- How'd I do?
- 809
- 00:51:07,943 --> 00:51:09,611
- You left 17,000 on the table.
- 810
- 00:51:11,196 --> 00:51:12,447
- Oh, well.
- 811
- 00:51:12,531 --> 00:51:16,493
- - What's the number?
- - $1,554,060.
- 812
- 00:51:16,577 --> 00:51:21,540
- But, we can call it an even 1,560,000
- if you leave me that desk.
- 813
- 00:51:26,003 --> 00:51:27,337
- I can't believe it worked.
- 814
- 00:51:28,005 --> 00:51:28,881
- I can.
- 815
- 00:51:28,964 --> 00:51:30,716
- Tomorrow we meet the tenants,
- 816
- 00:51:30,799 --> 00:51:33,719
- introduce ourselves as Matt's partners,
- 817
- 00:51:33,802 --> 00:51:37,055
- and watch the jaws drop.
- 818
- 00:51:41,059 --> 00:51:44,271
- Maybe I should call a photographer
- so you capture the moment.
- 819
- 00:51:44,354 --> 00:51:45,856
- - Joe.
- - What?
- 820
- 00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:47,733
- Too much?
- 821
- 00:51:47,816 --> 00:51:49,693
- Yeah. Cheers.
- 822
- 00:52:17,596 --> 00:52:19,056
- Hello.
- 823
- 00:53:18,156 --> 00:53:19,157
- Smile.
- 824
- 00:54:46,203 --> 00:54:47,871
- Hi, Pop.
- 825
- 00:54:47,955 --> 00:54:50,082
- How you doing?
- 826
- 00:54:50,165 --> 00:54:52,292
- And who's this right here?
- Who's this right here?
- 827
- 00:54:52,376 --> 00:54:53,418
- Hey, Grandpa.
- 828
- 00:54:56,588 --> 00:54:57,589
- Dad.
- 829
- 00:55:04,179 --> 00:55:06,324
- - Here, get some of these sweet potatoes.
- - No, thank you.
- 830
- 00:55:06,348 --> 00:55:08,684
- What kind of growing boy
- don't like sweet potato mash?
- 831
- 00:55:08,767 --> 00:55:10,727
- Sweetie, try 'em. They're delicious.
- 832
- 00:55:10,811 --> 00:55:12,187
- Daddy met the vice president.
- 833
- 00:55:12,855 --> 00:55:14,189
- Really now?
- 834
- 00:55:14,273 --> 00:55:16,692
- Yes, he did. Bernard is being modest.
- 835
- 00:55:18,068 --> 00:55:19,194
- LBJ?
- 836
- 00:55:19,611 --> 00:55:22,155
- Yes, sir. He came by the Bankers Building.
- 837
- 00:55:23,365 --> 00:55:24,449
- Yes, son.
- 838
- 00:55:29,997 --> 00:55:31,540
- Smooth. Very smooth.
- 839
- 00:55:32,207 --> 00:55:33,458
- Thought you didn't smoke.
- 840
- 00:55:33,542 --> 00:55:34,543
- No. I don't.
- 841
- 00:55:35,043 --> 00:55:36,545
- But I know you like 'em, so...
- 842
- 00:55:37,045 --> 00:55:38,964
- These are a lot nicer than what I smoke.
- 843
- 00:55:42,176 --> 00:55:44,761
- You doing so well
- out there in Los Angeles.
- 844
- 00:55:45,762 --> 00:55:46,889
- Guess you were right.
- 845
- 00:55:47,556 --> 00:55:48,557
- About what?
- 846
- 00:55:48,974 --> 00:55:50,934
- Earning money the way white men do.
- 847
- 00:55:51,393 --> 00:55:53,312
- Found you a place where you could do that.
- 848
- 00:55:54,313 --> 00:55:57,316
- Still... no chance of doing that here.
- 849
- 00:55:57,816 --> 00:55:59,193
- It might even be worse.
- 850
- 00:55:59,276 --> 00:56:02,279
- No, it's not perfect in California, but...
- 851
- 00:56:03,572 --> 00:56:04,573
- it is different.
- 852
- 00:56:05,490 --> 00:56:09,286
- I don't... I don't think it's California.
- 853
- 00:56:12,164 --> 00:56:13,415
- I'm proud of you, son.
- 854
- 00:56:28,764 --> 00:56:29,848
- Where you going?
- 855
- 00:56:30,390 --> 00:56:31,683
- Taking a walk through town.
- 856
- 00:56:34,436 --> 00:56:35,521
- Dressed like that?
- 857
- 00:56:36,647 --> 00:56:38,690
- Going on the other side of the tracks.
- 858
- 00:56:40,692 --> 00:56:42,194
- You make sure you wear your tie.
- 859
- 00:56:43,445 --> 00:56:44,446
- I planned on it.
- 860
- 00:56:48,075 --> 00:56:49,243
- Take Junior with you.
- 861
- 00:56:51,578 --> 00:56:53,789
- He needs to see where he comes from
- up close.
- 862
- 00:57:44,214 --> 00:57:45,841
- Why the fountains separated, Dad?
- 863
- 00:57:49,011 --> 00:57:50,637
- It's just different down here, son.
- 864
- 00:57:51,597 --> 00:57:52,598
- Yeah.
- 865
- 00:57:53,307 --> 00:57:54,683
- I'm sorry you had to see that.
- 866
- 00:57:55,893 --> 00:57:56,894
- It's okay.
- 867
- 00:57:57,811 --> 00:57:59,271
- Hey, how much for a shine?
- 868
- 00:57:59,354 --> 00:58:00,856
- Only do white folks here, sir.
- 869
- 00:58:14,912 --> 00:58:16,330
- <i>You think this is a mistake?</i>
- 870
- 00:58:17,664 --> 00:58:19,374
- I think the world is changing.
- 871
- 00:58:21,251 --> 00:58:23,629
- But maybe it hasn't changed enough
- in Texas.
- 872
- 00:58:27,174 --> 00:58:28,675
- I feel like I have to do this.
- 873
- 00:58:31,220 --> 00:58:32,346
- I know.
- 874
- 00:58:33,347 --> 00:58:35,098
- And that is why I support you.
- 875
- 00:58:37,851 --> 00:58:39,645
- What the hell do we know about banking?
- 876
- 00:58:40,145 --> 00:58:43,690
- Banks take deposits and make loans,
- mostly on property.
- 877
- 00:58:44,358 --> 00:58:47,819
- Owning a bank is like owning the other
- side of the real estate business.
- 878
- 00:58:47,903 --> 00:58:51,114
- I'm pretty sure there's a few complexities
- you just left out.
- 879
- 00:58:51,740 --> 00:58:56,328
- Like we black,
- and this goddamn bank is in Texas.
- 880
- 00:58:56,411 --> 00:58:59,289
- There's no Texas law
- that says we can't own a bank.
- 881
- 00:58:59,373 --> 00:59:02,960
- I concede, us being black
- may be an issue, practically speaking.
- 882
- 00:59:03,043 --> 00:59:04,837
- You willing to concede that?
- 883
- 00:59:04,920 --> 00:59:06,547
- Well, we get Matt to front for us.
- 884
- 00:59:06,630 --> 00:59:07,714
- No shit.
- 885
- 00:59:07,798 --> 00:59:10,300
- But here in LA
- Matt unlocks the doors for us,
- 886
- 00:59:10,384 --> 00:59:12,052
- he don't run the business day-to-day,
- 887
- 00:59:12,135 --> 00:59:15,097
- much less a banking business,
- which is not simple.
- 888
- 00:59:15,180 --> 00:59:16,765
- We'd have to monitor things closely.
- 889
- 00:59:16,849 --> 00:59:18,559
- And how the hell you plan to do that?
- 890
- 00:59:18,642 --> 00:59:21,311
- We can't set foot in a bank in Texas
- unless we're the help.
- 891
- 00:59:21,770 --> 00:59:23,605
- I thought that would be
- your favorite part.
- 892
- 00:59:23,689 --> 00:59:24,940
- I live in LA.
- 893
- 00:59:25,023 --> 00:59:27,442
- I don't plan on moving to Texas. Do you?
- 894
- 00:59:27,526 --> 00:59:28,861
- During the business week.
- 895
- 00:59:28,944 --> 00:59:31,822
- And work as a janitor in a bank you own?
- 896
- 00:59:31,905 --> 00:59:32,906
- Won't have to.
- 897
- 00:59:32,990 --> 00:59:35,868
- Matt comes to me with the bank business
- at the end of every day.
- 898
- 00:59:35,951 --> 00:59:39,037
- What makes you think he's willing to move
- to the middle of nowhere?
- 899
- 00:59:39,121 --> 00:59:41,915
- No offense to your cosmopolitan hometown.
- 900
- 00:59:42,374 --> 00:59:46,044
- Plus Matt's got a pretty good gig here.
- 901
- 00:59:46,128 --> 00:59:47,671
- We'd have to make it worth his while.
- 902
- 00:59:47,754 --> 00:59:51,592
- Great, so now we gonna pay him even more
- money than we pay him to be white.
- 903
- 00:59:52,551 --> 00:59:56,138
- Joe, think about all the good we can do
- for the Negro community down there.
- 904
- 00:59:56,555 --> 00:59:58,390
- Help 'em buy homes, start businesses.
- 905
- 00:59:59,558 --> 01:00:02,853
- And aside from all that,
- that bank is undervalued.
- 906
- 01:00:04,188 --> 01:00:07,149
- There's enough capital
- to double its loan base.
- 907
- 01:00:07,608 --> 01:00:08,901
- We could make a lot of money.
- 908
- 01:00:08,984 --> 01:00:10,694
- We make a lot of money now.
- 909
- 01:00:11,445 --> 01:00:13,322
- You gonna stand there with a straight face
- 910
- 01:00:13,405 --> 01:00:16,408
- and tell me there's a business argument
- to do this?
- 911
- 01:00:16,491 --> 01:00:18,660
- This is social activism, Bernard.
- 912
- 01:00:18,744 --> 01:00:19,745
- Plain and simple.
- 913
- 01:00:20,162 --> 01:00:22,039
- There's plenty other ways to do that.
- 914
- 01:00:22,956 --> 01:00:26,084
- Or maybe you're feeling guilty about
- leaving your father behind.
- 915
- 01:00:26,168 --> 01:00:27,169
- Let me tell you this.
- 916
- 01:00:27,711 --> 01:00:31,757
- If one trip home can
- cripple your rational functions like this,
- 917
- 01:00:31,840 --> 01:00:32,841
- we in trouble.
- 918
- 01:00:34,384 --> 01:00:35,636
- With all due respect, Joe,
- 919
- 01:00:35,719 --> 01:00:37,763
- I think this is something
- you won't understand.
- 920
- 01:00:37,846 --> 01:00:38,847
- I'm sorry.
- 921
- 01:00:38,931 --> 01:00:40,641
- Did I not wake up black this morning?
- 922
- 01:00:40,724 --> 01:00:42,226
- 'Cause I'm pretty sure I did.
- 923
- 01:00:42,726 --> 01:00:44,269
- Yep, still black.
- 924
- 01:00:44,353 --> 01:00:48,607
- Are you telling me because I grew up
- in California with a little bit of money,
- 925
- 01:00:48,690 --> 01:00:50,400
- I'm not black in your eyes?
- 926
- 01:00:50,776 --> 01:00:52,486
- I wasn't trying to make this personal.
- 927
- 01:00:54,363 --> 01:00:55,405
- Yes, you were.
- 928
- 01:00:59,618 --> 01:01:00,661
- I'm sorry.
- 929
- 01:01:04,081 --> 01:01:06,458
- Bernard, if we go down to Texas
- 930
- 01:01:06,542 --> 01:01:09,127
- and start screwing around with Jim Crow,
- we gonna lose.
- 931
- 01:01:09,211 --> 01:01:10,921
- Don't matter whether it's legal or not.
- 932
- 01:01:11,421 --> 01:01:14,216
- Even if Dr. King
- gets civil rights legislation,
- 933
- 01:01:14,299 --> 01:01:15,759
- it ain't gonna happen fast enough
- 934
- 01:01:15,843 --> 01:01:18,303
- for us to get out of this
- without losing our shirts.
- 935
- 01:01:21,265 --> 01:01:22,599
- Bring your father out here.
- 936
- 01:01:22,683 --> 01:01:24,017
- Help him directly.
- 937
- 01:01:24,351 --> 01:01:27,437
- And get rid of that notion that you can
- save every black man in Texas,
- 938
- 01:01:27,521 --> 01:01:28,772
- 'cause you can't.
- 939
- 01:01:29,982 --> 01:01:32,401
- I understand if you don't want to
- partner with me on it.
- 940
- 01:01:33,485 --> 01:01:35,612
- You can't buy this bank
- on your own, Bernard.
- 941
- 01:01:35,696 --> 01:01:36,697
- Not at that price.
- 942
- 01:01:37,114 --> 01:01:39,116
- Then I'll find someone else
- to do it with me.
- 943
- 01:01:42,119 --> 01:01:43,662
- Jesus H. Christ.
- 944
- 01:01:45,706 --> 01:01:48,166
- I told you getting rich
- was going to change you.
- 945
- 01:01:51,128 --> 01:01:55,257
- Mark my words. This is a bad idea.
- 946
- 01:01:56,133 --> 01:01:59,928
- But it's even more bodacious
- than us buying that Bankers Building.
- 947
- 01:02:00,387 --> 01:02:02,389
- And we sure enough pulled that off,
- didn't we?
- 948
- 01:02:05,934 --> 01:02:07,519
- All right. I'm in.
- 949
- 01:02:09,479 --> 01:02:10,522
- Shit.
- 950
- 01:02:19,573 --> 01:02:23,619
- For the record I say you guys are out of
- your minds, completely out of your minds.
- 951
- 01:02:23,702 --> 01:02:24,703
- You ready?
- 952
- 01:02:25,245 --> 01:02:26,288
- I...
- 953
- 01:02:26,371 --> 01:02:28,707
- Could you tell me how a bank works
- in three sentences?
- 954
- 01:02:30,959 --> 01:02:34,129
- A bakery makes a profit by selling bread
- for more than it cost to make.
- 955
- 01:02:34,755 --> 01:02:35,756
- A bank makes a profit
- 956
- 01:02:35,839 --> 01:02:39,676
- by selling loans for more than it costs to
- get the money needed to make those loans.
- 957
- 01:02:39,760 --> 01:02:42,763
- Basically, a bank gets money
- from depositors at 3%
- 958
- 01:02:42,846 --> 01:02:43,972
- and loans it out at five.
- 959
- 01:02:44,056 --> 01:02:46,725
- Wow. That actually was three sentences.
- 960
- 01:02:48,977 --> 01:02:49,978
- Let's go.
- 961
- 01:02:51,146 --> 01:02:52,189
- This should be fun.
- 962
- 01:02:53,106 --> 01:02:54,233
- You gonna put the hat on?
- 963
- 01:02:54,316 --> 01:02:55,317
- I'll pass.
- 964
- 01:02:55,776 --> 01:02:56,777
- All righty then.
- 965
- 01:02:57,361 --> 01:02:58,487
- Shall we?
- 966
- 01:03:07,788 --> 01:03:10,290
- Gentlemen, Don Silverthorne.
- 967
- 01:03:11,333 --> 01:03:12,519
- - Robert Florance.
- - Matt Steiner.
- 968
- 01:03:12,543 --> 01:03:13,544
- Robert Florance Jr.
- 969
- 01:03:14,795 --> 01:03:16,547
- - Next.
- - Please, gentlemen, come in.
- 970
- 01:03:16,630 --> 01:03:17,714
- Thank you.
- 971
- 01:03:19,508 --> 01:03:21,301
- Yes, of course. Gentlemen.
- 972
- 01:03:24,805 --> 01:03:28,600
- My son's guaranteed a position
- to protect my remaining 20% interest?
- 973
- 01:03:28,684 --> 01:03:29,828
- You'll see that in the addendum.
- 974
- 01:03:29,852 --> 01:03:32,479
- But he won't be the bank's
- exclusive loan officer any longer.
- 975
- 01:03:32,563 --> 01:03:35,941
- My clients' primary interest in buying
- the bank is to increase the loan volume
- 976
- 01:03:36,024 --> 01:03:37,818
- and thus the profitability of the bank.
- 977
- 01:03:37,901 --> 01:03:41,280
- He'll be reporting directly to you
- as the new bank president, Mr. Steiner?
- 978
- 01:03:41,363 --> 01:03:42,364
- That's right.
- 979
- 01:03:44,366 --> 01:03:47,327
- Who are Bernard Garrett and Joseph Morris?
- 980
- 01:03:48,328 --> 01:03:49,955
- My financial partners in Los Angeles.
- 981
- 01:04:09,099 --> 01:04:10,225
- Why aren't they here?
- 982
- 01:04:10,601 --> 01:04:13,520
- Honestly? Because they're
- too rich to bother.
- 983
- 01:04:13,604 --> 01:04:15,022
- That's why they have me.
- 984
- 01:04:15,105 --> 01:04:17,792
- No offense, but they have hundreds
- of these investments across the country.
- 985
- 01:04:17,816 --> 01:04:19,193
- Well, that's great for them.
- 986
- 01:04:19,860 --> 01:04:22,070
- But this is the investment
- they're closing today.
- 987
- 01:04:40,797 --> 01:04:43,550
- I should note that
- the full purchase price for the bank
- 988
- 01:04:43,634 --> 01:04:46,803
- is sitting in escrow in my bank
- as of 11:00 a.m. this morning.
- 989
- 01:04:46,887 --> 01:04:48,764
- Which is all that matters.
- 990
- 01:04:59,358 --> 01:05:03,779
- Congratulations, you are now
- the owner of your hometown bank.
- 991
- 01:05:04,988 --> 01:05:07,115
- Time to get my black ass back to LA.
- 992
- 01:05:09,576 --> 01:05:10,661
- Don't ask.
- 993
- 01:05:15,415 --> 01:05:18,126
- My partners and I now own Mainland Bank.
- 994
- 01:05:18,710 --> 01:05:23,257
- And we intend to change the bank's
- policies regarding loans to Negroes.
- 995
- 01:05:24,383 --> 01:05:26,301
- <i>But we need your help to identify</i>
- 996
- 01:05:26,385 --> 01:05:29,513
- <i>responsible potential borrowers
- in your congregations.</i>
- 997
- 01:05:30,138 --> 01:05:32,641
- You get the loan...
- 998
- 01:05:32,724 --> 01:05:36,186
- <i>Now, it goes without saying that we cannot
- draw attention to this new policy</i>
- 999
- 01:05:36,270 --> 01:05:38,772
- <i>or to our ownership of the bank.</i>
- 1000
- 01:05:40,274 --> 01:05:43,819
- <i>Or everything we're trying to do
- will be put in jeopardy.</i>
- 1001
- 01:05:45,362 --> 01:05:49,783
- <i>But make no mistake,
- our goal is to foster business growth</i>
- 1002
- 01:05:49,867 --> 01:05:54,413
- {\an8}<i>and home ownership in our community
- through access to capital.</i>
- 1003
- 01:05:55,163 --> 01:05:58,166
- Thanks to your loan,
- we bought two new pieces of equipment.
- 1004
- 01:05:58,250 --> 01:06:00,127
- Doubled our revenue in three months.
- 1005
- 01:06:08,135 --> 01:06:11,013
- You approved 14 new loans this week?
- 1006
- 01:06:11,930 --> 01:06:13,182
- That sounds right.
- 1007
- 01:06:13,599 --> 01:06:15,100
- Only five of those were mine.
- 1008
- 01:06:16,894 --> 01:06:19,229
- There's a lot of underutilized capital
- in this bank.
- 1009
- 01:06:19,730 --> 01:06:22,709
- You knew I was gonna start signing off
- on loans directly to jump-start things.
- 1010
- 01:06:22,733 --> 01:06:24,711
- I haven't seen
- that many viable applicants in one week
- 1011
- 01:06:24,735 --> 01:06:26,111
- since I've worked at this bank.
- 1012
- 01:06:26,653 --> 01:06:28,822
- I've been working here
- since I was 18 years old.
- 1013
- 01:06:29,531 --> 01:06:31,241
- Where are you finding all these people?
- 1014
- 01:06:32,034 --> 01:06:34,620
- Who's "Solomon Johnson"?
- 1015
- 01:06:36,455 --> 01:06:37,748
- We're casting a wide net.
- 1016
- 01:06:38,332 --> 01:06:40,459
- The more loans we make,
- the higher our profit.
- 1017
- 01:06:41,084 --> 01:06:42,252
- Goes for your stake too.
- 1018
- 01:06:42,794 --> 01:06:44,129
- As long as they don't default.
- 1019
- 01:06:45,547 --> 01:06:46,840
- That's what collateral's for.
- 1020
- 01:07:23,210 --> 01:07:26,380
- My partner Joe comes in town
- every other week from LA.
- 1021
- 01:07:26,880 --> 01:07:28,066
- He's looking forward to meeting you.
- 1022
- 01:07:28,090 --> 01:07:30,217
- I told him this is
- the best barbecue around here.
- 1023
- 01:07:30,300 --> 01:07:31,134
- Thank you.
- 1024
- 01:07:31,218 --> 01:07:33,887
- Look, the books I keep are pretty simple.
- 1025
- 01:07:34,429 --> 01:07:36,849
- But I can go back to the office
- and bring 'em out.
- 1026
- 01:07:36,932 --> 01:07:37,933
- You can look 'em over.
- 1027
- 01:07:38,016 --> 01:07:39,726
- - That would be great. Thank you.
- - Okay.
- 1028
- 01:07:44,147 --> 01:07:45,232
- You're late.
- 1029
- 01:07:46,316 --> 01:07:47,901
- Florance discovered the black loans.
- 1030
- 01:07:49,152 --> 01:07:52,406
- He's been wary of me from the beginning,
- now he's watching me like a hawk.
- 1031
- 01:07:52,906 --> 01:07:53,907
- Any reason why?
- 1032
- 01:07:53,991 --> 01:07:55,868
- Well, yeah, he had dreams
- of being the boss,
- 1033
- 01:07:55,951 --> 01:07:58,912
- not reporting to some guy from California
- ten years younger than him.
- 1034
- 01:08:38,785 --> 01:08:39,786
- I hate it here.
- 1035
- 01:08:42,997 --> 01:08:45,626
- Come on.
- We've only been here three months.
- 1036
- 01:08:45,709 --> 01:08:46,835
- It's enough time to know.
- 1037
- 01:08:49,505 --> 01:08:51,173
- Why did you agree to do this?
- 1038
- 01:08:51,840 --> 01:08:53,634
- I'm making 25,000 a year.
- 1039
- 01:08:53,716 --> 01:08:56,178
- We bought this house
- with one month's salary.
- 1040
- 01:08:56,261 --> 01:08:59,031
- When you started with them you said
- they were gonna make you a partner.
- 1041
- 01:08:59,055 --> 01:09:01,225
- - Yeah, and...
- - A partner isn't on a salary.
- 1042
- 01:09:01,308 --> 01:09:02,434
- A partner is an owner.
- 1043
- 01:09:03,268 --> 01:09:05,520
- Isn't that what you always told me
- you wanted to be?
- 1044
- 01:09:05,604 --> 01:09:07,314
- And I will be.
- 1045
- 01:09:08,814 --> 01:09:10,317
- You know, on the next bank we buy.
- 1046
- 01:09:13,153 --> 01:09:14,446
- You're buying another one?
- 1047
- 01:09:16,657 --> 01:09:18,033
- We're thinking about it, yeah.
- 1048
- 01:09:22,120 --> 01:09:23,705
- Now that would be something.
- 1049
- 01:09:24,915 --> 01:09:25,916
- Wouldn't it?
- 1050
- 01:09:30,671 --> 01:09:33,298
- So, we all agree
- the barbecue place is a good bet, right?
- 1051
- 01:09:41,974 --> 01:09:43,809
- You must be Bernard Garrett.
- 1052
- 01:09:45,519 --> 01:09:46,812
- And you're Joe Morris?
- 1053
- 01:09:46,895 --> 01:09:48,020
- What, you follow me here?
- 1054
- 01:09:48,104 --> 01:09:50,314
- Just trying to understand
- who really owns my bank.
- 1055
- 01:09:58,532 --> 01:09:59,908
- You boys are famous.
- 1056
- 01:10:02,536 --> 01:10:05,330
- That's you and Vice President Johnson,
- if I'm not mistaken.
- 1057
- 01:10:10,085 --> 01:10:11,086
- Listen,
- 1058
- 01:10:12,671 --> 01:10:14,673
- I've got nothing against
- you people personally.
- 1059
- 01:10:14,756 --> 01:10:16,425
- That's mighty white of you.
- 1060
- 01:10:16,508 --> 01:10:18,552
- But if this town found out
- 1061
- 01:10:18,635 --> 01:10:22,598
- that not only was their bank
- regularly making loans to Negroes,
- 1062
- 01:10:23,599 --> 01:10:25,267
- but was actually owned by two of 'em,
- 1063
- 01:10:26,727 --> 01:10:28,061
- there'd be a run on the bank.
- 1064
- 01:10:29,146 --> 01:10:30,606
- Well, why would they find out?
- 1065
- 01:10:32,649 --> 01:10:34,276
- They don't have access to our books.
- 1066
- 01:10:34,651 --> 01:10:35,485
- You do.
- 1067
- 01:10:35,569 --> 01:10:37,362
- Took you three months to figure it out.
- 1068
- 01:10:38,447 --> 01:10:40,324
- - I could tell 'em.
- - Yeah, you could.
- 1069
- 01:10:40,407 --> 01:10:43,285
- Then you'd own 20% of a failed bank
- instead of a booming one.
- 1070
- 01:10:45,537 --> 01:10:46,580
- What do you want?
- 1071
- 01:10:48,248 --> 01:10:49,499
- To protect my investment.
- 1072
- 01:10:50,334 --> 01:10:54,213
- This bank collapses, my 20% is worthless.
- 1073
- 01:10:55,506 --> 01:10:57,132
- So, we're in this together?
- 1074
- 01:10:57,841 --> 01:10:59,051
- Not quite.
- 1075
- 01:10:59,134 --> 01:11:01,803
- See, my father didn't know
- he was selling his bank to two Negroes,
- 1076
- 01:11:01,887 --> 01:11:04,348
- so that's fraud.
- 1077
- 01:11:04,848 --> 01:11:06,433
- I don't know about that, Bob.
- 1078
- 01:11:07,059 --> 01:11:10,771
- See, both our names
- were on that bank contract you signed.
- 1079
- 01:11:10,854 --> 01:11:12,689
- You even asked about us.
- 1080
- 01:11:13,398 --> 01:11:14,733
- Don't know who told you that.
- 1081
- 01:11:14,816 --> 01:11:17,236
- Didn't have to be told. I was there.
- 1082
- 01:11:17,778 --> 01:11:19,112
- No, you weren't.
- 1083
- 01:11:21,156 --> 01:11:22,199
- Bring back memories?
- 1084
- 01:11:24,993 --> 01:11:27,412
- And for the record, your father knew.
- 1085
- 01:11:29,248 --> 01:11:30,249
- You're lying.
- 1086
- 01:11:30,332 --> 01:11:34,127
- Ask him, or I can find a letter
- where he and Silverthorne discussed it.
- 1087
- 01:11:36,964 --> 01:11:38,590
- You boys think you're so smart.
- 1088
- 01:11:38,674 --> 01:11:39,716
- We are.
- 1089
- 01:11:40,259 --> 01:11:41,635
- For a couple colored boys.
- 1090
- 01:11:43,720 --> 01:11:45,281
- You couldn't just make a loan
- here, there to your kind.
- 1091
- 01:11:45,305 --> 01:11:47,558
- You had to make 19 of them
- right off the bat?
- 1092
- 01:11:50,394 --> 01:11:51,854
- Well, here's another letter.
- 1093
- 01:11:51,937 --> 01:11:55,357
- This one's from the Comptroller of
- the Currency. The US Treasury Department.
- 1094
- 01:11:55,440 --> 01:11:58,527
- They're moving our yearly inspection up
- two quarters.
- 1095
- 01:11:58,610 --> 01:11:59,945
- That's a month from now.
- 1096
- 01:12:00,028 --> 01:12:02,823
- Because of anonymous reports
- we're making unsafe loans.
- 1097
- 01:12:04,324 --> 01:12:07,786
- You think you have this town figured out,
- when you moved here three months ago?
- 1098
- 01:12:08,996 --> 01:12:10,080
- Well, you don't.
- 1099
- 01:12:10,497 --> 01:12:11,498
- I was born here.
- 1100
- 01:12:11,582 --> 01:12:14,626
- So was I. In this house.
- 1101
- 01:12:18,422 --> 01:12:19,548
- Well,
- 1102
- 01:12:20,090 --> 01:12:22,968
- then you should've known
- you couldn't keep this a secret very long.
- 1103
- 01:12:45,157 --> 01:12:48,660
- We're gonna have to stop giving out loans
- to Negroes until after this inspection.
- 1104
- 01:12:48,744 --> 01:12:51,163
- What about the ones already on the books?
- 1105
- 01:12:53,332 --> 01:12:54,833
- Can I propose something?
- 1106
- 01:12:54,917 --> 01:12:56,460
- Can I get a stiff drink?
- 1107
- 01:12:58,587 --> 01:13:00,088
- We should buy another bank.
- 1108
- 01:13:00,172 --> 01:13:01,590
- Make that a double.
- 1109
- 01:13:02,633 --> 01:13:03,967
- What? No, I'm...
- 1110
- 01:13:04,051 --> 01:13:05,177
- I'm serious.
- 1111
- 01:13:14,144 --> 01:13:15,938
- Okay, the Bank of Marlin is small.
- 1112
- 01:13:16,021 --> 01:13:18,690
- You can purchase it outright for 274,000,
- 1113
- 01:13:18,774 --> 01:13:21,318
- half of what you paid for 80% of Mainland.
- 1114
- 01:13:21,401 --> 01:13:22,653
- As president of both banks,
- 1115
- 01:13:22,736 --> 01:13:25,948
- I could move all the Negro loans
- we made at Mainland to the Bank of Marlin
- 1116
- 01:13:26,031 --> 01:13:27,658
- before Mainland gets inspected.
- 1117
- 01:13:28,116 --> 01:13:30,369
- It should keep the government
- out of our business
- 1118
- 01:13:30,452 --> 01:13:32,454
- and hopefully make Florance an ally.
- 1119
- 01:13:32,913 --> 01:13:34,122
- It's an interesting idea,
- 1120
- 01:13:34,206 --> 01:13:38,418
- but Joe and I don't have
- $274,000 in cash laying around.
- 1121
- 01:13:39,127 --> 01:13:42,506
- And I doubt Silverthorne will finance us
- buying another bank in Texas.
- 1122
- 01:13:42,589 --> 01:13:45,300
- Right, well, I think I have
- a solution to that.
- 1123
- 01:13:46,343 --> 01:13:48,345
- The Bank of Marlin has
- two million in deposits,
- 1124
- 01:13:48,428 --> 01:13:50,180
- but it's only made one million in loans.
- 1125
- 01:13:50,264 --> 01:13:51,932
- Which is why it's not making a profit.
- 1126
- 01:13:52,015 --> 01:13:53,058
- So, we buy the bank.
- 1127
- 01:13:53,141 --> 01:13:56,395
- We use that extra million in deposits
- to purchase loans from an aggregator.
- 1128
- 01:13:56,770 --> 01:14:01,650
- I've already identified a package of loans
- with an 8% interest offered at 6.5%.
- 1129
- 01:14:01,733 --> 01:14:04,945
- That 1.5% spread
- puts the bank instantly in profit.
- 1130
- 01:14:05,028 --> 01:14:06,613
- Unless there's a high default rate.
- 1131
- 01:14:06,697 --> 01:14:08,282
- Check the underlying loans yourself.
- 1132
- 01:14:08,365 --> 01:14:09,950
- They seem rock-solid to me.
- 1133
- 01:14:10,033 --> 01:14:12,619
- The whole package is for sale
- for 971,000.
- 1134
- 01:14:12,703 --> 01:14:15,831
- Yeah, that doesn't help
- the cash flow problem for Joe and me.
- 1135
- 01:14:15,914 --> 01:14:19,793
- All right, it doesn't,
- but if you and Joe incorporate as brokers,
- 1136
- 01:14:19,877 --> 01:14:21,753
- the Bank of Marlin
- can pay you a commission
- 1137
- 01:14:21,837 --> 01:14:24,464
- of close to 200,000
- on that package of mortgages.
- 1138
- 01:14:24,548 --> 01:14:28,302
- That's an awful lot of commission
- on a million-dollar package of mortgages.
- 1139
- 01:14:28,385 --> 01:14:30,470
- Maybe, but it's completely legal.
- 1140
- 01:14:30,554 --> 01:14:32,139
- It cuts your investment by two-thirds.
- 1141
- 01:14:32,222 --> 01:14:35,142
- The bank stays profitable
- and we keep loaning to Negroes.
- 1142
- 01:14:35,225 --> 01:14:36,226
- Everyone wins.
- 1143
- 01:14:36,310 --> 01:14:37,769
- It sounds too good to be true.
- 1144
- 01:14:38,228 --> 01:14:39,980
- Well, then have your lawyers check.
- 1145
- 01:14:41,064 --> 01:14:43,817
- Look, Matt, even if it does check out,
- 1146
- 01:14:44,610 --> 01:14:47,988
- Joe has to spend his time in LA
- overseeing our properties there.
- 1147
- 01:14:48,488 --> 01:14:50,908
- And I'm here
- overseeing you and Mainland Bank,
- 1148
- 01:14:50,991 --> 01:14:53,285
- which I can't even get in
- the front door of.
- 1149
- 01:14:54,661 --> 01:14:58,373
- I just don't think it's the right time
- for us to pick up a second bank in Texas.
- 1150
- 01:14:58,457 --> 01:15:00,959
- Well, you won't have to,
- if you let me run this one.
- 1151
- 01:15:01,793 --> 01:15:02,793
- I mean really run it.
- 1152
- 01:15:05,589 --> 01:15:06,589
- Matt,
- 1153
- 01:15:07,674 --> 01:15:10,427
- I can't speak for Joe,
- but I'm not comfortable with that.
- 1154
- 01:15:11,512 --> 01:15:13,805
- I'm sorry to interrupt.
- 1155
- 01:15:13,889 --> 01:15:14,973
- Would you like one?
- 1156
- 01:15:15,057 --> 01:15:16,141
- - No.
- - Okay.
- 1157
- 01:15:26,235 --> 01:15:28,946
- Look, we agreed I'd co-own the next bank.
- 1158
- 01:15:29,029 --> 01:15:30,405
- We even put it in the contract.
- 1159
- 01:15:30,822 --> 01:15:33,301
- Three months ago, you didn't know
- the first thing about banking.
- 1160
- 01:15:33,325 --> 01:15:34,844
- Come on. I've learnt a lot in that time.
- 1161
- 01:15:34,868 --> 01:15:37,162
- It's not that I don't have faith in you,
- it's just...
- 1162
- 01:15:38,205 --> 01:15:39,206
- What?
- 1163
- 01:15:40,165 --> 01:15:44,628
- It's $274,000 of Joe's and my money.
- 1164
- 01:15:45,379 --> 01:15:47,631
- We should at least
- have the final say, right?
- 1165
- 01:15:51,927 --> 01:15:53,303
- If I can't become my own man here,
- 1166
- 01:15:53,387 --> 01:15:55,514
- then I think I need to resign
- and go back to LA.
- 1167
- 01:15:58,183 --> 01:16:00,727
- - Is this you blackmailing us?
- - No.
- 1168
- 01:16:01,436 --> 01:16:02,563
- No, that's not fair, Joe.
- 1169
- 01:16:02,646 --> 01:16:04,147
- You guys have taught me so much.
- 1170
- 01:16:04,231 --> 01:16:05,649
- I just wanna be more like you.
- 1171
- 01:16:06,066 --> 01:16:07,067
- An owner.
- 1172
- 01:16:08,360 --> 01:16:09,778
- Whatever you decide...
- 1173
- 01:16:11,196 --> 01:16:13,782
- I really appreciate
- everything you guys have done for me.
- 1174
- 01:16:17,786 --> 01:16:20,038
- You said this was gonna be complicated.
- 1175
- 01:16:20,122 --> 01:16:24,209
- What I said was, "This is a bad idea."
- 1176
- 01:16:25,502 --> 01:16:29,006
- Then I agreed to drive off the cliff
- with you and here we are.
- 1177
- 01:16:29,965 --> 01:16:34,803
- Now, we gotta buy a kid with 90 days of
- banking experience his own goddamn bank.
- 1178
- 01:16:36,597 --> 01:16:37,681
- Without a chaperone.
- 1179
- 01:16:45,731 --> 01:16:49,526
- Hey, everyone, I just wanted to say
- I'm excited to work with all of you.
- 1180
- 01:16:49,610 --> 01:16:51,653
- We're gonna do great things
- with this bank.
- 1181
- 01:16:51,737 --> 01:16:55,282
- Growing it while helping the community
- around it grow at the same time.
- 1182
- 01:16:56,700 --> 01:16:57,868
- My door is always open.
- 1183
- 01:16:58,619 --> 01:17:00,412
- Let's show the public our new face.
- 1184
- 01:17:12,341 --> 01:17:15,010
- Twelfth loan in the package,
- it's that one right there.
- 1185
- 01:17:16,011 --> 01:17:18,263
- Another beautiful house
- in a white neighborhood.
- 1186
- 01:17:18,347 --> 01:17:19,515
- Give it a five.
- 1187
- 01:17:22,434 --> 01:17:23,644
- Thank you for doing this.
- 1188
- 01:17:25,604 --> 01:17:27,064
- How else am I supposed to learn?
- 1189
- 01:17:37,241 --> 01:17:38,242
- You can stop.
- 1190
- 01:17:38,325 --> 01:17:40,536
- There's no one here
- to see you cleaning anymore.
- 1191
- 01:17:40,619 --> 01:17:43,038
- Whatever I do, I try to do my best.
- 1192
- 01:17:46,959 --> 01:17:48,418
- I'm sorry you have to wear that.
- 1193
- 01:17:49,753 --> 01:17:52,339
- I wish they'd just trust me,
- then you wouldn't have to.
- 1194
- 01:17:53,173 --> 01:17:54,716
- Do you resent me being here?
- 1195
- 01:17:57,511 --> 01:17:58,512
- A little.
- 1196
- 01:18:02,099 --> 01:18:04,309
- Do you resent me
- for wanting to run my own bank?
- 1197
- 01:18:07,145 --> 01:18:08,146
- A little.
- 1198
- 01:18:09,064 --> 01:18:10,107
- Really?
- 1199
- 01:18:12,359 --> 01:18:14,403
- Come on. You know
- I wasn't born into money.
- 1200
- 01:18:15,070 --> 01:18:16,989
- I just learnt to fake it.
- And you helped me.
- 1201
- 01:18:20,325 --> 01:18:21,368
- I do realize...
- 1202
- 01:18:22,327 --> 01:18:23,954
- I had to be white for that to work.
- 1203
- 01:18:25,414 --> 01:18:26,456
- And a man.
- 1204
- 01:18:29,501 --> 01:18:30,502
- I just...
- 1205
- 01:18:32,212 --> 01:18:34,840
- I wanna be respected
- for what I've done for the business.
- 1206
- 01:18:37,176 --> 01:18:38,886
- Respect is a big thing.
- 1207
- 01:18:39,553 --> 01:18:42,639
- Sometimes people take big risks
- to chase it.
- 1208
- 01:18:43,891 --> 01:18:46,143
- I want this bank to succeed
- just as much as you do.
- 1209
- 01:18:46,226 --> 01:18:47,603
- I want you to succeed.
- 1210
- 01:18:48,604 --> 01:18:50,814
- And I hope you don't take this
- the wrong way,
- 1211
- 01:18:51,815 --> 01:18:54,484
- but you just took up banking
- three months ago.
- 1212
- 01:18:57,237 --> 01:18:58,238
- So did Bernard.
- 1213
- 01:19:08,957 --> 01:19:09,958
- They're all solid.
- 1214
- 01:19:10,042 --> 01:19:12,461
- We looked at the property
- securing every single loan.
- 1215
- 01:19:12,961 --> 01:19:14,087
- That was fast.
- 1216
- 01:19:14,171 --> 01:19:18,050
- Just be sure the documentation matches
- exactly before handing over any money.
- 1217
- 01:19:18,133 --> 01:19:18,967
- Yeah, of course.
- 1218
- 01:19:19,051 --> 01:19:21,303
- And contact that lawyer I told you about
- in Houston.
- 1219
- 01:19:21,386 --> 01:19:24,306
- I worked with him before.
- O'Keefe. Michael O'Keefe. I trust him.
- 1220
- 01:19:24,389 --> 01:19:25,909
- I already did. He said he'll be there.
- 1221
- 01:19:25,933 --> 01:19:26,934
- Perfect.
- 1222
- 01:19:27,476 --> 01:19:28,477
- Excuse me.
- 1223
- 01:19:29,353 --> 01:19:30,771
- Man, this place is so good.
- 1224
- 01:19:31,855 --> 01:19:33,857
- So, I'm gonna head back in the morning.
- 1225
- 01:19:35,859 --> 01:19:37,236
- It's okay.
- 1226
- 01:19:38,070 --> 01:19:39,905
- I'll have it fixed in no time.
- 1227
- 01:19:47,371 --> 01:19:48,539
- Okay.
- 1228
- 01:19:56,505 --> 01:19:58,841
- <i>I thought his statement
- was rather cautiously worded.</i>
- 1229
- 01:19:58,924 --> 01:20:01,802
- <i>I didn't get any assurances
- that Mr. Khrushchev or the Soviet Union</i>
- 1230
- 01:20:01,885 --> 01:20:04,054
- <i>was out of the space race at all.</i>
- 1231
- 01:20:04,137 --> 01:20:04,972
- <i>I think it's...</i>
- 1232
- 01:20:05,055 --> 01:20:08,684
- Mr. Steiner, your attorney's almost
- finished reviewing the packet of loans.
- 1233
- 01:20:08,767 --> 01:20:09,810
- Great.
- 1234
- 01:20:16,441 --> 01:20:18,277
- - Let me know if you need anything.
- - Thanks.
- 1235
- 01:20:18,819 --> 01:20:21,405
- Thank you again for doing this so quickly.
- 1236
- 01:20:21,822 --> 01:20:23,448
- How are the underlying loans looking?
- 1237
- 01:20:23,532 --> 01:20:25,993
- Solid. You can start
- signing the contracts now.
- 1238
- 01:20:26,076 --> 01:20:27,077
- Great.
- 1239
- 01:20:50,184 --> 01:20:51,351
- - Hi.
- - Hey.
- 1240
- 01:20:54,354 --> 01:20:55,606
- Hi. How are you?
- 1241
- 01:20:55,689 --> 01:20:56,732
- Good, how are you?
- 1242
- 01:20:56,815 --> 01:20:58,066
- Good.
- 1243
- 01:20:58,150 --> 01:20:59,193
- How'd it go?
- 1244
- 01:21:00,277 --> 01:21:03,238
- Well, I just wrote a check for $971,000.
- 1245
- 01:21:03,947 --> 01:21:04,948
- Never done that before.
- 1246
- 01:21:05,490 --> 01:21:07,034
- You're a natural businessman.
- 1247
- 01:21:07,910 --> 01:21:09,328
- I don't know. I mean...
- 1248
- 01:21:09,870 --> 01:21:12,515
- tell that to the people who invested
- in the drive-in ice cream shop.
- 1249
- 01:21:12,539 --> 01:21:13,665
- You were 19.
- 1250
- 01:21:14,082 --> 01:21:16,502
- Yeah. But, I dunno,
- it was my dad's savings.
- 1251
- 01:21:16,585 --> 01:21:19,296
- I just don't want to lose
- Bernard and Joe's money the same way.
- 1252
- 01:21:19,379 --> 01:21:20,631
- They're lucky to have you.
- 1253
- 01:21:20,714 --> 01:21:24,051
- No. I'm the lucky one. I'm learning
- from people a lot smarter than I am.
- 1254
- 01:21:25,135 --> 01:21:26,220
- Matt,
- 1255
- 01:21:26,303 --> 01:21:27,763
- they're not smarter than you.
- 1256
- 01:21:28,222 --> 01:21:30,015
- I mean, they can't be.
- 1257
- 01:21:31,517 --> 01:21:32,643
- They're my friends.
- 1258
- 01:21:33,435 --> 01:21:35,896
- Hey. Look, I'm sorry. I didn't...
- 1259
- 01:21:35,979 --> 01:21:37,523
- - No.
- - Just... Matt.
- 1260
- 01:21:38,232 --> 01:21:39,316
- Don't talk like that.
- 1261
- 01:21:40,901 --> 01:21:41,944
- Hello?
- 1262
- 01:21:42,694 --> 01:21:43,694
- It's Florance.
- 1263
- 01:21:45,197 --> 01:21:46,698
- I've got four white customers here
- 1264
- 01:21:46,782 --> 01:21:49,201
- saying they wanna withdraw all their money
- from the bank
- 1265
- 01:21:49,284 --> 01:21:50,577
- because they think it's owned
- 1266
- 01:21:50,661 --> 01:21:53,705
- by the National Association
- for the Advancement of Colored People.
- 1267
- 01:22:06,760 --> 01:22:08,470
- This was on the door at Mainland.
- 1268
- 01:22:10,347 --> 01:22:11,348
- Subtle.
- 1269
- 01:22:12,391 --> 01:22:16,103
- Five white customers withdrew
- all their money in the past two days.
- 1270
- 01:22:16,478 --> 01:22:18,897
- Nine were convinced by Florance to stay.
- 1271
- 01:22:19,523 --> 01:22:20,524
- Fitting.
- 1272
- 01:22:20,607 --> 01:22:25,237
- Considering Florance probably the one
- who started and spread the rumors himself.
- 1273
- 01:22:25,320 --> 01:22:27,239
- What? Why would you say that?
- 1274
- 01:22:28,657 --> 01:22:30,617
- Told you long time ago, Bernard.
- 1275
- 01:22:30,701 --> 01:22:31,702
- I don't trust people.
- 1276
- 01:22:32,619 --> 01:22:34,580
- Especially white people. I remember.
- 1277
- 01:22:34,663 --> 01:22:38,667
- No, what I said was white and black.
- 1278
- 01:22:38,750 --> 01:22:42,004
- The difference is,
- when a white person screws you over,
- 1279
- 01:22:42,087 --> 01:22:45,299
- they can count on other white folks
- out there to look the other way.
- 1280
- 01:22:45,382 --> 01:22:48,760
- And just knowing that
- brings out the worst in people.
- 1281
- 01:22:49,970 --> 01:22:53,348
- How can you be so pessimistic
- and still get out the bed in the morning?
- 1282
- 01:22:54,433 --> 01:22:56,894
- Even a rigged game's fun to play, Bernard.
- 1283
- 01:23:06,695 --> 01:23:07,696
- Matt Steiner?
- 1284
- 01:23:08,530 --> 01:23:09,698
- Yes.
- 1285
- 01:23:09,781 --> 01:23:12,743
- I'm an examiner with the office
- of the Comptroller of the Currency.
- 1286
- 01:23:14,620 --> 01:23:15,704
- How can I help you?
- 1287
- 01:23:24,421 --> 01:23:25,422
- Hello?
- 1288
- 01:23:25,506 --> 01:23:27,841
- A federal bank examiner
- just left my office.
- 1289
- 01:23:27,925 --> 01:23:29,635
- <i>I thought that wasn't until next month.</i>
- 1290
- 01:23:29,718 --> 01:23:31,470
- No, I meant Marlin, not Mainland.
- 1291
- 01:23:33,764 --> 01:23:34,890
- What did he say?
- 1292
- 01:23:35,766 --> 01:23:38,227
- To get the master books out.
- He's coming back in an hour.
- 1293
- 01:23:39,811 --> 01:23:40,812
- Shit.
- 1294
- 01:23:42,898 --> 01:23:43,941
- This can't be chance.
- 1295
- 01:23:44,024 --> 01:23:45,192
- Matt's not ready.
- 1296
- 01:23:45,275 --> 01:23:46,276
- Well, how could he be?
- 1297
- 01:23:46,360 --> 01:23:47,778
- And he's gonna get tripped up.
- 1298
- 01:23:47,861 --> 01:23:49,154
- We can't let that happen.
- 1299
- 01:23:49,238 --> 01:23:53,075
- I'd have to be sitting in the room next to
- him the whole time for it not to happen.
- 1300
- 01:23:53,158 --> 01:23:55,244
- And I can't exactly do that, now can I?
- 1301
- 01:23:55,327 --> 01:23:57,246
- Well, you could do something close to it.
- 1302
- 01:23:59,498 --> 01:24:01,083
- There's gotta be another way.
- 1303
- 01:24:03,961 --> 01:24:06,672
- Well, Joe's not too proud
- to put on a chauffeur's uniform.
- 1304
- 01:24:06,755 --> 01:24:09,424
- Well, Joe was born
- with a silver spoon in his mouth.
- 1305
- 01:24:09,508 --> 01:24:11,051
- For him it's like playing dress-up.
- 1306
- 01:24:11,134 --> 01:24:13,804
- Well, I wasn't.
- I was barely born with a spoon.
- 1307
- 01:24:13,887 --> 01:24:16,557
- How many times have I worn this uniform
- to help this business?
- 1308
- 01:24:16,640 --> 01:24:17,641
- You're...
- 1309
- 01:24:18,183 --> 01:24:19,685
- - A woman?
- - Yeah.
- 1310
- 01:24:21,895 --> 01:24:22,771
- I love you, Bernard.
- 1311
- 01:24:22,855 --> 01:24:24,791
- But how is that any different
- from a white man telling you
- 1312
- 01:24:24,815 --> 01:24:26,900
- you shouldn't mind
- some daily assault on your dignity
- 1313
- 01:24:26,984 --> 01:24:27,985
- because you're black?
- 1314
- 01:25:28,128 --> 01:25:30,506
- Should've took limo driver
- when you had the chance.
- 1315
- 01:25:31,757 --> 01:25:34,510
- I don't like what hats do
- to the shape of my face.
- 1316
- 01:25:35,219 --> 01:25:36,845
- You made an actual joke.
- 1317
- 01:25:36,929 --> 01:25:38,931
- Well, what else can I do
- in this situation?
- 1318
- 01:25:40,724 --> 01:25:43,185
- See, you find out how life really works,
- 1319
- 01:25:44,269 --> 01:25:45,646
- can't do nothing but laugh.
- 1320
- 01:25:49,566 --> 01:25:51,944
- You sure you don't want
- a coffee or anything?
- 1321
- 01:25:52,027 --> 01:25:53,028
- No, thank you.
- 1322
- 01:25:53,111 --> 01:25:54,655
- A cold water maybe?
- 1323
- 01:25:54,738 --> 01:25:56,615
- As of close of business Friday,
- 1324
- 01:25:56,698 --> 01:26:00,285
- the total number of loans delinquent
- beyond 60 days was under 5%?
- 1325
- 01:26:01,703 --> 01:26:02,704
- Yes.
- 1326
- 01:26:02,788 --> 01:26:04,206
- What was the exact percentage?
- 1327
- 01:26:07,125 --> 01:26:08,418
- 3%.
- 1328
- 01:26:17,886 --> 01:26:21,473
- We are discussing
- confidential information.
- 1329
- 01:26:21,932 --> 01:26:23,851
- I'm sure the janitor
- wouldn't understand it.
- 1330
- 01:26:23,934 --> 01:26:25,102
- Someone else might.
- 1331
- 01:26:29,481 --> 01:26:31,066
- Take me through this transaction.
- 1332
- 01:26:31,775 --> 01:26:35,362
- That's a package of loans we bought
- to increase our loan-to-capital ratio.
- 1333
- 01:26:37,865 --> 01:26:38,866
- He's in trouble.
- 1334
- 01:26:41,702 --> 01:26:43,537
- I can read the description myself.
- 1335
- 01:26:43,620 --> 01:26:45,914
- I'm curious about this related charge.
- 1336
- 01:26:45,998 --> 01:26:52,129
- $189,186.04
- to Valley National Mortgage Company.
- 1337
- 01:26:52,713 --> 01:26:54,381
- There's no description for that.
- 1338
- 01:26:54,882 --> 01:26:56,175
- It's a broker's fee.
- 1339
- 01:26:58,010 --> 01:27:04,433
- $189,000 as a finder's fee
- for a $971,000 package of loans
- 1340
- 01:27:05,017 --> 01:27:06,935
- sitting in an aggregator's office
- in Houston?
- 1341
- 01:27:07,603 --> 01:27:09,146
- That's a pretty hefty finder's fee.
- 1342
- 01:27:09,771 --> 01:27:14,234
- No, 19.5%, but that includes payment
- for future consultation.
- 1343
- 01:27:14,776 --> 01:27:16,612
- Well, that's a strange arrangement.
- 1344
- 01:27:16,695 --> 01:27:18,113
- Mr. Garrett and Mr. Morris?
- 1345
- 01:27:18,197 --> 01:27:20,449
- Is that something that should concern you?
- 1346
- 01:27:20,532 --> 01:27:22,618
- Aren't you here
- to make sure my bank is sound?
- 1347
- 01:27:23,869 --> 01:27:25,913
- Okay, let's turn to the loans themselves.
- 1348
- 01:27:26,997 --> 01:27:30,834
- You paid $971,213 for these loans.
- 1349
- 01:27:30,918 --> 01:27:33,128
- You have them valued as such
- on your books.
- 1350
- 01:27:33,212 --> 01:27:34,546
- Yes, of course.
- 1351
- 01:27:34,630 --> 01:27:37,966
- Show me the methodology you used
- to justify that book value.
- 1352
- 01:27:39,635 --> 01:27:41,011
- I have an expert to do that.
- 1353
- 01:27:41,094 --> 01:27:42,179
- Bring him in, please.
- 1354
- 01:27:44,389 --> 01:27:45,432
- He's not in today.
- 1355
- 01:27:50,479 --> 01:27:53,273
- But I can check his files.
- 1356
- 01:27:53,774 --> 01:27:54,900
- Please.
- 1357
- 01:28:08,872 --> 01:28:12,668
- He wants to know the exact methodology
- we used to value the loans in the package.
- 1358
- 01:28:12,751 --> 01:28:13,752
- Okay.
- 1359
- 01:28:14,545 --> 01:28:15,546
- Pay attention.
- 1360
- 01:28:16,588 --> 01:28:18,549
- It's a standard present value equation.
- 1361
- 01:28:19,550 --> 01:28:22,636
- This is an individual loan's
- monthly payment schedule.
- 1362
- 01:28:22,719 --> 01:28:25,347
- Now, adjust that
- with the risk factor for default.
- 1363
- 01:28:25,430 --> 01:28:27,516
- Standard 5% in Texas.
- 1364
- 01:28:27,975 --> 01:28:28,976
- That's what I used.
- 1365
- 01:28:30,018 --> 01:28:31,144
- Tear that out for me.
- 1366
- 01:28:31,228 --> 01:28:33,122
- You can't go in the room
- with that piece of paper.
- 1367
- 01:28:33,146 --> 01:28:34,773
- It's got Bernard's handwriting on it.
- 1368
- 01:28:34,857 --> 01:28:35,875
- - Memorize it.
- - No, I can't.
- 1369
- 01:28:35,899 --> 01:28:38,110
- Sure you can. You got a great memory.
- 1370
- 01:28:38,193 --> 01:28:39,069
- No, I'm too nervous.
- 1371
- 01:28:39,152 --> 01:28:40,279
- Hey, listen.
- 1372
- 01:28:40,362 --> 01:28:43,282
- You fail this test
- and he's gonna write down those loans
- 1373
- 01:28:43,365 --> 01:28:45,125
- and it'll threaten
- the stability of the bank.
- 1374
- 01:28:45,158 --> 01:28:46,158
- Your bank.
- 1375
- 01:28:46,618 --> 01:28:47,703
- This is your bank, Matt.
- 1376
- 01:28:47,786 --> 01:28:50,205
- Now, pull it together
- and go out there and save it.
- 1377
- 01:28:52,082 --> 01:28:53,709
- Okay, let me see that one more time.
- 1378
- 01:28:59,256 --> 01:29:02,426
- Okay, I have the methodology.
- 1379
- 01:29:02,509 --> 01:29:03,594
- Put a pin in that.
- 1380
- 01:29:03,677 --> 01:29:06,305
- I found problems with individual loans
- while you were gone.
- 1381
- 01:29:06,972 --> 01:29:09,099
- I valued those loans conservatively.
- 1382
- 01:29:09,516 --> 01:29:10,809
- We didn't do anything wrong.
- 1383
- 01:29:10,893 --> 01:29:14,354
- They wanna shut us down,
- they got plenty ways they can do that.
- 1384
- 01:29:14,771 --> 01:29:16,773
- "5% default rate?
- 1385
- 01:29:17,649 --> 01:29:20,152
- Hell. What if there's a drought?
- 1386
- 01:29:20,235 --> 01:29:22,571
- You niggers need to value them loans
- 1387
- 01:29:22,654 --> 01:29:26,575
- assuming there's gonna be
- a once-in-a-generation drought.
- 1388
- 01:29:27,075 --> 01:29:29,661
- 25% default rate for y'all."
- 1389
- 01:29:31,705 --> 01:29:34,208
- This loan's gonna have to be
- sold off immediately.
- 1390
- 01:29:35,375 --> 01:29:36,710
- And this one.
- 1391
- 01:29:37,127 --> 01:29:39,087
- And this one.
- 1392
- 01:29:39,171 --> 01:29:41,215
- Why? Why? What's wrong with them?
- 1393
- 01:29:41,298 --> 01:29:43,175
- Well, that loan is for $21,000.
- 1394
- 01:29:43,258 --> 01:29:45,844
- Your capital account is $200,000.
- 1395
- 01:29:45,928 --> 01:29:46,929
- Okay.
- 1396
- 01:29:49,139 --> 01:29:51,391
- You don't understand why that's a problem,
- do you?
- 1397
- 01:29:52,935 --> 01:29:57,439
- The National Banking Act specifies that no
- bank shall have a single loan on the books
- 1398
- 01:29:57,523 --> 01:29:59,858
- that exceeds 10% of equity capital.
- 1399
- 01:29:59,942 --> 01:30:02,069
- Or $20,000 in this case.
- 1400
- 01:30:02,986 --> 01:30:03,986
- Right.
- 1401
- 01:30:07,574 --> 01:30:09,284
- Okay, but this one's only 4,000.
- 1402
- 01:30:09,368 --> 01:30:11,578
- It's for a 25-year term.
- Same with this one.
- 1403
- 01:30:13,080 --> 01:30:15,582
- A bank of this size
- is limited to 20-year terms.
- 1404
- 01:30:16,750 --> 01:30:20,879
- And this loan is legal on its face,
- but it's three months delinquent.
- 1405
- 01:30:21,797 --> 01:30:24,716
- I'm not gonna require you to sell it,
- but I'm gonna classify it.
- 1406
- 01:30:24,800 --> 01:30:27,135
- Take its value down on your books by 40%
- 1407
- 01:30:27,219 --> 01:30:29,137
- to account for the elevated risk
- of default.
- 1408
- 01:30:35,394 --> 01:30:38,146
- Hold on. I'll be right back.
- 1409
- 01:30:43,569 --> 01:30:45,612
- How the hell
- did these loans get in the package?
- 1410
- 01:30:45,696 --> 01:30:47,573
- - I don't know.
- - Unacceptable.
- 1411
- 01:30:47,656 --> 01:30:49,658
- I looked over every individual loan, Matt.
- 1412
- 01:30:49,741 --> 01:30:52,578
- There was nothing over $20,000.
- Nothing over 20 years.
- 1413
- 01:30:52,661 --> 01:30:54,913
- Did you look at the loans
- when you picked them up?
- 1414
- 01:30:55,581 --> 01:30:57,666
- Did you look at the goddamn loans?
- 1415
- 01:30:57,749 --> 01:30:59,909
- Yes, I looked through them.
- Maybe not carefully enough.
- 1416
- 01:30:59,960 --> 01:31:00,961
- I read the top sheet...
- 1417
- 01:31:01,044 --> 01:31:02,171
- Unbelievable.
- 1418
- 01:31:02,713 --> 01:31:04,381
- Well, they can't lie on the top sheet.
- 1419
- 01:31:04,464 --> 01:31:07,050
- Matt, there aren't any limiters.
- 1420
- 01:31:07,134 --> 01:31:07,926
- What?
- 1421
- 01:31:08,010 --> 01:31:10,929
- There isn't anything on this top sheet
- about individual loan limits,
- 1422
- 01:31:11,013 --> 01:31:12,598
- dollar amounts or durations.
- 1423
- 01:31:12,681 --> 01:31:13,932
- They're all averages.
- 1424
- 01:31:15,142 --> 01:31:16,268
- They didn't lie.
- 1425
- 01:31:16,351 --> 01:31:18,270
- They just hid the shit in the averages.
- 1426
- 01:31:18,353 --> 01:31:20,689
- How the hell did our lawyer miss that?
- 1427
- 01:31:21,315 --> 01:31:23,400
- - I couldn't use O'Keefe.
- - What?
- 1428
- 01:31:23,483 --> 01:31:26,163
- Bernard checked the properties so fast
- I moved up the purchase date.
- 1429
- 01:31:26,236 --> 01:31:28,047
- O'Keefe couldn't make it,
- so I hired someone else.
- 1430
- 01:31:28,071 --> 01:31:29,671
- - How did you find him?
- - I asked around.
- 1431
- 01:31:29,698 --> 01:31:32,075
- You asked... He asked around.
- What the hell's that mean?
- 1432
- 01:31:32,159 --> 01:31:34,912
- We told you you weren't ready
- to run your own bank. We told you.
- 1433
- 01:31:34,995 --> 01:31:36,830
- You forced our hand. Now here we are.
- 1434
- 01:31:36,914 --> 01:31:37,915
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- 1435
- 01:31:38,624 --> 01:31:43,295
- Who exactly did you ask
- to find this lawyer?
- 1436
- 01:31:45,672 --> 01:31:46,673
- Who, Matt?
- 1437
- 01:31:47,508 --> 01:31:48,509
- Florance.
- 1438
- 01:31:49,593 --> 01:31:50,719
- Florance?
- 1439
- 01:31:51,303 --> 01:31:52,888
- You asked Florance?
- 1440
- 01:31:54,264 --> 01:31:56,558
- He switched the goddamn mortgages.
- 1441
- 01:31:56,642 --> 01:31:57,809
- Why? Why would he do that?
- 1442
- 01:31:57,893 --> 01:31:59,228
- To kill Marlin.
- 1443
- 01:31:59,311 --> 01:32:03,023
- And the worst part is I have to learn
- about it here, in this ridiculous outfit,
- 1444
- 01:32:03,106 --> 01:32:04,274
- that you helped him do it!
- 1445
- 01:32:04,358 --> 01:32:05,901
- No, that's gotta be illegal, right?
- 1446
- 01:32:06,902 --> 01:32:08,487
- What does he get from that, anyway?
- 1447
- 01:32:08,570 --> 01:32:09,988
- Leverage.
- 1448
- 01:32:10,072 --> 01:32:12,282
- Against us at Mainland.
- 1449
- 01:32:13,075 --> 01:32:14,868
- Or maybe just to watch us fail.
- 1450
- 01:32:24,127 --> 01:32:29,883
- We have to sell 27 bad loans in a week
- and cover all the markdowns ourselves.
- 1451
- 01:32:31,176 --> 01:32:33,053
- We're gonna lose $300,000,
- 1452
- 01:32:33,136 --> 01:32:38,308
- unless Matt Steiner can make Marlin
- the most successful bank in Texas history.
- 1453
- 01:32:41,854 --> 01:32:43,647
- Or you could let it close.
- 1454
- 01:32:45,899 --> 01:32:47,359
- Matt got you here, you didn't.
- 1455
- 01:32:47,442 --> 01:32:49,570
- No, I did.
- 1456
- 01:32:50,404 --> 01:32:54,074
- Soon as I thought I was clever enough
- to come down here and take on all of this.
- 1457
- 01:32:54,867 --> 01:32:55,909
- Joe warned me.
- 1458
- 01:32:57,035 --> 01:32:58,036
- You warned me.
- 1459
- 01:33:00,497 --> 01:33:02,499
- My daddy warned me when I was 13.
- 1460
- 01:33:07,004 --> 01:33:10,465
- If this was easy, somebody else
- would have done it a long time ago.
- 1461
- 01:33:16,263 --> 01:33:18,098
- So, you're just gonna walk away from it?
- 1462
- 01:33:18,640 --> 01:33:20,184
- It's the only rational thing to do.
- 1463
- 01:33:20,267 --> 01:33:21,727
- No, we could sue the bastards.
- 1464
- 01:33:21,810 --> 01:33:25,147
- You signed a document saying
- you knew exactly what you were buying.
- 1465
- 01:33:25,230 --> 01:33:27,065
- But the lawyer lied to me. We can sue him.
- 1466
- 01:33:27,149 --> 01:33:29,318
- Maybe you can, Matt, but we can't.
- 1467
- 01:33:29,943 --> 01:33:32,654
- Me and Bernard can't win that case,
- not in Texas.
- 1468
- 01:33:33,197 --> 01:33:36,241
- Plus, Marlin will be gone by then anyway.
- 1469
- 01:33:36,325 --> 01:33:39,036
- I'm not gonna lose Marlin.
- There's gotta be something I can do.
- 1470
- 01:33:39,119 --> 01:33:40,120
- Look, I'm sorry, Matt.
- 1471
- 01:33:40,204 --> 01:33:43,081
- I know it was your baby,
- but I need you to focus on Mainland now.
- 1472
- 01:33:45,459 --> 01:33:46,460
- Well, how?
- 1473
- 01:33:46,543 --> 01:33:47,961
- Keep an eye on Florance.
- 1474
- 01:33:48,045 --> 01:33:50,172
- And make sure when white folks
- come in that bank,
- 1475
- 01:33:50,255 --> 01:33:52,591
- they see a white man
- in the president's office
- 1476
- 01:33:52,674 --> 01:33:54,468
- so they won't pull their deposits.
- 1477
- 01:34:15,322 --> 01:34:16,532
- Garrett residence.
- 1478
- 01:34:17,074 --> 01:34:19,201
- Yes, he's here. Just a moment.
- 1479
- 01:34:19,701 --> 01:34:21,161
- Joe, it's for you.
- 1480
- 01:34:23,330 --> 01:34:24,498
- Yeah, this is Joe.
- 1481
- 01:34:24,581 --> 01:34:25,642
- You didn't hear this from me,
- 1482
- 01:34:25,666 --> 01:34:29,044
- but I got a friend at the Comptroller's
- office who kind of looks out for me.
- 1483
- 01:34:29,753 --> 01:34:30,921
- Called me yesterday to say
- 1484
- 01:34:31,004 --> 01:34:34,091
- Matt Steiner managed to get all
- "must sell" loans off Marlin's books.
- 1485
- 01:34:34,591 --> 01:34:35,425
- That don't matter,
- 1486
- 01:34:35,509 --> 01:34:38,071
- 'cause we decided we ain't gonna
- put no more money in there anyhow.
- 1487
- 01:34:38,095 --> 01:34:39,805
- At face value. No discount.
- 1488
- 01:34:39,888 --> 01:34:42,516
- Which means Marlin's in the black again,
- fully solvent...
- 1489
- 01:34:43,725 --> 01:34:45,018
- without capital from you.
- 1490
- 01:34:46,019 --> 01:34:49,273
- Who the hell would pay face value
- for those piece of shit loans?
- 1491
- 01:34:49,898 --> 01:34:51,817
- Mainland bank in Willis, Texas.
- 1492
- 01:34:51,900 --> 01:34:53,026
- Say what?
- 1493
- 01:34:53,569 --> 01:34:55,404
- Son of a bitch!
- 1494
- 01:35:18,927 --> 01:35:20,220
- What the hell are you doing?
- 1495
- 01:35:20,304 --> 01:35:21,889
- You had Mainland pay face value
- 1496
- 01:35:21,972 --> 01:35:24,558
- for the loans the feds
- already had you mark down at Marlin?
- 1497
- 01:35:24,641 --> 01:35:25,809
- It's just temporary.
- 1498
- 01:35:25,893 --> 01:35:28,145
- - It's fraud.
- - No, if we classify them differently...
- 1499
- 01:35:28,228 --> 01:35:31,064
- If you keep this up,
- you're gonna sink both banks, Matt.
- 1500
- 01:35:31,815 --> 01:35:32,941
- Get the books.
- 1501
- 01:35:33,609 --> 01:35:35,944
- - Shouldn't we wait until...
- - Get the goddamn books now.
- 1502
- 01:35:54,922 --> 01:35:57,090
- All I did was transfer the...
- 1503
- 01:35:57,174 --> 01:35:59,551
- Matthew Steiner,
- president of Mainland Bank?
- 1504
- 01:36:00,761 --> 01:36:01,762
- - Yes.
- - I'm Norman Dunn,
- 1505
- 01:36:01,845 --> 01:36:04,765
- Deputy Comptroller of the Currency
- for the Southern District.
- 1506
- 01:36:04,848 --> 01:36:08,101
- The Treasury Department has revoked
- Mainland's license to do banking.
- 1507
- 01:36:08,185 --> 01:36:11,897
- Your bank is being placed in FDIC
- receivership per the National Banking Act.
- 1508
- 01:36:11,980 --> 01:36:13,899
- This is Mr. Amos of the FDIC.
- 1509
- 01:36:14,316 --> 01:36:16,610
- Mr. Steiner, you're fired.
- 1510
- 01:36:16,693 --> 01:36:18,546
- I'm going to need to escort you
- from the building now.
- 1511
- 01:36:18,570 --> 01:36:20,531
- Please leave the ledgers where they are.
- 1512
- 01:36:22,950 --> 01:36:24,159
- Ladies and gentlemen,
- 1513
- 01:36:24,243 --> 01:36:28,288
- the United States Treasury Department
- has closed this bank until further notice.
- 1514
- 01:36:28,372 --> 01:36:32,459
- All deposits up to $10,000
- are insured by the federal government.
- 1515
- 01:36:32,543 --> 01:36:36,380
- Upon FDIC review of the bank's books,
- your money will be returned to you.
- 1516
- 01:36:36,880 --> 01:36:38,799
- The building is now closed to the public.
- 1517
- 01:36:38,882 --> 01:36:40,968
- We must ask that you leave.
- 1518
- 01:36:50,644 --> 01:36:53,188
- I'm so sorry.
- I thought that I could save both...
- 1519
- 01:36:53,272 --> 01:36:54,314
- Get out of my face.
- 1520
- 01:36:55,065 --> 01:36:57,192
- - Bernard Garrett and Joseph Morris?
- - Yes.
- 1521
- 01:36:57,276 --> 01:36:59,111
- - FBI. You're under arrest.
- - For what?
- 1522
- 01:36:59,194 --> 01:37:00,338
- Turn around and face the wall.
- 1523
- 01:37:00,362 --> 01:37:02,757
- No. What are we under arrest for?
- What did we do that's illegal?
- 1524
- 01:37:02,781 --> 01:37:04,008
- - The judge will tell you that.
- - No, screw the judge.
- 1525
- 01:37:04,032 --> 01:37:05,885
- - You tell me what we did that's illegal.
- - Bernard.
- 1526
- 01:37:05,909 --> 01:37:07,220
- - What's he complaining about?
- - I get it.
- 1527
- 01:37:07,244 --> 01:37:10,098
- A black man makes some money and it's okay
- as long as he keeps to himself.
- 1528
- 01:37:10,122 --> 01:37:12,433
- But if he try to bring other brothers up,
- that's intolerable.
- 1529
- 01:37:12,457 --> 01:37:14,126
- This is happening, Mr. Garrett.
- 1530
- 01:37:14,209 --> 01:37:17,379
- The only question to ask yourself
- is do you want to get hurt fighting it?
- 1531
- 01:37:18,255 --> 01:37:20,257
- - Hey, get off of him!
- - Bernard, no! No!
- 1532
- 01:37:25,262 --> 01:37:26,263
- Come on.
- 1533
- 01:37:36,899 --> 01:37:40,068
- <i>The state banking charges
- have all been dropped.</i>
- 1534
- 01:37:40,152 --> 01:37:43,822
- The federal charges,
- however, are all still in place.
- 1535
- 01:37:44,656 --> 01:37:48,410
- Now, it's my feeling
- that we're in a political space here.
- 1536
- 01:37:48,785 --> 01:37:50,454
- So if we play our cards right,
- 1537
- 01:37:50,954 --> 01:37:53,332
- we'll be able to get
- those charges dropped as well.
- 1538
- 01:37:53,415 --> 01:37:54,499
- Political how?
- 1539
- 01:37:55,334 --> 01:37:57,503
- Well, Senator John McClellan of Arkansas
- 1540
- 01:37:57,586 --> 01:38:01,632
- is holding a set of hearings
- on federally funded banks.
- 1541
- 01:38:01,715 --> 01:38:07,221
- The goal seems to be to shit all over
- the so-called "lax oversight"
- 1542
- 01:38:07,304 --> 01:38:09,139
- that our Treasury provides,
- 1543
- 01:38:09,723 --> 01:38:13,685
- so as to justify his committee
- expanding its jurisdiction.
- 1544
- 01:38:13,769 --> 01:38:18,106
- Thereby ensuring a steady stream
- of campaign donations
- 1545
- 01:38:18,190 --> 01:38:20,734
- and favors from the banking industry.
- 1546
- 01:38:20,817 --> 01:38:22,819
- So, what does that have to do with me?
- 1547
- 01:38:22,903 --> 01:38:24,988
- You want the stated
- or the unstated version?
- 1548
- 01:38:26,365 --> 01:38:27,366
- Unstated.
- 1549
- 01:38:27,449 --> 01:38:29,243
- "We need to change these laws.
- 1550
- 01:38:29,326 --> 01:38:30,619
- And I mean quick!
- 1551
- 01:38:30,702 --> 01:38:35,290
- Or niggers like these can own banks
- and loan money to other niggers."
- 1552
- 01:38:35,374 --> 01:38:36,375
- That.
- 1553
- 01:38:37,376 --> 01:38:39,044
- On the bright side, Bernard,
- 1554
- 01:38:39,127 --> 01:38:42,881
- 'cause we fit so neatly
- into McClellan's power grab,
- 1555
- 01:38:43,382 --> 01:38:47,845
- the whole country's talkin' about
- how two Negroes managed to buy two banks
- 1556
- 01:38:47,928 --> 01:38:52,057
- full of white folks' money in Texas
- and loan it to other Negroes.
- 1557
- 01:38:52,432 --> 01:38:55,769
- I thought McClellan was one of the first
- people to stand up to McCarthyism.
- 1558
- 01:38:55,853 --> 01:38:56,687
- He was.
- 1559
- 01:38:56,770 --> 01:38:58,856
- So he must be a decent man, right?
- 1560
- 01:39:02,109 --> 01:39:06,196
- You know, Bernard, I don't have
- the ability to look into a man's soul.
- 1561
- 01:39:07,406 --> 01:39:09,032
- But I will tell you this...
- 1562
- 01:39:09,616 --> 01:39:11,994
- he means to make a point
- with these hearings.
- 1563
- 01:39:12,077 --> 01:39:14,162
- And if you want
- to help him make that point,
- 1564
- 01:39:14,746 --> 01:39:19,710
- I highly doubt that you're gonna have any
- problem with any kind of criminal charges.
- 1565
- 01:39:21,837 --> 01:39:23,547
- So, where's Matt in all this?
- 1566
- 01:39:23,630 --> 01:39:26,341
- Now, that is a good question.
- 1567
- 01:39:35,475 --> 01:39:37,019
- My lawyer doesn't want me here.
- 1568
- 01:39:38,020 --> 01:39:40,814
- Then your lawyer doesn't have
- your best interests at heart, Matt.
- 1569
- 01:39:41,315 --> 01:39:44,026
- Because we can make a deal here
- that could save your life.
- 1570
- 01:39:44,109 --> 01:39:45,319
- How does that work exactly?
- 1571
- 01:39:46,570 --> 01:39:47,571
- You're gonna...
- 1572
- 01:39:48,155 --> 01:39:50,574
- give me back my money? My house?
- 1573
- 01:39:51,658 --> 01:39:52,868
- Hardly.
- 1574
- 01:39:52,951 --> 01:39:55,037
- But I can give you immunity.
- 1575
- 01:39:55,495 --> 01:39:57,623
- And you might avoid
- being called to account
- 1576
- 01:39:58,248 --> 01:40:01,001
- for lying to the public
- on 23 separate occasions
- 1577
- 01:40:01,084 --> 01:40:04,171
- about the true ownership
- of the Mainland and Marlin banks.
- 1578
- 01:40:05,172 --> 01:40:08,091
- Fraudulently valuing loans in these banks.
- 1579
- 01:40:09,134 --> 01:40:13,263
- Illegally transferring said loans
- between the banks in question.
- 1580
- 01:40:16,850 --> 01:40:18,101
- It's an easy story to tell,
- 1581
- 01:40:18,894 --> 01:40:22,105
- how these two men manipulated you,
- 1582
- 01:40:23,190 --> 01:40:27,402
- used you to make money by duping everyday
- citizens into thinking you were the boss,
- 1583
- 01:40:27,486 --> 01:40:30,948
- when really it was
- two Negroes pulling the strings.
- 1584
- 01:40:32,908 --> 01:40:35,327
- But they didn't force me
- to do the things I did.
- 1585
- 01:40:36,286 --> 01:40:37,955
- They were careful to follow the law.
- 1586
- 01:40:38,038 --> 01:40:40,499
- You won't find any evidence
- that they committed a crime.
- 1587
- 01:40:40,874 --> 01:40:42,793
- See, that's the thing about banking crime,
- 1588
- 01:40:43,794 --> 01:40:45,712
- there's always a subjective element to it.
- 1589
- 01:40:46,797 --> 01:40:47,840
- Now,
- 1590
- 01:40:48,465 --> 01:40:51,134
- these two Negroes earned...
- 1591
- 01:40:52,886 --> 01:40:55,681
- 189,000 between the two of them,
- 1592
- 01:40:56,682 --> 01:41:02,521
- off a $971,000 purchase of mortgages
- that in fact were worth 663,000.
- 1593
- 01:41:02,604 --> 01:41:06,483
- See, that is a misuse of bank funds
- in my book.
- 1594
- 01:41:07,484 --> 01:41:09,152
- And a misuse of bank funds is a crime.
- 1595
- 01:41:09,236 --> 01:41:10,737
- It's more complicated than that.
- 1596
- 01:41:10,821 --> 01:41:12,406
- I don't think it is, Mr. Steiner.
- 1597
- 01:41:13,907 --> 01:41:17,703
- Unless you're telling me they didn't force
- you to buy these dog-shit mortgages...
- 1598
- 01:41:19,705 --> 01:41:23,083
- so they could bilk the bank
- of $189,000 of commission.
- 1599
- 01:41:25,794 --> 01:41:27,212
- Then maybe they are innocent
- 1600
- 01:41:28,964 --> 01:41:31,049
- and maybe
- someone else needs to go to prison.
- 1601
- 01:41:39,057 --> 01:41:41,059
- I'm really sorry I ever brought him in.
- 1602
- 01:41:41,143 --> 01:41:42,561
- You didn't force me to hire him.
- 1603
- 01:41:43,061 --> 01:41:45,189
- Joe warned me a dozen times as well.
- 1604
- 01:41:47,733 --> 01:41:49,526
- Just wanted to believe in him, I guess.
- 1605
- 01:41:52,112 --> 01:41:55,490
- I hope whoever owns this place is taking
- good care of you for the renovation.
- 1606
- 01:41:58,493 --> 01:41:59,494
- He is...
- 1607
- 01:42:01,205 --> 01:42:02,206
- 'cause it's me.
- 1608
- 01:42:05,626 --> 01:42:06,627
- Yeah.
- 1609
- 01:42:07,503 --> 01:42:09,046
- Yeah.
- 1610
- 01:42:28,690 --> 01:42:31,777
- <i>So, it's your testimony that
- you've always been under the direction</i>
- 1611
- 01:42:31,860 --> 01:42:33,570
- of Bernard Garrett and Joe Morris.
- 1612
- 01:42:33,654 --> 01:42:34,780
- Is that correct?
- 1613
- 01:42:38,450 --> 01:42:39,701
- It is. Yes.
- 1614
- 01:42:40,619 --> 01:42:42,829
- You ever refuse an order
- from Garrett or Morris?
- 1615
- 01:42:44,581 --> 01:42:48,752
- For example, the initial purchase
- of mortgages by the Marlin bank,
- 1616
- 01:42:49,545 --> 01:42:54,132
- for which Garrett and Morris
- were compensated $189,000,
- 1617
- 01:42:55,008 --> 01:42:58,887
- or Mainland Bank's subsequent purchase
- at grossly inflated prices
- 1618
- 01:42:59,805 --> 01:43:01,640
- of problem mortgages from Marlin?
- 1619
- 01:43:04,768 --> 01:43:07,646
- They were my employers.
- I carried out their wishes to the letter.
- 1620
- 01:43:51,607 --> 01:43:53,817
- <i>I'm surprised
- you requested this meeting, Melvin.</i>
- 1621
- 01:43:54,651 --> 01:43:57,779
- {\an8}It seemed my offer required
- a simple answer, yes or no.
- 1622
- 01:43:58,572 --> 01:44:00,908
- {\an8}Especially given
- how solid Steiner was today.
- 1623
- 01:44:01,742 --> 01:44:03,869
- Well, John, Bernard's not the kind of man
- 1624
- 01:44:03,952 --> 01:44:06,705
- to make a deal
- without checking all the details.
- 1625
- 01:44:08,624 --> 01:44:11,251
- It seems to me
- that a large part of his purported defense
- 1626
- 01:44:11,335 --> 01:44:12,461
- is that he did just that.
- 1627
- 01:44:14,463 --> 01:44:17,424
- You want me to put the banking rules
- on trial in my testimony.
- 1628
- 01:44:17,841 --> 01:44:19,259
- I want you to tell the truth.
- 1629
- 01:44:20,093 --> 01:44:21,720
- Which should have that result, yes.
- 1630
- 01:44:23,472 --> 01:44:26,934
- The rules allowed you
- to hide your identity from the public
- 1631
- 01:44:27,017 --> 01:44:32,397
- and take the successive actions that led
- to two national banks becoming insolvent,
- 1632
- 01:44:33,982 --> 01:44:37,778
- risking the savings
- of thousands of innocent depositors.
- 1633
- 01:44:39,029 --> 01:44:40,906
- You and I see the truth very differently.
- 1634
- 01:44:42,741 --> 01:44:44,034
- Son, I'm from Arkansas.
- 1635
- 01:44:44,660 --> 01:44:48,121
- You don't have to tell me that Negroes
- sometimes get the short end of the stick.
- 1636
- 01:44:48,580 --> 01:44:49,706
- "Sometimes."
- 1637
- 01:44:52,709 --> 01:44:54,169
- We're not gonna change that here.
- 1638
- 01:44:56,380 --> 01:44:59,633
- The truth is, whatever obstacles
- they put in your way,
- 1639
- 01:44:59,716 --> 01:45:02,219
- you kept your head down,
- did your business,
- 1640
- 01:45:02,594 --> 01:45:06,265
- became one of the richest Negroes
- in the country.
- 1641
- 01:45:10,352 --> 01:45:12,187
- You were living the American dream
- 1642
- 01:45:14,398 --> 01:45:19,444
- before you decided to go mucking around
- with the social order in Texas.
- 1643
- 01:45:21,572 --> 01:45:22,948
- Might be a lesson there.
- 1644
- 01:45:23,657 --> 01:45:24,741
- You have a choice now.
- 1645
- 01:45:26,827 --> 01:45:28,704
- Take the immunity deal.
- 1646
- 01:45:28,787 --> 01:45:32,457
- Go in there and confirm
- what Steiner just told us,
- 1647
- 01:45:32,541 --> 01:45:37,880
- that you took advantage of lax rules
- in order to enrich yourself.
- 1648
- 01:45:38,839 --> 01:45:42,092
- And let Congress fix those rules,
- and you'll be a free man.
- 1649
- 01:45:43,177 --> 01:45:45,762
- Or you can refuse the deal...
- 1650
- 01:45:46,847 --> 01:45:48,015
- and say whatever you want.
- 1651
- 01:45:50,184 --> 01:45:51,185
- But just know,
- 1652
- 01:45:52,728 --> 01:45:58,400
- after you're done saying your piece
- about racism and the plight of the Negro,
- 1653
- 01:45:58,483 --> 01:46:01,195
- we're gonna compare your testimony
- point for point
- 1654
- 01:46:01,278 --> 01:46:03,322
- with what we heard
- from Steiner and Florance,
- 1655
- 01:46:03,405 --> 01:46:05,157
- and a whole bunch of other white people.
- 1656
- 01:46:05,240 --> 01:46:08,994
- Well, thank God the Constitution
- doesn't make those types of distinctions.
- 1657
- 01:46:10,120 --> 01:46:11,914
- Well, at the end of all that,
- 1658
- 01:46:11,997 --> 01:46:14,124
- a determination will be made
- by a court of law
- 1659
- 01:46:14,208 --> 01:46:15,876
- to decide who's telling the truth...
- 1660
- 01:46:16,919 --> 01:46:17,920
- and who's lying.
- 1661
- 01:46:19,505 --> 01:46:21,006
- And the liars are going to prison.
- 1662
- 01:46:25,761 --> 01:46:27,763
- Sure is pretty from the outside.
- 1663
- 01:46:31,767 --> 01:46:32,893
- Guess you were right.
- 1664
- 01:46:33,685 --> 01:46:36,813
- It was too early
- for two Negroes to own a bank in Texas.
- 1665
- 01:46:38,398 --> 01:46:39,399
- Maybe.
- 1666
- 01:46:39,983 --> 01:46:41,985
- Or maybe you were right to do it now.
- 1667
- 01:46:44,238 --> 01:46:45,322
- Why?
- 1668
- 01:46:47,783 --> 01:46:48,992
- Look where you ended up.
- 1669
- 01:46:51,620 --> 01:46:54,331
- White people get to buy homes
- and build businesses
- 1670
- 01:46:54,414 --> 01:46:56,083
- because banks will loan them money.
- 1671
- 01:46:57,376 --> 01:46:58,669
- Black people don't.
- 1672
- 01:46:58,752 --> 01:47:01,755
- And maybe it is time that someone
- shine a bright light on that now,
- 1673
- 01:47:02,339 --> 01:47:04,007
- in order for things to change.
- 1674
- 01:47:05,259 --> 01:47:09,012
- Well, if I shine the light too bright,
- McClellan will get rid of my immunity.
- 1675
- 01:47:12,099 --> 01:47:13,809
- What do you think I should do in there?
- 1676
- 01:47:15,853 --> 01:47:18,021
- Everyone thought I was crazy to marry you.
- 1677
- 01:47:20,232 --> 01:47:22,776
- You always thought differently
- from everyone else.
- 1678
- 01:47:24,403 --> 01:47:26,738
- But that's why
- I fell in love with you, Bernard.
- 1679
- 01:47:27,906 --> 01:47:31,702
- And whatever you decide to do
- in there today is not gonna change that.
- 1680
- 01:47:45,132 --> 01:47:46,842
- Would you mind giving me a minute?
- 1681
- 01:47:50,554 --> 01:47:52,806
- Should I be jealous
- you get to testify first?
- 1682
- 01:47:52,890 --> 01:47:53,974
- No, man.
- 1683
- 01:47:54,808 --> 01:47:57,895
- I'm just a warm-up act
- for the criminal mastermind to follow.
- 1684
- 01:47:59,146 --> 01:48:00,898
- Well, they gonna be disappointed as hell
- 1685
- 01:48:00,981 --> 01:48:02,983
- because I plan to
- blame all this shit on you.
- 1686
- 01:48:03,066 --> 01:48:05,152
- Damn. That was my plan too.
- 1687
- 01:48:07,529 --> 01:48:09,406
- You know, when I first laid eyes on you,
- 1688
- 01:48:09,489 --> 01:48:12,951
- I thought you were this uptight,
- square-ass Negro
- 1689
- 01:48:13,035 --> 01:48:15,329
- who wouldn't know
- whitey's hand was 'round his neck
- 1690
- 01:48:15,412 --> 01:48:17,039
- if he was staring at it in a mirror.
- 1691
- 01:48:18,332 --> 01:48:20,292
- Glad I made such a good first impression.
- 1692
- 01:48:21,835 --> 01:48:22,836
- Turns out,
- 1693
- 01:48:23,754 --> 01:48:25,589
- you a goddamn revolutionary.
- 1694
- 01:48:27,049 --> 01:48:28,634
- You know, when I first met you,
- 1695
- 01:48:29,426 --> 01:48:32,012
- I thought you were
- an entitled playboy clown.
- 1696
- 01:48:34,056 --> 01:48:35,098
- Man,
- 1697
- 01:48:36,558 --> 01:48:40,145
- you saw things years before I did.
- 1698
- 01:48:41,647 --> 01:48:42,731
- Even about myself,
- 1699
- 01:48:45,692 --> 01:48:47,110
- five minutes after meeting me.
- 1700
- 01:49:16,056 --> 01:49:18,517
- Committee calls Bernard S. Garrett
- to testify.
- 1701
- 01:49:22,771 --> 01:49:25,107
- Do you have his glasses?
- He doesn't have his glasses.
- 1702
- 01:49:25,190 --> 01:49:26,358
- He doesn't need 'em.
- 1703
- 01:49:26,859 --> 01:49:28,569
- He's got to read his opening statement.
- 1704
- 01:49:29,069 --> 01:49:31,864
- He doesn't need his glasses. He never has.
- 1705
- 01:49:34,449 --> 01:49:37,494
- Mr. Garrett,
- I think you understand the stakes.
- 1706
- 01:49:41,915 --> 01:49:43,250
- We'll take your statement now.
- 1707
- 01:49:44,835 --> 01:49:45,919
- Mr. Chairman.
- 1708
- 01:49:46,795 --> 01:49:51,675
- Our nation's founding documents declare
- that "all men are created equal"
- 1709
- 01:49:52,301 --> 01:49:54,052
- and endeavor to create a society
- 1710
- 01:49:54,136 --> 01:49:57,264
- where citizens receive
- the equal protection of our laws.
- 1711
- 01:49:57,931 --> 01:49:59,057
- It's a noble goal.
- 1712
- 01:50:00,058 --> 01:50:03,604
- But we all know,
- for many citizens it's a lie.
- 1713
- 01:50:05,814 --> 01:50:07,232
- This hearing is supposed to be
- 1714
- 01:50:07,316 --> 01:50:12,863
- about uncovering and reforming
- unsafe banking practices.
- 1715
- 01:50:13,697 --> 01:50:14,907
- But I think it's really about
- 1716
- 01:50:14,990 --> 01:50:19,912
- how on earth did two black men
- pull off owning a bank in Texas.
- 1717
- 01:50:19,995 --> 01:50:23,457
- Mr. Garrett, I think you
- should tread carefully now.
- 1718
- 01:50:25,083 --> 01:50:27,044
- Well, I can talk at length about that.
- 1719
- 01:50:27,669 --> 01:50:30,839
- Or I can sum it up with this.
- 1720
- 01:50:33,800 --> 01:50:34,800
- The dress code.
- 1721
- 01:50:35,344 --> 01:50:37,137
- Mr. Garrett, you are out of order, sir.
- 1722
- 01:50:37,221 --> 01:50:38,639
- - I'm not finished.
- - Out of order.
- 1723
- 01:50:38,722 --> 01:50:41,558
- If you can't get a loan,
- you can't own a home.
- 1724
- 01:50:41,642 --> 01:50:42,722
- You can't start a business.
- 1725
- 01:50:42,768 --> 01:50:44,269
- Mr. Garrett, you have been warned.
- 1726
- 01:50:44,353 --> 01:50:46,980
- - Which means you can't build wealth.
- - Mr. Garrett!
- 1727
- 01:50:47,064 --> 01:50:48,982
- And you're excluded
- from the American dream.
- 1728
- 01:50:49,066 --> 01:50:50,692
- Sergeant-at-arms, remove the witness.
- 1729
- 01:50:50,776 --> 01:50:55,030
- Why is it so important to you
- to exclude an entire race of people
- 1730
- 01:50:55,113 --> 01:50:56,657
- from the American dream?
- 1731
- 01:52:15,777 --> 01:52:17,654
- Figures they'd let you out before me.
- 1732
- 01:52:17,738 --> 01:52:19,948
- Man, they couldn't wait
- to get rid of my ass.
- 1733
- 01:52:25,412 --> 01:52:26,622
- Let's go home.
- 1734
- 01:52:28,498 --> 01:52:29,791
- They took 'em all, remember?
- 1735
- 01:52:29,875 --> 01:52:31,126
- Well, let's go somewhere.
- 1736
- 01:52:34,630 --> 01:52:36,048
- What are you two laughing about?
- 1737
- 01:52:36,131 --> 01:52:37,382
- They didn't take all of 'em.
- 1738
- 01:52:37,466 --> 01:52:40,219
- They didn't know about the two
- we bought next door to each other
- 1739
- 01:52:40,302 --> 01:52:41,303
- in the Bahamas.
- 1740
- 01:52:41,386 --> 01:52:42,386
- What?
- 1741
- 01:52:43,514 --> 01:52:44,973
- Bernard, how did you do that?
- 1742
- 01:52:47,601 --> 01:52:49,978
- <i>Matt called me
- the night before he testified.</i>
- 1743
- 01:52:51,313 --> 01:52:52,606
- <i>He was pretty broken up.</i>
- 1744
- 01:53:01,740 --> 01:53:02,741
- <i>Hello?</i>
- 1745
- 01:53:03,367 --> 01:53:04,368
- It's Matt.
- 1746
- 01:53:06,620 --> 01:53:07,621
- Can we talk?
- 1747
- 01:53:08,872 --> 01:53:11,416
- <i>He told me
- he was facing 50 years in prison</i>
- 1748
- 01:53:11,500 --> 01:53:13,710
- <i>if he didn't say
- what they wanted him to say.</i>
- 1749
- 01:53:15,295 --> 01:53:17,297
- <i>I told him to do what he had to do,</i>
- 1750
- 01:53:18,841 --> 01:53:21,552
- <i>but since the government
- hadn't taken all of our money yet,</i>
- 1751
- 01:53:25,639 --> 01:53:27,140
- I asked him to do me a favor.
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