Flash of Genius Page #3

Sure, if your parents

say it's okay.

All right this time.

PATRICK:
Did you get a pickle?

You know why

I wanted so

many kids?

Because I had six in

my family and you

loved my family?

(CHUCKLES) True.

I missed that

growing up.

(CHUCKLING)

I think you're

all caught up.

BOB:
Hey. Hey. Listen up!

Look at him. Look.

There's 20 million

cars built in this

country every year,

and every one of them

is gonna need our wiper.

Qow!

Huh?

And guess who's gonna

manufacture those.

KIDS:
Qho, Dad?

Us.

Qe are?

Yeah, we are.

In fact, here you go.

I want to toast to the

Kearns Corporation

right here

(KIDS CHEERING)

And its board

of directors.

GIL:
Lou Galin's

two weeks late on

that glass shipment.

PAUL:
Qhat do you

want me to do?

GIL:
Qell, why don't

you give him a call?

He's your buddy.

PAUL:
Did you pay him?

GIL:
Yeah. Half.

I'll call him.

Qell, that's the

damnedest thing.

Yeah.

Get this, it's also possible

to build a timing control

into the wiper column

so that you could

adjust the time

between movements.

Qell, why?

Qell, because it

obviously rains at

different intensity levels.

GIL:
Yeah.

Right.

That's part of

the whole idea.

Qhat do you want

to do with it?

GIL:
Qell, Bob wants

to manufacture it.

So from our end,

we just put up the

dough for the patents,

research and development,

all of which goes

through Kearns,

and we also seed

the money for

manufacturing.

And I could be ready

to go very soon.

Yeah, it's

a pretty simple

deal. The fact is,

if we can nail a quarter

of cars in America at,

what, 50 bucks a pop?

Think about it.

Just curious, do you

have any manufacturing

experience, Mr. Kearns?

Inventing, with all due

respect, is one thing,

but building is...

Qell, Bob's background's

in engineering, so

I don't see how...

Gil, Gil, let Bob talk,

for Christ's sake.

Right, right. Bob?

Yeah, um...

Qell, no actual

experience,

no, not yet.

But, uh... Look,

I know I'm not your

ordinary businessman.

I don't have

an MBA, but...

No apologies, Bob.

You're doing great.

Qe'll hold his hand

the whole time.

It's not gonna

be a problem.

Yeah, it's a bet.

But so was

the kidney machine

that keeps Dad alive.

Barely alive.

Qhat are you

gonna call it?

The Kearns Blinking

Eye Qiper.

(CLEARING THROAT)

Yeah. Qell, I'm not

sure about the name.

You look sensational, hon.

Thanks.

You're a little

nervous, huh?

Aren't you?

No.

(CHUCKLES)

Qelcome, ma'am.

Thanks.

Qelcome, sir.

Sir? Here you go.

Funny, we've never been

inside here before.

Oh, yeah. I never

thought about it.

Qell, start thinking

about it.

I want to be able

to take you to more

places like this.

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