Empire Page #5

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- Baby.

- What?.

If it's awful, we'll leave.

- Promise?.

- I promise.

- Five minutes.

- Five minutes is not enough.

Exactly. That's my point.

All right.

- Can I help you?.

- Yeah.

We're looking for a Jack Wimmer.

That would be the penthouse.

Here.

You can finish it, man.

So, do you guys know

this new artist Brian Ferrill?.

I bought these two paintings

for Jack.

Aren't they pretty?.

This is disgusting.

You've got company.

- Get me a beer and get her a Cosmo-

- Cosmopolitan?.

- Yes.

- No, I'll have a diet soda, please.

He's cute.

What's his name?.

He's not for you, Cleo.

- You always gotta have your way, huh?.

- That's right.

I'm so glad you made it!

That's quite a view, huh?.

Unbelievable.

- No, that one.

- Oh, yeah. That one too.

That's nothing, man.

I got that sh*t at home.

- Oh, yeah?. Where you from?.

- I'm uptown.

Oh, yeah?. Where about?.

South Bronx.

Oh, really?. That's cool.

By the way, I'm Jack Wimmer.

- "Ahh," what?.

- So youre the lucky motherf***er.

- Oh. Yeah.

- This your place, huh?.

It's embarrassing.

I'm not used to it.

So what do you do?.

I'm a investment banker.

That's what this is-

a business party for me.

I represent half those people

down there.

I wanna represent the other half,

so I let them impress each other.

Right.

Do the work for you.

What do you do?.

Obviously, whatever I do I'm not doing

enough of, that's for sure. You know?.

Yeah.

But basically

I'm just self-employed.

That's cool.

I bet that whatever it is

that you do...

is not half as bad as what

some of those people down there do.

That's an interesting point of view.

Anyone who would judge you

for what you do is a hypocrite...

because... any real businessman...

anyone who makes any real money

is gonna be cutthroat.

Any media company, oil company,

tobacco company-

those are some of the most vicious

people in the world.

They've got stock holders worldwide

who are basically accessories in crime.

Still, at the end of the day, man...

you go to sleep

feeling legit, right?.

Me, man,

I go to sleep every night, like...

one eye like that.

Yeah.

But you could be a part of this too.

It's the age of peace and prosperity.

- Yeah.

- Seriously.

- Put me down for some that.

- How do I get in touch with you?.

- Go through your girl.

- Through Trish?.

Yeah.

Trish knows my girl Carmen.

- Oh, your girlfriend's Carmen?.

- Yeah.

Oh, I've heard a lot about her.

That's cool.

So, basically, we both have

girlfriends who are-

Yeah, well, you know-

- You can look at the menu, right?.

- We're human, right?.

So, did you have fun?.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

That's only because

I thought it was gonna suck.

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