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to eat us for dessert.

With a bit of luck and cunning,

we may eat them.

He left with them.

Where are they going?

We'll get fired.

Replaced by Yankees.

Irishmen and Indians.

No one's being replaced.

Even in your private talks?

They said :

no more French capitalism,

cronyism with shareholders.

Performance will reign.

You didn't react!

We're dependent on a speculative fund...

...managing billions at the speed

of light. We know that.

But we don't know what Miami

will do with Phenix.

We won't be judged

on "French bank ethics"

but on the truth of numbers.

Everyone should know that, Alfred.

I'm not everyone.

I agree with Alfred.

It's cowboy capitalism.

Don't overdo it.

Don't sacrifice Phenix

to preachers of instant profits.

I won't bare my ass

for those slimy bastards

who bought Phenix

with a loan Phenix must repay.

Not baring your ass

isn't a creative strategy.

Let's hear how you plan

to counter this cowboy capitalism.

Go ahead.

Christophe wants to see us

at the Westin. It's urgent.

Come with me.

Sir, the press is on the runway.

The press?

Why the press?

- Who set up this crap?

- I got the press here.

Dad used to feed them a few tidbits.

Will you have to choose between

odious and preferable?

We have a plan,

that Claude Marmande

will explain to you.

Thanks a lot.

A few tidbits.

Thanks a lot.

- The usual.

- Yes, sir.

still ready to head up

the New York office?

- That's up to Marc.

- Quit plotting.

Christophe,

I need Raphael.

We're heading into a storm.

Exactly.

The President wants to know

about these Americans.

Keep going.

The President's worried about you.

What are these Americans like?

Very cool.

But their secrets...

Who's he?

A crook who got rich in Africa.

Needs a government contact.

- Yves Zombard, no?

- Yes.

CooI in what way?

A brutal hedge fund.

Their plan is to make Phenix

a U.S.-style bank.

They mentioned relocation.

They like Paris, not France.

Too many social laws.

save whatever you can

on the social level.

But avoid relocation.

In this economic situation...

any good news. even fake.

is welcome.

I see what the bank's doing for you,

not what you're doing for the bank.

The American banks

are waiting to devour us.

The ship's sinking,

and you're strolling

in your life jackets.

There's a war on

and you come up

with fantasy strategies.

We had to reckon

with the ratings agencies.

Screw those Mafiosi.

Papa Marmande's capitalism

with all its frills is history.

I want Phenix to be

a dynamic and committed outfit.

European.

but able to compete globally.

We need long-term projects.

We need to react.

be creative and committed.

It's a struggle.

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