Million Dollar Arm Page #4

Sir. That's the place, sir.

- Here.

- 183?

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Upstairs, upstairs.

All right. All right.

Thank you.

Hi, there. Excuse me. Sorry.

Whoops. Yep, there we go.

That's my fault.

Can you tell me which one 3B is?

Hello. I'm JB Bernstein.

JBB, sir. Hello. I'm Vivek.

Weren't you supposed to pick me up

at the airport today?

Yes, but that is tomorrow.

No, Vivek, today.

That's why I'm standing here.

I was certain that it was tomorrow, JB sir.

I tried calling you all day.

The telephone lines are not up yet

and I've been busy

on my cell phone, you know,

trying to resolve the issue.

But, anyway, you are here now.

We are very excited about

Million Dollar Arm, JBB, sir.

Thank you. And it's just JB.

- Okay.

- One "B."

- JB.

- No "sir."

- So this is our office?

- Yes, JB.

Is there always this much traffic?

There's always traffic in Mumbai, JB.

What's with the honking?

Indians love honking, JB.

I don't know why.

It doesn't help.

Anyway, you settle down,

and then whenever you are ready,

we can have a status report meeting.

Great. I'm ready. Let's do it.

- Right away?

- Yes.

Oh, okay.

First of all, I am happy to inform you

that all our plans

are running smoothly and on time.

Great. Can I see the flyers?

Flyers are not here yet.

They are at the printers.

We are trying to get them.

Okay. How about the T-shirts?

They are at the warehouse.

We are trying to get them, too.

Okay, but the equipment

that we sent over,

the batting cages, balls, bats,

that's all here?

I'm happy to confirm that

they all are here in India.

But you don't have them here?

No. They are at the customs.

I think we should be working on that.

Okay, Vivek, I need things

to run on time and smoothly,

but actually run on time and smoothly,

not Indian on time and smoothly.

You know, here in India, we do things

a little differently than in the US.

Okay, so,

what do we have to do to get our stuff?

Uh, we have to pay money.

Pay money. Like a bribe?

No, no, no. Not a... Not a bribe.

I mean, why use such words?

We call it "bypassing the system."

The systems in India are very slow,

so we bypass them.

- By paying money.

- That's the Indian way.

Indians love honking

and bypassing the system.

Okay.

Let's do it.

He says come after three weeks.

What do you want? You want more?

How much do you want?

Get lost!

Vivek, explain to me why

we can't bypass that guy.

We can, but not in there, JB.

- All right, well, where?

- Ah. Well, I don't know yet.

You know what, Vivek,

I'm starting to lose patience

with this whole plan of yours.

Don't lose patience, JB.

You are going to need it in India.

Ah, here he is.

He says he'll do it here!

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