Salmon Fishing In The Yemen Page #3

parts of the Yemen

get up to 250 millimeters of rainfall

a month in the wet season.

It gets the edge of the monsoon, you see.

And the dry season?

Well, interestingly,

recent oil explorations

have uncovered a number

of very large freshwater aquifers,

which could sort of recharge the wadi

in the dry season using a dam.

I'm sure they could.

So, when he's built his dam,

why don't you get back to me then?

Completed, couple of years ago.

Long-term plan is to irrigate

thousands of acres of desert.

We could grow watermelons, maize, cotton.

Now you're going to tell me it isn't

hot in the Yemen, too, aren't you?

Well, in the mountainous areas,

the nighttime temperatures

get down to well below 20 Celsius.

And, of course,

I defer to your expert knowledge, Dr. Jones,

but I do believe that Pacific salmon

get as far south as California.

Temperatures are not too dissimilar there.

- Water.

- For the fish.

- No, for me.

- Of course.

Ms. Chetwode-Talbot.

Yes, Dr. Jones?

This is plainly ridiculous.

There's just no way that salmon can

survive in those sort of environments.

If your sheikh wants to pour

his money down the drain,

why doesn't he buy himself

a football club or something?

Look, Dr. Jones.

I don't really think it's my place

to explain the sheikh's motivations.

But I will say this,

that of all of our wealthy clients,

he is different.

I would go so far as to describe him

as a visionary man.

- A visionary?

- Yes, I know,

it's not a very fashionable word,

but if you decide to take this project with us,

then you can judge for yourself

when you meet him.

My line manager asked me to come here

and take this meeting to discuss your project

and that I have done.

I thank you for your time,

Ms. Chetwode-Talbot.

I'll see myself out. Goodbye.

Thank you.

Did you get my e-mail?

Yes. What did it say?

Took the meeting.

Waste of time, as predicted.

Now, if you don't mind,

I'll get back to my work.

Dr. Jones.

What is this?

P45.

I'm sorry, I don't... I don't understand.

Well, a P45 is the official document

given to an employee

when his services are no longer

required by his, or her, employer.

Yes, but, Bernard, this has got my...

Or you can sign this letter

stating that you are delighted

to assign yourself, exclusively,

to the Yemeni salmon fishing project

with immediate effect.

It's up to you.

But, Bernard,

you know as well as I do

this thing is a bloody joke.

There's no way

you can get salmon that far up a...

Just there.

This is blackmail, Sugden.

This is a bloody outrage.

Fitzharris & Price will be paying

your salary while on secondment.

Almost double what it is now.

I'd say that's a bloody outrage.

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