The Bonfire of the Vanities Page #4

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Like the few privileged others

on Wall Street.

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How many? Two, three,

maybe 400 at most.

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For these men,

these Masters of the Universe...

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and Sherman McCoy was one of them...

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there were no limits whatsoever.

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Hi. This is 555-8771.

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Leave a message and I'll call you back.

Thank you.

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Maria, I've been calling you for days.

Call me at the office.

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Gene's on from London.

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-Let's go! Let's go!

-Calm down, Rawlie.

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Let's not get overexcited.

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Calm, cool, collated.

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Let's not lose our composure

over a few hundred million dollars.

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Christ, Sherman, you must be made of ice.

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Just remember, a frantic salesman

is a dead one.

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What the hell

will this crazy Giscard deal cost us?

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I need $600,000,000 to buy the bonds.

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You want us to sit

on $600,000,000 worth...

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of French government bonds?

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I'm confident on this.

It's a real sleeping beauty.

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-Where are you, Gene?

-At a cricket match.

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Somebody just hit the hell out of the ball.

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-Who's playing?

-Don't get technical.

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A bunch of men in white pants.

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How about it? Are we in or out?

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Gold has to hold steady.

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Bernard Sachs is already in

for $300,000,000.

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Feel better?

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You are going to make me

an old man.

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A rich old man, Gene. A rich old man.

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A $600,000,000 deal.

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Sherman's commission

would be $1.7 million.

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All in a day's work.

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He was there! At the top!

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Impervious, untouchable...

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insulated by wealth and power.

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A Master of the Universe.

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