The Wolf of Wall Street Page #10

why not.

41 INT. STRATTON OAKMONT I - AUTO BODY SHOP - DAY (AUG ‘89) 41

CLOSE ON Jordan, brow furrowing as his wheels turn.

JORDAN (V.O.)

I mean what person of any

substance would trust this bunch

of jerk-offs? Like the Pinhead, *

Robbie Feinberg.

42 SCENES 42 - 46 OMITTED * 42

46A INSERT ID PHOTO - TOBY WELCH *46A

JORDAN (V.O.) *

Toby Welch. I mean, look at this *

f***ing Cro-Magnon, I wouldn’t *

trust him to pick up a rock. *

(ALT) *

JORDAN (V.O.) *

Toby Welch. I mean, look at this *

f***ing Cro-Magnon, he couldn’t *

even think without moving his *

lips. *

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46B INSERT ID PHOTO - ROBBIE FEINBERG

46B

JORDAN (V.O.)

Or the Sea Otter.

46C

INSERT ID PHOTO - THE SEA OTTER 46C

JORDAN (V.O.)

Chester Ming even, the Depraved

Chinaman, with his giant panda

head.

46D

INSERT ID PHOTO - CHESTER MING 46D

JORDAN (V.O.)

Or Nicky Koskoff, who I called

Rugrat because--

46E

INSERT ID PHOTO - RUGRAT 46E

JORDAN (V.O.)

Well, you can probably figure that

out for yourself.

47

INT. STRATTON OAKMONT I - AUTO BODY SHOP - REAR - NIGHT 47

(MAR ‘90)

The camera PUSHES IN on Jordan as he stands before a

large dry erase board.

JORDAN (V.O.)

But what if they didn’t sound like

jerk-offs? What if I took this

bunch of nincompoops and molded

them in my own image? I

reinvented the company, gave it a

new image, a new name. Something

patrician, blue-blooded, something

that reeked of tradition and anti

semitism.

And as his Brokers settle in to folding chairs-

JORDAN:

Gentlemen, welcome to Stratton

Oakmont. The clients we’ve gone

after in the past -- they’re done.

We will now target exclusively the

wealthiest one percent of

Americans. The methods we’ve used

-- over. Loud, obnoxious sales

hype is worthless with these

people.

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JORDAN (CONT'D) JORDAN (CONT'D)

In military terms it’s like carpet-

bombing -- noisy, menacing andonly marginally effective. As

Stratton brokers you will be laser-

guided smart-bombs aimed at high-

priority targets. You will

establish an initial relationshipwith your clients selling onlyblue chip stocks -- then and onlythen will you attempt to sell thepink sheets, where the real moneyis. Now the key to every sale isthis:

Jordan writes the word “URGENCY” on the board.

JORDAN (CONT’D)

No one buys stock unless he thinksit’s going up and going up now.

You must convince your client tobuy before the takeover happens,

before the lawsuit is settled,

before the patent is granted.

If he says I’ll think about it andcall you back, it’s over, you’redead! No one calls back! So youhave to create urgency --

48 INT. STRATTON OAKMONT I - AUTO SHOP BULLPEN - DAY 48

Another day. With Stratton Oakmont signage visible inthe b.g., Jordan is on speakerphone with a potentialCLIENT, the other Brokers listening in.

JORDAN:

--and once Kodak settles the

lawsuit, institutions will be

permitted to buy their shares inlarge blocks again. And when that

happens, which is any day now,

what do you think will happen tothe price of Kodak stock?

It’ll go up?

CLIENT (O.S.)

JORDAN:

Exactly. Which is why you shouldpick up 5000 shares today, a$200,000 investment.

49 INT. STRATTON OAKMONT I - AUTO BODY SHOP - REAR - NIGHT 49

Jordan stands addressing his Brokers.

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