1. From Bloomberg West in San Francisco,
I'm Emily Chang.
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2. General Keith Alexander is here
to tackle tech's role in counter-terrorism,
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3. but first, a quick glimpse
with Richard Hendricks,
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4. founder and CEO of the hot, new
compression platform Pied Piper,
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5. and Erlich Bachman, Chief Visionary.
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6. Oh, Emily Chang, it is just splendid
to be here with you at historical Pier 3,
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7. with a breathtaking view
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8. of the Embarcadero Center
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9. and the flag of San Francisco.
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10. Now, Richard...
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11. Richard actually
developed this technology in my incubator.
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12. I am listed...
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13. I was originally listed under the white pages
as "Erlich Blachman", with an "L",
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14. a typo that apparently couldn't be changed,
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15. and then Google indexed it,
so I've been dealing with that.
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16. Richard, Pied Piper has taken off like a rocket.
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17. More than 100,000 installs
in just 10 days.
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18. Is that right?
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19. Uh... Uh, yes.
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20. Pretty amazing.
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21. And you have a last-minute invite
to the Vanity Fair summit dinner tonight.
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22. Quite an honor for such a young company.
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23. Richard, maybe
you could comment on this one?
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24. Yeah, we are finally the belles of the balls.
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25. I mean, uh, ball.
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26. Now, some people are
calling you the next Unicorn.
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27. Have you guys thought about that?
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28. You could have a billion-dollar company.
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29. Erlich, you could own 5% of $1 billion.
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30. Uh, ten, actually.
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31. Richard, this is boring.
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32. - Shit.
- No, no, no.
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33. He was an early investor.
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34. Again, it's Erlich Bachman.
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35. If you Google that, it'll say,
"Did you mean Erlich Blachman?"
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36. You can click on that link, it'll give you
the correct results for Erlich Bachman.
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37. Should we take some calls?
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38. We don't do that here.
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39. I just know what I saw, Richard.
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40. No, come on. Look, she's married,
she just had another baby.
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41. If you pushed a little harder,
you could have scored right there on camera.
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42. - You should get her phone number.
- Shut up.
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43. Oh. This is actually,
uh, Jian-Yang pranking me.
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44. I should take it.
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45. Yes, of course I have frog's legs.
Why do you ask?
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46. Are you serious? Have you honestly still
not told him that you sold your shares?
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47. You can't keep lying to him like this.
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48. It's not technically a lie.
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49. My shares don't transfer to Raviga
until the next board meeting.
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50. - Come on, it's been 10 days.
- I know, I know.
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51. But, you know, the TechCrunch thing came up
and then there was the Reddit AMA
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52. and, you know, now this Bloomberg thing.
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53. And besides, let's be honest,
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54. Richard shouldn't be in the public eye
without me along to help.
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55. Did you just see the skeeved-out look
on Emily Chang's face?
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56. I thought she was going to walk off set.
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57. Erlich, you're lying to him,
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58. and you made me a part of it,
so now I'm lying to him, too.
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59. The longer you wait,
the worse this is gonna get.
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60. - All right, fine, fine. I'll tell him.
- When?
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61. After the Vanity Fair thing tonight.
I mean, did you see the guest list?
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62. Monica, throw me a bone here.
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63. Twenty-four hours, then I'm telling him.
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64. - Fine, I'll tell him. I'll tell Richard.
- I'm serious.
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65. - Tell me what?
- I'm notjoking...
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66. Um...
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67. It was, uh, Jian-Yang.
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68. He said to tell you that
Phillip McCrevis left word.
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69. Oh. Who's Phillip... Oh.
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70. Richard, we'd better get our asses
in first fucking gear
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71. if we want to make it
to this Verge photoshoot.
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72. Oh, shit. That's today?
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73. Yes, I assume that's why you're still
wearing your Bloomberg makeup.
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74. No. No, I was just... I kind of like the way it...
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75. Uh... Can we just
push this to next week, please?
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76. They don't really do that.
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77. Okay, well, can you go?
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78. Please? I just have a ton of work,
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79. and honestly I would be really happy
if I never had to do any of this ever again
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80. and then you were just
the face of the company.
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81. You know what I mean? Oh, shit.
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82. What time is this Vanity Fair thing?
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83. It's tonight. I figure we're wheels up by 6:00,
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84. then we can check into the hotel,
shit, shave, and shit again.
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85. - Get a cocktail.
- What hotel?
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86. Eavesdropping. Well, if you must know,
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87. we got a suite at the Fairmont,
and they're sending a car.
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88. I think Richard deserves it.
And then I figured tomorrow in the a.m.,
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89. we would sleep in and have a nice brunch.
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90. I don't have time for a brunch.
I have to be back here.
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91. Come on, Eggs Benny, a little spinach tartar,
you'll flirt with the waitress.
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92. Killer. And, uh, we'll have a nice talk.
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93. "Talk"? What about?
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94. You know, things, all sorts of themes.
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95. So tomorrow, you, me, brunch,
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96. and, uh, one word. Frittata.
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97. Hey, fellas, is it me, or is it a bit chilly in here?
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98. What in God's name is that?
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99. What do you think it is? It's a jacket!
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100. Now, I only ordered one as a sample,
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101. but once I have your sizes,
we can all have them.
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102. Why would we all want them?
One is already too many.
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103. I don't mean in the house.
I mean, like, in the world.
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104. Now Gilfoyle, I have you at about a 40 long?
Am I right?
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105. If my mother was naked
and dead in the street,
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106. I would not cover her body with that jacket.
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107. Gilf.
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108. Jared, now that you're here,
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109. - we need two new tables in the game room.
- Yeah?
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110. Okay. Well, maybe against the doors?
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111. Oh, hold on, there's more.
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112. And you guys give me shit
for a tiny gold chain?
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113. I regret nothing. I'm going to get coffee.
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114. Hey, Brownie, you coming?
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115. I was thinking
we'd hit the Philz on Middlefield.
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116. No, let's drive to the one on Forest Avenue.
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117. It's further from that jacket.
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118. Claude, you're on pager duty
until we get back.
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119. Jared, can I borrow that jacket?
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120. I sense you're doing something ironic with it,
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121. but I'm okay with that,
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122. because however unattractive
this jacket may seem to you,
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123. once you slip it on, everything will change.
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124. It'll shake out its hair and take off its glasses,
and before you know it, you'll be in love.
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125. Jared, it's really fucking ugly.
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126. Consider the tortoise.
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127. As the fable teaches us,
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128. it may appear that he is losing in his race
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129. against his nemesis,
the insolent and cocksure hare.
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130. But appearances can be deceiving.
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131. Gavin, the tortoise. Is it Endframe?
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132. Yes. But there's more.
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133. - The hare is Pied Piper.
- Indeed it is. Someone's read their Aesop.
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134. We've also read the financials, Gavin.
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135. Between Nucleus and EndFrame,
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136. you've burned through
three-quarters of $1 billion,
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137. with virtually nothing to show for it.
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138. Two weeks ago,
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139. on the heels of powering down the entire
Hooli campus for seemingly no reason,
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140. you lost all of EndFrame's senior engineers.
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141. I grant you, we've stumbled on offense of late,
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142. - but the best offense is a good defense.
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143. We've taken a page out of Apple's playbook
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144. and are currently "reviewing"
the Pied Piper app for sale
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145. in our Hooli store
at a pace one might call "tortoise-like."
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146. Don't. They hate that.
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147. In any case, I have it on good authority
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148. that it may be some time before Pied Piper
is available on Hooli OS devices.
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149. We're making it available immediately.
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150. Sorry?
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151. You're fighting a war that's already ended,
Gavin. Pied Piper won.
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152. We called this board meeting to inform you
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153. that it's time for Hooli to let go
and move on without you at the wheel.
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154. I'm sorry, without me?
Are you firing me?
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155. Our intention is simply to transition you
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156. into a more appropriate role
within the company,
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157. one with less oversight
of day-to-day operations.
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158. You're putting me on the fucking roof?
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159. You could always choose to move on, Gavin.
Up to you.
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160. I built this company with my bare hands
in my fucking garage.
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161. Where were you when I was doing that?
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162. Gavin?
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163. These animals?
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164. Fuck.
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165. Well, uh, you are certainly more than qualified
to be our new head of PR.
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166. Laurie thinks you're great.
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167. Um, to be honest, we could use the help.
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168. All the media stuff has been pretty
overwhelming, especially lately.
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169. - If Marissa Mayer can do it, so can you.
- Oh.
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170. And you're available immediately?
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171. I am. I do have one question for you guys.
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172. Is everything here cool?
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173. Is it cool?
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174. Uh, yeah. Yeah, I mean, I'm cool.
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175. - Yeah, he is cool.
- Uh-huh.
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176. Clearly, but is there anything you guys
want to tell me about the company?
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177. What, like, uh...
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178. All right, look, this is weird,
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179. but when I was in Laurie's office yesterday,
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180. I saw a piece of paper on her desk.
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181. Well, she can be a bit untidy.
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182. It was a sale of a big block
of Pied Piper stock.
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183. Is someone on the inside
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184. - dumping shares right as you're launching?
- What?
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185. No. No, absolutely not.
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186. 'Cause that would be
a pretty severe signaling risk.
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187. I mean, you don't have to be in PR
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188. to know that insiders
only dump stock like that
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189. when they know something is wrong.
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190. The bulk of my compensation here
would be options,
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191. and if those aren't
going to be worth anything...
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192. Yeah. No. No, no, no.
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193. That is not happening, okay?
Nothing is going on here.
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194. - Yeah, except excellence.
- Okay.
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195. Well, you let me know what you want to do
and I'll think about it.
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196. Okay. Oh.
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197. Um, well, thanks for coming.
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198. What the hell was that?
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199. Maybe it was a negotiating tactic?
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200. Monica.
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201. It's Monica.
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202. Well, let's not jump to conclusions.
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203. I mean, she's the only one
who's bought a jacket.
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204. Jared, she's the only one
who hates the platform.
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205. There's no other explanation for this.
Okay? Monica fucked us.
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206. She pulled down our pants
and fucked us in front of our parents.
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207. Did some...
Richard, did somebody do that to you?
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208. No. No, I don't know why...
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209. Oh, boy, it is chilly.
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210. Good thing I brought this sweet jiz-acket.
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211. Hey, friend? We came here together.
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212. I know what you're doing.
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213. You think you're embarrassing me,
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214. but that's only the secondary effect
of that shitty jacket.
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216. that you look like a douchebag.
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217. Let me put this in terms you'll understand.
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218. I'm like a suicide bomber of humiliation.
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219. I'm happy to go out
as long as I take you with me.
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220. Your shame is my paradise.
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221. 'Sup, ladies?
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222. What you noshing on? Cranberry scone?
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223. My friend Dinesh here
has a little crush on you. He's shy.
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224. I don't know him.
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225. Oh, he plays coy.
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226. I don't know why he's so shy.
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227. Excuse me. I noticed your jacket.
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228. Do you work for Pied Piper?
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229. - Yeah.
- Dude, your app is killin' it.
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230. Everyone I know is installing it.
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231. Do you, seriously?
I just downloaded it last night.
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232. - Yeah?
- Do you mind if we get a picture?
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233. - With me?
- Yeah. Everybody get in.
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234. If you want it.
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235. - Thanks.
- Thanks, bro.
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236. Hey, man, did you remember
to put money in the meter?
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237. Hi, I'm Dinesh. I work at Pied Piper.
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238. Excuse me, do I know you?
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239. Gilfoyle.
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240. He's a fuckin' dick, but I love him, though.
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241. You have me confused with someone else.
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242. My name's clearly Jared, and if you
would excuse us, you were interrupting.
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243. No, he's lying. His name is Gilfoyle.
Show them your driver's license.
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244. Jared asked you nicely to step back,
so step the fuck back.
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245. You're being a dick, and you're cutting in line.
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246. You heard him. You're being a dick.
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247. - Boy, some people.
- What a creep.
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248. Sorry you had to deal with that, Jared.
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249. You and me both, friend.
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250. - This is Monica.
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251. Is it? Because apparently everything else
that comes out of your mouth is a lie.
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252. Shit.
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253. Look, Richard, I totally understand
if you're pissed at me,
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254. but please know that I tried as hard as I could
to get him to tell you.
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255. Oh, really? Well, that's not what he said.
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256. Oh, really? What exactly did he say?
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257. He said that he found it
on a piece of paper in Laurie's office.
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258. What? Wait, wait, wait. Hold on.
Who's the "he" that you're talking about?
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259. You know who. David.
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260. My brother?
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261. What?
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262. Who the fuck... I don't know.
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263. No, David, the fucking PR guy
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264. who's not going to take a job with us
because of what you did.
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265. Richard, I am totally lost.
What exactly do you think I did?
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266. You can play dumb all you want to.
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267. It won't change the one thing
that both you and I know is true.
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268. You dumped your stock.
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269. What? No. I didn't dump
a single share of my Pied Piper stock.
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270. - I swear.
- Well, then who the fuck did?
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271. - And make sure that the money reads.
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272. I mean, Pied Piper is a billion-dollar company.
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273. It's not just a unicorn.
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274. All right, let's do some rearing.
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275. There we go.
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276. Now, let's let the horns
sort of look like my dick.
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277. - Perfect.
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278. Are you fucking kidding me?
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279. Richard.
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280. Um, can we take a soft five?
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281. I was going to tell you.
That's what tomorrow's brunch was for.
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282. Brunch? You had 10 fucking days
and you didn't say a thing.
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283. Fine. You want to know why I didn't tell you?
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284. Because it's fucking humiliating.
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285. - I'm broke, Richard.
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286. Did you hear me? I'm broke.
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287. Erlich Bachman, the name
that used to be synonymous with success,
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288. went broke and was forced to sell.
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289. - I got royally fucked, Richard.
- You got fucked?
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290. You're the one who threw
a million-dollar party.
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291. - Yeah, but it was a great party.
- No one forced you to do that.
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292. Admit it, you fucked yourself.
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293. But I'm not gonna let you fuck my company.
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294. I'm going to have to issue a press release
explaining what you did and why.
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295. No, no, come on. This isn't out.
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296. - It's one PR guy.
- That we know of, Erlich.
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297. How many other people
saw that piece of paper?
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298. How many people has this guy talked to?
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299. This is Silicon Valley.
Rumors spread like light speed here.
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300. How are we gonna get
good people to work for us
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301. if they think something funky
is going on with our stock?
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302. How are we going to scale?
This is gonna kill us.
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303. Richard, do you know what happens
if this goes public?
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304. - I'm Ron Wayne.
- Who?
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305. Ron Wayne, the guy that owned 10% of Apple
and sold it in 1976.
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306. No one in this town
will work with me ever again.
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307. You want me to risk
the entire future of Pied Piper,
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308. everything that I've worked for,
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309. just to protect you from
your own fucking incompetence?
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310. Richard, there's a 3% to 4% chance
that this is going to get out on its own,
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312. that if you issue a press release
no one will ever take me seriously again.
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313. My dignity is in your hands, Richard.
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314. Do with it what you will.
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315. Gavin? Is that you?
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317. Yours, too. Where are you headed?
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318. I just needed to take a walk
and clear my head.
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319. There's this great little hiking trail
near my lodge in Jackson Hole.
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320. Get out of here.
I'm on my way up to J Hole myself.
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321. Is that right? I thought you sold.
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322. No, I just never go there.
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324. Coming back tomorrow afternoon.
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325. - Me, too.
- Oh, come on. Come on.
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326. Seriously, we need to find a couple hours,
get together, catch up.
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327. I could tell you some war stories.
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328. Well, I'd love that.
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329. - I could tell you a few of my own.
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330. - Well, be well.
- You, too.
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331. - Take care, Jack.
- Yeah. See you.
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333. Wait.
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334. Uh, what are we doing here?
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335. I mean, you're on your way to Jackson Hole,
I'm going to Jackson Hole.
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336. You seem like you could use some company.
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337. - You play chess?
- I do. Indeed.
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338. Fantastic.
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339. I tell you, when we get up to altitude
and the Wi-Fi kicks in,
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340. I'm ActionJB62 on Hooli chat.
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341. - Find me.
- I will.
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342. - I'm glad we bumped into each other.
- Me, too.
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343. - Really is a small world.
- It's crazy.
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345. And it's all in there.
This will definitely set the record straight.
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346. Then again, you're basically
lighting Erlich on fire.
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347. So what? He fucked the company.
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348. He potentially fucked the company.
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349. Are you kidding me?
Gilfoyle, back me up here.
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351. How is this even a question for you guys?
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352. Honestly. I mean, it's not like
he's going to be out on the street.
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353. He just sold 10% of a company
that's valued at least $50 million,
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354. and now, suddenly,
we're giving him the benefit of the doubt?
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355. Well, it sounds mighty Christian of you,
Gilfoyle.
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356. There's no reason for hate speech, Richard.
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357. I can see by the sour, pinched expressions
on all your faces
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358. that Richard has filled you in
regarding the unfortunate circumstances
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359. that have forced me to relinquish my stake
in your fair company.
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360. Erlich, you should know that
I have written a press release.
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361. - Oh?
- I'm not going to release it yet,
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362. but if I hear wind of these rumors
spreading out of control,
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363. I'm going to send it to every tech publication
and blog on the face of the Earth.
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364. Do you understand?
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365. - Even UPROXX?
- Yes, even them.
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366. Also, uh...
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367. This is the check for next month's use
of the house as our office,
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368. but we'll be out by the end of the month.
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369. Richard, it doesn't have to be like this.
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370. From this point forward, you will have
nothing to do with this company whatsoever.
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371. I'm replacing you on the board,
and I'm giving your seat to Jared.
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372. - So that's it then.
- Yes.
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373. So I guess we better get ready
for that Vanity Fair event.
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374. What?
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376. I heard thousands of words
about rumors and the need to contain them.
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377. What do you think would happen
if I didn't show up to this Vanity Fair event?
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378. I've already RSVP'd
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379. and given them a list of phony
dietary restrictions just to cause a scene.
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380. I told them I was pesca-pescatarian.
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381. Which is one who eats solely fish
who eat other fish.
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382. I think my absence would be noted.
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383. - Erlich brings up a good point.
- It's true.
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385. Yes, yes, Meinertzhagen's Haversack.
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386. We all remember his sack.
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388. Sure. You can come. I can't stop you.
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389. Uh, I'll be taking the car and the hotel room
and you're going to have to drive yourself.
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390. Consider it my farewell dinner.
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391. See you at the event.
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392. - Jared, are you okay?
- It's just so many emotions.
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393. The board seat. I feel regret and a glee
that you would choose to honor me,
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to your expectations,
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395. and compassion for Erlich's loss.
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396. Oh, Donald, you've come undone.
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397. You still want him on the board?
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398. Hi, there. Checking in. Richard Hendricks.
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399. Fuck me. Hey, Richie.
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400. Oh, God. Hey, Russ.
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401. What's up, boy genius? You here fucking?
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402. Huh? No. No, no, no fucking.
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403. Just here for the Vanity Fair dinner.
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404. Oh, yeah, I know that stupid dinner.
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jerking each other off.
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406. Speaking of, I got this girl at the bar,
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407. I'm trying to take her up
to the presidential suite
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408. before her fucking bridesmaids
ruin the whole thing,
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409. but they're telling me it's booked.
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410. Who is it? Is it Gore? Fuck that guy.
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411. - Oh, God.
- I saw Pied Piper launched.
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412. Haven't tried it, probably won't.
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413. I don't even want to think about how fucked
I got missing out on Erlich's shares. Fuck.
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414. Wait, he tried to sell you his shares?
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415. Well, half of them.
He was pretty desperate to stay on the team.
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416. Well, he didn't mention
anything about this to me.
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417. Of course not. Why would he?
It's fucking humiliating losing all your money.
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418. You think when I dropped below $1 billion
I walked around telling everybody? Fuck no.
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419. You guys were the only ones who knew,
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420. and I actually thought about
having you killed.
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421. - I'm sorry, what?
- So Erlich and I, like two weeks ago,
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422. we had a contract ready.
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423. Five mil
I was gonna pay him for half his shares.
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424. It was a win-win.
Then that robot, Laurie Bream,
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425. sweeps in and cockblocks the whole thing.
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426. She forces him to sell her all his shares.
You think she's gay?
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427. Maybe. It hasn't come up.
I... So wait, she outbid you?
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428. Outbid me? No, she didn't have to.
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429. You don't even know how
your own fucking company works?
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430. All right, Mr. Hendricks, we have you
staying one night in a deluxe double.
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431. Okay, do you have a tub in that room?
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432. Does he have a tub in that room?
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433. I don't know. There's no way of telling.
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434. You know what? Fuck it.
I'm gonna take her to the W.
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435. She's so drunk she won't know the difference.
See you around, Richie.
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436. Hey, it's C.J.
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437. Listen, I'm hearing a rumor about
some serious ugliness going on at Pied Piper.
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438. I've heard it from three different people now.
You need to call me.
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439. Fuck.
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440. What in God's name is the reason
to get a higher education?
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441. You can just buy a megafreeze for 35 cents.
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442. Laurie, can I talk to you for a second?
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443. Yes, uh, Richard Hendricks,
do you know Mark Pincus?
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444. Hello. Big fan.
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445. Oh, okay. Yes. Um...
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446. - Sorry, just one second.
- Yes. All right.
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447. I'm sorry to cut away like this.
We can continue discussing this.
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448. Okay, uh, look,
I know Erlich sold you all of his shares.
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449. I'm just wondering
exactly how that happened.
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450. Ah, yes. It was one of my finer moments.
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451. Erlich came to me with an outside offer
to sell half of his Pied Piper shares.
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452. To Russ Hanneman for $5 million.
Yes, I know.
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453. But somehow you ended up
with all of his shares. How?
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454. Oh, well, as you know,
the same onerous terms you accepted
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455. when you took Russ Hanneman's money,
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456. they transferred to me when I bought him out.
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457. These included the right
to block any transfer of stocks
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458. with a majority vote of the board.
A board which I control.
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459. - I don't understand.
- Of course you do.
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460. If I have approval of any buyer,
and I am the only buyer I approve,
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461. then I can set my own price.
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462. So I asked Mr. Bachman
for a thorough accounting of his debts,
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463. which ran to approximately $713,000.
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464. And how much did you give him?
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466. Jesus. So, he walked away with nothing.
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467. Oh, yes. And so as I said,
you're the one who accepted these terms,
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who enabled this action on my part.
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469. All credit goes to you, Richard. Excuse me.
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470. Dick. Dick Costolo. One moment.
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471. I need to speak with you.
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472. It's expensive to replant.
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473. No. The vines are bad. The soil is bad.
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474. Excuse me, what is that?
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475. That's pesca-pescatarian.
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476. - It's fish that...
- Actually, just bring me one of those.
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477. - Me, too.
- Yeah, waiter, I'll take one, too.
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478. - I want one.
- I want one of those also.
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479. Wait, hey, hey, I'd like that also.
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480. Excuse me,
if he's having one, I want one.
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481. You're getting that, I want it, too.
Excuse me!
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482. Hey, I thought you were at the dinner.
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483. I left.
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484. Erlich never showed. Is he here?
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485. Yeah. He's hiding in the backyard.
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486. Why?
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487. Have you not seen the article?
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488. No.
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489. "Is Erlich Bachman
the Dumbest Man in Tech"?
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490. What the hell is this?
I never sent anything out.
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491. - Who did they talk to?
- Erlich.
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492. This is C.J.'s blog.
He outed himself to protect Pied Piper.
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493. Yeah, this is way harsher
than anything you ever wrote.
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494. Plus, there's the visual component.
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495. Speaking of... Where's your jacket, Jared?
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496. That was quite a piece.
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497. Informative. Thorough.
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498. You certainly know how to make an impact.
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499. And I guess I don't have to worry about
any rumors coming out.
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500. Those are handled.
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501. You know, Erlich, uh,
Pied Piper still needs a head of PR.
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in media outreach.
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503. And by your own admission in that article,
your head is, uh, what did you say,
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you can see the future.
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505. And that could be useful.
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506. If we need a pre-cog...
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508. Uh, I don't know if you're available, so...
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509. Are you offering me a job?
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510. Well, we have a good option package.
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511. It won't be quite what you had,
but it's something.
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512. That's very generous.
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513. So things could go back
to the way they were before.
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514. Well, no. No. Not exactly the way they were.
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515. No, no. Uh, well, this would be an actual job
and you would have responsibilities.
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517. Something, say, Chief Evangelism Officer?
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518. So, "CEO"?
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519. - Oh, my goodness!
- What the fuck was that?
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520. Richard.
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521. The Pied Piper app
just got accepted into the Hooli store.
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522. What? Holy shit.
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523. Gavin Belson just presented us
with his bare buttocks in submission.
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524. We beat him. I don't hug. No.
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525. Um, okay, hey, look, time to issue
your first press release, right?
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526. It's very late, Richard, and I'm very high.
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527. Erlich, I don't care.
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528. You have to do it, okay? Now.
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529. - It's your job.
- Okay.
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530. All right.
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532. Erlich Bachman. The reason I'm calling
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533. has absolutely nothing to do whatsoever
with the fact that I own half of your blog
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535. that I was just named
Chief Evangelism Officer of Pied Piper.
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536. Feel free to abbreviate that,
whatever acronym is most economical.
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537. And I have a story.
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538. Well, if it's anything like this last one,
I am all for it.
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539. I am getting so many paid views
on your tell-all.
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540. Everyone in the Valley is reading it.
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541. Well, that's good. For you.
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542. At my expense, I guess.
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543. Anyway, I had no choice.
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544. As you said, it was going to come out
one way or another.
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545. Why? No one knew about any of it
until you told me.
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546. What do you mean? You said that
you had heard from a bunch of people
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547. that there are all these rumors
about ugly shit going down at Pied Piper.
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548. That's literally the only reason
that I told you any of this.
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Oh, yeah, three different people told me
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550. that Pied Piper had
the ugliest jackets they'd ever seen.
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551. Jackets?
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552. I was going to do, like,
a whole swag fail thing, you know?
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553. That could have been cool, no?
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554. Who the fuck cares about jackets?
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555. Hey, come on, babe
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556. Follow me
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557. I'm the Pied Piper
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558. Follow me, I'm the Pied Piper
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559. And I'll show you where it's at
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560. Come on, babe
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561. Can't you see?
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562. I'm the Pied Piper, trust in me
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563. I'm the Pied Piper
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564. And I'll show you where it's at
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565. Girl, don't be scared to move
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566. Hey, babe, what are you tryin' to prove
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567. It ain't true that your life has kicked you
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568. It's your mind and that's all that's trickin' you
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570. Hey, come on, babe, follow me
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571. I'm the Pied Piper, follow me
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572. I'm the Pied Piper
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573. And I'll show you where it's at
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574. Come on, babe
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575. Can't you see?
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576. Come on, babe, follow me
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