1. Ladies and gentlemen,
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decision to skip the casinos,
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where you can't lose.
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5. Technology is the future,
and video games are leading the charge.
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6. So, step right up and be the first
to experience the world's next big hit.
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7. Come try GO, Asia's favorite game.
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8. Rights available everywhere except Japan.
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9. How are you, sir?
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10. GO, GO, GO. Come on.
Wanna play? It's like chess.
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11. Except infinitely harder.
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12. GO didn't go as planned.
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13. I couldn't even keep my salesgirl
interested.
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bank managers hear every day.
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15. But this is not an excuse.
This is an opportunity.
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16. In fact, my little setback may have been
the best thing to ever happen to us.
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17. - Yeah.
- Tracy.
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I just invited this young lady over
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fares with the female audience.
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21. Uh-huh. Sure.
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22. Come on, Tracy. I'm paying you
to sell my game, not play other people's.
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23. Relax, Henk. This game is swell.
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24. - What's it called?
- Tetris.
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25. Tetris.
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27. It's a combination of tetra,
Greek for "four"--
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28. all the game's pieces
are variants of four— and tennis.
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29. - Tennis?
- Tennis.
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30. Yeah, supposedly, the Russian inventor,
he likes tennis.
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31. Here, Henk. Try it.
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32. Was this coded in Pascal, or C?
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35. It was the most beautiful thing
I'd ever seen, Eddie.
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36. Heard that line before.
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It's in a completely different league.
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40. I played Tetris for five minutes, yeah.
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41. I still see falling blocks in my dreams.
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44. It's poetry. Art and math
all working in magical synchronicity.
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45. It's…
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48. Do you have the video game rights?
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49. Mirrorsoft control all rights
on all platforms, worldwide.
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50. Is Japan available?
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licensee of Tetris in Japan for PC,
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52. games console,
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53. and arcade.
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54. Is this a joke?
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55. You took the money you owed this bank
for your failed video game…
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56. - …to buy yet another video game?
- Correct.
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57. But, Eddie, this is different.
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58. Tetris is already a hit.
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59. - Where?
- Russia.
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60. Henk, there is no video games business
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61. I know.
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Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov,
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for the government
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67. But by night, he invented games for fun.
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68. His computer, a Stone Age, Soviet
piece of crap called an Electronika 60,
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69. didn't even have a graphics card.
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70. His falling blocks
were parentheses pushed together.
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71. Alexey and a couple of buddies
from work made the game IBM-compatible.
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73. 8-bit music and floppy disks
that people copied and shared for free.
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82. Two years ago.
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84. A one-man band based in London,
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looking for licensed games cheaply
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86. and then resell them
for a profit to the West.
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87. Seen it and boring.
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89. This is not our game.
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90. MOSCOW COMPUTER SCIENCE CENTER
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91. This jackass Stein won't stop
faxing us, wasting our paper.
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92. What does it say?
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93. He wants to license my game.
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95. We better ask the bosses at ELORG.
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96. Yes we can. Send the fax.
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97. Once the Russians made a deal with Stein,
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98. his next appointment was back in London
with Robert Maxwell.
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99. One year ago.
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100. Mr. Stein, pleasure to meet you.
Robert Maxwell.
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101. Pleasure.
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102. The Robert Maxwell?
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103. - The billionaire media tycoon?
- The one and only.
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104. Okay, now that's the type of businessman
us bankers actually approve of.
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105. Maxwell pays his debts.
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106. And he's heading distribution?
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107. Next best thing.
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108. And this is my son.
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109. I can introduce myself, Father.
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110. Kevin Maxwell, CEO of Mirrorsoft.
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111. Good to meet you, Kevin.
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112. It's Mr. Maxwell to you, sir.
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113. Anyway, gentlemen,
I feel a celebration is in order.
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114. Kevin.
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115. The first computer game
to leave the Iron Curtain.
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116. My old mate Mikhail Gorbachev
will be proud.
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117. We'll start by licensing computer games,
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118. then video games, arcade games,
board games, everything.
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119. Go on.
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120. Great, 'cause you're not gonna believe
where I was yesterday.
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121. Hi. Henk Rogers, Bullet-Proof Software.
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122. I have a meeting with Hiroshi Yamauchi,
your CEO.
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123. Rogers?
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124. Not in book.
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125. Oh, okay.
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126. I understand.
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127. Thank you.
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128. Could I use your restroom before I go?
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129. - On the left?
- Left.
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130. Okay. Thank you.
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131. Hi. I have a meeting with Mr. Yamauchi.
I wonder—
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132. Mr. Rogers, you're trespassing.
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133. Mr. Yamauchi is out of town. So—
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134. That's not true because I saw him
this morning, and his car's still outside.
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135. No, no.
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136. Who is this?
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137. Hi.
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138. Henk Rogers. Bullet-Proof Software.
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139. Not too bad.
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140. Really?
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141. We'll buy you out for 500,000.
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142. Five hundred grand?
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144. I told them no.
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146. Are you out of your fucking mind?
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147. I got a bigger vision, Eddie.
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148. That is why I'm here.
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149. I'll publish it
and cover all up-front costs.
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150. We publish our games in-house.
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151. We don't use outside partners.
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152. You don't do it often, true.
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153. But you do make exceptions.
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154. Because you know as well as I do,
partners are what make us great.
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155. That's why Mario has Luigi.
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156. That's why Zelda has Link.
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157. That's why Mike Tyson has
whoever he's punching out in Punch-Out!
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158. Yeah.
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159. We want you to make 200,000 cartridges.
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160. You want two million dollars?
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161. No.
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163. I need a check for three million dollars.
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164. That's the punch line?
You want a check from me?
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165. And how did you get to three million?
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166. Because I'll need two million
for Nintendo cartridges
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167. and one million to make arcade machines.
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168. I have Tetris for arcade too, remember?
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169. Arcade is a cash business
and the money comes in fast,
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170. which is great for both of us.
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171. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,
Eddie.
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172. Nintendo is letting me become a publisher.
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173. Nintendo. It's a license to print money.
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174. - You feel that strongly about it?
- Yeah! Clearly.
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- Fine.
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176. - And I want your house as collateral.
- Fine!
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177. If you miss one payment,
that house is ours.
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178. Fine.
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179. You sure you don't have to talk
to your wife about this first?
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180. Akemi is the chief financial officer
of our company.
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181. She's all in.
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183. I know, but you know
how unimaginative these bankers are.
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this quiet before?
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189. What do you think?
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194. If we do this, we're in control.
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199. Everyone…
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201. We're big PUBLISHERS now!
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203. Set your feet. Low to high.
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210. Excuse me?
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across the Union for hours a day.
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to block it from all PCs.
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to the West.
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popular here makes no money abroad.
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224. - Bullet-Proof, Henk speaking.
- Yes, hello, Mr. Rogers?
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225. Kevin Maxwell, CEO of Mirrorsoft.
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228. I'm calling because I'm told
you bought PC, video game,
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for Tetris in Japan, yes?
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230. That's right.
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231. Well, it turns out, we already licensed
arcade to SEGA in Japan.
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Mr. Rogers.
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We signed a contract.
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236. No, no, no, no. You signed your end,
I've yet to sign mine.
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237. - Hence the call.
- What the fuck, Kevin?
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238. No, it's Mr. Maxwell.
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241. Look, do you want PC and video game
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243. That's what I thought.
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248. We still have video game rights.
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249. Henk has a very important meeting
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your own personal copy of Tetris
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254. Thank you.
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running along and everything's great,
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256. but suddenly a Piranha Plant pops
out of nowhere and spews fire on you?
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257. Thing is, Yamauchi-san, Kevin Maxwell
pulled a Piranha Plant on me and you.
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258. He reneged on my arcade rights, and
I really need a mushroom to stay alive.
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on my future Nintendo residuals, please?
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260. Mr. Yamauchi invites you to meet
his Nintendo colleagues in Seattle.
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265. Why don't we tidy our room
before Mom gets home. Yeah!
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266. But dad, my school concert
is next month and…
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267. I just got the song I'm performing
and I need to practice.
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268. But I need your help.
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269. I'm sorry, hon.
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270. Papa's gotta go and get ready
for his business trip.
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274. Hi. Henk Rogers. Bullet-Proof Software.
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276. Hello, Henk.
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277. Minoru Arakawa,
President of Nintendo of America.
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278. - I know.
- Henk Goddamn Rogers.
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279. Welcome to Seattle. Howard Lincoln,
senior VP, chief legal counsel.
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280. Your cowboy reputation precedes you.
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281. Here. Sign this.
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282. An NDA? Why?
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283. Because only ten other people in the world
have seen what you're about to see,
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284. and, to be honest, we don't trust you.
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285. 8-bit graphics?
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286. Yes, and a brand-new
Sharp LR35902 core at 4.19 mega-hertz
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290. Color, you'd need eight batteries
instead of four. It's too expensive.
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291. This gives you 30 hours of game play,
all for $89.
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295. We're launching in June.
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296. And we want publishers like you
to be on the lookout for new games.
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298. Yes, it's our best brand.
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299. This game is programmed in C, yeah?
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hundred thousand Game Boys to little kids,
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305. But if you wanna sell millions
of Game Boys to absolutely everyone,
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306. young and old, around the world,
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310. My name's Henk Rogers.
I'm here to see Kevin Maxwell.
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311. Do you have an appointment, sir?
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312. Nope. It's a surprise.
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313. - I'm doing my best.
- No, do not say that.
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In fact, on a scale from one to best,
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316. you're doing less than zero,
which is fuck all!
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318. They know that Tetris sells.
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319. But they're refusing to engage with me
on arcade rights
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320. until I pay them for the royalties
I owe them on the computer games.
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321. And I can't pay them until you pay me.
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322. - Henk Rogers to see Kevin Maxwell.
- What the bloody hell is he doing here?
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323. - Bring him in.
- Why?
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324. - Well, I should go.
- Sit down.
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325. We are a united front. Understood?
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326. Mr. Rogers, what a pleasant surprise.
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chairman of the Mirror Group.
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328. Wow, hi.
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329. - If I'm interrupting, I can—
- Not all all.
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330. We were just talking Tetris actually.
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of Andromeda Software, and my son—
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332. I can introduce myself, Father. Thank you.
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335. I know. We met.
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336. On the phone.
You sold my arcade rights to SEGA.
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337. Well, it seems
everything's sorted itself out, yes?
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338. Before I forget, this is for the Soviets,
per my contract.
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339. It's a game-play tape of Japanese Tetris.
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340. Though we very much appreciate
your personal delivery, Mr. Rogers,
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341. but you could've mailed it.
You could've saved yourself the trip.
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342. Yes, but then I wouldn't be able
to talk to you about handheld Tetris.
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is who controls the rights.
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worldwide licensing rights.
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349. That's arcade, video game,
computer, and the handheld.
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- Fantastic.
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your worldwide handheld rights. Today.
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Nintendo doesn't have a handheld device.
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to buy into a market—
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a very generous offer on their behalf.
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without fully executed contracts,
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the company's pension manager called
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a few million pounds missing
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last week.
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374. Yes, we had to rearrange
the balance sheets for the year-end.
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- So, I shan't worry?
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I said it's complicated.
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What's so complicated—
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to be in a country where—
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and what is not complicated.
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worldwide handheld rights.
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- It's Howard Lincoln, Nintendo, America.
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to Atari for $100,000.
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395. - What?
- Yeah, Atari.
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we hate those motherfuckers.
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a handheld device with our damn game.
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and getting the deal for himself?
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he's cutting out more than just me.
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behind my back?
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- Do not call me Kevin!
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or have you forgotten your contract?
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global royalties on sales of Tetris?
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but just give me some time.
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I'll negotiate directly with the Russians.
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just go to the Soviet Union, Henk.
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a full background check. It takes months.
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ELORG is probably KGB.
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- Yeah, course we do.
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into a communist country
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enemy numero uno.
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- No. I'm Dutch.
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but I'm Dutch.
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- No, thank you.
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435. Henk Rogers, checking in.
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436. I don't suppose you know
where I can find ELORG, do you?
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437. Otherwise known as Electronorgtechnica.
It's a government body.
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438. Government? Net.
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439. "No," as in you don't know,
or "no," as in you're not gonna—
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440. We have a new guest…
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441. ELORG. You know, phone number?
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442. - Translation services?
- No, thanks.
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443. - Translator.
- Thanks.
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444. Taxi!
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445. Taxi!
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446. No more fish or meat!
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447. Please!
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448. You must have some.
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449. My family is hungry.
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450. I have money.
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451. Take this. Please.
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452. No. You have a family too.
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453. Please. My family will be fine.
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454. Thank you.
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455. Salutations.
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456. You're in need of succor?
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457. Excuse me?
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458. Succor. Noun.
Assistance in times of stress.
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459. Synonymous with help.
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460. Sasha. Translation services.
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461. Esteemed to meet you.
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462. Do you fancy history?
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463. We can visit Stalin's Seven Sisters,
his palaces for the proletariat.
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464. Or art?
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465. We can go to the Pushkin Museum.
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466. Actually,
where I really need to go is ELORG.
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467. I assumed you were here
for vacationing purposes.
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468. So you've heard of it?
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469. Mr. Rogers, this is not America.
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470. Entering a government structure
without invite is highly illegal.
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471. Sasha, I didn't travel 5,000 miles
to be stopped by a door.
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472. Identification?
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473. Nikolai Evgenievich…
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474. Yes?
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475. Someone for you.
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476. I'm listening.
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477. Yeah, hi. Henk Rogers.
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478. Bullet-Proof Software.
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479. I publish the video game version
of Tetris in Japan,
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480. and I'm here to license
the worldwide handheld rights from you.
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481. What's that?
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482. Where's it from?
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483. I'm sorry. I don't speak—
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484. One sec.
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485. Sorry, Sasha, but I really need you.
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486. It's gonna be fine.
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487. This is Sasha, my translator.
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488. Hello, my name is Sasha.
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489. I'm a translator.
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490. Okay? Okay.
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491. My name is Henk Rogers.
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492. And I publish Tetris
for Nintendo in Japan.
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493. He inquires, "What is Nintendo?"
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494. Ha. Very funny.
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495. Nintendo's the most popular
video game console in the world, sir.
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496. He says ELORG never licensed
Tetris video game rights to anyone, ever.
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497. Only the computer game version.
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498. No, that can't be true. Look…
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499. ELORG licensed the rights
to Robert Stein at Andromeda,
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500. Andromeda to Mirrorsoft,
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501. and Mirrorsoft's representative
in Las Vegas to Bullet-Proof Software,
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502. which is me.
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503. I gave it to Mirrorsoft to send to you.
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504. He denies obtaining a tape.
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505. And says that this is an illegal copy.
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506. Mr. Rogers, I think we should vanish.
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507. He thinks I stole Tetris?
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508. Affirmative.
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509. Tell him I have my whole life
and then some invested in this game.
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510. He's mistaken.
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511. I advise you to leave this
government institution.
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512. Otherwise, as a foreign citizen
on a tourist visa,
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513. you will be sent to prison
for fraud and trespassing.
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514. He says he is not mistaken.
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515. Is that all he said?
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516. Yes.
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517. Sure. Okay, tell him I'll fix this.
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518. We can figure out console,
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519. and then we can talk handheld.
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520. He says return in the morrow
at nine o'clock.
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521. - But I must warn you—
- Okay. Okay, great. Thanks.
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522. Thanks.
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523. You're gonna— Okay.
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524. Thank you.
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525. I need an international pay phone.
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526. International pay phones
do not exist in Soviet Union, Henk.
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527. But I need to call home.
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528. You don't understand.
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529. I convinced my wife to risk our home
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530. so that I could afford
Tetris video game rights,
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531. and now I'm being told I don't have them?
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532. If I don't fix this, I'm fucked.
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533. Your hotel has phone.
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534. Okay, great. Let's go.
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535. But you must wait in line
as only few wires leave our great nation.
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536. But how long?
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537. Anywhere from eight hours to a week.
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538. What?
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539. Okay, but there's a fax machine
at the hotel, right?
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540. Fax and telex
are in government buildings only, Henk.
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541. Mr. Rogers, a word.
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542. Please.
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543. Do you know who I am?
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544. I've got an idea.
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545. Good.
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546. I assume your translator told you
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547. foreigners are not allowed in government
buildings without formal invitation.
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548. Go home.
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549. Understood?
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550. Mr. Maxwell, Valentin Trifonov,
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551. Central Committee of the Communist Party,
Department of Foreign Trade.
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552. Welcome to Russia.
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553. My father told me to expect Gorbachev.
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554. You're not Gorbachev.
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555. And you're not your father.
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556. You're here for Tetris, yes?
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557. Let's see what we can arrange.
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558. Morning, Sasha.
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559. Any chance I can cajole you
into changing your mind?
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560. Not a chance.
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561. Ready?
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562. Henk, this is Alexey Pajitnov,
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563. the inventor of Tetris.
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564. Wow, really?
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565. Mr. Rogers…
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566. Henk, Mr. Belikov would like you to know
that he doesn't trust you.
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567. And you— Sorry, these
are not my words— are a liar and a thief.
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568. I'm also a horrible cook.
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569. That was a joke.
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570. - I don't think he understood.
- Yeah, I can see that.
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571. Please, Mr Belikov continue.
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572. I'm sorry, but who are you?
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573. Please, sit.
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574. The more important question here
is who are you, Henk Rogers?
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575. Your visa says you're a tourist,
but you're not.
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576. A crime.
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577. Your Tetris game says you licensed it,
but you did not.
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578. Well, another crime.
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579. So, here's what I'm thinking.
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580. You go home today, cease production
of Tetris, all will be forgiven.
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581. Or you stay and face the consequences.
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582. I'm not going home without a deal.
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583. Sorry.
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584. "Sorry" will not work in our courts,
Mr. Rogers.
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585. Mr Belikov…
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586. Alexey.
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587. I just wanna say
that your game is brilliant.
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588. Thank you. I speak English.
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589. And I have so, so many questions.
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590. But first, I want you to know that
when I clear up this misunderstanding,
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591. and hopefully secure handheld rights,
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592. I'm gonna make you a millionaire.
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593. - Mr. Rogers.
- Please, call me Henk.
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594. Mr. Rogers, I do not have right
to receive money from my game.
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595. Well, that's criminal.
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596. No.
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597. It is communism.
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598. If that idiot's a thief…
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599. Jail him.
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600. Are the other buyers here?
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601. Keep them separated.
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602. We are going to beat these capitalists
at their own game.
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603. Mr. Belikov,
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604. if I'm a thief, why would I come to Moscow
and proudly show you my game?
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605. Because you want handheld rights.
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606. Yeah, but if I already stole
video game and arcade rights,
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607. what would stop me from stealing handheld?
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608. Mr. Belikov inquires
as to why you mention arcade rights.
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609. I bought Japanese arcade rights too,
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610. only to find out that Mirrorsoft
already licensed them to SEGA.
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611. Stop, stop, stop.
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612. ELORG never transacted arcade rights
to anyone, Henk.
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613. Wait, hold on.
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614. So you're saying the only version
of Tetris you ever licensed
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615. was for personal computers?
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616. Can I see the contract you signed?
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617. Please, it'll help me understand
what's going on.
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618. 'Cause I don't know if you know,
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619. but Stein and Mirrorsoft are selling
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620. Tetris video game
and arcade rights worldwide.
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621. Mr. Belikov?
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622. I'm Robert Stein.
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623. I'm here to shore up contracts
for arcade and handheld rights.
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624. Please, Mr. Stein. One minute.
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625. What?
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626. Mr. Belikov.
Thank you very much for agreeing to meet.
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627. Mr. Belikov asks, "What is this?"
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628. Well, I suppose it's Tetris
for Nintendo in Japan.
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629. But I'm here to discuss handheld rights,
not video, so…
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630. He asks if you authorized the sale
of Tetris video games to Henk Rogers.
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631. Mr. Belikov, I run one of the largest
media companies in Europe.
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632. I don't have time to meddle
in the day-to-day aspects.
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633. So, you are saying
that you have never seen this game?
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634. No, I'm saying that
we should move on to today's business.
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635. Do you think it's pirated?
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636. I don't know, maybe?
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637. Can we talk about handheld Tetris?
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638. Tomorrow, thank you.
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639. Yeah.
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640. Fucking commie bastards.
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641. Okay, I read the contract and I agree.
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642. You never intentionally sold
video game rights to Robert Stein.
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643. But here's the thing…
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644. Okay, this is a Nintendo.
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645. And this is a personal computer.
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646. What's the difference?
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647. No keyboard for Nintendo.
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648. No keyboard for Ninte—
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649. You speak English?
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650. Of course you do.
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651. Look, I'm sorry.
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652. Robert Stein screwed you.
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653. But legally speaking,
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654. he didn't steal from you,
which means I didn't steal from you.
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655. Next time, define computers so you can
hold on to your video game rights.
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656. And what about arcade?
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657. There's nothing in that contract
about arcade rights.
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658. That, Stein definitely stole from you.
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659. How much are they worth?
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660. $150,000.
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661. Where does he keep running to?
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662. Mr. Belikov.
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663. Mr. Belikov.
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664. No!
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665. Alexey, we got off on the wrong foot.
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666. Can I buy you dinner?
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667. Mr. Rogers, I'm not for sale.
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668. Is paragraph 40 a more prudent definition
of PC computer?
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669. "Whereas PC computers
consist of processor,
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670. monitor disk drive, and keyboard."
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671. - Yeah, much better.
- Keyboard.
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672. But Stein signed years ago.
What's the point of this?
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673. Oh, no. Please. You're welcome.
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674. Okay.
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675. Okay. What is going on?
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676. What is this?
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677. New contract.
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678. $150,000 for arcade rights?
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679. Who the hell gave you these numbers?
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680. Who gave SEGA the right
to sell Tetris arcade in Japan?
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681. If—
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682. If I sign this contract,
then we can discuss handheld rights, yes?
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683. I need a night to read the contract.
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684. He says we are done for the day.
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685. But we haven't discussed handheld yet.
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686. He says we will gallantly attack that
in the morrow.
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687. Okay.
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688. Alexey.
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689. You want a lift?
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690. I have car.
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691. Can I get a lift, then?
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692. So, where you from?
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693. I'm from Holland,
but I grew up in New York.
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694. My parents were Dutch
with some Jewish and Indonesian blood.
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695. I'm basically Eddie Van Halen.
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696. Mr. Rogers, I don't need small talk.
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697. Look, believe it or not,
I honestly want to get to know you.
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698. If not as a business partner,
then as a fan.
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699. Come to my hotel for dinner tonight.
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700. No.
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701. Then can I come to your house?
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702. Having a foreigner in one's home
is crime here.
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703. So…
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704. just call.
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705. Great.
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706. Thanks for the ride.
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707. - Guess how long my meeting lasted?
- Two minutes and three seconds.
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708. You, sir, need better manners.
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709. So you are saying
that you've never seen this game?
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710. I'm saying that we should move on to—
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711. You are spying on me?
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712. You bastard!
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713. Careful, Kevin.
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714. Let's take a walk outside. Yes?
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715. What are you offering for Tetris?
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716. The exclusive publishing rights
to our Collier's Encycl—
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717. No. How much money?
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718. The rights are worth two million dollars.
So, you know, it's tit for tat.
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719. More like tit for shit.
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720. Excuse me?
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721. This is fucking Russia.
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722. You people, you don't care about money.
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723. - Where are you from, Mr. Maxwell?
- What's that got to do with it?
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724. Me, I'm from Stavropol Krai.
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725. My parents were kolkhoz,
you know, sharecroppers.
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726. They worked 18 hours a day
on a state-owned farm.
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727. The government took everything.
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728. I realized very young that
if I was going to succeed in this society,
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729. I would need this. Only this.
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730. And unlike you,
nobody helped me get to where I am today.
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731. So, spare me the Bolshevik shit.
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732. Communism is dying.
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733. Soon I'll be out of a job.
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734. Like you,
I want to walk away with the best deal.
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735. You want me to bribe you?
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736. Is that what this is?
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737. No, no. I run an honest company.
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738. Nobody becomes a billionaire
by being honest, Mr. Maxwell.
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739. And nobody becomes a billionaire
by trusting a dirty politico either.
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740. If you are in search of a pawn,
I do suggest you fuck off.
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741. Good day.
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742. $100,000, US, when I get the deal.
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743. No.
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744. That is not what I'm asking.
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745. Boris
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746. Stop recording.
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747. 800,000.
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748. Half up-front, wired to a Swiss account.
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749. 300, paid when I get handheld Tetris.
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750. Perhaps I'll ask Mr. Rogers.
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751. Henk Rogers has no money.
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752. He reps Nintendo,
and they'd never bribe you.
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753. And Robert Stein is too cheap, so don't
even bother threatening me with him.
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754. 400.
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755. Final offer.
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756. Okay then.
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757. And, Mr. Trifonov?
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758. Kevin does not need to know
about any of this.
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759. Why are we taking the risk?
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760. Especially after
what happened to your father.
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761. Have you ever tried to say no
to an American?
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762. It's impossible.
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763. Hello.
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764. Hi.
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765. That's Maya. She's ten.
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766. Julie's eight.
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767. Michael, six.
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768. Leo's three.
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769. And that is my wife, Akemi.
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770. We met in college, in Hawaii,
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771. fell in love,
and I followed her back to Tokyo.
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772. You have lived many places.
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773. Yeah, I guess so.
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774. How about you?
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775. I lived only here.
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776. In Moscow?
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777. In this apartment.
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778. So, Henk, how do you like Moscow?
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779. Honestly?
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780. It's a bit confusing.
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781. Russia is difficult country
to love at first.
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782. Much like our literature,
it's cold and dark on the outside.
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783. But also romantic and inspired.
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784. Nobody sees that side anymore.
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785. How did you find Tetris, Henk?
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786. I was at the Consumer Electronics Show in
Las Vegas, selling a game I had designed.
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787. Then I saw your husband's game—
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788. - And then you stole it.
- Nina.
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789. No, it's fine.
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790. I licensed it from a big company
who lied to me.
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791. But I'm here to make things right.
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792. Because Tetris—
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793. It's that good.
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794. He's dumb. But he is honest.
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795. So you are a game designer, Henk?
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796. And a programmer.
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797. Well, though I've mostly
been doing sales lately.
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798. Pascal or assembler?
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799. I was gonna ask you the same thing.
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800. I like Pascal.
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801. Assembler is my go-to.
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802. But never underestimate…
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803. - …the power of BASIC.
- The power of BASIC.
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804. That's spooky.
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805. This is it?
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806. The original?
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807. Amazing.
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808. Can I play?
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809. Yes.
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810. It's always been bugging me.
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811. Why can't both lines disappear at once
instead of one at a time?
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812. Because…
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813. I never thought of that.
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814. We should allow up to four lines
to disappear at once.
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815. We should?
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816. What?
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817. Yeah.
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818. Give it a try. No harm.
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819. - Henk?
- Right.
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820. Higher levels equals more points.
So, you'd—
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821. Sorry.
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822. Close. But we need something more.
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823. Life is hard,
and we deserve our small celebrations.
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824. I forgot how much fun this is.
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825. What?
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826. Go, go, go.
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827. - Stay quiet. Go.
- What's—
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828. - Be quiet.
- What is the—
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829. Quiet!
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830. Good evening. Do you have any salt?
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831. Salt?
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832. Neighbour.
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833. Alexey, please!
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834. - What is—
- Sorry, Henk, you have to go.
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835. Okay.
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836. - But only if you come with me.
- What?
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837. We should go out.
But not at some tourist bar.
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838. Show me the real Moscow,
where people like you hang out.
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839. Henk, it is really not good idea. I'm—
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840. Yeah. I know, but sometimes
you gotta say "fuck the rules," right?
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841. I mean, that's why I came to Moscow.
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842. And I think
that's why you invited me here tonight.
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843. This is the place.
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844. More of what you had in mind, Henk, yes?
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845. Yeah!
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846. Thank you.
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847. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you.
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848. Cheers.
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849. Do you know these people?
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850. I work with a few of them, yes.
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851. Love the music.
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852. Look, personally I prefer
Mozart and Russian folk songs.
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853. Not, you know…
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854. - What did she—
- Folks.
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855. She has news from the Baltic states.
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856. Estonians have taken to the streets,
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857. demanding independence
from the Soviet Union.
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858. All of us are tired of the hypocrisy
and the career politicians.
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859. We all want freedom.
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860. Freedom of speech.
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861. Freedom of art, of expression.
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862. We want Coca-Cola.
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863. And we want Levi's jeans.
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864. And let's drink for this.
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865. I love this song!
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866. Everybody knows the words.
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867. Good ideas have no borders.
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868. - Come sing.
- No, no, no.
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869. Come on. Please?
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870. I don't sing. No.
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871. Come on. How can you resist!
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872. Alexey!
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873. - Now you see we aren't so different.
- Yes.
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874. Thank you for bringing me here tonight.
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875. It means a lot.
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876. Maya, we're going home soon.
Please clean up.
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877. Akemi Rogers?
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878. We are from Russian Embassy in Tokyo.
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879. Who let you in?
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880. Do you know where your husband is?
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881. Has your husband called?
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882. Well, if he does, tell him to come home.
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883. Immediately.
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884. You have beautiful children.
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885. Go home!
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886. And thanks for the Levi's.
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887. - Translator?
- No, thank you.
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888. What the f…
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889. Henk.
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890. Thank goodness you're okay.
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891. What…
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892. They searched my apartment too.
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893. But I don't get it.
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894. I'm trying to help you guys.
Why am I a threat?
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895. You're a foreigner
attempting to buy Russian property.
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896. To many, that is tantamount to treason.
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897. It's just a video game.
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898. To you, yes.
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899. But to the men in power
it is a slippery slope
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900. from selling one game to selling
all of Russia to the highest bidder.
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901. Henk, don't sacrifice everything for this.
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902. I—
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903. I'm married.
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904. I didn't—
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905. You gotta go.
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906. Good Morning!
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907. Peter and Dmitri.
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908. My little tennis stars.
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909. Off to school?
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910. You have a good papa
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911. For taking you so early after
being out so late last night.
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912. Papa, who is he?
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913. English?
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914. Impressive.
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915. Your mother Nina
is an English teacher, yes?
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916. Well, that's a good job.
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917. Steady salary.
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918. Has your father ever told you
what happened to his father?
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919. No?
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920. Well, he should.
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921. 'Cause, you know, history has
a very strange way of repeating itself.
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922. Mr. Rogers? International phone is ready.
You have three minutes.
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923. Come on. Come on.
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924. Come on, come on, pick up.
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925. Hello
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926. Maya.
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927. It's Papa.
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928. Papa! Are you coming home?
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929. My school concert is soon
and we did a rehearsal today
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930. and my teacher said I sound
like an angel and…
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931. Maya, honey.
I promise I'll be home for your concert,
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932. but right now
I need to speak to your mother.
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933. It sucks not being able to talk to you.
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934. Maya let me speak.
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935. Henk?
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936. Hi. I need you to call our lawyer,
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937. have him fax ELORG
my contract with Mirrorsoft,
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938. and have him draft up
a new contract for handheld Tetris.
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939. I'll fill in the details.
ELORG's number is +7 495 442 481.
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940. - Okay?
- Henk.
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941. Some Russians came into the office,
threatening me to tell you to come home.
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942. What?
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943. Akemi?
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944. Oh, shit.
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945. - You son of a bitch.
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946. - Taxi!
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947. - Taxi!
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948. Why is Henk Rogers here?
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949. Are you trying
to play us off against each other?
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950. 'Cause if you're trying to screw with me,
I swear—
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951. Mr. Stein,
have you read your revised contract?
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952. Yes.
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953. Yes, I did. It's not fair.
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954. You charge far too much for arcade rights.
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955. And why should I sign
a new contract for the PC rights
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956. that I already own fair and square?
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957. Oh, okay, okay.
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958. I'll sign, but then we discuss
the handheld rights, yes?
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959. Okay, handheld. How much?
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960. - We'll come back.
- No.
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961. No, no. No!
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962. Mr. Belikov, with all due respect,
what the hell is going on?
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963. First, one of your cronies threatens me,
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964. then you threaten my wife in Japan,
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965. my hotel room gets trashed,
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966. and now I find out
you're negotiating with Robert Stein.
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967. After all he's done to you?
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968. This, this is insane.
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969. I am the only honest guy here!
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970. You're all swindlers.
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971. You're all here just for the money.
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972. What? I don't speak Russian.
I don't have my translator.
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973. And where's Alexey?
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974. You guys, you think that I'm the enemy?
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975. You're wrong.
This isn't about the money anymore.
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976. It's about giving Alexey his due
and showing the world
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977. the Soviet Union is about more
than just missiles and military might.
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978. What is that?
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979. Your contract with Mirrorsoft.
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980. Proving that I didn't steal from you.
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981. And behind that is my new offer.
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982. There are no numbers on it.
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983. $25,000, up-front, for worldwide handheld
rights, plus 25 cents per unit sold.
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984. $25,000?
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985. Why so little?
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986. Because, to be honest,
I got no money left.
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987. But the royalties I'm offering
are more than fair.
Copy !req
988. How many games you expect to sell?
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989. Conservative estimate, a million.
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990. My estimate is 20 million.
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991. That means you get five million dollars.
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992. Oh, come on.
You guys are the kings of cliff-hangers!
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993. A word, please.
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994. I have been following your negotiations.
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995. You've done a masterful job.
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996. It's all for the Soviet Union,
Comrade Trifonov.
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997. Good.
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998. Because the state has decided
that Tetris will go to Mirrorsoft.
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999. Good.
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1000. Let's go.
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1001. Mr. Be— Oh, for fuck—
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1002. What's he doing here?
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1003. Foreign Trade is my department,
Mr. Maxwell.
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1004. Okay. Mr. Belikov,
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1005. Mirrorsoft is prepared to offer
the Russian publishing rights
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1006. to its Collier's Encyclopedias,
worth two million dollars,
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1007. in exchange for worldwide handheld Tetris.
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1008. - And royalties?
- Oh, for Christ's sake, Mr. Belikov.
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1009. I just offered you the deal of a lifetime.
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1010. We are prepared to give you deal,
Mr. Maxwell, but times…
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1011. times are changing.
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1012. We are held accountable for our decisions.
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1013. You see, choosing the offer
with no real money looks
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1014. suspicious.
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1015. Okay.
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1016. Fine, fine.
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1017. All expenditures have to be approved
by my board, mind you.
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1018. But, unofficially, I can offer ELORG
one million US dollars by the end of week.
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1019. - And royalties?
- Jesus fucking Christ.
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1020. That's enough.
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1021. What did he say?
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1022. One million dollars…
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1023. added to letter of intent.
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1024. We promise Mirrorsoft
worldwide handheld Tetris,
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1025. if you wire us
one million dollars in one week.
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1026. Well, gentlemen,
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1027. looks like we…
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1028. we have ourselves a deal.
Copy !req
1029. Let me walk you out.
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1030. - But we're not finished—
- Now!
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1031. - Mr. Belikov, the exit is this way.
- Shut up.
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1032. Is everything all right?
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1033. You have one week to make an offer
for worldwide handheld rights.
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1034. You have my offer.
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1035. I'm ready to sign now. What is going on?
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1036. You must sign a letter of intent first.
It's protocol.
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1037. - Are you lying to me, Belikov?
- Listen.
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1038. If you knew the risk I'm taking right now,
you wouldn't ask that.
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1039. Please sign.
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1040. Please.
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1041. And one more thing.
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1042. If you would like to make an offer
for worldwide video game rights,
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1043. ELORG is open to deal.
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1044. What?
Stein has the worldwide video game rights.
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1045. No, he doesn't.
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1046. I redefined "computer."
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1047. Stein needed arcade rights,
so, he signed a new contract.
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1048. Why are you helping me, Belikov?
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1049. I'm doing what is the best for my country.
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1050. Go home, Henk Rogers, and come back with
your Nintendo crew to make a real offer.
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1051. Where were you today?
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1052. Doesn't matter.
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1053. We did it.
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1054. Handheld rights and they're promising
worldwide video game rights too.
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1055. Get in.
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1056. Dzerzhinsky Square.
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1057. You don't have your car?
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1058. I don't want to be followed.
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1059. When I was a boy, my father was professor
at Moscow University.
Copy !req
1060. And in 1965, a colleague of his
was jailed for selling his book abroad.
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1061. Just for selling his book?
Copy !req
1062. Yes.
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1063. And my father signed a letter of protest,
which was the right thing to do.
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1064. But the Soviet retribution was swift.
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1065. He lost his professorship and was barred
from holding a real job ever again,
Copy !req
1066. and it ruined him.
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1067. And it ruined my family.
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1068. And I promised myself that I would never
put my kids through that kind of hell.
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1069. But they are doing it again, Henk.
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1070. And this time, to me.
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1071. Do you know what that building is?
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1072. Well, you should, because they've been
watching your every move.
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1073. Wait. That's—
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1074. That's the member of the Communist Party
at Central Committee,
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1075. one of the most powerful men in USSR.
Copy !req
1076. Speaking to his agent.
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1077. KGB?
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1078. Sasha is KGB?
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1079. But she's—
Copy !req
1080. Why?
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1081. Because you are a threat.
Copy !req
1082. You represent everything our country
has fought against for 80 years.
Copy !req
1083. And he just found out
that ELORG promised you Tetris.
Copy !req
1084. Airport right away!
Copy !req
1085. Tell them it's important.
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1086. It's about Tetris. I'm laid over in Korea,
but only for an hour.
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1087. Sorry, Mr. Rogers. They're in a meeting.
Copy !req
1088. Can I take a message?
Copy !req
1089. No, I wanna tell them myself.
Copy !req
1090. I'll call when I'm home. Thanks.
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1091. Gentlemen. Robert Maxwell,
Chairman of the Mirror Group. Pleasure.
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1092. Minoru Arakawa.
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1093. This is Howard Lincoln,
my senior VP and chief legal counsel.
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1094. How can we help you today, sir?
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1095. I think I've got something you want.
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1096. Kevin, are you there?
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1097. Yes.
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1098. It's good news, gentlemen.
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1099. You see Nikolai Evgenievich…
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1100. Unlike you, I put our country first.
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1101. Don't hurt him too much.
He still has work to do.
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1102. Oh, shit.
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1103. Maya?
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1104. Jesus. No.
Copy !req
1105. Oh, no.
Copy !req
1106. - Hello?
- Henk, it's Howard Lincoln.
Copy !req
1107. Listen, I thought I should call you
and tell you in person.
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1108. I— I don— I don't—
Copy !req
1109. I'm sorry, you didn't get
the Game Boy rights for Tetris.
Copy !req
1110. We gotta go with Mirrorsoft.
Copy !req
1111. You understand, right?
Copy !req
1112. - Hello?
- They're lying, Howard. Everybody's lying.
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1113. They're blackmailing me
so I keep my mouth shut.
Copy !req
1114. But I'm telling you, Mirrorsoft
doesn't even have the video game rights—
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1115. Henk, relax. We just got a fax from ELORG
confirming Mirrorsoft's license.
Copy !req
1116. It's legit, okay?
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1117. We'll find something else to work on.
Copy !req
1118. - Wait, wait.
- All right? Bye-bye.
Copy !req
1119. You done?
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1120. The Maxwells screwed me, Akemi.
They took everything.
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1121. You missed your daughter's concert.
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1122. Did you hear what I just said?
Copy !req
1123. Did you hear what I just said?
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1124. We've got nothing left.
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1125. Nothing!
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1126. It's over, and you're giving me shit
about missing a concert?
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1127. M— Maya! Sh—
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1128. You selfish prick
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1129. Honey?
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1130. It's fine.
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1131. Everything is gonna be fine.
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1132. Because if it isn't,
then we don't have handheld rights,
Copy !req
1133. and we don't have console rights.
Copy !req
1134. And Nintendo will sue us for fraud,
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1135. and we'll lose the business,
and they'll probably take our house.
Copy !req
1136. And I am trying
to keep it together, Akemi, really I am.
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1137. But I do not have a backup plan.
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1138. I just— I just need you to understand
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1139. that I did this because
I am trying to build a life for us.
Copy !req
1140. We had a life.
Copy !req
1141. Can I come in?
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1142. I devoted my life to this country,
Copy !req
1143. the great idea of it.
Copy !req
1144. But…
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1145. I can't do it…
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1146. …This country doesn't exist any more.
Copy !req
1147. We're turning into a nation of thieves.
Copy !req
1148. Tetris is going to Mirrorsoft.
Copy !req
1149. And I will be removed from my position
at ELORG once the deal is signed.
Copy !req
1150. But you can still make this right.
Copy !req
1151. Get this to Henk Rogers.
Copy !req
1152. He'll know what to do.
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1153. Hi
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1154. Hi
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1155. Fire!
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1156. What are you doing back there?
Copy !req
1157. Kevin, my boy. Okay, get out.
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1158. What the hell is going on?
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1159. Spring cleaning, is all.
Copy !req
1160. Shredding redundant balance sheets
we had made for our auditors.
Copy !req
1161. How are you? Congratulations on Tetris.
Copy !req
1162. I need one million US dollars,
and accounting's saying we don't have it.
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1163. - Why do you need a million dollars?
- Why do I… For Tetris.
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1164. Son, we don't have to pay the Russians
anything.
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1165. We're giving them the encyclopedias.
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1166. No, no, no. It was a competitive bid,
and that's the deal I struck.
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1167. The deal is,
I am friends with Mikhail Gorbachev.
Copy !req
1168. Stop with your damn "we're friends" bit!
Copy !req
1169. The Soviet Union is about to implode.
Copy !req
1170. Everyone's snatching up what they can,
and Gorbachev can't do a thing about it!
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1171. Calm down, Kevin. Don't have a hissy fit.
You're not a child.
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1172. Then stop treating me like one.
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1173. - We don't have the money, do we?
- Of course we do.
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1174. - But it's tied up.
- Okay.
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1175. - I'll call the bank. I'll get a loan.
- No. I wouldn't do that.
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1176. Jesus Christ, Father.
You said we were fine.
Copy !req
1177. We are fine.
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1178. Once we secure Tetris from the Russians
and sign with Nintendo,
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1179. - we'll be in the black.
- Okay.
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1180. But who's going to convince the Russians
to give us Tetris for no money?
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1181. Leave it to me.
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1182. Good job, Son.
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1183. Let's sue the fuck out of them.
This is the lowest of the low.
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1184. But that doesn't solve the problem.
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1185. We can send a cease and desist.
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1186. Sir. Excuse me, sir. You can't—
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1187. - Sir, they're in a meeting.
- Well, this meeting is over.
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1188. - What the hell is he doing here?
- Read this.
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1189. - Henk, we don't have time.
- Read it!
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1190. - What the fuck is that?
- Atari stole our patent.
Copy !req
1191. They hacked the NES, now manufacturing
and selling our cartridges.
Copy !req
1192. Guess what their first game is.
Copy !req
1193. - They do not have the rights.
- They do in America. I checked.
Copy !req
1194. - No, they don't.
- What?
Copy !req
1195. Who the hell is "A"?
Copy !req
1196. Alexey Pajitnov.
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1197. "Henk, ELORG and Mirrorsoft lie.
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1198. No rights for Tetris granted.
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1199. Come back and make offer ASAP."
What's he mean, "no rights?"
Copy !req
1200. You're looking at Mirrorsoft's contract,
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1201. which is just a letter of intent
that expired yesterday.
Copy !req
1202. - So handheld rights are—
- Available.
Copy !req
1203. - And video game?
- Available.
Copy !req
1204. - Worldwide.
- But that means—
Copy !req
1205. I don't have video game rights in Japan,
because Stein and Mirrorsoft
Copy !req
1206. never had the right to sell them to me,
or to these guys.
Copy !req
1207. Wait, you're telling me
Atari doesn't have Tetris in America?
Copy !req
1208. I'm telling you
Atari doesn't have Tetris anywhere.
Copy !req
1209. What makes you so sure
this Alexey character isn't lying?
Copy !req
1210. Because he's the only one
who stands to gain nothing from this.
Copy !req
1211. What do you need from us?
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1212. I need you and your checkbooks
to get on a plane with me to Moscow ASAP.
Copy !req
1213. And tell nobody.
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1214. He's back.
Copy !req
1215. And he brought friends.
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1216. MOSCOW COMPUTER SCIENCE CENTER
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1217. Hello
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1218. What are you doing?
Copy !req
1219. What is going on?
Copy !req
1220. Damn.
Copy !req
1221. Stop.
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1222. What are you doing?
Copy !req
1223. Sasha!
Copy !req
1224. What is this?
Copy !req
1225. You're moving.
Copy !req
1226. Where? Why? This is my home!
This was my parents' home. You can't!
Copy !req
1227. What's going on?
Copy !req
1228. Your husband broke the law.
Copy !req
1229. I got a call to say the boys
were sent home from school?
Copy !req
1230. Which will fall faster?
Copy !req
1231. - Quick!
- Neither!
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1232. Mama, papa!
Copy !req
1233. We're studying gravity in school!
He's showing us an experiment.
Copy !req
1234. That's right.
Copy !req
1235. An 'experiment'.
Copy !req
1236. Which one will fall faster? Quick!
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1237. Chair?
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1238. Ah, this is where gravity gets tricky.
Copy !req
1239. The chair should fall faster
because it's heavier, right?
Copy !req
1240. Yes
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1241. But it won't.
Copy !req
1242. Listen,
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1243. gravity doesn't care
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1244. if you're as light as a coin
Copy !req
1245. or as heavy as a…
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1246. Boy.
Copy !req
1247. Everything falls at the same speed.
Copy !req
1248. Boys. Go and help your mother pack.
Copy !req
1249. Henk Rogers is back because of you.
Copy !req
1250. Ruining your life was easy.
Copy !req
1251. Cross me again
and you will no longer exist.
Copy !req
1252. Just like your friend Henk.
Copy !req
1253. Mr. Belikov.
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1254. Are you okay?
Copy !req
1255. Sorry for my tardiness.
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1256. So, you want to see new games.
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1257. No. We're here for Tetris.
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1258. But I already informed you via fax
that Tetris transaction is dead.
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1259. Uh-huh.
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1260. And I assume you gave Mirrorsoft
the same deal you gave me.
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1261. A week to make an offer
for Tetris handheld.
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1262. Have they?
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1263. Didn't think so. Here. Here's our offer.
Copy !req
1264. For video game and handheld Tetris.
Worldwide.
Copy !req
1265. The money is up-front.
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1266. We'll cover all marketing
and manufacturing,
Copy !req
1267. and give you 50 cents per unit sold
on both handheld and video games.
Copy !req
1268. One dollar per unit sold.
Copy !req
1269. Great. Let's sign, and we can go home.
Copy !req
1270. No.
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1271. Please listen, I'm negotiating
what's best for our country.
Copy !req
1272. Protection of the government's property
and decision making is our responsibility.
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1273. He says ELORG needs night
to go over contract.
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1274. It's protocol.
Copy !req
1275. She is correct.
Copy !req
1276. It is protocol.
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1277. Good. Time to go, gentlemen.
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1278. I have another appointment.
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1279. Five million dollars?
Copy !req
1280. And where is your money, Mr. Maxwell?
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1281. I am not going to match
five million fucking dollars.
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1282. And you don't have to.
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1283. All you have to do is wire ELORG
the one million your son promised them.
Copy !req
1284. Tetris is yours.
Copy !req
1285. You have 24 hours.
Copy !req
1286. Why is it so important
that the Maxwells win?
Copy !req
1287. Isn't the offer with more money
better for the Soviet Union?
Copy !req
1288. I'll concern myself with the
fate of the Soviet Union.
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1289. You go and do your job.
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1290. Dismissed.
Copy !req
1291. - Father! Father.
- Not right now.
Copy !req
1292. Nintendo just offered the Russians
five million dollars
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1293. for worldwide video game
and handheld rights.
Copy !req
1294. - I already know. Jo.
- Yes.
Copy !req
1295. Wait.
Copy !req
1296. Did you say they offered on handheld
and video game rights?
Copy !req
1297. - Yes.
- Impossible.
Copy !req
1298. We already have
worldwide video game rights.
Copy !req
1299. - We licensed them from—
- Kevin!
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1300. You son of a bitch.
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1301. You were in Moscow.
You made a deal behind my back.
Copy !req
1302. Got ELORG to change my contract,
cutting me out!
Copy !req
1303. - Someone call security!
- And you, Robert,
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1304. I found Tetris for you
and you pay me no royalties!
Copy !req
1305. And now, because of your greed,
the Russians erased us from the profits.
Copy !req
1306. What are you talking about?
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1307. They redefined the word "computer"
in my new contract, huh?
Copy !req
1308. Cutting me out of video games
so you can steal it!
Copy !req
1309. We didn't sign
any new video game contracts.
Copy !req
1310. Oh, you fucking fool!
Copy !req
1311. I am a fucking fool?
Copy !req
1312. The bratty son of a billionaire
Copy !req
1313. who's never done an honest day's work
in his life calls me a fool?
Copy !req
1314. You self-entitled piece of…
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1315. Come on, mate. Get off!
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1316. Off! Off me!
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1317. Off! Off!
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1318. You, all of you,
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1319. you're all working for thieves!
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1320. Thieves!
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1321. Jo, have the jet ready in an hour.
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1322. I'm going to Moscow.
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1323. Mr. Maxwell. Welcome to—
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1324. Fucking you again?
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1325. Gentlemen, welcome.
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1326. Apologies, but I am gaining weight
and need new suit for today's celebration.
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1327. You look great, General Secretary.
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1328. And you are bad liar, my friend.
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1329. How can I help you?
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1330. Unfortunately, this isn't a social call.
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1331. My son and I are here because
there is an American businessman in Moscow
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1332. who's been manipulating your bureaucrats
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1333. into giving him the rights
to a Russian video game
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1334. that my company already had a deal on.
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1335. In fact, he's just offered your people
five million US dollars.
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1336. And?
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1337. And if this deal goes through,
it will set a dangerous precedent.
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1338. And what is that?
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1339. That communism is dead.
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1340. So, you are here to save my country?
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1341. Once you let capitalists
through your gates, they will never leave.
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1342. And what are you?
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1343. As you said, I am your friend.
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1344. We are proposing a fair trade
where no money is exchanged.
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1345. You get the publishing rights
to our Collier's Encyclopedias,
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1346. and we get the game.
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1347. An exchange of information.
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1348. I appreciate your benevolence, Robert,
but my country is broken.
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1349. My people want freedom.
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1350. Freedom to vote, to choose their destiny.
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1351. Communism was never meant
to prevent freedom.
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1352. But, unfortunately,
human greed got in the way.
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1353. The world is changing, gentlemen,
and Soviet Union will not be left behind.
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1354. Now, if you'll excuse me,
I have speech to prepare.
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1355. Would you like my advice?
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1356. Respectfully, Mr. Trifonov, we've got
this far without you, so do fuck off.
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1357. Just get me Tetris.
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1358. Get me everything you know on him.
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1359. The foreigner?
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1360. No.
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1361. The politician.
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1362. Comrade Gorbachev,
look at the respect they show you.
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1363. Alexey.
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1364. Told you I'd be back.
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1365. - You shouldn't have come.
- What?
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1366. You're the reason I'm here.
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1367. You misinterpreted me.
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1368. You literally said,
"Come back and make an offer ASAP."
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1369. I was wrong. You don't deserve it.
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1370. - Alexey, what's up? We're friends.
- We are not.
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1371. You used me to get what you want.
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1372. That is— How could you say that?
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1373. I'm doing this for us.
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1374. You are doing it for you.
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1375. I don't stand to profit a penny from this.
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1376. I'll make sure you do.
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1377. - It's not gonna be eas—
- Stop making promises you cannot keep.
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1378. We come from different worlds.
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1379. You go back to yours,
and I'll return to mine.
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1380. "70 years from our glorious revolution"
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1381. This is a time of change…
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1382. But I am confident the USSR…
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1383. Henk Rogers' team are heading to ELORG.
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1384. Will come out of it stronger than ever.
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1385. Walkie Talkie!
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1386. Where is Henk Rogers now!
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1387. Heading north on Boshaya Ordynka.
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1388. Don't let these capitalists get to ELORG!
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1389. All agents to ELORG!
Repeat. All agents to ELORG.
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1390. This is not a counteroffer.
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1391. Correct.
It is our first offer and final offer.
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1392. Our IP for your IP.
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1393. And we'll be taking back our video game
rights too, thank you very much.
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1394. - What the bloody hell is this?
- Choice.
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1395. They can choose your shit deal,
or our fair deal.
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1396. - What?
- The cavalry is coming, boys.
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1397. Our agreement guarantees us Tetris
if we make a counteroffer,
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1398. which we just did.
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1399. Depending on
payment of one million dollars.
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1400. - Fuck you. Sign the deal.
- Honor the contract.
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1401. You have less than one minute
before heads roll.
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1402. Mr. Belikov,
do not fall for his shit. Every—
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1403. Father, just pay him the pity money.
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1404. You don't have the money.
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1405. That explains never paying any royalties.
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1406. - Father, what the fuck is happening?
- Nothing.
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1407. It's an accounting quirk
to be resolved next quarter.
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1408. Meaning, you're bankrupt.
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1409. Enough! I could have you all arrested.
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1410. Can we get this done, please?
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1411. - Mr. Belikov.
- You bastard.
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1412. Out.
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1413. You are not safe until you leave Moscow.
Go.
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1414. - Where are they?
- Gone, you idiot.
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1415. - What?
- With our deal.
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1416. Maxwell has no money.
He voided the contract.
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1417. I had no choice.
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1418. I run a billion-dollar corporation.
Of course I have money.
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1419. Just not at this exact moment.
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1420. What about my money?
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1421. What do you mean your money?
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1422. Yes, what do you mean your money?
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1423. Are you fucking—
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1424. What, you bribed this piece of shit?
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1425. Behind my back?
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1426. Oh, shut up.
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1427. I was saving your arse, per usual.
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1428. You wanna play with the big boys, Son?
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1429. This is how the world works. Suck it up.
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1430. Where is my money, Robert?
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1431. I delivered you Tetris
on a silver fucking platter.
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1432. All you had to do was pay.
Where is my money?
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1433. Comrade Trifonov we work for our country…
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1434. You whore yourself.
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1435. Fine.
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1436. Get me back my contract,
and I will personally double your fee.
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1437. - No.
- Triple.
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1438. I don't trust your money.
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1439. I want 50% ownership of Tetris.
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1440. Deal.
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1441. Commie bastards.
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1442. - Get in!
- Come on, get in!
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1443. Go! Go, go, go!
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1444. How'd you know where to find us?
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1445. It was easy.
I thought, "What would I never do?"
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1446. Behind us!
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1447. Drive faster!
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1448. Alexey! Alexey!
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1449. What flights are leaving in the next hour?
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1450. - We can make it!
- There's no room!
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1451. Do you trust me?
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1452. Oh, my God.
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1453. Come on! come on!
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1454. Flight 702 to Zurich is now boarding.
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1455. Please proceed to the gate.
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1456. Next.
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1457. What's your next flight out?
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1458. We need backup.
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1459. Let's go.
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1460. Flight 802 to Tokyo via Seoul
is now boarding.
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1461. Please proceed to the gate.
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1462. Come on, come on, come on, come on.
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1463. They're coming.
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1464. Sweep the room.
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1465. - You need to get out of here.
- No.
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1466. - I'm staying until you're safely through.
- Alexey, you've risked enough.
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1467. Please get out of here
before they catch you.
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1468. This is not goodbye, I promise.
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1469. I know how much you hate that word.
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1470. But, man, I really mean it.
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1471. No. It's no time for American emotion.
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1472. - Next!
- Go.
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1473. - Reason for travel?
- I'm a tourist.
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1474. Excuse me.
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1475. Please take your seats for departure.
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1476. Move out the way!
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1477. Where is the plane to Tokyo?
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1478. Gate 6…
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1479. But it's closed!
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1480. OFFICIAL BUSINESS!
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1481. We ask that you fasten your seatbelts…
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1482. Open the door!
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1483. OFFICIAL BUSINESS!
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1484. Sorry, we have a slight delay…
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1485. Now!
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1486. Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to flight 802 to Tokyo.
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1487. We are now getting ready to depart.
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1488. What the fuck?
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1489. Please fasten your seat belt.
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1490. Son of a…
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1491. They're on the other plane!
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1492. Valentin Igorovich…
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1493. By order of the Secretary General…
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1494. You are hereby under arrest for
abuse of authority and corruption.
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1495. No
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1496. What the fuck is this?
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1497. Move!
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1498. You broke the law.
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1499. I am the law!
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1500. Get them out of my way.
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1501. Is it because I called you a whore?
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1502. This is the end of our country.
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1503. You hear me?
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1504. The fucking end.
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1505. The fucking end!
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1506. It will all fall!
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1507. Welcome to flight 702 to Zurich.
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1508. We hope you enjoy
your flight with us today.
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1509. Maya.
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1510. If you would do me the honour,
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1511. I would love to watch the performance
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1512. I wish I hadn't missed.
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1513. Please…
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1514. OK
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1515. I'll get ready.
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1516. I made a promise to you
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1517. Which didn't go the way I hoped.
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1518. Until now.
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1519. Christmas '89 is about to get
a lot more exciting
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1520. with a brand-new gift under the tree.
It's called the Game Boy.
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1521. Protests are taking place
across the Soviet Union.
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1522. Its maker, Nintendo,
has already sold out twice in Japan.
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1523. And it's on its way
to doing the same thing in America,
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1524. where sales have exceeded $110 million
this holiday season.
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1525. And demand is showing
no signs of letting up.
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1526. Borders are being opened
across Eastern Europe.
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1527. That is in no small part thanks to Tetris,
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1528. the hit new game that has entire families
clamoring to play.
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1529. Mikhail Gorbachev has resigned,
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1530. and the red flag has been lowered
at the Kremlin.
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1531. Is this good news or bad news?
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1532. Probably both.
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1533. This came for you.
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1534. From Henk.
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1535. …for five minutes.
Mom really needs the bed.
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1536. Here they come.
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1537. Welcome to your new home, buddy.
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1538. Is now a good time for American emotion?
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1539. The TV doesn't work. Video doesn't work.
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1540. I've read everything I can read.
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1541. Next stop is the Moscow Go Club.
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1542. Your name is Alla?
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1543. Okay, Alla is going to take us
to the Russian Go Association.
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1544. And then she has also located
ELORG for us.
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1545. This is Alexey Pajitnov.
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1546. - He is the author of Tetris.
- Okay, well sort of.
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1547. I play Tetris with my friends.
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1548. Okay.
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