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You Fired the Backbone of Detroit EP110 New Release ReelShort
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00:00A car with faulty brakes caused a deadly explosion, killing three college students.
00:04As the company's silence raises questions about accountability, authorities are investigating.
00:08God damn it!
00:10Do you see this?
00:11They're calling our car a burning coffin.
00:14They act like we killed those kids ourselves.
00:16We need to figure out why the door jammed or Webster's going belly under.
00:19Hear you, but we've already dropped 100K on diagnostic tests alone and nothing now.
00:24I don't want to hear your excuses.
00:26You're a goddamn Ivy League graduate.
00:28I pay you $200,000 a year, either figure it out or find a new job.
00:34And what the hell do you think you're doing?
00:36Tinkering around.
00:37We have to run a whole AI diagnostic system and you're over here fiddling.
00:41With all due respect, Mr. Russell, I know the Webster Corsair, like the back of my hand.
00:47I designed this car back in the day.
00:48I'll figure out what's wrong with it.
00:49We have a million-dollar AI diagnostic so we can't turn up anything.
00:53But you're going to figure it out with a $5 wrench?
00:55Well, fancy gadgets and high-minded degrees can be important, but sometimes what you need
01:01is plain old experience.
01:03You know what?
01:03Go ahead.
01:04I got nothing to lose.
01:05But if anything goes wrong, it's on your ass.
01:07Don't worry.
01:08I won't mess this up.
01:10Let's go.
01:10Found it.
01:29See that?
01:31From a shirt.
01:31Our owner must have made a legal modification, snagged it on a thread during the installation,
01:36and jammed the latch during impact.
01:38Webster's not at fault.
01:39You saved the company a few million, buddy.
01:42Let's go show the boss.
01:43You are embarrassing me, and you're embarrassing yourself.
01:46I think I found the problem.
01:50Ah, you old son of a bitch.
01:52You did it.
01:53All right, I'm going to go to the press and tell the board all the good news.
01:57You're a hero at Webster Motor.
01:58Attention, everyone.
02:04This concludes today's shift.
02:06Please shut down your stations and clock out.
02:08Drive safe, and we'll see you tomorrow.
02:16Oh, Mr. Walker.
02:18Can I have a word?
02:19Oh.
02:20Of course.
02:21Um, this is a car my nephew got from her grandmother.
02:33It's a collector's item, which means it's one of a kind, and you're the only one I trust
02:37to fix it.
02:38You know, it's funny.
02:38Last week it was a plane.
02:40This week it's a car.
02:42Your nephew sure likes to break things, huh?
02:44They're just messy, teenagers.
02:46Tell me about it.
02:47My daughter was the same way.
02:49I can have her back to you tomorrow.
02:51Great.
02:52Is your payment?
02:54100k.
02:56Miss Wolf, it's an easy fix.
02:59You don't have to pay me.
03:01Good to see you.
03:02Oh, Hank, wait.
03:07Hank, wait.
03:12I'll be straight with you, okay?
03:13You've been at Webster for 40 years.
03:15You know cars.
03:17You're one of the best engineers in the world.
03:19But they treat you worse than the mechanics that work for an hourly rate.
03:23Why don't you come work for me at Mach 15?
03:26We're developing a new supercar.
03:28Silver Lynx Model A, and I want you to be in charge.
03:30The starting pay is $10 million.
03:34That's a lot of money.
03:36But you said so yourself, Miss Wolf.
03:39I've been with Webster Motors for 40 years, and any time I have remaining,
03:43I just assume it be with them.
03:46Old mucks like me, we're the backbone of Detroit's industry.
03:50You got a good job on your hands, and you should give it to a youngster.
03:54As for me, just stick to toy cars.
03:57Hey, look who's early.
04:05Hey, how you doing, man?
04:06Good.
04:07Oh, hey.
04:09Come sir, Tom Norris.
04:11You reckon he's here to give us a bonus?
04:13I doubt it.
04:15Move.
04:16Move, move, move, move.
04:17All right, all right, all right.
04:18Hey, listen up.
04:20I have an announcement.
04:21Webster Motors has gone through a change of hands.
04:24We've been purchased by Tessalux.
04:29Yes, that Tessalux, the EV car company.
04:33Sir, a big man upstairs, now some guy named Elon.
04:37Tessalux is a tech company.
04:39Big emphasis on tech.
04:41So all you boomers, you're fired.
04:47You're fired.
04:48What?
04:49Wait, what?
04:50Wait, wait, wait, wait.
04:51We're all fired.
04:54That can't be right.
04:56Oh, you need me to spell it out for you?
04:58Fine.
04:59Webster Motors has purchased a cutting-edge AI detection system from Apex AI for over 10 billion.
05:06And let me tell you, this software makes all of you has-been boomers look like a bunch of fucking amateurs.
05:12It'll do more for this company in 10 minutes than you could do in 10 years.
05:18So, go home.
05:20Wait for death to come knocking.
05:23Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
05:24Now, hold on.
05:25That ain't right.
05:26Look, we are the backbone of Webster Motors, right?
05:30We built this company up from the ground.
05:32Hell, some of us were here before Webster was.
05:34You can't just let us go.
05:35That is workplace discrimination, right, boys?
05:38Yeah, right.
05:39We're gonna fucking sue you.
05:41Well, it's not ageism if you're just bad.
05:43We're a tech company now.
05:45We need computer people who write AI that does what you do, but they do it better and faster.
05:52Face it.
05:53This is the 21st century.
05:54Everything is fast and digital.
05:57It's time for you washed-up old farts to pack your little bags and fuck off.
06:02Because like it or not, you've been replaced.
06:03I might not know anything about AI, but I do know one thing.
06:07These machines here, they're finicky.
06:10And unless real people are monitoring the assembly line at all times, it's only a matter of time before something goes boom.
06:18And all production stops.
06:20That's right.
06:21What do you mean everything goes boom?
06:23I've worked here for 40 years.
06:26I know these machines.
06:27They need to be checked on and resurviced.
06:30Otherwise, you're gonna lose billions.
06:32Oh, okay.
06:34So, so, so you're saying the reason that I can't fire you old farts is because I need someone to watch the machine all day or it's gonna go boom?
06:43That's right.
06:44And you better make sure they have the experience to know what they're looking for.
06:47Oh, holy fuck.
06:49You're a real fucking shameless one, you know.
06:52I know you won't be able to get another job, but that doesn't mean you can make shit up either.
06:55I'm not making anything up.
06:57I'm telling you how it is based on my experience.
07:00All right.
07:01Old man, I gotta go, all right?
07:03But don't think you're anything special because of yesterday.
07:06I downloaded the source code from the diagnostic test myself, and that car was perfectly fine.
07:12You lucked out with that screw.
07:13So all you need to do is go back and rot in hospice.
07:18No, no, no.
07:19How dare you?
07:20How dare you?
07:21We built this city with our own hands.
07:23We are the ones that brought industry to Detroit.
07:25Yeah.
07:25We did all that hard labor so kids like you could go run off to college.
07:30And now this is how you're going to treat us?
07:31Shut up.
07:32Right?
07:32Shut up.
07:34You disgusting old fucking hicks.
07:36Or I'll call the cops.
07:38As of now, you're fired.
07:39So this is trespassing.
07:41Tom, you need to tell the assembly line swoopers about the maintenance.
07:46If something happens to one of these machines, it's going to cost Webster millions.
07:50And it's a safety hazard.
07:52I do not give a fuck about your experience.
07:54That is all subjective bullshit.
07:57We have the cold, hard facts right here.
08:00Our new AI detection system will be fully operational in a few short days.
08:04You really think it can't handle a few finicky machines?
08:08It'll have them back in tip-top shape before you old schmucks need to get your gloves on.
08:12Now hurry up and scram or you can forget about your final fucking paycheck.
08:22Whoa.
08:22It's all right.
08:23It's all right.
08:24Let it go, okay?
08:25Look, you warned him plenty about the assembly line, huh?
08:27It's his own fault now if you won't miss it.
08:31Come on, fellas.
08:31Let's go.
08:32Let's get out of here.
08:33Guy's a creep.
08:34What do you mean you can't fix it?
08:36I pay you millions of dollars for what?
08:39Mach 15 is on the line and if you can't fix it-
08:41Miss Wolfe.
08:41Miss Wolfe.
08:42Can't you see that I'm on the phone?
08:43Webster Motors just fired that old car mechanic.
08:45You told me to keep an eye on him.
08:46I'll call you back.
08:50They fired Hank Walker?
08:52Evelyn, I need you to find him.
08:55Our CNC mills just suffered a critical error and he's the only one that can fix it.
08:58Make sure he gets here, okay?
09:00We need him!
09:00Got it, boss.
09:01I'll offer him a job.
09:02What's the pay ceiling?
09:04There's no ceiling.
09:06We're paying him whatever he wants.
09:09I'll have you, Hank.
09:11Hey, I'll catch up with you, Hank.
09:12Hi, I'm looking for a Mr. Walker.
09:17Who, Hank?
09:18Yeah, he just missed him.
09:19He went to go see his daughter.
09:23Grandpa!
09:29Grandpa, I missed you so much.
09:31I didn't even get to play with you all at the whole year.
09:34I know, kiddo.
09:36Your grandpa was busy at work.
09:37But I'm going to have a lot more time now.
09:40I can come over every day if you want.
09:41Yeah.
09:42Yeah?
09:44Oh, you're getting strong.
09:46Dad.
09:47Shouldn't you be at work?
09:49I'm actually not going to be working there anymore.
09:52Webster laid me off.
09:54You got fired?
09:57Fuck.
09:58What are we going to do about the mortgage now?
10:01Mortgage?
10:01What are you talking about?
10:02The mortgage for this house, you stupid old fuck.
10:05Penn and I have been using your paycheck to pay off the mortgage.
10:08What are we going to do now?
10:09They're going to foreclose on us.
10:10Jesse, I've been giving you my paycheck since you and Helen got married.
10:15Why isn't the mortgage paid off yet?
10:17Because a whole year's worth of your salary didn't even last me a single night in Vegas.
10:23So you were gambling it.
10:24I bust my back ten hours a day and what?
10:28You gambled it all away in one night on craps?
10:31Poker?
10:32I can't believe you two.
10:33All right?
10:33I've given everything for you guys.
10:35I stopped drinking coffee for you, all right?
10:37I barely scrape by on $300 a month.
10:41And you flushed it down the drain gambling?
10:44Look, old man, I don't care.
10:46But Helen and I need the money to pay off the mortgage.
10:49And until you get another job, I want you to stay away from Audrey.
10:54Oh, Grandpa!
10:55What's come into you, Jesse?
10:59I'm near retirement, okay?
11:02What's an old man like me supposed to do?
11:05You and Helen and little Audrey, you guys are all that I have.
11:09I just want to see this little girl grow up, okay?
11:12Please.
11:14I already lost my wife.
11:15Don't talk about my mom.
11:16If you weren't so stubborn,
11:19if you would have just left Detroit when you had the chance,
11:21she would have had better insurance coverage and not die.
11:26I would be in a better place, too.
11:28And now we're all stuck in this hellhole because of you.
11:34You're useless.
11:36My buddy Tom Norris got promoted to senior engineer in a year.
11:41You've been there for decades.
11:42And you're still just some low-level mechanic.
11:45Now get out!
11:47Now stay away from Audrey!
11:49Grandpa!
11:50Grandpa!
11:51You want to see Audrey again?
11:53Who brings a nice, fat paycheck?
11:57Jesse's right.
11:58Got a job.
11:59You owe that to us.
12:00Now go dumpster dive if you have to.
12:02Grandpa!
12:04Grandpa!
12:06Oh, Grandpa!
12:08I just didn't want to give up on my city.
12:10Is that so wrong?
12:15Oh, look at that stinky hobo.
12:18Let's cross the street before he gets all his germs on us.
12:30Webster still hasn't given us our last paycheck.
12:33And I haven't eaten since last night.
12:34Guess this will have to be my dinner.
12:52Wha-
12:52Holy shit.
12:57Mick Walker.
12:58The rock star engineer behind our 1987 Webster Corsair.
13:02What are you doing?
13:04Eating out of a dumpster.
13:05Tom, you know this guy.
13:07Yep.
13:08Fired him yesterday.
13:09He's a piece of shit mechanic who wouldn't stop going on about,
13:12Oh, the assembly line's going to explode.
13:14So I got rid of him.
13:15It's no laughing matter, Tom.
13:18I'm serious.
13:19If you're not careful, that whole assembly line is going to malfunction.
13:22Oh, fuck, man.
13:24Still stuck on that?
13:25That is bullshit.
13:27Hank Walker.
13:29They may have kept you around for 40 years because they're dumb.
13:32But I know you're nothing special.
13:34If you were anything like me, you'd at least be a manager.
13:37Well, they did ask me.
13:38But I turned him down because I want to work with cars.
13:43That's what I do best.
13:44And I don't need some empty title.
13:46But Tom, you have got to listen to me, okay?
13:48Have your guys watch the line.
13:50Otherwise, it's going to cost Webster millions.
13:52What a joke!
13:53I can't with you.
13:55Look, this is our newest software.
13:58All the lights are green.
14:00Green means good.
14:02See?
14:03Nothing can possibly go wrong.
14:04Warning, malfunction detected.
14:09Initiating emergency stop protocol.
14:13No way this bastard got it right.
14:17What the hell happened here?
14:19The machine, it's smoking.
14:20I don't know.
14:21It shouldn't be doing that.
14:23We're following the exact same procedures we've always done.
14:26Well, it is.
14:27Look at it.
14:28If this machine goes down, we're going to have to shut down the whole plant.
14:32We're going to lose millions of dollars.
14:35Norris, I don't care what you do.
14:37Fix it by the end of the day or you're done.
14:45What are you just standing there for?
14:47Fix it!
14:48Um, well, Tom, the thing is we don't know what the problem is.
14:52We don't know what's wrong.
14:53What do you mean?
14:54Didn't you go to college for this fucking shit?
14:56We just used to do what the older guys and Hank would do.
14:59They would diagnose it and they would solve it.
15:01Fuck!
15:02I'm so fucking sick of this fucking Hank guy.
15:06What do you want me to do?
15:07You want me to go back and bring back those old fossils that I just fucking fired?
15:12Fuck off!
15:13This whole plant isn't going to suddenly cease to function because a few wrinkly old farts got laid off.
15:18That's bullshit.
15:19Now fucking fix it.
15:21Faster!
15:25Miss Wolfe, I just don't see why we need a mechanic like Hank Walker right now.
15:29Don't we already have an expert from Apex AI working on the CNC machine mill?
15:33We already lost one full production line.
15:36If we lose another, that could mean hundreds of millions of dollars of loss and profits.
15:40Look, you keep an eye on the factory and I will go find Hank.
15:43This is the only one I trust to fix this.
15:45There will never be a replacement for good, old-fashioned human ingenuity.
15:50Machines and humans can work together to create the most efficient outcome.
15:54But a machine will never replace a human.
15:56Getting scrapped, sir?
16:07You know it.
16:08We still have a lot of material that we need to get rid of.
16:12If you can carry it, it's all yours.
16:15Sir, there must be something you can do.
16:17We need to fix this now.
16:19Well, luckily, you came to the right place.
16:20I mean, we here at Apex AI know exactly what we're doing.
16:24We can handle stuff like this in our sleep.
16:26So we're just going to have our diagnostics run on it, figure out a problem, and boom.
16:31Bob's your uncle.
16:32So this is Apex AI's new detection software.
16:35It looks brilliant.
16:38Jesus lady.
16:39I mean, what did you do to this thing?
16:41This is a critical failure.
16:43Is there any way you can get it fixed by the end of the day?
16:45We need to have production back on schedule or my boss is going to kill me.
16:48I know that machine.
16:50The reading is off simply because the sensor skips without a manual check.
16:54I mean, this is not a job that you can finish in a day, okay?
16:56I mean, this is going to take like a week.
16:57We don't have a week.
16:58We have a client waiting on us.
16:59We have to get these parts machined now.
17:02Is there anything else you can do, please?
17:04Yes!
17:05I mean, we might have a solution.
17:08It's just the, it's the pay that you're offering, though.
17:11$2,000 for an eight-hour workday?
17:13Then, yes.
17:14It just needs a reset.
17:15They're asking for even more.
17:17Ah, Mr. Pierre and Mr. Esteban, money is not an issue.
17:22I will give you $2 million each for your work here today.
17:24And if all goes well, there'll be a little bonus in it for you both as well.
17:28Okay.
17:28All right, well, don't worry about it good-looking.
17:30All right, fixing machines, that's our job.
17:32It's a very tough and thankless and very, very difficult job, but we'll get it up and
17:36run it for you.
17:37I can't believe they just scammed that poor girl.
17:41And then you're going to twist it the other way?
17:43Get in there.
17:45See?
17:45Our new AI tool has a solution for everything.
17:48Whoa!
17:51Well, step 37, that's what it said.
17:54Jeez, this isn't ever happening when Hank was around.
17:57Shut up!
17:58Can I really fuck up by firing those old-timers?
18:01I'm not going to have to bring Hank back on board, am I?
18:06What?
18:07Apex AI's tech experts are over at Mach 15?
18:10Oh, perfect.
18:12Those guys are a golden ticket to fixing this machine.
18:15I'll head over right now.
18:16No!
18:23All righty.
18:24Fire it up.
18:27No!
18:30Not yet.
18:31You can't.
18:33You got to reset the machine first.
18:36Otherwise, you'll be operating under the faulty presets.
18:39You're leading this machine down a one-way path to catastrophic failure.
18:43Okay, I'm sorry.
18:44Who the fuck is this guy?
18:45Go back, get your scrap, get out of here.
18:48Okay, you're distracting us from this billion-dollar machine here.
18:52It's an easy fix.
18:54But I bet you two knew that, didn't you?
18:56You talked it up to her so you could get that extra pay.
18:59What are you talking about?
19:00Wow.
19:01You know what, Miss Evelyn, can you get your guys to get him out of here?
19:03Okay, he's distracting us from working.
19:06Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to step back, please.
19:08We have plenty of scrap metal, and I'd be happy to help you get it.
19:11Miss, miss, forget the scrap metal.
19:13If you give me ten minutes with this machine, I will tell you exactly what's wrong with it.
19:17And I'll fix it for you, free of charge.
19:19Whoa, whoa, whoa, okay.
19:21So, you're saying you can fix this in ten minutes?
19:24We're two of the best mechanics in the world armed with a brand spanking new AI detection system.
19:28Now, if we can't pull this off in ten minutes, what's a scruffy old fart like you're going to do?
19:32You may have your fancy AI, but these machines, they were built by people,
19:37and they're meant to be maintenance by people.
19:39I've been in this industry for 40 years.
19:41Trust me, I know what I'm talking about.
19:43You need somebody like Hank Walker.
19:45Miss Wolfe said he's a genius car mechanic, and he wouldn't know how to fix this.
19:49That's me.
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