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