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The Mute Heiress Speaks (ENGL COMPLETE)
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00:00:00Our Stirling family has always been at the top of the pyramid.
00:00:04Julian Stirling, a financial genius who swept Wall Street at 18.
00:00:09My second sister Eleanor, the Ivy League's youngest dual degree medical doctor.
00:00:16Well, I'm just a mute fool.
00:00:19Everyone is sad for me.
00:00:21But they won't realize I was a top attorney who never lost a case in my previous life.
00:00:27I said too much, so I just want to be a mute now.
00:00:32Until today, when the Stirling group was maliciously shorted and pushed to the brink of bankruptcy.
00:00:43Richard, sign it.
00:00:45This is the only way to save the Stirling family's dignity.
00:00:49I personally reviewed the contract. There's nothing wrong with it.
00:00:53Arthur Vance, our Stirling group's most trusted chief legal officer.
00:00:57Sadly, he's already been bought off for $20 million.
00:01:00Every English word he speaks now smells of corruption.
00:01:03Listen, Mr. Stirling.
00:01:05By midnight tonight, Stirling's stock will crash when the market opens tomorrow.
00:01:11Then you won't even get those several hundred million dollars to save yourselves.
00:01:16Victor Thorne, the mastermind behind all this.
00:01:19A smiling tiger who eats people alive.
00:01:22Don't mind her, Mr. Thorne.
00:01:24She's just a mute.
00:01:33Julian, I worked for your father for ten years.
00:01:36This is my home too.
00:01:39But business is brutal.
00:01:41Victor's terms may be harsh.
00:01:43At least they'll keep your family safe.
00:01:45That's an excellent performance.
00:01:48This surface-level rescue is actually a blood-sucking trap in the contract.
00:01:52I can spot the issues in a glance.
00:01:54But I'm too tired from my past life.
00:01:56At the very least, if they go bankrupt, we can claim the trust fund and live on a farm.
00:02:01Raising cattle as a happy mute farmer.
00:02:06Julian, you've really got no other way out, have you?
00:02:10It's no use, Eleanor.
00:02:12They have three times our capital.
00:02:14Their methods are extremely secretive, and our cash flow has already collapsed.
00:02:21Unless...
00:02:23Unless...
00:02:24God himself comes.
00:02:54Chloe, listen to your sister and go play in the lounge.
00:02:58Next door for a while, okay?
00:03:01The grown-ups have some trouble to deal with here.
00:03:04You'll probably feel really bored staying here.
00:03:06The Sterling family, though deeply despairing of having such an irredeemable, mute idiot as me,
00:03:12were still rather nice to me.
00:03:20Sweet Chloe, your favorite French pastries are waiting on the cart outside.
00:03:25Sarah, take our little princess to watch cartoons.
00:03:28And remember to close the lounge door.
00:03:33Let's go, Chloe.
00:03:34Why are you in such a hurry to send her away?
00:03:36That's hardly gentlemanly.
00:03:42If I'm not mistaken, this is the mute, idiot heiress everyone talks about, right?
00:03:52Victor, let's not drag my sister into this.
00:03:55Chloe is just a child with mental issues.
00:03:58My big brother usually thinks I embarrass the family.
00:04:02But when it matters, he instinctively shields me.
00:04:05Like a lion protecting its cub.
00:04:13Calm down.
00:04:14You misunderstand me.
00:04:16I wouldn't dare disrespect her.
00:04:18I simply think that at a moment deciding the Sterling family's fate,
00:04:22the whole family should be here to witness it.
00:04:25We need to make sure this sweet miss sees with her own eyes
00:04:29how your bunch of idiots ruined the Sterling group,
00:04:33which you all hold so dear.
00:04:35Victor, don't overplay your hand.
00:04:48Oh, for heaven's sake, Victor.
00:04:50Please be magnanimous and don't take it personally with Eleanor.
00:04:54But to be fair, keeping Chloe here might make you feel uncomfortable,
00:04:58especially if it scares our little princess.
00:05:00Wouldn't you agree, Chairman Sterling?
00:05:04To be honest, in this cold financial family,
00:05:07they've been treating me too well.
00:05:10At eight, my genius big brother spent all his time teaching me the alphabet.
00:05:15She turned down a million dollar a year offer
00:05:18from a Wall Street investment bank
00:05:20without hesitation and stayed home with me for a whole year.
00:05:24Oh, to hell with it.
00:05:25If she can't learn, so what?
00:05:27The Sterling family can certainly afford to support one carefree little fool.
00:05:31When I was ten, Eleanor learned from a neurologist
00:05:34that I would never develop normal language skills.
00:05:37My proud second sister clutched the test results
00:05:40and cried in that cold hallway
00:05:43like a helpless little girl
00:05:45who had lost her favorite toy.
00:05:48From then on, no one pressured me.
00:05:51In this perfect sanctuary,
00:05:53I didn't have to think or speak.
00:05:56I just enjoyed life.
00:05:59Now, Victor Thorne plans to ruin everything.
00:06:03Take Chloe down to the lounge room.
00:06:05Listen, no one is to let her out
00:06:07unless I say so.
00:06:13Come on, Chloe.
00:06:14Don't be a grump.
00:06:15Let's go.
00:06:23Oh, sweetie.
00:06:24Be good.
00:06:24Don't make Daddy angry.
00:06:26If you behave,
00:06:28I'll promise to get you the top-tier French pastries
00:06:30as soon as we're out, okay?
00:06:33For God's sake.
00:06:35Why does this little idiot have eyes like a blade?
00:06:42For crying out loud,
00:06:44I must be hallucinating
00:06:45from all that coffee I drank these past few days.
00:06:49Do I have to come get you?
00:06:59Chloe, listen.
00:07:01I'm taking you out now.
00:07:05Listen, Richard,
00:07:06you've got five minutes left.
00:07:08If you don't sign,
00:07:10I won't force you.
00:07:11Then we'll have to go to court.
00:07:20Then it won't just be a friendly merger.
00:07:24Sterling family assets
00:07:26will be forcibly liquidated by the court.
00:07:31Your whole family,
00:07:33including that muteness,
00:07:35they'll all end up on the streets.
00:07:41I'll sign.
00:07:49Richard,
00:07:51trust me,
00:07:51this is the best decision you can take.
00:07:59Arthur,
00:08:00are we really out of options?
00:08:02You've been with Sterling Group for ten years.
00:08:04Please, think of a way.
00:08:07Listen, Eleanor,
00:08:08if there were any other way,
00:08:10I would never let Chairman Sterling sign.
00:08:19Mr. Thorne,
00:08:21once the agreement is signed,
00:08:23please honor your promise
00:08:24to preserve the trust funds
00:08:26held by the Sterling family.
00:08:30When it comes to business,
00:08:32Victor's got the best reputation.
00:08:34Great acting.
00:08:35Maybe he deserves an Oscar for that.
00:08:38Arthur puts on this,
00:08:39I've done my best face,
00:08:41and it's disgusting.
00:08:48Chloe,
00:08:49be good.
00:08:50It's almost over.
00:08:58Chairman Sterling,
00:08:59stop hesitating,
00:09:00and sign it.
00:09:12Richard,
00:09:14sign already.
00:09:15Sign,
00:09:16it's all over.
00:09:30It's all over.
00:09:33It's all over.
00:09:41It's all over.
00:09:46I swore I would never practice law again in this life.
00:09:51And I won't get involved in the mire of fame and fortune again.
00:09:58But the taste of dying like a dog?
00:10:00Once is enough.
00:10:01But these two greedy scoundrels
00:10:04shoved us Sterling family into the abyss.
00:10:07And now they want us to be grateful?
00:10:09I'm not here today
00:10:10to be some saintly savior of the family.
00:10:13I just
00:10:15need to personally snuff out
00:10:17the fire of anger in my heart.
00:10:25Chloe,
00:10:26let go.
00:10:27Stop being ridiculous.
00:10:29Stop being ridiculous.
00:10:31The main agreement
00:10:33and Adenk's
00:10:33have serious jurisdictional conflicts.
00:10:37Once this agreement is signed,
00:10:40Sterling will lose everything
00:10:42and be left with
00:10:42more than 10 billions in debt.
00:10:47Arthur,
00:10:48aren't you the group's
00:10:49chief legal officer?
00:10:51How did you miss something this obvious?
00:11:10Chloe,
00:11:11you just spoke?
00:11:15Ms. Sterling,
00:11:17what are you talking about?
00:11:18This is a business merger agreement.
00:11:22You're a child and don't understand it.
00:11:24So stop talking nonsense.
00:11:27Chairman Sterling,
00:11:28I think her condition has gotten worse.
00:11:32Have someone take her to the hospital
00:11:33before she delays the signing.
00:11:35Julie,
00:11:36what are you waiting for?
00:11:40You can't even tell
00:11:41who your employer is?
00:11:48Mr. Vance,
00:11:49are you sweating bullets?
00:11:51Ms. Sterling,
00:11:51watch your tone.
00:11:53Mr. Sterling is a mentor to me.
00:11:55How could I harm the group?
00:11:59First,
00:12:01look at Article 6
00:12:02of the Maine Agreement,
00:12:03then Article 23
00:12:05of the Annex.
00:12:09Article 6
00:12:10of the Master Agreement
00:12:11places all disputes
00:12:13under the jurisdiction
00:12:14of an offshore arbitration tribune
00:12:17in the Cayman Islands.
00:12:18But Article 23
00:12:20of the Agnex
00:12:21requires Chairman Sterling
00:12:22to personally guarantee
00:12:24the entire debt
00:12:25jointly and separately.
00:12:27Even more cleverly,
00:12:29the order of preference
00:12:30is stated clearly
00:12:31if any provisions conflict,
00:12:33the Master Agreement controls.
00:12:36And if there's a breach,
00:12:38the tribunal will directly declare
00:12:40the transfer of the group's assets
00:12:41invalid,
00:12:43legally packaging
00:12:44and auctioning off
00:12:45Sterling's high-quality assets
00:12:47to Victor's shell company.
00:12:49And my father alone
00:12:51would be liable
00:12:52for more than $10 billion
00:12:54in joint and several debt.
00:12:57This is what you called
00:12:59the only way
00:13:00to save the Sterling Group?
00:13:07That's slander!
00:13:10Chairman Sterling,
00:13:11you can't listen to the ravages
00:13:12of a mentally unstable child!
00:13:14Julian,
00:13:15you're a financial expert.
00:13:17Tell the Chairman
00:13:18this is a standard
00:13:19offshore risk isolation structure,
00:13:21not a trap.
00:13:22Yeah, bro.
00:13:23You're the one
00:13:24who studied finance.
00:13:26Is this the
00:13:27life-saving contract
00:13:28or the deadly poison
00:13:29that'll send us all
00:13:30to the gallows?
00:13:31You should check it out.
00:13:34Bro!
00:13:35It's written here
00:13:36that the main agreement
00:13:37has absolute jurisdiction priority.
00:13:40Cayman arbitration
00:13:41would drain all our core assets,
00:13:42leaving $10 billion
00:13:43in joint and central debt
00:13:45at home.
00:13:46They even buried
00:13:46my father's
00:13:47personal bankruptcy guarantee
00:13:48in it.
00:13:49Once it's written,
00:13:50the Sterling family
00:13:51will be completely
00:13:52shattered this night!
00:13:54that can be subsequently signed
00:13:56with an additional
00:13:57waiver agreement.
00:13:58Please believe me.
00:14:01Shit!
00:14:02Once those words are signed,
00:14:03who's going to add
00:14:04anything after that?
00:14:05Arthur,
00:14:06my father supported you
00:14:08for 10 years
00:14:09and put you in charge
00:14:10of the Sterling Group's
00:14:11entire legal department.
00:14:13How dare you
00:14:14drive us to ruin!
00:14:16Julian,
00:14:17Richard,
00:14:17Chairman,
00:14:18save me!
00:14:26Julian!
00:14:26Stop!
00:14:29Arthur,
00:14:31you've been with me
00:14:32for 10 years
00:14:33and I treated you
00:14:34like a brother.
00:14:35Why are you doing this?
00:14:37Why?
00:14:41Richard,
00:14:42Chairman,
00:14:44this is a misunderstanding.
00:14:45I was just reviewing
00:14:47the contracts
00:14:47according to standard
00:14:48M.A.B. procedures.
00:14:49Those overseas attachments
00:14:51weren't just my work!
00:14:53Quit wasting your time,
00:14:54Arthur.
00:14:55You're just a
00:14:56two-titer snake
00:14:57that's been eating
00:14:57at two tables.
00:14:59The real mastermind
00:15:00today is someone else.
00:15:03Mr. Victor,
00:15:06don't you think
00:15:07using those old
00:15:08Wall Street tricks
00:15:09to fool the Sterling
00:15:10family is too lowbrow?
00:15:19Chloe,
00:15:20it looks like
00:15:21everyone was wrong.
00:15:23You're not just a mute,
00:15:25you're actually
00:15:25quite astute.
00:15:28Mr. Thorne,
00:15:29spare me your
00:15:30fake Wall Street manners.
00:15:32Instead of flattering me,
00:15:34you should worry
00:15:35about your own.
00:15:39Chloe,
00:15:40I don't understand
00:15:41what you're saying.
00:15:42Don't you get it?
00:15:43If you actually
00:15:44have billions
00:15:45in cash flow,
00:15:46that could instantly
00:15:47bring down Sterling
00:15:48the minute the NYSE
00:15:50opens at 9.30 a.m.
00:15:52You could directly
00:15:53punch through
00:15:54our stock price
00:15:56to the center
00:15:57of the earth.
00:15:59But tonight,
00:16:00you're frantic
00:16:01like a raved dog,
00:16:02personally sending people
00:16:04to my father's house
00:16:05to force him
00:16:06to sign this
00:16:07deadly fraud agreement.
00:16:09Victor Thorne,
00:16:11your funding chain
00:16:12is completely broken.
00:16:14Your so-called
00:16:16$10 billion
00:16:16MNC fund
00:16:18is nothing but
00:16:18an empty shell
00:16:19Ponzi scheme.
00:16:21Your real plan
00:16:22is to short Sterling
00:16:24with highly leveraged
00:16:26offshore funding
00:16:27from the Cayman Islands.
00:16:29Once you get
00:16:30my father's signature,
00:16:32you can use
00:16:33this merger agreement
00:16:34as collateral
00:16:35again on the
00:16:36offshore black market.
00:16:39The cash you raise
00:16:41will fill the enormous hole
00:16:42left by your own
00:16:43high-interest
00:16:44offshore loans.
00:16:46Am I right?
00:16:55It seems you're not
00:16:56as smart as I thought,
00:16:57Chloe.
00:16:58This is nothing
00:16:59but a delusion.
00:17:00You're making it all up.
00:17:05My assets
00:17:06and the Sterling Group's
00:17:07finances
00:17:07are spotless
00:17:08and open
00:17:10to federal
00:17:10regulatory scrutiny
00:17:11at any time.
00:17:14Richard,
00:17:14what exactly
00:17:15is wrong
00:17:15with your daughter?
00:17:16One minute
00:17:17she's a genius
00:17:17and the next
00:17:18she's insane?
00:17:20Victor,
00:17:21isn't it a little late
00:17:22to change the subject
00:17:23by claiming I'm sick?
00:17:25Right,
00:17:26big brother?
00:17:29Check it.
00:17:30Use every channel
00:17:31we have
00:17:32to verify the fun flows
00:17:33and share pledges
00:17:34of every Cayman offshore
00:17:35company under Victor Thone's name.
00:17:36I want the report
00:17:37in five minutes.
00:17:41All my cards are gone.
00:17:43It's all because
00:17:44of that idiot.
00:17:45How did a mute fool
00:17:46spot the most hidden
00:17:47offshore loophole
00:17:48in the agreement?
00:17:50Security.
00:17:57Let me go!
00:17:58I'm the Sterling Group's
00:17:59chief legal officer.
00:18:01You have no right
00:18:02to detain me.
00:18:09Mr. Vance,
00:18:10did bullying
00:18:11a mute fool like you
00:18:12make you feel
00:18:12accomplished?
00:18:15I didn't commit
00:18:16a crime.
00:18:17I just violated
00:18:18professional ethics.
00:18:19This is illegal!
00:18:23Mr. Vance,
00:18:25do you think
00:18:25I'm only aware
00:18:26of the loopholes
00:18:27in this agreement?
00:18:30Mr. Vance,
00:18:31Your offshore
00:18:31account received
00:18:32$20 million yesterday.
00:18:37The money went
00:18:38through a Cayman Islands
00:18:39shell company
00:18:40and then into
00:18:42your Swiss bank account.
00:18:44I'm right,
00:18:45aren't I?
00:18:46How the hell
00:18:47would you know
00:18:47all this?
00:18:49No,
00:18:50that's impossible.
00:18:51That's a top-secret
00:18:51offshore account.
00:18:52How could you
00:18:52possibly know?
00:18:53Pathetic,
00:18:54to be honest.
00:18:56I didn't do anything
00:18:57and I didn't know
00:18:58these things.
00:18:59I just handled
00:19:00so many cross-border
00:19:02commercial crimes
00:19:03in my past life.
00:19:04I knew these
00:19:05offshore money laundering
00:19:06routes by heart.
00:19:09Sorry to disappoint
00:19:09you,
00:19:10but I really didn't
00:19:11know.
00:19:11I was only bluffing.
00:19:16Your reaction
00:19:17just now
00:19:17proved that
00:19:18to everyone,
00:19:19didn't it?
00:19:22You rotateck!
00:19:23Tricking me
00:19:24into saying
00:19:24that can't
00:19:25be used
00:19:25as direct
00:19:26evidence
00:19:26in court!
00:19:27Indeed,
00:19:28they can't.
00:19:29But once
00:19:29they know,
00:19:30it'll take
00:19:31just half an
00:19:31hour for the
00:19:32S.E.E.
00:19:33and FBI
00:19:33to investigate.
00:19:44Accepting
00:19:44huge bribes
00:19:45and commercial
00:19:45fraud,
00:19:46Mr. Vance.
00:19:47At least
00:19:48you're a lawyer.
00:19:49So how long
00:19:50do you think
00:19:50you'll be
00:19:50in federal prison?
00:19:55Oh, Chloe,
00:19:57my dear child.
00:19:58For heaven's sake,
00:20:00Dad is so sorry.
00:20:02Dad,
00:20:03put those
00:20:03overflowing
00:20:04emotions aside
00:20:05for now.
00:20:06There will be
00:20:07plenty of time
00:20:07for gratitude
00:20:08and guilt
00:20:09later.
00:20:11Look,
00:20:12that high-flowing
00:20:13Wall Street shark,
00:20:14Victor Thone,
00:20:15is about to
00:20:16scammer away
00:20:17like a rat.
00:20:18Oh, Chloe,
00:20:20you're wrong.
00:20:20Since the deal
00:20:21fell through,
00:20:22it's just a
00:20:23business loss.
00:20:24Your Sterling family
00:20:26needs to clean up
00:20:27its act.
00:20:28As an outsider,
00:20:29I naturally
00:20:30won't be able
00:20:31to continue
00:20:31bothering you.
00:20:33Good night
00:20:33and have a pleasant
00:20:34evening.
00:20:35Mr. Thorn,
00:20:36you certainly
00:20:37have the manners
00:20:38of a gentleman.
00:20:41But,
00:20:42what makes you think
00:20:44you can leave
00:20:44this room
00:20:45without my
00:20:46permission?
00:20:51Miss Sterling,
00:20:53listen.
00:20:53Don't make
00:20:54such a ridiculous
00:20:55joke.
00:20:56Are you really
00:20:57going to illegally
00:20:58detain a legitimate
00:20:59fund manager
00:21:00in Manhattan?
00:21:02Illegal detention?
00:21:04No, my friend.
00:21:05This is called
00:21:06settling accounts.
00:21:08You think you can
00:21:09steal your master's
00:21:10meat,
00:21:10wipe your mouth,
00:21:11and stroll away
00:21:12like a gentleman?
00:21:15Victor Thorn,
00:21:17you bought off
00:21:17our chief legal
00:21:18officer and set
00:21:19us up so you
00:21:20could swallow
00:21:20the Sterling group
00:21:21whole.
00:21:22We haven't settled
00:21:23that score yet.
00:21:25You think you
00:21:25can just leave?
00:21:30Richard,
00:21:31accusations
00:21:32require legal
00:21:33evidence.
00:21:34Arthur taking
00:21:34bribes is his
00:21:35personal business.
00:21:36What does it
00:21:37have to do
00:21:37with me?
00:21:40Mr. Thorn,
00:21:41unfortunately
00:21:42for you,
00:21:42we just found
00:21:43the critical
00:21:44weakness in
00:21:44your finances.
00:21:46Your parent
00:21:47company's cash
00:21:48flow has been
00:21:49completely severed
00:21:50for three months
00:21:50now,
00:21:52and they're
00:21:52barely holding
00:21:53on with high
00:21:54interest loans
00:21:55from the Cayman
00:21:55Islands and
00:21:57offshore black
00:21:57market cash.
00:21:59Once I submit
00:22:01the evidence of
00:22:01your sham
00:22:02merging,
00:22:03what do you
00:22:04think the
00:22:04mobsters who
00:22:05lent you money
00:22:06will do to you?
00:22:10Say it.
00:22:12What do you
00:22:13want from us?
00:22:14It's simple.
00:22:15I have a
00:22:16proposal.
00:22:17As a show
00:22:18of good faith,
00:22:19the Sterling
00:22:20family is
00:22:21willing to part
00:22:21with that
00:22:22Brooklyn wasteland
00:22:23you've been
00:22:24eyeing for six
00:22:25months.
00:22:26Chloe!
00:22:27Victor set us
00:22:28up like this!
00:22:30How can we
00:22:31still give him
00:22:32a scrap of
00:22:32land for free?
00:22:34Chloe,
00:22:35the title to
00:22:36that land may
00:22:36be complicated,
00:22:37but it's still
00:22:38appraised at
00:22:39100 million
00:22:40dollars!
00:22:41Dad, I didn't
00:22:42say I was
00:22:43giving it for
00:22:43free.
00:22:46Sir, as part
00:22:47of the exchange,
00:22:48I want your
00:22:49billion-dollar
00:22:50green tech
00:22:51company.
00:22:53What the hell
00:22:54are you talking
00:22:54about?
00:22:55Are you crazy?
00:23:01Chloe Sterling!
00:23:02Do you hear
00:23:03how crazy you
00:23:04sound?
00:23:04You want to
00:23:05trade a worthless
00:23:06lot appraised
00:23:07at only $100
00:23:08for my one
00:23:09billion green
00:23:10energy company?
00:23:11You think I'm
00:23:12some kind of
00:23:12fool?
00:23:13You're not
00:23:14stupid, just
00:23:15a business
00:23:15con artist I
00:23:16nabbed.
00:23:19You don't
00:23:19agree?
00:23:20Then tomorrow
00:23:21morning, news
00:23:22of your fraud
00:23:23against the
00:23:23Sterling Group,
00:23:24a broken
00:23:25cash flow,
00:23:27and offshore
00:23:28high-interest
00:23:28debts hounding
00:23:29you will be
00:23:30on the front
00:23:31pages of the
00:23:32Wall Street
00:23:32Journal and
00:23:33Bloomberg.
00:23:35The business
00:23:36pages won't
00:23:36be enough.
00:23:38I'll also
00:23:39reach out to
00:23:40every woman
00:23:40you've been
00:23:41linked to,
00:23:42and have the
00:23:43tabloids spread
00:23:44your scandals
00:23:44all across
00:23:45North America.
00:23:47She's crazy.
00:23:49Chloe Sterling,
00:23:51you're blackmailing
00:23:52me.
00:23:54Mr. Thorne,
00:23:55I'm offering
00:23:55you a way
00:23:56out.
00:23:57Why not use
00:23:58your clever
00:23:58brain and
00:23:59think about
00:23:59it?
00:24:00Once these
00:24:01rumors break,
00:24:02your green
00:24:02energy company
00:24:03will be
00:24:03shredded by
00:24:04those hungry
00:24:04creditors,
00:24:05and you
00:24:06won't even
00:24:06get a cent.
00:24:08Give me the
00:24:09shares, and
00:24:10at least you'll
00:24:11still get the
00:24:11Brooklyn property.
00:24:16if I choose
00:24:17to die
00:24:18rather than
00:24:18give in
00:24:19today.
00:24:22Well,
00:24:22admirable
00:24:23courage,
00:24:23Mr. Thorne.
00:24:27But the
00:24:28enormous bill
00:24:29for your
00:24:30seriously ill
00:24:30son's bone
00:24:31marrow transplant
00:24:33is due next
00:24:34month,
00:24:35isn't it?
00:24:35But can
00:24:36that poor
00:24:37little boy
00:24:37make the
00:24:39same
00:24:39choice?
00:24:42You,
00:24:43what kind
00:24:44of monster
00:24:45are you?
00:24:52I'll give you
00:24:53five more minutes
00:24:54to consider it.
00:24:56If you refuse to
00:24:58sign this share
00:24:58transfer agreement,
00:25:00the moment you
00:25:01step outside,
00:25:02every major media
00:25:03outlet,
00:25:03and every
00:25:04woman you've
00:25:05been linked
00:25:05to will
00:25:06receive this
00:25:07generous surprise.
00:25:15Damn it!
00:25:16I'll sign!
00:25:17Isn't that
00:25:18enough?
00:25:19Oh, that's
00:25:20right.
00:25:21The wise
00:25:21adapt and
00:25:22survive longer.
00:25:24Julian, my
00:25:25dear brother,
00:25:26what are you
00:25:26waiting for?
00:25:27Prepare the
00:25:27agreement for
00:25:28Mr. Thorne.
00:25:29Move!
00:25:29Draft the
00:25:30stock transfer
00:25:30agreement on
00:25:31site.
00:25:43You're a
00:25:44financial genius.
00:25:45This agreement
00:25:46you drafted
00:25:47is really
00:25:47slick.
00:25:58Sign it,
00:25:59Mr. Thorne.
00:26:00See,
00:26:00once you sign,
00:26:01all of this
00:26:02will be
00:26:03over.
00:26:20Flawless, my
00:26:21dear sister.
00:26:21This one
00:26:22billion dollar
00:26:22stake in the
00:26:23Green Energy
00:26:24Company now
00:26:24belongs entirely
00:26:25to the Sterling
00:26:26family.
00:26:29Now, I can
00:26:30finally leave,
00:26:31can't I?
00:26:31Of course,
00:26:32Mr. Thorne.
00:26:33Bodyguards,
00:26:34what are you
00:26:35waiting for?
00:26:36Show our
00:26:36distinguished
00:26:37Mr. Thorne
00:26:37out.
00:26:44Oh, God,
00:26:46help.
00:26:46I should be
00:26:47leaving this
00:26:47hellhole now.
00:26:49Chloe Slearing,
00:26:51don't celebrate
00:26:52too soon.
00:26:53I promise,
00:26:55this won't end
00:26:56and well for you.
00:27:18My timing was perfect.
00:27:20Of course it was.
00:27:21Oh, God.
00:27:23Chloe, my dear,
00:27:24when did you even
00:27:25contact the NYPC?
00:27:29While Mr. Thorne
00:27:30was strolling over
00:27:31the signature,
00:27:32I kept myself busy.
00:27:36I called the police
00:27:37right away.
00:27:41Who called the police?
00:27:44I did, officer.
00:27:46This man is suspected
00:27:47of major embezzlement,
00:27:49commercial fraud,
00:27:50and malicious extortion.
00:27:52We've already compiled
00:27:53all the evidence.
00:27:55Don't stand there.
00:27:56Gather the contracts
00:27:57and make a copy
00:27:58to send to the police
00:27:59as evidence.
00:28:00Yes.
00:28:07Richard!
00:28:08Julian!
00:28:09Give me a shot!
00:28:11Mr. Sterling,
00:28:12I've worked for your
00:28:13company for ten years.
00:28:15Please let me off
00:28:16this time
00:28:17for the sake
00:28:18of those years!
00:28:19Mr. Sterling!
00:28:21Mr. Sterling!
00:28:22Mr. Sterling!
00:28:23Mr. Sterling!
00:28:30Chloe,
00:28:32tell me the truth.
00:28:33What was really
00:28:34going on with you
00:28:34before?
00:28:39Oh, Chloe!
00:28:40My dear sister!
00:28:42You always got
00:28:43every word we said,
00:28:44right?
00:28:45Oh, for heaven's sake.
00:28:47I can't exactly tell
00:28:48them I graduated
00:28:48from an Ivy League school,
00:28:50worked myself to death
00:28:51in federal court,
00:28:51and was reborn
00:28:52with memories
00:28:53of my past life.
00:28:54They'd lock me
00:28:55in a psych ward
00:28:55and study me.
00:28:57I guess I'll have
00:28:57to keep up the act.
00:28:59Oh, actually,
00:29:00I could understand
00:29:01everyone when I was five.
00:29:03Oh, my God.
00:29:04Chloe, then why did
00:29:05you pretend to be
00:29:06autistic and mute
00:29:07all this time?
00:29:09Didn't you trust me,
00:29:10Dad or Eleanor?
00:29:13I just feel like
00:29:14talking is too tiring.
00:29:17You're all so smart.
00:29:19This family is enough
00:29:20of you guys here.
00:29:21But today,
00:29:22Arthur,
00:29:23that awful bastard,
00:29:24wants to ruin us all.
00:29:25And I...
00:29:26I can't keep
00:29:27pretending anymore.
00:29:29Though this excuse
00:29:30is lame,
00:29:31shouldn't they forgive me
00:29:32for crying so pitifully?
00:29:40Oh, this is my fault.
00:29:42I was a blind fool
00:29:44of a father
00:29:45and let you suffer
00:29:46for so many years.
00:29:47My dear child...
00:29:53Oh, it's all my fault.
00:29:56I even blamed you
00:29:58for not responding
00:29:59to me like other children.
00:30:03Silly girl.
00:30:04You're the smartest little genius
00:30:06in the Sterling family.
00:30:08I promise your big brother
00:30:09will never let anyone
00:30:10hurt you again.
00:30:13Right.
00:30:14You're right.
00:30:14From now on,
00:30:16everything will be your call,
00:30:17my dear little sister.
00:30:20In my past life,
00:30:21I was an orphan
00:30:22with no one to rely on.
00:30:25Being loved like this
00:30:26feels strange,
00:30:28but I have to admit,
00:30:29it feels wonderful.
00:30:33So, of course,
00:30:34I'm going to make
00:30:34the most of it.
00:30:37Dear Dad,
00:30:39our sentimental moment
00:30:39is over.
00:30:43While Arthur is gone,
00:30:45he left a network
00:30:46of henchmen
00:30:47across the core departments
00:30:48from his decade
00:30:49as the group's
00:30:50chief legal officer.
00:30:52This internal purge
00:30:53must be carried out
00:30:54immediately.
00:30:55No problem.
00:30:56I'll go to headquarters
00:30:57first thing tomorrow
00:30:58and fire everyone
00:30:59in the legal department.
00:31:00Not one will remain.
00:31:04Please tone down
00:31:05those rash ideas, Dad.
00:31:08Going all in
00:31:09will just cause chaos
00:31:10across the whole company,
00:31:12even paralyzing
00:31:13Sterling Group's
00:31:14legal division
00:31:14and giving our competitors
00:31:15an opening.
00:31:17Oh.
00:31:18Then what do you suggest, Chloe?
00:31:21I propose I take over
00:31:22Arthur Vance's position
00:31:23as Sterling Group's
00:31:25new chief legal officer.
00:31:27I'll conduct a complete
00:31:28cleanup of the group
00:31:29from the inside out.
00:31:33Chloe, you're only 19.
00:31:35You don't have a New York
00:31:37State bar license
00:31:38or experience running
00:31:39a 100 billion conglomerate.
00:31:41Those slick Wall Street veterans
00:31:43will never accept
00:31:44your authority.
00:31:47Yeah, Chloe.
00:31:48Those business foxes
00:31:50are pretty sneaky.
00:31:51What if they team up
00:31:52to out you
00:31:52and make you look bad?
00:31:54My dear brother and sister,
00:31:58do you think
00:31:59the mighty Mr. Thorne
00:32:00finally admits
00:32:01I beat him tonight?
00:32:05And do you think
00:32:06the old foxes
00:32:07in the company
00:32:08will be tougher
00:32:09than that guy just now?
00:32:29I heard the chairman
00:32:30appointed the young heiress
00:32:31as the new chief legal officer.
00:32:33Isn't she the mute idiot?
00:32:35Shut up.
00:32:36Do you want to get fired?
00:32:55This should be interesting.
00:33:09After all these twists
00:33:10and turns,
00:33:12I never thought
00:33:13I'd end up behind
00:33:13a desk like this again.
00:33:16Fate.
00:33:21These files contain
00:33:22ten years
00:33:23of the Sterling Group's
00:33:24business secrets
00:33:24and legal vulnerabilities.
00:33:26Arthur Vance
00:33:27was brilliant
00:33:28but extremely greedy
00:33:29and the mess he left
00:33:31goes far beyond
00:33:31last night's merger trap.
00:33:34Come in.
00:33:44Chloe,
00:33:45this is the land title
00:33:47dispute file
00:33:48for the Brooklyn West Project.
00:33:50They're suing us
00:33:51for breach of contract
00:33:52and demanding
00:33:53$500 million in damages.
00:33:56This case was handled
00:33:58by Arthur Vance
00:33:59before he went in.
00:34:01There are rare legal terms
00:34:02and complex financial
00:34:04derivatives involved.
00:34:06Do you need me
00:34:07to have someone
00:34:08anonate it for you?
00:34:12Deputy General
00:34:13Countl Miller,
00:34:14how many years
00:34:15did you work
00:34:16under Arthur Vance?
00:34:18For five years.
00:34:20I drafted all the
00:34:21core litigation documents
00:34:22in the department.
00:34:26Following Arthur
00:34:27for five years?
00:34:28You still haven't learned
00:34:29to clean your own behind,
00:34:30have you?
00:34:34Miss Sterling,
00:34:35what do you mean?
00:34:38The deed
00:34:38for the Brooklyn West Project
00:34:40was drafted by you
00:34:41three years ago,
00:34:41right?
00:34:44So what if I drafted it?
00:34:46It was done in compliance
00:34:47with Arthur's guidance.
00:34:49You deliberately
00:34:50leave Clause 14
00:34:51on breach liability vague,
00:34:52giving the other side
00:34:54a loophole to sue us.
00:34:55In return,
00:34:56they deposited
00:34:57a $500,000
00:34:58consulting fee
00:34:59into your wife's
00:35:00Cayman account
00:35:01every quarter.
00:35:02$20 million
00:35:02in total.
00:35:06Deputy General
00:35:07Counsel Miller,
00:35:08is $20 million
00:35:09enough
00:35:11to put you
00:35:12in federal prison
00:35:13for 15 years?
00:35:15You slander me.
00:35:17Without evidence,
00:35:18how dare you?
00:35:19Without evidence,
00:35:21I certainly wouldn't
00:35:22make such accusations.
00:35:24You can see
00:35:25for yourself.
00:35:29The off-store
00:35:30fund flow chart
00:35:31and bank statements
00:35:32are iron-flacked proof.
00:35:37What's the matter?
00:35:39Do you need me
00:35:40to help you with that?
00:35:44Miss Sterling,
00:35:47Arthur Vance
00:35:48forced me.
00:35:49He threatened
00:35:50my career.
00:35:51If I don't do it,
00:35:52he'll make me
00:35:53lose my job.
00:35:55So you want
00:35:56to cooperate
00:35:57in exchange
00:35:57for leniency?
00:36:00Please,
00:36:00give me a chance.
00:36:02My child
00:36:03was just born.
00:36:04I can't
00:36:05go to prison.
00:36:08Okay.
00:36:09If Arthur
00:36:10forced you,
00:36:11then give me
00:36:12every insider
00:36:13he planted
00:36:13in the group
00:36:14and every
00:36:15illegal account
00:36:16he left behind.
00:36:18Miss one person
00:36:19and you'll spend
00:36:21the rest of your life
00:36:22in prison.
00:36:29If you can
00:36:30cough up
00:36:30all the crooks
00:36:31from the Sterling
00:36:32group,
00:36:33I might just
00:36:34hold off
00:36:34sending you
00:36:35to federal prison.
00:36:37I'll do
00:36:37as you say.
00:36:38I'll tell you
00:36:39everything.
00:36:48It's all here?
00:36:50Just this?
00:36:51I'm done,
00:36:52Miss Sterling.
00:36:53I wouldn't dare
00:36:53hide a single name.
00:36:57Security splits
00:36:58into two teams.
00:36:59One team
00:37:00seals all
00:37:00entrances
00:37:01and exits
00:37:01immediately,
00:37:03burying anyone
00:37:03from entering
00:37:04or leaving.
00:37:05The other team
00:37:06gathers at
00:37:06CLA's office
00:37:07in three minutes.
00:37:13And you,
00:37:14stay right
00:37:15where you are.
00:37:16Don't move
00:37:16until I get back.
00:37:19With Louis Miker's
00:37:20blacklist,
00:37:21I've orchestrated
00:37:21a purge
00:37:22within Sterling
00:37:23group.
00:37:23In less than
00:37:24an hour,
00:37:25I fired
00:37:2630 executives
00:37:27and insiders
00:37:28on the spot.
00:37:33Let me go!
00:37:34This is illegal!
00:37:36Let me go!
00:37:36Okay!
00:37:37I gotta fuck out!
00:37:44Hey!
00:37:45Hey!
00:37:45Get out of the fuck!
00:37:46Get up!
00:37:47Get shit!
00:38:10Go to my office
00:38:11and tell Louis Miller
00:38:12he can get out.
00:38:14If he dares
00:38:15take even
00:38:15one company
00:38:16document
00:38:17along with
00:38:18his personal
00:38:18belongings,
00:38:19send him to prison
00:38:20with Arthur Vance.
00:38:22Clear,
00:38:23Chloe.
00:38:30Make an example
00:38:31of one
00:38:32to warn the rest.
00:38:33Very effective.
00:38:45Chloe,
00:38:46you caused
00:38:47quite a storm
00:38:48at the company
00:38:48today
00:38:50and cleared out
00:38:51more than
00:38:5130 insiders.
00:38:53You must be
00:38:54exhausted.
00:39:02I warmed
00:39:03some milk
00:39:03for you.
00:39:05Have a little
00:39:05and settle
00:39:06your stomach.
00:39:15Experienced
00:39:15law firm partners
00:39:16all say that
00:39:17spotting
00:39:17Louis'
00:39:17weak point,
00:39:18among the
00:39:18thousands of
00:39:19dual contracts
00:39:20Arthur Vance
00:39:20left behind,
00:39:21takes far more
00:39:22than reading
00:39:22a few books.
00:39:24Chloe,
00:39:25did you really
00:39:26learn all these
00:39:27legal and business
00:39:28skills on your
00:39:28own?
00:39:31Since Eleanor
00:39:32came all this
00:39:32way to ask,
00:39:33I might as well
00:39:34tell the truth.
00:39:35I still remember
00:39:36my past life.
00:39:38Back then,
00:39:39I was an undefeated
00:39:40top M&A attorney
00:39:41in Manhattan.
00:39:42Handling this
00:39:43Wall Street trash
00:39:44is easy for me.
00:39:47Chloe,
00:39:47stop teasing me.
00:39:48I'm not doubting you.
00:39:50I just...
00:39:52hate that you
00:39:53had to suffer.
00:39:56Well,
00:39:56if you won't
00:39:57believe me
00:39:57when I tell
00:39:58the truth,
00:39:59too bad.
00:40:04I'm here
00:40:04to give you
00:40:05a sincere
00:40:05apology.
00:40:06I was so
00:40:07arrogant,
00:40:08thinking my
00:40:09two Ivy League
00:40:10doctorates
00:40:10made me special,
00:40:12yet I couldn't
00:40:13see how much
00:40:13you had suffered.
00:40:15From now on,
00:40:17whatever you
00:40:17decide,
00:40:18your second
00:40:19sister will be
00:40:20your strongest
00:40:21supporter.
00:40:24The Sterlings
00:40:25may be proud,
00:40:26but they never
00:40:26hesitate to admit
00:40:27when they're wrong.
00:40:29Fine.
00:40:30I can't stay mad
00:40:31at someone
00:40:32who's smiling at me,
00:40:33especially my
00:40:34brilliant sister
00:40:35who cares about
00:40:35me so much.
00:40:48sister,
00:40:49to be honest,
00:40:50I have an important
00:40:51announcement to make,
00:40:53and it's got to do
00:40:54with you.
00:40:56It involves me.
00:41:00Your top biopharmaceutical
00:41:02lab is currently
00:41:03in the critical
00:41:03preclinical stage
00:41:04of developing
00:41:06a new nervous
00:41:06system drug,
00:41:07right?
00:41:10Chloe,
00:41:11you knew all
00:41:11of this?
00:41:14Just because
00:41:14I stayed silent
00:41:15doesn't mean I
00:41:16didn't care about
00:41:17this family.
00:41:18Chloe,
00:41:19I failed as
00:41:21your second
00:41:21sister.
00:41:22I only focused
00:41:23on my experiments
00:41:25and never truly
00:41:26cared about
00:41:27your inner emotions.
00:41:29Let's get down
00:41:30to business.
00:41:31Your new drug
00:41:32is at its most
00:41:33expensive phase
00:41:34before FDA approval,
00:41:36with a huge
00:41:37funding gap.
00:41:39You didn't talk
00:41:40to dad because
00:41:40you're afraid
00:41:42to use the
00:41:43family's money
00:41:44to gamble
00:41:44on the high-risk
00:41:45drug research,
00:41:46right?
00:41:48Yes.
00:41:49The drug research
00:41:50payoff is too slow.
00:41:52If it fails,
00:41:55it could be deadly
00:41:56for the group
00:41:56now.
00:42:04Sell half
00:42:05of the green
00:42:05energy company
00:42:06shares Victor
00:42:07Thone gave us
00:42:08and put the
00:42:09full 500 million
00:42:11in proceeds
00:42:11into your
00:42:13bio lab.
00:42:14The Sterling
00:42:15group can't rely
00:42:16only on real
00:42:17estate and
00:42:18traditional finance.
00:42:20Cutting-edge
00:42:21technology is
00:42:21our Trumpcon
00:42:22for the future.
00:42:24Chloe,
00:42:25you're giving me
00:42:27the entire
00:42:27500 million
00:42:28dollars in cash?
00:42:29Aren't you afraid?
00:42:30I'll lose it?
00:42:33You have two
00:42:34medical doctorates
00:42:36from Ivy League
00:42:36schools.
00:42:38If you can't
00:42:39make this money
00:42:40work,
00:42:41you might as well
00:42:42use those
00:42:43diplomas to draw
00:42:44children's comics.
00:42:47You used to be
00:42:48pretty good
00:42:48at drawing
00:42:50cartoon cars,
00:42:51remember?
00:42:52Remember?
00:42:58I won't let you
00:42:59down, Chloe.
00:43:03My sister,
00:43:04Eleanor,
00:43:04has been fully
00:43:05committed to the
00:43:06lab.
00:43:08Over the past
00:43:09two weeks,
00:43:10I moved fast
00:43:12and cleared out
00:43:13every trader
00:43:14in the company,
00:43:15wiping out
00:43:16Arthur Vance's
00:43:17entire network.
00:43:20Meanwhile,
00:43:21Julian worked
00:43:22with me to use
00:43:23financial leverage
00:43:24and acquire
00:43:25several small
00:43:25Wall Street hedge
00:43:26funds that had
00:43:27tried to kick us
00:43:28while we were down.
00:43:30Sterling's stock
00:43:31didn't just
00:43:31stabilize.
00:43:32It hit the daily
00:43:34limit several days
00:43:35in a row.
00:43:37The foolish
00:43:38Harris everyone
00:43:39once looked
00:43:39down on
00:43:40is now
00:43:41the woman
00:43:42everyone fears.
00:43:49Chloe,
00:43:50eat up.
00:43:51You've been
00:43:52so busy
00:43:52with the legal
00:43:53department
00:43:53these past
00:43:54few weeks.
00:43:55Don't overwork
00:43:56yourself
00:43:56and get sick.
00:44:03Chloe is
00:44:04making quite
00:44:04a name for
00:44:05herself in
00:44:05the industry.
00:44:08Even I get
00:44:09some reflected
00:44:09glae
00:44:09as her brother.
00:44:14Thanks to
00:44:15Chloe's
00:44:15$500,
00:44:17our lab
00:44:17is making
00:44:18rapid progress.
00:44:19We'll be able
00:44:20to submit
00:44:21the new drug
00:44:21for FDA approval
00:44:23this year.
00:44:29I'm heading
00:44:30to the federal
00:44:30prison early
00:44:31tomorrow morning.
00:44:34To see
00:44:35Arthur Vance
00:44:36that slime
00:44:37should get
00:44:3715 years.
00:44:38Why are you
00:44:39going?
00:44:42I'm going
00:44:42to find out
00:44:43who is really
00:44:44behind Victor
00:44:45Thorne.
00:44:52Chloe,
00:44:53you mean
00:44:54Victor Thone
00:44:55is only a
00:44:55front man?
00:44:58Even at his
00:44:58peak,
00:44:59Victor Thone
00:45:00controlled less
00:45:00capital than
00:45:01and the Sterling
00:45:01group.
00:45:02A greedy
00:45:03coward like
00:45:04Arthur Vance
00:45:04would never
00:45:05betray Sterling
00:45:06if Victor
00:45:07were his
00:45:07only backer.
00:45:10That's right.
00:45:11Arthur is
00:45:12terrified of
00:45:12dying.
00:45:16It's all my
00:45:17fault for being
00:45:17too arrogant,
00:45:18making you take
00:45:19on all this
00:45:19danger alone.
00:45:22Big brother,
00:45:24feeling guilty
00:45:24won't help now.
00:45:26If you want to
00:45:27make it up to
00:45:28me,
00:45:28then do
00:45:29more.
00:45:33Drive me
00:45:34tomorrow morning
00:45:35and keep
00:45:36the car
00:45:36steady.
00:45:37I need to
00:45:38sleep on
00:45:38the way.
00:45:40No problem.
00:45:41This is the
00:45:42street smarts I
00:45:43known on
00:45:43Wall Street.
00:45:48Early the
00:45:48next morning,
00:45:50Julian drove
00:45:51me to the
00:45:51detention center
00:45:52where I
00:45:53visited
00:45:54Arthur
00:45:54alone.
00:45:59Chloe,
00:46:00did you
00:46:01come all
00:46:01the way to
00:46:02the federal
00:46:03detention center
00:46:04just to
00:46:05laugh at
00:46:05me?
00:46:08Do you
00:46:09really think
00:46:09you're amusing
00:46:10enough for me
00:46:11to come all
00:46:11this way?
00:46:15Victor Thorne's
00:46:16funding is
00:46:16broken,
00:46:17but why did
00:46:18his offshore
00:46:19private equity
00:46:20fund suddenly
00:46:20pull out
00:46:21before our
00:46:21operation?
00:46:23Who leaked
00:46:23the info
00:46:24that made
00:46:25Victor the
00:46:25discarded
00:46:26one?
00:46:29I have no
00:46:30idea what
00:46:30you're talking
00:46:31about.
00:46:31Everything
00:46:31is Victor's
00:46:32doing.
00:46:33Arthur,
00:46:34playing dumb
00:46:35won't help.
00:46:36You may
00:46:37spend 15
00:46:37safe years
00:46:38in federal
00:46:38prison,
00:46:39but what
00:46:39about your
00:46:40secret lover
00:46:40in Queens
00:46:41and your
00:46:41illegitimate
00:46:42son?
00:46:43Will they
00:46:43be safe?
00:47:01Chloe Sterling,
00:47:02if you dare
00:47:03touch them,
00:47:03I'll kill
00:47:04you, I
00:47:04swear!
00:47:07Officer, he
00:47:09openly threatened
00:47:09me.
00:47:10That should let
00:47:11the federal
00:47:11prosecutor add a
00:47:12few more felony
00:47:13charges.
00:47:14Right?
00:47:17Stay calm.
00:47:18Don't move.
00:47:19Leave my family
00:47:21out of this.
00:47:22Chloe, you
00:47:22studied law too.
00:47:24Do you have any
00:47:25professional ethics?
00:47:27At all!
00:47:30Professional ethics?
00:47:32Arthur, you sold out
00:47:34the employer who
00:47:35supported you for 10
00:47:36years for 20 million
00:47:37dollars, and now you're
00:47:38lecturing me about
00:47:39ethics?
00:47:40You really do have a
00:47:41sense of humor.
00:47:43Don't worry.
00:47:44I'm not here to
00:47:45threaten you.
00:47:47I'm here to be the
00:47:48good person and share
00:47:49some fresh good news.
00:47:51Stay out of my way!
00:47:52I won't say a word!
00:47:53Your secret lover in
00:47:54Queens transferred the
00:47:5520 million dollars from
00:47:57your offshore Bahamas
00:47:58account half an hour ago
00:47:59and flew to Europe with
00:48:00her personal trainer.
00:48:01No, this can't be
00:48:03happening.
00:48:03She can't betray me!
00:48:05Meanwhile, your
00:48:06seriously ill blind
00:48:08mother and your
00:48:09helpless young son
00:48:10are being evicted from
00:48:12their run-down apartment
00:48:13in Flooning and left
00:48:15homeless on the streets
00:48:16of New York.
00:48:18No!
00:48:19You're lying to me!
00:48:20If you think I'm lying,
00:48:22use your one phone call
00:48:23and ask your mother
00:48:24yourself.
00:48:31Arthur Vance, this is
00:48:33your last chance to
00:48:34make a deal.
00:48:35Tell me who is pulling
00:48:36Victor Thorne's strings
00:48:37and supplying you with
00:48:39billions in short-selling
00:48:41funds.
00:48:41Give me the name and I'll
00:48:43guarantee your mother and
00:48:44child safety and living
00:48:45expenses.
00:48:46Otherwise, when you finish
00:48:47those 15 years, you'll find
00:48:49two unidentifiable bodies on
00:48:50the streets of New York.
00:48:51You have three seconds.
00:48:54Three.
00:49:03I'll talk!
00:49:04I'll talk!
00:49:05It was the Astor family!
00:49:06Conrad Astor!
00:49:09The Astors?
00:49:14Why would the Astor family
00:49:15target the Sterling group?
00:49:18Because of a piece of land
00:49:19owned by Sterling.
00:49:20Conrad obtained a top-secret
00:49:22preliminary geological report
00:49:23showing a strategic rare
00:49:25mineral deposit worth more
00:49:26than $10 billion beneath one
00:49:28of your abandoned lots.
00:49:29The Astor family wanted the
00:49:31land without drawing attention,
00:49:32so they had Victor Short
00:49:34Sterling and planned to buy it
00:49:35all at a bargain after Sterling
00:49:38went bankrupt.
00:49:39Which piece of land is it?
00:49:42I don't know, nor does Victor.
00:49:45Arthur, you're at death's door
00:49:47and still keeping quiet?
00:49:49I really don't know.
00:49:51Victor and I are nothing but
00:49:52the Astor family's lackeys.
00:49:55Why would old money like
00:49:56Conrad tell us the exact
00:49:57location of the main mineral
00:49:59vein?
00:50:00He'd only be asking for trouble
00:50:02if we tried something behind
00:50:03his back.
00:50:06That makes sense.
00:50:07Old money families are always
00:50:09careful around their own lackeys.
00:50:11Good.
00:50:12In exchange for the information,
00:50:14I'll have your mother and child
00:50:15move somewhere safe
00:50:16and cover their basic
00:50:17living expenses.
00:50:19What happens after that
00:50:20is no concern of mine.
00:50:29Can you answer my last question?
00:50:32Tell me, when did you start
00:50:33investigating Victor and me?
00:50:35And how did you uncover
00:50:36everything so completely?
00:50:44You seem really curious about this?
00:50:48To be honest,
00:50:50I was originally not interested
00:50:52in digging into these dirty details.
00:50:54It was only when I occasionally
00:50:56overheard my stern father
00:50:58talking passionately about
00:50:59my mother's portrait
00:51:00that I got involved.
00:51:03Why should I tell you?
00:51:06You'll have 15 full years
00:51:08in prison
00:51:08to think it over.
00:51:11Maybe one day
00:51:12you'll figure it out.
00:51:14Devilish!
00:51:15Don't think you're getting away
00:51:17so easily,
00:51:18Chloe Sterling!
00:51:19You won't stand a chance
00:51:21against the powerful
00:51:22Astor family!
00:51:23Mr. Conrad Astor
00:51:25can crush the entire
00:51:26Sterling family
00:51:27with a mere flick
00:51:28of his fingers!
00:51:30You'll be down in hell
00:51:31to join me soon!
00:51:38You'll all go to hell!
00:51:47Hell,
00:51:49in my past life,
00:51:50while I was sending
00:51:51multinational oligarchs
00:51:53to prison in federal court,
00:51:55the so-called Astor family
00:51:56was probably still
00:51:57molding its noble glory
00:51:59out of mud.
00:52:02Chloe,
00:52:03did Arthur talk?
00:52:04Who is the mastermind?
00:52:07He talked.
00:52:08Victor's backer
00:52:09is Conrad Astor,
00:52:11a powerful financier
00:52:12from the Upper East Site.
00:52:14The Astors want
00:52:15one of our properties.
00:52:16It sits on
00:52:17$10 billion worth
00:52:18of strategic rare minerals.
00:52:20And they plan to short us
00:52:22into bankruptcy
00:52:22and liquidation.
00:52:25Conrad Astor?
00:52:27Drive carefully, brother.
00:52:28I asked you
00:52:29to be my driver.
00:52:31Not to help
00:52:32New York traffic cops
00:52:33meet their ticket quota.
00:52:35Chloe,
00:52:36the Astor family
00:52:37is one of Manhattan's
00:52:38most powerful
00:52:39old-money families.
00:52:40They control
00:52:40several conglomerates.
00:52:43You don't need
00:52:43to tell me
00:52:44how powerful
00:52:44the Astor family is.
00:52:47Our top priority
00:52:49is to find out
00:52:50which of our properties
00:52:51the Astors are targeting.
00:52:52We need to notify
00:52:53Dad and Eleanor,
00:52:55pull the complete list
00:52:56of Sterling's assets
00:52:57and land,
00:52:58and have the investment
00:52:59and asset departments
00:53:01at the company
00:53:02within 30 minutes.
00:53:06Everyone in the
00:53:07asset department
00:53:07report to the
00:53:08group conference room
00:53:09within half an hour.
00:53:15Leaves at the assets
00:53:17interest six more at least.
00:53:30After cross-checking
00:53:32every record,
00:53:33the most suspicious
00:53:34property is
00:53:35the abandoned
00:53:36industrial park
00:53:36in Brooklyn West.
00:53:39Its title
00:53:40is extremely
00:53:41complicated.
00:53:42Yet,
00:53:43several Cayman
00:53:44shell companies
00:53:44secretly surveyed it
00:53:46under different names
00:53:47over the past
00:53:48two years.
00:53:49That's highly unusual.
00:53:51Brooklyn West.
00:53:57That's the land
00:53:58we gave
00:53:58Victor Thone,
00:53:59isn't it?
00:54:06By a twist of fate,
00:54:08the trash
00:54:09we nearly threw away
00:54:10turned out to be
00:54:11the treasure
00:54:13Conrad Astor
00:54:14has always wanted.
00:54:17The transfer
00:54:17isn't complete yet.
00:54:19We can still
00:54:19stop it.
00:54:21Victor has already
00:54:22signed the transfer
00:54:23agreement
00:54:23and Eleanor
00:54:24has sold half
00:54:25of the green energy
00:54:25shares
00:54:26for 500 millions.
00:54:31If we back out
00:54:32of the Brooklyn deal
00:54:32now,
00:54:34Victor and the
00:54:35Astor family
00:54:36won't back down.
00:54:39Chloe,
00:54:41all this is my fault.
00:54:43Oh, my dear sister,
00:54:45you don't need
00:54:45to feel guilty.
00:54:48We're not breaking
00:54:49the contract.
00:54:51We're giving
00:54:51Victor Thorn
00:54:52a gift he can't
00:54:53refuse.
00:54:58Look,
00:54:59we own this
00:55:00prime coastal property
00:55:01with a clean title
00:55:02appraised at
00:55:03$300 million.
00:55:04Chloe,
00:55:05what does that mean?
00:55:06For that $100 million
00:55:07wasteland in Brooklyn.
00:55:08Do you think
00:55:08the greedy Victor Thorn
00:55:09will take the bait?
00:55:11But,
00:55:12I gotta remind you,
00:55:14my dear daughter,
00:55:15Victor,
00:55:16that slippery guy,
00:55:18won't he wonder
00:55:19if there's a trick
00:55:20in this?
00:55:21That's exactly
00:55:22the poison bait
00:55:23I intend to feed
00:55:24him myself.
00:55:29Contact Victor
00:55:30right away.
00:55:31Talk to him
00:55:31tomorrow morning.
00:55:36The next morning,
00:55:38I arrived at Victor's
00:55:39company with the
00:55:40land swap documents.
00:55:41You're trading
00:55:42a prime coastal
00:55:43property appraised
00:55:44at $300 for that
00:55:46$100 million
00:55:46wasteland in Brooklyn?
00:55:49Chloe,
00:55:49when did you start
00:55:50running a charity?
00:55:51Oh, Mr. Thorn,
00:55:52let's not play
00:55:53this silly game anymore.
00:55:55I know who's
00:55:56behind you.
00:56:04Miss Sterling,
00:56:05what nonsense
00:56:06are you talking
00:56:06about?
00:56:08For heaven's sake,
00:56:10I don't understand
00:56:11a word you're saying.
00:56:25The Astors?
00:56:26Chloe,
00:56:27you have quite
00:56:27an imagination.
00:56:28Mr. Thorn,
00:56:29stop acting.
00:56:32Upper East Side,
00:56:34Astor Family.
00:56:39I brought this
00:56:40$300 million
00:56:41coastal property
00:56:42today,
00:56:43not as charity,
00:56:45but as a show
00:56:46of loyalty
00:56:47to the Astor Family.
00:56:49A show of loyalty?
00:56:50If the Astor Family
00:56:52wants Sterling's assets,
00:56:54why let you pocket
00:56:56the middleman's profit?
00:57:00I'm trading a clean
00:57:02$300 million property
00:57:03for that worthless
00:57:04Brooklyn lot
00:57:05to show Mr. Astor
00:57:07the Sterling family's
00:57:08sincerity
00:57:08and gain his support.
00:57:11You took my
00:57:12$1 billion green
00:57:13energy company
00:57:14and now you think
00:57:15a $300 million property
00:57:17will make me forget
00:57:18everything!
00:57:19If you report
00:57:20back to Conrad
00:57:21with that $100 million
00:57:22Brooklyn wasteland,
00:57:24he won't even
00:57:25consider you
00:57:26a competent dog.
00:57:31But if you bring back
00:57:32a prime $300 million
00:57:34property
00:57:35that can be sold
00:57:37at any time,
00:57:38you'll have done
00:57:39the Astons
00:57:40a great service.
00:57:47But I need to
00:57:48thoroughly investigate
00:57:49this new plot of land
00:57:50first.
00:57:56Oh, please, Mr. Thorne.
00:57:59Value every weed
00:58:00on this land properly
00:58:02or you'll have to
00:58:03complain to the media
00:58:04about us taking
00:58:05advantage of you later.
00:58:17Mr. Thorne,
00:58:18we just verified it.
00:58:21The coastal property
00:58:22has a clean title
00:58:23with no leaves,
00:58:24mortgages,
00:58:25or legal disputes.
00:58:27An authoritative appraisal
00:58:28values it
00:58:29at over $300
00:58:30with plenty of room
00:58:31to appreciate.
00:58:33Oh, goodness above.
00:58:36Chloe Sterling,
00:58:38you didn't play me
00:58:39for a fool this time.
00:58:41Did you?
00:58:43Mr. Thorne,
00:58:44it's simple.
00:58:46You sign the land swap
00:58:47and gain an extra
00:58:49$200 million
00:58:50in prime assets
00:58:51while I get an introduction
00:58:53to the Astor family.
00:58:55We both win.
00:58:59If you refuse to sign,
00:59:02you lose $200 million
00:59:03for nothing.
00:59:05And I offend
00:59:06the Astor family.
00:59:07Then we both lose.
00:59:10What do you think?
00:59:14Damn it.
00:59:15Conrad Astor
00:59:16told me to get land
00:59:17from Sterling.
00:59:19Reporting back
00:59:20with a prime
00:59:21Thrun million dollars
00:59:22property
00:59:22has to be better
00:59:24than bringing him
00:59:24that $100 million
00:59:25Brooklyn dump.
00:59:44Mr. Conrad Astor,
00:59:45Mr. William Astor,
00:59:46I'm here to report
00:59:48back to you both.
00:59:53This is the top asset
00:59:55I've just stripped
00:59:55from Sterling.
00:59:56Please take a look.
00:59:59This is the land
01:00:00you've been dreaming of.
01:00:03The Sterling family's
01:00:05autistic brat
01:00:06ran you ragged
01:00:06and all you brought back
01:00:08was this lousy land?
01:00:10Victor,
01:00:10you're completely useless.
01:00:15William,
01:00:16that Sterling crad
01:00:17is nowhere near
01:00:18as simple as she looks.
01:00:21It took quite a few tricks
01:00:22to force her
01:00:24to hand over
01:00:25this prime
01:00:26$300 million
01:00:27coastal property.
01:00:29Otherwise,
01:00:30all I'd have gotten
01:00:31was that
01:00:31$100 million
01:00:32wasteland
01:00:33in Brooklyn West
01:00:34with its tangled title
01:00:36and badly inflated
01:00:37valuation.
01:00:40What did you say?
01:00:43Mr. Astor,
01:00:44please let me explain
01:00:45what I just said.
01:00:46Shut up!
01:00:46I'm asking you!
01:00:48So,
01:00:48what's going on
01:00:49with that messy,
01:00:50overvalued plot of land
01:00:51in Brooklyn's west side
01:00:53you mentioned?
01:00:53Mr. Astor,
01:00:54that Chloe Sterling brat
01:00:56originally tried to take
01:00:56my green energy company
01:00:57with the worthless Brooklyn lot.
01:00:58I outsmarted her
01:00:59and forced her to offer
01:01:00this prime $300 million
01:01:01coastal property instead.
01:01:02Didn't I save you
01:01:03from a huge loss?
01:01:08Oh,
01:01:09come on,
01:01:09Mr. Astor.
01:01:10Idiot!
01:01:10You're a hopeless,
01:01:11complete idiot!
01:01:12Mr. William Astor,
01:01:14Mr. Conrad Astor,
01:01:15did I do something wrong?
01:01:17You self-important fool.
01:01:20Don't you know
01:01:20that the Brooklyn wasteland
01:01:22you handed back
01:01:22to the Sterling family
01:01:23like trash
01:01:24is the very property
01:01:25the Astor family
01:01:26spent years plotting
01:01:27to acquire?
01:01:27Beneath those ruins
01:01:28lies a mineral content
01:01:29worth more than $10 billion!
01:01:46Oh,
01:01:47just heard from Wall Street.
01:01:49Thone's hedge fund
01:01:49is officially liquidated.
01:01:51His high-interest loan creditors
01:01:53are pressuring him
01:01:54to the brink
01:01:54and he's become
01:01:55a laughing stock
01:01:56in all of Manhattan.
01:01:59Conrad Astor,
01:02:00the cunning fox,
01:02:01has seen his long-term
01:02:02scheme fall apart.
01:02:03He won't be taking
01:02:04any unnecessary risks
01:02:05with us
01:02:06for a while.
01:02:08Chloe,
01:02:09my dear child,
01:02:11you saved
01:02:11all of Sterling.
01:02:13I was too driven
01:02:14by profit
01:02:15and measured everything
01:02:16by its business value.
01:02:17I even neglected
01:02:18to show you my love.
01:02:20I let you suffer
01:02:21in silence.
01:02:22I failed you
01:02:23as a father.
01:02:24Mr. Sterling,
01:02:25let the past
01:02:26stay in the past.
01:02:27Look at my amazing sister.
01:02:33She broke the deadlock,
01:02:34recovered a $10 billion
01:02:36rare mineral deposit,
01:02:38took over the enemy's
01:02:39core assets,
01:02:39and cleared every trader
01:02:41out of the Sterling group.
01:02:42From now on,
01:02:43every decision at Sterling
01:02:44is yours.
01:02:47Oh,
01:02:48for heaven's sake!
01:02:49Look!
01:02:50Big news!
01:02:52My new drug project
01:02:53just received
01:02:54the FDA's
01:02:55highest level approval.
01:02:57The world's
01:02:57three largest
01:02:58pharmaceutical companies
01:02:59are competing
01:02:59for exclusive rights,
01:03:00and the full
01:03:01$1 billion advance
01:03:03has already reached
01:03:04our account!
01:03:05Oh my God!
01:03:07The full $1 billion advance
01:03:08is already in our account?
01:03:10The cutting-edge
01:03:10biomedical work
01:03:11has finally paid off!
01:03:16Chloe,
01:03:17without the $500 million
01:03:18you invested,
01:03:19this lab would have
01:03:20shut down long ago.
01:03:22You saved my dream.
01:03:24Your second sister
01:03:25will support
01:03:26every decision you make.
01:03:34In my past life,
01:03:36I stood alone
01:03:37at the top
01:03:38of Manhattan's
01:03:39legal world,
01:03:40with no one
01:03:40to rely on,
01:03:42only cold statutes
01:03:43and endless storms.
01:03:46In this new life,
01:03:48I have a clumsy family
01:03:49that loves me
01:03:50without fail.
01:03:51Being their guardian angel,
01:03:53I'm using my special gifts
01:03:55when needed
01:03:55to protect
01:03:56our one little world
01:03:58isn't so bad.