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We have this big economics project going at school where we learn how to run a

business. We get some fake money, stock our inventory, and sell the merchandise

to the other kids. And the student with the most money at the end of the project

gets their name on a cool trophy.

Oh, wow.

Ignore her.

My friend Marsha and I are going to sell jewelry.

Hi, Marsha. Hi, Tia. Hi, Tamara.

So, what's the fun... Order of business for the T &M Jewelry Company. The first

order of business is changing the name to the M &T Jewelry Company.

Well, why don't we negotiate this just like real business people?

Good idea. Okay, call it. Heads.

Bummer.

I ain't ever gonna let you down

known about this project for a week.

When are you going to get to work?

Hey, it's just a rinky -dink school project.

And for your information, I am working.

Roger, will you hurry up with our project? We're going to be late for

Samara, when I'm working for you, I'm always on golden time.

Okay, how's this for a slogan?

More bangles for your buck.

Tamara, how's that punch company going?

Dad, this project is just for the geeks and gorgeouses who are totally into it.

Tamara, you'll learn a lot about having your own business. It could come in

handy. Dad, I'm not a seller.

I'm a shopper.

Tamara, business is simple. You just have to make a great product, know your

market, and above all, work very, very hard.

See, there's always a catch.

You're a successful businessman.

Maybe you can give us some advice.

Oh, no, let's not trouble Dad.

There won't be any trouble at all.

Oh, Ray, that's real nice. The way you get involved with Tamara's schoolwork.

Well, at least the communication between a parent and a child is the key to

making this place a better planet.

Yellow.

What do you want?

What? Now?

Ah, okay.

Who's that?

My father.

He's on his way here now from the airport.

Maybe he's just dropping by to say hello.

My father isn't a drop -by -to -say -hello kind of a guy.

He shows up every five years, always for the same reason.

He either wants money or a safe haven until things blow over.

He sounds interesting.

You sure he's your father?

The problem is Tamara idolizes him. She doesn't know what he's really like.

Ray, look.

You're getting very, very agitated.

Look at your foot. It's shaking just like a dog when you scratch its belly.

It's my father.

Here. Hi, Beth.

Can this be little Tamara?

How about a great big hug?

No, no, Mr. Campbell, I'm Lisa.

Oh, I'm terribly sorry, Lisa.

Well, how about a great big hug?

Lisa's Tia's mother. I wrote to you about her, but I guess you didn't get

letter. Well, I've been having trouble getting my mail.

See, I've been in this witness protection program for a few months.

Well, Ray told me you lived on the edge, Mr. Campbell. Oh, please. My friends

call me Soupy. Ah, I get it, because your name is Campbell.

Because I'm always in hot water.

Oh, Ray, your little daddy is so adorable.

Well, how about some coffee? It's soupy.

Well, actually, I'd prefer if you grew some of this.

It's Kowloon poison tea from the premier of Singapore's private stock. It's part

of my late adventure.

A string of tea rooms.

I figure that coffee house craze has peaked.

Oh, tea rooms. Isn't that a great idea, Ray?

No.

Looks like you're doing pretty good in your limousine business, son.

You're moving on up.

All right, come on, Jimmy. How much do you want me to invest in this tea room

scam? Oh, sorry.

But that scam deal has been fully funded.

fact is i do have a bit of bad news i knew you'd get to the real reason you

showed up your mother and i are getting divorced oh oh i'm so sorry soupy hold

it wait a minute he walked out of my mother 17 years ago all right so i'm not

totally blamed but it still hurts yeah right it made me realize that i was

taking my family for granted i know i was never around when you were growing

and i know that damage is done but i would like to spend some time with my

granddaughter Yeah, sure, with proper supervision.

Maybe you two need to be alone.

Oh, I know you must really be hurt. I know what happens to men when I dump

I'm devastated.

Well,

you know, maybe this was the jolt you needed, Jimmy.

As they say in Singapore...

Which means that woman be fine.

Oh, I'm sorry, son. Where were we?

You were feeling devastated?

Oh, yeah, right.

Don't worry, Martha. We'll celebrate this tomorrow.

Oh, my gosh, Tia.

I've been wearing one of our bracelets all day, and look, it turned my wrist

green.

Yeah, we've met.

I'm sorry I had to kick you, but I didn't have my pepper spray.

Pleased to meet you, sir. My name's Roger. Hi, Roger.

Tamara's always talking about you. Didn't you used to run track at

No, I was drawn out of Northwestern.

Oh! This must be that little school project your father was telling me

Yeah, pretending to run a business. Talk about lame.

Lame? Huh! There's nothing more fun than chewing up the competition and spitting

them out like bad meat.

punch. Are you kidding me? That's a cinch.

Step into my office.

First thing you got to do is cut your production cost. Okay. Oh, here we go.

Okay. Take this. We'll have here like this.

Aha. Okay. We add a little H2O.

Shake, shake, shake.

Voila. Taste that.

Of course. You have just doubled your profits.

Hey, here's another great idea. You create a demand.

Give away salty pretzels with your punch.

But Alfie Davis already had the pretzel booth.

Hey, we could merge with Alfie, eventually buy him out, then slowly but

ruin the other kids. Now you got it.

Um, Mr. Campbell, do you have any tips to boost the bracelet business?

I heard they turn your wrist green.

Well, we just have to turn a negative into a positive.

Advertise them as mood bracelets.

Yeah!

You could tell people that green is serene.

Exactly! You're a natural.

Well, that doesn't seem to be honest.

You sure you two are related?

Uh -uh, Lisa, you are an artist, and a frying pan is your canvas.

Look, I don't mean to sound fresh, but we should take you public and franchise

you.

Oh, Soupy, I've never been called a franchise before.

I've only been privately held.

Oh, boy.

My wife used to fix me breakfast.

Now my life is just one big fat regret.

Well, you want another stack of waffles? That always makes me feel better.

No, no, no, I'm fine, I'm fine.

Elisa, how about I take you out to dinner tonight?

That is, if you don't mind the company of a bum.

Oh, come on, Super, you are not a bum. I'd be honored to go out to dinner with

you. My treat.

No, no, Super Cam, I've never let a woman pick up his check.

I insist we split it.

I mean, that's the least I could do for imposing on you. Oh, no, Super, you are

not imposing.

Well, I better go clean up your room, check out your laundry, and take back

videos.

these pretzels are salty.

Need a cup of fun.

Oh, um, I'm afraid the prices have gone up. It's now three.

It was one a few minutes ago. Oh, you're gouging me, man.

We ought to try some of these creative marketing methods or else put a fork in

us. We're done.

But how do we water down jewelry?

You don't have any choice.

Loved how you performed the Heimlich maneuver on me, and I wasn't even

How about a little bedtime story?

I'm a little too old for a bedtime story.

Okay, we'll just skip the story.

Little devil.

I'm gonna lock my door tonight.

Well, Ray, I had a great time with Lisa tonight.

Yeah, that's nice.

You know, Lisa could be your next mother.

Good night, son.

Yeah, good night, Jimmy.

What?

Hey, Tamara, looks like your company's doing real well.

That was a good move to buy out that blow -pop guy.

Yeah, but I hardly have any money left.

Well, in that case, you just have to use the business principle of OPM.

OPM? Other people's money.

You sell shares of your companies to the other kids, use the capital to buy more

companies and make more money, and eventually... Wait a minute. You can't

out to the Bahamas.

Well, by that time, the project will be over.

Yeah, Grandpa, you make business sound like such fun.

What about you, Tia? How you doing?

Not so good.

After selling my so -called mood bracelets, I had a real hard time

myself in the mirror. Hey, I've been there.

Here's a little trick.

When you look in the mirror, avoid eye contact.

Focus on your nose.

Green is not serene.

Ooh, it's permanent.

I can't believe him. He's got everybody in this house bamboozled.

Tamara's roped in, and beware, he's working on Tia.

Well, I'm all for it if I help unload these dumb bracelets.

Am I the only one here who can see through him?

Apparently. Just too close to him. You got too much emotional baggage.

Yeah, I got a lot of emotional baggage, all right.

I got a complete matching set.

I got a garment, carry -on, two -suiter, overnight, and a tote.

Believe me, sooner or later, he's gonna hurt you.

Hurt me? How can he hurt me? I'm bigger than him.

Don't let him tell it. You two are an item.

He's even thinking about marriage.

Oh, well, our dark little secret is out.

We're going to elope, and I'll become your wicked stepmother, and then I'll

you to the cellar and beat you.

You know why I'm going to beat you, Ray? I'm going to beat you because you are

dumb enough to even think I consider marrying your father.

I feel sorry for the poor man. He's divorced, he's broke, and he's short.

These are mercy dates.

So you're telling me you're dating him because you feel sorry for him? Yeah.

Oh, I see what's going on here.

You're worried about being like your father, aren't you? Well, you're nothing

like him.

Thank you.

He's charming, adventurous, exciting, captivating.

Oh, ambidextrous. Thank you very much.

Mimmo.

Roger? I want to take over Pete's peanut brittle, and I want it...

Diversify into casual apparel.

Sorry, Tamera, nothing doing.

T &M Jewelry is not for sale.

Hey, all the businesses in Tamera Industries thrive and grow. Look, check

this chart I had somebody else make for me.

This is Austin's last Tuesday.

You mean Bloody Tuesday?

See ya.

You're my sister.

Here are today's receipts, TC.

We'll do lunch.

I think you'll be very happy.

Mm -hmm.

What? Either hand it over or stand still for frisking.

Okay, I choose frisking.

And take your time.

Send it over.

I need a little mad money.

Ever heard of profit sharing?

Hi, Marsha. Come on, we've got to strategize. Uh, Tia, I've got good news

bad news. The good news is I decided to sell my half of the T &M jewelry company

to Tamara.

That's the good news?

But then what's the bad news? The bad news is I bet you hate the good news,

right?

Here's our standard contract.

Just sign these in triplicates, initial here, and put your phone number here.

Just a minute, mister. I want to talk with you. Not right now, Ray.

Oh, yes, right now.

Well, it's official. In just three days, you've turned Tamara into Leona

Helgley.

I was just trying to help out my granddaughter.

That's not what I'm talking about.

You managed to undo every value I tried to instill in her, values I didn't get

from you. Look, I can understand why you're angry, son.

And as long as you're already angry, I got a little confession to make.

When I first came here, I wasn't really that upset about your mother leaving me.

It was just an excuse I was using to get some free eats, catch some Zs, and get

a little closer to the Canadian border.

Knew it. Knew it. Knew it. Did everybody anything out of your hand but not I?

No, not Mr. Killjoy here. I knew you were up to no good.

You had all hit me like a ton of bricks when the love of my life dumped me.

Well, maybe Mama will take you back.

Mom?

I'm talking about Lisa.

Lisa's already the love of your life? I work fast.

I thought she felt the same way about me, but I guess I was wrong.

There's a laugh. Me, the sucker. The mark.

The foil.

The sack.

Pigeon.

The moon.

Now maybe you can grow into a better person. A better father.

But a grandfather.

Maybe.

Anyway, I gotta be shoving off tomorrow.

I told you I still got that tea deal brewing.

Yeah, right. The tea deal. There you are, running away again. Just like you

when I was a kid. What are you talking about? You turned out fine.

Look around. You got a nice house. You got a family. What are you complaining

about? Well, none of this has to do with you. Oh, yes, it did have to do with

me.

Because if I was there, none of this would have happened.

Take your profits where you can.

I didn't mean that.

I just wish you were there, that's all.

Yeah, well, I wish I'd been there myself.

Maybe I'd have turned out better.

Tamara, what's the matter?

The bottom fell out.

Of your companies?

No, they weren't faulty.

I did that.

Why did you sabotage my cup?

Because I took my sweet little granddaughter and I turned her into a

-hungry egomaniac. So I decided to teach you a lesson. And the lesson is, no

matter how smart you think you are in business, something can always go wrong.

Why couldn't you just tell me I was wigging?

Had I known what that was, I would have.

But I had to sell my company.

I lost my blouse.

I was forced to take ten cents on a dollar from a corporate raider.

I'd like to meet that kid.

Memo to myself.

Remember to thank Tamira and Mr.

Campbell in my speech accepting the Junior Business Person Award.

Oh, Jimmy.

Here's a little mat for the plane.

My peach cobble. Well, thank you. I'll favor every cobble.

Oh, there's the taxi.

I wish you could stay.

Me too, Grandpa.

Yeah, I'd like to, but I really do have to close that tea deal.

This could be the big one.

Let me make a little investment.

Come on. Put me down for a thousand.

Well, if you insist.

You won't regret it.

Nice seeing you again, son.

Good seeing you too, Jim.

Don't look now, Ray, but you were actually sounding like a son.

Yeah, I know.

He fancies himself a slick businessman.

But I think I got to know him just a little bit better. Yeah, he's slick

to get a thousand bucks out of you.

Oh, come on. I just felt sorry for him in those little tea rooms.

Now, this is the first time he didn't con me.

Mm -hmm.

Or did he?

Connective cups.

Is there anything you can use them for?

No, Tamara.

Just put them in the recycling bin after breakfast.

Good morning, everyone.

Morning. Oh, boy, I've got to get out of here.

Oh, I've got to go.

I'm so late.

Ray, you better not... I know I should have a regular breakfast, but I can't.

I've got to get to the office. Bill.