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(Transcrito por TurboScribe. Atualize para Ilimitado para remover esta mensagem.) Vic, I had a word with the chairman

about that little matter you raised me the

other day.

Oh yeah?

You know, he agrees with me.

We don't want to rock the boat at

this juncture.

I want Everthorpe out of my factory.

He's a bad influence.

How do you mean, Vic?

I've told you.

And he's...

He's what, Vic?

Vic?

Forget it.

What about my new core blower?

No, that's approved.

Great.

Yeah, you're authorised to go up to a

hundred and fifty grand.

Oh, OK.

I'll set up a meeting with Alton office

at Dusseldorf.

All right.

Shall we start?

It's better generally.

Do you want me to introduce you?

No, they all know who I am.

Let's get on with it.

Right!

Now, you're supposed to start soon.

speeches with a funny story, but I don't

have one ready.

I'll be honest with you, running this company

is no joke.

Now you all know who I am.

I'm the boss.

I have a nasty habit of popping up

on the shop floor just when you were

thinking of going to the lab for a

quiet smoke.

You all think I'm god almighty in this

place, that I can do what I like.

Well I'm not.

I can't do anything at all on my

own.

Now I don't need to tell you that

we're in a very competitive industry.

A third of the engineering companies in the

West Midlands...

A third of the engineering companies have gone

out of business in the West Midlands since

1998.

What the hell do you think you're doing?

I've got a message for you.

Oh, sweetheart, get your tits on for the

boys.

Check your metres off.

Get over here.

Let go or I'll drive you home.

Get out of here.

Go on, please, go on.

Take it off.

Get off.

Get off.

He's all over the place.

Here, here.

Come on.

Pringle balls, Pringle balls, Pringle all the day.

All I've done is to work the Victor

Wilcox way.

Pringle balls, Pringle balls, Pringle all the day.

God, he's married.

All I've done is to work the Victor

Wilcox way.

No, stop it at once.

Robin!

Here, take this.

Come on, let's hear the rest of it,

right?

Come on.

Who?

Who?

What?

Who?

That's...

That's the end of the cabaret.

As I was saying...

..this is a very competitive industry.

And a third of the engineering companies have

gone out of business since 1980 in the

West Midlands.

It's been very hard for a lot of

people.

It's going to get even harder.

Not only for you, but for me.

I knew she had a part-time job,

but I didn't know it was that.

It's called a kissagram, apparently.

Of course, she didn't actually get as far

as giving you a kiss.

Thank Christ for that.

It could have been worse.

There's also something called a gorillagram.

She didn't tell you who set me up?

She didn't know.

I can guess any road.

Brian ever thought?

Has his fingerprints all over it.

Why don't you get rid of that man?

After all, you're the boss.

I have thought of it, but...

But what?

You can have too many reasons for sacking

a man.

You begin to distrust your own motives.

What do you think of this daft place?

It's incredible.

Can't wait till you get inside.

Thank you very much.

Yes, sir.

Oh, it's only handy.

Oops.

There's been a lot of subservice around here.

The old mine workers.

It's like a house in a fairy tale.

Oh.

Cheers.

Cheers.

I've never bought draft beer for a woman

before.

Must have had a very limited experience of

life then.

No, you're dead right there.

Sometimes when I'm lying awake in a small

house instead of counting sheep, I count the

things I've never done.

Like what?

Oh, like I've...

I've never skied.

I've never windsurfed.

I've never learned to play a musical instrument.

Or speak a foreign language.

Or ride a horse.

I've never climbed a mountain.

Or pitched a tent.

Or caught a fish.

I've never seen Niagara Falls.

Or been up the Eiffel Tower.

Or even the Tower of London.

I've never...

Oh, I could go on and on.

Is it still time?

No, it's too late.

All I'm fit for is work.

That's about the only thing I'm any good

at.

Well, that's something.

It's all right.

That's a lot.

I'll buy you a drink next Wednesday.

It's my last.

What?

Next week, it's the end of term.

I must say, it's flown by.

I don't know how you people can justify

your long holidays.

They are not holidays.

We do research, you know, as well as

teaching undergraduates.

Sorry.

I've hardly touched my new book since Christmas.

Having to come to Pringles every Wednesday hasn't

helped.

I'm going to Dusseldorf next Wednesday.

Oh.

Oh, then this is my last.

No, you've got to come with me to

Dusseldorf.

I can't, I'm afraid.

You're my shadow.

You've got to follow me wherever I go.

What are you going to Dusseldorf for?

Oh, I'm seeing some people about getting a

new core blower.

This could be very interesting for you.

We'd stay in a posh hotel.

Get taken out for meals.

It's only two days.

One night.

I have my women's writing seminars on a

Thursday.

Can't somebody else do them for you?

No.

No, I'm afraid it's out of the question.

God, you

gave me a shock.

What are you doing here?

Just passing.

Thought I'd drop in.

Hard at work as ever, I see, Robin.

Does the world really need another book on

19th century fiction?

I don't know, but it's going to get

one.

It's my only hope of getting another job

somewhere.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Have you seen Charles lately?

No, we've both been too busy.

Why?

Did you know he's been seeing Debbie?

Seeing her?

Seeing her.

Well, I knew he was going to watch

her at her work.

I spent the night with her afterwards.

At her house.

Well, he probably took her out to dinner

and missed his train, so she put him

up afterwards.

That's what Debbie says.

Well then, what's the fuss?

Suppose I told you it happened twice.

Twice?

Missing one train is unfortunate.

Missing two looks suspicious, wouldn't you say?

How do you know all this, Basil?

I mean, I thought you and Debbie never

saw each other midweek.

Last Tuesday evening, I rang Debbie late and

Charles answered the phone.

And last night I followed them.

You what?

I followed them.

First they went to a...

Basil, you're being completely paranoid.

Even paranoids have cheating girlfriends.

Look, I'm sure there's a perfectly simple explanation.

I'll ask Charles.

He's coming over this weekend.

Oh.

Well, that's a relief.

Why?

Well, Debbie claims she's staying with her parents

this weekend.

I was beginning to wonder.

I don't know what you women see in

Charles, anyway.

He seems a cold fish to me.

I've got no wish to discuss Charles' attractions

with you, Basil.

Oh, hello, Charles.

Why not?

You're not spending it with Debbie, then?

Only Basil says you stayed overnight with her

twice.

No, I just wondered why you hadn't mentioned

it.

Why on earth should I be jealous of

Debbie?

I don't give a monkey's how much she

earns.

Yes, of course I know what the expression

means, Charles.

I thought it was rather appropriate.

You haven't slept with her, then?

What does that mean?

Oh, I see.

No, of course not.

You're a completely free agent.

Oh, I'm fine.

I'm very busy.

I'm going to Dusseldorf next week.

Yes, Vic Wilcox is going on a business

trip.

It should be interesting.

No, I'm busy the weekend after.

No, of course I'm not angry, Charles.

I just don't feel like seeing you.

I'm a free agent, too.

Goodbye, Charles.

Well?

Well, what?

Have they slept together?

Not in the technical sense.

What do you mean, not in the technical

sense?

He gave her a massage.

Is that all?

It's quite enough.

Return your

seat to the upright position and ensure that

your seatbelts are securely fastened.

The time in Dusseldorf is 11 a.m.

and the temperature is 10 degrees centigrade.

Thank you.

I've been thinking.

How am I going to introduce you to

the Germans?

I can't go through all that rigmarole about

the Shadowscape.

I'll explain myself.

I speak German.

God, you don't.

Yes, I do.

I learned German at school.

What does that mean?

Yes, of course, I learned German in school.

I wish I could do that.

I'll be your interpreter, then.

There's no need.

The crowds all speak English.

Excuse me, sir, can you fasten your seatbelt?

Should I take your cup, sir?

As a matter of fact, it might be

useful if you don't let on you understand

German.

Why?

Well, they sometimes speak German to each other

in the middle of a meeting.

I often wonder what they're saying.

All right, but how will you explain my

presence?

Well, say you're my personal assistant.

What does that mean?

Well, on business trips abroad, it usually means

girlfriend.

Well, they won't suspect you speaking German.

I see.

It's a good job I got dressed up

for the occasion, then, isn't it?

Yeah.

You look smashing, as a matter of fact.

Thank you.

Dusseldorf is much more impressive than I expected.

Well, they had to rebuild from scratch after

the war.

We pretty near flattened the place.

The centre of Ramage has been rebuilt, too,

but not like this.

They can afford it.

We won the war and lost the peace,

as they say.

You see, in the boom years, when we

were selling as much as we could make

on our clapped-out machines and paying the

unions whatever they asked for, the crowds were

investing in new technology and hammering out sensible

labour agreements.

I thought our problem was we import too

much.

It's the same problem.

I mean, that outfit of yours.

Where was it made, as a matter of

interest?

I've no idea.

You should have.

West Germany.

Well, there you are.

That's great.

See you later.

Danke schön.

You can't talk.

You said you expected to pay £150,000

for this cobbler.

Why not buy a British machine?

Because we don't make one.

And that's another reason why we lost the

peace.

The sales director is called Winkler.

And he has a technical sidekick called Patch.

It's Winkler, not Winkler.

You're not supposed to know that.

I know.

Don't worry.

I'll play my part.

Mr Winkler will see you're not.

Danke schön.

Bis später.

Well, what's your impression of Düsseldorf then, huh?

Well, you wouldn't think you were in a

factory town, would you?

Everything so clean and modern.

I was saying to Vic in the car

actually, Mr Winkle.

Düsseldorf is really so much nicer than I

was expecting.

Wasn't I, Vic?

Yeah, I'm very glad to hear that, Miss

Penrose.

My name is Winkler, by the way.

Well, here we have the machines.

Oh, they're a nice colour, aren't they?

The units are fully automatic.

There's a horse system with hydraulic releases built

into the machine for core box cooling.

How many moving parts in the course can

we have?

Up to five.

The course automatically is charged under the belt,

as you see.

The whole process is controlled automatically with manual

overriding facilities.

Can I see it in operation?

Oh, certainly.

Mr. Clyde, would you let the machine run

for Mr. Wilcox, please?

Be quiet, it's him.

Well, when Dr. Patch has answered all Mr.

Wilcox's questions, we can continue our business comfortably

over lunch, right?

Oh, that would be lovely.

Wouldn't it?

I'll be honest with you.

It's a great machine.

It's exactly what I want.

The trouble is, you owe £170,000 for

it, and I'm only authorised to spend up

to £150,000.

Well, we might be able to arrange a

discount.

How much?

One percent.

Not worth talking about.

Do you like a dessert, Miss Penrose?

What is it?

All right.

What about Black Forest Ghetto?

That should be good here, shouldn't it?

I'll have just a tiny bit of that

one, please.

I'm going to be late for my next

appointment.

You have another appointment?

Yeah, if you'll excuse me, I've just got

to make a quick phone call.

Of course.

Can I order you some dessert?

No, thanks.

Would you please excuse us just for a

moment?

Of course.

Thanks.

I hope this cake is to your liking,

Miss Penrose.

Well, it hasn't got much in the way

of cherries in it.

Oh, but it's very nice.

Now, you must go and pat him on

the nose, I'm afraid.

Excuse me.

The ladies' restroom is down there.

It's not down there.

Ah, thanks, it's all right.

She's all right.

You couldn't have missed Krugerman.

That's what it's for, isn't it?

Yeah, she missed him, didn't she?

Oh, there you are.

I was just coming to look for you.

What's up?

Look, they're going to accept your price, I

overheard.

Hey, that's fantastic.

Yes, but wait, there's a catch, I think.

Patch said something about they couldn't do it

with a something system.

It sounded like semen.

Semen?

Yes, yes, that's it.

Anyway, then Winkler said, well, he hasn't specified

semen.

Bastards.

They're going to try and fob me off

with an electromechanical system.

What?

The machine we saw this morning has semen

solid state control and diagnostic systems for identifying

faults.

The holder type is all switches and relays.

Nowhere near as reliable.

Nice work, Robin.

We have been discussing the problem.

After all, we think we can meet your

requirements at the figure you mentioned.

Now you're talking.

Let's all have a cognac to celebrate, hmm?

Oh.

Would you like a cognac, Jude?

Oh, yes, that would be lovely.

Fine, vier cognac, bitte.

Now, let's get this straight.

We're talking about your 22EX machine, correct?

With semen solid state systems.

Oh, we didn't specify that.

The 22EX is also supplied with glugeman electromechanical

controls.

That is what we had in mind for

the price.

Then it's no deal.

I'm only interested in solid state.

It's impossible.

Let's not waste any more of each other's

time, Mr. Winkler.

Oh, we're going, Richard.

One moment, Mr. Winkler.

Please sit down.

I'd like to discuss further with my colleague.

Excuse us.

Come with me.

Well?

I think they might just bite the bullet.

Winkler thought we had the deal set up.

He can't bear the thought of it slipping

through his fingers at the last moment.

Yeah?

It's not that easy.

No, nothing ever is, is it?

Okay.

One hundred and fifty-five thousand with semen

solid state system.

That is absolutely our last offer.

Okay.

Well, it's a deal, isn't it?

And let's not make any more mistakes, eh?

This is your 22EX with semen solid state

for one hundred and fifty-five thousand to

be paid for in sterling, in stages, as

per your outline quotation.

That's twenty-five percent with order, fifty percent

on delivery, fifteen percent on being commissioned by

your engineers, and ten percent after two months

satisfactory operation.

Right?

Correct.

Done.

I wasn't misinformed about you, Mr. Wilcox.

When can I have the revised quotation?

It will be ready for collection at my

office tomorrow morning.

Right.

I'll be off then.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Goodbye, Miss Penrose.

I hope you will enjoy your stay at

Düsseldorf.

Auf Wiedersehen, Herr Winkler.

Ich würde mich freuen, wenn der Rest meines

Besuches so erfreulich wird wie dieses köstliche Mittagessen.

Wiedersehen.

Bitte sehr, Mr. Winkler.

Prost.

Turn the tables on the boogers.

They're 155,000 pounds, aren't they?

Not so loud.

They can't back out now.

Hey, Winkler's face when he spoke German, too.

What did you say?

I simply said that I would be very

happy if the rest of my stay was

as enjoyable as the delicious lunch.

I felt rather sorry for him, actually.

Hey, let's explore Düsseldorf before we go to

the Schloss.

I'll stop ringing.

Selbstverständlich.

Komm, wir sind jetzt schon zu spät dran.

You're safe still in Germany.

I just told him to take us to

the old town.

Is that okay?

This hotel is incredible.

It's not at all what I was expecting

when you said, come to Düsseldorf.

Down to market?

No, it's wonderful.

I mean, this has to be the most

bizarre setting for a Düsseldorf gig I've ever

seen in my life.

You look fantastic in that dress, Robert.

Thank you.

It really suits you.

I don't think I should have any more

champagne.

Well, it's a special occasion.

East of the new machine.

Here's to it.

I suppose if I hadn't been here, Herr

Winkler would have fixed you up with a

call girl for your night.

What?

Don't you know what usually happens when businessmen

go poor?

Not to me, it doesn't.

Does Marjorie know I'm here with you?

I can't remember whether I mentioned it.

Would she mind?

Why should she?

Perhaps you'd like to appear myself?

Marjorie?

Let's dance.

I can't do that sort of dancing.

You just sort of stand there and twitch

instead of holding on to somebody.

You can hold on to me.

Come back!

I can't do this.

You're doing fine.

Just make yourself go.

I don't know how to.

It's not in my nature.

Poor bit.

Come here.

Come on, you're not trying.

I can't do it.

If you really hate it, well, sit down.

Hey, listen.

That song.

You know it?

It's Jennifer Rush.

It's my favourite.

It's my favourite.

What was

that for?

Let's go to bed.

Oh, Robin.

Wait a minute.

All in good time.

Oh, Robin.

Careful, Vic.

You'll tear my dress.

I'm sorry.

I wonder if there's any champagne.

I haven't done this sort of thing before,

you see.