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Julia 2022-04-10 08:01:01
Sound and Music Appreciation
The film begins with a wild male vocal, accompanied by a newscaster delivering financial information. The voice of the announcer drifted away, and the singing was connected with the fast-paced dance music of the disco, which was very natural. The scene shifts to a disco where people speak loudly...
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Luciano 2022-04-10 08:01:01
The touching side of Nick Leeson
When I was just trying to get into this business, I watched a lot of movies about Wall Street. Hope to see some of this industry. So I watched this movie.
The story is based on a true event. Trader Nick Leeson caused the entire Barings Bank to fail due to speculation. In fact, such a story in the...
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Nick Leeson: I'd never even heard of Barings before I started working for them. It's not like there's a Barings Bank in Watford.
Lisa Leeson: Well, you're a big hero back in London, they think the sun shines out your arse.
Nick Leeson: Really? I was beginning to feel like one of those Japanese soldiers, you know, still stuck out in the jungle 20 years after the war.
Lisa Leeson: What's it like here? They tell it's not safe to go out at night.
Nick Leeson: That's bollocks, the locals are great. Best thing about this place is it's not still full of pompous ex-colonials who think they were born to rule the world. That's what I love about Asia, anyone can make it, it doesn't matter which stupid school you went to.
Lisa Leeson: When they told me I was going to Jakarta I had to look it up on a map.
Nick Leeson: As a matter of fact, so did I.
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Nick Leeson: [voiceover] My team were young, they were hungry, and they didn't have a clue.
[in a cafe with his newly hired team]
Nick Leeson: A futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell a specified amount of a commodity at a specified price at a future date.
[no one responds]
Nick Leeson: All right, um... it's like if I agree to sell you this cup of cappuccino, which I don't yet own, at 45 cents a month from now, if I can buy the cappuccino at say, 43 cents, I make a profit. If the price goes the other way, I have to pay more and I lose. It's timing, it's buying and selling at the right moment. Sometimes expresso might be the best deal, or salt or pepper.
George Seow: So, we're running a supermarket, huh?
[they laugh]
