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Mickey walks his buyer Matthew through the hidden machinery of his empire: twelve sites, a thousand estates, and a crop you would never spot under your feet. Matthew calls it spectacular, then warns it will "go bankrupt in ten years" once cannabis is legal, and asks why he should pay top dollar for a business with an expiry date.
❝ Monólogo · 10 frases Hiding an Empire in Plain Sight
Matthew Questions the Asking Price
❝ Monólogo · 3 frases The inventory in the cellar
He lists sites, staff and tech like a founder pitching a funding round.
Mickey Pearson shows Matthew around the business he wants to sell. His farms are hidden among a thousand country estates, so well concealed that Matthew is standing on one without knowing it. Matthew admires the setup but warns that legalization will bankrupt it within a decade, and asks why he should pay top dollar for it. Mickey answers by inviting him inside to see what half a yard buys.
The scene is a sales pitch, and Mickey knows exactly what he is selling. He does not show a product; he shows a system that is already hidden in plain sight, from "twelve sites" to a thousand estates, and the boast "you are standing on my bush" is both a flex and a warning about how hard he is to find. Matthew is not fooled. He praises the business — "It's a spectacular business, Michael" — and then names its weakness: legalization will make it worthless. That is why he haggles over the price instead of the quality. The power in the scene belongs to the person who can walk away, and both men are trying to look like that person.
A1–C2 es la escala MCER. Las tarjetas por encima del nivel elegido se atenúan y la reproducción no se pausa en ellas.
“And that, sir, is with my blessing what you are paying for.”
He sells a criminal fortune as something blessed, and the politeness makes it sharper.
Formal
“If you were standing on my bush you wouldn't know it.”
A single impossible-sounding sentence proves how well the operation hides in plain sight.
Neutral
“Such a shame it will go bankrupt in ten years when things go legal in the great UK.”
The fake sympathy is a threat: he predicts ruin and uses it to argue the price down.
Neutral
“It takes work, wine, women and disco.”
A deadpan list turns an ugly job into a lifestyle, and the rhythm sells the joke.
Informal
And offer my services so they can keep their houses in order. And they're not too bothered about what I do. As long as that cash keeps rolling in each year. It's good to get a lord, yes, but it's not easy. It takes work, wine, women and disco. Twelve sites. Twelve farms. One thousand of these estates in the great UK. Bonne chance trying to find them all. That's it. My infrastructure. And that, sir, is with my blessing what you are paying for.
Location, staff, technology. And with purchase you will inherit the best sites available. The finest botanists and herb sommeliers in the world.
Siguiente · 04laying pipeLa escena: Mickey and Rosalind Plan His ExitNot a single farm. He is selling the whole hidden system — sites, staff, technology, and the fact that it is nearly impossible to find — which is what Matthew is asked to pay for.
Because cannabis is heading toward legalization in the UK. Once it is legal, he argues, a black-market empire like Mickey's will be worth far less, which is why he pushes back on the price.
Not immediately. He calls the deal spectacular and then questions whether he should 'pay top dollar' for something with an expiry date, so the negotiation is still open when they walk inside.
It is London money slang for five hundred million pounds. Mickey says the price is 'a nugget under half a yard,' meaning a little under that figure.
