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Hey, uh, I'm looking for Investor's Center.The Wolf of Wall Street · 2013 — 第 4 / 30 章 · 5'03" · B2
Jordan Pitches a Penny Stock, Explained：get rich quick
Jordan talks his way into a tiny Long Island boiler room that trades penny stocks off the pink sheets. He watches a salesman pitch garbage to strangers, then picks up the phone himself and runs the same play on a man named John — promising him, with total conviction, that "we are looking at a grand slam home run."
あらすじ
Told he can make more money selling penny stocks than blue chips, Jordan visits a shabby office called the Investor's Center. There he learns the trade: pink-sheet stocks, cold calls, and a pitch that promises ordinary people they can get rich quick. He tries the script himself and lands his first big sale.
注目の表現
pink sheetsget rich quickschmuckshand over fist
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このシーンの表現
get rich quick
make money fast
Dwayne admits their ads promise readers they can get rich quick.
There is no honest get rich quick plan in investing.
このシーンの他の表現
- pink sheets
a listing for unlisted stocks
- schmucks
fools, easy marks
- hand over fist
very rapidly and in large amounts
- grand slam home run
a huge, sure win
このシーンのメモ一覧
116 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
Is it links into something like iz-it.
Yeah, yeah, that's us. Hey. This is it. This is it.by telephone
Hi, Dwayne. We spoke on the phone.rising newcomers
They're up and comers. That's what that means.a stingy bastard — Very crude; only in private anger.
You cheap fuck!a listing for unlisted stocks
Asked where the computers are, Dwayne says they trade right off the pink sheets instead.
We just trade right off the pink sheets here.The t in right flips to a d-like sound before off.
We just trade right off the pink sheets here.become listed
You know, uh, companies that can't get listed on NASDAQ,relative clause: The that-clause tells which companies: the ones that cannot list on NASDAQ.
You know, uh, companies that can't get listed on NASDAQ,for each share
Six cents a share?fools — Insulting; fine behind backs, not to a face.
Honestly, mostly schmucks.at the rear pages of
They see our ads in the back of, uh, Hustler and Popular Mechanics.make money fast
Dwayne admits their ads promise readers they can get rich quick.
Our ads actually say they can get rich quick.the buy-sell gap
Jesus Christ, the spread on these is huge.a top-tier stock
Jordan, what do you get on that blue chip stock?sound familiar
- Does that ring a bell? - Yeah, I may have sent something.the most advanced
It is a cutting edge high-tech firm out of the Midwest awaiting imminent patent approvalparticiple phrase: The participle phrase describes the firm as waiting for its patent approval.
It is a cutting edge high-tech firm out of the Midwest awaiting imminent patent approvala great deal
And by the way, John, our analysts indicate it could go a heck of a lot higher than that.settle a debt
Exactly. You could pay off your mortgage.clause without that: One thing is modified by a clause with that dropped: the one thing I can promise.
John, one thing I can promise you, even in this market,a huge, sure win
On the phone, Jordan tells the client the stock is a grand slam home run by every technical measure.
we are looking at a grand slam home run.How'd you blurs into howdja in fast speech.
How'd you fucking do that?very rapidly and in large amounts
Jordan recalls selling junk stocks and making cash hand over fist.
I was selling garbage to garbage men and making cash hand over fist.a nonsense cheer — Playful celebration slang; keep it casual.
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What's really going on
The real subject is not the stock but the performance. Jordan does not yet know the business, so he copies the man beside him: the script, the certainty, the flattery. The lesson he takes away is that the pitch matters more than the product — he is "selling garbage to garbage men", and the money still rolls in. The line he uses on John, that "we are looking at a grand slam home run" is technically about a stock, but it is really about a promise no one can keep, delivered with a straight face. By the end he is not just learning to sell; he is discovering that he is very good at it, which is the more dangerous discovery.
Theme
MoneyPenny stocks, cold calls, and quick riches: the scene lays out the hustle that will define Jordan's life.
AmbitionJordan discovers he has a talent for selling and immediately wants more, setting his rise in motion.
このチャプターで学べること
- The firm sells junk to people it privately calls schmucks.
- Jordan's pitch turns a warning into a reason to buy more.
- The baseball metaphor is the salesman's biggest swing.
- Dwayne's honesty about the product is its own joke.
発音のポイント
- is it — Is it links into something like iz-it.
- right off — The t in right flips to a d-like sound before off.
- How'd you — How'd you blurs into howdja in fast speech.
The only problem you're gonna have is that you didn't buy more.A closer's line: it turns a sale into a regret about not buying enough, making the customer want in rather than doubt.
we are looking at a grand slam home run.A baseball metaphor for a sure, huge win; Jordan uses it to promise a payoff with no downside.
I ask them to judge me on my losers because I have so few.A rehearsed line that builds trust by claiming he almost never loses — confidence sold as honesty.
The other guys looked at me like I'd just discovered fire.Jordan's own narration of his first sale: the office is stunned, and he realizes how much talent he has.
このシーンについての質問
Why do they trade penny stocks instead of normal shares?
Penny stocks trade off the pink sheets, outside the major exchanges, so regulation and disclosure are looser. That is exactly why the margins and the marks are so large.
What makes Jordan's cold call to John so effective?
He sounds like a friend, knows John mailed in a card, and builds a story about an imminent patent before promising a grand slam. He sells certainty, not facts.
What does "hand over fist" mean in Jordan's account of his sales?
It means making money fast and in large amounts. Jordan uses it to show that once the script worked, cash came in with little effort.
Who is Donnie Azoff and how does he meet Jordan?
Donnie is a neighbor drawn to Jordan's expensive car. He introduces himself in the parking lot and asks how Jordan makes his money, which starts their partnership.
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