The Wolf of Wall Street · 2013 — 第 19 / 30 章 · 5'01" · B1

Jordan Probes Swiss Bank Secrecy, Explained:beat yourself up

After a nightmare flight with a drug-addled Donnie, Jordan meets Geneva banker Jean Jacques Saurel. Jordan wants to know if the FBI can reach his money; Saurel answers with Swiss law, a joke about tanks, and a line that sounds like a promise: "From a financial standpoint, you are now in heaven."

あらすじ

On a flight to Switzerland, Donnie, strung out on ludes, panics and gets tied up by the captain. Jordan lands in Geneva and warns him to behave, then sits down with banker Jean Jacques Saurel to ask how Swiss bank secrecy works. Saurel explains that the bank only cooperates if the crime is also a crime in Switzerland.

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beat yourself upshut the fuck upget down to itcroix

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このシーンの表現

beat yourself up

blame yourself

On the plane Jordan calms a frightened passenger, telling her the outburst was not her fault.

Don't beat yourself up over one bad interview.

このシーンの他の表現

  • shut the fuck up

    shut up, very rudely

  • get down to it

    start the real business

  • croix

    French for cross

  • fuck me over

    cheat or betray me

  • from a financial standpoint

    financially speaking

このシーンのメモ一覧

108 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · A2untie someone

set me loose

Donnie, this isn't funny. You gotta untie me, buddy.
表現 · B1have a fear of something

a fear of flying

He's got a fear of flying.
表現 · B1beat yourself up over something

blame yourself

On the plane Jordan calms a frightened passenger, telling her the outburst was not her fault.

it's not you, sweetheart, don't beat yourself up.
発音beat yourself

The t in beat is often dropped before yourself; let the two words run together.

it's not you, sweetheart, don't beat yourself up.
表現 · A2scream at someone

yell at someone

You were screaming at people.
発音he was

Both he and was reduce in fast speech, so was nearly disappears.

- Yeah, he was very upset. - Really?
スラング · B2up my ass

hidden on my body — Crude slang for hiding something on your body; friends only.

They're up my ass. Don't worry about it.
表現 · B1calm someone down

make me calm

Come on, do something to calm me down. Please.
表現 · A2be free to go

allowed to leave

you're free to go.
スラング · B2coming at me

attacking me — Confrontational; fine in a fight, not with a boss.

What are you fucking coming at me for?
表現 · B1the only reason ... is ...

the single reason

Hey, listen. The only reason you're sitting in this limo
表現 · A2be curious about something

interested in

I'm curious about your bank secrecy laws here.
スラング · B1Blah, blah, blah

empty talk — Dismissive and casual; avoid it with people you respect.

Blah, blah, blah.
表現 · B1get down to something

start the real business

After small talk, the Swiss banker cuts to business and asks what Jordan actually wants to know.

Let's get down to it. What would you like to know?
発音would you be

Would you often blends into a single sound, close to wudja.

Under what circumstances would you be obligated to cooperate with an FBI
表現 · B2fuck someone over

cheat or betray me

At the meeting Jordan drops all politeness and asks whether the banker will betray him when it counts.

What I'm asking, you Swiss dick, is are you going to fuck me over?
表現 · B1the only way ... is if ...

the single method

The only way the Banque Réal de Genéve would cooperate with a foreign legal body
表現 · B1be in heaven

in bliss

you are now in heaven.
文法 · B2sent us a subpoena, it would become

second conditional: If plus past tense with would imagines a situation that is not real yet, like a subpoena arriving.

If the U.S. Justice Department sent us a subpoena, it would become
スラング · B2wipe our ass

treat it as worthless — Vulgar way to say something means nothing; keep it out of polite talk.

We would wipe our ass with it.
文法 · C1which is a crime here in Switzerland

relative clause: The which clause adds a side note about stock fraud without changing the main claim.

Unless, of course, it was an investigation into stock fraud, which is a crime here in Switzerland, if I'm correct.
表現 · B2under someone's name

registered to you

The banker names the catch: an account in Jordan's own name can be traced, but another name changes everything.

Assuming the account is under your name.
文法 · B2Assuming

participial conditional: Assuming opens with a condition, meaning if we take it as true that the account is in your name.

Assuming the account is under your name.

「Jordan Probes Swiss Bank Secrecy」を読み解く

What's really going on

Jordan isn't asking about Swiss law out of curiosity. He's testing whether his money can be shielded from the FBI, and Saurel answers him without ever saying yes. The banker first deflects — "Whether America plans to invade Switzerland in the coming months" — then delivers the line Jordan came for: "From a financial standpoint, you are now in heaven." That is the sales pitch, delivered as a fact. But the useful part is the loophole: cooperation only follows if the crime is also a crime in Switzerland, and the account shouldn't be "under your name." Saurel's final hints about a "friend," a "cousin," a "relative" are the real deal being offered. Jordan has found his offshore solution without anyone putting it in writing.

Theme

MoneyJordan flies to Geneva to move his fortune where U.S. investigators cannot reach it.
SecretsSaurel explains Swiss secrecy and hints at a nominee account without ever naming the scheme.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A Swiss account is safest when the name on it is not yours.
  • The banker's jokes are a test of nerve, not small talk.
  • Jordan's mid-flight panic is played for blunt comedy.
  • Dry compliance talk carries the scene's real threat.

発音のポイント

  • beat yourself — The t in beat is often dropped before yourself; let the two words run together.
  • he was — Both he and was reduce in fast speech, so was nearly disappears.
  • would you be — Would you often blends into a single sound, close to wudja.
you are now in heaven.

Saurel's verdict on Switzerland: from a financial point of view, Jordan's money is now untouchable — no U.S. subpoena can reach it here.

Was that yodeling I just heard or did you just say what I thought you said?

Jordan's way of mocking Saurel's roundabout hint: he pretends he can't believe the banker actually suggested using someone else's name.

What I needed was a rathole with a European passport.

Jordan's framing of the fix: he needs a nominee — a front man — who holds a European passport so the account can sit outside the U.S.

What I'm asking, you Swiss dick, is are you going to fuck me over?

Jordan drops the polite talk and asks the real question: is this bank going to cheat him or protect him?

When we get out there, try not to act like yourself.

Jordan's warning to Donnie before they meet the banker — behave, or you'll blow the whole thing.

このシーンについての質問

What is a rathole?

In the film's slang, a rathole is a nominee account holder — a trusted person who lets his name be used on an offshore account. Jordan explains he needs one with a European passport so the money can enter Switzerland.

Why did the captain tie Donnie up?

Donnie is a nervous flyer who took too many ludes and started screaming, rolling on the floor, and insulting the captain. The captain restrained and nearly tasered him to keep the flight under control.

Why does Saurel keep talking about tanks and yodeling?

He is stalling and having fun with the Americans before business. The jokes about a U.S. invasion of Switzerland and Jordan's mispronunciation of Rue de la Croix are his way of testing how serious Jordan is.

What does Saurel actually offer Jordan?

He explains that the bank will only cooperate with U.S. authorities if the crime is also a crime in Switzerland, and hints the account should be held under someone else's name — a friend, a cousin, a relative.

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