Speaker 1: Here.
Speaker 2: We are Cane Entertainment. Sounds like we should be at
the North Pole or something.
Speaker 1: You go ahead, a seat and I'll check in with
the receptionist.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 3: Randy walks over to a giant, oversized front area and
there's a woman sitting behind the counter doing her nails.
Speaker 1: Hi, I'm here to see Jonathan Hawthorne.
Speaker 3: The woman ignores him.
Speaker 1: Hello, I'm here to see Jonathan Hawthorne. The woman continues
doing her nails, but then a nervous one runs out.
Her name is Mindy.
Speaker 4: Hi. Hello, you are here to see mister Hawthorne.
Speaker 1: Yes, Randy Saint Clair and Franny McPherson.
Speaker 4: Yes, Yes, he's expecting you.
Speaker 1: Hey, what's her deal?
Speaker 4: She's the main boss's daughter. She's here for a show.
She doesn't actually do anything. Correction.
Speaker 3: I class up the place by just being here, and
I get on Jonathan's nerves. That's the bonus. Round.
Speaker 4: Have a seat, Randy, we will be right with you.
Speaker 1: Thank you.
Speaker 3: He is perplexed, but walks over to where Franny is seated.
Speaker 2: I'm excited about this, meaning I can't wait.
Speaker 1: Franny res I represent you, and I need to listen
to everything they say before you before I what, Randy,
Sit and listen. Sit and listen.
Speaker 2: I'm not a golden retriever.
Speaker 3: Go where's my coffee? Where's my coffee? Jonathan Hawthorne walks
out to the front area. He is already annoyed.
Speaker 5: Where is my coffee?
Speaker 1: Jonathan? Do you have to shout out your orders?
Speaker 3: I'm trying to listen to my favorite podcast, The Email.
Speaker 5: Well, I'm sorry, Carla, I forgot you even exist, since
you do nothing.
Speaker 3: Oh, I do something, and that is annoying you. It's
the highlight of my workday.
Speaker 5: You mean it's the highlight of your day. You and
the word work have never met.
Speaker 4: Here is your coffee, mister Hawthorne.
Speaker 3: Jonathan takes a sip and spits it out on Mindy,
Franny and Randy.
Speaker 4: Look, I take it you didn't like the taste, Bendy.
Speaker 5: How long have you been working with me?
Speaker 4: Three years?
Speaker 5: Right? And in three years have I ever said I
want or like cream in my coffee? The answer would
be no, I like it black Black, just like his men.
At least I don't have to pay the men to
be with me.
Speaker 4: Coffee Black, got it, sir.
Speaker 5: Don't call me sir. I'm not sixty five.
Speaker 2: But you sure look it.
Speaker 5: Your nine am is here job that looks over whereas
my real assistant when I need her.
Speaker 3: Jonathan goes back in his office.
Speaker 4: He will see you shortly.
Speaker 3: Okay. Mindy wipes her coffee sprayed face and goes to
get his black coffee.
Speaker 2: He's a real peach.
Speaker 1: It's the entertainment business.
Speaker 2: He's a little too much, but I'm ready for him.
Speaker 3: A few minutes later, Mindy is back.
Speaker 4: Mister Saint Clair and miss McPherson, Mister Hawthorne is ready
for you.
Speaker 1: Thank you.
Speaker 3: Randy and Franny follow Mindy. Good luck, you're gonna need it.
Randy and Franny look at each other.
Speaker 5: Welcome, have a seat, Have a seat.
Speaker 4: Here's your coffee, sir, I mean, mister Hawthorne.
Speaker 3: Jonathan takes a sip, just how I like it. Now
get up, Mindy scurries out.
Speaker 5: So you are. Frannie McPherson backgammon, Champion of the worl Johnny.
Speaker 1: It's chess.
Speaker 5: It's Jonathan and okay.
Speaker 2: Chess, Jonathan, thank you for taking this meeting.
Speaker 5: Of course, Jonathan.
Speaker 1: She is ready to hear what Caine Entertainment wants to do.
Speaker 3: Certainly, while Jonathan is searching through his desk for the
folder one.
Speaker 1: Turn off your phone.
Speaker 2: I thought I had it. I'm silent.
Speaker 5: Sorry, my desk is a mess. My regular assistant isn't here.
I think she's having a rib removed. I don't understand
why that's not an outpatient procedure yet.
Speaker 1: One Randy, Randy.
Speaker 2: Sorry.
Speaker 3: She looks at her text and it says, good luck today.
Hope you get everything you want. She smiles.