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1INT. LARGE INVESTMENT BANK TRADING FLOOR - DAY

The frame is filled with the face of PETER SULLIVAN, a 27- year-old risk assessment analyst. He has a Doctorate from MIT and is staring intently into a large bank of computer screens.

An elevator door opens and FOUR HUMAN RESOURCES PEOPLE come out of the elevator carrying large file boxes. They walk down a long glass enclosed hallway that runs the full length of the trading floor. The scope of the floor now comes into frame. There are more computers than can be imagined and several large boards on the far walls that are scrolling thousands of numbers. PETER gives a knowing glance to the guy sitting next to him, SETH BREGMAN, a young analyst in his early twenties.

SETH

Is that them?

PETER

(nods yes)

SETH

Jesus Christ.

The HUMAN RESOURCES people turn and separate into a large glass walled conference room that runs along the floor as almost every person on the floor watches.

SETH (cont’d)

Are they going to do it right there?

PETER

Yeah.

SETH

Fuck me.

WILL EMERSON, sitting next to them, leans back in his chair.

WILL EMERSON

(whispered)

Have you guys ever seen this before?

SETH

No.

WILL EMERSON

Best to just ignore it. Keep your head

down and get back to work... and don’t

watch.

The HR people begin walking out onto the floor looking at a piece of paper in their hand then walking up behind a person and asking their name. It is brutal. The camera follows one HR woman, HEATHER, with her piece of paper down the hall and