Margin Call: Sam tells the surviving traders to forget their dismissed colleagues and seize the opportunity to advance. (scene 9)

9INT. TRADING FLOOR

SAM ROGERS walks out of his office and stands in front of the trading floor that just an hour before had seated 130 people. Now just thirty-three are scattered throughout the vast mostly empty space. They all look up in silence at him. Long pause, then SAM’S face begins to glow a bit. His posture straightens, he fills up. He speaks slowly at first then builds.

SAM ROGERS

You are all still here for a reason...

Most of this floor was just sent home...

forever. We have spent the last hour

saying good-bye... they were good people

and they were good at their jobs... but

you all were better. Now they are gone.

They are not to be thought of again. This

is your opportunity. On every floor of

this building and in every office from

Hong Kong to London the same thing is

happening. Before this is all done 3 of

every ten guys who were standing between

you and your boss’s job are now gone.

That is your opportunity. I’ve been at

this place for thirty-four years and let

me tell you that this will not be the

last time you go through this. But you

all are survivors... And that is how this

firm over 107 years has always continued

to grow stronger. So hold your heads

high... and get back to work.

He looks out at them then turns and heads back into his office and closes the door.