Markham Markets

MEDIUM SHOT-DAY: Office space in commerical Markham. BRYANT, CRAIG, ALI, JENN, AARON and PETER sit in front of computers. Everyone except for BRYANT and CRAIG wear headsets and are talking into them. CRAIG paces the office while BRYANT taps on a keyboard at the front desk.

ALI
Act is down again.

BRYANY
Down?

ALI
Down.

PETER
Fucking e-mail.

CRAIG
Why is it down?

BRYANT
I'm supposed to know? I'll call Bruce.

PETER
Fucking e-mail.

CRAIG
Pipeline. Stuff that pipeline. We paid Dun and Bradstreet a shitpot of money for this list.(leaves)

ALI
Fucking waste of money. Just photocopy the phone book.

AARON
I can't make a sale with this.

ALI
No one can make a sale with this.

PETER
Fucking e-mail.

ALI
I can't make sales without Act.

BRYANT
Bruce is on it.

ALI
In his little back office? We'll be lucky to get it up by next week. I told you to find someone who's done sales, not some internet monkey who's never seen the street. Fuck this. I'm going to lunch.

BRYANT
It's early.

ALI
I'm going. Aaron, you coming?

AARON
I gotta make a sit. You go.

ALI
Whatever. Fine. Screw you. (turns to JENN)

JENN
I can't. I'm calling Mister Dep Nguyen.

ALI
Nguyen? You can't sell Nguyen. No one can sell Nguyen. Nguyen has money because he never buys a fucking thing! He hoards every dime behind his rice mat and invests in opium and liqour stores. Don't bother. Come have lunch.

JENN
I can't. I have to sell something or Craig and John are going to fire my ass.

ALI
Screw you too.(leaves)

PETER
Fucking e-mail.

AARON
Hello, this is Aaron Clement with Ontario Hydro Energy. Can I speak to the person in charge of your natural gas?

JENN
Can't we get new leads?

BRYANT
I could get five sales a day on these leads, Jenn. Just call them.

JENN
But--

BRYANT
Just fucking call them.

AARON
Mister Geary, this is Aaron Clement with OHE. I'm glad I could reach you. I've got a limited number of natural gas packages that I can arrange for you that...