Morgan Freeman on blackmail logic
by Capucine · old hollywood: Morgan Freeman
The idea of blackmailing a client rumored to be a vigilante who beats criminals feels like a dead end. You assume one of the most powerful figures globally is secretly taking justice into their own hands, yet your strategy is to threaten them? Good luck.
Transcript (en)
You wanted me to do the diligence on the LSI Holdings deal again? Well, I found some irregularities. Your CEO is in police custody. No, not with their numbers, with yours. Applied Sciences, the whole division of Wayne Enterprises just disappeared overnight. I went down to the archives and I started pulling some old files. Don't tell me you didn't recognize your baby out there pancaking cop cars on the evening news. Now you got the entire R&D department burning through cash claiming it's related to cell phones for the army. What are you building for him now? A rocket ship? I want $10 million a year for the rest of my life. Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights feeding criminals to a pulp with his bare hands. And your plan is to blackmail this person? Good luck. Keep that.
