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Season 4, Episode 1 — Success Failure

TMDB episode metadata

Show: Silicon Valley

Episode title: Success Failure

Air date: April 23, 2017

Director: Mike Judge

Top billed cast: Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Zach Woods, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, Amanda Crew

In the wake of Pied Piper’s clickfarm scandal, the guys struggle to find funding for Pied Piper’s video-chat app to keep up with their rapidly growing user base. Erlich faces resistance from Big Head’s dad, while Gavin balks after Jack steps on his toes at Hooli. Having a hard time adjusting to his company’s pivot, Richard gets sage advice from an unexpected source, leading him to a big idea that could change his future.

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No, I'll get my car tomorrow. I had too many.

tomorrow

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Got an Uber coming. Thank you.

coming uber

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That was fast.

fast

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Hello. For Jim?

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Yep.

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Oh, would you... would you care for a water?

care water

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Why are your fingers orange?

fingers orange

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It's... It's iodine.

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I've been... biting my nails,

biting nails

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so I put this on there to stop me from doing it.

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Looks like Cheetos, tastes like asshole.

asshole tastes

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So, what do you do?

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Venture capital over at Wood Opal.

capital venture wood

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Wow.

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Wow. Good.

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Mm-hmm.

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Uh, can I take this?

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- Sure. - All right.

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Hello, hi!

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My goodness, this video chat app

chat goodness video

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is light-years ahead of anything else out there on the market.

ahead light market years

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I agree.

agree

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Yes, and you can add multiple concurrent users

multiple users

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with no loss in picture quality, even on conventional 3G.

loss picture quality

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Let's see what happens when we add more friends.

friends happens

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Hi, friend. What's up?

friend

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Hello, friend.

friend

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Hey, should we add another friend?

another friend

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Yeah, we should.

↓

How many friends can we conference at the same time?

conference friends

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Well, thanks to the amazing new TURN server,

amazing server thanks

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as many as you like.

↓

What if someone is in an area with poor cellular reception?

area poor reception

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I doubt it would even work.

doubt

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And if it did, the lag, the video quality...

quality video

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that would be horrible.

horrible

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Well, let's find out.

↓

Could you keep your eyes on the road, please?

eyes road

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Yeah, got it. I'm on it.

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Hey, friends.

friends

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Wow! Look at that. The image is so clear.

clear image

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We all look amazing, don't we?

amazing

↓

- Yeah, we really do. - Yes.

↓

Is that really just on a cell signal?

cell signal

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Uh, yes.

↓

This is the amazing new company PiperChat.

amazing company

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Wait a minute.

minute

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I saw you at TechCrunch. You're Richard Hendricks.

richard

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- The very same. Yeah. - You're the fucking guy

fucking

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that tried to walk into Coleman Blair

blair coleman tried walk

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with fraudulent numbers.

numbers

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- No! - Uh-oh.

↓

- That was my fault. - Yes, but no.

fault

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I mean, that... that's the old thing. This is the new thing,

↓

and I can assure you, it's very, very real.

assure real

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You're not even my driver. This says Sandeep in an Escalade.

driver

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- Ah, shit. - Look, look.

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No one will even talk to us, which is crazy.

crazy

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We just surpassed 120,000 daily active users

active daily users

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and we're growing at a rate of 18 percent, organically, week over week.

growing percent rate week

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Richard, that's Facebook-level growth.

facebook growth level richard

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- Pull over now. - That is great!

pull

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Richard, Richard, do not pull over.

pull richard

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You will never see him again if he gets out.

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I am not involved!

involved

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Richard, can you hear me?

richard

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Okay, for real, Richard. You have to pull over.

pull real richard

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- Richard, do not... do not pull over. - You'll never see him again.

pull richard

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- Hey, are you on the shitter? - Pull the fuck over.

fuck pull

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- Richard! - Okay.

richard

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What the fuck? Are you seriously trying to kidnap me right now?

fuck kidnap

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No. It's the locks. I... I don't know. It's not my car.

locks

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Child locks are on.

child locks

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I was babysitting my friend Gloria's great-granddaughter.

babysitting friend

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It's on the left.

left

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- Got it. Look, look, look. - God damn it!

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Come on. Listen to me.

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We are desperate. We need funding.

desperate funding

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- You need funding? - Yes.

funding

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Hit a million daily active users

active daily million users

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while sustaining the same kind of growth,

growth sustaining

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then everybody in town will be trying to kidnap you.

everybody kidnap town

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Problem solved.

problem problem-solved solved

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Yeah, easy for you to say.

easy

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Can you imagine how much these servers are costing me

imagine servers

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just to keep this ship afloat?

ship

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Right, and every new user increases our server cost.

cost increases server user

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Really? I'm sorry.

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Is it hard to become a billionaire?

become billionaire hard

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Welcome to the Valley, assholes.

assholes valley welcome

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Fuck.

fuck

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- What a dick. - Well, assuming we don't get arrested,

arrested assuming dick

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looks like we have to work our asses off

asses

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to reduce our hosting bill.

bill reduce

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- Hi. - Hi.

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If you actually get to a million users...

million users

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call me. My cell's on the back.

cells

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Oh, okay.

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- sync and corrections by Mr. C - - www.addic7ed.com -

corrections sync

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Did you finish?

finish

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Yeah, I just pushed my code.

code pushed

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Took me two fucking days,

days fucking

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but I broke up our entire code base into parallel services.

base broke code entire parallel services

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You know, this whole job would've been a lot easier

easier whole wouldve

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if you hadn't designed sloppy services in the first place.

designed place services sloppy

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Oh, silly me.

silly

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I guess when I hacked together

hacked

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the video chat as an in-house tool,

chat house tool video

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I didn't foresee that hundreds of thousands of people

hundreds thousands

↓

would shit themselves over how fucking awesome it was.

awesome fucking

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I'll never underestimate my talents again.

talents underestimate

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Don't worry. I'll continue to do it for you.

continue worry

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Less talk, more work, boys.

boys less

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I'm not paying you to coffee klatsch

coffee paying

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like a bunch of fucking yentas.

bunch fucking

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You're not paying us at all.

paying

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I'm not paying you because you're not the one

paying

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getting fucked face-first by your credit card company

card company credit credit-card face fucked

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because of massive AWS hosting fees.

massive

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Well, you should bear 100 percent of the company's cost,

bear companys cost percent

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seeing as you do own 100 percent of the company.

company percent seeing

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What's taking you so long to give us our fucking shares?

fucking shares

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Recapping a company is complex.

company complex

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But I assure you, Big Head and I are on the case.

assure case head

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You better be. We're not gonna work for free forever.

forever free

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Hey, the Karachi Kid and I finished.

finished

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Did you push your code?

code push

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Uh...

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actually, no.

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Well, Your Highness, could you please push your code?

code highness push

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Well, I couldn't push that code,

code push

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because I didn't write that code.

code write

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What? We stayed up for two fucking days.

days fucking stayed

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Why didn't you write your code?

code write

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Well, because I was working on something much better.

working

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So, I started to optimize our code to handle higher tr...

code handle higher started

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You're supposed to follow me.

follow supposed

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Oh.

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I, uh, I started to optimize our code

code started

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to handle higher traffic.

handle higher traffic

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Then it occurred to me, why rewrite our old code

code occurred rewrite

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when I can build a new encoder

build

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that doesn't strip away a ton of channels and metadata.

channels strip

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So, I extended my compression algorithm

algorithm

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to support... get this... 12-bit color.

color support

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Okay, so our users will be able to experience

able experience users

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a 10 percent increase in image quality

image increase percent quality

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with absolutely no increase in server load whatsoever.

absolutely increase load server whatsoever

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Just-Just-Just... Just watch this.

watch

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Before.

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After.

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Before.

↓

After.

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Richard, I'm trying very hard

hard richard

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not to completely lose my shit right now.

completely lose

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I get it. I get it.

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After every VC in town turned us down,

town turned

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we decided that the best way to stay alive

alive best decided

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until we got to a million users was to cut server usage.

million server users

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Remember that?

remember

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The whole reason that Gilfoyle and I

reason whole

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stayed up for 48 fucking straight hours

fucking hours stayed straight

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was to decrease server load,

load server

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not keep it the same.

↓

Technically, the reason why we stayed up for two days

days reason stayed technically

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was to maximize our ability to get a million users,

ability million users

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and I just did that.

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Because who doesn't want 10 percent better image quality?

image percent quality

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Who doesn't want it? Everyone.

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Everyone doesn't want it!

↓

We already have the best video chat.

best chat video

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People are using this on their cellphones.

using

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They're not gonna be able to tell the fucking difference.

able difference fucking

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Guys, this is a better product,

product

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and I'm the CEO, and I'm gonna say this is where we go.

↓

- You fucking prick. - Whoa.

fucking prick whoa

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Guys... please be civil.

civil

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- You hate the video chat. - I don't hate the video chat, Dinesh.

chat hate video

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You've always hated the video chat, because it's my thing,

chat hated video

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and you wanna rewrite it to make it all about you.

rewrite

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You're fucking jealous.

fucking jealous

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Jealous? Jealous?

jealous

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You built the video chat, I'll give you that. Okay.

built chat video

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You did, but you did it using my algorithm.

algorithm using

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Right, like when Picasso painted a masterpiece,

masterpiece painted

↓

the guy who made the brushes and the paint

paint

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deserved all the credit, right?

credit deserved

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So you're Picasso now?

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I think I need to... leave,

↓

but I love you guys.

love

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Dinesh, I'm sorry,

↓

but I think we should be doing a little bit more

↓

with this revolutionary compression algorithm

algorithm

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than passable video chat.

chat video

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But we already did more, Richard.

richard

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It was called "the platform."

called platform

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And it was exactly what you wanted to make,

wanted

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and it fucking failed, okay?

failed fucking

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I'm sorry, but it's bad enough

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that we can't get any funding because of you.

funding

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You're killing us out there.

killing

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Don't also sabotage us in here, too.

sabotage

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Pied Piper is a video chat company.

chat company piper video

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Get your head around that.

head

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I'm quite certain I've never said this before.

certain

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I agree with Dinesh.

agree

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Well.

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Oh. Well, that was just a whole heap of fun.

fun heap whole

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Ordinarily, I loathe coming to China, but when you close a deal like that,

china close coming deal

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it makes the whole trip a delight.

delight makes trip whole

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Champagne, gentlemen?

champagne gentlemen

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I think that's very much in order.

order

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I know you don't toot your own horn,

horn toot

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so I'll do it for you.

↓

Here to you, Jack,

jack

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and to your Hooli/Endframe box

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becoming the most successful American data storage appliance

american becoming data storage successful

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to ever be manufactured in China.

china

↓

Toot, toot.

toot

↓

Watch your back, Jeff Bezos, here comes Hooli.

comes jeff watch

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All right, gentlemen... our flight today

flight gentlemen today

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from Shanghai to Moffett Field in Mountain View

field mountain view

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will be just over 11 hours, so if you'll just...

hours

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Oh, actually, I was headed up to Jackson Hole, see the wife and kids.

headed hole jackson kids wife

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I... I was gonna charter up tomorrow,

tomorrow

↓

but maybe you could ask the boys

boys

↓

just to drop me off on the way?

drop

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Save me the trouble?

save trouble

↓

Of course.

course

↓

Well, and I mean, it's really not a big deal,

deal

↓

but since we are headed east, I think Jackson is further.

east further headed jackson

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Maybe we'll head to Moffett first,

head

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then have the guys hop you onto Jackson, okay?

jackson

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Well... Well, actually, on flights like this,

flights

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the boys like to go over the Pole,

boys pole

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so that, technically, is a little more north to south,

north south technically

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and Jackson is quite a bit further north.

further jackson north

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So I think, maybe, just go to Jackson first,

jackson

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then head on off to Moffett. That sound good?

head sound

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- Of course. - Great.

course

↓

I'm gonna get a pillow.

pillow

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You know what we desperately need is a palapa.

desperately

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A ploppa?

↓

A palapa.

↓

It's a Mexican structure with palm fronds.

mexican palm structure

↓

It's essentially a gazebo,

essentially

↓

but spicier and with a south- of-the-border kind of vibe.

border south vibe

↓

I think it would make us feel less exposed.

exposed less

↓

And generally, I think it would be good for morale.

generally

↓

Speaking of which, morale has not exactly been skyrocketing.

speaking

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So, we need to get this cap table done tout de suite.

suite table

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Richard and the fellows

fellows richard

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are entitled to 40 percent of the company.

company entitled percent

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Now, if we each give 20 percent,

percent

↓

we would still own 30 percent each.

percent

↓

That seems fair.

fair seems

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Seems totally fair to me.

fair seems

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Dad?

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Nope. Not gonna happen.

happen nope

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Mr. Bighetti, with all due respect, I...

respect

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If you had any respect,

respect

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you wouldn't have talked my son into wasting his money...

money talked wasting

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again.

↓

My son's not giving up one share.

giving share sons

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Not now, not ever.

↓

Mr. Bighetti, if you're going to control your son's board seat,

board control seat sons

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these decisions have to be unanimous.

decisions

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You're going to kill this comp...

comp kill

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I don't care.

care

↓

In my eyes, the company is already dead.

company dead eyes

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Killed by you.

killed

↓

That's my edge.

edge

↓

If all I accomplish by doing this

accomplish

↓

is making you as miserable as you've made me

miserable

↓

watching you fleece my son,

watching

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then I'm okay with that.

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He seems okay with that.

seems

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So you expect me to give the 40 percent

expect percent

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to the gents from my 50 percent,

gents percent

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effectively leaving me with 10 percent?

leaving percent

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Yes.

↓

No. No, no, no.

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Then I would've invested 500 thou... a half of a million dollars

dollars half invested million million-dollars thou wouldve

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just to end up where I started?

started

↓

Unacceptable.

unacceptable

↓

I can accept that.

accept

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I'm going to bed.

↓

Good night, Brown Bear.

bear brown brown-bear night

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Love you, Papa Bear.

bear love papa

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Goddamn motherfucker.

goddamn motherfucker

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I mean, the guys are right. I'm fucking up the company.

company fucking

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I'm not helping in any way.

helping

↓

You're certainly not helping your cuticles by biting on them.

biting certainly helping

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Your nail beds are gonna get infected.

beds infected nail

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Where'd you learn how to do this, anyway?

learn whered

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When I was on the street, it was a means of survival.

street survival

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I don't know, it's just that...

↓

I mean, I almost killed us,

killed

↓

the company, and that is so selfish.

company selfish

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I mean, if we have to get a million users,

million users

↓

I need to get us funding, right now.

funding

↓

How? We've already been turned down

turned

↓

by every respectable VC in town.

respectable town

↓

Who said anything about... respectable?

respectable

↓

Oh, Richard, no.

richard

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Fuck yes, I want to talk business. What's the play?

business fuck

↓

Let's fuck this thing right in the pussy.

fuck pussy

↓

Thanks for meeting me here.

meeting thanks

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My fucking nanny got another DUI

another fucking nanny

↓

and lost her license, and I'm stuck picking up

license lost picking stuck

↓

my own kid like an asshole. So what's up?

asshole

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Uhh...

↓

Well, I know you wanted to buy Erlich's Pied Piper shares

piper shares wanted

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back in the previous iteration, the platform.

platform previous

↓

Well, I was hoping you would want to come on as a follow-on investor

follow hoping investor

↓

- for the current platform. - The video chat?

chat current platform video

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Yeah. It's got a great tech. We're growing like crazy.

crazy growing tech

↓

In fact, that's why we need funding, to keep up with the users,

fact funding users

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and I think it could be really good if we could just keep it going.

↓

No, you don't.

↓

What?

↓

You don't like it.

↓

You don't believe in this product you're selling.

believe product selling

↓

Russ, no, that's... It's a good, sound business.

business sound

↓

As I said, the tech is great

tech

↓

and all the guys are really behind it.

behind

↓

But you're not behind it, Richard.

behind richard

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I can tell, and as much as you want to be, you're not.

↓

It's like this.

↓

You're trying to date a woman,

date woman

↓

- but deep down in your heart you know you're gay. - Uhh...

deep heart

↓

Deep in your soul, you know you would rather be plowing a dude!

deep plowing soul

↓

I don't... I do... Okay, what dude?

↓

It could be any dude, as long as you really want to fuck him.

fuck

↓

It could be a... a twink, a bear,

bear twink

↓

an otter, a circuit queen, a chub, a pup, a gipster,

circuit otter queen

↓

a daddy chaser, a leather man, a ladyboy, a Donald Duck.

daddy donald duck leather

↓

Donald Duck's a gay guy who's been kicked out of the Navy.

donald ducks kicked navy

↓

H-How do you know so many gay things?

↓

My grandfather just came out of the closet. Beautiful. Very inspiring.

closet grandfather inspiring

↓

But the point is, if you're gonna spend all day fucking,

fucking point spend

↓

shouldn't Pied Piper be a dude you wanna fuck?

fuck piper

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All right. Let's do an exercise.

exercise

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You've got unlimited time and resources,

resources unlimited

↓

you can build anything in the world you want with your compression,

build world

↓

anything at all, what's it gonna be?

↓

Three, two, one, go. Go, go, go.

three

↓

- You said I have unlimited time? - Now. Now, now!

unlimited

↓

A new Internet.

internet

↓

What? Why?

↓

Okay. Well, I haven't really thought this through, so...

↓

Okay.

↓

- I own a telescope... - Of course you do.

course

↓

and I brought it out one night to look at the full moon.

brought full full-moon moon night

↓

- Of course you did. - And I got to thinking...

course thinking

↓

"Wow, we put a man on the moon

moon

↓

using the computing power of a handheld calculator."

power using

↓

And then I thought, "Okay...

↓

"there's literally millions of times

millions times

↓

"more computing power in my phone

phone power

↓

and that's just sitting in my pocket doing nothing." Right?

pocket sitting

↓

So then I thought, there's, what, billions of phones

billions phones

↓

all around the world with the same computing power

power world

↓

just sitting in people's pockets.

peoples pockets sitting

↓

So then I thought, "What if we use all those phones

phones

↓

to build a massive network?"

build massive network

↓

And here's the kicker... We use my compression algorithm

algorithm kicker

↓

to make everything small and efficient to move things around, and...

efficient

↓

if we could do it...

↓

we could build a completely decentralized version

build completely version

↓

of our current Internet, with no firewalls,

current internet

↓

no tolls, no government regulation,

government regulation tolls

↓

no spying. Information...

information spying

↓

would be totally free in every sense of the word.

free sense word

↓

You wanna build a new Internet?

build internet

↓

- Yeah, it's... - Richard, I like it.

richard

↓

That I would fund.

fund

↓

Well, I-I... I don't know if it's possible, and...

possible

↓

Look, if this new Internet is the man of your dreams

dreams internet

↓

and this is the man that you wanna fuck,

fuck

↓

then you need to fuck him.

fuck

↓

That man I will pay you to fuck.

fuck

↓

Where the fuck is that kid?

fuck

↓

Wait a minute.

minute

↓

Aw, shit.

↓

They kicked us out of this place.

kicked place

↓

I'm at the wrong fucking school.

fucking school

↓

Richard, you find that man, fuck him good.

fuck richard

↓

Careful please. He's gonna peel out.

careful peel

↓

Monica, I need to...

↓

Oh. You're not...

↓

Monica? No. Thank God. I'm Ed Chen.

↓

Laurie put me in the good office and moved Monica down the hall.

hall laurie moved office

↓

Way down the hall.

hall

↓

Okay. Sorry.

↓

You're gonna listen to Russ Hanneman?

↓

Richard, you sound like a crazy person.

crazy crazy-person person richard sound

↓

I know, but... but Russ is right.

↓

I mean, I hate the video chat. I really do.

chat hate video

↓

- Oh... - What?

↓

Oh, wow, you can see right into the...

↓

Yeah, I'm very aware.

aware

↓

Laurie is punishing me for taking your side

laurie side

↓

and going against her, so she moved me down here

moved

↓

and gave my office to that little

office

↓

brownnosing shit, Ed Chen.

↓

Anyway, Richard, you're not gonna seriously go home

home richard

↓

and tell the guys in your company

company

↓

that even though your user rates are skyrocketing

rates user

↓

that you wanna pivot.

pivot

↓

For the past 48 hours,

hours past

↓

I've been trying to rewrite the core video chat code,

chat code core rewrite video

↓

and I literally can't.

↓

Instead of typing, I just bite my fingernails.

bite fingernails typing

↓

I think, subconsciously,

↓

I would rather bite my own fingers off than work on this platform.

bite fingers platform

↓

Richard, I know people who have spent

richard spent

↓

their entire careers chasing after an app

careers chasing entire

↓

with this kind of growth rate and never hit it.

growth rate

↓

It's a really good product.

product

↓

That may be, but it's not for me.

↓

And look, I know these guys are my friends,

friends

↓

but they're also my employees, and it's my company.

company employees

↓

So... if I say we have to pivot, we pivot.

pivot

↓

Okay. I-I... I have to go.

↓

All right. Well, if you're sure, then tell them and then call me and tell...

↓

What? No, I... I have to go.

↓

There's another men's room on the fourth floor.

another floor fourth mens mens-room room

↓

Right. 'Cause then you would've seen mine twice.

seen twice wouldve

↓

I mean, we're all thinking it, right?

thinking

↓

Richard is fucking with a product that is working.

fucking product richard working

↓

He should not be the CEO of this company.

company

↓

I understand your concerns,

concerns

↓

but is this the time that we fire Richard?

fire richard

↓

Is this the moment that I become the CEO?

become moment

↓

You? Why you?

↓

It's a simple process of elimination.

process simple

↓

Gilfoyle, as an anarchist

↓

would never accept a position of authority

accept authority position

↓

- in any official organization. - None.

official organization

↓

And you, of course, are out of the picture,

course picture

↓

because Gilfoyle would never allow it.

allow

↓

Yeah, that's true.

↓

And Jared, he'd sooner commit hara-kiri than...

commit jared sooner

↓

replace little baby Richard.

baby replace richard

↓

So that leaves me.

leaves

↓

And honestly, gents, who would you rather have

gents

↓

defending your four percent stake in the company...

company defending four percent stake

↓

- Five. - What?

five

↓

- Five percent. - You said four. Was it...

five four percent

↓

You said three, and then you had...

three

↓

- No, it's five. - Five.

five

↓

You know what? I'm gonna back channel,

channel

↓

look at some notes, and we'll get to it.

notes

↓

In the meantime, if and when...

meantime

↓

we are to depose Richard, I am his obvious heir.

heir obvious richard

↓

Erlich, no offense,

offense

↓

but the board is you, Richard, and my dad, right?

board richard

↓

So, I think that means you and my dad

↓

would have to agree on who replaces Richard,

agree richard

↓

and pretty sure my dad would, like, never approve you.

approve

↓

- It's just not gonna happen. - Thank you.

happen

↓

- Yeah. - There is someone else.

↓

Someone who has zero strikes against him.

strikes zero

↓

Someone who has held high-level positions

held level positions

↓

at one of the biggest tech companies in the Valley.

biggest companies tech valley

↓

Someone who's been on the cover

cover

↓

of one of the most prestigious tech publications in the world.

tech world

↓

He sounds awesome.

awesome sounds

↓

Could we get him?

↓

And as of now, we've got the votes...

votes

↓

of enough key Malaysian ministers

↓

to proceed with construction,

construction proceed

↓

but that support is time-critical.

critical support

↓

Carol's right. We'd have to break ground before monsoon season

break carols ground season

↓

or else the entire project could collapse.

collapse entire project

↓

So, what do you think?

↓

Sorry. About what?

↓

About the factory.

factory

↓

Ah. The factory.

factory

↓

The factory.

factory

↓

Excuse me for a moment.

excuse moment

↓

- So, what have you got? - Well, sir, I did as you asked.

asked

↓

I flew the company plane to Shanghai,

company flew plane

↓

then Moffett, then Jackson Hole.

hole jackson

↓

Then I flew back to Shanghai, then to Jackson Hole,

flew hole jackson

↓

then to Moffett, which is where I just landed.

landed

↓

- And? - Moffett is 28.3 minutes closer.

closer minutes

↓

I fucking knew it!

fucking

↓

Barker should've dropped you off first, sir.

dropped shouldve

↓

Wait. What about headwinds or storm activity?

activity storm

↓

I don't want to give him any room to wriggle out of this.

room

↓

Here's what I'm gonna need you to do.

↓

Fly each leg five more times and average them.

average five times

↓

It's the only way to be sure.

↓

And we're not concerned with the expense

concerned expense

↓

of 20 more private transcontinental flights?

flights private

↓

Of course we are.

course

↓

Jack Barker is costing the shareholders

jack shareholders

↓

of this company a fortune, and he must be stopped.

company fortune must stopped

↓

I'll go back to Moffett right now.

↓

Good. Call me each time you're in Shanghai.

↓

- I'll see you in a week. - Yes, sir.

week

↓

Guys?

↓

Shit, he came in the back.

↓

Richard, we need to talk.

richard

↓

Well, actually, let me just say something first here.

↓

I don't think Pied Piper should be a video chat company.

chat company piper video

↓

The balls on you.

balls

↓

Richard, we've all decided

decided richard

↓

you are out. Big Head is in.

head

↓

Not my call.

↓

Richard, we just can't keep fucking pivoting.

fucking richard

↓

- We won't do it again. - Just wait for a second, okay?

second

↓

Just... You're not getting it. Please.

↓

Uh, I'm quitting.

quitting

↓

Wait. What?

↓

Richard, I was waiting out front!

front richard waiting

↓

They want to ambush you and replace you with Big Head,

ambush head replace

↓

but I had nothing to do with it.

↓

Again, not my call.

↓

I was ready to fight you guys,

fight ready

↓

but then, on the way home, it occurred to me

home occurred

↓

there might be a better way.

might

↓

I'm going to start my own company.

company start

↓

I will give up all of my equity in the video chat

chat video

↓

if I get to completely own my algorithm.

algorithm completely

↓

I will grant you guys a perpetual license

grant license

↓

to use the algorithm in your video chat,

algorithm chat video

↓

but I need the algorithm to build something else.

algorithm build

↓

And look, forget a million users,

forget million users

↓

with me out of the company,

company

↓

you guys would be able to raise money, no problem.

able money problem raise raise-money

↓

And that way, everybody wins.

everybody wins

↓

So we can use the algorithm, free and clear, for video chat?

algorithm chat clear free video

↓

Yes.

↓

I mean, we... we shouldn't even be talking about this.

↓

And you would leave behind your 25 percent,

behind percent

↓

thus giving me enough equity to compensate the boys fairly

boys fairly giving

↓

and Big Head's father would retain his 50 percent?

father heads percent retain

↓

I think that's right. Yes.

↓

And I would own 10 percent of your new company.

company percent

↓

Wait. What? Why?

↓

The algorithm was developed here in the Incubator.

algorithm developed

↓

Richard, shame on you.

richard shame

↓

Well, dealbreaker. Let's... Should we get some food?

food

↓

No, no. That's okay. It's fine.

↓

And I'm here for advice,

advice

↓

or advice for the new CEO, whoever that may be.

advice

↓

To wit, uh...

↓

I know it's probably not my place to give this suggestion,

place suggestion

↓

but I think it should be Dinesh.

↓

- What? - What?

↓

- What? - What?

↓

- Yeah. Sorry, Big Head. - What?

head

↓

Yeah. Dinesh, you were the one that hacked together

hacked

↓

the video chat in the first place.

chat place video

↓

You know the product inside and out.

product

↓

You are the horse that I would bet on.

horse

↓

You really think so?

↓

I do.

↓

I'm down. Gilfoyle?

↓

Gilfoyle, can I please be CEO of Pied Piper?

piper

↓

Spoken like a true leader.

leader spoken

↓

But since your failure as a leader is a virtual certainty,

certainty failure leader virtual

↓

tolerating your short reign as CEO

reign short

↓

in exchange for a front-row seat to the disaster seems fair.

disaster exchange fair front seat seems

↓

Plus, if I'm wrong, which I'm not...

plus

↓

I get rich. So I'm down with it, Dinesh.

rich

↓

Jared, what do you think about this?

jared

↓

I think this is crazy.

crazy

↓

I left my job at Hooli to... to come work with you, Richard.

left richard

↓

And... and now you're leaving?

leaving

↓

Look, these guys, they're gonna need you,

↓

so if you want to support me, you support them.

support

↓

Think you can do that?

↓

I've always been very adept

↓

at taking the shape of whatever shoe was pressed down upon me,

pressed shape shoe

↓

so I can try to make it work.

↓

Then it's settled.

settled

↓

Dinesh is the new CEO of Pied Piper.

piper

↓

Oh. Actually, just one last thing.

↓

I think you guys should call yourselves PiperChat.

yourselves

↓

I'm gonna have to insist that I keep the name Pied Piper, and I won't budge on that.

budge insist name piper

↓

- Yeah, it's totally fine. - Okay, yeah. Who gives a shit?

gives

↓

- That's fine. - Terrible fucking name.

fucking name

↓

Let's get to work.

↓

Congratulations.

congratulations

↓

So, wait. I don't have to be CEO, right?

↓

Dinesh is going to do that?

↓

All right. Let's figure out how this gets split up.

figure split

↓

Let's see.

↓

And, um... yeah.

↓

Jared...

jared

↓

go.

↓

Go on, man.

↓

Get out of here.

↓

Dinesh, you'll get five percent.

five percent

↓

Gilfoyle, five percent.

five percent

↓

- Jared, five percent. - Yeah. Okay,

five jared percent

↓

so we all get five, not four.

five four

↓

Now you said... you said four?

four

↓

No, five. I said five.

five

↓

Jared, can we get five more engineers?

engineers five jared

↓

That's... That would come out of Jared's percentage.

percentage

↓

No.

↓

You wanted to see me, Skipper?

skipper wanted

↓

I did indeed.

indeed

↓

Jack, I appreciate everything you've done

appreciate jack

↓

in your position as head of the Hooli/Endframe box,

head position

↓

but I think the company's needs are better suited

companys needs

↓

if I move you elsewhere.

elsewhere

↓

Really?

↓

Well, I appreciate the vote of confidence, GB.

appreciate confidence vote

↓

I'm flattered.

flattered

↓

Frankly, little bit surprised.

frankly surprised

↓

Why would you be surprised? Can you think of any reason

reason surprised

↓

why you don't deserve a promotion?

deserve promotion

↓

I mean, anything at all? Well...

↓

I don't want to hurt my arm patting myself on the back,

hurt

↓

but... right off the top of my head...

head

↓

No, I guess not.

↓

I mean, you've always been straight with me, right?

straight

↓

Straight to the point.

point straight

↓

I sure have.

↓

And you've always gone out of your way for me, yes?

gone

↓

Always put me first? Gone the extra mile?

extra extra-mile gone mile

↓

Gosh... I sure tried.

gosh tried

↓

Did you?

↓

All right, Jack.

jack

↓

Professor. Gary in HR will set you up.

gary professor

↓

Enjoy your new offices.

enjoy offices

↓

Thank you, sir.

↓

Oh, hey. Would you like to see your desk?

desk

↓

Okay.

↓

Here it is.

↓

This is your desk.

desk