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INT. HARRY’S NEW OFFICE – DAY
Harry sits at his desk, Joe and Arthur in chairs in front of it. They are all wearing their very best business attire. All are silent except for Joe slowly tapping a pen on one of his chair’s armrests.
After Joe’s tapping goes on for a while, Arthur shoots Joe a dirty look. Joe stops tapping and puts his pen away.
The phone on Harry’s desk RINGS in a way that sounds abnormally loud as it shatters the silence. Harry hastily picks it up.
,br>HARRY
Hari Lal speaking.
(nods his head a few times while intensely concentrating on the call)
Yes, Madam President. We understand.
(relaxes ever so slightly, listens)
Yes. We’ll be ready. Thank you, Madam President.
Harry hangs up the phone.
HARRY
They’ve decided to let us go forward.
Joe, who had been holding his breath in anticipation, exhales at length.
ARTHUR
Damn.
HARRY
The Attorney General is drafting a special emergency executive order to exempt us from liability. They’ll be sending a bundle of paperwork over to your office by special courier, Arthur.
ARTHUR
We’ll be ready for them.
HARRY
And meanwhile, Joe, I guess we have to extract Ms. Chen from her office and inform her she is destined for higher things.
JOE
And to think I wanted to ask her out on a date, too. I can’t believe the President…
ARTHUR
(in a voice imitating Al Pacino as Michael Corleone)
“Now who’s being naive, Kay?”
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