One Trillion Dollars (2023) s01e03 Episode Script

We did everything we could
to protect you.
Yeah? By hiring the hit woman
who was supposed to kill me?
But what if it's supposed to be this way?
That someone gets the money
who never had any before?
My brother
is the richest man in the world!
There was someone at the party.
We have to be careful.
I'm not up for this,
and neither is Deyna.
John, promise me.
Some very influential people
agreed upon you becoming the heir.
But now they no longer need you.
You promised me!
I'm not leaving here!
You must flee. Immediately.
So who the hell is Luc?
Luc Fontanelli is next
in the line of succession
after Kenji Takahashi.
You are the richest man
on this damn planet.
Now there's a trillion dollars
lying there,
and I have no idea what to do
with the damn money.
If you really want to change
how the people live,
you have to have the key
companies under your control.
Why are you getting into fights?
Who are you?
A Fontanelli
doesn't get into fights.
Here.
What is it? Who are you?
What do you want from me?
This is no place for you.
You don't belong here.
Okay, thank you.
You can leave me alone.
No.
Please leave me alone.
- Hi.
- Hi.
THE ART OF WAR
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Is anyone here?
Have you read it?
What use is a book to me?
It won't hit back.
"He will win who knows
when to fight
and when not to fight."
- What's the money for?
- It's yours.
- For what?
- For your time.
What do you want?
You have to learn.
Good.
You can call me Zia.
You're reading?
What is this?
I didn't understand a word.
It's all about physics
and thermal radiation.
I thought I was supposed to learn
when it's worth fighting.
You have to ask yourself
what are you fighting for?
For what?
I don't know. To change things.
Bravo.
Sit down.
Fourier described
an effect that explains why,
in terms of solar radiation,
the Earth absorbs more heat
than it emits.
Do you know what this effect
is called today?
- No.
- The greenhouse effect.
So, what do you think happens
if we don't do something about it?
The end of the world.
This is the real fight.
You are a warrior, Luc,
and this is your fight.
When the time comes,
you will be given a weapon
mighty and powerful enough
to break this vicious circle we are in.
But until then,
you must study and listen.
You have to do what I tell you.
You must follow my lead
and obey my commands.
Are you ready for this, Luc?
Yes.
I have only one thing to say.
You turn if you want to.
Welcome to our headquarters.
How cool is this?
- What is it?
- It's a former power plant.
Yeah, cool for clubbing,
not to open a business, though.
Why not?
There's plenty of space.
Especially on the top floors.
Great for offices.
And down here,
we're going to build a kitchen, a lobby,
some charging stations for e-cars.
Come on, I'm gonna show you
the rest, you're gonna love it.
- Hurry up.
- Yeah, yeah.
I mean, look at this.
Watch your step.
We can
We can grow,
we can expand without limits.
If everything goes well, there could be,
I don't know 4,000 people working here.
It's perfect, believe me.
Yeah, but it's not the building
that matters, but the city.
The big financial centers
are London or New York.
- That's where the decision makers are.
- Yeah. Forget it.
Screw Wall Street.
I want Berlin.
My friends are here,
my family, my life is here.
I want something like this.
Will you please tell me
where you're going?
Check this out.
You know, we need to do this differently.
Because we're the ones
who aren't in it for the money.
We want to make a difference.
So who is going to believe us
if we operate just like those assholes?
Yes, but people do have
to take us seriously, though.
Yes,
but not because we have
an office in London, my dear.
All right.
- Berlin.
- All right.
Your city but my people.
Sure, sure.
All right.
We need the best analysts and traders.
You can have whatever you want.
Yeah.
Where is the money going?
On Tuesday, initial plans
were leaked about
what John Fontanelli plans
to do with his inheritance.
Fontanelli Enterprises just acquired
a former power plant as its home base
He plans to use his money
to influence the stock market
Trillionaire John Fontanelli,
head of Fontanelli Enterprises
John Fontanelli plans to buy
shares in key companies
allegedly a bike messenger
from Berlin
Thank you.
Hello?
Well, as you have seen in my CV,
my GMAT score is 750.
I spent three months in Ghana,
four months in Peru
Good. Well,
welcome to the team.
See you tomorrow, then.
Would it be possible
to also meet Mr. Fontanelli?
Of course you will. Tomorrow.
Next, please.
Hi, I'm
May I? I'll get the job anyway.
- Malcolm McCaine.
- Hi.
Hi.
The light installations
are from the guy who did
the set design for "Star Trek".
Crazy, isn't it?
We'll put a lounge here.
The conference table there
just arrived today.
The hothouse.
And we'll put a huge kitchen
over there, open for everyone.
We still need a cook though.
You wanted to open a restaurant, right?
- Yes.
- Do it here.
Cook for us.
You can have anything you want.
You all can do whatever you want.
Marvin, will you do
the incentive program?
- The parties.
- Yeah, who else?
Nice!
We also need IT people and traders.
- Felix, you studied computer science.
- I dropped out, right.
No worries.
Take a crash course. We'll pay.
We're building a company unlike
any that's ever existed before.
Guys. That's Franca.
The lady from Italy.
Hey, good-looking. I'm Marv.
There is someone you need to meet.
Now?
I'll be right there, okay?
Now.
- I'll be right back.
- Yo.
Malcolm McCaine.
This is exactly the kind of guy we need.
His Beyond Horizon fund attacked AxaOil
three years ago.
Then he pushed through
two renewable energy board members
with just 1.7% a share.
He is the hedge fund manager
when it comes to activist investment.
But I'm going to tell you, be prepared.
For what?
John Fontanelli, this is Malcolm McCaine.
- Hi.
- Hi, John.
I can call you John, right?
Sure.
Well, John. So, I'll get
straight to the point, okay?
How many people work here?
- We're just getting started.
- Okay, and that dude over there?
Who's that?
- Why?
- I mean, what's his name?
- I don't know. Max?
- Max? Max what?
He's a friend of a friend.
Okay, so you're hiring your friends?
That's cool. You can do that.
But would you do that if you were
running a nuclear power plant?
You want to invest one trillion dollars.
I mean, one trillion dollars.
Enough to crash the market.
Why Berlin?
Why not London or New York?
I mean, good choice.
I like Berlin.
Do you mind if I look around a bit?
- Sure.
- My father's from Berlin.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- Where exactly?
- From the Tempelhofer Feld.
He fell from the Candy Bomber.
Hey. But just opening
a hip finance startup
isn't enough.
People won't follow you because
you want to save the world,
but because you can make
two dollars out of one.
That's all.
That's what it's all about.
Take Bono.
He wants to save the world, too.
He flies around in his jumbo jet
and wants to save the world.
The world should have been saved
long ago already
judging by all the people
who claim to be doing it.
But the truth is, when it comes to money,
people don't want do-gooders.
"I have one dollar
and I want two, that's it."
But we don't need any money.
We have a trillion.
For strategic majorities
you have to convince a lot of
people in the financial world.
Sure, you have a trillion.
With that, you can buy nearly anything.
A majority share at Amazon, for example.
Then you fire the board,
appoint a new one,
make the supply chains carbon neutral,
and pay people fairly.
But after that?
You know what happens then?
Your money is gone.
Because 51% of Amazon costs 800 billion.
To achieve the same effect
with only a few percent,
that's the trick.
You were a bike messenger?
- Yup.
- Not active on social media?
Not my thing.
Have you ever made any
outspoken political statements?
Public statements that could be
found on the internet?
- Nude pictures?
- Is this going somewhere?
- Have you made any pornos?
- No, how about you?
Hard to believe, right?
I have to admit
I was confused when I read
that someone like you
who knows nothing about finance,
inherited a trillion
to save the world with.
But then I realized
how brilliant that is.
People are tired of doomsday scenarios.
They want solutions.
But they no longer trust the elite.
And suddenly you pop up.
Not some shark in a suit,
not a politician.
A nobody, sent by a prophecy.
A Jesus.
Right?
You're a blank slate.
The perfect projection screen.
You have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
to change the world.
And I mean really change it.
But not with your buddies here.
My offer is valid
until 11 a.m. tomorrow.
- Your offer?
- Yeah.
To do what?
Well, to run your fund.
He's not a financial genius.
He's a freak.
Yes, but we can't get the top traders
because nobody knows us.
Then pay more.
The high performers
can get money anywhere.
It's not about that.
We need a name that attracts them,
that they can respect.
It's like in football.
When you have the right coach,
players come.
You know, I don't really see the problem.
I thought we had a deal.
My city, your people.
So if you think he's that good, hire him.
You understand
what he wants from you, right?
You can't stay out of it.
He wants you to be a global brand.
I don't want to be a brand.
Do you want to be a brand?
Every movement needs a face, John.
It's all or nothing.
Have you forgotten
everything I taught you?
Protests don't change peoples' minds.
No, if you want to change something,
you have to change the system radically.
I told you.
That you were destined
for something very special.
But first,
you need to understand who you are,
and where you are from.
This
once belonged
to your ancestor.
Giacomo Fontanelli.
He was a believer.
A seeker.
He lived 500 years ago.
And yet he predicted everything
that is happening today.
And not only that.
He knew what was needed
to save the world.
- Good morning.
- Morning.
So If we want to excite people
we need a positive message.
We have to get away
from the culture of sacrifice,
telling the people what to do.
And our positive message is,
"Technological change
is possible."
Now, we just have to do it.
So do we want to change the industry?
- Yes.
- Yes!
John, you've become the richest
person in the world overnight.
What has that done to you?
Hard to say.
You'll have to ask me again
in half a year.
It's all pretty crazy.
Your life has changed fundamentally.
After all, the inheritance
is associated with a prophecy.
You are supposed to save
the world with this money.
Do you take this task seriously?
Very seriously.
John, meet the dream team.
This is Sienna.
Sienna is your new Head of PR.
Sienna and her team will make you shine.
I mean, the world is facing
such great challenges.
Where do we start?
The exact starting point is irrelevant
since we pollute our Earth with
tons of plastic waste every day.
It doesn't matter where we start
as long as we start.
This is Johannes Bergmann.
He's our futurologist.
What he doesn't know doesn't exist.
He knows all the hot shit.
Every new technology, everything
that makes the world smarter.
That's Bergmann.
And last but not least, Murray.
Murray is our secret weapon
in the so-called Internet.
Whenever someone bullshits us with facts,
they find the facts to prove them wrong.
And we already have the solutions.
Wind and sun.
I mean, we have a gigantic
fusion reactor above our heads.
Every hour, the sun provides us
with more energy
than the planet uses in a year.
Research has made enormous progress
One percent of the Earth's
surface is enough
to generate electricity
for the entire human race.
If we cover just one percent
If we cover just one percent
of the Earth's surface with solar cells,
we can generate enough
energy with this area
to meet the energy needs
of the whole world.
Just one percent. That's crazy.
Yes, these are global problems,
and some countries
don't want to help solve them.
How do you get them on board?
We need the young,
the millennials and Gen Z.
They are moving the market
with their broker apps.
By finally realizing
that all these problems can
only be solved in solidarity,
in global, international cooperation.
So, we have to stop complaining
and looking back
at what we did wrong.
Panic paralyzes.
You need to be active
on all social media channels.
We're doing an international rollout
partnering with influencers
and key vloggers around the world.
Folks, have you seen this?
Someone wants to save the world!
And he's completely serious about it.
One trillion dollars!
Honestly, I'd go shopping.
- One
- Trillion!
One trillion!
That's a lot of money.
Here in California, they're talking about
"the Trillion Dollar Baby."
In other words, we'll shove our money
down the social media clans' throats
until all they can do
is sing your praises.
That's what we do.
Yes!
In any case, we're all very excited
and wish you great success.
That was John Fontanelli,
the richest person in the world.
Have a nice evening.
Oh, shit, shit, shit!
Are you okay?
Didn't he promise you not to do that?
- What?
- Such a show.
Doesn't he understand
what he's doing to us?
I'm sure it wasn't his idea.
He wanted to leave it to his experts.
Now he's pretending to be one himself.
always whining
and looking back
at what we did wrong.
Panic paralyzes.
The technologies are all there.
We just have to get started.
I'd say that sounds very convin
- Hi.
- Hi.
Can you sit down for a second?
Okay.
We have an extra line
of security for you.
- Here's your phone back.
- Finally.
I installed an app on it.
You're the only one with it
and you can activate it with face ID
and then pick your own password.
- And then what?
- Well,
with the app, you can shut
down everything in the house.
All the servers.
So nothing works
without you wanting it to.
We've hired
too many people at once, so
Excellent people.
But we don't know all of them yet.
It's an extra precaution.
Want me to try it out?
And then forget the password?
- No.
- No.
- What the hell?
- It works.
Okay, everyone, let's get to it.
Thank you.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
You must be Luc?
- I'm Hedda.
- Hi.
Welcome on board.
What's going on?
Who are these people?
I'm sitting here all day
while this ultra-capitalist
launches a damn hedge fund.
It's insane.
Telling everybody he can solve the
problems of the world with his money.
Please, Luc. Just sit down
and drink your beer
and I'll explain everything.
Don't you get it?
He wants to buy into companies
and he thinks that will change something.
It doesn't change shit.
He just wants to get richer, that's all.
It's all good.
- Nothing's happening.
- He's the wrong one.
- Will you sit down.
- He's the wrong one.
I didn't save your life
so you could go crazy on me.
Now please, just sit down.
The prophecy will come true.
Oh, yeah? How?
Just tell me how, without the money?
You just have to be patient.
Now, Hedda and all of these people here,
they're just like you.
They're angry about
what's happening to the world.
But they stay calm.
They stay calm and they're not afraid.
You know why?
Because they know that
a better world is possible.
And that's what they're working towards.
Every day. All day.
They're preparing
for what is to come.
A new age
where everything
that's been destroying us,
destroying the planet,
will no longer matter.
What is it?
You will know, when the time comes.
Do you trust me?
Do you trust me?
Trust me.
It's okay. Everything's okay.
Yeah, it's just
Morning, Luc.
- Hey. Hi, Luc.
- Hey.
Come and have a look.
Come on.
All right, as soon
as your ID is verified,
the coins will be credited
to your wallet.
The blockchain ensures that the
coins lose 10 percent of their value
every month.
High carbon footprint,
sweatshop-produced goods
and so on and so on.
That is fantastic.
So,
this is our first target, Abenheim.
The annual general meeting
is in two weeks,
which is the perfect time window for us.
Abenheim builds the best
turbines in the world.
But still, for bad, bad
coal-fired power plants,
and we want to change that.
We hold 3.7 percent.
Murray, ownership structure.
Yes. So,
forty-two percent is free-floating,
and 41.6 percent
is small investors,
but the Dekker family holds 11 percent.
So Abenheim is currently building
two 300-megawatt coal-fired power plants
in India and Indonesia.
- We are going to address that.
- Good.
Abenheim built three coal-fired
power plants last year.
And five the year before.
But nobody cared.
We need a better story.
I think we should go with Stamfield.
Could someone please tell me
what Stamfield is?
Oh, Stamfield in Australia,
is the largest coal mine in the world,
and it's being expanded.
It's getting larger.
The biggest shithole in the world and climate
activists have been protesting against it
- for years.
- Oh, yeah, this one.
Abenheim has mainly German shareholders.
A coal-fired power plant built
somewhere in Indonesia or in India,
I'm sorry, but they don't
inspire much emotion.
Stamfield, on the other hand,
is getting a lot of attention
here in Europe.
Especially after the Australian
prime minister has said
that the Fridays for Future protesters
should go back to school
instead of protesting in the streets.
But we can't just go public
with inside info from internal reports.
- Otherwise we will be sued.
- You're right.
And we won't do a thing.
But we can't help it
if something gets out
because there are leaks
at Abenheim, right?
Can't we, Bergmann?
Absolutely not.
So what's the call, John?
Let's do it.
Let's kick some ass.
Three-point-seven percent.
How is that possible?
Violent protests broke out today
in the run up to the annual general
meeting of Abenheim Elektrik.
The corporation's been facing
serious criticism for weeks.
Point one: Three-point-seven
percent is effectively much more
than 3.7 percent
at a shareholders meeting.
Point two:
Most people vote for the one
who makes the most noise.
It's been revealed that Abenheim is
involved in the construction of a rail line
for a major coal mine in Australia.
Stockholders are eagerly
awaiting speeches
by Abenheim Elektrik CEO Thomas Waginger,
as well as the activist hedge fund owner
and former bike messenger
John Fontanelli on the stage today.
The question is, can the rookie
convince enough shareholders
to turn against Waginger's course?
The accusations against Abenheim Elektrik
will not become more true
by repeating them.
And now, work. Everybody, work.
And let me say one thing.
It's grotesque that we are
being held responsible for Stamfield.
Our signal technology
is of no significance to
the expansion of the coal mine.
One solution. Revolution!
Yeah!
You leaked this thing.
Careful.
A libel suit is the last thing
you need right now, I think.
Maid Marian and her Merry Men, huh?
Robin Hood. Indeed.
Well, let's hope you've read it
to the very end?
Oh, well.
Are you ready?
Good luck.
Thank you.
Next up, we have John Fontanelli,
CEO of Fontanelli Enterprises,
and most recently shareholder
of Abenheim Elektrik
with 3.7 percent voting shares.
- "Irrelevant." Address that.
- Tom.
It's cynical, an insult to those
affected by climate change.
Tom, Tom, Tom, you're in charge
of a 700 billion-dollar pension fund.
You can't just stay out of this.
Abenheim is on the wrong course.
They're supporting the expansion
Hi. My name is John Fontanelli.
I'm pleased to have the opportunity
to speak to you as a shareholder today.
It's my first time doing this,
so please be lenient.
It wasn't too long ago that I was jetting
through Berlin as a bike messenger.
Maybe I already know
a few of you personally.
You have to vote with us here.
I'll get back to you, Tom.
- I'll keep it short.
- Transition now.
Rising sea levels,
the Marshall Islands are drowning.
One hundred thousand people
will have to be relocated.
By replacing fossil fuels
I know many of you depend on Abenheim's
stock price continuing to do well.
- What's he doing?
- It's your retirement plan.
You didn't get the money for free.
Unlike me.
You don't have to worry.
Abenheim is such a strong
and traditional company.
Abenheim's turbines
are the best in the world.
I've only been dealing with the matter
for a short time, but I'm a huge fan.
It's brilliant.
And I believe in the future of Abenheim.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have
taken so much money
to invest in Abenheim.
But unlike the previous speaker,
I see the future differently.
There's one thing
us bike messengers really hate.
Standing still.
But that's what's happened
with Abenheim the last few years.
You've been standing
at a red light for decades.
There's only one path
for us bike messengers.
The path in front of us.
We must always move forward.
Ahead of us is the future.
It's about shaping the future.
And that is why
I don't think Abenheim's turbines
belong in coal power plants.
They belong in solar thermal plants.
That's the future.
And if we don't do that,
sooner or later no one will
need those turbines anymore.
Oh, that's good.
- Let's make a statement.
- That's good.
Vote for our motion.
Refuse to approve the actions
of the Board of Directors.
Things cannot go on like this.
Thank you.
John Fontanelli last week
acquired a 3.7 percent slice
of Abenheim Elektrik,
the company has told shareholders.
The activist investor
is expected to demand
a radical change of direction
from the longstanding German corporation.
Guys, I can't believe it.
I bought Abenheim stocks today.
No shit.
This is crazy.
To the moon.
During after-hours trading,
the share price rose
by 4.1 percent.
Insiders described it as a revolution
on the stock exchange floor.
Here are the social media analyses.
Millennials are driving up the prices.
Our strategy's paying off.
On Twitter, they're already
talking about a Fontanelli army.
Hey, man. Thank you.
What the hell?
You were great.
What's up?
I have to get Lino.
We won
We won
We won
Oh, yeah
Hey, when are you coming to work for us?
Job interview, now.
Dude, we're going off.
We're kicking some serious ass.
Yeah, so I heard.
Congratulations.
- Have a little drink.
- I'm good, thanks.
Don't make that face.
Let's celebrate.
Come on.
Do you even realize what you're doing?
- What's that?
- You're on every talk show.
And you have no idea
what you're blathering about.
Dude, I didn't make up
the prophecy, okay?
- Screw the prophecy!
- I'm the damn heir!
What am I supposed to do?
Today, with less than 4 percent,
we kicked out half the board
at Abenheim, okay?
You can't do that without publicity.
Yeah, and we get to deal
with that publicity too now.
Deyna and I are afraid for our son
and the neighbors are worried
someone could be kidnapped.
They want us to move.
What?
Damn.
Yeah. Damn.
Who cares about those idiots, Lino?
You can live anywhere you want.
Take your pick.
I'll buy it. Okay?
So that's how you solve
all your problems now?
We don't want your damn money.
I'm going home.
I've had enough of this shit.
John Fontanelli.
- No photos today, man.
- What do you want?
- I won't bother you.
- Mr. Fontanelli has no time for you.
Back up.
Easy, easy.
Is that all you can think of?
- Parties?
- Sorry, you have to leave.
- You're wasting your time.
- Back up.
The money isn't yours.
- Save the world with it.
- Back up.
Let's get back in the car.
Get the hell out of here, now!
Come on, move.
You're the wrong one.
- Drop the gun!
- John!
- Lino!
- John!
Lino!
Lino!
Shit.
Franca!