One Trillion Dollars (2023) s01e05 Episode Script

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This happened because I took the money.
You're the wrong one!
He's my brother, you asshole!
We're going to change our name.
That means no more contact.
Otherwise this shit will start again.
Luc Fontanelli is a ticking time bomb.
Now he's in prison
waiting to testify against us in court.
Someone helped him, someone
with power and influence.
I have something of interest for you.
Concerning the family Monet.
Time for change has come.
Who are they?
- The Weerters.
- The Weerters?
These people are the living symbols
of a derailed world.
- The Weerters.
- The board is dismissing you, Elena.
And we want you to leave immediately.
You're talking nonsense.
Just look at the list
of the ten richest people.
You'll find what you're looking for.
Hellstroem is evil,
and that's why I want someone to stop him.
Take my shares.
If you want to save the world,
you must be willing to fight evil.
Hello, as many of you might know
I own shares in Stellar Industries.
Hellstroem will fight us with all means.
He will try to infiltrate us,
but we are prepared.
I strongly believe that Stellar Industries
with the help of innovations
and hydrogen technology,
and battery storage technology,
can help solve the world's
problems in a sustainable way.
Hellstroem's been leading a life
in the public eye, for over 20 years.
- I need a list of all his misconduct.
- I'm on it.
So for the past
five years, Hellstroem's
Invested 3.7 billion
in his space program.
- Profits?
- Just in the year before last.
- Okay.
- Since I made my investment,
I have come to realize
that the current management
does not share my vision of the future.
That's why I am offering
to buy Stellar Industries.
In 2019, Hellstroem pays a female employee
300,000 in hush money.
Allegedly, he sexually harassed her.
That same year, the SEC
charges him with insider trading.
And in 2020,
tabloids catch him in adultery
and they do that twice.
The list goes on and on.
And now, you know what this is?
This, this is John's list.
I'm paying $527 per share.
That's 18 percent more
than the current share price.
At $527 a share, that's
That's half a trillion dollars.
I mean, that's like
the whole damn GNP of Belgium.
My offer is for one month.
It's my best and final offer.
What's happening today
is probably our biggest threat to date.
The question is
is this hurting us?
You all have heard about the
Fontanelli Army, haven't you?
Come on.
People are storming the stock market
and buying everything he's betting on.
- Things are going to change.
- Philip.
- They have to.
- What the hell?
And we should accept that.
Otherwise, we ourselves
will become the problem.
Well then, we better give in then, huh?
And then let's all just become woke
as long as our damn stock prices go up.
Only someone who inherited
his company from daddy
would come up with such an idea.
Behind Fontanelli is that asshole McCaine.
He's Wall Street's gump
through and through.
Nobody can tell me
that he wants to save the world.
He gets off on us running around
in circles like agitated chickens.
Morten, we will address
the takeover plans.
You, however, are to stay low
and not to do anything
until we can figure out
what is necessary to stop it.
Without the money,
Fontanelli is just a clown.
We have to make that clear to
all of the idiots riding his coattails.
We have to destroy him.
Which is why I'm saying,
if the euro fails,
Europe will fail.
And that cannot happen.
As I told you before, with a takeover
like this, we overheat the market,
and we already boosted it
with our acquisitions.
Malcom is for it too.
So if you're not willing to listen to him,
then why did you hire him?
He just wants a trophy
and you want revenge.
Nothing to do with the prophecy.
You are both wrong.
They almost killed Lino.
- And Hellstroem is involved in this.
- And I am sorry,
I'm deeply sorry
about what happened to your brother.
But buying Stellar
is not going to undo it,
and is not going to make
the world to a better place.
I disagree.
Johnny Boy.
I think you need a little
A little break.
Come on.
Do some gaming?
That was the fourth time.
You wouldn't have gotten it anyway.
All right.
Three to five, it's all open.
Come on, your turn.
You gotta work that hip more, boy.
You're kind of tense lately.
You okay?
Why?
I don't know, you've been acting weird.
All this saving the world shit.
It's not your thing.
And then this thing with Lino
I just want you to know
if you're having problems,
we can talk.
You can tell me anything.
You can call me anytime.
I'm your brother.
I'm here for you, get it?
What's that?
What's going on?
Can you please come back in here
for us, please?
- Calm down.
- Stay still. Calm down.
- Hi!
- What do you want?
- What's wrong?
- Nothing.
You only talk big on TV, son?
You know you might be able to buy
clowns like these with your money,
but you can't buy courage,
let alone honor.
Without these folks to hide behind,
it's just a joke.
Let's play.
That's the type of thing
we tried to avoid.
Situations we can't control.
Why did you let him play?
I wanted to.
What was he gonna do? Tell me I can't?
He should have.
- It's online.
- What?
That's right. In HD and color.
Show him.
It's already going viral.
You know I get shorted by some hedge fund
at least once a year, right?
Most of them fail.
And do you wanna know why?
I have the most fanatical
shareholders in the world.
Anyone who bought shares,
for 1000 euros when I went public
is a millionaire today.
So my shareholders will kill for me.
You really think you can screw me?
That's our problem?
- We were saving the world.
- This will determine everything.
Hellstroem has 130 million
followers on social media.
You don't even have half of that.
We're paying through the nose.
He influences the entire public
with a single post.
Do you think anyone reads earnings reports,
or looks into price-earning ratios?
You think the US president does?
- What's he got to do with it?
- Wake up, boy!
Show him. Watch the news.
It's all strategy, a perfectly
orchestrated campaign.
that leads me to believe
that Fontanelli Enterprise
is endangering the national
security of the United States
by exercising control
of Stellar Industries.
Therefore I hereby declare
that the proposed acquisition
of Stellar Industries
by the buyer is prohibited.
He's prohibiting it?
We could fight it in court,
but what good would that do?
We'd be taking on
the US administration for years.
Who knows what the verdict would
be in the end. We are losing.
And once we've lost, that's it.
Got it?
A trillion is nothing.
We're posers, we've got a big mouth,
but get knocked out in the first battle.
This is bullshit!
They're trying to end us,
don't you get it?
Ciao, Franca.
Do I know you?
Here, honey.
Don't get cold.
Excuse me, who are you?
Someone who wants to help you.
Fontanelli Enterprises is not a threat
to the security of the United States.
On the contrary, we'll make
Stellar bulletproof against threats
that the US will face in the future.
The current management is not
taking any of those precautions.
This is what
you need to tell the president.
John.
Can we talk?
- What's going on?
- Not here.
Sure.
So.
A woman approached me
while I was swimming today.
I don't know her.
She was the person
who gave you my dissertation.
How do you think it got to John?
I've read everything you've written.
You understood the prophecy very well.
I believe
you know it better than anyone.
Yes, you're on the right path,
but you have to get
to the bottom of it all still.
You have to be ready to fight,
to fight against more powerful people.
People who can influence
the President of the United States even.
That's enough.
What do you want from me?
Don't stop now.
You have to move forward
with the acquisition.
You've already invested so much in it.
John needs you.
He can't do it alone.
Here.
She gave me this.
Chief of Staff's number.
"Kathryn Cassidy."
The Chief of Staff of the White House?
That's right.
She's waiting for your call.
I thought the president was blocking it?
I thought it was a fake.
But I called,
and the US wants to negotiate with us.
About what?
The takeover.
What the hell?
The US government recognizes
that Fontanelli Enterprise has no
commitments to foreign governments.
Nevertheless, it would be helpful,
for a reassessment of the executive order
if Fontanelli Enterprise also
made direct investments in the US.
This would show that Fontanelli
Enterprise sees its business
primarily in the US market
and does not intend to divert technologies
that are important to national security.
I see.
Can you give us a ballpark number,
for these direct investments?
- Thirty billion.
- Thank you, Ms. Cassidy.
We appreciate you sharing the
interests of the US government with us.
Thank you.
We'll get back to you.
All right.
Get back to me. Thanks
US government interests.
Guys, they're blackmailing us.
Yeah, but everything in life
is give and take.
We'll get this 30 billion
together quickly.
Abenheim is building a new plant
for hydroelectric turbines.
We could locate it in the US.
That's two billion right there.
But who was that lady at the pool?
I mean,
why would this woman help us?
What are her interests?
We don't know.
And we probably
won't find out any time soon.
But if we fail here,
we lose the momentum,
and everybody is looking at us.
I won't do it without you.
- All right, I'm in.
- Good.
On one condition.
US President Guzman wants to
get out of the Climate Agreement.
So we have to make it clear to him
that our investments only apply
if he commits to the climate goals.
Otherwise we lose credibility.
No more solo efforts.
Can you promise me that?
So who's going to talk to the president?
Well, you.
Why not?
I mean, Guzman is vain.
The richest man in the world,
and the most powerful man in the world.
He's going to love it.
Plus, he can be bought.
What?
- The President of the US?
- Yes.
He just started his re-election campaign.
A dinner at his table goes for $500,000.
What a bargain.
You're in?
"Dinner with Guzman."
You can do it.
At this year's fundraising gala in Port
Orange, US President Frank Guzman
will welcome today
the richest man in the world,
John Fontanelli.
We can assume they will discuss
the future of Stellar Industries.
Okay, John, one more time.
We are relocating the
hydroelectric turbines in Indianapolis,
investment volume 2.1 billion.
We're fast-tracking the construction
of the planned power plant
in Nevada, 12.5 billion.
John.
Hydroelectric turbines in New York
- No, Indianapolis.
- It was a joke. Relax.
- Trust me.
- Yeah.
By the way, you look stunning.
Thank you.
You have to address the climate treaty.
The what?
Good evening, Mr. Fontanelli.
- I hope you had a pleasant journey.
- Thank you.
The president is really
looking forward to meeting you.
Dinner begins at 9 p.m.
I'll be taking you to your seat then.
As soon as you're seated
you may start with the hors d'oeuvres.
The president arrives at 9:15.
He will greet you
and some pictures will be taken.
As soon as the photographers
and camera crew have left
you will have the opportunity
to speak with him.
That's great.
Thank you.
How are you?
Half a million for a dinner, huh?
- Dinner costs extra, actually.
- Are you serious?
- Eight hundred dollars.
- Per person.
- What a rip-off.
- Yeah.
Right this way.
- This one. Yeah.
- This one?
- Enjoy dinner.
- Thank you.
Excuse me.
This is American soil, kid.
You've got no business here.
Don't fight the sun.
Ladies and gentlemen
- Enjoy your meals.
- please welcome
the President
of the United States of America.
- Mr. President.
- Thank you.
Welcome, Mr. President.
Nice to meet you, Mr. President.
- Have you had the appetizer yet?
- No.
We got the best appetizers
in the world here, you see.
Yeah. So,
you want to save the world, is that right?
- We're planning
- That's great.
That's what I'm doing, too, you know.
I saved America.
America was on the brink and I saved it.
Yeah.
It's difficult to save the whole world.
There are so many nations
that are against us.
Yes, yes, yes.
They don't even know they wanna be saved.
- Well, as you might've heard
- Are you from Berlin?
- Yeah.
- Berlin is exciting,
- without the Wall.
- Yeah.
We tore it down.
It's great to live in liberty.
- Well, it's true, but
- Have a drink, John.
You should drink a lot, you know.
The humidity here is very high.
I always drink eight glasses a day,
you know, it helps.
- Oh, really?
- It helps
the metabolism work better.
It's great, it's great.
Drink, drink.
- Well, you might've heard
- Enjoy your meal.
The steak is amazing.
Angus, from Nebraska.
It's the best steak in the world.
Excuse me.
Yes, Mr. Fontanelli,
what can I do for you?
When is he coming back?
I'm afraid I don't know, sir.
What do you mean you don't know?
Enjoy the rest of your evening.
Where the hell have you been?
It was a total bust.
Guzman just took off.
- John.
- What?
Hey, congratulations.
For what?
He took off.
I couldn't get a word in with him.
Come on, John.
Do you think that clown has a say?
We talked to the Chief of Staff
and Treasury Department.
The deal is on.
He wanted a photo with you,
that's all he cares about.
We did it!
What am I to you?
A freaking clown too?
- Come on, John.
- Did you know that?
Yes.
So while I was sitting there
like a damn fool,
you were negotiating for me?
Shit.
You little asshole.
How did you do that?
- Who helped you change his mind?
- You scared?
No.
Because I get the majority
of the shareholders now.
Oh, yeah, well
And guess what's gonna happen next?
Right.
I'm gonna kick you out.
You're gonna kick me out?
Nobody kicks me out, son.
I am the company.
- Without me, there is no Stellar.
- We'll see about that.
So I'm gonna ask you again,
who helped you?
Was it Elena?
Who the hell is Elena?
Do you really think she's helping you?
She is the devil.
She crawls into your soul
and eats it from the inside.
You're going to call off
the takeover, son.
You hear me, son?
Nobody takes away my company.
People like you, you have everything.
And still, you destroy everything.
And now I will destroy you!
You have no idea what you are up against.
She has her own plans for you.
- We're done.
- Oh, good.
Very good.
So pack up now.
I'll be back soon.
After I sort out one last problem.
Zia
is it going to get bad?
It has to get bad.
It's the only way, Hedda.
All right, guys. Here we go.
Yes?
What? When?
How is he?
Thank you.
Luc Fontanelli was attacked.
He's injured, but it's not too serious.
Another inmate protected him.
Yes?
Hey. So the photo's finished.
The clippings are out basically.
Wait, I'll just forward it to you.
So, there's a woman there
behind that champagne glass.
- Thanks.
- What?
Here. Will you take
a look at this?
Is this the woman you met?
Yeah, I think.
- Are you sure?
- She's obviously much younger here,
but, yes, I think it's her.
Franca, I think it's time
for you to meet someone.
- Your girlfriend?
- Maybe.
Another person appeared
in the overexposed area
during the reconstruction of the photo.
- A woman?
- Right.
How did you know?
Scroll down.
Do you know her?
Ever heard of the Nixon Shock?
The Nixon Shock?
The end of the gold standard.
In the late '60s,
the dollar was under pressure.
More and more countries
lost trust in the agreement.
They wanted to exchange
their dollars for gold.
Nixon had to do something.
So in August of 1971,
he organized a secret meeting
at Camp David with some
of his cabinet members.
They were 14 people including
Treasury Secretary John Connally,
Federal Reserve Chairman
Arthur Burns and this woman.
It's her.
Yes.
Up to this day, no one knows who she is.
She's not on any guest list,
no mention of her anywhere.
But the outcome
of that weekend changed the world forever.
On August 15, 1971,
Nixon faces the cameras
and announces to millions on
live TV that there'll be no more
price fixing of gold to the dollar.
Secretary Connally
to suspend temporarily
the convertibility of the dollar into gold
or other reserve assets
except in amounts and conditions
A shock.
Basically, that was
the beginning of globalization.
What does that have to do with
the Weerters and this woman?
You see,
since 2007 alone, the central banks
have invested 18 trillion
dollars in this system.
And where do you think
all that money ended up?
In the pockets of the Weerters.
You're saying this was the first time
this woman showed up.
But not the last time.
This is William J. Casey.
He was Ronald Reagan's
campaign manager in 1980.
This was at a fundraising dinner.
This is Casey,
and the woman he's talking to
Our Jane Doe.
Exactly. And again,
no mention of her anywhere.
Reagan won the election by a landslide.
And then he lowered the maximum
tax rate from 70 to 33 percent.
That was the biggest tax cut
in American history.
And at some point it didn't matter
who won the election,
the Republicans or Democrats.
They just kept at it.
Go ahead, make my day.
In 1999, Bill Clinton
repealed the strict
separation of commercial
and investment banking.
A historical mistake.
This is a very good day
for the United States.
But the Weerters' influence did
not remain limited to America.
Under Margaret Thatcher,
top incomes rose and bottom incomes sank.
In Germany, the new Hartz IV law
brought about
the biggest low-wage labor
market of all western countries.
Well, they're all well-known.
Rich and influential.
But what about her?
She's like a ghost.
How did she become a Weerter?
I think she knew already
about the inheritance.
And her jeton to sit at the table
was worth $1 trillion.
And that jeton was Luc Fontanelli.
The question is
what did she want to do with the money?
Give it to the Weerters?
Or did she have her own agenda?
The only person who can answer
that question is Luc.
- Gonna have to make him talk.
- Yeah.
My daughter-in-law
insists I smoke outside.
Apparently I stink up the whole house.
Another role I got used to.
I've made up my mind.
You can have it all.
Everything?
My whole archive.
Everything. If you want it.
First thing my daughter-in-law
will do when I'm dead,
and that'll be soon enough,
is throw away everything.
So I might as well just
give it to some rich upstart.
The richest one of them all.
John?
Sorry, it's more than I expected.
It will all be brought to me later.
John, Hellstroem has disappeared.
- What?
- Yeah.
After the dinner with President Guzman.
John, what happened
between the two of you?
We had an argument.
He wanted me to call off the takeover.
He punched me in the face.
And what did you do?
I punched him back.
- Great.
- Listen, he was all right.
Okay?
He was all right when I left.
All right.
I'll talk to Malcolm. We need to
figure out what's going on here.
Before we move on.
Pick up, man.
Mr. Weiland?
- Yes.
- It's me, John.
You had some articles about
a murdered journalist.
Why did you collect them?
He was a friend of mine.
Miguel Aragonés.
He researched the Weerters, too.
Until they killed him.
But those articles say
he was strangled by a burglar.
That's the official story, yes.
Miguel had documents showing
the Weerters involvement
in the highest levels of politics.
And they disappeared.
You think a burglar would take them?
Thank you.
Benetti.
Those documents you gave me
about Luc Fontanelli,
there were some fingerprints too, right?
From his mother's killer.
Can we compare them with these?
Another burglar?
I'll take care of it.
A tech billionaire remains missing
after his disappearance three days ago.
Morten Hellstroem was last seen in public
at a fundraising dinner
for American president Frank Guzman
where he met star investor
John Fontanelli.
He has not been seen since.
Staff and family members
do not know his whereabouts.
Hop in.
Let's go.
You are required to register.
We got you an apartment.
I don't need it.
For protection.
You can either come with me
or we withdraw bail,
and you go back behind bars again.
It's your choice.
What do you want from me?
Am I supposed to be impressed?
I need your help.
With what?
Take a seat.
Come on.
Who's this woman?
You're still protecting her.
Even though they tried to kill you.
She has nothing to do with it.
She opened my eyes.
She showed me everything
you don't want to see.
She had people killed.
She does what she has to do
to save the world.
What are you doing?
You invest all your money in stock market?
You buy a private jet.
What's that?
Even more photos?
That's Miguel Aragonés.
He was a Bolivian journalist.
He was strangled by a burglar.
In his apartment.
Does it sound familiar?
Where did you get those?
Where did you get those?
Leave my mother out of this.
She's not involved.
We matched the fingerprints.
It's the same perpetrator.
Three years after killing your mother,
the same guy breaks into his apartment
and strangles him too.
He was collecting incriminating material
about an organization in which this woman
played an instrumental role.
You think that's coincidence?
My mother's death
has nothing to do with this.
Nothing!
Scumbag!
You lie!
- Your mother would've protected you
- Shut the hell up!
She wouldn't have let them manipulate you.
I'm sorry, but that's the truth.
And you deserve to know.
Nothing in your life was accidental.
So where is she?
I know where to find her.
Can you bring me there?
How's your brother?
Better.
- I didn't mean to. Really.
- He left.
Couldn't stand it anymore.
The money.
Me.
Everybody thinks
having that much money is awesome.
It's not.
Up there.
They're all gone.
There was a workspace here.
Full of computers and people.
Look.
That's her.
We need something to break this open.
Elena Mariani.
Now we know her name.
Elena Leone.
I don't think any of these are real.
- What?
- Elena Castello.
Elena Vacchi.
My God. It can't be.
- She's a Vacchi.
- What are you talking about?
Elena, her name is Elena Vacchi.
- No, that's impossible.
- So you know her?
Elena Vacchi was my grandfather's sister.
- And?
- Well, she's dead.
She studied economics, and then at
some point went to the Amazon rainforest
and then she vanished.
She was declared dead before I was born.
She seems to be pretty damn alive to me.
She's behind everything.
She is Luc's mentor.
No, John, that's That's not possible.
We're standing in her house.
There's passports,
there's pictures, everything.
We've got company.
I've got to go.
Back inside. Let's go.
Hello.
We're just visiting.
The door was open.
John Fontanelli? He in there?
- Who?
- John Fontanelli.
Warrant.
For murder.
He in there?
No.
You are under arrest.
Get in the car!
Get to the car, hurry!
Go!
Go, go, go!
Go, go! Drive, drive!
- Speed up.
- What the hell? Are they crazy?
They wanted to arrest you.
Apparently you're suspected of murder.
What?
Why?
I don't know.
It's just an excuse.
They want to kill us.