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Here is one more....
[Blake]
Let me have your attention for a moment! So you're talking about what? You're talking about bitching about that Rolex GMT II Master sale you shot, some jerk that doesn't want to buy, somebody that doesn't want what you're selling, some broad you're trying to close and so forth. Let's talk about something important. Are they all here?
[Williamson]
All but one.
[Blake]
Well, I'm going anyway. Let's talk about something important! (to Levene) Put that new Rolex sales catalog down! The new 2014 catalogs are for closers only. (Levene scoffs) Do you think I'm screwing with you? I am not screwing with you. I'm here from New York. I'm here from Mitch and Murray. And I'm here on a mission of mercy. Your name's Levene?
[Levene]
Yeah.
[Blake]
You call yourself a Rolex AD, you're a piece of garbage?!
[Moss]
I don't have to listen to this crap.
[Blake]
You certainly don't pal. Cause the good news is -- you're fired. The bad news is you've got, all you got, just one week to regain your jobs, starting tonight. Starting with tonight's closings. Oh, have I got your attention now? Good. Cause we're adding a little something to this month's sales contest. As you all know, first prize is a NIB Yachtmaster II in white gold. Anyone want to see second prize? Second prize's a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired. You get the picture? You're laughing now? You got customer leads. Mitch and Murray paid good money. Get their names to sell them! You can't close the leads you're given, you can't close crap, you ARE crap, hit the message boards pal and beat it cause you are going out!
[Levene]
The leads are weak.
[Blake]
"The leads are weak." Screw "leads are weak"? You're weak. I've been in this business fifteen years.
[Moss]
What's your name?
[Blake]
Screw you, that's my name! You know why, Mister? Cause you drove a Hyundai to get here tonight, I drove an eighty thousand dollar BMW. That's my name! (to Levene) And your name is "you're wanting." And you can't play in a man's game. You can't close them. (at a near whisper) And you go home and tell your wife your troubles. (to everyone again) Because only one thing counts in this life! Get them to buy those Rolex's and pay with cash or credit card, but no American Express, those fees are killers! You hear me, you donkey butts?
(Blake flips over a blackboard which has two sets of letters on it: ABC, and AICA.)
[Blake]
A-B-C. A-always, B-be, C-closing. Always be closing! Always be closing!! A-I-C-A. Attention, interest, claim a price increase is expected soon, and action. Attention -- do I have your attention? Interest - I know you are! Claim an imminent price Increase- you can't afford it now, how can you next week? You close or you hit the bricks! And action. A-I-C-A; get out there!! You got the customers comin' in; you think they came into to your stores to get out of the rain? Guy doesn't walk into your jewelry store unless he wants to buy a Rolex. Sitting out there waiting to give you their money! Are you gonna take it? Are you man enough to take it? (to Moss) What's the problem pal? You. Moss.
[Moss]
You're such a hero, you're so rich. Why you coming down here and wasting your time on a bunch of AD's?
(Blake sits and takes off his 2013 solid yellow gold Day-Date w/ diamond bezel on a jubilee bracelet)
[Blake]
You see this watch? You see this watch?
[Moss]
Yeah.
[Blake]
That watch cost more than your car. I made $970,000 last year. How much you make? You see, pal, that's who I am. And you're nothing. Nice guy? I don't give a crap. Good father?
Screw you -- go home and play with your kids!! (to everyone) You wanna be an AD for Rolex? Close!! (to Aaronow) You think this is abuse? You think this is abuse, you jerk? You can't take this -- how can you take the abuse you get from a looker who's wearing a Fossil?! You don't like it -- leave. I can go out there tonight with the inventory you got, make myself fifteen thousand dollars! Tonight! In two hours! Can you? Can you? Go and do likewise! A-I-C-A!! Get mad! You sons of Tag Heuer! Get mad!! You know what it takes to sell Rolex's?
(He pulls something out of his briefcase)
[Blake]
It takes brass balls to sell Rolex's.
(He's holding two brass balls on string, over the appropriate "area"--he puts them away after a pause)
[Blake]
Go and do likewise, gents. The money's out there, you pick it up, it's yours. You don't--I have no sympathy for you. You wanna go out on those customers tonight and close, close, it's yours. If not you're going to be shining my shoes. Bunch of losers sitting around in a bar. (in a mocking weak voice) "Oh yeah, I used to be a Rolex AD, it's a tough racket." (he takes out large stack of red index cards tied together with string from his briefcase) These are the new customer leads. These are the Rolex web site leads. And to you, they're gold. And you don't get them. Why? Because to give them to you is just throwing them away. (he hands the stack to Williamson) They're for closers.
I'd wish you good luck but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you got it. (to Moss as he puts on his watch again) And to answer your question, pal: why am I here? I came here because Mitch and Murray asked me to, they asked me for a favor. I said, the real favor, follow my advice and fire your behinds because a loser is a loser.
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