Middle Men

617 00:31:32,224 --> 00:31:33,768 Down in this basement, you got a couple guys 618 00:31:33,934 --> 00:31:35,686 with cameras and some girls. 619 00:31:35,853 --> 00:31:37,438 How about they're Asian girls? 620 00:31:37,605 --> 00:31:40,357 Fine, Asian girls. Are you with me so far? 621 00:31:40,524 --> 00:31:44,320 <i>[Jack] Imagine you're a guy that likes to watch Asian girls online.</i> 622 00:31:44,487 --> 00:31:45,863 <i>Are you gonna give your credit card number</i> 623 00:31:46,030 --> 00:31:47,907 <i>to some pornographer in Thailand?</i> 624 00:31:48,074 --> 00:31:50,993 <i>And what would it show up as on your credit card statement?</i> 625 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,537 <i>The divorce rate is high enough in this country,</i> 626 00:31:53,704 --> 00:31:55,748 <i>without wives opening up the monthly statement</i> 627 00:31:55,915 --> 00:31:58,167 <i>and seeing that their husband bought something like</i> 628 00:31:58,334 --> 00:32:00,377 <i>FilthyAsianWhores.com.</i> 629 00:32:01,962 --> 00:32:03,881 We could have hundreds of sites, 630 00:32:04,048 --> 00:32:06,550 maybe even thousands, all under some nondescript name? 631 00:32:06,717 --> 00:32:08,886 Exactly, and if I'm a customer 632 00:32:09,053 --> 00:32:11,138 and I get my credit card statement at the end of the month 633 00:32:11,305 --> 00:32:13,307 - and it says something like... - BigTits.com. 634 00:32:13,474 --> 00:32:15,392 Right. I might have buyer's remorse because 635 00:32:15,559 --> 00:32:18,813 my wife's not gonna be very happy, but if it says something like... 636 00:32:18,979 --> 00:32:20,856 - ...24/7 Billing Company... - I like that. 637 00:32:21,023 --> 00:32:23,692 ...nobody knows what that means. It's safer for everybody involved. 638 00:32:23,859 --> 00:32:26,445 It's a win/win situation. The consumer gets what they want, 639 00:32:26,612 --> 00:32:28,030 the content provider get what they want, 640 00:32:28,197 --> 00:32:30,741 and we make ten percent by handling the transaction. 641 00:32:30,908 --> 00:32:32,243 We're just the middle men. 642 00:32:32,409 --> 00:32:36,747 So we take a cut from the people that are already out there making this stuff, 643 00:32:36,914 --> 00:32:38,415 - wherever they are. - Right. 644 00:32:38,582 --> 00:32:40,334 Oh, my God! 645 00:32:41,919 --> 00:32:45,381 That's... that's limitless. 646 00:32:45,548 --> 00:32:47,591 I mean, that is an insane amount of money 647 00:32:47,758 --> 00:32:49,510 - we're talking about right now. - Potentially. 648 00:32:49,677 --> 00:32:53,097 It could have no downside. I mean, except for your Russian partners. 649 00:32:53,264 --> 00:32:54,974 Yeah. 650 00:32:56,183 --> 00:32:58,394 OK, so how do you think Haggerty fits in? 651 00:32:58,936 --> 00:33:00,187 Um... 652 00:33:01,313 --> 00:33:04,316 - I'm not so sure about Haggerty. - Why? He put us together. 653 00:33:04,483 --> 00:33:06,861 I mean, that'd be kind of shitty to cut him out now, don't you think? 654 00:33:07,027 --> 00:33:09,780 Haggerty's gonna be indicted any minute now, OK? 655 00:33:09,947 --> 00:33:12,116 He's got federal agents all over him pretty much all the time. 656 00:33:12,283 --> 00:33:13,284 That's the truth. 657 00:33:13,450 --> 00:33:14,869 He didn't tell us he was gonna be charged. 658 00:33:15,035 --> 00:33:18,455 Yeah, well, I just think this business is questionable as it is, 659 00:33:18,622 --> 00:33:21,792 and it would be unwise to team up with somebody who is under indictment, 660 00:33:21,959 --> 00:33:24,712 unless you want Feds all over you, too, which I don't think you do. 661 00:33:24,879 --> 00:33:27,923 No. I think what you're saying makes sense. I just feel... 662 00:33:28,090 --> 00:33:31,927 I don't know, not right about it. You know? The guy's saving our life. 663 00:33:32,094 --> 00:33:37,600 Yeah, well, I'd be the one dealing with the Russians, OK? 664 00:33:37,766 --> 00:33:41,395 It wouldn't be Haggerty. It would be me. I'd be the one at risk. 665 00:33:42,771 --> 00:33:45,232 <i>[Jack] The next morning, I flew back to LA.</i> 666 00:33:45,399 --> 00:33:49,153 <i>I made a deal with Buck and Wayne that we wouldn't provide a frame of content.</i> 667 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:51,155 <i>We were just gonna be the middle men.</i> 668 00:33:52,031 --> 00:33:54,450 <i>And then I did the right thing. I took care of Haggerty</i> 669 00:33:54,617 --> 00:33:56,744 <i>after pulling a favor from my buddy at the Hard Rock.</i> 670 00:33:56,911 --> 00:34:00,247 - So, what's this? - That's $200,000. Now, you're out. 671 00:34:00,414 --> 00:34:02,082 Wait a... wait a minute. Excuse me. I'm out? 672 00:34:02,249 --> 00:34:03,542 Yeah. These guys are lunatics. 673 00:34:03,709 --> 00:34:05,377 Wanna take care of them? Gimme the money back. 674 00:34:05,544 --> 00:34:07,755 - Wait a minute. Just hold it. - What's it gonna be, Jerry? 675 00:34:10,424 --> 00:34:12,134 Nice. I'll... I'll take the money. 676 00:34:12,301 --> 00:34:13,844 - Y