SECTION 4
SCRIPT PART 21 -27
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SCRIPT PART 21
How the hell did they get away?
Do you want the long version? Your guys suck. They fail to kill his avatar, …
which, if we're offering constructive criticism, was a lame idea, only would've slowed him down.
Whereas my plan, which was cool because I-rok, actually worked.
He's still on the board!
I know that, Nolan! But it won't be for long.
I did a search for all the Wades who'd recently bought a X1 bootsuit.
Cross referenced that with public records and voila, which is French for…And then I found out…….
Ready?...The real world identity of Parzival…is Wade Watts.
Voila
SCRIPT PART 22
Are you loyal, Ms Zander?
You really want me to answer that?
Well, when you'ree at war, you need people who are loyal to a fault. People you can count on to get things done.
I just get people arrested for not paying their bills.
Yeah, cause there are some problems that require physical solutions...
but there are other times, particularly at war when you need a different set of rules.
The rules of war.
Exactly.
It's too bad my division doesn't operate inside the OASIS.
But if this war remains in the OASIS then you can't do anything.
Is this one of those conversations that we're not really having?
Well, we've had these kind of conversations before, look where you are now...
You got a seat on the board, head of your own division.
A division that will cease to exist if the wrong person wins this contest. Finale, a game decides our fate.
The only question is how far are we willing to go to win it.
Tell me what you need, Nolan.
SCRIPT PART 23-1
(TEXT) From Nolan Sorrento
(TEXT) Parzival, I would like to make you an offer.
(TEXT) You will get everything you want.
(TEXT) Including Halliday's egg…
(TEXT) To enter chat please touch the prism.
Where am I?
IOI plaza, you are a hologram in the real world.
That's a really cool rig.
Thank you, it's a brand-new haptic shock OIR-9400.
Looks like a giant hamster ball.
You know, if you came to work at IOI you'd get one of these.
I don't clan up.
You'd also get your own penthouse apartment in Columbus with the highest speed connection.
In the OASIS...you'd get unlimited weapons, magic items, ships. You want the ship from "Defender"?
You know, that kind that can just jump into hyperspace? You want the "Millennium Falcon"?
You have that?
Anything you need to help you find that egg. And then there's the salary. 4 million a year.
And if you do happen to find that ester egg, there is a bonus, $ 25 million.
I can see you're using an emotion-suppressing software right now.
And why wouldn't you? Smart, not to show your hand.
It is a lot of money…I could really use it. But...I don't think you and I have the same plans.
Well, I don't know about that. What, for the OASIS? I guess if you're not a John Hughes's fan…
Of course I am.
Because the first thing that I would do is convert all the schools on Ludus...
to replicas from "Breakfast Club" and "Ferris Bueller".
No way... That's a great idea. Which school? Ridgemond or Faber?
SCRIPT PART 23-2
"Fast Times at Ridgemond High" not John Hughes. It's a trap.
Faber college from "Animal House".
John Hughes didn't direct "Fast Times at Richmond High" or "Animal House."
Ferris Bueller and The Breakfast Club, they went to Shermer High School,
which is in Shermer, Illinois. I know what you think.
You think I am a corporate asshole that I don't appreciate pop culture, but…
Man, that's not true. You know when I wanna blow off steam…
Drink "Tab", Play "Robotron", Listen to Duran Duran.
I crack open a "Tab ". I put on some Duran Duran. I play " Robotron".
That's why I love the OASIS. Cause it's just full of all these things, man, that people love, you know…
I'm a businessman, I get it. But I gotta do my job.
But I didn't ask you here, man, just to help us find the egg Parzival.
I asked you here for what comes after.
What would Halliday say?
James Halliday is dead.
Yeah, he is. All that's left of him is this contest. You know what? Just seems like he wouldn't want you winning it.
A fanboy knows a hater,
and I know you've got a whole department of oologist in your ear.
So, if you wanna know what I really think? I think you're full of shit. Here is my offer.
Your board of directors, you got them in the other ear?
Why don't you tell'em this, if they dump you, I'll consider it.
SCRIPT PART 24
I might say something off the record.
I had to make the offer, The board expected it, but I was really hoping you'd say no.
Because if anyone's gonna win this competition, it's me.
"My avatar gets the egg cause I'm the only one here
with the balls to run this place."
Wow you really switched gears there. From fairly reasonable to maniacal overload.
You should be grateful, Wade.
You won't be around to endure my maniacal reign.
Yeah, that's right. I know who you are. Wade Owen Watts. Born August 12, 2027.
I also know where you are. Unit 56-K, Columbus stacks.
You're last seen entering your trailer 3 days ago. You haven't left since…
What are you doing? You can't …
With all that's going on in the world,
Do you really think that anyone's gonna give a damn about an explosion in some ghetto trash rat warren in Columbus?
Sorrento, don't do this! I'm not even there!
Not for long.
Call Alice. Dial Alice. Pick up! Pick up, Alice!
This booysuit's preety awesome. Thanks for that.
Rick! Rick, the place is gonna blow!
Rick, is that Wade?
Put Alice on!
Let me talk to him.
Don't call here anymore. You got me? I don't wanna hear your voice ever again.
SCRIPT PART 25-1
"Contact H, Dito, Sho and Artemis. IOI came for me in
the real world."
They gotta be coming after you, so wherever you are...
Sorry about the blindfold. My guys are a little paranoid.
Say that again.
My guys are a little paranoid.
Artemis?
My real name's Samantha, but yeah. I'm Artemis. Showers are that way. Clean clothes, too.
Welcome to the rebellion Wade.
That's IOI. So the stacks are over there? We've been living this close to each other the whole time?
Next door, around the world, it's…it's all the same in the OASIS.
For the record, um, I'm not disappointed.
You said I would be disappointed when I met you but…I'm not.
I've lived with that my whole life, you don't have to pretend.
You have a birth mark. So what? Why would that scare me?
Z, if I hurt you, I'm… I'm sorry.
No it's…Wait, did… did you just call me "Z"?
Oh my God! Did I?
I think you did.
Wade, I'm sorry.
Yeah Wade, Z…You can call me whatever you want. I'll call you Sam.
No.
Samantha? Okay. Cool. Wow, it's so much slower here. I mean, the wind, the people. Everything.
We forget what it's like to be outside.
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