:00:01
- That's not the Girl Scout salute.
- Oh.
:00:04
- Wrong hand, Peterson.
- Oh, well, okay.
:00:06
So I was never a Girl Scout,
but I'm telling you the truth, Brackett.
:00:13
I swear.
:00:14
Okay, so tell me.
What's LDF?
:00:17
"LDF is a genetically engineered hormone
for dairy cows. It could be the fir..."
:00:21
Somebody's trying to kill us
over a cow hormone?
:00:25
"Could be the first commercial success
of genetic engineering...
:00:28
that directly affects food
for humans."
:00:30
"Milk Hormone Stirs Fear."
Okay, now we're talkin'.
:00:35
"LDF milk tests will be reviewed
by State's Agricultural
Committee Chairwoman...
:00:39
Gayle Robbins."
Bingo!
:00:41
- You wanna know about LDF?
- Yeah.
:00:43
You've come to
the right place.
:00:44
- In English, Sam, please.
- Okay, here's the deal.
:00:46
Normally it takes a calf two years to
mature into a milk-producing cow, right?
:00:50
So, Chess figured, why wait
that long taking care of a calf?
It's not making you any money.
:00:53
So they invent this hormone LDF. They
shoot that stuff into a newborn calf.
:00:57
Nine months later, you got
yourself a full-grown,
milk-producing, moneymaking...
:01:00
- Franken-cow.
- That's exactly what I thought at first.
:01:03
But then from what we hear the cows
are healthy, and the tests show...
:01:06
I hates these tours!
:01:08
And the tests show that the milk's,
uh, pure. So, there you go.
:01:11
Say, what kind of profits can
Chess make on a thing like this?
:01:13
Thing?
This thing, my boy, could revolutionize
the entire worldwide dairy industry.
:01:17
Potentially the biggest moneymaker
that a chemical company has seen...
:01:19
- since NutraSweet.
- Yeah?
:01:21
- Yeah.
- So, how much can they make?
:01:23
Oh, somewhere in the neighbourhood
of a billion dollars a year.
:01:26
- Oh, nice neighbourhood.
- Yeah. I wouldn't mind
living there myself.
:01:30
Oh, hi.
You got out early.
:01:32
One of the advantages
of being chairperson.
You get to adjourn the meetings.
:01:36
- How'd that school board thing work out?
- Oh, nothing to worry about.
:01:38
- Uh, these are friends
of mine from Chicago.
- Oh, hi. Gayle Robbins.
:01:41
- Peter Brackett from the Chronicle.
- Yes.
:01:43
- And this is Sabrina, uh...
- Peterson.
:01:44
Of the Globe.
Sorry.
:01:46
Yes. It's nice to meet you.
Sam, are we having a press conference?
:01:48
No, no, no. They're just doing
some research on LDF, that's all.
:01:51
- Really?
- Yep.
- What do you think?
:01:52
We were just gonna ask you
that same question,
being the head of the committee.
:01:54
Uh, it really doesn't behove
the Senator to render an opinion
on that matter...
:01:57
- Sam!
- All right, go ahead and render.
:01:59
Give me a buzz after the FD A completes
its review. We'll talk then.