:07:02
He invites everybody over to let
them know if they still have a job.
:07:09
You have no appointment.
But he'll see you before 12.
:07:14
If you get the axe tonight,
I go with you.
:07:18
- So do l.
- Listen, you need your pay cheques.
:07:23
I forbid you to take any action
if I'm fired.
:07:29
Right. Maude Waggins
is waiting in your office.
:07:33
I cannot write for a conglomerate.
Protect me.
:07:37
Raymond Alden isn't a conglomerate,
he's a billionaire.
:07:42
And I'm not sure if I'm going
to be here after the takeover.
:07:48
You're the senior editor.
Your name, your reputation ...
:07:54
My reputation has been in question
ever since I told Judith Krantz -
:07:59
- that no 14-year-old
would read her fiction.
:08:03
- Bullshit!
- Sit down. Maude.
:08:06
The good news is that the head of
marketing is my friend and protégé.
:08:13
If I leave. he'll leave with me.
:08:16
I know they don't want to lose him.
That may give me some leverage.
:08:21
I'll leave with you, too!
How's that for leverage?
:08:27
Let's go and see your protégé.
:08:33
Willie.
just the man I wanted to see.
:08:37
Maude Waggins.
:08:40
You saved my life. While reading
"What About Us Girls?" ...
:08:45
- You realized you had to write.
- No, I stopped.
:08:49
I realized that if this was talent.
I had none.
:08:53
- How nice that it should stop you.
- I adore you.
:08:56
- O taught him to do that.
- I used to hit my authors.