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Wirecard, at the time, was a big talking point
throughout the London market. We'd had legal complaints,
but we brushed them off. A while later, I was having lunch
with one of my stock-market sources, and Wirecard came up. "He said," You know
that they will pay you a lot of money to stop writing about them." And I laughed,
and I said, "Don't be stupid." He said, "No, no, no. Definitely." "They will pay you good money
not to write about them." And he said, "Look. Go and talk to Gary." - Gary and Tom.
- Gary. I'm Tom. - What's with the glasses?
- Best without glasses. {\an8}Is it? I thought they look cool
throughout the London market. We'd had legal complaints,
but we brushed them off. A while later, I was having lunch
with one of my stock-market sources, and Wirecard came up. "He said," You know
that they will pay you a lot of money to stop writing about them." And I laughed,
and I said, "Don't be stupid." He said, "No, no, no. Definitely." "They will pay you good money
not to write about them." And he said, "Look. Go and talk to Gary." - Gary and Tom.
- Gary. I'm Tom. - What's with the glasses?
- Best without glasses. {\an8}Is it? I thought they look cool
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Wirecard, at the time,
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was a big talking point
throughout the London market.
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We'd had legal complaints,
but we brushed them off.
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A while later, I was having lunch
with one of my stock-market sources,
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and Wirecard came up.
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"He said," You know
that they will pay you a lot of money
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to stop writing about them."
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And I laughed,
and I said, "Don't be stupid."
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He said, "No, no, no. Definitely."
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"They will pay you good money
not to write about them."
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And he said, "Look. Go and talk to Gary."
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- Gary and Tom.
- Gary. I'm Tom.
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- What's with the glasses?
- Best without glasses.
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{\an8}Is it? I thought they look cool.
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Movie Summary
Upstart payment firm Wirecard wowed the financial industry with its runaway success — until a tenacious team of journalists exposed massive fraud.
