Titled: “Teambuilding Exercise”
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Some people like doing things the hard way. I have a techie friend with an uncanny ability to turn the simplest activities into jaw-dropping exercises in unnecessary complexity. The obvious solution always eluded him; it was just how his brain worked. Since he was a master of examining and processing extremely complicated technical issues, I guess he saw life as just another of those difficult issues to be solved. But life is a lot simpler than anything a computer can throw at you.
Richard reminds me of my pal. Just look at how he attempts to get the patent for Peter Gregory’s work. Gavin has just been fired from the company he co-founded, and Richard shows up at his mansion at 3 a.m. with a contract. Gavin answers the door, revealing that he’s destroyed everything in his house. “Mind the glass,” he tells Richard as they walk over the carnage. Now, a normal person would have said, “Why don’t I just come back tomorrow?” But this is single-minded Richard we’re talking about here. He won’t even leave when Gavin blames him for destroying his career. “My legacy is in ashes!” Gavin says, quoting the Wall Street Journal.
Richard presses on, much to Gavin’s dismay. “You’re a mean person, Richard!” he yells. “You’re a bad guy!” I was shocked to feel a bit of sympathy for Gavin, so kudos to Matt Ross. Before tearing up Richard’s contract, Gavin says, “I should let you have a crack at it just to see you fail!” Richard pounces on this momentary return of his rival’s vengeful side. On a giant photo of Gavin, Richard sketches some graphs and numbers to show how the peer-to-peer Internet will work. “This would, over time, render every Hooli server obsolete,” Richard says. “And make Jack Barker shit himself.” For this reason alone, Gavin becomes Richard’s partner in Pied Piper: The Next Generation….
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