INT. CHASE BANK – DAY

The camera zooms out, showing a television screen in the center edge of the room. A hand turns a knob on the left of the television and the screen turns off.

DAVID ROCKEFELLER and NELSON ROCKEFELLER are standing near each other, in a huge office. Behind them is a skyline, showing that they are in a large building. The Rockefeller Center is inside the Chase Bank.

David is twirling a cigar between his fingers, while Nelson is sitting in the chair opposite him.

NELSON ROCKEFELLER
(Not turning around to look at his brother)
So everything checks out?

DAVID ROCKEFELLER
Completely. New Jersey can’t squelch on the deal at this point. Not even Meyner can stop the process. We already signed the contract for the H&M, so I don’t see any problems with that.

NELSON ROCKEFELLER
What about the area you want to build? What about the Port-Authority? They’re just waiting for a reason to scrap the whole plan. You can’t afford any mistakes—

DAVID ROCKEFELLER
No, Nelson, it’s not I who can’t afford to make mistakes. If this blows, I’m still a millionaire. Nothing would happen to me. No, it’s you who you are worried about. Your reelection and all that. I know what you’re worried about. You’ve fully endorsed this program. You’re afraid that if this World Trade Center plan goes under, your political career will go with it.

Nelson turns towards his brother, and smiles thinly.

NELSON ROCKEFELLER
Touché.

DAVID ROCKEFELLER
And you need to stop worrying so much.

NELSON ROCKEFELLER
I always get nervous when we work with the government.

DAVID ROCKEFELLER
Listen to me, Nelson. You know that we could have never even tried to attempt this undertaking without the tax subsidies and power of eminent domain without government power. And the Port Authority was our best bet.

NELSON ROCKEFELLER
I just don’t like having to rely on government agendas. And the Port Authority is even more risky to trust, because of its half-public, half-private attitude. You never know what the decisions will be. And the public will get suspicious. They knew that we are always talking about private capitalism, that we don’t want the government’s help. But now, here we are, asking the government for help.

DAVID ROCKEFELLER
That’s where you’re wrong. We don’t rely on the government. It’s the other way around. I’ve got Austin Tobin eating out of my hand. We’ve got all the government resources we need. We’ve got your political power. We already pretty much bribed New Jersey into agreeing with the Port-Authority by buying that bankrupted railroad from them. That will be a huge help when right over it in the heart of the downtown financial district.

NELSON ROCKEFELLER
What do you mean? Building along the East River wouldn’t put you anywhere near the downtown financial district.

DAVID ROCKEFELLER
That’s right. Building there wouldn’t.

NELSON ROCKEFELLER
So now you’ve changed the plans? You aren’t going to build along the East River?

DAVID ROCKEFELLER
No.

NELSON ROCKEFELLER
But you already went public with building there. You went through all those channels with New Jersey to get it on the—

DAVID ROCKEFELLER
Think about it. The area we are planning to build now has a terrible neighborhood; it would be hard for our workers to get there and back. There aren’t any pros about building there. In reality, we would be breaking the first law of economics. We would be adding to the supply when there is already a surplus of supply already. And not only that, but we’re fighting New Jersey and Meyner to agree to build there.

NELSON ROCKEFELLER
But you were planning on building there before.

DAVID ROCKEFELLER
That’s because there wasn’t another place. But now there is.

NELSON ROCKEFELLER
What’s made this difference?

DAVID ROCKEFELLER
Why bother building on the East River when we have the luxury of the Hudson Terminal?

NELSON ROCKEFELLER
(Shocked)
The Hudson Terminal?

DAVID ROCKEFELLER
If we agree with Meyner in his demands, we get not only the H&M Railroad, but also the land above it. Over ten blocks with minimum usage in the grand scheme of the area. That’s the one good thing we got from Meyner’s stubbornness. We got an even better place to build. Building right on top of the subway lines would maximize this whole plan. And I have a suspicion that we aren’t going to get a full agreement from Meyner until the next election. He won’t win again. The next person will be easier to negotiate with. Besides, building near the Hudson Terminal is better than building near the East River. And when we agree to buy the area, Meyner will think it was all his idea. Everyone’s happy in the end.

NELSON ROCKEFELLER
It’s a good plan… but it still worries me.

DAVID ROCKEFELLER
What’s with you? When this first started, your building instincts had kicked in. You were more excited about this project than I was. And it’s been even easier since you got into office. Picking officials for office that agree or at least sympathize with this plan was a brilliant move. Why the change?

NELSON ROCKEFELLER
There’s just a lot that could go wrong. Too many risks that I like to have on any project. This could go both ways.

DAVID ROCKEFELLER
I didn’t say it was without risks. You’d have to be a fool to not be worried a little about a project of this magnitude. The trick…

David pours a vintage wine into two tall glasses, and handed one of them to Nelson.

DAVID ROCKEFELLER
…is knowing you’ll win in the end.

NELSON ROCKEFELLER
I’ll drink to that.

David smiles, and they both drink. Zooms out really fast, showing the Rockefeller Center and how big it is.

Fade-out, then the title shows, with sober music.