Doing Things In This Certain Way

INT. BEDROOM – BED TIME 1924

Down a dimly lit hallway we see a framed membership of the National Negro Business League and a family photo of Sally and Taylor James wedding and another black and white of them with their new born son Clyde Benson. A tiny light illuminates a boy’s cozy cottage bedroom. There is a small shelf of books and one or two treasured toys near by. Felix is sitting up in his sleep wear, leaning against T.J. who is reading.

FELIX
Dad, that was short. Can we read another?

T.J.
Pick out a book.

Felix points at the book James gave him sitting on the night table.

T.J. (CONT’D)
(Surprised)
This one?

Felix nods his head.

T.J. (CONT’D)
It will take a couple nights to read this one. I’ll read a paragraph or two. Then it’s lights out. Get comfortable.

T.J. helps Felix get comfortable. Felix is a ham and sits up and fluffs the pillow. T.J. gives a stern warning.

T.J. (CONT’D)
Do you want me to read or not?

Felix flops down and T.J. pulls the covers over Felix’s head. Felix has an impish grin when T.J. folds the covers right below Felix’s chin proudly sticking up.

T.J. (CONT’D)
“THERE IS A SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH, and it is an exact science, like algebra or arithmetic. There are certain laws which govern the process of acquiring riches, and once these laws are learned and obeyed by anyone, that person will get rich with mathematical certainty.”

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INT. CLYDE’S OFFICE – LATE AFTERNOON

We see Clyde’s silver truck bounding down the interstate 10 towards Canale Street first from an aerial shot and then directly behind the truck that has four passengers Clyde, Ryan, Sophie and Phillip.

Clyde’s voice overlaps with T.J.

CLYDE (V.O.)
“The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way,”

We see the passion and intensity of Clyde as he drives and shares his core philosophy quoted directly from The Science of Getting Rich.

CLYDE
“and those who do things in this certain way — whether on purpose or accidentally — get rich, while those who do not do things in this certain way — no matter how hard they work or how able they are — remain poor.”

Phillip is on Sophie’s lap panting with his eyes on RYAN “Doug the Thug”, who Clyde subdued and took under his wing for his own form of justice.

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INT. CLYDE’S OFFICE – LATE AFTERNOON


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