The China Hustle Movie Script

There was just one problem, foreigners like Dan couldn't invest directly in Chinese markets.

That's where the small California bank Roth Capital came in.

Roth found a niche that the big banks had overlooked, taking small Chinese companies and listing them directly on U.S. stock exchanges.

Now Dan and others like him could participate in the Chinese economic miracle, and the bank's young salesmen had the chance to make a killing with the right pitch.

Hey, Jed, how are you doing today?

Great, what do you got?

Well, we're working on this new company.

Would you like to hear about a transaction?

Two days go by. Five days go by.

Do you have any interest in this?

This is what we feel the company's capacity can go to after this acquisition.

These are fully registered securities.

What do you want to do?

If they did have interest, they would come back to you.

Yes. Yes.

Yeah, I'm interested.

$2 million worth.

Put me in for that.

Okay, great.

And that would be it.

I tried to make myself be in the flow.

Think of a running river.

21 million bucks?

That's a pretty good fee.

- So let's say this is-- - I'm worried, though.