Had a conversation with my dad this Sunday that really stuck with me. He built a startup from scratch, scaled it to $100M+, and has been through the trenches. I was telling him how a VC I spoke to recently offered funding but wanted 40% equity.
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The wounded cop passes by his colleagues and gets down. Cops everywhere, sandbags. It looks like a trench warfare. He didn't yet pull his mask off. One makes him sit on a bench and starts pulling off his mask. A doctor comes in and checks out cop's arm. He pulls off his mask. It's Leon.
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We answered the call in the trenches.
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Like in the trenches.
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The two men nod, shake hands. The fellow in the trench-coat leaves. The owner beckons another shop-girl over and whispers something to her. She heads towards Myrtle.
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77 INT. D.HENRY LTD. - CONTINUOUS 77 In the store Myrtle can be seen dressing the window, while in his glass office the OWNER, a portly bald gentleman with a Dickensian air, is deep in concerned conversation with a man in trench-coat. The Owner keeps glancing worriedly in Myrtle's direction.
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IRVING ROSENFELD (V.O.) Syd and I moved in together. And Rosalyn -- ROSALYN IN A NECK BRACE and off white trench coat and sunglasses - 152.
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That's our trench.
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We could dig trenches.
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Two men and a woman came into the bank branch clad in black business clothing, trench coats, bandanas and sunglasses.
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Without another word he goes back the way he came. Raoul grips his musket and looks around him; he finds himself among several dozen stark eyed men manning the forward curve of the trench. He has little time to wonder what will happen next.
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The young Staff Officer stops at a bend in the trench.
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The trench is deep as a grave; by crouching, both men keep their heads below the surrounding ground. Thick smoke rolls over their heads; we can't tell if it is day or night. From all around come sounds of battle, with the sporadic fire of muskets and the rumble of cannons; officers shout orders in the distance; wounded men nearby whimper for water and the officer leads Raoul by them as if they did not exist.
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INT. A BATTLEFIELD COMMAND TENT Raoul has just received orders from General Fromberge, who sits at a map table, Raoul salutes and follows a young staff officer from the tent. As Raoul leaves, the General withdraws from his leather field pouch a royal letter -- parchment, with blue and gold seals. Fromberge touches the edge of the parchment to the candle, and burns the letter... EXT. TRENCH - DARKNESS Two men move along a deep trench, the siege works of 17th century siege warfare. One of the men is Raoul, carrying a musket; in his new uniform he looks out of place among the dirty, battle weary men they pass. He is following the STAFF OFFICER who is no older than himself, but whose eyes are already dead, while Raoul's are wide and wild.
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As captain, it was my job to get them all out of the trenches.
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