Wine Mama (22)-Meetings And Beatings

Kirk Carter@ WGA Copyright 2013

WINE MAMA (22)

MEETINGS AND BEATINGS

EXT: FAIRFIELD VINEYARDS-GUARD GATE ENTRANCE-11:30 AM

JOHN HEINZ PULLING UP TO GUARD GATE IN RENTED MUSTANG

GUARD COMES UP TO JOHN'S WINDOW

GUARD

"Yes, can I help you?"

JOHN

"Yes sir, I'd like to see John Grey, old friend of mine, kind of unannounced?"

GUARD

"I remember you Mister Heinz, let me buzz him and let him know your here!"

GUARD ON PHONE TO JOHN GREY'S OFFICE

JOHN GREY 

"Yea Pete, what'cha got?"

GUARD

"Mister Heinz is here...says he wants to pay you a visit, are you busy?"

GREY

"By all means...tell him to come on up."

GUARD

"Okay, I'm sending him..."

JOHN HEINZ

"Is he busy?"

GUARD

"No, not for an old friend...park over there and go on up through the manager's entrance."

INT: FAIRFIELD VINEYARDS-OUTSIDE JOHN GREY"S OFFICE DOOR

HEINZ KNOCKING

GREY

"Come on in!"

WALKING IN HE SEE'S SIX BIG MUSCULAR GUYS HOLDING CURVED STICKS MADE OUT OF WINE BARREL SLATS, ALL STANDING BESIDE GREY'S DESK

GREY

How nice of you to pay me a visit...what in the world can I possibly help you with today?"

LONG QUIET PAUSE, AS HEINZ FUMBLES AROUND IN HIS POCKET FOR POSITION OF THE GUN, GETTING FRUSTRATED, LOSING FOCUS

HEINZ

"Well I, uh...was thinking about another business deal we might be able to close on..."

GREY LAUGHING

GREY

"Business deal...what kind of whacked idea have you come up with now?"

HEINZ

"Well, I just though we..."

GREY

"You just thought we what...my friend, there is nothing to talk about!"

TWO OF THE GUYS WALK OVER BEHIND HEINZ, BLOCKING ENTRANCE DOOR

HEINZ

"Hey look...there's plenty of coins to go around...I could, I could even get the boys here in on the action...that's if they would be interested?"

GREY

"No, I've got a deal for you...you leave town...disperse, just vanish as fast as you can, and maybe...no guarantees here, but just maybe you live...like I said maybe, cause I get these mood swings...hey guy's, tell him how old John Grey gets his mood swings huh, I get bitchy...like a woman...ain't that right?

ALL THE GUYS SHAKING THEIR HEADS AND LAUGHING

HEINZ

"So, no deal on anything...man, my house is here, all my businesses are here, where do I go?"

GREY

"I don't give a flying shit where you go, just do like a magician, snap those fingers and vanish...you hear me...nobody says nothing, nobody knows nothing, you just danced your sorry ass off into the sunset, and we all live another day, ha...sounds like heaven to me!"

HEINZ

"Alright John, I can do that...I'll get started on that, right now...ah would you mind telling your boys to get away from the door?"

GREY

"Sure kid, gentlemen, gentlemen, please let the nice man exit the premises."

AS THEY MOVE AWAY FROM THE DOOR, HEINZ OPENS IT

NOW PARTIALLY OUT IN THE HALLWAY HE SUDDENLY TURNS COMPLETELY AROUND, PULLING GUN OUT OF COAT, AIMS AND TAKES SHOT AT GREY, HITTING ONE OF THE BOYS ON THE ARM, GREY PULLS HIS GUN, RETURNING FIRE, HITTING HEINZ IN THE KNEECAP, FALLING TO THE FLOOR

THE BOYS SLOWLY WALK OUT, ENCIRCLING WHERE HEINZ IS LAYING WHERE THEY NEARLY BEAT HIM TO DEATH WITH THE CURVED WINE SLATS

(30 minutes later)

SHOWING WRECKER TRUCK TAKING MUSTANG AWAY

AMBULANCE TAKING HEINZ AWAY

OFFICER TOMPKINS TALKING TO JOHN GREY

OFFICER TOMPKINS

"Well, we've been trying to keep track of this guy since he made bail this morning, but he slipped on us...however we did recover a sixty-eight Luger with an extra box of ammo...and gees he's already up on conspiracy to commit murder, now attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon...and assuming he even lives through tonight, the judge will be revoking his bail, and well...he's in a whole mess of trouble..."

GREY

"Well sir, thank you for all your help...he's definitely troubled, a real mad man, hope they can get him some counseling...guess he got rich with that computer nonsense so fast, guy just cracked."

OFFICER TOMPKINS

"Oh yea, I see a lot of that up here...running around getting greedy...thinking they're better than anybody else..."

GREY

"And...hey, I'd like to thank the boys...lucky for me, they were just coming down the hall from a prayer meeting, heard the commotion, and came in to save the old man, thanks guys!

ALL OF THE BOYS TALKING AT ONCE

"No problem boss...anytime you need us...glad your okay!"

(2 Hours Later)

INT: ROBERT CYNCL'S ESTATE-MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA-1:30 PM

CYNCL SITTING IN HIS CENTRAL OPERATION COMPUTER ROOM WATCHING NEW "YOU TUBE" VIDEOS AS THEY COME ON LINE, NURSING A COCKTAIL, SEE'S A VIDEO CALLED "ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AT FAIRFIELD VINEYARD IN MODESTO THWARTED BY EMPLOYEES"

CYNCL RECOGNIZES  BLOODIED MASS AS HIS ASSISTANT JOHN HEINZ

THROWS HIS DRINK AGAINST THE WALL, TALKING TO HIMSELF

CYNCL

"Fuck...I swear...you can't get anything done around here!"

TURNS OVER TO "TWITTER" FEEDS

FULL OF BALLOONS RELATING TO INCIDENT

SEE'S A STATEMENT THAT AN APB HAS BEEN PLACED FOR HIMSELF

JUMPS UP, GOES TO CLOSET AND STARTS PACKING BAGS

CALLS UP HIS SECRETARY

CYNCL

"Hey Jill, it's Robert...ah I need to get together a jet and a crew together for a late meeting in Vancouver  could you be a sweet and get that together for me?"

JILL

"Yes sir Mister Cyncl...oh, where will you be staying?"

CYNCL

"Oh, at an associates house, estate, big place...just doing some business, that's all!"

JILL

"Did you want one of the Grumman's from the Google fleet or what?"

CYNCL

"No, no...don't want any of the corporate stuff, just some personal business...ah, just grab me a charter, say in about two hours from Mountain View Executive Terminal?"

JILL

"Sure thing Mister Cyncl, I'll call you right back after confirmation."

CYNCL

"Oh Jill, your the best, thanks!"

(scene switch)

INT: GATOR TAIL RESTAURANT-BRIAN'S OFFICE-2 PM

JOHN HYATT-BRIAN'S GENERAL MANAGER, WALKS INTO BRIAN'S OFFICE

JOHN

"Hey boss, you won't believe who's here to see you?"

BRIAN

"Let me guess...it's Papa Bear, looking for Mama Bear and the cubs?"

JOHN

"No, no...it's you old business buddy from L.A...James, James Cannon!"

BRIAN

"Well hell, bring his ass back here!"

JOHN

"I'll go get him boss!"

JAMES WALKING IN, THEY EMBRACE

BRIAN

"Well, look who the cat dragged in...what's going on with you?"

JAMES

"Ya know...still trying to get the club thing going in L.A., but man, you kinda ran off on me!"

BRIAN

"Well, I thought we were on the same page with all this...I cancelled the LLC and the corporate to save the tax fee that was coming up, what was I to do next?"

JAMES

"Yea, but we didn't know where you went?"

BRIAN

"Like I said...investments on club's are tight...I tried all the avenues, every angle, everybody I could interest, hold down long enough to give the business model to and nothing...so I took the little money I'd been saving up, found this old Marie Callender's, made them a five year equity deal with the property, found a use'd liquor license, and thought I'd try my luck up here!"

JAMES

Yea man, got yourself quite an operation here...that big Gator Tail sign with that big flopping tail...that's off the hook man...looks like you doing good!"

BRIAN

"Well, it get's better...took some of the profits, heh...remember that idea we had to make Port Vodka for the club?"

JAMES

"Yea, but you said they all those new rules and stuff..."

BRIAN

"Yea, there was all kinds of shit I didn't know about...like you could produce Port, but only if you grandfathered license to do it...I mean, forget about the distilling part, just the basic fermentation, and then there was the lack of grapes, I mean these people have bidding wars just over the surplus, and that's assuming they anything left to bid on...it's really crazy up here!"

JAMES

"So they only have so much to go around, they only grow so much?"

BRIAN

"Exactly, so I heard about these vineyard auctions, went to this one here in town, found this girl, a recent widower, who had inherited this little thirty-five acre property, but couldn't afford the taxes, was already facing a Sheriff's lien...so I came up, unannounced, paid her tax bill, and took half ownership of the vineyard...pretty cool huh?"

JAMES

"So, you got plenty of grapes now?"

BRIAN

"Not exactly...got lots of work to do...but I get along great with her, but there's been a lot of bumps and jealous greed freaks around trying to get into our shit, but I figure with about eight, maybe ten months, we might have something to get the juice going, just have to wait and see...let me put it this way, I think we could harvest about fifteen-hundred bushels, and I'll have enough cash to expand operations down south toward L.A. and be in a position to help you out!"

JAMES

"Yea man...we'll be ready...see we were thinking that you just gave up and chickened out out or something?"

BRIAN

"No man, just be patient...it will all be good, hey...where are you staying?"

JAMES

"No, I ain't got nowhere yet, wasn't sure if I was going to even find you up here...didn't know if I was sticking around or what?"

BRIAN

"Tell you what, let's go over to my place...it's just up the road...got a nice guest bedroom there, you can hang out there...come on, I'll take you over there now, later on I'll take you over and show you the vineyards and you can meet my other half tomorrow, kind of a long story there, hold on." 

JAMES

"Sounds like a plan...man it sure is good to see you again...you know?"

BRIAN ON INTERCOM TO JOHN

BRIAN

"Hey John, keep your eyes on things, I'm going to show my buddy around..."

JOHN

"Got ya boss!"

BRIAN

"Come on James, your gonna trip out on Modesto..."

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