this case, a "mole" is a spy, and Wildman’s "operation" is his business offices, where business deals are decided on. Wildman is in town. Something big is going down. A very slangy way of saying something important is going to happen. If the SEC found out, I could go to jail. That’s inside information, isn’t it? The SEC is the Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates the sale of stocks. "Inside information" is a key legal term which refers to information that is not allowed to be passed on by company executives or employees to others, since it could effect stock prices. Unless your father is on the board of directors of another company, you and I are going to have a very tough time doing business together. The "Board of Directors" of a company sets general policies for that company. If you have a "tough time" doing something, it is hard to do. I’m not talking about some $400,000 a year working Wall Street stiff flying first class. A "working stiff" is a slang term for a middle class guy who works hard to survive. For Gekko, $400,000 a year (in 1985!) was a small salary! I’m talking about liquid. Rich enough to have your own jet. $100,000,000 dollars. A player...or nothing. In this context, if a person is "liquid," they have so much money they can effect the future of entire companies. "A player" is that wealthy. You had what it took to get into my office; The question is if you have what it takes to stay there. If a person "has what it takes" to do something, they have the skill and determination to do it, even if it is extremely difficult. Bud begins to spy for Gekko, meets Darien at a party, and sees Gekko and Larry in a classic corporate raider’s battle. He had lunch at Les Circus with a group of well dressed heavy set bean counters. If a person is "heavy set," they are physically big. A "bean counter" is a slang term for an accountant, or a person who counts profits and losses. He later stopped off at Morgan, and from all the palm pressing going on, I’d say Larry got himself some nice fat financing. "Morgan Stanley" is a very big investment bank. "Palm pressing" is a silly way of referring to a handshake, and some nice "fat financing" is Bud’s way of referring to a large amount of investment money. Bright, but not bright enough, Sherlock. Let’s roll the dice and play a little monopoly. "Bright" is a common way of saying intelligent. "Sherlock" is a reference to Sherlock Holms, the fictional but very smart private detective. "Monopoly" is a famous board game in which players land on individual squares in hopes of buying the real estate they represent. What box will land in Eerie, Pennsylvania? An industrial town in Western Pennsylvania where Anacott Steel is located, which is the company that Wild
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