bud comes in, distracted, punches into his quatron. teldar paper comes up.
bud's on the quotron and the phone; the word's spread around the office, he's landed gekko and brokers drop by his desk to get the lowdown.
bud silent, an intent look on his face, gazing up at the digital clock.  as it flicks to 9:30.  post time.
bud paces nervously at his desk, looking at his quotron. an stl appears on the screen, now up to 47. bud puts in another order.
on bud, eating a sandwich, eyes glued to the ticker. an stl has climbed to 48 3. 4. marv stalks by, shouting on the phone. bud looks away from the ticker, pretending to read a report. when marv disappears, bud hastily calls in at 49.
close on the office ticker -- as anacott steel hits 50.
papers and charts are strewn around, trailing down to a box of take-out pizza and empty beer bottles. bud has stayed late.
brokers mill at their desks quietly. bud enters, notices immediately the uneasy silence. his eyes go to lynch's office.  across the windows, he's talking to a very somber dan steeples.
bud, increasingly frazzled and determined, dark circles under his eyes paces with the phone.
bud walks in, a different, more serious look in his eye, purposeful. past carolyn and janet at the outer desk. they stop what they're doing and look up at him surprised.
bud hurries in, past marv on the phone with an irate customer.
bud on the phone, checking his quotron.
the quotron now climbs to 22 1. 8!
all the brokers have jumped into the action, avidly watching bluestar's stock climb on the broad tape. bud sweeps into the room and looks up at the board as the stock hits 22 7. 8.
bud switches lines from gekko to larry wildman.
bud scribbling an order ticket, replies on the other end.
he walks past carolyn the receptionist who is strangely mute.
as bud walks in, the camera glides to reveal the young sec investigator, who has been tracking buddy, going through his files. a second man, patterson, is standing behind the desk using the phone as a bored-looking 3rd man and policeman stand off to the side with hieronymus lynch, who gives bud a withering glance.
clicking of the broad tape grows louder. shots of lou mannheim, lynch, marv; silently looking up at the green fluorescent print-out.