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a key to running a successful business is recognizing opportunities were others
might not
with Maddy I could still be getting business advice which I don't need
when instead I saw an opportunity to help her and I grabbed it and if all this
inspires her to email Jane Fairfax about all the good I'm doing
I'm certainly not gonna stop her the heart of what I do is helping people reach
their fullest potential
and Maddy is selling herself short with my help Maddy is gonna be operating at a
completely different level
no stratosphere Maddy Bates, meet your new potential
explain it to me one more time
too much creative for your business brain Snarky Knightley?
we are going to throw a high-profile fundraiser with a celebrity guest
ostensibly put on by Bates' financial services there Maddy will mix and mingle with an elite
potential clientele
and pick up new clients that can afford to pay her in money not melons
- okay but what cause is the fundraiser for? - no idea
- and where will be held? -no idea
- who is the celebrity guest? - no idea
- isn't this a great plan? - 'great' is not the adjective that popped into my head
listen this is not that difficult the details will all work themselves out
anyone who is anyone in the business community will be there
the world won't have seen a party like this since Great Gatsby and we'll be making Maddy Bates' life
- infinitely better - one last question
- how is this fundraiser being funded? - again with the details
we are killing two birds with one stone here, the fundraiser doubles as our business
building cocktail party
Harriet is putting together the guest list right now and she's already put a
placeholder on the Coles' Ranch as a location
but I know we can find some are so much better
Harriet, bring that list of people to invite to the fundraiser. Harriet?
I have to back you call, Emma
Hey, Harriet.
No!
Martin. What are you doing here?
Alex called me in. Can I sit?
His computer was
stuck on startup so I just did a safe boot and ran disk utilities -
utility, disk utility is the name of the program you know it's not
important, it's fixed now
- that's really good to hear - how is everything?
- Great. - Good.
- And Emma's computer? - Oh, it's really good. It hasn't had any problems
since you fixed the sound. - uh, great
- and yours? how's it doing? - it's okay
uh the PowerPoint crashed the day but
I restarted it like you told me to and it's working great
You always were a quick learner
Mind if I take a look?
Of course. I mean, of course not.
- hey, you changed your desktop picture. - I did
- it's my favorite scene from Mary Poppins - yeah, the penguins it's great
have you seen the musical?/Do you have any poker games...
Sorry
I'm sorry, you were saying?
I'll was just wondering if you're still playing poker
actually I have a tournament next week
- Oh, what's the prize? - beef jerky.
yeah, between that and the nacho cheese I'm going to have a lot of
snack foods to sh-
anyway, your
system looks beautiful you know as far as computers go
- oh good - I should get back to work
thank you
for your help
you know what, before I forget make sure you backup your files regularly
don't want to lose anything important to you
Thanks, I will.
- Let me go! - Emma, everything is fine he's
just here to fix her computer okay you don't have to save Harriet from Martin
- says you. What is he doing here? - he's our IT guy and my computer froze thus
I called him to repair it
- Do you have any idea what you've done? - Yes, I got my computer fixed thank you for your
concern
Alex this is going to set my work back with Harriet months, how could you do this?
Do you mean to tell me that I can never call our IT guy to fix and IT problem ever again?
- is that really what you're saying? - No, but why'd you have to call that one?
whatever objections you have to Martin as unfounded as they are he's a solid
- IT person -I see what you doing, Alex Knightley
- and I don't like it - what am I doing?
you're trying to get them back together again
and it's not going to work
- that's funny that's really funny - no, it's not
yes, it is, because it just shows how your mind works
that is something right out of the Emma Woodhouse playbook but it's not in mine
Okay, your computer was broken? Prove it.
I can't prove it because my computer is fixed because Martin is good at his job
if you don't mind we should really get back to ours
- fine - fine
-fine -fine
stay
- Are you okay? - I think so.
- It was just so weird seeing him again - weird is normal the important thing is that
its over you never have to have your first run in with him anymore because you
already did it
it's out of the way
- He was nice. Nicer than I thought he'd be. - Did you expect him to be mean?
Maybe. I guess I thought he would be mad at me.
No one could ever be mad at you for doing the right thing the takeaway here
is that he is fine
B-Mart is doing great on his own and so are you. Now you know that for sure you can
move on
He noticed I changed my desktop photo
people who work in IT tend to be observant
the best thing for you to do is to focus on something else
- and we have plenty to focus on - Oh right, the benefit. I completely forgot.
yeah and there's still a ton of work to do. Alex was asking about our list, so we better something
impressive to show him
- the bigger the better - Right away, Emma.
He told me to be sure I back up all my files. Do you think that means anything?
I wouldn't read too much into that. Good luck with the research.
Poor, poor Harriet. Just when she was starting to feel like herself again Alex had to go and
bring B-Mart back into the picture
Why would he do that? Men can be so insensitive.
Of course she's going to spend some time processing but if I can just get her to
focus on what we have to do, she'll be fine.
We don't have time to worry about men Maddy Bates needs our help
Maybe at the benefit Harriet will meet someone who will make her forget all about
B-Mart and State Senator Scumbag
Harriet Smith and Maddy Bates meet your new potential