Breaking Barings | In the Pit | 2
British Scandal
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🗓️ 2 August 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
The losses in Nick Leeson’s secret account start to get out of hand. It means he needs to start taking even more risks.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Prime Members. You can listen to British scandal at free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:12.5 | Levine Ford, we're back for our second part of our journey into the state stiff-op-a-lit world of Britain's oldest bank. |
| 0:20.3 | I'm ready. I'm comfortable. Let's go. I'm telling you now, you're gonna feel less comfortable very quickly. |
| 0:27.2 | Oh no. Because of the story, I don't have any like horrible shocks. |
| 0:30.9 | Can I say what you can do? |
| 0:32.1 | I can take my shirt off. |
| 0:36.5 | Singapore Stock Exchange, October 1994. |
| 0:40.7 | It's 12.40 on a Thursday afternoon. |
| 0:43.9 | Nick Leeson runs across the trading floor. |
| 0:46.9 | He pushes past groups of traders, everyone shouting and jeering. |
| 0:51.4 | In the middle of the crowd, George Schu is arguing with an American from a rival bank. |
| 0:56.9 | Leeson needs to stop them before it comes to blows. |
| 1:00.0 | So George is the soggy, sick and creamcake face guy. |
| 1:03.8 | That's the one. But he's too late. |
| 1:06.2 | Leeson hears a sickening crunch as George Schu headbutts the American. |
| 1:10.8 | Blood splatters everywhere. |
| 1:12.5 | Okay, so George is also the Punchy Punchy-Punchy-Fighty-Fighty guy. |
| 1:16.0 | For a second, there's complete silence. |
| 1:18.6 | It's broken by the shafts of hundreds of angry traders. |
| 1:22.1 | It takes the best part of an hour to sort medical care and calm the other traders down. |
| 1:27.6 | Schu is the best trader he's got, but these fights need to stop. |
| 1:30.8 | They waste time and cost money. |
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