Jordan Belfort (00:33):
Five years ago when I started Stratton Oakmont with Donnie Azoff, I knew the day would eventually come where I'd have to be moving on. And it's truly with a heavy heart that I'm here to say that that day is finally here.
Crowd (00:50):
Oh, no.
(00:50)
Come on, no.
(00:50)
What? No.
Jordan Belfort (00:55):
I want to thank you all for your years of loyalty and admiration, but the point is this, under Donnie's leadership along with Nicky Koskoff and Robbie Feinberg moving into key management positions, this place, really is, it's going to be better than ever, that I promise you, okay?
(01:20)
This is Ellis Island here, people. I don't care who you are, where you're from, whether your relatives came over on the fucking Mayflower or an inner tube from Haiti, this right here is the land of opportunity. Stratton Oakmont is America.
(01:38)
All of you know Kimmy Belzer, right?
Crowd (01:40):
Yes, we do.
Kimmy Belzer (01:41):
Fuck you.
Jordan Belfort (01:43):
Come on, Kimmy. What you probably didn't know is Kimmy was one of the first brokers here, one of Stratton's original 20. Now most of you met Kimmy, the beautiful, sophisticated woman that she is today.
(01:56)
A woman that wears $3,000 Armani suits, who drives a brand new Mercedes-Benz. A woman who spends her winters in the Bahamas and her summers in the Hamptons. That's not the Kimmy that I met.
(02:16)
The Kimmy that I met didn't have two nickels to rub together. She was a single mom on the balls of her ass with an eight-year-old son. Okay? She was three months behind on her rent. And when she came to me and asked me for a job, she asked for a $5,000 advance just so she could pay her son's tuition.
(02:47)
What'd I do, Kimmy? Go on, tell them.
Kimmy Belzer (02:52):
You wrote me a check for $25,000.
Jordan Belfort (02:58):
That's right. And you know why that is? It's because I believed in you. It's because I believed in you, Kimmy. Just like I believe in each and every one of you here today.
Kimmy Belzer (03:20):
I fucking love you, Jordan.
Jordan Belfort (03:23):
I fucking love you.
Kimmy Belzer (03:24):
I fucking love you. I love you.
Jordan Belfort (03:24):
I fucking love you too. I fucking love you too. And I love all of you. I love all of you from the bottom of my heart. I mean that.
Crowd (03:47):
We love you too.
Jordan Belfort (03:48):
It's a shame you know, because for years I've been telling you guys never to take no for an answer, right? To keep pushing, to never hang up the phone until you get what you want, because you all deserve it.
(04:07)
You know this deal that I'm about to sign, borrowing me from the securities industry, borrowing me from Stratton, my home. What the fuck is that, you know? I'll tell you what it is it's me taking no for an answer. It's them, it's them selling me not the other way around. It's me being a hypocrite is what it is.
(04:44)
So you know what? I'm not leaving. I'm not leaving. I'm not fucking leaving. The show goes on. This is my home. They're going to need a fucking wrecking ball to take me out of here. They're going to need to send in the National Guard, a fucking SWAT team because I ain't going nowhere. Fuck them.
MUSIC (05:32):
(jungle theme)
Speaker 4 (05:32):
Johnny. Johnny, Johnny get back here. Hey, give me that. What is this? Drama of the jungle for Christ's sake.