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Daniel
throws his cards down. Mike stays. Conan goes in.
John
Conan what do you have?
Conan
Flush!
Conan
places his cards down, a mix of hearts and diamonds. John throws his
cards at Conan.
John
That's not flush. See this hearts picture and the diamond picture?
They have to be all the same. You need to learn how to play
Slight
pause, as the cards are packed away.
Mike
(Analytically) Dan what made you think about kidnapping?
Daniel
I didn't think of kidnapping, John did
Mike
(Analytically) John what made you think of kidnapping?
John
I wasn't talking about kidnapping I was talking about stealing kids.
Mike
(Analytically) Isn't that the same thing?
John
No, ah, well yes sort of.... why?
Mike
John, imagine you are a Thai Police Officer investigating a
Millionaires daughters kidnapping. Who would you suspect? Who would
you question? Friends, enemies, neighbours, people he is in contact
with that know he has money, maybe Mafia. But would you as a Thai
Police Officer suspect Falang? No - they are just backpackers and
tourists.
John
Yeah, that's a good idea, no one would suspect foreigners
Daniel
That could work, but where would you hide her?
John
Here for example, it's quiet, Conan scared off the neighbours, no one
would notice. The only question is how would you kidnap her? You
couldn't just walk down the street and grab her, even if you could
you would not get away in Bangkok traffic
Daniel
Maybe you could follow her, and grab her and put her to sleep with
Chloroform when the area was clear
Mike
Yes, but what if she had bodyguards?
John
I could wait in the womens toilets and grab her when she wasn't
looking
Daniel
Weren't you arrested for doing that last year?
John
Who told you?
Daniel
looks at Conan.
John
It was a mistake, it was all a big misunderstanding.
Conan
We could put the bodyguards to sleep too
John
What? Are you going to imitate King Kong and throw a huge barrel of
chloroform through the window at night?
Conan
No that wouldn't work, there would not be enough molecules per
millilitre of air to overpower their respiratory system, to attain an
even concentration throughout the enclosed system we would have to
inject the gas via multiple smaller insertion points, such as the air
conditioning units.
The
other boys go quiet, even John looks at Conan in complete amazement.
They stare at him silently.
Conan
What? I saw it on discovery channel.
Mike
(Excited) That could actually work!
(Thinking out loud) We just need to go to the house, we could put gas
in the air conditioning, wait till everyone goes to sleep, carry her
out and demand the ransom.
Daniel
What house? Which house are you talking about?
Mike
pulls out some photos of a house and some photos of a girl
Mike
Lad Prao Soi 80
Her house, her name is Pooh (Jeffrey). She returned to Thailand from
studying in America. She has a 10pm curfew every night. She is
the daughter of a billionaire industrialist based in Bangkok.
Kidnapping her we could demand any ransom we want.
Everyone
is quiet, looking at Mike, they realise this isn't a joke. Mike is
serious.
Conan
Wow, you figured that all out just now?
The
expressions on the boys faces remains the same but they now look at
Conan.
Mike
All we need now is a car, knock out gas and gas masks.
Daniel
Are you serious? You're not joking are you?
Mike
I am not joking, w can do this
John
Yeah, we can. I have connections for the gas and masks. We can use
Conans van
Mike,
puts his hand into the middle of the table, followed by the others as
they agree.
Mike
I'm in
John
Count me in
Daniel
Wait, that's criminal
John
Oh, that's rich – coming from a pickpocket. We are not talking
about your 10 Baht mini thefts here we are talking about 10 million
Baht
Daniel
(Reluctantly reaches in) OK
Everyone
now looks at Conan, who is eagerly studying his cards again
John
Conan!
Conan
What?
John
Are you in?
Conan
In what?
John
The kidnapping
Conan
What kidnapping?
John
Just put your hand in
Conan
(Reaching in) OK
Cut to:
Preparation
Ext.
Mechanics Garage
Conan is standing outside a garage talking to a dwarf mechanic.
Conan
Where's
my van, you said it'd be ready today
Mechanic
(In
bad English) It not work, it not finish, two more day, many work
Conan
Oh no,
I need it today, or John's going to be really angry
Mechanic
You
can borrow my car, it's very special to me so don't hurt it
Conan
Cool
Cut to:
Int.
Ladyboys room
John calls up his assistant, the Ladyboy
Shot of the Ladyboy talking on the phone, in the background the
German Backpacker is tied up wearing gay style leathers and a ball
strapped in his mouth. He struggles but the struggles are futile. He
tries screaming
Ladyboy
Hello
John
Hi, I
want you to get me in a special order... what's that noise?
Ladyboy
What noise?
German Backpacker
Muffled
yells
John
That
noise
Ladyboy
That's the TV or something
John
Well,
turn it off
Ladyboy picks up something
hard nearby and throws it at the German Backpacker, hitting him in
the head knocking him out and silencing him
Ladyboy
Now
what do you want, it's my day off
John
It's
not your day off, you called in sick
Ladyboy
Same
thing. Hurry up I'm busy
John
I want
six 5 litre bottles of gaseous chloroform and four gas masks. I need
it today, I'll pick it up at your place at 10 tonight
Ladyboy
OK, I'll leave it
downstairs in the garage
She looks over to the German Tourist who is regaining
consciousness
Ladyboy
I'll
be very busy tonight
German Tourist
MUFFLED SCREAM eyes wide in terror
Cut to:
Meeting Point
Ext.
Night. Street
Everyone is waiting for Conan to turn up with his Van.
Conan turns up in an old mini.
Mike is furious
While the guys talk Daniel checks out the car, everything squeaks,
nothing seems to be in order, pieces fall off as he checks it.
Mike
What is this, you were
supposed to get a car not a shopping trolley
Conan
(Confused)
It is a car
Mike
Oh
god, can you believe that guy?
John
Relax,
let me handle Conan.
John
Conan, where is the van
Conan
Not here
John
I can see that but where is
it?
Conan
The
van is in the garage still. The mechanic lent me his car – he said
it's special
John
Conan,
how are we going to fit five people and all the gear into that car.
Conan
Counts
the guys, what five people John, there are only four of us
John
The
girl
Conan
What
girl?
John
The
girl we are going to kidnap
Conan
Oh,
that girl, I forgot about her
Mike
Forget
about her, how could you possible forget about her?
John
No!
Conan No! Don't tell us how you forgot
Conan
But...
John
No.
Get in the car.
(Turning
to Mike) Believe me you don't want to go there.
They get in the car and travel to the mansion
Cut to:
The Kidnapping
Ext.
Night. Outside Mansion Wall – On Street
The mini pulls up in front of a big mansion with huge gardens and
an external wall 6' high. Expensive cars are parked in the driveway.
Mike
We'll
take care of the external guards, bring the stuff over in 5 minutes
John
Wait!
How will we know when you are ready?
Mike
I'll
send you an SMS
John
Oh,
that's very professional
Mike and Daniel jump the wall and enter the gardens.
John and Conan get out and start organising the gas for the air
conditioning system.
Ext.
Night. Outside Mansion – In Gardens
Cut Scenes: 4 guards
getting knocked out, strangling, kick from behind, etc.
Ext.
Night. Mansion Air Conditioning
John and Conan are under a window,
just finishing fitting the last gas tank to the air conditioning
unit. Mike and Daniel arrive. They look at the air conditioning unit
sucking the gas into the house.
Through the window a maid is inside the house going about cleaning
the room, others can be seen going about their chores in the house.
John and Conan are looking through the window, watching the inside of
the house.
Cut to:
Int.
Maids Cleaning Room
The room the maid is cleaning is full of expensive furniture, she
is dusting and doing a little dance as she dusts. In the background
we can see Conan and Johns faces pressed up against the window
They sit there looking through the window and watch.
Nothing happens for about 20 seconds, their expressions change
from excitement to puzzled to bored, finally they look at each other
and shrug, they look back with sad looks on their faces.
The maid looks over to the window and sees them, then she maid
passes out, falling in a heap.
Cut to:
Int.
Bodyguards Room
Plain room with a punch cloak on one wall and jackets hanging on
pegs near the door. A plain wooden table and chairs
Four Bodyguards playing cards as they play they nod off to sleep
on the table
Cut to:
Int.
Kitchen
Professional kitchen, many utensils lining the walls, one chef has
a large knife and is chopping up vegetables on a chopping block, the
other is cooking.
They nod off to sleep and fall to the ground, the one with the
knife holds it as he passes out
Cut to:
Int.
Jeffreys Office In Mansion
Lavish office with a computer at the desk and an intercom on the
desk
Jeffrey sitting at his computer slowly nods off to sleep
Cut to:
Ext.
Night. Close Up Mobile Phone
John sends SMS to Mike - “Go Now”
Cut to:
Int.
The Mansion Entrance
Thai style traditional furniture, obviously a wealthy owner,
paintings on the walls, etc.
Mike
You
two check the floor, we'll check upstairs.
Mike and Daniel run up the
stairs.
John starts looking around
in the background we see Conan picking up the butler and walking off
screen.
John notices as he leaves
John
Where
are you going?
Conan laughs
Int.
Maids Cleaning Room
Conan carries the
unconscious butler into the room with the maid and lays him down next
to her, he then starts to rearrange them into a loving embrace.
John walks in, looks at
what Conan is doing.
Conan is laughing
John
Stop
fooling around man, we have a job to do.
John slaps Conan in the
back of the head.
Conan gets up and moves
off.
John pauses, looks at the
unconscious “couple”, bends down and picks up the butlers hand
and places it on the maids breast. Then follows Conan.
Cut to:
Int.
Poohs Bedroom
A bedroom, luxurious big bed, expensive bedroom furniture, very
tidy.
Daniel opens the door, looks in and enters. He falls in love at
sight with the girl, shot of his face showing this. Daniel walks in
slowly his gaze transfixed upon the face of the sleeping girl.
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