![]() It’s worse than surveillance.”īen seemed mollified, or at least calmed by Tess’s token respect. “You guys work longer days than anyone I know, and the tedium – I wouldn’t have the patience for it. “At any rate, I’ve seen enough of television production to know it’s not for me,” Tess said. ![]() He smacked his hands against the table as he spoke, creating a counterpoint to his still-dancing feet. Tess could see his point, although she was startled by Ben’s fervency on the topic. That was easy enough for Tess to believe. ![]() It’s not the idea behind Mann of Steel that got us a deal-” They don’t give you a patent for the idea, they give you a patent for the execution of the invention. “It’s the application of ideas that have value, even in the sciences. But here’s the thing that civilians don’t get – ideas are worthless.” Which, by the way, they believe is incredibly generous on their part, because their idea, as they’ll be the first to tell you, is a million-dollar idea. They just want to tell someone their idea and share the money, fifty-fifty. Of course, they don’t want to do the grubby work of actually writing it. “I bet at least half the people here think they have a television show or a movie inside them. “Then you’re the only one.” He flapped a hand at the people sitting around them, as if they were so many flies he’d like to swat.
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