[Raylan tilts his head, face pinching a little. Sorry Kendall, he was trying to sort out the family order here.]
And Connor's from your daddy's.. first marriage, am I rememberin' that right? So you're firstborn from the second, you mean. [Which was fine. Still counted if you turned your head the right way.]
He told me something about being a CEO at a channel I'm not particularly familiar with, but- [Raylan snaps his finger and clicks with his mouth.] Royco. Roy Corporation. Shoulda put that one together sooner. So maybe that answer wasn't bullshit.
[ Whoops, again. Kendall makes a face of his own, glad that Connor wasn't here to hear that, but luckily the mention of CEO is enough to distract him from wallowing in guilt for too long. He snorts, disbelieving. ]
Okay. Well. I'm not gonna, like – open up his fucking soul to you, he's my brother. And I don't even know you.
[ But this is entry-level shit, he thinks, and it can probably be assumed with enough context anyway. ]
My dad was supposed to step down as CEO and chairman of the board, and I was gonna take over. But he didn't, he stayed in situ. Then he got sick, so I took over, and Rome was COO. Then my dad came back. A bunch of bullshit happened and I... uh, stepped away. For a while he was dangling it over my sister's head, and then I guess he got bored of her and started teasing Roman with it. Like, acting like he wants Rome to take over, but he doesn't. You know, the carrot and the stick, it's all pretty fuckin' textbook. My dad's a piece of shit. Last I remember Rome was still in his good books, but... maybe not, 'cause he remembers something different.
[Raylan opted to stay silent until Kendall was done. He seems like the kind of man that might react to silence, to fill it unnecessarily.]
At least that's more clear than tryin' to guess board positions. Sounds like y'all might be better off not workin' for your daddy but if that was something that you were gonna do, at y'alls age, you woulda done it already.
This all a dedication to the business itself or to your daddy's ideas of passin' it down to his Heir?
[He doubted they really cared about the business itself; it was too broad for someone to really be passionate about, but he wasn't ruling out the possibility.]
I believe in it. I think there's space for innovation in the sectors we're working with, we just need to modernise and restructure and cut out the shit that's weighing us down. [ That comes out practically rehearsed. ] But I don't know what Roman thinks. I think he's smart enough to make it work if he takes shit seriously, but I dunno how much he wants to do the... the grunt work, right? He's more into shortcutting by being dad's favourite. And then competency and passion and learning how to actually do the shit he'd be expected to do can come later, I guess.
Real shame there isn't a tv station or a paper for y'all to run here. Though - I dunno, a monthly paper ain't a terrible idea if printin' it wouldn't be such a pain in the ass.
[He wasn't being sarcastic.]
I'll be workin' with him about gettin' a job around here. Somethin' to break him into the idea of actual laborin'. He's gonna hate everything I suggest on principal, but I'd like to put him in somethin' where he's not, say, accidently tryin' to burn down the kitchens. Cookin' isn't a skill I'd guess him havin'.
[ Kendall can't help the slightly disbelieving tone of voice there – it's just weird to think that after all this innovation, after GoJo and Vaulter and trying to move past the dying industries of print and television journalism, there's a guy here telling him he should start a newspaper. But he files the idea away anyway, just in case, and presses out an amused snort as he turns his thoughts to the idea of Roman doing any kind of labor. ]
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lmao YES REMEMBER CONNOR b4 he tries to run for Prez again
[Roman had 'Hey look at me' and the 'you wait til I tell my father' kinda vibe going on.]
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Yeah. Like, firstborn, all that shit. Pretty rough.
[ That's two for two on accidentally trampling over Connor, whoops, and to make matter's worse this time he hasn't even noticed he did it. ]
Pretty hard to get out from under it all. I dunno if he told you much about the family business.
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And Connor's from your daddy's.. first marriage, am I rememberin' that right? So you're firstborn from the second, you mean. [Which was fine. Still counted if you turned your head the right way.]
He told me something about being a CEO at a channel I'm not particularly familiar with, but- [Raylan snaps his finger and clicks with his mouth.] Royco. Roy Corporation. Shoulda put that one together sooner. So maybe that answer wasn't bullshit.
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He's not the CEO.
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What's his job title? What's yours?
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And now that I'm his warden, that's what I'm interested in. What's important to him.
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[ But this is entry-level shit, he thinks, and it can probably be assumed with enough context anyway. ]
My dad was supposed to step down as CEO and chairman of the board, and I was gonna take over. But he didn't, he stayed in situ. Then he got sick, so I took over, and Rome was COO. Then my dad came back. A bunch of bullshit happened and I... uh, stepped away. For a while he was dangling it over my sister's head, and then I guess he got bored of her and started teasing Roman with it. Like, acting like he wants Rome to take over, but he doesn't. You know, the carrot and the stick, it's all pretty fuckin' textbook. My dad's a piece of shit. Last I remember Rome was still in his good books, but... maybe not, 'cause he remembers something different.
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At least that's more clear than tryin' to guess board positions. Sounds like y'all might be better off not workin' for your daddy but if that was something that you were gonna do, at y'alls age, you woulda done it already.
This all a dedication to the business itself or to your daddy's ideas of passin' it down to his Heir?
[He doubted they really cared about the business itself; it was too broad for someone to really be passionate about, but he wasn't ruling out the possibility.]
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Real shame there isn't a tv station or a paper for y'all to run here. Though - I dunno, a monthly paper ain't a terrible idea if printin' it wouldn't be such a pain in the ass.
[He wasn't being sarcastic.]
I'll be workin' with him about gettin' a job around here. Somethin' to break him into the idea of actual laborin'. He's gonna hate everything I suggest on principal, but I'd like to put him in somethin' where he's not, say, accidently tryin' to burn down the kitchens. Cookin' isn't a skill I'd guess him havin'.
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[ Kendall can't help the slightly disbelieving tone of voice there – it's just weird to think that after all this innovation, after GoJo and Vaulter and trying to move past the dying industries of print and television journalism, there's a guy here telling him he should start a newspaper. But he files the idea away anyway, just in case, and presses out an amused snort as he turns his thoughts to the idea of Roman doing any kind of labor. ]
Yeah, he's not gonna like that at all.
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[Raylan was not aware of movies being made on iPhones but it was better than nothing. Work with the situation you had, right?]
That's fine. Almost half the point, honestly. I'm sure you'll hear about whatever I end up stickin' him with.