BIG SMILES.

AWESOME.

OH, ONE MORE FOR ALEX, OK?

[KNOCK]

EVERYONE'S WAITING.

WITH YOUR PARENTS' TRAGIC PASSING,

YOU AND YOUR SISTER JULIE

EACH OWN FIFTY PERCENT OF SHELBY ENGINEERING.

ALEX ACCORDING TO YOUR FATHER'S WILL,

YOU ARE THE NEW CEO.

YOU'LL EACH HAVE TO SIGN THESE DOCUMENTS

SO YOU CAN TAKE YOUR POSITION IN THE CORPORATION.

CLAY IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS.

AND I'M STAYING ON AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE.

AND JENNY WHO WAS YOUR DAD'S EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

IS NOW YOURS.

YOU'VE WORKED FOR MY FATHER FOR A LONG TIME.

DO YOU THINK I CAN RUN THIS COMPANY?

DEPENDS.

ARE YOU WILLING TO LEAD?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

TO LEAD YOU HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS,

BE WILLING TO SET THE AGENDA,

TO CONFRONT UNCOMFORTABLE SITU--

I HAVE NO EXPERIENCE.

ALEX.

LEADERSHIP IS A DECISION.

YOU JUST HAVE TO DECIDE TO LEAD.

GOD WILL GIVE YOU THE COURAGE...

I'LL GIVE YOU THE PEN.

CLARK PUT THIS ON THE TABLE QUICKLY.

OK.

AND DON'T SPILL.

YES, SIR.

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

OH, I AM SO SORRY.

SOMEONE LEFT THREE TRAYS OF SALMON BACK AT THE RESTAURANT.

I HAVE TO GO BACK.

WELL WHO IS GOING TO HELP ME WITH THE SALADS?

HEY GUYS, WE HAVE AN ISSUE.

CLARK--

WHAT?

DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS?

YEAH, THAT'S THE GUY WHO I SPILLED PUNCH ON.

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

WHERE IS MY BROTHER?

OH, UH, IT'S OK, I'M SURE HE GOING TO BE HERE.

HERE, LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT.

HAVE YOU EVER MADE SALAD BEFORE?

THESE ARE THE HANDS OF AN ARTIST.

HOW HARD COULD IT BE?

WHAT DO I DO AGAIN?

JUST KIDDING.

JUST GET OUT THERE AND GET DONE BEFORE THE LIGHTS COME BACK ON.

OK, BE CAREFUL.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE ANNUAL MEETING

FOR SHELBY ENGINEERING.

[APPLAUSE]

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW TONIGHT

I'M JOHN GRAME VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE.

IT'S BEEN A ROUGH LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS

HERE AT SHELBY ENGINEERING.

EVEN THOUGH OUR FOUNDER NORMAN SHELBY

AND HIS LOVELY WIFE SUSAN WERE TRAGICALLY KILLED,

WE KNOW THAT THEY WOULD WANT US TO CARRY ON.

NORMAN AND I PUT TOGETHER A VIDEO,

OH, A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK ON THE BIG SCREENS.

JOIN ME.

[MUSIC]

SO THIS IS OUR STORY.

WE STARTED SHELBY ENGINEERING A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.

I HAD BEEN WORKING AS A SUBCONTRACTOR--

WHERE IS THIS ALEXANDER SHELBY?

I WAS SURE HOPING TO MEET HIM TONIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE?

BECAUSE I WENT ONLINE TO LOOK FOR HIS PICTURE

AND I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING.

BUT, I HEARD THAT HE'S CUTE.

AND NOW HE'S RICH.

EXCUSE ME.

AND HE'S IN NEED OF FAMILY.

UM, HUM.

UM, WHERE'S MY STRAWBERRY?

HELLO.

I DON'T HAVE ONE.

HERE YOU CAN HAVE MINE.

OK, THANK YOU.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE COULD ACTUALLY PULL IT OFF.

TURNS OUT THAT I HAVE MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS--

IT MUST BE DIFFICULT FOR HIM

AFTER HIS PARENTS DIED SO TRAGICALLY.

REMEMBER HOW HARD IT WAS FOR US.

THANKS.

THANK YOU.

BEFORE WE KNEW IT,

WE WERE DOING THESE HUGE CORPORATE BUILDINGS.

NOW OUR SMALL PROJECTS--

HERE YOU GO.

YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE GIVING A SPEECH!

IF I WAS GIVING A SPEECH YOU WOULDN'T GET YOUR SALAD.

WE BUILT OUR MAIN OFFICE IN UPSTATE NEW YORK NEAR OUR RANCH.

THEN, AS WE BEGAN TO PICK UP MORE CONTRACTS IN MANHATTAN

WE STARTED RENTED OFFICE SPACE IN NEW YORK CITY.

SINCE THE MAIN OFFICE IS ONLY ABOUT THREE HOURS AWAY

FROM THE MANHATTAN OFFICE,

I CAN DIVIDE MY TIME BETWEEN BOTH PLACES...

THOUGH I STILL PREFER TO WORK OUT OF THE HOMETOWN SPACE.

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BUILD THINGS,

BUILD BUILDINGS, BUILD A COMPANY,

BUILD THE FUTURE.

[APPLAUSE]

WELL I KNOW YOU ARE ALL EXCITED

TO MEET OUR NEW PRESIDENT ALEX SHELBY,

BUT UNFORTUNATELY PRESSING RESPONSIBILITIES

HAS KEPT HIM AWAY TONIGHT.

WHEN I STARTED AT SHELBY ENGINEERING

28 YEARS AGO...

ALEXANDER TAYLOR SHELBY, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

DON'T WORRY I CAN EXPLAIN THIS.

JEFF, YOU HAVE BEEN A BAD INFLUENCE SINCE HIGH SCHOOL.

ANY MORE OF THIS AND YOU WON'T BE CATERING OUR NEXT EVENT.

NO, JULIE WAIT,

I RAN INTO A SERVER WITH PUNCH BEFORE THE EVENT.

YOU SHOULD HAVE COME OUT AFTER THE SALAD.

I KNOW, I KNOW,

BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AWKWARD.

NOT AS AWKWARD AS YOU NOT SHOWING UP

FOR THE ANNUAL BANQUET.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!

WE DROVE FOR THREE HOURS

AND HERE YOU ARE OUT HERE DRINKING!

AGAIN!

I TOLD YOU, IT'S A DOG AND PONY SHOW IN THERE.

I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THERE.

WHAT ABOUT SPENDING SOME TIME WITH ME?

WITH OUR SON?

HE'S FINE.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

HE'S NOT FINE!

LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF EXAMPLE YOU'RE SETTING FOR HIM.

I'LL BRING TWO BOWLS OF PUNCH.

HE'S FINE!

NO, THIS IS NO LIFE FOR HIM.

WHAT'S THAT?

I DON'T KNOW.

HE'S MY SON TOO.

YOU ARE NOT TAKING MY SON!

EASY BUDDY, EASY.

I THINK YOU'VE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK.

ARE YOU OK?

GET BACK TO CATERING.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.

YOU'RE NOT SOBER-MINDED RIGHT NOW.

LET ME GRAB YOU A CAB.

SO YOU WANT TO BE A HERO?

NO, I...

TROY, TROY, HONEY COME HERE.

TROY!

TROY, DADDY'S NOT NORMALLY LIKE THIS.

ALEX!

I'M SO SORRY.

WHAT HAPPENED?

ARE YOU OK?

YEAH, I THINK I BIT MY LIP.

YOU BIT YOUR LIP?

DO YOUR TEETH HAVE KNUCKLES?

TROUBLE SEEMS TO BE FINDING YOU ALL NIGHT.

MAYBE WE NEED TO RE-WRITE

OUR PROFESSIONAL WORKPLACE GUIDELINES.

NEXT TIME JUST STAY AWAY FROM THE GUY WITH THE PUNCH BOWL.

I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO GET UP THERE

AND GIVE THAT SPEECH ANYWAY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LEAD A COMPANY,

HOW TO PICK UP WHERE DAD LEFT OFF.