Joy Meachum quotes from Iron Fist

Joy Meachum

You know, my brother's a very black-and-white kinda guy. Something's either true or it isn't. I'm a little more... open.

Danny

Meaning?

Joy

You look like Danny Rand. Danny Rand is dead. Maybe the truth is somewhere in between.

Danny

If you wish to hear the truth, hold no opinions. It's a Zen saying.

Joy

Danny sent all but the brown M&M's.

Ward

Is that supposed to mean something?

Joy

Yes! When we were kids... we would eat them together, all but the brown ones. Nobody would know that but Danny!

Ward

Joy, I'm sorry, but a bunch of M&M's doesn't prove anything.

Joy

It does! This is Danny, Ward. I have been in denial this whole time, but this is definite proof. We gotta get him out of that place. We've got to talk to him.

Joy

You know, in another life this would've been romantic.

Danny

In another life you wouldn't've drugged me and sent me to a mental hospital.

Joy

Fair enough.

Danny

We're friends. Can't we start acting like it?

Joy

So you came with a peace offering of oranges and flowers.

Danny

Yeah, it's a Buddhist tradition. It's meant to remind you of our bond. Kind of like the M&M's.

Danny

It's hard, really. Trying to get my head around all this.

Joy

This is not the time or the place.

Danny

You were like a brother to me. A terrible, jackass of a brother, but still, I looked up to you.

Ward

What does this have to do with anything?

Danny

I know you sent that guy. You were the only one with me the day I broke my arm.

Joy

What guy?

Ward

Why is this so important?

Danny

Do you hate me that much?

Ward

Yes! Because the Danny Rand I knew, he's dead and I want him to stay that way.

Ward

[resuming a meeting after Danny's entrance] Like I was saying, this anti-parasitic antimonial will have far-reaching effects. There are–

Danny

[aside] What is this?

Joy

Pricing strategy for a new drug we patented.

Ward

–this will hit markets in Africa, Asia, South and Central America, even Eastern Europe. These are all possible customers.

Joy

Which means we can make this in bulk, making the production price less than $5 a pill.

So we can sell for $50 per dosage. It'll fund new research and give a nice boost to our profit margin and pharmaceutical division.

Danny

Excuse me, but umm, how many people die from, what is it?

Ward

Leishmaniasis. If left untreated, the latest numbers show roughly 50,000 a year.

Danny

And we have the cure. We can save lives at 5 bucks a pill but you want to raise the price?

Ward

I know how this looks, but this is how business is done.

Danny

We should sell at cost.

Joy

That's... that's not how it works. This is normal business.

Danny

Then normal is not the best path to take. We can make our profits elsewhere.

Lawrence

Please Mr. Rand, we know how to do this. The World Health Organization will make most of the purchases and subsidize it for third-world countries. No one who needs this will be left untreated.

Danny

No one should make a profit off of the misery of others. It's wrong.

Danny

When I got to the monastery post-crash, I learned of a certain position. A powerful, important job and I wanted it.

Joy

Your dad always said to set your goals high.

Danny

Yeah. Everyone there, and I mean everyone, said there was no way a xiaoguilao like me could do it–

Joy

A xiaogui... what?

Danny

Yeah, uh it sort of means "an outsider". That's what they called me.

Joy

Sounds kinda mean.

Danny

Sort of cool too. Besides, it just made me want the job more.

Joy

Yeah, sure, I get that.

Danny

So, problem was I never thought through why I wanted this job. I mistook my stubborn will for a sense of destiny or something. I never counted the cost of what it would actually mean for my life.

Joy

You want to know the truth about that meeting? It was brutal, just looking at those people in the faces, knowing exactly what they were suffering from.

Ward

That's because you're a good person.

Joy

I don't feel like it.

Ward

Because you're also a good businesswomen, and that means you have to make hard decisions. You have to find a balance, and you do that better than most of us.

Ward

The suit against our Staten Island chemical plant has escalated rather quickly. I had hoped that Mr. Rand would be here to speak for his actions, but the concept of work hours is still foreign for him. However, we are a team and we need to support our colleague as he continues his transition back into this life and this company, so let us do what we do best, and save the day. I've carefully weighed our options, and after consulting with Joy, I've reached a conclusion: settling would be a mistake. Paying these people off admits there's something to hide when there isn't. This was an act of pure manipulation and I'm calling their bluff.

I think you might be letting right and wrong interfere with what's best for the company Ward.

Ward

Really, Lawrence? Are you willing to sacrifice $200,000,000 during one of the most challenging fiscal years this company has ever had?

The bad publicity could cost us even more in the long run! Can we honestly take that kind of risk?

Ward

We settle here, and suddenly everyone is knocking at the door, looking for a handout.

This looks bad.

They'll boycott our products.

Joy

If there's one thing we can all agree on, it's that my brother has never given us a reason to doubt him. Look at his track record, every decision has been impeccable. I may not always see it at the time, but he has never once failed this company. We can trust Ward, we can trust that this is a risk worth taking.

Danny

I know some of you aren't happy with me, and I know what you want me to do. But, I've made a decision. Until we can be sure it isn't causing illness, we're shutting down the Staten Island plant. We're also gonna keep everyone on payroll. That way no one loses their job.

Lawrence

Don't be a jackass Danny. This isn't the way business gets done. If your father were here–

Danny

But he isn't. And as far as I can tell, he's nowhere in this company. And believe me, I've spent most of the day looking. I know you all want me to back out on this, but my dad once told me: "If something is worth fighting for, you stand and you fight." So I'm standing.

Danny, you may have a voice on this board, but it's just a courtesy.

Lawrence

Don't expect anyone here to be listening to a kid who got his MBA from a Himalayan monastery.

Joy

Lawrence, you don't have to attack him. Danny's plan is–

Lawrence

The idiotic dream of a child.

Danny

Karen Page at The Bulletin seemed to like it.

What? You already went to the press?

Danny

She seems to think it's gonna make front page tomorrow. [Board members check the news on their phones, seeing an article authored by Karen about it] Listen, I know this isn't what you wanted, any of you. But if you look deep down at the better part of yourselves, you'll know we're doing the right thing.

Ward

What's this?

Joy

A way back.

Ward

[looks through pictures of the board members in compromising situations] Jesus... is this real?

Joy

Unfortunately. Half our board is either screwing the company or someone who is not their spouse.

Ward

You couldn't put this much dirt together overnight. Where'd you get this?

Joy

I hired a private investigator awhile ago to start digging. She's worth every penny, when she is sober.

Joy

I'm helping Dad free us from The Hand.

Ward

Jesus!

Joy

What?

Ward

He's using you, Joy.

Joy

He's not using me. I came up with the plan, he needs me. Ward, he needs us.

Ward

You need to get away from him, right now. You have no idea what you're up against here.

Joy

I know exactly what I'm up against, I've laid out everything The Hand's doing.

Ward

I'm not talking about them. I'm talking about Dad.

Joy

He needs us.

Ward

No. He's always been a bastard to me, ever since he came back from the dead. It's like... a piece of his soul got left in the grave. He will use you, hurt you, and throw you aside without a second thought.