Thursday, February 04, 2010

Dinero #13 Feb 3 2010: How not to start the first day at a new job!

We start off with Ale singing Rafa’s praises to her boss. He’s concerned that Rafa doesn’t have any experience selling cars. Ale reassures him that won’t be a problem. He replies I don’t doubt that as you will be responsible for him.

He encourages her as his trainer she can polish this Rock. Who knows it might just turn into a gem. Ale pulls one of her faces.

We are now in the showroom. Ramirez is informing Edgar that he has seen Lopez’s List of clients on Ales desk. Edgar wants him to copy this list. Ramirez is not buying that. He would rather be dressed up as a hamburger. (what?)

Now we have Isabel trying to finagle the same information from Susana. Ale sneaks up behind them and quickly puts an end to that game.

So now if there are any men out there watching this show, this is for you. We have Vicky posing in front of the mirror in very bright red underwear. She is giving herself a little pep talk. With this type of clothes and lots of love, nobody will be able to steal her man.

After holding several different little outfits in front of the mirror she decides to surprise Rafa with a phone call. Oops there’s a busy signal and a knock on the door.

Enter the Brothers Grimm. They start harassing her about them being hungry . Filepe snatches the phone out of her hand wanting to know who she’s calling. Of course getting fed is more important to them. They leave yelling at her to hurry. Poor Vicky is left alone looking sadly at her phone

Ale informs Susana that Beltran accepted having Rafa work at the Siglo. Susana doesn’t know whether she should congratulate her or give condolences. Ale says the condolences, as she is now going to spend the next few years in Hell.

Ale makes Susana promise that no one but her and Marco is to know that this criminal is working here. She agrees and tells Ale she will keep her company in this Hell. Susana asks Ale what happens if this guy can’t sell cars and can’t pay her back. She tells her not to worry, if that guy has to be here, he is going to pay her back everything.

Rafa walks into his living room and Vicky is on the sofa crying Rafa asks her whets wrong, Sniffing she tells him she is just leaving. She asks if he is going to start work tomorrow. Rafa answers yes and Vicky
Is bawling even harder. And she’s out the door.

Leonor chides Rafa, she says they know he didn’t ask Vicky to marry him. Rafa tells him he is just trying to do the right thing. Earn the money on his own. Pay his own debts. Julieta wonders if he knows what he is getting into by working for Ale.

They are concerned for him as he has always worked independently and never for a big corporation.
He understands their concern, but this accident has changed his life. He too is concerned if this doesn’t work out he will go back to jail.

Ale has now returned home greeted by her adoring fiancé Marco. She is relieved that the doctor took away her crutches and is now able to use a cane. She is lamenting her situation with having Rafa work for her. She even admits she falsified his resume. I sense a little remorse in her voice at having to lie and defraud her boss and co-workers.

Marco reassures her that is okay. What a moral man. She has to do what she needs to do . Ale makes Marco promise he wont tell her dad or her aunt that Rafa is working for her.

Ale is greeted by Azusana, informing her what is for supper. Marco has excused himself to go and greet the in-laws. Azusana informs Ale There is only enough for the three of them and she encourages Ale to get rid of Marco Ale says she’s not hungry and to not worry.

At the table we have Jorge informing Marco that there was someone to see the house and our “ can you guess the guys name” game is being played between Rosario and Jorge. Ale enters and puts an end to that. Marco informs her that they have a buyer for the House. Ale tells them they are not selling the house. She says she is working now and Rafa is also working so he will be able to pay them.

Jorge enquires if she is just saying this to ease their minds. They are reassured that this is not the case. Jorge states that he will call Filepe in the morning to inform him they are not selling the house. He is corrected by Rosario saying it is Carlos. Jorge state’s okay you call Carlos and I’ll call Filepe. (too funny)

Jorge is calling for Azucena to get some supper for Marcos. Azucena is behind Marcos waving wildly. Jorge wants to know what’s wrong, Azucena says their was a fly, and off she goes to get Marcos supper. Ale will go without.

Marco starts telling them about the embargo. Things are not going well. Rosario states she doesn’t have confidence in Chavez and Marco tells her not to worry he will take care of everything. (Huh huh)

Marco has a one track mind. He now tells them he has good news. Everything’s ready for him and Ale to get married next month. Ales jaw drops.

We also have talk about marriage at Rafa’s hose. He is telling Leonor that he can’t be thinking about getting married at this time. Leonor understands this but is concerned for Vicky. She states Vicky is worried that once he starts working that their relationship will end.

Back at Ale’s place Marco is upset that Ale wasn’t thrilled about his wedding plans. Ale is upset that he didn’t talk to her first, and that he wants the wedding in a month. They continue to argue. Ale wonders if this is what it is going to be like once they get married (I’m afraid so honey).

Marco pulls the wounded puppy card and questions if its because she doesn’t want to marry him. Ale reassures him that’s not the case. She states she’s not the same person. She’s broken, poor, in debt and facing another operation. She’s not ready to get married like that.

Marco is flaming mad and calls her egotistic. (Isn’t that like the donkey saying you have big ears). He rants on at her. Ale only pleading for time to reorganize her life. Marco gives her an ultimatum. If she loves him she will marry him next month. Otherwise its over. And he is out the door.

Morning has broken, and now we have Rafa at home getting a nice send off from mom and sister. He gives them lunch money and is out the door. He is running late and who should be around the corner but Vicky.

She feigns surprise at their meeting. She wants to know if he was going to leave without saying good bye. She is concerned that he is going to be working with beautiful women all day. She is either worried he will change and not want her or worried or that he will trade her for someone else. Didn’t get too much of that whole conversation.

She wants him to take her with him and introduce her to all her to all his work-mates as his girlfriend. He calls her crazy, back peddles and in the end is off without her, but not without one final kiss..

Ale is at Siglo, irate that Rafa hasn’t arrived yet. We flash to Rafa getting off the short green bus, dropping his attaché case and fumbling around. As if he wasn’t late enough he stops to chat with the janitor for a while.

Rosaura is late as well and asks Susana if Ale is there yet. She tells Rosaura to hurry to the meeting before Ale sees her. As Susana leaves Rosaura quickly glances at Rafas’ resume sitting out on the open table. She puts it down as Susana returns and scurries off.

She enters the meeting room and speculates to her co-workers the reason why Ale isn’t there yet. She’s waiting for her new salesmen. They enquire if it is a man or woman. She proceeds to give them the scoop as she “accidentally’ saw the resume on the table. There is much gossip going on about this new guy. Edgar says he cant begin to be as good as the man, pointing to his own picture, on the wall. Claudia wants to know what Rafas’ photo looked like.

The gossip is ended as Ale walks in the room. She looks weary and walks slowly to the front. Ismael wants to know if it is true that Lopez’s replacement starts today. She says yes, and he should be here.. Some one states that poor guy is off to a bad start. When Ale asks him what he said he sheepishly says “I feel bad and I am poor”.

Rafa finally tears himself away from the janitor and rushes inside. Ale is telling everyone they have to improve their sales. She wants sales and punctuality. At this moment in walks Rafa . This is not the way to make a good first impression. She sarcastically asks for applause for the replacement of Lopez as he looks like a deer caught in headlights.

All eyes are now on Rafa as he timidly smiles and waves. He shoots Ale a sheepish grin and she is not impressed.

He timidly greets everyone and Ale is having a small melt-down. Susana to the rescue. She tells Ale to take a breath, and she momentarily takes over and introduces Rafa to the group.

Ale resumes her role as leader and reminds Rafa the importance of punctuality. We have an exhausting speech from Ale about how they have to improve their sales. She signals out everyone there and tells them one by one how many sales she expects from each of them. As she approaches Claudia who is now standing we see Rafa almost falling out of his seat sneaking a peak at Claudia’s legs.

When she gets to Jimenez she tells him she wants him to sell 13 cars. He tells her that is an unlucky number. Okay she says then make it 14. As she walks back up front, Rafa has his hand in the air. Whistling to get her attention. That didn’t go over well. She yells at him to not whistle at her she is not some animal. She composes herself and says they will talk in the office.

The meeting is coming to an end and she states for the love we have for this company lets sing our hymn. Rafa stands and starts singing, what can only be the Mexican National Anthem. She screams at him and
says the hymn of the Auto Siglo. He begs her pardon, and she says for the last time.

They all stand and start singing. And furthermore this is an action song. Too funny.

We have one more Vicky scene with her pounding on Leonors’ door, bawling, He’s gone he’s gone.
Leonor assures her he will be back. She is crying and says she has a bad feeling that he’s gone for good. She says this job is a one way ticket. Leonor continues reassuring her and tells her he is probably trying to call her now. Vicky wipes her nose thinks about this for a second and she’s out the door.

Ale and Rafa are now in her office. She is yelling at him stating not only is he an assassin but irresponsible. He shows up late for work. He tries to apologize using the Tu form and she tells him not to tutear him. They are not equals. Rafa looks heartbroken at this. He gives her all his excuses for being late. She is not buying any of this.

She asks him if he has any experience working for a company. He tells her he is use to working alone. She makes fun of him as he tries to explain what he does She finally tells him if it wasn’t for the fact that she had to hire him because of all the grief he has caused her he would be out on the street.

More gossip from the crew about Rafa and why he was hired. Speculating that he may be an ex-boyfriend. Claudia doesn’t like that idea . They hope it is a boyfriend, and maybe she wont be so cranky anymore. Rosaura informs everyone she is going to take advantage of Susana’s absence form her office and steal the resume.

Ale tells Rafa she has a copy of his resume. He seems pleased with this and confesses he did it himself. She tells him not to be an idiot. She had to fix it up. It was if a school kid wrote it. She tells him to memorize it because from now on he is a different person. Rafa is impressed with all his new attributes. Ale is shaking her head and rolling her eyes

Rafa’s new co-workers are also singing his praises.. They are all looking over the resume that Rosaura took from Susana’s office, sizing up their new completion.

Ale is letting Rafa know what she expects from him. He has to sell more cars then anyone else so he can pay her what he owes him. The minimum is 28 cars. And at least 6 of them have to be trucks. Rafa is a little panicked at this. Not to worry. She hands him Lopez’s list of clients. Rafa pulls out his list of clients as Ale pops a pill. Ale asks if anyone on this list would buy a truck. She yells at him some more and says this is the only thing that is going to save you from prison. Or something like that.

She calls for Susana to introduce Rafa to the crew. As he goes to leave he offers to shake her hand goodbye, and she dismisses this, and takes a drink of water. As he is about to leave she tells him that no one is to know what type of criminal he really is. She tells him to read the resume. That’s who he is.

Susana asks her if she is all right. She screams back at her, how can I be all right when I have to look at this guy from now on.. She wants to know if Marco called. Susana tells her no. Ale is wondering why she just didn’t die in the accident. (that would have made poor Rafa’s life easier)

We have a scene with Marco disguised as some cowboy meeting with Chavez. Chavez goes in for the hug, and Marco stops him. Telling him it is dangerous for them to be seen together. He scolds him for having meetings in public places where he could run into people he knows.

Chavez asks him why he’s so cranky. Marco states it’s because he had to walk. Chavez wants to know why he didn’t take the father-in-laws car. He explains that he had a fight with Ale last night and left in a hurry.
Chavez warns him about upsetting the fiancé especially since the embargo can be lifted at any time. If he isn’t married before that happens, everything they have worked for is over.

Marco tells him to chill. He has everything under control. Chavez hands him some money. I think they are selling milk form the ranch on the side. He warns Marco not to let Ale get a look at the books or they will both land in jail

There is some silly talk, with Chavez doing a little street dance and Marco telling him to stop Chavez wants to have a party at the Hacienda. I didn’t get too much more than that

Our final scene is in the showroom. Marino is on the phone, and Susana introduces Rafa. She tells Rafa he is the most successful salesman.. As he goes to shake Rafa’s hand he realizes that Rafa has in his hand the list of Lopez’s clients. Marino is not a happy man. And this is where we end.

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I dont know how to tag this. Could some one do that for me?
thanks Pata
 

Hi Pata, somebody tagged you. Do you know what this embargo is? I don't!
 

Hi Melinama,

I get a little confused by all of this too but I think Chavez and Marco have manipulated the company, some how seizing its finaces so they can embezzle money from the company's productions. (I think it is a large dairy farm or some kind of ranch). Now the seizure is about to end and they will be left out in the cold if Marco does not marry Ale before that happens. I think that is what is going on.

Paula tagged it for me.
Pata
 

Pata- Thanks for the fantastic recap. I hope they don't go into too much detail about the embargo tonight, because I don't understand it either. Thanks for the explanation.

Vicky was giving viewerville an eyeful last night! I remember the actress from Querida Enemiga, where she played a plain jane good girl. At the time on the Cristina show, they made a big deal about how this was a change for her because she usually plays sexy roles (and she's a singer), and that she had a lot of trouble losing weight after her baby (who palyed her baby in the novela). But she certainly looks like she's lost it all now! I wonder if this show has a large male audience in Mexico?
 

Thanks for trying to explain about this embargo. It seems to be a major plot point they've talked about it from the beginning but I cant quite figure it out.

I gotta say that Vicky is getting on my nerves. I liked her a lot bette in QE. The silly voice is sort of cute -- but her constant crying is annoying.

Güera from Syracuse
 

I reviewed my recordings of HEQDNS and rewatched in slow forward the parts re the embargo So I could read the closed captions closely. Here’s my theory.
1) All the earlier mysterious phone calls Marco made were probably with Chavez
2) We first meet Chavez at Jorges’ house after Ale gets home from the hospital. We find out he is the administrator for either the embargo or the Hacienda. Either way he controls the money.
3) Jorge talks about the embargo being linked to expensive imported equipment that failed causing the financial mess. Leaving creditors that need to be paid before Jorge can get any money.
4) Marco at this time behaves badly towards Chavez leading us to believe he detests the man.
5) Chavez tells Jorge that the embargo wont be lifted for at least a year.
5) Later that eve we see Marco and Chavez together at the strip club. Our first clue that are in co-hoots.
6) Chavez admits to Marco that he lied about how long the embargo was in effect and indeed would probably be lifted in 2 months. Thus the urgency for Marco to marry Ale quickly . Once the embargo is lifted, Chavez no longer has control over the money. I still believe he is embezzling .
7) Chavez fears three things : a} the embargo being lifted b} Marcos not marrying Ale before this happens and c} Ale looking at the books or financial records..
8) I believe the embargo is real and Marco and Chavez are taking advantage of the situation. Before the accident, it didn’t matter when the embargo was lifted because Marco would be a part of the family. That’s why he wanted to marry Ale.
9) I am not certain on this one, but I think the money Marco used to pay off Ale’s loan shark for the deed to the house came from Chavez that night at the strip club and not from the bank.

PatA
 

Thanks Pata! Great explanation and I guess we'll learn more as things progress in the story.
 

A word to the wise. Don't try too hard to figure out things like financial details in novelas. I've found, the closer you look, they murkier they become. Just tighten down your beanie, and accept that Marco has figured out a way to get control of the money.
 

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