FADE IN.
Act 1
INT. STUDY - 11:00
Checking a phone message, PETER is in thoughts.
PETER (V.O.): My son double-checks if the dealer I'm contacting is the cheaper one of the two choices he has in mind.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's understandable as the price quoted by a friend of a reliable friend of a seemingly less expensive dealer is the same as the expensive one.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Is the friend of a reliable friend honest at all? Or is the friend creative in pricing?
Peter surfs the web.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Would the better choice simply be for my son to buy online?
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But for airline tickets, if the price is the same whether to buy online or from our travel agent, we'd let our reliable agent to serve us.
Act 2
INT. STUDY - CONTINUOUS
Peter checks his entrepreneurship fund's performance on phone screen.
PETER (V.O.): For wealth management, I've learned it the hard way that personal service can harm me financially.
Peter reads some charts.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd) : Yesterday, I bumped into the Elliot Wave Theory while surfing the web.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It hypothesizes that what seems to be a random and chaotic stock market is actually traded in repetitive patterns.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.): It suggests that price fluctuations correlate with the persistent changes in investor sentiments.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): The theory identifies five phases of impulse waves that set up rising a pattern and the subsequent three phases of corrective waves.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Recognising the minute details, a stock trader can predict and capitalise on the short or long term stock market trend.
Wondering.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Despite the explanation, I can't discern from the charts the distinctive wave patterns.
Peter checks the price of individual stocks on his phone screen.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Out of 67 stocks that I've invested in the past three months, I only bought three in their dips.
Reflecting.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Anyhow, it's my choice to manage my idle money myself, whether for better or worse.
Putting aside his smartphone, Peter begins to study files and draft something on his laptop.
INT. RESTAURANT - 16:00
Peter is enjoying Wonton Soup Noodles and Red Bean Ice.
PETER (V.O.): Having worked non-stop and non-creatively for four hours, I've to reward myself.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Since my teens, they've been my favourite tea-time choices. I think the cashier can predict what I'd order.
INT. STUDY - 17:15
After a phone conversation, Peter looks disturbed.
PETER (V.O.): The caller spoke in absolutes. I feel the caller isn't honest. He's trying to manipulate me, assuming I'm ignorant.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I don't like people who are unduly creative to have an edge over the others.
Peter looks angry.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But being human myself, I can't despise humanity. I need a break!
EXT. PARK - 20:30
Peter is jogging along a narrow and winding track.
PETER (V.O.): Humans have flaws. No one is perfect, me too.
Act 3
EXT. STUDY - 23:00
Peter is watching TV inattentively.
PETER (V.O.): People have impulses. If everything is identifiable, recognizable and predictable, life can be boring.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Life is about how to deal with ups and downs, twists and turns.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But we mustn't allow others' bad behaviour to influence or even define us. We should stay positive.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): What I can do is to be a better example of being human.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Be honest, reliable and creative are my choices.
FADE OUT
THE END
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