Brian, the number of zeros behind that contract, I mean, the Apprentice was all that NBC ever had right at that period. They were getting beaten up by Survivor was on cbs. NBC was failing in the networks. And they came in and they were begging my father. And they would put as many zeros on the end of the contract. I'm talking about contracts that would go into the billions. (15:18–15:21)
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