The scene opens with a conversation between the director and the young man. The young man tells the director that he thought that the man would be a "lame duck" who could only get into the business through "backdoor deals," but that he is actually a "talent" . The director tells him that he has learned to report his arrangement to him, and that he will invite the man to dinner later in the evening. After the director leaves, he asks what the matter is, and the man replies that he does not know what he is talking about. He says that he and the director have not seen one another for a long while, and he invites the man for dinner later that evening. When the director asks if he is jealous of the man, the man responds that he knows nothing about the matter, and will invite him for dinner. He then says that the two men have not spoken in a long time, and they will have dinner later. The man says he will not need the director to pick him up after work, as he is not a kid. He adds that he used to have "a lot of things" to share with the director, but now that he