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Home because they shut my electric off because i couldn t cash my checks. i had a tough time borrowing money when i bought this building. i had to put my house up for the bank to give me the mortgage, so i had the shot of losing both places. do i want to see something that she built just disappear, or was i going to keep the legacy going? trying to operate a business throughout all of this, i don t even know what s word to use to describe this. people were taunting us, laughing at us, mocking us. and we needed to figure out a way to let them all know that we were in on the joke and that we were laughing too. all of the networks! [laughs] when you surround yourself with good people, good things happen. i think it started to turn when michael and sean started to run with this on instagram and facebook. and they made a joke out of everything because it was funny ....
Then, to get to a year and have a documentary is it s just amazing for us. we are thrilled. chris, let s talk about the documentary for a moment. how did you decide on doing a documentary about this? how did you connect with the family? how did you manage to get through to them with all of the thousands of phone calls and messages that they were receiving on any given day? obviously, the whole world wanted to know the mystery. why did the president s lawyer hold a press conference with a landscaping company? clearly, this was a big question, the million dollar question that needed to be solved. and yes, outlets from all over the world were reaching out to them. but i actually had an inside track. as it turned out, a friend of mine was brothers with sean middleton, the director of sales at four seasons. i was actually able to get on the phone with them before anyone else did. and when we got on the phone ....
Or was i going to keep the legacy going? trying to operate a business throughout all of this, i don t even know what s word to use to describe this. people were taunting us, laughing at us, mocking us. and we needed to figure out a way to let them all know that we were in on the joke and we were laughing too. all of the networks! [laughs] when you surround yourself with good people, good things happen. i think it started to turn when michael and sean started to run with this on instagram and facebook. and they made a joke out of everything because it was funny to us after. that they picked us, out of everyone in the world, they picked our place. if this whole thing blew, up, i would recover from it. i would go and work somewhere else. but a family business that was 28 years in the making might not recover from something like this. and i felt responsible, because these people are my family. understanding the joke, and being in on it. it was just like a waterfall of memes tha ....
But we were just honored to be able to give back. being able to help the next person out. we did a toy drive this christmas. me and sean went into the hospital to deliver toys. thank you ladies so much, i really appreciate it. for them to get that joy, that was the best part for me. you know. i m very proud of myself for that. when we get on the zoom, i want you to take over this. we are at the end of the line for me in my career. when i hand those keys over to michael, he s got it. he s proved himself. michael has shown every day how much he has grown as an individual. as a father, as a husband, as a son. she s a phenomenal mother. she s always there to support me. it s like always having somebody with their hand on your back, pushing you to ....
Wanted to know the mystery. why did the president s lawyer hold a press conference with a landscaping company? clearly, this was a big question, the million dollar question that needed to be solved. and yes, outlets from all over the world were reaching out to them. but i actually had an inside track. as it turned out, a friend of mine was brothers with sean middleton, the director of sales at four seasons. i was actually able to get on the phone with them before anyone else did. and when we got on the phone together, i got the sense that every outlet wanted to know, why did this happen? why was the press conference out there? for me, i was a lot more interested in getting to know them as people and seeing how their experience has been, just having their world turned upside down. they were such a fish of water. for me, the conflict called to me as a filmmaker. what the hell happened? michael, i want to play for you this clip from the documentary just after the ....