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Chris Gardner invests in scanners
Chris Gardner invests his entire life savings in portable bone density scanners, which he demonstrates to doctors and pitches as a handy quantum leap over standard X-rays. The scanners play a vital role in his life. While he is able to sell most of them, the time lag between the sales and his growing financial demands enrage his already bitter and alienated wife Linda, who works as a hotel maid. -
Chris Gardner sends his application to Jay Twistle
After hearing about the work as a stockbroker, Chris Gardner chooses to hand in his own application for the job. -
Chris Gardner talks to Jay Twistle and solves a rubriks cube in a Taxi
While Gardner is trying to sell one of the scanners, he meets Jay Twistle, they choose to take a taxi, while in the taxi Gardner impresses Jay Twistle by solving a Rubik's Cube. After Jay leaves, Gardner lacks money to pay the fare and chooses to run instead. -
Linda leaves Chris
Gardner's unpaid internship does not please Linda, who eventually leaves for New York because she might get a job at her sister's boyfriend's new restaurant, when Chris comes home to the empty house he's invited to an interview by Jay Twistle. -
Chris goes to jail
Chris goes to jail for not paying his parking tickets. He ends up sleeping aat the prison, while hes interview for the job is tomorrow -
Chris gets invited to the internship
Chris completes his interview with the bosses and is invited to the internship -
Chris completes the internship
Chris completes the internship and gets a job as a stockbrooker, and sells a part of his company
