He is shocked to discover that Van Dough had anticipated his own arrival, and had arranged for his parents' rescue. Keenbean states that the lock to the Rich family vault is voice-activated and Richard's Dadlink transceiver was damaged in the crash, and when Richard manages to send out a distress code, the signal is intercepted by Ferguson, who disconnects Richie's modem from the phone line and then informs Van Dough that Richard and Regina are still alive.Īfter rescuing Keenbean from captivity, the kids and Diane manage to sneak both Richie and Cadbury back into Rich Manor, only to discover that the Dadlink shows that Richie's parents are inside Rich Manor. They tie the professor up and threaten him with his own invention, the molecular reorganizer which uses nuclear plasma technology to transform matter into a different form. Cadbury and Richie then make their way to Gloria's house, where Dianne tends to Cadbury, and Richie uses Gloria's computer to hack into the Dadlink's mainframe at Richie's mansion.ĭuring this time, Van Dough finds out about Cadbury's escape and, with Ferguson's help, confronts Keenbean. With Professor Keenbean eavesdropping on their conversation, he manages to sneak Richie out and enact a successful plan to help Cadbury escape from prison just as a hulking hitman arrives to murder Cadbury though bruised, Cadbury is able to knock out the hitman. Van Dough plots to have Cadbury murdered in jail and make it look like a suicide. Cadbury is framed for the Rich family's apparent murder when bomb parts are found in his room, and most of the Rich family's other loyal servants are fired en masse by Van Dough's edict. Van Dough, however, sees this as a minor setback: as Richie is still underage, his ability to run the business is limited by the powers given to him by someone who was able to give it to him – namely, Cadbury. This angers Richie, and so with the encouragement and assistance of Cadbury, he proceeds to the company headquarters and, as a living Rich family member, assumes the leadership position. This includes closing the recently reopened United Tool factory, which the parents of the sandlot kids relied upon for their income. Believing that Richie's parents are dead, Van Dough assumes leadership of the Rich corporation, and proceeds to cut the many charitable contributions the Rich family were known for. and Regina survive the crash and float on a life raft. Richard is able to toss it out his window, but the bomb detonates while still near the plane, destroying part of the tail, sending Billion Dollar One into the Bermuda Triangle. Cadbury also begins to fall for Gloria's pleasantly-outspoken mother, Dianne.ĭuring the plane trip to England, the bomb is detected. That weekend allows Richie to earn the friendship of the sandlot kids, most importantly, the assertive Gloria Pazinski. Van Dough, with the help of Ferguson, plots to blow up the plane carrying the Rich family to England.Īfter a failed attempt on Richie's part to make friends with the sandlot kids, Cadbury makes a suggestion to Richie's mother Regina and arranges for Richie to stay home in Chicago for a weekend of fun with the sandlot kids. Meanwhile, the greedy CFO of Rich Industries Lawrence Van Dough is plotting to steal the Rich financial fortune, believed to be stored in the Rich family vault. Hence, the family's chief scientist Professor Keenbean has invented a cellular-phone-like machine called the "Dadlink" that pinpoints Richard's location in seconds, so that Richie can talk to his dad whenever he's away on business. tries to spend time with his son whenever he can, but is usually busy. Cadbury, ever the "third parent", reprimands Ferguson for his excessively-physical treatment of Richie.
Unfortunately, before he is able to talk to them, the overly-strict head of security, Ferguson, stops Richie and sharply pulls him away. At a dedication to the reopening of United Tool, a factory Richard recently acquired (intending to modernize the factory and give it away to the workers as a token of goodwill) Richie encounters a group of sandlot kids playing baseball.
Richie has only his loyal butler Herbert Cadbury as a companion, and lacks any friends his own age. is the world's wealthiest kid, the son of billionaire businessman and philanthropist Richard Rich, Sr.
0 kommentar(er)
