Friends Bar.
"I'll call Barney."
Seeing Ted hesitate, Marshall quickly picked up the phone and called Barney.
"Don't be ridiculous..."
On the other end, Barney sneered. "Ted, I'm your best friend. I'll always be on your side..."
"Look over Sven's design concept first, then call us back."
Adam cut him off. "Otherwise, your promise means nothing."
"Wait a moment."
Hearing Adam's voice, Barney dropped his flippant tone and hung up.
"See?"
Adam shrugged. "Barney's idea of absolute is different from ours.
So when it comes to major matters, we need to make sure he actually hears us."
Half an hour later.
Barney appeared outside Friends Bar, waving and calling out to Adam and the others.
Adam waved at the bouncer.
Only then was Barney allowed inside.
"So?"
Ted looked at Barney expectantly. "Sven's design concept didn't win you over, did it?"
"I'm sorry, truly sorry."
Barney looked at Ted apologetically. "If there were even the slightest chance, I'd definitely reject Sven's proposal and choose your design, Ted.
But I'm a serious corporate executive. I can't let personal feelings make me reject a perfect design."
"Perfect?"
Adam scoffed. "Let's hear it. I don't believe there's such a thing as a perfect plan."
"Sven's design concept is to build Goliath National Bank in the shape of a tyrannosaurus."
Barney explained, "My office will be in the tyrannosaurus's head.
And on my huge Honduras rosewood desk, there'll be a button.
When I press it, the tyrannosaurus's mouth will open and breathe fire!
See?
This is simply the greatest building in the entire universe. There's no way anything could be cooler.
Ted, tell me—can you design a building cooler than that, so I can reject this proposal?"
"..."
Ted was dumbfounded.
His designs had always been conventional. How could he come up with something