Tom Nowak, flower broker (Lucas Bryant) Tulips in Spring [Tulip for Rose] (2016)
Sarah Newell: We were just lucky that his broker was with him.
Rose Newell: Since when did you start working with a broker?
Sarah: Since we haven't been able to keep up with everything ourselves.
Rose: But Dad always said that brokers are slimy middlemen out to cheat you.
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Tom Nowak: I work with your folks. Tom Nowak. Nice to meet you.
Rose: Rose. Newell.
Tom: I know.
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Rose: The only person my Mom has talked to me about is some slimy new broker they hired.
Tom: Slimy?
Rose: Well, my word, not hers but, I mean, c'mon. Brokers are basically salesmen and salesmen are all-
Tom: Slimy.
Rose: Exactly. -- As Operations Manager you're supposed to stay on top of this.
Tom: I should probably clarify one thing.
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Sarah: He took a nasty fall. Would have been a whole lot worse if Tom hadn't been there.
Tom: Just glad I could help.
Rose: Wait, I thought you said Dad was with the broker when he fell.
Sarah: Tom is our broker.
Tom: But you can call me mister Slimy. Trucks will be here 6 o'clock sharp. See you then.
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Rose: I don't get it. The whole time I was growing up, you were like, 'No brokers. They're just sneaky business men out to cheat you.
Sarah: We didn't make this decision lightly. There were a lot of factors that your father and I-
Frank Newell: The point is, Tom is different. He's local, he works with a lot of farms in the valley and he grew up with farmers just like you did.
Rose: Except I'm not out to make a big profit by marking up prices.
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Rose: You may not have noticed but brokers are not exactly at the top of the list of my favorite people.
Tom: Wait, really? *laughs*
Rose: I don't know. I always thought they were grumpy old men in cheap suits who were afraid to get their hands dirty.
Tom: Give me time.
Rose: So how did you get into this?
Tom: Well, I grew up not far from here. Little town called Grady. But I went to school on the East Coast. Got my business degree. Did pretty well for myself. Or at least according to how people see it.
Rose: But not you?
Tom: [--]One day a buddy of mine was talking about flower brokering, how it combines nature and business and I had this a-ha moment.
Rose: And here you are.
Tom: And here I am.
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Tom: The orders have not stopped coming in.
Rose: Well, you're the broker. You can start taking orders for next year.