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The MBTI® Of Leonardo DiCaprio Characters

By Danny Hernandez

Published Jun 8, 2019

Leonardo DiCaprio can play just about anyone. .. with just about any personality type, too!

Over the course of his absolutely massive filmography, Leonardo DiCaprio has played some of the most iconic and recognizable characters to ever hit the big screen. From the impossibly controlled charisma of Frank Abagnale to the absolute insanity that was Jordan Belfort, it’s hard to tell where Dicaprio’s next role might take him. With the help of the Myer-Briggs® Type Index, let’s take a closer look into the various personalities that Dicaprio has brought to life over the course of his long career. Hopefully getting a better understanding of the character as well as the process Leo goes through when creating each character.

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10. Billy Costigan (The Departed) - ISTP

One of the reasons Billy Costigan is so great at being an undercover cop working directly with Frank Costello is because he knows how to read a room. Billy is very adept at reading people and he uses this knowledge to shift attention somewhere else, like an illusionist that makes the audience watch his hat in one hand while the other works the real magic. He’s also an incredible improviser, very quick to think on his feet. There are numerous times throughout the film where it’s almost certain that Billy will be made or end up sleeping with the fishes. Although, when he does finally bite the dust it’s out of the pure luck that Colin Sullivan had backup that even he wasn’t aware of.

9. Teddy Daniels (Shutter Island) - ISFP

Much like his character in The Departed, DiCaprio’s Teddy Daniels is a man that knows how to read a room. Even if the room is inside of a mental hospital filled with the mentally unstable. Teddy is introverted, preferring to keep mostly to himself unless discussing the case with staff members, patients, of his partner. However, one of Daniels' key character defects is that he has let his emotional state runaway with his life. As audiences discover, after his wife murdered their children Teddy, in turn, took the life of his wife. While a devastating and truly traumatizing event, to be sure, but as the film closes Teddy asks his (fake) partner if he’d rather live as a monster or die as a man. Leading audiences to question, as Daniels walks to his own lobotomy, had he really lost his mind? Or did he just want to be punished for his crime?

8. Romeo Montague (Romeo + Juliet) - INFP

O Romeo, Romeo. Wherefore art thou, Romeo? It seems that while the rest of his family, along with the Capulets, are just itching to dive headfirst into battle, Romeo sees very little point in the violence. In fact, rather than scorn the Capulets as he had been raised to, Romeo follows his heart right into the loving arms of one. Romeo is quiet, impulsive, and understanding. While their families clamor to tear each other apart, Romeo and Juliet (another INFP) are the only two capable of finding an end to the conflict. Finding a peaceful resolution is a hallmark of this personality type, unfortunately for Romeo and Juliet however, peace between their families cost them their lives.

7. Jack Dawson (Titanic) - ESFP

In stark contrast to the very poised and controlled Rose, Jack is spontaneous, impulsive, charismatic, and always excited to meet a new friend. Jack is an artist with extreme attention to detail. He’s also a nomad, free-moving and uncaring. Jack, like many artists, doesn't really follow a set schedule or stick to one place too often.

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Rather, he prefers a more fluid lifestyle, the type of lifestyle that allows for him to win tickets to board the Titanic in a poker game before meeting (and attracting) the love of his life aboard the ship. Unfortunately for him, however, it’s also that same fluid lifestyle that gets him turned into a frozen Jack-cicle.

6. Frank Abagnale Jr.(Catch Me If You Can) - ENTP

DiCaprio’s Frank Abignale Jr. is probably one of the most confident, charismatic, and quick-thinking characters ever grace the silver screen. Confident and competent enough to elude FBI custody for years, scam his way into a becoming the chief resident of a hospital for nearly a year, and take all the free flights he could manage, Frank Abagnale is the ENTP take to the extreme. He’s the kind of guy that could walk into a family business, tell them how he expected things to be done, and walk with some new friends as well as a new business. Frank is intelligent, capable of improvising elaborate plans to avoid capture, and when it comes down to it, ultimately very helpful during his time working for the FBI (after he was caught).

5. Dominick Cobb (Inception) - ISTP

Cobb is the very serious, very concentrated, architect of dreams in Christopher Nolan’s Inception. While much of the film is focused on the trauma of Cobb’s past, there are many details about his personality and preferences that can be pulled from the film. Cobb is very meticulous, focusing on every detail as he constructs dreamscapes and different levels of the dream. While he always has a plan, when those plans blow up in his face Cobb is already ready and able to improvise in order to attain his goal. Even though most of his actions throughout the film are ruled by an emotional weight, getting back to his children, the way he finally accomplishes that is something he spent a lot of time planning out and thinking about before putting his plan in action.

4. Calvin J. Candie (Django Unchained) - ESTP

Calvin J. Candie has the kind of extroverted confidence that only a pre-civil war era southern white male plantation owner can have. Calvin is arrogant, expressive, and is often seen discussing topics he doesn’t have the faintest idea about. However, when brought to his attention Calvin is able to sniff out the ploy to free Broomhilda and he manages to use it against Django and the good doctor Schultz. This plan, however, may not have been as well throughout as Calvin had assumed, as it is this act, along with so many other acts of arrogance, that ultimately cost Calvin his life.

3. Jay Gatsby (The Great Gatsby) - ENFJ

While slightly different from the Jay Gatsby of F. Scott Fitzgerald's original work, Dicaprio’s Gatsby is lively, excitable, passionate, and willing to follow his heart wherever it may lead. While many will impulsively follow their hearts from here to there, Gatsby takes the time to understand his desires and build a solid plan around reaching them.

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He is charming, optimistic, and a hopeless romantic. Gatsby may have spent a lot of time developing the perfect plan to win over the affections of the alluring Daisy Buchanan. However, even meticulous planning can’t guarantee the desired outcome. A lesson that Gatsby has to learn the hard way.

2. Jordan Belfort (The Wolf Of Wall Street) - ESTP

Dicaprio’s Jordan Belfort is confident, charismatic, alluring, and willing to do just about anything to make his own way in the world. From the very beginning of the film, it is made clear that not only does Belfort know exactly what he wants, he knows exactly how to get it. And so what if there are a few pesky laws in the way of him getting what he wants? With a little know-how and a lot of money, one can accomplish just about anything. Belfort is all about having a good time. For him, the money is just a perk that unlocks more and more experiences, more drugs, more booze, more, more, more. It’s this kind of excessive living and indulging, however, that leads Belfort straight into troubled waters. Hopefully, his yacht can weather the storm.

1. Hugh Glass (The Revenant) - INTJ

Throughout the course of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant, audiences hardly hear a word out of Dicaprio’s Hugh Glass. Instead, audiences are left to get to know the complex character through his actions. As he tracks the man responsible for his son’s death Glass shows exceptional intelligence, foresight, and dedication. With tunnel vision that blocks out practically anything other than his mission of vengeance, Glass exhibits the kind persistence and vigor that neither a bear attack or nature itself can hold back. Quite similar to the kind of persistence DiCaprio showed to finally land him an Oscar win for his performance.

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Jordan Belfort Personality Type | Personality at Work

Jordan Ross Belfort (born July 9, 1962) is an American author, motivational speaker, former stockbroker, and convicted felon. In 1999, he pled guilty to fraud and related crimes in connection with stock-market manipulation and running a boiler room as part of a penny-stock scam. Belfort spent 22 months in prison as part of an agreement under which he gave testimony against numerous partners and subordinates in his fraud scheme. He published the memoir The Wolf of Wall Street in 2007, which was adapted into a film with the same name and released in 2013.

The ESTP personality type is constantly looking for action, for the 'next big thing,' throwing themselves in social activities, difficult situations and projects with real zest and energy. The imaginative, reflective life is not for them, preferring to jump in and see what happens. Supreme optimists, ESTPs will work long and hard on activities which interest them but can switch tack entirely once they begin to lose this interest. The ESTP does not enjoy the constraints of deadlines, schedules or end-dates so if an ESTP does exactly what you asked them, it is only because they wanted to do so in the first place. ESTPs love to be at the centre stage, demonstrating feats of wonder and daring.

An ESTP will need lots of practical, real-life experiences as it is through such activities that they best learn and understand, and indeed where they are happiest and at their best. The 'P' aspect of their characters means that they are flexible, but this can also mean they become bored by routine, procedures which they see as irrelevant, and impatient with those who say: 'let's think about it first.' The ESTP wants to suck it and see and, if it doesn't work, well there will always be another opportunity just around the corner. Real hard workers, ESTPs will immerse themselves activities which interest them, but they’ll become bored and lose interest if the task becomes more steady state and then their energies will become depleted or focused in a totally different direction. The ESTP is pragmatic, tough-minded and will act on the facts and data, rather than emotion. They don't like to be controlled, need to know they can switch horses in mid-stream and may slide out of obligations, if they get a 'better offer.' An ESTP will generally be able to switch tasks with good nature and humour, will enjoy interaction and 'the craic.' Being so action-oriented, the ESTP will look to get on with it and may therefore jump in without being in possession of all the facts as the excitement and rush of potentially interesting action will spur them on. This makes them excellent champions for the cause, provided someone is checking progress and can sweep up any debris behind them. The ESTP sees life through their own very subjective lenses and it is a fun packed, great-tasting adventure with one sensory experience after another. They jump into the ‘next big thing’ without thinking through the consequences so keen are they to immerse themselves in something new. If the project needs an injection of energy or there’s a big immediate problem, step forward the ESTP. They are spontaneous, active individuals.

If the project needs an injection of energy or there’s a big immediate problem, step forward the ESTP. ESTPs are spontaneous, active individuals.

Strong ‘T’ types the ESTP may often forget to factor in the implications on other people as this new experience is to be grasped immediately and anything that stands in the way may be inadvertently trampled underfoot in the rush. The impulsive nature of the ESTP can see them cut to the car chase and bring great energy to bear on any new project that captures their interest, but this expedient side can also see them drop the idea once the initial fascination has passed and a new experience is ready and waiting. This need for excitement means the ESTP will learn ‘on the hoof,’ by actually throwing themselves into the experience without thought or planning, and “let’s see what happens.” Every new experience is ‘the big one’ and will consume their energies, attention and time until…er...it doesn’t! The ESTP loves to get involved and will be great at enthusing others although their expedient side means that once others have been through several cycles and see how they operate there may be a feeling of ‘here we go again’ and ESTP leaders can create ‘initiative fatigue’ in organisations and staff, with their constant desire to try out new activities, ideas and projects.

Theories or anything conceptual makes the ESTP restless, bored and then they will disconnect from the process and go look for something else, often without telling anyone. The ESTP has an attention span which is very short and their energies wane if they think they’re ‘treading water.’ Having to sit and read or reflect would just not ‘compute’ with the ESTP and so they would move on, swiftly and often leaving debris in their wake. Follow-through isn’t the forte of the ESTP but if the project needs an injection of energy or there’s a big immediate problem, that is where they excel. Like the other SPs, ESTPs love acting on impulse. Activities involving power, speed, immersion and risk are attractive to the ESTP and supressing these de-energises them. The ESTP may be the ‘first to try it out,’ but then they’re onto the next experience as soon as it becomes predictable, the need for the thrill outweighing anything else.

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The real “wolf from Wall Street”, which became the prototype of the protagonist of the film with Leonardo DiCaprio of the same name, Synergy Online Forum participant Jordan Belfort told how to build a strong team, teach it sales and not be afraid of any crises.

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— I have always been a good storyteller. First, I realized that I can persuade people, that there is a gift of persuasion. At the age of 21, I remember, I became a salesman for the first time. I was selling seafood, and on my first day, I just broke all the records in the company. I sold so much of this fish that I simply destroyed all competitors, everyone was shocked that I could sell in such volumes, even the company's management.

I don't think it's anything special. Yes, I am face to face with a person, some kind of intuitive sense turns on. I know how to say what to say, how to move, how to successfully close a deal. Then it was all on a whim, I realized it - and soon I somehow codified it into a system and began to teach others.

Do not be afraid of crises

"Black Monday" - October 19, 1987 - the day on which there was the largest drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average in its history - by 22.6%. Then everyone was terrified, because no one could even imagine that this would happen, that everything could collapse so quickly that the familiar world would cease to exist overnight. A company that had been in business for over a hundred years disappeared, and I was forced to sell pennistocks, cheap stocks.

And I realized then that even in the worst of times there are opportunities! Even when everything is against you. Even when everything is falling apart. Still, there are opportunities. And I realized that yes, there is fear, there are fears, there are some other negative feelings, but this never stopped me from acting. Do you understand?

I didn't hold back. To say that I was not afraid... no, you can't say that. Of course, I had fear, but this fear was conscious and controlled. He never stopped me from taking action.

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Sell by system

In the film The Wolf of Wall Street you can see my performance in front of the staff. It wasn't sales training, it was motivation. That is, I ignited people, I had to give them a mirror and show them: look, pick up the phone and start selling. No matter what happens in your life, even if you are a loser, even if your wife does not respect you, you are in debt as if in silks - it does not matter. But just sitting and complaining, being a victim, it won't help you in any way. The best thing you can do is pick up the phone and start selling.

But with all that, you need a system to do it right. So that when you pick up the phone, you do it effectively. Because if you do it at random - well, you picked up the phone, well, you dialed the phone number - so what? It will only work if you know how to say and what to say, at what moment to say. That is, you need a system. What you saw in the film was the motivation, but there was also training behind it. I taught them, I created the system. And she just gave these people the tools, and they could successfully sell and close deals.

Motivate and unite

Do all leaders need to be able to speak in such a fiery way? Well, it depends on the style, what kind of manager you are. Because all people are different. There are very charismatic, there are extroverts, there are introverts. But the idea is that the best directors know what their core competencies are, and they know exactly what their weaknesses are. And they "close" them with other people.

But in my case, as CEO, it just so happens that my strongest competency is the ability to motivate people to take action and the ability to educate people.

But this does not mean that some other Mr. X will be able to give a fiery speech to the sellers in the same way. You see, this is not given by definition. You must understand what your strengths are. You may need to invite a consultant to do this for you.

Most CEOs are visionaries and they have the ability to sell their dream, vision, sell their position to company employees, salespeople, and so on. It is rare when you meet a leader who does not know how to motivate people at a basic level. But this does not mean that he professionally trains salespeople in some techniques, other people often do this.

How important are non-monetary aspects of motivation? Yes, not everything is just about money. We are all people, and every company has its own atmosphere. What we call corporate culture. And this spirit of the company reflects those people who are at the helm. There must be some kind of culture. A culture that people respect and want to be a part of.

If you come to work and everything is terrible there, you won't get any results. There must be an environment that ignites people. People should be cool in your company. And they should see their leader as a leader. Then there will be a high result.

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Hire those who want to learn

Are there people who are inherently lazy and should be fired on the spot? To be honest, I believe that most people are still teachable. If you understand what drives a person, then you can pick up a key to him. Every person has some ideals. There is something that touches his innermost strings and makes him motivated. There are, of course, self-motivated people, so when I hire people, I look first of all at self-motivation.

It is very difficult to create motivation in a person if he does not want to. The company, let's say, plans to get 50 salespeople, and we are looking for, hiring. There are certain qualities that I look for in people, certain qualities of character, certain competencies that are inherent in a natural seller. Of course you want to find people who are. But in principle, if you have built the process correctly, then even if a person has no skills at all, you can give them to him. But motivation is better when there is self-motivation.

It's not about what skills you have, it's about your personality type. If you are ready to learn, then you can learn anything, the question is whether you want it or not.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. It's the same with a person. You see, any system works for everyone. The question is whether you want it or not. Will the person be happy? Will he enjoy this process? That is, it cannot be imposed by force. You can, of course, drive a person into any stall with a stick and a carrot. But why? It is much better to find a person who already naturally has a predisposition to this, and train such people.

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Create a bright image

How did Leonardo DiCaprio get used to the role? We were together for about a year before filming. He approached this in a very, very detailed way, we spent a lot of time together. He got to know me deeply as a person, plus he also learned from my sales system. I told him how to perform correctly, gave him a lot of knowledge.

The film shows my yacht sinking. But few people know that a week later my personal plane crashed. This is not in the film. When this happened, I laughed: “Do you think this is a direct sign from God? I do not believe!" Fate had to convince me for a long time!

Why "wolf"? Because the feet feed the wolf, it is an animal that lives in a pack, and the wolf is always powerful, strong. This is a predator. This is a good symbol. He is very loyal, faithful to the end. The wolf always survives, in general the creature is tenacious. I think it was a famous TV show back then, I just borrowed the title. In fact, it was all a joke at first.

Don't drive horses

What advice would I give to my young self? You know, be careful what you wish for, especially when you're looking for instant gratification. Any good deed takes time. Like wine that ages for years.

When you want to become rich very quickly, here and now, it is dangerous. There is a certain amount of time it takes for you to mature. Don't chase short-term opportunities.

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"Professional Liar": The Story of Jordan Belfort's "Wolf of Wall Street"

Jordan Belfort made millions in stock market fraud until he went to jail. According to his story, they even shot the film "The Wolf of Wall Street."

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Director Martin Scorsese made a film about Jordan Belfort called The Wolf of Wall Street, where he was played by Leonardo DiCaprio. In January, a former broker sued the creators of the film, Red Granite Pictures, demanding $300,000 from them. The reason was that the company was accused of money laundering in Malaysia through the creation of this film.

Belfort stated that he did not know anything about this and would never have agreed to sell the film rights if he had been aware of the fraud. He counted on the fact that this would be the first fair deal in his life, but it did not work out. We tell the story of a former broker who made money on market manipulation.

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The first day on Wall Street was hell

In 1987, Jordan Belfort came to an internship at L.F. Rothschild. It traced its history from the end of the 19th century and ended shortly after the stock market crash on Black Monday in the same 87th year.

There he started as a dialer. Behind the shoulders of the 24-year-old guy was already a failed business and a lot of debt. He invested in the seafood industry and rented 26 trucks, but the business went bankrupt, and the creditors constantly annoyed him with calls.

“To tell you the truth, I don't think you're made for this job. You look like a boy, and Wall Street is not a place for youngsters. This is a place for killers. A place for cold-blooded mercenaries,” Belfort wrote in his memoirs, his new boss told him on his first day on the job.

The firm's senior broker, Mark Hanna, told Jordan that you don't have to be humble when selling stock, and that if you're in business, you need to be able to put pressure on people. According to Belfort, he recommended taking cocaine to make it easier to dial wealthy businessmen.

After the market opened on Jordan's first day in the brokerage room, there was a roar from people talking on the phones and shouting into the phones. “It was hell in the room,” he noted. Hannah sold $25 million worth of Microsoft stock that day, Belfort recalled, though he himself had never heard of the company at the time.

Actors Margot Robbie and Leonardo DiCaprio at the premiere of The Wolf of Wall Street in the UK (Photo: Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

Money flowed like a river

Subsequently, Jordan himself turned into a "nasty type", a "professional liar" who manipulated people, as he himself called himself. In the 1990s, he opened his own investment firm, Stratton Oakmont, which was originally housed in a used auto parts store before moving to an office building with underground parking. The company sold papers to the richest investors in the United States.

Belfort said he was making $1 million a week. He bought an estate from the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, a helicopter, a limousine, and threw parties. In addition, he took a lot of drugs. According to him, he had different nicknames, but "the wolf of Wall Street" remained his favorite.

“We were making incredible money. It was assumed that a novice broker should receive $ 250 thousand for the first year of work. A smaller amount raised doubts about his professional suitability, ”wrote Belfort.

In the second year, earnings should have increased to $500,000, and by the third year, the broker should have received $1 million. “And these were the minimum numbers. Real professionals got three times more,” said Jordan. Employees were also allowed to keep their pets in the office, and ferrets, iguanas, snakes, tarantulas, macaws, and other pets of wealthy brokers settled there.

Among his subordinates, Belfort was especially kind to his secretary Janet, who protected him from intruders. He even arranged a wedding for her and led her to the altar instead of her father, since her parents had died by that time. According to him, he always tried to make her feel needed and loved.

In 1991, Forbes wrote about Stratton Oakmont, after which the "press attack" began on the company, which constantly scolded it. According to Jordan, the publication called him "a twisted version of Robin Hood, who robs the rich and gives money to himself and his merry gang of brokers," but after that, a line of people who wanted to work there lined up at the company's doors.

Jordan Belford at the premiere of The Wolf of Wall Street in New York (Photo: Rob Kim/Getty Images)

Legal Trouble

Stratton Oakmont prepared IPOs for various companies and secretly bought large stakes in them. Belfort said he used nominal, fictitious owners securities who were called "dummy". There were many nominal owners on Wall Street, and no more than 5% of the company's shares could legally be acquired through them. Thus, Stratton Oakmont violated securities laws.

According to Jordan, the US Securities and Exchange Commission was constantly trying to come up with new rules to "squeeze" it. She ended up filing a lawsuit against the brokerage firm.

“The problem was that there were more holes in the laws that existed at that time than in Swiss cheese. Of course, we weren't the only ones taking advantage of these holes on Wall Street—in fact, everyone was doing it. We just did it much more brazenly than the rest, ”he wrote in his book. He noted that there were problems with such "dummy" owners. One of them was how to arrange the transfer of money so that no one had any questions. Especially in the case of millions of dollars. It was necessary to conclude an agreement on mandatory repurchase, which was prohibited.

He pulled the same scheme with the shoe company of fashion designer and businessman Stephen Madden, who was also the nominal owner of the papers. With the help of his firm, Jordan helped him go public. But before that, Belfort invested $500,000 in it and took over 85% of the shares. Five months after the company's IPO, he sold 5% of his shares for $500,000.

Belfort had the ability to raise the price of Madden's shares and lower them as he saw fit, buying or selling in large volumes. He had a lever of pressure and a way to blackmail a businessman.

What was the plan? Belfort wanted to release 2 million lots of shares on the market, half of which would immediately be in the accounts of his “dummy”. And then he would buy these lots back at $5-6 each and transfer them to his brokerage accounts. And then he would raise the price of securities with the help of his firm. And so he did.

At the same time, Belfort was instructed to determine the price of securities during placement on the stock exchange, which in this matter was not guided by the balance of supply and demand. Brokers from Stratton Oakmont raised the share price by 500% in one day.

"I felt a kind of perverse sense of pride: two Securities and Exchange Commission idiots are sitting in my conference room right now trying to find traces of a pathetic revolver shot, while I fire a bazooka right in front of their noses" - Jordan spoke.

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The Wolf of Wall Street still got the aftermath. As a result, in 1996 the company was closed. In 1999, Belfort and his partner Danny Porush were accused of securities fraud and money laundering. Jordan pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four years in prison. However, he made a deal with the authorities, testifying against his partners, and as a result, he served only 22 months.

“From a moral point of view, he was a reprehensible man. Admirable would be the wrong word, but in terms of market manipulation, he is one of the best,” said Greg Coleman, the FBI special agent who led the case against Belfort.

After his release, Belfort had to pay the affected clients of Stratton Oakmont, and there were more than 1.5 thousand of them, 50% of his income. Until 2009, he had to return almost $110.4 million. However, in 2013, federal prosecutors filed a complaint against him and said that he did not pay the proper amount. He transferred only $11.6 million, mostly through real estate sales. Belfort struck a new deal with the federal authorities to complete the payments.

“I was a bad guy. But I wasn't like that in the beginning. You can become insensitive to your own actions - it's easy on Wall Street," he said of himself.
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