Ben Baller S2, Ep. 1 of 6: "Ben Baller Makes The Hundreds the Most Expensive Chain on Earth!"

BEN BALLER: My name is Ben Baller. And you probably recognize me pushing fancy whips, stunting in nightclubs, or sitting courtside at the Laker games. But the rest of the world knows me as "The Jeweler to the Stars," Ben Baller. So we're here in Vernon, California at The Hundreds headquarters. I'm going to meet Bobby and Ben of the Hundreds. Tell you the truth, I'm not even [BLEEP] why I'm here. I also really don't care, you know? I'm here. So let's see what the [BLEEP] they want. RECEPTIONIST: Hey. What's up? BEN BALLER: I'm here to see Kim Joneal. RECEPTIONIST: Hey, Ben's here. BEN BALLER: What's up? BOBBY HUNDREDS: What up, buddy? BEN BALLER: How you doing, Don Cho? BOBBY HUNDREDS: Don Cho, right here. I've got something big that I want to do with you. And it's more than Korean love. BEN BALLER: Don't you touch me, though. It's wrong. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Come on. Let's go. BEN BALLER: You guys busy? BOBBY HUNDREDS: We're pretty busy. BEN BALLER: Oh. Look who it is, [BLEEP] Mel Brooks. BEN HUNDREDS: [LAUGHS] BEN BALLER: What's up, buddy? You look good. BEN HUNDREDS: What's up, dude? BOBBY HUNDREDS: What have you been up to? BEN BALLER: I just want enough money for the sex change. [INAUDIBLE] BOBBY HUNDREDS: Is that why you're cruising with your fly open right now? BEN BALLER: Yeah. So I'm going to get that done. I'm going to have a *** grew to the backside of my ***. BEN HUNDREDS: Mm-hm. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Right. BEN BALLER: But I'll still be married, you know what I mean? So I'll kind of be a lesbian. It's kind of fresh, though. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Yeah, that's kind of fresh. BEN BALLER: But it's only [BLEEP] $146,000. BEN HUNDREDS: You're wife's OK with it? BEN BALLER: I mean, she just knows I'm crazy. So what are you going to do? Killing me. All right. So what are we doing here, dude? BOBBY HUNDREDS: We're going to make the world's most expensive, most ignorant chain. BEN BALLER: Are you serious? Or you [BLEEP] around? BOBBY HUNDREDS: Totally serious. BEN BALLER: Then why does he have a smile on his face? BOBBY HUNDREDS: I don't know why. BEN HUNDREDS: Because I don't think you can do it. BEN BALLER: OK. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Yeah. Top of the list, you can make an entire complex list just about this chain. BEN BALLER: OK. BOBBY HUNDREDS: And how it hurt so many people's feelings. BEN BALLER: Go ahead and shoot. What's the idea? BOBBY HUNDREDS: What's the most expensive chain in the history of chains? BEN BALLER: I don't think anyone's spent more than 1.5, to be honest with you. And the big T-Pain chain, that was fake. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Right. BEN BALLER: So that didn't count. That could have been, probably, 1.5, two million. If you want to do something silly, we can go [BLEEP] dumb, stupid, hard. I don't care. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Let's just go nuts. BEN HUNDREDS: What will it take to make it the biggest and the best? BEN BALLER: What's up? Tell me. What do you got in mind? BOBBY HUNDREDS: We want something that says The Hundreds, obviously, like super big. BEN BALLER: I mean, I understand. BOBBY HUNDREDS: I mean, just our logo, you know? We call it our bar logo. BEN BALLER: Are you talking about something like this? BOBBY HUNDREDS: No. I want this thing ridiculous. I want to be able to see it from a mile away. I'm talking like that big. I mean, we're talking like a rope around my neck like a dock chain, you know? Something you'd see down at [BLEEP] the dock. BEN BALLER: Like something that'd be pulled by a horse. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Exactly. BEN BALLER: Yeah. OK. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Like that super blingy. BEN BALLER: Do you know who Lexington Steele is? BOBBY HUNDREDS: Why don't we just do Lexington Steele's ***? BOBBY HUNDREDS: Yeah. We could do that too. BEN BALLER: All right. White diamonds? Yellow gold? White gold? BOBBY HUNDREDS: Yellow gold. BEN HUNDREDS: And white diamonds. BOBBY HUNDREDS: White diamonds. BEN BALLER: What kind of a time limit do you guys have? BOBBY HUNDREDS: Well, we have a big photo shoot coming up, because it's our 10th anniversary. BEN BALLER: When's the 10th anniversary? BOBBY HUNDREDS: The photo shoot is in a couple of weeks. BEN BALLER: I'm probably going to have to outsource-- at least, the diamonds alone, will have to be in India. I can't do this by hand. This probably has to be done by machine. So I'd rather do it overseas. There and back, I'm going to lose four days, two days there, two days back. I do this all the time, when it comes to crazy ***. BOBBY HUNDREDS: All right. BEN BALLER: I need a check for $500,000 just to start, just so I know you guys aren't [BLEEP] around. And then, upon completion, obviously, I need the rest of the money. And I'll tell you, I'll give you an idea better of what it's going to-- well, you know, we can talk on the phone or whatever. BEN HUNDREDS: You have a deal, dude. [BLEEP] BOBBY HUNDREDS: We have a deal. All right. BEN BALLER: That's good. What is she doing? BOBBY HUNDREDS: She's taking notes. RECEPTIONIST: It's all on paper. BEN BALLER: OK. What color gold is it? RECEPTIONIST: Yellow gold. BEN BALLER: OK. RECEPTIONIST: [LAUGHS] BEN BALLER: Check [INAUDIBLE], please. BEN HUNDREDS: Yeah, let's go. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Yeah, we got it. BEN HUNDREDS: Hi, Maria. MARIA: Hi, Ben. BEN HUNDREDS: Can you write me a check, please? MARIA: Sure. How much? BEN HUNDREDS: For $500. MARIA: $500? BEN HUNDREDS: $500,000. MARIA: What is it for? BEN HUNDREDS: It's a marketing expense. MARIA: Oh? BEN HUNDREDS: And who should we make it out to? BEN BALLER: Make it out to Ben Slang, S-L-A-N-G. BEN HUNDREDS: Ben Slang, all right. May I have a pen please, Maria? Deal. BEN BALLER: Now I know it's real. You guys [BLEEP] rock. So you know, I just got a huge order, biggest chain order I ever had in my entire life. I thought they were [BLEEP] around, until they gave me a check. I've got to call my cousin, make a phone call overseas. It's [BLEEP] crazy. [MUSIC PLAYING] BEN BALLER: I actually made this in record time. It's actually easier to make a big piece. We just had to find the biggest gold chain that there was. We got this done in less than two weeks. These guys are going to hip out. Hey. RECEPTIONIST: Hey. What's up? BEN BALLER: Nothing. This is heavy. BEN HUNDREDS: Hello. What's good? BEN BALLER: Oh, my god, bro. BEN HUNDREDS: Are you going to surprise us with something awesome? BEN BALLER: Yeah. [BLEEP] crazy, dude. BEN HUNDREDS: Do you need help with that? BEN BALLER: No. BEN HUNDREDS: [LAUGHS] I can't believe you got it made. BEN BALLER: Yeah, dude. Less than two weeks, bro. BEN HUNDREDS: Jesus. BEN BALLER: My [BLEEP] knee hurts. That's how bad it is. BOBBY HUNDREDS: It's really that heavy. BEN BALLER: Come on, dude. Yeah. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Can I see this thing right here? [MUSIC PLAYING] BEN BALLER: [BLEEP] me. Hold on, dude. BEN HUNDREDS: Bobby, you have to try it on. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Oh, my. BEN BALLER: You can carry it? I mean, serious. BOBBY HUNDREDS: All right. BEN BALLER: Hold on. BOBBY HUNDREDS: All right. BEN BALLER: It's 700 carats total. The piece, six kilos. Chain is 20 kilos. This is almost 55 pounds, 18 carat gold. Did you get my text about the total balance? BEN HUNDREDS: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I got you. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Final balance for the world's most ignorant chain. BEN BALLER: $2,600,115, yep. BOBBY HUNDREDS: How much was it total? BEN BALLER: $3,115,000. BOBBY HUNDREDS: I think that's money well spent. BEN BALLER: Everyone's talking about it on the internet. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Thanks a lot, Ben. BEN BALLER: Any time. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Thank you. BEN BALLER: You know me. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Yeah. BEN BALLER: I'm [BLEEP]. [INAUDIBLE]. BEN HUNDREDS: All right, B. BEN BALLER: Everything good? BOBBY HUNDREDS: Thanks, bro. BEN BALLER: Yeah. BEN HUNDREDS: Peace. BEN HUNDREDS: Look at this thing. BOBBY HUNDREDS: It's amazing. BEN HUNDREDS: Yes. Well, I think we got really ripped off. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Yeah. I'm pretty bummed. BEN HUNDREDS: I can't believe you're OK with this. BOBBY HUNDREDS: No, I'm not that OK. I thought you were OK with this. BEN HUNDREDS: What do you mean? BOBBY HUNDREDS: I thought-- BEN HUNDREDS: You didn't even say one word. BOBBY HUNDREDS: It's his fault. BEN HUNDREDS: You didn't say one word when he was in here. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Of course, yeah. You weren't helping. BEN HUNDREDS: You were jumping around for joy. BOBBY HUNDREDS: I was hoping you were going to jump in. BEN HUNDREDS: You always think everything's a good deal. BOBBY HUNDREDS: No, I didn't. BEN HUNDREDS: What's wrong with you? BOBBY HUNDREDS: I was the first one to say something was wrong. You were the one that-- BEN HUNDREDS: I can't believe you. Are you going to wear this thing? BOBBY HUNDREDS: Yes. I'm going to wear this. I'm going to wear this. BEN HUNDREDS: Well, you just spent all of our money. BOBBY HUNDREDS: No. You spent the money. BEN HUNDREDS: You gave him the check. BOBBY HUNDREDS: You signed off on it. BEN HUNDREDS: I don't know if I can do this any more. I don't know if I can do this any more. BEN HUNDREDS: I haven't been doing this already. So have fun wheeling that around in your wheelbarrow. BEN HUNDREDS: Get out of here. I'll take care of it. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Yeah, yeah. Go ahead. Yeah. Yeah. I am getting out of here. I'm out of here. BEN HUNDREDS: And this is my chain. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Yeah, go ahead. Good luck. BEN HUNDREDS: Yeah. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Good luck with that thing. BEN HUNDREDS: Unreal. BOBBY HUNDREDS: Enjoy it. [MUSIC PLAYING] BEN BALLER: That's a wrap. The overall amount of $3.1 million was a lot of money. When it comes to pieces like this, you would think that I'd be making $1 million profit. It's not like that at all. But these are two guys I've known for over 10 years. It was more just the press and just how stupid this piece was. I'm happy and I'm done. And I got my check. BEN HUNDREDS: I mean, the piece is obviously beautiful. It's a great piece of art. That's not my problem with the piece. We just spent all the money we made in the last year, basically, on this. BOBBY HUNDREDS: I write blogs. He writes checks. He wrote the check. BEN HUNDREDS: Bobby really wanted to do it. And then I'm really upset at him right now. BOBBY HUNDREDS: You can feed all the people in Africa with $3 million. And we spent it on a piece of jewelry. You can't even wear it. BEN HUNDREDS: We've been at each other for a little bit now. And I think this might be the straw that broke the camel's back. I'm not really sure what he's doing. I don't really care. One of the stupidest things we've ever done. Seriously? BOBBY HUNDREDS: Are you really wearing that right now? BEN HUNDREDS: Are you seriously leaving? BOBBY HUNDREDS: Yeah, slick Rick, I'm leaving. BEN HUNDREDS: What? That's unreal. I can't believe this guy. [BLEEP] guy. I can't believe this [BLEEP] guy. He's so [BLEEP] stupid. [BLEEP] Bobby. [BLEEP] [MUSIC PLAYING]