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By Jack Joseph Smith

"I have the occasion to think in realistic terms about a backer. He's a freak with three million." "With a freak, where do you find faith for finan- cial trust?" "Good humor father." "What is the man's name?" "Better to call him Richard the III." "Another fallen young aristocrat hell bent on the instinct of doing it all now. Is that right?" "So be it, but he has been tight with business matters concerning others. Reports from Honolulu indicate that he managed restaurant administration and diplomacy quite effectively." "If all systems say go, then go" They raised their glasses and sipped the red wine dry. "May I say..." "By all means go on." "The logical approach for making money goes by putt- ing yourself in the center of a financial action, whereupon the labors of those within your circle contribute to a singular goal which is your establish- ment. The way to engage men into wanting financial action is to present to them a problem you have already solv- ed. If you can make them believe in the necessity of

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The backer discussion names Richard the III and turns financial trust into a lesson about positioning oneself at the center of other people's labor.

The page sharpens the business talk into strategy: find a wealthy freak, test his credibility, then make investors believe the problem has already been solved. The language of financial action keeps commerce theatrical, persuasive, and faintly predatory.

Claude

Barroom conversation about money, aristocracy, Honolulu management, and financial trust frames business talk as continuous with tall-tale. The page lets commerce sound like myth-making.