Mr. Big Shot: The Mr. Big Series: Book One by S. E. Lund

Author:S. E. Lund [Lund, S. E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781988265193
Publisher: Acadian Publishing Limited
Published: 2017-07-16T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Alexa

If I was impressed with Luke's lifestyle and fortune before I saw the beach house, I was even more impressed – and a little overwhelmed – after. Sure, I saw it on Google Earth, but a blurry tape was no match for the real thing.

I tried not to gape, but it wasn’t easy.

"I feel like the country mouse coming to visit the city mouse," I said as we walked past a tennis court, an enclosed swimming pool, and a putting green to the beach where the barbecue was taking place.

"Don’t worry," Luke said. "These are all flesh and blood people. Most of them inherited their wealth, and most of them have just as many flaws as anyone from your neighborhood back in Oregon. In fact," he said and leaned in closer. "Some of them are even more fucked up than your average middle class person. I bet your father is far more together than any of the men here, despite their wealth and privilege."

I smiled at him. "You think so?"

"I know so," he said, nodding. "These men have worked hard in their businesses, but several had it passed on to them and they merely took over the reins of power. They didn’t build their businesses."

"They still run them," I replied, trying to dampen down my awe.

"Sure, but many of the wealthiest men I know only make decisions, and leave all the grunt work of running an organization to underlings. They spend a lot of time on the golf course, having business lunches, taking jaunts in their private jets to talk to other businessmen and have business lunches, play on different golf courses. It's an entirely different sort of thing from actually building a company from the ground up."

"Like you and John did with Chatter," I offered.

He squeezed my hand. "Exactly. I know what it’s like to start from scratch. Yes, I had seed money, but I earned half that money myself, investing. Every business has to either bootstrap or use money they've begged, borrowed or stolen. I started with a hundred thousand dollar investment account that I accrued from years of selling comics and investing my inheritance. I used that to fund the startup. John chipped in his own savings, and we were off. The rest was hard work, a brilliant idea and a lot of legwork getting it started."

I smiled, impressed with his accomplishments. He was a bit cocky about it, but then again, he was waiting on a two billion dollar deal to come through. I figured he could afford to be a bit cocky…

"So, who all’s here," I said when we approached the group of people sitting around a table under a huge gazebo.

He peered at the group and leaned closer. “My parents. The Blakes of course, just as I thought. Mr. and Mrs. B plus Felicia. I hope John shows up soon so Mrs. B doesn’t give me the stink eye. And there's Jim Thorpe and his wife Marie. Plus my father's golfing buddy who's

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