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Hollywood's $230 Million Ponzi Scheme
Maybe, eventually. Well, then eventually Fuel closes and they can't do it. Zach moves to LA, brings his high school— brings the college sweetheart with him, starts acting, and then he gets into— he's like, oh, he creates this business. He's like, basically what I do is I buy shitty movies and I sell the rights to Latin America. And this is right at the time when streaming is getting big.
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You're telling his frat boys this?
Yeah, I tell the frat boys this. And they're like, "Holy shit, dude. Holy shit." He's like, "Howard Schultz, he's gonna buy Fuel. He's gonna buy it. He's gonna give us $300 million for Fuel." For just one store? Yeah, for just one store.
Okay.
Maybe, eventually. Well, then eventually Fuel closes and they can't do it. Zach moves to LA, brings his high school— brings the college sweetheart with him, starts acting, and then he gets into— he's like, oh, he creates this business. He's like, basically what I do is I buy shitty movies and I sell the rights to Latin America. And this is right at the time when streaming is getting big.
Okay.
Right? And I sell them to Latin America. And blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And so basically he gets like millions of dollars. He gets money from everybody. He has all his boys put all their money in, all their parents' money in. And he— and the whole thing wa…
He stole money from all his friends.