Shadowrun Play > Virtual Underworld 93
Ooc: Ok what is this place?
The Wyrm Ouroboros:
Bah; 1200 karma. Pocket change. ;)
Granted, the seven-digit retainer is more than a little over the top, but if I gave you that, I'd expect frickin' world-spanning miracles ...
Raiderjoseph:
Wait what?
All4BigGuns:
--- Quote from: The Wyrm Ouroboros on ---Bah; 1200 karma. Pocket change. ;)
Granted, the seven-digit retainer is more than a little over the top, but if I gave you that, I'd expect frickin' world-spanning miracles ...
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Yeah, it was definitely a ridiculous sum of cash. Sure as hell wasn't gonna complain at the time though. Being able to actually get some of the good stuff was priceless. ;)
The Wyrm Ouroboros:
Oh, I don't deny that at that level each runner shouldn't be earning five- and six-digit payouts on a run, or even that they shouldn't be getting the good stuff; it's the retainer that's ridiculous. A smart investor-runner, however, will acquire the high-end goods only when s/he needs to, and wisely investing otherwise - first through Brokerage X, and then after one acquires a tidy sum, via direct investing in the megacorporations - because you never want to keep all your eggs in one illegal basket. You then roll the legal earnings back into their respective investment portfolios. Hawatari, for example, has 2 million in her primary-access Brokerage X account - but 362+ in her secondary account, and in the range of 1.5B in wide-ranging corporate investments, all this built up over almost thirty years. Could she retire? Sure, but to what? She likes what she does, and who she does it for.
All4BigGuns:
--- Quote from: The Wyrm Ouroboros on ---Oh, I don't deny that at that level each runner shouldn't be earning five- and six-digit payouts on a run, or even that they shouldn't be getting the good stuff; it's the retainer that's ridiculous. A smart investor-runner, however, will acquire the high-end goods only when s/he needs to, and wisely investing otherwise - first through Brokerage X, and then after one acquires a tidy sum, via direct investing in the megacorporations - because you never want to keep all your eggs in one illegal basket. You then roll the legal earnings back into their respective investment portfolios. Hawatari, for example, has 2 million in her primary-access Brokerage X account - but 362+ in her secondary account, and in the range of 1.5B in wide-ranging corporate investments, all this built up over almost thirty years. Could she retire? Sure, but to what? She likes what she does, and who she does it for.
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Didn't deny it was utterly ludicrous. Just said that I wasn't going to complain at the time. :)
Partially because I knew there was no way anyone else would EVER make that mistake. :)
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