Chapter Two
Valerian Rossfield, this yr’s recipient of Quintessential Life’s Most Fascinating Particular person of America award, seemingly wants no additional introduction.
And as for yours really?
I am not going to faux I do know a lot in regards to the inventory market. I’ve simply began to dip my toes in it, however even I can inform why individuals discover Rossfield fascinating.
Most billionaires we all know are conservative in each sense of the phrase. However Rossfield is the alternative. What is the enjoyable of taking the limo from Level A to Level B when you possibly can bounce off your summer time mansion’s balcony in a parachute as an alternative? Why swim with dolphins when you possibly can swim with sharks? Why climb mountains when volcano boarding is now potential?
Even the way in which he does enterprise isn’t any completely different. His each funding determination challenges the established order, however his web price is proof he has the Midas contact for turning a revenue.
I do know Confucius does not prefer it if we place all our eggs in a single basket, however Rossfield’s good success tempts me to go in opposition to his recommendation. Just one factor retains me from going all-in with Rossfield, and it is a query I hope he’ll reply at some point.
What’s it with this billionaire’s seeming habit to taking dangers?
VALERIAN’S LIPS PRESSED collectively in a grim line as he completed studying the article Heather had emailed him. Everybody and everybody’s moms appeared to wish to know why he did issues the way in which he did, and admittedly…
He wished like hell he had the reply to their query.
However he did not.
All he knew was that nothing and nobody on this world may quell the restlessness inside him. He all the time had this fucking urge to do one thing. Or somebody. And the extra harmful issues have been, the higher and safer he felt.
It was solely when he put issues on the road that he felt alive…and free.
“Sir?”
Valerian bit again a curse when he realized he had been so rattling centered on the previous that his consciousness had didn’t register the deafening noise round him.
He adopted his pilot to the chopper, and no time was wasted as they flew on to their subsequent scheduled stopover.
Heather’s phrases got here again to him as his pilot maneuvered the chopper’s managed decline in direction of the helipad, and Valerian determined to take a fast break from reviewing contracts on his telephone.
I’ve a superb feeling in regards to the new woman, Heather had instructed him. ‘She’s the right alternative for this job.’
However when Valerian had pressed her to clarify, she had merely smiled with out saying a phrase…and he realized why that was as quickly as he noticed the woman strolling subsequent to Heather.
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