So Mr. Johnson gives me a list of 10 names to call to go visit to get the money, raise the $5,000. He writes out a check. Now, he was a conman. You might say I was influenced. You might say I was, you know, unduly influenced by this sort of thing. He wrote me out a check for $5,000. And I was, “Oh, well I won’t have to-” “Oh no, uh-uh. You don’t dare cash that check. When you get $5,000, you can use 1,000 of that. But when you get $4,000 raised, then you bring that back to me, and I’ll give you another check.” In fact, the gears were working.
