The 48 Laws Of Power

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OLD

TESTAMENT.

2 KINGS10:18-28

24 Law:1

man,

withwhomhe

avidly

discussedbusiness.Weilalso

broughtalong

a

companion,

asomewhat

paundiy

man named

George

Gross. Weil

ex-

plained

toGeezilthathehimselfwasa

boxing

trainer,

thatGrosswasone

ofthe

promising

piizefighters

he

trained,

andthathehadaskedGrossto

come

along

tomakesurethe

fighter

stayed

in

shape.

Fora

promising

fighter,

Grosswas

unimpressivelooking—he

had

gray

hairandabeer

belly—but

Geezilwassoexcitedaboutthedealthat

hedidn‘t

really

think

abouttheman’s

flabbyappearance.

Oncein

Galesburg,

Weilandhisunclewenttofetchthefinanciers

whileGeezilwaitedinahotelroomwith

Gross,

who

promptlyput

onhis

boxing

trunks.AsGeezilhalf

watched,

Gross

began

toshadowbox.Dis-

tractedashe

was,

Geezil

ignored

how

badly

theboxerwheezedafterafew

minutesof

exercise,

although

his

style

seemedreal

enough.

Anhour

later,

Weilandhisuncle

reappeared

withthe

financiers,

an

impressive,

intimidat

inggmup

of

men,

all

wearingfancy

suits.The

meeting

wentwelland thefi-

nanciers

agreed

tosell the

lodge

to

Geezil,

whohad

already

hadthe

$35,000

wiredtoalocalbank.

Thisminorbusiness

now

settled,

thefinanciers

satbackintheir

chairs

and

began

tobanterabout

high

finance,

throwing

outthename

‘f].

P.Mor~

gain”

asif

they

knewtheman.

Finally

oneofthemnoticedtheboxerinthe

corneroftheroom.Weil

explained

whathewas

doing

there.Thefinancier

countered

thathetoo

hadaboxerinhis

entourage,

whom

he

named.Weil

laughedbrazenly

and

exclaimed

that

hismancould

easily

knock

outtheir

man.Conversationescalatedinto

argument.

In

theheatof

passion,

Weil

challenged

thementoabet.Thefinanciers

eagerlyagreed

andleftto

get

theirman

ready

fora

fight

thenext

day.

Assoonas

they

had

left,

theuncle

yelled

at

Weil,

right

infrontof

Geezil:

They

didnot

have

enoughmoney

tobet

with,

andoncethe

fi-

nanciersdiscovered

this,

theunclewouldbefired.Weil

apologized

for

get»

ting

himinthis

mess,

buthehada

plan:

Heknewtheotherboxer

well,

and

withalittle

bribe,

they

couldfixthe

fight.

Butwherewouldthe

money

comefromfor

the

bet?

theuncle

replied.

Withoutit

they

wereas

good

as

dead.

Finally

Geezilhadheard

enough.Unwilling

to

jeopardize

hisdeal

with

any

ill

will,

heofferedhis

own

$35,000

cashfor

part

ofthebet.Evenif

helost

that,

hewouldwireformore

money

andstillmakea.

profit

onthe

saleofthe

lodge.The

uncleand

nephew

thankedhim.Withtheirown

$15,000

andGeezil’s

$35,000

they

would

manage

tohave

enough

forthe

bet.That

evening,

asGeezilwatchedthe twoboxersrehearsethefixin

thehotel

room,

hismindreeledatthe

killing

hewas

going

tomakefromboth

the

boxing

matchandthesaleofthe

lodge.

The

fight

took

place

ina

gym

thenext

day.

Wellhandledthe

cash,

whichwas

placed

for

security

inalockedbox.

Everything

was

pro»

ceeding

as

planned

in

thehotelroom.The

financierswere

lookingglum

at

how

badly

their

fighter

was

doing,

andGeezilwas

dreaming

about

the

easy

money

hewasabouttomake.

Then,

suddenly,

awild

swingby

theli-

nai1cier’s

fighter

hitGrosshardinthe

face,

knocking

himdown.Whenhe

hitthe

canvas,

blood

spurted

fromhismouth.He

coughed,

then

lay

still.