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If your initial investment is a half a million dollars and your apartments are up in March, you should have x amount of dollars rolling in by the end of this year.
— The Jerk ‧ 1979
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The boss projects rental income from an investment and a building timetable. The placeholder amount and conditional wording leave the return unspecified; this is the character's projection rather than a financial guarantee.
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