For legal reasons, that title was a joke.
Just want to put that out there for the people who take life a little too seriously.
Now we got that out of the way, let’s talk about where that title came from.
It came from Scarface, a movie I decided to finally watch all the way through for the first time a few weekends ago.
Personally, drug and crime related movies are not really my go-to’s, but man, can they be enjoyable to watch.
And Scarface was no exception.
If you haven’t watched it, I’ll sum it up in a few bullet points (Spoiler alert):
• Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee arrives in Miami with a group of friends.
• Frank, a drug lord in Miami takes him and his friends under his wing and gets them involved in his drug business.
• Tony forms a partnership with an international drug lord, Alex Sosa, then starts his own operation killing Frank off in the process, literally.
• Tony is about to be imprisoned for tax evasion, but Alex Sosa offers to keep Tony out of prison using his connections in exchange for assassinating someone who’s trying to expose Sosa’s operation.
• Tony calls off the plan enraging Sosa and causes him to send a group to Tony’s house to kill him.
As I watched the movie, I noticed a common theme.
Trust, or a lack thereof.
It was mentioned a lot throughout the movie and caused a lot of deaths.
For example:
1. When Tony went to Bolivia with Frank’s right-hand man, Omar Suarez, to meet Alex Sosa, Alex found out Omar used to be a police informant and stressed the fact that he doesn’t tolerate disloyalty. Even when Sosa agreed to partner with Tony, he warned, “Don’t f*ck me Tony, don’t ever try to f*ck me.”
2. As Tony’s operation grew, he went to a banker regularly to help him launder his money. But as the fees grew, one of Tony’s friends suggested working with a mob, but Tony was hesitant, saying he doesn’t trust them. Turns out, he was right because the mob boss he ended up hiring turned out to be an undercover cop.
3. And finally, when Tony betrayed Alex Sosa by killing one of his henchmen who was supposed to assassinate the man who tried to expose Sosa’s entire operation, which caused a group of Sosa’s men to invade Tony’s house and end his life.
It just goes to show no matter what business you’re in (Legal or illegal, Ethical or unethical), trust is an important thing to maintain, between your partners and customers.
Of course, it has to be built first, and one of the ways to do it is through familiarity, i.e. writing and sending good emails on a consistent basis.
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