Raleigh fell for it:
? Don’t miss out on this sure-fire profit-making opportunity! (building the RBC Center)
? We’ll need these add-ons to turn it into a guaranteed moneymaker! (hotels, restaurants, office buildings)
? We need your help, but a huge return on your investment is guaranteed! (“Public money” is needed to “prime the pump” on this “economic engine”)
? Hurry, act now! (“That area needs a real hotel, and it needs one now. Once you get the hotel, you can start to convince more restaurants to move out there.”)
The script only works when the sap doesn’t ask how it is that such a sure-fire, low-risk, high-yield investment opportunity somehow “fell” in his lap when professional investors don’t know about it.
