Lady Midnight (2012)
“Sure, Communism had ended, and all that stuff, but he didn’t give a rat’s ass about any of that. Politics and world affairs didn’t matter to him. No, other stuff had happened, stuff that had affected him in a very real and positive way, something that he could never have foreseen affecting him in the least—but it had.
The Internet had happened. Vince had once worked for him. Vince, his old buddy and muscle that he used to send around to collect on late loan payments. Since Big Daddy had been inside, Vince had grown a brain. While Big Daddy had gone down for five to twenty-five after they had dosed a hooker with some too-pure heroin and the bitch had died, Vince had gotten off with probation. He bought a computer when the Internet was just starting out. It seems he’d had some latent talent. Vince had quickly understood what few could grasp in the beginning days, that the Internet was going to be the place where people made money. Millions, billions, trillions of sweet dollars were wai...ting out there in the form of Ones and Zeroes. True, you couldn’t ship smack or deliver a hooker over the phone lines, the cables, or the airwaves that this new medium of communication depended on for its existence.MoreLess
The Internet had happened. Vince had once worked for him. Vince, his old buddy and muscle that he used to send around to collect on late loan payments. Since Big Daddy had been inside, Vince had grown a brain. While Big Daddy had gone down for five to twenty-five after they had dosed a hooker with some too-pure heroin and the bitch had died, Vince had gotten off with probation. He bought a computer when the Internet was just starting out. It seems he’d had some latent talent. Vince had quickly understood what few could grasp in the beginning days, that the Internet was going to be the place where people made money. Millions, billions, trillions of sweet dollars were wai...ting out there in the form of Ones and Zeroes. True, you couldn’t ship smack or deliver a hooker over the phone lines, the cables, or the airwaves that this new medium of communication depended on for its existence.MoreLess
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