“I like it,” Nick said to Luke during a one-on-one meeting in his office. “At first glance, when you said Guyana in South America, I was skeptical because I thought the local economy wouldn’t be able to support this kind of luxury resort.”
Luke tapped his pen on his outline. “If I had brought this to you a few years ago you would have been right. But the country recently discovered a massive oil reserve and is on the fast track to a booming economy. Now, because of its new-found wealth and advantageous location, investors are rushing there in their droves.”
“The sticking point with the board will be the high crime rate,” Nick said. “Who wants to go to a Third World country that doesn’t have a handle on its crime?”
“We will have to make an initial hefty investment to beef up security and
