"Where was your dad?'
"He raised us."
"So he was around?"
"Yeah. I have three brothers and eight sisters."
"Wow, that's a lot, that's twelve kids! What kind of work did he do to raise so many kids?"
Champ tilts his head back, laughs.
"That's insane, man," I continue.
"Yeah, he's old school."
"What kind of work did he do?"
"He did labor work. He worked for the American Dredging Company, then he started his own business. He had what's called these days a bodega. At one point, he had three of them."
"That's pretty good!"
"Yeah, he was one hell of a dude, man. He was an entrepreneur. He was also a mechanic. He owned houses. He had 15 or 20 of them."
"So you got that from him, your business sense."
"Well""
"You learnt how to handle money from him." (I know a Vietnamese businessman who had his young kids count wads of cash, so they wouldn't be intimidated by money, he said.)
"I don't know about that," Champ chuckles, "but I do have a lot of skills. I went to Pennco Tech to learn how to be a mechanic."
"He raised us."
"So he was around?"
"Yeah. I have three brothers and eight sisters."
Champ tilts his head back, laughs.
"That's insane, man," I continue.
"Yeah, he's old school."
"What kind of work did he do?"
"He did labor work. He worked for the American Dredging Company, then he started his own business. He had what's called these days a bodega. At one point, he had three of them."
"That's pretty good!"
"Yeah, he was one hell of a dude, man. He was an entrepreneur. He was also a mechanic. He owned houses. He had 15 or 20 of them."
"So you got that from him, your business sense."
"Well""
"You learnt how to handle money from him." (I know a Vietnamese businessman who had his young kids count wads of cash, so they wouldn't be intimidated by money, he said.)
"I don't know about that," Champ chuckles, "but I do have a lot of skills. I went to Pennco Tech to learn how to be a mechanic."
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