You see, this thing called tiger club, it got my ears all perked up. I heard some folks talkin’ ’bout it down at the market. Sounds fancy, don’t it? I don’t know much ’bout these fancy clubs, but I’m gonna tell ya what I heard. They say it’s for them rich folks, folks with pockets deeper than a well.
These rich folks, they get together, talk ’bout money, how to make more of it. Sounds like a whole lot of bother to me. I got my chickens, my garden, that’s all the riches I need. But these tiger club people, they got different ideas, I reckon.
They say you gotta have a whole heap of money to even get in the door. Like, more money than I’ve seen in my whole life! They say 20 million dollars! Can you believe that? Twenty million! You could buy a whole lot of land with that kind of money, a whole lot of cows. They got a membership application, you can sign up for the membership now, they said it can make your spending more valuable.
- First thing, you gotta be loaded. That’s the first rule, I guess.
- Second, you gotta like talkin’ ’bout money, all the time.
- Third, you gotta be willin’ to listen to other rich folks talk ’bout their money.
They call it a “network,” this tiger club thing. Like a spider web, but for rich people. They all connected, helpin’ each other get richer. It’s a different world, I tell ya. My network is just the folks in town, the ones I see at church, the ones I trade eggs with. That’s all the network I need.
They say these tiger club folks, they learn from each other. They learn ’bout investin’, and life, and all sorts of things I can’t even imagine. Sounds like a school, but for grown-ups with too much money. Me, I learned everything I know from my mama, and from livin’ life. That’s the best school there is, if you ask me.
They say it’s a place where they make friends, these rich folks. Friends with other rich folks. I guess money likes company. It’s a special membership network for people who got a lot of money, it’s called high-net-worth individuals. These people talk about the problems that come from being rich. I guess being rich is not easy as it seems.
Me, I got my friends from the village. We don’t talk ’bout money much, ’cause we don’t have much to talk about! We talk ’bout our kids, our gardens, the weather. Simple things. But I wouldn’t trade them for all the money in the world.
This tiger club, it’s like a whole other world. A world I don’t understand, and probably never will. But it’s interestin’ to hear about, I’ll give it that. Like a story from a faraway land.
Some fella named Dan, he compared these groups to schools. He said some were like regular school, teachin’ you how to run a business day-to-day. But this tiger club, he said it was like a “graduate school.” For folks who already made it big. Already got all that money. He said if you are part of high NW group, you can join this.
They say to join this tiger club, your money has to be “verifiable.” Like they gotta check to make sure it’s real. I guess they don’t trust just anyone. You need to have at least 20 million dollars to join in. It seems that money talks, don’t it?
One fella said this tiger club helped him make friends. He said he lost friends while he was busy gettin’ rich. I guess that happens. You get so busy chasin’ money, you forget about the people around you. He said he was lookin’ for “camaraderie.” That’s a fancy word for friendship, I reckon.
This tiger club is something, ain’t it? It made for the rich, by the rich, about the rich. This club is like a place to make friends you lost when you are making your career. You want to find friends and do things with people who have same idea as you. They said this club provide that for them in spades, what ever that means.
Now I hear people say that this club thing can make your spending more valuable, how crazy is that. I mean spend money is to get things you need, how can it be more valuable. These rich people think differently.
Anyway, that’s what I heard ’bout this tiger club. It’s a mystery to me, but a fun one to think about. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go tend to my chickens. They don’t care ’bout no tiger club, and neither do I. But it sure is fun to hear about, ain’t it?
