But Ahmet was no longer the generous spender he’d been when he first started making money. For he’d learned now that money needed to work.

In the process, money had lost its old meaning. When he was just a little bank clerk, he’d seen money as a means to buy all the possessions he longed for.

But once he started earning money, he’d discovered what money really was, and how much power it wielded. It was no longer a means but an end.

To have money was to have honor, influence, and respect.

Ahmet did not just love money now. He worshipped it.

His aim now was to increase his capital, using it to finance further growth.