What would you do if you won a hundred million dollars?
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This is a fantasy I allow myself sometimes, when I want to have something other to think about than my poverty-stricken life. If I won the Eurojackpot of a hundred million dollars.
Interestingly, I have VERY specific dreams and wishes I could then realize, some of which have to do with film music. For example, I would buy an apartment building nearby, make the ground floor a commercial space where I would run a film music record label, organize a film music festival, have a journalistic headquarters etc. And of course several other things. I can make a more detailed rundown later.
Too abstract idea for me and I don’t play the lottery even 😉 But seriously: Since I would have far more than I need then, I would indeed try to do good things, do some charity things, supporting non profit things. That “non profit” probably would include some film music matter like financing some re-recordings 😉
I don’t play the lottery either, except once in a blue moon (especially if I see the Eurojackpot is over a hundred million dollars). It’s money out the window, but at least I feel like I’m “in”.
No doubt I would give a lot to charity too, but first I have a number of more “selfish” endeavours.
No doubt I would give a lot to charity too, but first I have a number of more “selfish” endeavours.
Yes, surely I would do some selfish things, too. But I most certainly would not buy a big house or a thick car or similar.
My favorite conspiracey theory is that actual nobody ever wins, it’s all staged for motivation 😉
Okay, I’m at an age where a sudden win of 100 Million Dollars would be most welcome, but would not destabilize me. Obviously, I would not have to worry about money any more.
If I won 100 Million dollars today, there is a house I would look into buying that I fell in love with a few years ago in Italy, at Lake Garda. I’d try to buy that house, renovate it and bring it technically up to date. Then I’d sit in that house and ponder what else I should do with that money. 🙂Of course, this whole “winning the lottery” thing is just a veiled way to ask about our dreams and aspirations, if we have any. That’s always interesting. Same as that thread about participating in a quiz show wasn’t really a thread about a realistic participation in a quiz show, but what your specialty subjects are.
There you go, now you’ve got Mike Post & Pete Carpenter’s theme music as earworm.
Ha, I would throw some money at Post to release some of his stuff! 😉
There are many things I would do if I won a hundred million dollars, and several of them have no or very little interest to you.
But one thing might (I touched on this in the first post). I would spend 10-15 million dollars on buying an apartment complex nearby. I would rent out, or let the owners of the apartments in the floors above ground continue to live there. But the ground floor, which is reserved for commercial activity, I would turn into a hub for film music things. There would be a common room for lunch, but four main offices. One would be for my festival idea (probably two people who work on that). The second would be for my soundtrack label idea (again two people). The third would be a rental, maybe for the film magazine I occasionally write for. The fourth would be mine, where I oversee all the activities, and write about film music. Also a corner with a recording studio where I record the podcasts. There’s also a back yard, two toilettes and – hopefully – a small, private cinema for certain screenings.
I also toyed with the idea of having a film café/pub in the same building, on the ground floor (maybe with a small store where you could buy soundtracks), but it might interfere with the work activity.
The first thing I would do is to move house, most likely abroad (don’t know where though). Then I would buy a grand piano from a top brand. Then I would give most of the money to my son.
I remember doing a project in the 6th grade where we had to “spend” 1 million dollars, and for an 11-year old, it was hard to come up with ideas of what to spend it on (i.e. lots of toys), and I remember it going really far…but as an adult now and with inflation, 1 million dollars certainly wouldn’t buy much today! So I like that you said 100 million, Thor…that is really something you could dream big with. I love your all-encompassing film music venue idea!! But I agree with Malte, it would be hard to make a profit with it, but a delightful way to spend lottery winnings! For me, I think it would be fun to design a charming, healthful, restaurant (but hire someone to run it) with event spaces, a large attractive indoor environment to host in winter weather, plus a beautiful outdoor area to have live music events, craft fairs, intimate dining fundraisers and so on. What a joy it would be to create such a community space in my little town!
Create a shelter and various support programs for homeless, un/under-employed, or otherwise perilous trans people. Probably buy a cd or two.
All this talk about the lottery…we mentioned it in another thread recently, and I just saw an episode of Friends about it. So I took that as a sign and put in a ticket for the Eurojackpot, which currently has a jackpot of a hundred million dollars. So see you next week when I’m filthy rich!
The results are in — I won 45 kroner ($4.50) in the national lottery! Pop the champagne! 😀
(let’s disregard the fact that I used $5 on the ticket).
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