now? Did I correct that yet? So I'm now correct, right? First name Oliver, last name Anthony. Note to future parents: if your last name already is like a first name, don't give somebody a first name that's like a last name. You got to make a choice. If it had been Eric Anthony, would I have been confused? No. Eric? No, nobody has a last name of Eric. That must be the first name. But no, Oliver Anthony. I believe his parents have a sense of humor, and they were sitting around. What should we name him? And they said to themselves, well, I've got an idea. How about a practical joke? Instead of a regular name, we're going to give him a name that is indistinguishable from a first or last name to match with his existing last name that's indistinguishable from a first name. Do you think he's gonna have a lot of explaining to do? Well, yes, he will.

Oh, apparently it's not his real name. Somebody says that's not his real name. Christopher Anthony Lunsford. Are you kidding me? That's not a real... that's a performance name. Oliver is his grandfather's name. Well, okay. All right. That makes more sense. May I say that his parents are now off the hook? Parents are in the clear. You've cleared them. You've cleared the parents. You know, it was here I was maligning the parents as pranksters, but no, the problem was mine entirely. Fake news. Fake news got me again.

See, now I think this is why livestream is better than recorded anything, because you fact-checked me in real time. Wasn't that useful? I don't think there's anything better technology-wise than getting fact-checked while you're doing it. That's sort of the ultimate model. That's why I like the community notes. But more about that.

So he was number one on iTunes for the world, not just the country. And the story is that he turned down eight million dollars. What do you think of that? Turned down eight million dollars to, I don't know, commercialize his music with some publisher or other. Now, do you think that's awesome because he was not interested in money? You know, it was more about the message. Or did he have good advisors? Maybe if I were his business advisor, do you think I would have let him take an eight-million-dollar first offer? Oh, if you're his advisor, would you let him take an eight-million-dollar offer? I would have chained him to his bed before I would let him take that offer. I would have physically restrained him. Said, look, I know this isn't cool. I'm going to physically restrain you, but don't sign an eight-million-dollar offer. First of all, it should start at 20.

Right? If he's even going to consider an offer, it's 20. Let's just be honest. Eight million was low. The first offer you get before somebody is fully emerged is going to be the low one because they're trying to get him early, right? They're trying to get a discount. We'll get him before he knows what he's got. Of course you let that one go. At the very least, you let it age. Right? At the very least, you don't take it the day it's offered. You know, you let them see if they can enhance it, maybe see the competition.

If you get it, here's the best business advice you'll ever hear. It comes if somebody makes you an eight-million-dollar offer and you're in the news, you know everybody knows you exist, but you've got one offer for eight million dollars. Tell me the odds that you would get a second offer soon. What percentage odds do you think you would get a second offer? It's a hundred percent. Yeah, it's a hundred percent. There isn't any chance you won't get a second, third, fourth offer, right? So if you considered a first offer, that's just bad business. That's bad business.

So here's what I'd like to think about him. Don't know that it's true, but if you saw the quality of the writing in the song and then you add that to the quality of the performance and then you add that to the quality of his commentary, because he drove in his car and he was talking about his situation, you can really see that he's smart, can you not? He's not a normal just average Joe. He's actually smart. I'm going to say smarter than the average person. It's kind of obvious. And if somebody who's smarter than the average person turns down an offer, just put that in the context that was the offer I would have turned down as well. Doesn't mean he'll ever take an offer. He might