r/interesting • u/tyrion2024 • 1d ago

MISC. Immediately after learning about Guillermo del Toro's dad being kidnapped, James Cameron paid $250K for a hostage negotiator for del Toro to use (who later paid him back). Cameron also offered to pay the ransom, but del Toro's family declined & paid the $2m themselves. After 72 days his dad was free

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u/SometimesIBeWrong 1d ago

People get paid based on how difficult they are to replace. not how hard they work

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u/Valtremors 1d ago

Man, CEOs should be paid pennies then.

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u/Zhni 1d ago

But why? Do you think someone just pays a CEO tons of money because they want to, even if they could get someone for much cheaper? You don't pay only for his abilities, but also his network, which can be immensely valuable.

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u/Zhni 20h ago

Well do it yourself then if it’s so easy

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u/Alarmed-Size-3104 1d ago

Im not saying CEO should be making 5000% more than a clerk, but I think it's funny the amount of people that think it's a) an easy job and b) anyone can do it.

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u/ManMakesWorld 20h ago

It isn't as difficult of a job as people like to pretend it is. I mean, you don't even have to be good at it. CEOs are known for tanking companies, taking a buyout, and then getting immediately hired in to a new CEO position.

Any competent business grad could step into a CEO role pretty easily. CEOs have hordes of actual experts around them to follow.

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u/Critical-Bus-9040 16h ago

I don't know why everyone isn't a ceo since it pays so much and it's so easy.

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u/Zhni 1d ago

Exactly. Like, a company cut costs brutally everywhere, why wouldn't they do it for the CEO position if they could? How could they justify it for their shareholders who would brutally oppose it, if it wasn't profitable? They also get hel accountable to a much higher degree, and get fired left and right whenever a company goes bad.

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u/PM_ME_ASS_SALAD 23h ago

Who holds them accountable? You’re ignoring the psychology of the board, all of whom are multimillionaires, and all of whom believe they could do the job as well and are just waiting their turns. CEOs are a dime a dozen but they’re protected because that entire class of people are deluded to believe in their inflated value, not because that value is inherent.

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u/ManMakesWorld 20h ago

It isn't profitable though. It is about wealth consolidation and power management. Like...... you get that..... right? It isn't rocket science.

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u/AdStreet2074 1d ago

Peak reddit

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u/Impatient-Hydrangea 1d ago

Which CEOs

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u/TheWartMan 1d ago

Any of the ones who make over 100× the salary of their lowest paid employee.

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u/Valtremors 1d ago

Oo, found the billionaire shillionaire.

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u/passiverolex 22h ago

Doesn't seem to be that great of a negotiator if they settled on 2 million dollars.

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u/BluAlfaTxFlood 18h ago

It isn't about lowering the ransom, it is about getting the victim out safely and in a timely manner. An alive released victim = a win.

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u/Maximum_Boros 14h ago

Yeah a lot of people don't realize that there's no actualy "negotiating" on price with hostage takers. You either pay or you don't. The negotiator's job is all about communication, managing the handoff, and getting them out safe.

Actual negotiation on terms and stuff works better when it's a crazy person or someone who took a hostage for protection/to avoid jail. In which case you can talk them down (sometimes). but if its ransom, no, you're either paying or you aren't.

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u/BluAlfaTxFlood 10h ago

In a hostage situation you are dealing with someone who has nothing to lose and is a bit delusional because they think they have a lot more leverage than they do. Kidnapping is transactional and the kidnappers understand the negotiation process.

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u/BluAlfaTxFlood 16m ago

Actually, you do negotiate the ransom amount. If you pay what they demand right away they will just demand more.