2. Around the age of 11, I started in a new school doing everything I wanted: drama class, gymnastics, mountain climbing, handball, and soccer, of course. At any opportunity, my brother and I asked our parents to rent movies or cartoons on VHS.
We always returned the videotapes late, so my parents were always angry about paying those hefty fines. Since we had an extensive collection of them at home, I had this insight and created my first “business”: Mega Luz Videos (something like ‘mega light videos’ in English). Everyone could watch movies and cartoons without worrying about video store fines, so I rented tapes from our family collection to people that I knew with a 1-week-return period. Something unusual at the time. I charged BR$10 (U$5 at that time) per rental; it was more expensive than usual but cheaper than paying any fine for late returns elsewhere. I used my father’s old briefcase to deliver them to my “clients.”
What expect from a 11-years-old kid? Well, a couple of “What the hell, Lucas?”.