Ryan didn't stay silent for long. Ryan began acting as Vinnie's Conscience. "I know you'll make lots of money but do you really want to live in a
universe where it's okay for people to be mean to each other?"
Vinnie said, "You were mean to me."
Ryan said, "I understand that and I'm sorry. But do you really want to be just like me or do you want to be better than me?"
Vinnie thought it over and came up with a compromise.
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Vinnie spoke with Mitch and Mitch agreed to the compromise. Mitch would not be owned by Rick and therefore Mitch would not be
permanently under Rick's control. Mitch could negotiate with Rick about some of the specifics but the overall plan would be that Rick could
wear Mitch part time and Mitch would get a portion of the profits. (Mitch was broke and needed a way to earn some extra cash anyway). Vinnie
would also get some of the profits since he was required to make the transformations happen.
Word of this got out and soon Vinnie had a few customers as well as a few employees (guys who allowed themselves to be transformed for
money). However, Vinnie still had a bit of a control streak in him in that if any of his employees was rude to himself or his customers, they
were punished by spending more time transformed than they were paid for.
The customers got wind of this and began provoking their "jocks" to be rude.
Jorge thought, "I'm going to be traveling for the summer. I wonder if I can provoke Hal to be so rude to me that Vinnie will agree to let me take
him with me for the entire summer?"