Where does Bond get all his money from?
Aston Martins, luxury watches, designer suits.
Who's funding all this?
Where does Bond get all his money from? Aston Martins, luxury watches, designer suits. Who's funding all this?
Where does Bond get all his money from?
Aston Martins, luxury watches, designer suits.
Who's funding all this?
Bri'ish tax payers. He's a glowie.
from MI6? have you ever seen a bond film?
Mission Impossible didn't even exist when James Bond came out. Dumbbass
There is no film called James Bond
Well played
High IQ
(You) in the form of taxpayer pounds. When the police come knocking for the TV license, watercooker license and oven license a percentage of what you pay goes straight to Bond's wallet.
Spies look nothing like bond. They’re supposed to blend in not drive classic sports cars lol
Nobody wants to watch a movie about a hyundai driving nerd looking at a monitor for 2 hours.
Wasn't that what Fleming initially envisioned?
A lot of WWII era spies were actually charismatic, morally ambiguous characters living lavish cosmopolitan lifestyle, like Bond.
You can consider Bond as a composite character of Dusko Popov, William Stephenson and a whole bunch of others.
But you are right, surveillance got far better, people got a bit more cautious about who they talk with and trying befriend Russia naval attaché to Portugal and seduce his wife to get to his secret documents is far too much risk and work when you can just drop a flashdrive with a trojan by the embassy (or just ask nicely on Warthunder forum)
The second George Smiley book basically has a Bond figure in it who they shoot at the end because he's too much of a liability.
>or just ask nicely on Warthunder forum
It depends who they're spying on. Bond's missions are usually him mingling with high society so he needs expensive gear to fit in in that world
Exactly fricking this.
Bond wasn't some plebeian spy. He was for fancy people in fancy places.
if you'd want to infiltrate high society you'd dress up as a waiter or similar because rich people can't even look wagies in the eye. he'd be literally invisible in whatever monaco casino he'd be in
the pit boss would spot him though
>a movie about a waiter
Sounds riveting.
It's a male fantasy. Not reality.
Also a female fantasy
Depends on the film, any of the films where he sleeps with multiple women wouldn't be. Casino Royale would be though, one woman, that he completely falls for
Doesn’t he completely fall for the lea seydoux character too?
Oh you were just talking about Bond. I meant spies generally, there's lots of female spy movies now.
1. it's a movie/book, no one cares as long as it isn't boring
2. the plot itself requires him to be among rich people, and then when he has to escape from these people's goons he needs a fast car
3. it's just the product of a different era, the first book was written in the 50's and it's not like fleming was living much differently than him in his youth
>His lifestyle at Eton brought him into conflict with his housemaster, E. V. Slater, who disapproved of Fleming's attitude, his hair oil, his ownership of a car and his relations with women.
Well, yeah. In reality, spies and hitmen look like the most boring, average Joes because that allows them to blend in best. But no man fantasizes about looking incredibly average.
Speak for yourself newhomosexual
Bill should be in a cubicle operating a Commodore 64.
>But no man fantasizes about looking incredibly average
I do, it'd be a huge upgrade for me
Yeah cause he's blend right in with diplomats, arms dealers and oligarchs while driving a ford fiesta wearing an anorak and a beanie
No shit Sherlock. Ian flemming knows this he was am actual spook himself. Bond novels are self insert escapist fiction where flemmings poured all of his personal quirks and experiences into good vs evil morality plays
What an awful shirt/collar.
That's why you always get shark style collars.
And because it sounds cool.
Post fit
Now you, coward.
>third-worldoid with baby wrists, zara blazer, grid shirt and dotted tie combo
I'll stick with the Bond™ experience, tyvm lmao
>no pic
HAHAHAHAHA what an absolute shitstain you must be to not dare post a pic.
Do you even own a suit? lmfao
You sound upset gayboy.
He showed you his, now you show us yours.
>vienna
>third world
yes
Name a “first world” country without a mosque
monaco
Fair one, if slightly stretching
do muslims really go to church 5 times a day?
how the frick do they get any work done?
They pray anywhere, but like the image says, they get more raghead exp gains from doing it in the main hub
the shirt makes you look like an architect's desk. the tie looks french, in a pompous boring kind of way. the sleeves are certainly too large for you but I can't tell if the suit itself is baggy or if you're just fat. the collar pulled tight against your bulging frog neck tells me it's a bit of both.
And still no pic of your own.
What a pathetic coward you are.
post more of your horrible wardrobe and flex on all these cowards on 4 channel.
But you asked me to post a pic first, remember?
Not my fault you dont have a job and dont wear a suit to work.
I do understand you lashing out at me though.
there is at least 3 different people replying to you newbie. Post more of your pics.
Really? 3 people and not one of you has the balls to show yourself?
Surely you arent THAT hideous, guys, come on.
checkerboard shirt and dotted tie... do fitlets really?
I know right, now imagine how terrible you must look by comparison if you dare not post your own.
You are skinny fat. Embarrassing tbh.
said the "man" who doesnt even own a suit and is too chicken to post a pic of himself
Kek that’s what you like to think. Build some muscle and lose some fat bro.
All this thread has proven to me is that you and every other person itt is such a catastrophically ugly failure of a human being that you cant even compete with the pic I posted so I'm feeling pretty good about myself rn.
Prove me wrong. Post a pic.
While your suit, shirt and tie might be good quality (I believe this is the reason you posted in the first place) you don’t look particularly handsome mainly because you’re almost certainly skinny fat. The shirt doesn’t go well with the tie either. You can do better. Go ahead and refuse advice, it’s your body and look kek
Just show me how much you're following your own advice.
We both know you wont because you cant.
Because for all my faults - and there are many - I'm still better than you.
Is there even anybody in your life who could have taken a photo like that of you?
You sound seething and insecure tbqh
Please tell me I made you dress up.
Uwu
jacket sleeves are too long, other than that it's all right. though the black suit+black tie combo is a bit of a fashion faux pas unless you are an undertaker or going to a funeral.
Lol I’m not a suit guy, had some larpy “Oscar’s black tie” party and grabbed some cheap shit out of TKMaxx
yeah its obvious its cheap, but even cheap suits show the proper feudal spirit, so to speak. so it is still much appreciated. not everyone can afford a nice suit but everyone can afford a suit. i can't abide snobgays who insist that anything that isn't from Savile Row is pointless.
wearing a suit is about showing respect to the people around you, not about dressing up. it's the most neutral and pleasant way to dress. you do it to show that you don't feel the need to stand out and you respect your fellow man enough that you are willing to show that in the way you present yourself.
Dressed like you're going to a funeral. Shave that bum fluff off your chin too.
>red bull & sparkling water, james?
>ironed, non-starched
The waters still, I’m not a continental, and I think that’s the femoids canned gin and tonic
looking large and in charge lad
>Flat black suit with black tie, funereal
>Sleeves too long
>Collar stands away from shirt
>Ludicrously high gorge
>Both buttons fastened
>Wimpy short shirt collar
>Thick indsor knot unbalanced with skinny tie and narrow lapels
>Beaded bracelet
>Untidy room
Sorry, unimpressed
first two points are valid
the rest is a bit snobbish. it's obvious anon isn't a man of wealth and taste. still he bought a (cheap) suit and apparently wears it sometimes. it shows the proper feudal spirit. it's admirable, though not, as you say, impressive.
You can really tell you dont wear suits often.
Not sure why though.
it's the posture.
a cheap suit isn't made with posture in mind, so you either get someone fighting against the fit of the suit, causing stretching and even worse fit, or you get someone conforming to the 'fit' of the suit, resulting in a stiff, uncomfortable posture like picrel. a well tailored suit can be worn with a relaxed posture effortlessly.
>Post a pic
There are handsome, fit anons in this very thread but not everyone is moronic enough to post pictures here
>actually I'm Chad I just dont want to post my pics
Sure.
Come to think of it, I'm Chad, too. That wasnt even my pic. I just googled normie in suit.
You not posting an actual picture of yourself is surprisingly smart of you
Suits are ugly post a normal fit loser
Where do you buy your shirts?
I mostly wear Eton in size 41, slim cut
Thanks, been looking for a place to buy better quality shirts.
>Checked shirt
>Dotted tie
>Tiny beer
oh no, no, no
You can keep replying with the same shit over and over, it wont change that you're a pathetic homosexual that literally doesnt even own a suit.
>0.3l beer in a glass
That's 0,25 tops.
Not a fan of spread collars and I own a lot. I wish we could go back to long point collars
That looks terrible though.
those are objectively nicer than the moronic looking spread collar.
are you the dumbest frick on tv?
I heard in th UK you have to pay some type of """"TV tax"""", guess where that's going...
why do you think glowie agencies have such a high budget?
the official budget is already at ~4 billion. i wonder what the real budget is
Like all Brits he stole them from brown people countries
corruption and inside trading, like the average pawn in the military industrial complex. The higher you are in any hierarchy, the better you are placed to exploit the system for personal gain. James Bond could easily exploit the volatility he creates through assisination of important corporate , military and government figures to profit in the stock market. He can help cronys set up business operations with his connections in exchange for ""fees etc. Ive seen it with the guys at my school who all inherited their fathers postings in middle management government positions. Im sure being a spy and an assassin for decades can open up opportunities. These days making money is about who you know in government and connections.
he blackmails all the married hoes he bangs
>MI6 doesnt mind a side hustle as long it isnt selling secrets
Isn't bond rich? I mean he owns a literal manor.
He apparently employs a groundskeeper for the place too, even though he hasnt been there in like 30 years.
>Isn't bond rich
I don’t think so. I don’t understand why he doesn’t just sell the place, most of the value must be in the land of the estate. They had sold the gun collection there (apart from Bond’s father’s hunting rifle). I’m guessing he’s renting the land the estate has to cover expenses but doesn’t look like he’s turning much profit. The house itself looks like it hasn’t been maintained.
how could he afford to rent that and employ a groundskeeper? if he isnt rich?
I meant he owns the estate and collects rent from the land, from farmers etc. That’s how estates like that used to work.
ok sure, but the key word there is used, past tense.
I imagine he probably has sold off parcels of land here and there during his life and this is what finances most of his lifestyle (im sure he plays the stock market as well).
>the key word there is used
Sure, I don’t know what kind of return you can get on land in a place like that these days. Most of estates like that seized to exist sometime after WW2 at the latest I think. The way they talked about selling the gun collection made me believe they were sold to raise money for expenses, but I could be wrong. Easiest for Bond would’ve been to sell land and invest in financial markets, just like you said. Owning and managing land like that is a hassle of it own.
Intelligence agencies have budgets in the billions, a nice suit and watch is like buying a pack of gum
I would say Pakistan. Since the UK is a Pakistani colony.
he works as a Cinemaphile janitor on the side
revenue from tv loicenses
>goldeneye intro
>you’ll never know how I watched you from the shadows as a child
Wdsmbt?
>I'm sure the overburdened British taxpayer would be fascinated to know how the special ordinance section disperses its funds. In future, commander, allow me to suggest a perfectly adequate watchmaker just down the street.
>Casino Royale
-Wins DB5 and $25000+ in the Bahamas
-Wins $150,000,000 against $10M from Mi6 and $5M from Felix Leiter
-Buys boat and second DBS ~$500,000
-Most of remainder stolen by Vesper for Gettler-briefcase taken by White
-Bond shoots White and shoves him into trunk, presumably recovering most of Casino Royale winnings
Assets: $100M in cash, DBS, DB5, Sailboat, Skyfall
>Quantum of Solace
-Totals second DBS
-Hotel Room in Bolivia
-Trades Land Rover for DC3
-Minimal change in net worth
Assets: <$100M in cash, DB5, sailboat, Skyfall
>Skyfall
-Presumed dead, burns through 3 months of savings in Jamaica
-Drives DB5 to family estate in Scotland
-house and DB5 destroyed by helicopter
-Presumably sells land
Assets: <$100M in cash, sailboat
>Spectre
-drives DB10 to Rome
-Hotel/Transportation in Tangiers
-restores DB5
Assets: <$100M in cash, DB10, DB5, sailboat
>No Time To Die
-DB5 totaled by Safin's agents
-GoldenEye retirement compound in Jamaica, pension?
-Sails to Cuba
-Swann family cabin/land cruiser
-fricking dies
Assets: ~$50M in cash, GoldenEye, DB10, sailboat
These days you can't even buy a cup of coffee for $100 million.
>Where does Bond get all his money from?
He is an Eton College man. He has ZERO life savings or retirement plan
I think this is the most kino Bond treatment based on flemmings most obscure Bond story (that they will not have the balls to produce)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GxHTajL5wDvQhOdTtszHZtcPVh2DUyzN1SKlRbBmP78/edit?usp=drivesdk
your taxes
he's a glowBlack person
Test.