So you want to be a Squillionaire?

The Sunseeker in Sai Kung

The other day, a friend of mine who is a filmmaker and producer asked me if I wanted to be filmed for an American TV show. While my days in front of the camera are long gone, I could hardly say no to this project as it's a reality show about travel, food and entrepreneurship (some of my favorite topics) And besides, millions of people in the United States are potentially going to see it and hear about hiphongkong.com! Kewl.

The show, which will air on the ABC network in March, is called the Erik Kaiser show. The star of the show, Erik Kaiser, is a dashing American entrepreneur who reminds me of a younger, fitter Donald Trump, both in his upright capitalist demeanor and in his somewhat feathered hairdo. Erik is the kind of guy who is inspired, driven, whose brain never stops whirring and is constantly calculating how much profit can be made off an idea. He's the type of person who has to keep a notepad by his bed for when he wakes up in the middle of the night with one of those awesome ideas.

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