Lai See thinks it's so cute the way rich men convince themselves they've got magical sexual charms that have nothing to do with their bank balances.
Witness the case of Jack Welch, the world's greatest businessman and guru of all things managerial.
He was in Shanghai last week giving advice to mainland business leaders at the Fortune Global Forum.
One executive from a state-owned firm made the suspicious claim that his sales were at present growing at about 80 per cent a year.
This, it seems, was less than expected. How could he improve? 'Hey, if you're growing at 80 per cent a year, you don't need advice from me,' came the rapid-fire reply.
Another asked the soon-to-retire king of shareholder value what kept him going. What was the secret to success? The ultra businessman's response: 'Lose your wife and marry a women 17 years younger than you.' Lai See can only speculate as to what advice the wrinkly guru's current wife would dole out if asked the same question.