"Sergei Korolev.
The dude was getting frustrated with the Soviet government because they weren’t interested in funding his space exploration projects, so he got his propaganda group to publish articles about how Russia was getting close to sending something into space. As expected, the US took the bait and started working on their satellite program, and the Soviet government freaked out when they saw the US doing that, so they funded Korolev’s projects. He and his group played them good."
JustAnotherAviatrix
turned out, the man just put up a booth at the parking, and just started collecting money. never missed a day, until he probably figured he got enough to retire.
genius.