This is how the truth keeps setting us back everytime – Actress Shan George reveals how telling the truth to a very wealthy Nigerian man made her lose an investment opportunity

Actress Shan George has shared how speaking the truth once cost her an investment opportunity.

She recounted that after producing a movie a decade ago, she met one of Nigeria’s wealthiest men and invited him to watch it. When he asked about the production cost, she honestly told him it was ₦6 million. According to her, this response made him dismiss her and continue to brush her off in subsequent encounters.

Years later, the businessman admitted that he “doesn’t take any little person serious in business,” which made her realize why he refused to invest in her project.

Shan noted that while being truthful cost her that opportunity, she remains unwilling to compromise her values by lying.

The actress-producer wrote: “Many years ago, as a struggling movie producer, I met one of Nigeria’s richest men by accident, I went to invite a father to my movie premier and he was there, so I also extended an invitation to him. 

“In d few minutes we met, he asked how much I spent producing d movie, and I told him 6million naira ( this was over 10yrs ago, 6m was still big money) and asked if he can invest in our next movie, he just smiled and waved me off. 

“After a few times I tried to reach out to him for d investment in our next movie, he was unreachable, so I movd on. 

“Recently I read where same man said that he doesn’t take any little person serious when it comes to business. So I now understand why he waved me off then, cos I was a struggling producer. 

“This is how d truth keeps setting us back everytime, shey I for lie then ni? but I sure won’t join d lying gang, neither will I fake it to make it. Oga sir, I now make movies wit 100M dollars o, just one Bitcoin, will u now invest? Or we still too small? Ndi uwa.”