I think he was taking advantage of the entertainment industry in a genius way that kept anyone from taking advantage of him. I've heard someone say that information is most powerful, a bid in the entertainment industry can be made or broken with something on you, if someone has something on you they can make you do whatever they want.
He went to college, did someone say he was smart, used more of his brain power than most. He was always the smartest in the room, right? Their have been humans in history taken over by this, they are described as powerful. Though no one in recent history has been as exposed with such detail as this one. The schematics, the players, the baby oil, over a period of 20+ years, Wow! genius!