However, there IS one way that it adds up...
maybe Mel did not/does not want to be bothered with machine production himself...
and maybe he did not want to let the Chinese steal the heart of POPN from him... the machine... by having it built there...
MAYBE Mel could not get this show rolling until AVTC and James Winsor came along to show him how to get to the brass ring with a reliable partner who could BRING additional improvements to his POPN machine platform & manufacture it in mass production for POPN!
"I call investing the greatest business in the world because you never have to swing... All day you wait for the pitch you like,... The problem when you're a money manager is that your fans keep yelling, 'Swing. you bum!'"
W. Buffett