The Prince and His Sex Slave
"What is this penny nonsense? I will have to hire another accountant to do these calculations."
"Oh, that won't be necessary. If you could just draft the paperwork with the phrase, 'payment in exponential increment' for the next thirty days, and then ask your accountant to pay me daily through this new owner of yours, that would be sufficient."
"Hmm.. hold on a minute. A penny on the first day, twelve pennies make one shilling. So you will hardly make over five shillings by the end of the first week. That's less than the minimum wage of a worker. Are you sure?"