Corsica, Porto-Vecchio - December. It’s 9:30 p.m. when we hang up with our client. He’s French, based in London, father of three, married to Nathalie, a painter. His name is Jules, 51, half-finance-half-tech prodigy. What Jules wants is to stop spending obscene amounts of money renting dream villas every summer. He wants his own. Something like the one he rented in July… but also a bit like last year’s… and of course with his own twist. Well—mostly Nathalie’s twist.

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