A new game

A gaming consortium of several highly intelligent men had enlisted Rock and his cat Joe to participate in something akin to fantasy football, though they told Rock this new game was far more complex. Before he committed, he realized the group wanted Joe, not him, and it soon became clear that Joe and another recent recruit had specific areas of genius adequate to insure victory no matter the opponent. Rock was  confused but pleased to learn of his cat's rare, perhaps unique, ability. Joe seemed indifferent.

A financial nightmare

Rock bet a few long-shot horses at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort. He missed their races but later saw he had won literally hundreds of millions of dollars, so much that he was baffled by what to do. Oaklawn's mutual department deposited the money into his checking account, and Rock knew enough about finances and routine security measures to guess there might be a safer place for his new fortune. He was suddenly filthy rich, but the complexity of it all, and potential tax implications, panicked him in oddly nightmarish ways.

Penniless

Apparently Rock had done some online banking and changed several of his investment strategies while he was asleep, and he awoke at about five a.m. to realize his net worth was significantly diminished. He found his laptop on an ottoman in the den but couldn't remember any of the websites he needed or even which browser he used. The urgency of all this was clear to him. Not only was the quality of his retirement in jeopardy, but he faced the possibility of pennilessness before daybreak.