With me as the chief instructor and with Bob's organizational skills, we soon had three prosperous martial arts schools. By 1970, we were doing so well that a large corporation offered to acquire our business and open hundreds of other Chuck Norris Studios nationwide. Bob and I discussed our options and decided to sell. We figured that 2 percent of hundreds of studios was better than 100 percent of three studios.Bob and I received $60,000 apiece for our studios and a $3,000-per-month salary. I was to continue running the instructional program, and Bob was to head the sales program. It was the ideal situation. We could still be involved with the students while somebody else handled the business and paid us to do what we loved.When Dianne and I received our check, one of the first things we did was to purchase a new home in Rolling Hills Estates, a secluded residential area of Los Angeles. I also bought a gold Cadillac. With a regular income and sixty grand in the bank at thirty years of age, I felt flush with cash!
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