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>> chris blackwell: well, always is to have fun, it's part of the master plan. you only live around here one time so i'm very excited about here, what i'm doing here. i'm trying to break a little resort town. it's something that filters into the town, filters into the parish, filters into the country. >> anthony: lately the project at hand is the oracabessa fish sanctuary set up to protect the local fish habitat and breeding grounds. a noble cause, but one that has put blackwell squarely at odds with some of his neighbors. it seems to me that most people who come to jamaica pretty much stay wi...

I don't think anybody could have imagined. it's so unbelievable. >> having sold island records for some rumored to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars, blackwell spends his time, well, doing whatever he wants. you have a number of hotel properties, rum business? >> uh-huh. >> what's the master plan? or are you just having fun? >> always is to have fun is part of the master plan. you only live around here one time, so i'm very excited about here, what i'm doing here. i'm trying to break a little resort town, something that filters into town, filters into the parish, filters into the cou...

Breeding grounds. a noble cause, but one that has put blackwell squarely at odds with some of his neighbors. it seems to me that most people who come to jamaica pretty much stay within the compound, you know, sandals or whatever, and don't really get out there much. >> it's a business model and that business model works well for people. ♪ ♪ >> the market that i'm going for are the ones on the high level in terms of high-cost level. >> is it ininevitability that all of the caribbean will end up as a service economy? >> yes, i think -- yes, i think mainly so. and then it's based on tourism...

I do not think anybody could've imagined, it's so unbelievable. >> anthony: having sold island records for a sum rumored to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars, blackwell spends his time, well, doing whatever he wants. >> anthony: you have a number of hotel properties, uh, rum business. >> chris blackwell: mm-hmm. >> anthony: what's the master plan? >> chris blackwell: master plan? >> anthony: or are you just having fun? >> chris blackwell: well, always is to have fun, it's part of the master plan. you only live around here one time so i'm very excited about here, what i'm doing here. i'...

I'm trying to break a little resort town. it's something that filters into the town, filters into the parish, filters into the country. >> anthony: lately the project at hand is the oracabessa fish sanctuary set up to protect the local fish habitat and breeding grounds. a noble cause, but one that has put blackwell squarely at odds with some of his neighbors. it seems to me that most people who come to jamaica pretty much stay within the compound of, you know, sandals or whatever and don't really get out there much. >> chris blackwell: it's a business model and that business model works well f...