Stand by your convictons and remain friendly. After learning that money can't buy everything, he has diligently trained in the dojos after hours in order to save face. During his first trial, he managed to possess his instructor, showing remarkable willpower and mental fortitude. Also, he has a sweet AIBO that we all love playing with. Wealth has its mental as well as its physical aspects.
Mental wealth is to feel unthreatened.
It means you know the dangers of physical wealth and restrain yourself accordingly. Do good with your physical wealth. Do otherwise, and people will react badly toward you and you will find yourself alone with only your physical wealth. As the sword smith, she has to fold the ninja steel 300 times, go find, then kill a dragon, infuse its spirit into each sword, AND buff it up to that gleaming shine. Our eternal gratitude, that's what.