I can't remember where I read it, but I read that Arnold and Franco used that bricklaying story as a ruse for for something else.....I can't remember if it was for taxes or whatever, but I really don't believe for a minute that Joe would let Arnold lay bricks to make ends meet.....Also It strikes me that Arnold was not one for manual labor....I think he had too much of an ego for that
He mentioned hiring 18 guys are a job, he was more of a contractor. No surprise, the guy's a socio path, it's easy to scam alot of money quick, if you can build a name, and not have to worry about being caught on shoddy work.
You can make a ton of money at that if you got questionable ethics, which he has in spades.
Anyhow, if arnold was simply honest, the book would of been killer, I can wait for 2030 when the real unedited version comes out.