Wow, that's pretty out there.
You'll have to get past it, and put it aside, because it doesn't sound like you'll ever get close to agreeing and it's not worth damaging a friendship over.
Yeah, I say that tongue in cheek (a bit) because at 44 we've been best friends since I was about 6 yrs old when he moved in next door to me and we grew up together. As you can imagine, we've been through everything together.
However, him seemingly being dazzled by the money has hurt me bit.
Anyways, let's fucking twat the cunts on Friday, that will make me feel a lot better 🙂