During a business lunch at Dyrehavsbakken he became acquainted with Albert V. Unruh, a theatre director who owned a playhouse that suffered from a strongly declining turnover.
Under en firmafrokost på Dyrehavsbakken stiftede han bekendtskab med teaterdirektør Albert V. Unruh, hvis skuespilhus led under stærkt svigtende omsætning.