Yep. He may not have "the riches today"; but he has earned an amount far more valuable than the riches of this world..."character".
That's only if "everybody" (and trust me, most folks do not) looked it through your selfish 'vision' of "doing it for the expected reward".... rather than "doing what's right".
In your opinion - that 50 quid is 'lousy' "pay".
And that's where it shall stay..... in your conceptions of what amounts to "rewards": "Lousy pay".
- R.