machination (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)

plot, scheme

success / success in life, achievement in the world

succeed / be successful in life

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

unsuccessful

failure

completion bonus, fee paid upon success of a project, contingent fee