Let’s bring this to your level.
I owe Jimmy 100 apples. Jimmy says he will stop picking apples for my apple business if I don’t pay him his apples. That’s okay because I don’t want him any more.
So I go to my neighbor, Steve. I tell Steve he can have Jimmy work for him instead but he has to help me pay my debt. He needs to pay Jimmy 70 apples. I will pay 30 but that’s all I can afford.
Jimmy takes 30 apples from me and 70 from Steve. Jimmy has 100 apples.
Jimmy then tells all his friends he’s unselfish and generous because he only took 70 apples from Steve even though he was owed 100 because he wants people to think he’s selfless (however, he didn’t tell them he got 30 from me, bringing it to the same total.)
If it helps you, you can replace apples with bananas, pears, or cherries. Whatever helps you understand the situation.