Just to be clear: how many dollars did Jim, uh, earn as a result of this? Absolutely zero? Six million? Negative six million? Two hundred and twelve? What?
Did Jim lose his own money? Family money? Company money? Government money? Money belonging to another individual? Belonging to several people?
Was Jim’s job to destroy old currency? e.g. incinerating obsolete banknotes, reclaiming metal from discontinued coins, etc.
Was the issue Jim was too good?
He earned a total of $19.5 million. He ended up with $13.5 million if you take away the $6 million.
YES.
Was Jim’s job dangerous? Was he in the military? Law ? Espionage? A Criminal? Stuntman? Exploration?
Yes to dangerous.
No to all the jobs you listed, though.
Could his job be considered, in any sense, salvage or recovery work?
POTUS? A dangerous job with a mortality rate of almost 1 in 5. 
Was his job a sport of some kind?
Was gambling involved?
Was he laundering proceeds of crime ?
ETA probably not or he’d be a criminal !
NO
NO
NO
Did this have something to do with negotiations for, or the terms of a contract with, a professional sports organization?
If so, was the contract with a team in one of the “big four” sports in the US?
Or did it have to do with sponsorship of a product?
It was the result of negotiations for his sports contract. It was not a big four US sport, but a well known sport.
No to sponsorship.
Can you figure out what might have happened???
Was/is he a boxer?
Is horse racing involved?
No to boxing or horse racing.
Is it a team sport?
Is it one individual against one other individual? (e.g. tennis)
Is it several individuals, each in competition against the others? (e.g. golf)
Is some kind of fighting involved? (Not boxing, but wrestling, fencing, martial arts, or similar)
Is it some kind of race?
Is a ball involved?
Assuming this is a one-against-one sport, was he so good that he had to lower his price by $6 million in order to get someone to agree to a game/match/whatever with him?
NO.
It’s car racing folks, he races cars.
Does it have to do with sponsorship deals?