Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 117 Unpaid Salary and Unaffordable Gifts

"Everyone, it's not my old Jason bullying the girls. In fact, after my calculations, we didn't make any money this Christmas. It's 200 dollars per person, and the total is 400. I really can't give this money. get up"

"Don't cry, kid. If you want, you can take $105 worth of merchandise from my store and use it to offset your salary, okay? If you sell them, don't you get the money too? "

When Carter followed Liklis to the Johnson gift shop on 14th Street, he saw a lot of people watching.In the middle of the crowd, a middle-aged man with slightly white temples was facing the girl who was squatting on the ground, hugging her knees and sobbing, trying to persuade her.Beside them, there were two policemen with perplexed faces standing at a loss.

Faced with this kind of dispute, the two policemen were actually quite helpless.It's not that people don't want to pay the wages, but they really can't afford the money, so what can I do?You can't let others give you a salary and then starve to death, right?

"But you have difficulties, and we have difficulties too! You can't deduct our salary just because your business is not good. "

"Alice Carter is here!"

Hearing her companion's cries of grievance, Li Kelisi, who was outside the crowd, immediately shouted.And hearing Carter's name, the crowd gave way very consciously.

This seemed to be a rehearsed action in advance, and Carter was slightly taken aback.Since when did I gain such prestige in Douglas? !
But the doubts were all doubts. Seeing that several parties were looking at him, Carter nodded slightly to the audience, and then strode into the arena.

"Mr. Carblack, don't misunderstand. I really didn't mean to underpay the girls, but if they were paid the full $400, our family would not be able to survive this month."

Seeing Carter striding towards him, Jason looked a little nervous.The attention was completely shifted from Alice, who was squatting aside, to Carter.

The two policemen also nodded slightly to say hello to Carter.

"Good morning, both of you, come on, smoke! Mr. Johnson, you smoke too, talk slowly if you have something to do."

Habitually, he took out cigarettes and gave them to the two policemen who had met once, and after handing another one to Jason, Carter walked into the gift shop.

The eyes are red.Red Christmas hats, Christmas stockings, and a Christmas tree in the middle of the store with small decorations.Unlike the common decorative fake trees in the future, the one standing in the middle of the store is a real pine tree.The floor below was pierced and planted directly in the ground. Maybe this shop was built like this on purpose when it was built.

The branches on the tree are well pruned, and the colorful light strips surround the pine tree, perhaps because the lights are not turned on, it looks a bit messy.Between the light strips, there are small bells and small gift boxes hanging on them.Gift boxes piled up at the foot of the pine tree
"Mr. Black, here is our store's revenue book. You can take a look at our December revenue. I, Jason, assure you that everything I say is sincere. Our turnover totals It’s only 27600 US dollars, after deducting the purchase payment of 27000 US dollars to be repaid, there is still a profit of less than 600.”

Jason, who followed Carter into the store, picked up the ledger on the counter, turned to the December record page, and hurriedly showed it to Carter.At the same time, he kept explaining in his mouth:
"There are six members of my family, and the minimum living expenses are 700 US dollars a month. Give them 200 US dollars, and our family is ready to not eat meat for two months, but if it is 400"

"Didn't the purchase price be paid in advance? Or did you purchase the goods on credit?"

After receiving the account book from Jason, Carter looked through it first and asked a question first.

"I bought the goods on credit. Last year's market was not good, and there were very few customers in the gift shop. The manufacturer also knew this situation and was considerate of us, so they allowed us to buy the goods on credit, and repay the money after the sale in the future. "

Hearing Carter's more reasonable question, Jason breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then these unsold goods, can't they be returned?"

Looking at the previous account records, if the account books were not fraudulent, Jason's words were indeed not lying.Buying goods on credit is nothing new, but Carter was thinking about the supply models of many commodities in the future.

Since I can't sell it, can I return the product?In this way, the pressure to repay the loan will be less.Just looking at the unremoved Christmas decorations in the store, Carter knew that Jason still had a lot of stock. In other words, this person could have such a difficult day because he bought too much!
"This is definitely not possible. This gift is not a commodity like food and beverage. Moreover, when entering food and beverage, only products that are about to expire are allowed to be returned by the manufacturer, but that is also for you to replace with a new product, not for you to return. payment."

"That's right! All right, let's go out first."

After closing the ledger and returning it to Jason, Carter didn't ask why he bought so much.Because strictly speaking, Jason didn't actually buy much.

27000 U.S. dollars worth of goods, the higher the calculation, the 40% profit, the value of the goods is only 3. If you count 4 households in Douglas, the average consumption per household is a little more than 3 U.S. dollars, less than [-] U.S. dollars. It will be digested.What's more, some families with better conditions spend more than $[-] on Christmas gifts.

Christmas gifts are also part of the Christmas customs in European and American countries, and this is an unavoidable expense.Even Anna, who is now 18 years old, received small gifts such as scarves and parasols this Christmas.

Of course, so did Carter.

In other words, the Christmas period is the most profitable time of the year for gift shops.When the conditions are good, the profit generated by just one Christmas can completely compare with their income for the whole year.

So there is nothing wrong with stocking up before Christmas.In order to cope with the Christmas shopping rush, old Jason hired two girls, Likliss and Alice, to do part-time jobs, and there was nothing wrong with that!

Then the scene in front of me is very interesting.It could only mean that many families in Douglas were so distressed this year that they had to cut down their Christmas present spending.

economy!economy!It's so economical!
"Carter."

"Don't worry, leave it to me."

Carter, who walked out of the store, gave the two waiting girls a reassuring look, then looked at the crowd and shouted:

"Gentlemen, I would like to ask everyone, how many people did not buy Christmas presents for their children last Christmas? Or how many children did not receive Christmas presents?"

Accompanied by Carter's yelling, the adults onlookers were indifferent.It's just that among the 7 children watching, three of them raised their hands, and they were immediately pushed down by their parents secretly.
The child Sanxiong narrowed his mouth, and when he was about to say something aggrieved, he was covered by his parents again with a "snap".Although the scene did not seem to have changed in the end, there was no positive response to how many Carters did not buy Christmas gifts.

But just based on the reactions of the children, and the embarrassment, embarrassment, and unnatural expressions on the faces of many adults, Carter has already got the answer he wanted
Facing the unoptimistic situation, Carter sighed helplessly:
"How about this"

(End of this chapter)