Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 179
"The first article of the general rules of the cooperation agreement: In order to ensure the consistency between the interests of HT Company and the interests of franchisees, HT Company cancels a series of establishment plans that are wholly owned by HT Company, such as direct stores, flagship stores, and model stores! All stores must have at least one operating partner!"

"Article 2: In order to ensure normal and good operation order, HT's shareholding in any store shall not be less than [-]%! In providing refined site selection services, standardized decoration design services, brand authorization services, In addition to franchising support services and other services that will help you open stores as soon as possible and better, HT will also provide direct economic support of [-] US dollars for each store! Reduce your store opening costs and achieve early Open the store every day, and get back the money one day sooner!"

"Article 49: In order to ensure the interests of the partners, HT Company's shareholding ratio in any store shall not exceed [-]% at most! To ensure that the store is still the store of the bosses, HT Company will not snatch the fruits of your labor. From a legal perspective , Bind our own hands and feet. Even if we have evil intentions, we will not be able to succeed! We will earnestly guarantee everyone's due interests!"

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Pointing his fingers, Carter explained the contents of the cooperation plan one by one.The faces of the bosses who heard the plan were also extremely complicated.Unlike employees, they have more complex interests and concerns.

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"Mr. Black! Excuse me, you just said that HT's shareholding ratio in any store is no less than 20%. Then, based on the minimum standard of 20%, the so-called support of [-] US dollars is your investment. It’s still an extra reward! While getting this share, will you invest more practical funds?”

At the end of the presentation and the Q&A session just started, a rich middle-aged man couldn't help asking loudly.Although he didn't raise his hand, he asked questions directly, which was a bit of a bad rule.

But for the sake of that loud voice, Carter still chose to answer this question first.Because, this problem is indeed a pit buried by Carter!

"Of course it's an extra incentive! Could it be that this gentleman feels that the free legal, financial, education and training that lasts for one year, two years, five years or even ten years, decades, and even real money several times a year?" Isn't the store bonus and publicity resources worth the 20% profit?"

"You're confusing concepts, Mr. Black! You don't say whether the support can be delivered as promised, or whether it can last as long as you say, even if it can. You have to understand that you do these things every year, and we don't We will share the profits with you every year.”

The middle-aged man's face turned red, and he shouted excitedly, almost directly accusing Carter of being a pickpocket
"Are you talking about these things, are they really worth the price? One-fifth of the annual income! That's a lot! We don't have legal issues most of the time, so let's not mention them. We hire accountants and calculate Tax declaration, the annual expenses will not exceed [-] US dollars. Based on our annual net income of [-] US dollars, [-]%, that is [-] US dollars! The remaining [-] US dollars, you have to let I see its worth in spending!"

"Sorry, sir! I can't let you see this value for the time being. But since you want to settle the score, I will also help you to settle the score."

Facing the accusation, Carter's expression remained calm.After all, the scene in front of them had long been expected by Carter and Goodman.Since the moment they wanted to be empty-handed, this kind of questioning was inevitable.

"First of all, your $1600. Similarly, I won't talk to you about activity subsidies. I won't even talk to you about the effect. I just want to ask this gentleman, $1600, are you willing to use it for advertising? Go to Publicity, and $1600, what can you do?"

"The advertising space of a local tabloid is $200 for the text version, and $400 for the picture version. You can only publish eight issues of the cheapest text version, and this kind of tabloid is usually published every other day, that is to say , you can only place newspaper text advertisements for half a month! But now, who is a normal person who reads newspapers?"

"Television commercial, $1600, even if it is on our local TV station in Georgia, how much time can you buy? Is it 10 seconds? Or 15 seconds? Even if you can buy it, where is the cost of your commercial filming? What do you want? You know, $40-$50 a day just to rent a camera, it’s not that great.”

"But what if the money is handed over to us? One store gives me 1600, ten stores is 16000, and one hundred stores is 16! In ten stores, I can do 80 issues of newspaper advertisements! Counting daily magazines, it only takes about 15 issues to complete the monthly advertisement placement of a local newspaper, and I only need to spend 75 issues to bombard five cities and regions with uninterrupted newspaper advertisements!"

"The remaining funds of the remaining five issues, which is 1000 US dollars, I can also use it to hire an excellent writer to polish the text for us and write more touching and heart-penetrating advertisements. Let our advertisement The effect is even better!"

"Similarly, when our HT has one hundred cooperative stores, the promotion fund of [-] is enough for us to buy the prime time of a national TV channel! I can also use the extra money to hire a professional photography team, Please ask a great director to help us shoot better commercials. Under this model, as long as we use the same brand, then this commercial will benefit all of us!"

Patiently analyzed it for the doubter. After fooling around, Carter suddenly sighed, lamenting in distress, and said:
"Gentlemen! Ladies! I don't know if you have insomnia at night, and then all kinds of thoughts are flying in your mind. I often have insomnia, and every time I have insomnia, I will think about many, many things: it may be who is beautiful on campus. The girl looked at me more today. Is she interested in me? Maybe Mrs. Brownie from the house next door suddenly sent me a piece of chocolate in her pajamas today, and it’s really sweet. Could it be What are you suggesting to me, should I go to the next door and try to see if the big iron gate is closed tightly."

Amid people's puzzlement or low-pitched laughter, Carter suddenly changed his subject:
"But actually, what I think about the most is the future! About me, about my hometown, about the United States, and even about the future of this world! What do you think the future should look like?"

"Cyberpunk? Artificial intelligence? Mechanical life? Wait, isn't it very likely that it will appear? It's as if our ancestors would not have thought that we have computers, telegraphs and telephones, and can fly out of the earth today. Based on this Once I knew it, I would think, where would these things appear? Where should they be born? A military laboratory? Or a large high-tech company”

"They are all possible, but looking back at our history. I don't know if you have discovered that the early research and development of science and technology were all the achievements of those pioneers who can be hailed as human civilization. Today, such as Genius scientists such as Edison, Faraday, and Maxwell are less and less known to us.”

(End of this chapter)