Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 21
Taking out the notebook he had prepared in advance, and taking out a pen, Carter recorded what he saw while observing.For example, the number of planes on the tarmac, the frequency of workers entering and leaving the factory, that is, how busy the workers are, and so on.As for the number of workers, it is convenient to calculate this when the workers get off work at noon.

Market research sounds high-level, but in practice, it is actually not complicated.The purpose of market research is to understand market fluctuation information such as market demand, market supply, price changes, environmental policy impact, etc.The most common and primary market research method is the observation method that Carter now uses.

Visual observation, camera photography observation, audio recording, etc. are all types of observation methods.Whether the workers are busy or not can infer the capacity saturation of the factory, that is, whether there are many orders, and the number of workers can also reflect the size of the factory from the side. However, this method has great limitations, especially for Carter, a small aviation industry. To put it bluntly.

If you can’t recognize Gulfstream’s aircraft model, you can’t know if they have updated their products, and you don’t know the price of Gulfstream business jets compared to the market. In addition, you are not at a high level, and you can’t speculate on Gulfstream’s customer needs. .
"Hey, it's hard! It's still too poor!"

After recording some simple data, Carter sighed with some melancholy.After poking at the door of Gulfstream and watching it for more than an hour, Carter can only say subjectively that he judges that Gulfstream's current situation is not bad.

During the working hours, I hardly saw any idlers wandering around with nothing to do, and the number of planes on the tarmac was neither too many nor too few, and there was no backlog of inventory for the time being.But private jets are usually custom-made products, and the factory will not start work until the order is received, so the number of planes on the tarmac is actually not very meaningful.As for Gulfstream's current order status, it is definitely useless to just rely on the outside world.
Still have to find a way to get in!
"What is so poor? Brother, are you poor now?"

Melis, who didn't know the truth, looked at her brother in astonishment. She didn't quite understand why Carter started complaining about being poor today when he paid back a lot of money yesterday.

"Well, it's still very poor."

Poor and rich are always a relative concept.With more than six million dollars in cash in his pocket, Carter is a proper rich man compared to most people, but compared to those rich people who buy private jets, isn't Carter poor?

Carter can't afford a private jet with a unit of [-] million.Of course, Carter didn't know that the Gulfstream business jets of this year were not that expensive at all, and that future Gulfstream jets would usually only cost about [-] million if they were settled in US dollars.After taking into account the inflation factor, buying a Gulfstream business jet these days is actually a few million dollars, excluding taxes.

But this does not affect Carter in the slightest that he is still a poor man, because even if it only costs a few million, it is not something Carter can afford now.While the siblings were whispering, a man suddenly walked out of Gulfstream, stood at the gate and waved to them.As if signaling the two to go over
"Let's go and have a look!"

After a brief moment of astonishment, Carter made a decision and walked towards that person first.

"Hello, I saw that you have been watching outside for a long time, are you interested in flying?"

Even though Carter, who is only 16 years old, looks old-fashioned and business-like in a dark blue Polo shirt, he still can't hide the immaturity on his face.Paulson had noticed the two young people in the office early on, but he didn't pay attention. After Gulfstream opened here, many teenagers from the neighborhood came to watch the excitement.

But for ordinary children, watching for a while, especially when they see a plane taking off, two cheers are enough.It won't be long before they find that they can't get in, and they will slowly disperse.But the two people in front of them seem a little different, especially the boy in front of him. Paulson saw that he seemed to be recording something.

If it weren't for the blatant behavior of this guy, Paulson would have wondered if this guy might be a spy.Out of curiosity, and it happened that he was about to leave work at noon, Paulson suddenly thought that he wanted to meet these two people.

"Yeah, after living on land for so many years, who doesn't yearn for the sky! Hello, my name is Carter Black, sir, what's my name?"

When Paulson observed Carter, Carter was also observing him.When the other party came out just now, Carter saw the respectful attitude of the security guard at the door.This person is not the boss, and he must be Gulfstream's management.That is, he is the one who has the right to take himself into Gulfstream.

"Aaron, Alan Paulson, just call me Aaron."

After shaking Carter's hand politely, Allen said with a smile.

"You are right. There is no one on land who does not yearn for the sky. But the cost of going to the sky is not small. Maybe one day in the future, you will become our customer and own an airplane of your own."

"Maybe, but compared to the sky, sometimes I still feel more secure on the ground. The sky is fine, just go to the sky once in a while. By the way, Uncle Allen, I wonder if I can rent your plane and go to the sky." What about flying around?"

Carter shrugged his shoulders, surprised that he had met the real owner in a flash, and was also nervously thinking about how to persuade the other party to let him in, or let the other party explain the current situation of Gulfstream to him.

Say you're here to buy a plane?That definitely won't work, just based on his appearance, it's because of Allen's self-cultivation not to drive himself out.The Mustang sports car, which has been invincible before, can't prove its financial resources at all here. This car may be very good in the eyes of ordinary people, but what is it, it is a business jet!
Are there fewer bosses you usually see?Which big boss drives a sports car but a Mustang?Don't you expect him to give you a high look if you don't have a whole cow or horse?
"Hahahaha, rent our plane? Yes, of course you can. Although we usually don't lease it, but it happens that we have a plane that has been refunded by a customer and is in an idle state. If you want to rent it, of course I can send it to you." Lease an airplane to you, but can you pay for it?"

Watching little Carter pretending to be an adult, Paulson became very playful.While laughing loudly, he teased Carter:

"I won't tell you the cost of renting the plane. It won't take long to fly around the sky. But you have to pay the pilot's labor compensation, right? You have to pay for the aviation fuel? That's all, one thousand dollars, the route We have a test flight route, and we won’t charge you any extra money. How about it? Do you still want to fly around in the sky now?”

A thousand dollars, not to mention putting it on a child, he couldn't stand it for an adult.The total income of a middle-class family in the past two months, in Paulson's opinion, after hearing this figure, Carter must not be able to maintain his calm and hateful face, and was terrified.

A child should be a child, so why pretend to be mature?
But just as Paulson was expecting Carter to break his power, his hand was suddenly grabbed by someone and he shook wildly. The next moment, a voice rang in his ear:
"Huh? One thousand dollars? It's so cheap, so I must fly! Uncle Allen, thank you so much, I'm so sorry, Melis, let's go, go by plane!"

(End of this chapter)