Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 456 Homeless people in urban areas and business ethics

"Then your spray paint?! It costs [-] yuan? Don't tell me that the paint you use is one in a million, one in a million!"

Carter was a little crazy, and now he seems to understand why looking at other people's planes can easily cost hundreds of millions, or tens of millions of dollars.But here, it's so cheap.
For example, the Gulfstream owned by Jack Ma cost 3.5 million RMB. If it is converted into US dollars, it would be less than [-] million US dollars.Even if there is a factor of depreciation in the purchasing power of the US dollar in the future, it will cost more than [-] million if converted to today.

Although the models are different, there may be equal sharing of research and development costs, but my 490 million.
Carter thought it was because the planes were worthless these days, and the bear market caused their prices to drop!

As a result, I never expected that these humble options are so expensive!

As Paulson said, Carter's positioning of this aircraft is still practical.Similar to the gold decorations of Saudi tyrants, one is useless and one is not added; even bedrooms, showers, meeting rooms, restaurants and other messy things are not needed.

In addition to the necessary bathrooms, a fixed coffee table should be installed next to the side-by-side sofa, and a few table boards should be added to the independent sofa.Then hang a TV on the wall, plus some basic lights, basically constitute the entire cabin of Carter's plane.

Those in the lounge are all omitted.Correspondingly, the flight attendants don’t even think about it. Carter even canceled the catering area on the plane. It’s easy to eat on the plane. You have to pack the food and bring it up. Anyway, you have to pay the car entry fee and drive directly to the parking lot. on the ping.
Now that even weapons can be carried on the plane, it is definitely not a problem to bring two lunch boxes!

Even though it has been searched like this, but just because I said "this leather is so comfortable to touch", I was cut off more than one million US dollars.
This painful reality once again told Carter the gap between him and the real rich!
"This is not true. Pigment is indeed better than ordinary paint. After all, high altitude and high speed, right? Water resistance, corrosion resistance, and insulation have to be considered. But it is indeed not very luxurious, but Who told you to buy extravagant things! The added value is high, so naturally it’s expensive~”

Paulson shrugged his shoulders, and spoke about the matter of Ga leek so confidently!
Gulfstream never cheats the poor!
Carter was speechless for a while, thinking about the three-cylinder engine of Mercedes-Benz, then thinking about the [-] yuan for a wheel hub of Porsche, and thinking about Tesla's paid unlock rear wheel steering
Well, I did it all myself.
He gritted his teeth and nodded, and asked Paulson to send the contract to HT after the festival, and they would send a legal officer to review the contract and sign the contract for payment.Carter declined Paulson and wanted to talk to him about building the airport, so he rushed back to Douglas as if fleeing.

Already cut nearly [-] million US dollars, Carter really didn't dare to stay in this place any longer.After realizing that he might also be addicted to making money, Carter was unwilling to challenge his bottom line.If you get fooled and get really crazy and sign a contract, well, then it's not a matter of [-] million. It's not a joke to get [-] million for you at any airport!

Go around Waycross and enter Douglas from the south of the city.Before entering the city, Carter saw a construction site in full swing, densely packed workers were scattered on a loess surface in the south of the city, and under the roar of construction machinery, the road foundation was tamped.Looking far away, Carter can even see the pine forest in the distance is slowly falling
Entering the city, pedestrians carrying big bags and small bags on both sides of the street are preparing for the Thanksgiving dinner; children playing in the small park; some store signs that have not been seen half a year ago.
All of this is showing Carter the vitality of this small town!
The residential area in the south also has a certain scale at this time.Nearly [-] sets of American-style small villas have been built stretching out, expanding the entire city circle of Douglas a lot!
It turned out that when he entered Douglas from the south of the city and saw his highway business district that had been almost forgotten by him, Carter knew: Oh!There are still [-] kilometers to see the city!
But now?

After passing there, and seeing the edge of the city today, Carter recalled that he only drove a distance of more than ten kilometers.This also means that Douglas is expanding to the south
But this thriving scene did not last long. After entering the downtown area, it was near the location of the bank.Carter suddenly saw a lot of homeless people outside the window. They gathered in small groups on the grass in some small parks, lazily basking in the sun.Some people huddled up beside the buildings on both sides of the street. Even on both sides of the gate of their own bank, there were two or three homeless men, leaning against the pillars outside the bank, dangling their legs.
That's weird!

This was not the case when the economy was depressed and the unemployment rate was the highest. Now that the city is expanding and developing, there are still more homeless people in the city center? !
"Goodman! I'm back!"

Pushing open the door of the bank with ease, after finding Goodman's office, Carter pushed the door open and entered.

"I know you're coming back today, so don't shout! Look, am I waiting for you?"

Looking at the energetic Carter, Goodman showed a kind smile on his face.While getting up to pour the coffee that had already been brewed, he asked:
"How does life at Yale feel? Is there anything worth mentioning to share with me?"

"There must be, and there are not many! Thank you!"

After receiving the coffee from Goodman, Carter couldn't ask what was going on outside at this time, facing the caring questions of his relatives.After a little thought, Carter chose a direction and introduced his learning gains
"I think the most meaningful course is a course called 'Business Ethics' in the School of Management. This is a relatively new course content. Professor Thompson of the School of Management listed it as the first course of the Yale MBA. I went to listen in"

"At the beginning, I thought this course was just a joke. What ethics, morality, social responsibility, right? We are businessmen, and making money is our greatest morality. But to be honest, after listening to it, I think I There have been some changes in our thinking, combined with what we have done before”

"Oh? What exactly is this class about?"

"It's mainly about the relationship between business ethics, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility. It's a bit of a philosophy, and it probably means that Professor Thompson hopes to tell those future companies through this class in the first class. Managers, how to run a sustainable business, or how to make a business last longer!"

"For example, I always thought that making money is the greatest morality of a company. This concept came from Adam Smith and Benjamin nearly two hundred years ago, and its underlying logic is not as rough as I once imagined. It wants to What I want to express is: when an individual operates a business driven by personal interests, it will also objectively promote the development of the community economy.”

"And this set of theories later developed into Henry Sidgwick's moral utilitarianism, which expressed the view that as long as businessmen operate legally and disciplinedly, the overall development level of society will be improved under administrative regulation and market regulation. .”

"Today, Professor Thompson put forward a point of view in class. He believes that the current enterprise should not affect the long-term development of the enterprise, not at the expense of destroying the social environment and the natural environment, and it is best to promote the enterprise market. In the case of prosperity with the capital, make as much profit as possible!"

(End of this chapter)