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"That...... Sir, are you telling the truth? Are you really going to pay this hundred dollars for my answer? Just want to know what I've been selling all this time?" asked the shopkeeper, in a very cautious tone.

Zhou Ming slapped the table with a smile: "Of course, I have already put the money here, will I still lie to you?"

After listening to Zhou Ming's rhetorical question, the shop owner's eyes lit up at that time, after all, what store owner didn't want to make money? Not to mention a hundred dollars, which was already a very large amount of income in a store like him, where no goods exceeded a dollar.

"I think this must be the case, how can a noble person like you deceive a poor person like us? So please rest assured, sir, whatever you want to know, I will definitely tell you!" the shopkeeper said very confidently, but when he patted his chest to promise Zhou Ming, his other hand quietly put away the hundred dollars that Zhou Ming gave out.

The shopkeeper's small actions must not be able to hide from Zhou Ming's eyes, but Zhou Ming has no idea of bothering with him, after all, compared to the money he may earn in the future, this hundred dollars is not worth mentioning at all.

Then the owner of the shop told Zhou Ming about the sales of his shop in the last month, and Zhou Ming bought a notebook and a pen from next door and asked Janice to record them. Of course, when buying something, Zhou Ming also recorded the sales next door by the way, and also gave a hundred dollars to the other side according to the situation here.

Janice was originally reluctant to make this kind of record, but she was the daughter of the Commissioner of the Financial Services Department, and she was the goddess of the moon held by the stars, how could she be sent like this? But when Zhou Ming said that if she didn't do it, she would ask her to leave, and Janice had no choice but to give Zhou Ming a free job. Of course, Zhou Ming actually planned to give a salary, but was angrily rejected by Janice.

"I'm the daughter of the Commissioner of the Financial Services, do I still need your money? It's a joke!" said Janice.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Ming had no choice but to let her volunteer for herself.

Through the analysis of the sales of these two stores, Zhou Mingxian began the economic crisis in Mexico, but their sales became better than before, which made Carlos feel very puzzling.

"Mr. Zhou Ming, isn't the economic crisis going to make the economic situation worse? Why are these two shops selling better? It's so illogical, they can't lie to us, right?" said Carlos.

Regarding this question, Zhou Ming didn't speak, but Janice, who was in charge of the record, said first: "That's just the general situation of the economic crisis, but the situation of various industries in the economic crisis is different, and the situation of these shops is normal, which is mentioned in my course." ”

Janice's tone was very proud, because he was a top student from Columbia University, and his father was a commissioner of the Finance Department, so with his knowledge in economics, it was very easy to kill ordinary people in seconds. Especially the two in front of him are still Indians, although he said that he is the chief of the Indian tribal alliance, maybe a little smarter than the average Indian, but after all, he is still an Indian, isn't he?

Now, you're going to bow your heads and ask me for advice, right? Hurry up, I'll wait!

Janice thought happily in her heart, but Zhou Ming's next performance ruthlessly shattered her illusions.

"Are you talking about the lipstick effect? Whenever an economic crisis comes, people are always willing to spend money on cheap but comforting goods, such as lipstick. Zhou Ming continued, "And this is a very cheap small commodity market, and the things they sell are also very cheap goods, so it makes sense that their sales have increased during the economic crisis." ”

"How do you know?" asked Janice, very surprised.

Although the lipstick effect is not a very advanced economic principle, it is not so simple, especially for ordinary people, since it is an economic crisis, it is the most normal that no matter what economic activities should stagnate or even regress, right? Just like Carlos thought just now, how can this Indian talk about the lipstick effect? This is not scientific!

"I'm a student at Harvard Business School, and even though I haven't graduated yet, I think it's normal to be able to understand and talk about the lipstick effect, right?" Zhou Ming said.

"Harvard Business School?" are you talking about Harvard in Brighton?" asked Janice, somewhat unconvinced.

Zhou Ming smiled: "Are there still a few Harvard universities in the United States?"

Although Janice had already guessed that it would be this answer just now, she still felt unacceptable when she heard Zhou Ming say it herself, after all, she only went to Columbia University, why did this Indian in front of her go to Harvard?

This is not to say that Columbia University is bad, in fact, Columbia and Harvard both belong to the Ivy League, even if Harvard is higher in the school power rankings, but in fact they are still in the middle of the best, but in Janice's heart, Harvard has always been her yearning, but for some reasons she finally chose Columbia University, which has also become some regrets in her heart.

It was precisely in this way that when she heard that Zhou Ming was studying at Harvard, she couldn't help but get excited, you must know how a Native American went to a university that the daughter of the financial commissioner could not go to? Could it be that this is why he became the great chief of the Indian Union? It was also because he studied at Harvard that he led a successful Indian revolution?

From her expression, Zhou Ming could easily guess what she was thinking, so Zhou Ming explained to her: "I said a long time ago that I am not an Indian, and as for me being able to become a student at Harvard, it is actually a coincidence, that's it." ”

Zhou Ming didn't explain, but his explanation hit Janice even more, because she wanted to enter Harvard but couldn't get in, and you went in but said it was just a coincidence, which is too shocking, right?

Suddenly, Janice wilted, and there was no longer the arrogance she had before.

"If I hadn't wanted to see more of the department store, I'd have just left, you're too disheartening!" Janice said.

Zhou Ming felt that he was very wronged, the conscience of heaven and earth, he didn't want to show off or anything in front of her, because this was not a kind of capital to show off in his opinion, if this was all, then I am afraid that there is no place in his body that cannot be pretended to be b from the inside out.

However, Zhou Ming didn't explain much, because he saw that Janice was more willing to do things for herself after hearing that she was a Harvard student, and she was not as reluctant as before.

It seems that sometimes it is still convincing to pretend to be b once in a while!

Zhou Ming thought so in his heart, but he didn't have a single thought on this, after all, continuing to accumulate capital is the basis for him to continue to be able to pretend to be, and he is here for this today.

After recording the sales of these two stores in the past month, Zhou Ming took Janice and Carlos to other stores to inquire about the situation, because Paul emptied the mall, the owners of those stores were also the same as these two at the beginning, their faces were as bad as dead mothers, but in the end, they all showed favor to them under Zhou Ming's money offensive.

"Hello sir, what do you want to ask, no matter what, I will definitely answer truthfully!"

All kinds of answers, the smiles on the faces of these shop owners were bright, as if they could sell their butts willingly at any time.

Businessmen are always the most well-informed, not to mention that many owners of department stores still know each other, so when Zhou Ming asked a few shops, the owners of other shops also got the news and rushed over to take the initiative to inform them of their sales.

This made Carlos a little worried: "They didn't do it on purpose, did they? just to get the money in your hand Mr. Zhou Ming, but in fact, his data was all made up." ”

Zhou Ming shook his head: "They don't have to make up to deceive me, and I won't report their tax evasion." ”

The purpose of deception is generally to obtain benefits or to prevent themselves from losing any benefits, so now since the answer has nothing to do with any benefits, why should they risk losing a hundred yuan to deceive? Moreover, the most important thing is that they are all merchants, even if they want to deceive, they will add or subtract on the basis of the real sales of their stores, which will also have a certain value.

"You believe in them, but I've heard that the vendors here are very greedy and deceitful, and they are greedy for a penny, and because of their nature, they will not hesitate to use deception in order to get any penny. Janice kindly reminded her.

"People in the upper class usually look down on people at the bottom, so naturally they will do their best to slander them, in fact, everyone is the same, just like Janice's words, isn't it just that they have been deceived?" Zhou Ming also reminded her.

Compared with her mouth, ten Janice tied together will not be Zhou Ming's opponent, and in the end, she can only close her mouth and help Zhou Ming do statistics.

With Janice's help, the sales of most of the shops in this department store, which was expected to be completed until almost closing, took only two hours to complete, which shows Janice's ability, or it can be said that it is an advantage for college students, after all, they can always learn some methods and methods in college that others are difficult to learn elsewhere.

After analyzing these statistics, Janice finally came to the result that the first floor was the best seller, especially some decorative cosmetics and trinket shops, and the clothing market on the second floor was also very good, and the third and fourth floors were much worse.

This result is not surprising to Zhou Ming, although the lipstick effect is a very interesting phenomenon in the economic crisis, but it is nothing more, otherwise if it is a large-scale economic law, then every time the major consortia reach an economic crisis, they will collectively change careers to make cosmetics, health products and trinkets These things are good, why spend a lot of money to save the market?8