"What about your spray paint?! It costs 30,000 yuan, too? Don't tell me that the paint you use is also a one-in-a-million, one-in-a-million paint!"

Carter was a little crazy. Now he seemed to understand why other people's planes easily cost hundreds of millions or tens of millions of dollars. But when it came to his own, they were so cheap...

For example, I heard that Jack Ma’s Gulfstream cost 350 million yuan. If converted into U.S. dollars, it would be only 50 million U.S. dollars less. Even if there are factors such as the depreciation of the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar in the future, if we convert it year-on-year to today, it still costs 1,000 yuan.

More than seven million.

Although the models are different, there may be equal sharing of research and development costs, etc., but my 4.9 million...

Carter thought it was because airplanes were worthless these days and the big bear market had caused their prices to drop!

As a result, I never expected that these inconspicuous options would be so expensive!

As Paulson said, Carter's positioning of this aircraft is mainly practical. Similar to the gold decoration of the Saudi tycoons, one is useless and the other is not added; even the bedrooms, shower rooms, conference rooms, and restaurants

I don't want any messy things.

In addition to the necessary bathroom, there is a fixed coffee table for the row sofa and a few tables for the independent sofa. A TV is hung on the wall, and some basic lights are basically included in the cabin of Carter's aircraft.

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The lounges and the like 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 can pack your own food and take it with you anyway.

You have to pay the car entry fee and drive directly to the tarmac...

Now you can even bring weapons on board, so bringing two packed lunches will definitely not be a problem!

Even though I had searched so hard, I was cut off more than one million US dollars just because I said "this leather feels so comfortable"...

This painful reality once again told Carter the gap between him and the real rich!

"That's not the case. Pigments are indeed better than ordinary paints. After all, they are at high altitudes and at high speeds, right? Water resistance, anti-corrosion, and insulation all have to be taken into consideration. However, it is indeed not very luxurious, but

Who told you to buy something luxurious? Since it has high added value, it will naturally be expensive~"

Paulson shrugged and said the leek thing was so justified!

Gulfstream never cheats the poor!

Carter was speechless for a moment. Think about the three-cylinder engine of Mercedes-Benz, then think about the 80,000 yuan for a Porsche wheel, and then think about Tesla's paid unlocked rear-wheel steering...

Come on, I did it all by myself...

Gritting his teeth, he nodded and asked Paulson to send the contract to HT Company after the holiday. They would send legal counsel to review the contract and sign the contract and pay the fee. Carter declined. Paulson also wanted to talk to him about building the airport, and it seemed like he was running away.

He rushed back to Douglas.

Having already been cut off nearly 6.7 million US dollars, Carter really didn't dare to stay here any longer. After realizing that he might be addicted to making money, Carter was unwilling to challenge his bottom line.

Once I was deceived, I felt really excited and signed a contract. Well, it’s not a matter of 6 million. It’s no joke that an airport can just give you 60 million!

Detouring through Waycross, entering Douglas from the south of the city. Before entering the city, Carter saw a busy construction site. Thick workers were distributed on a loess surface in the south of the city. Under the roar of construction machinery, they were tamping the road foundation. His eyes

Looking far away, Carter could even see the pine forest in the distance slowly falling...

Entering the city, there are pedestrians carrying large and small bags on both sides of the street preparing for Thanksgiving dinner; children playing in the small park; some store signs that I had not seen half a year ago...

All of this shows Carter the vitality of this small town!

The residential area in the south has also reached a certain scale at this time. Nearly 400 American-style villas have been built and stretch out, making the entire Douglas city circle expand a lot!

It turned out that when he entered Douglas from the south of the city and saw his almost forgotten highway business district, Carter knew: Oh! We can see the city in twenty kilometers!

But now?

After passing there and seeing the current edge of the city, Carter recalled that it seemed that he had only driven a distance of more than ten kilometers. This also meant that Douglas was expanding to the south...

But this prosperous scene could not last long. After entering the city center, which is near the bank, Carter suddenly saw many homeless people outside the window. They gathered in groups with their bedding and luggage.

Some people were lazily basking in the sun on the grass in some small parks. Others were huddled beside the buildings on both sides of the streets. Even on both sides of the door of their own bank, there were two or three homeless people, leaning against the outside of the bank.

The upright pillar, dangling his legs...

This is strange!

It was not like this before when the economy was in depression and the unemployment rate was at its highest. Now the city is clearly expanding, but as a result there are more homeless people in the city center?!

"Goodman! I'm back!"

After opening the bank door with ease and finding Goodman's office, Carter pushed open the door and entered.

"I know you're coming back today, so there's no need to make any noise! ​​Look, aren't 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 been brewed, he asked:

"How does it feel to live at Yale? Is there anything worth sharing with me?"

"There must be, and there are quite a few! Thank you!"

After receiving the coffee from Goodman and facing the concern and questioning of family members, Carter couldn't help but ask what was going on outside at this time. After thinking about it for a while, Carter chose a direction...

"I think what is more significant 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 Master of Business Administration.

I went to listen..."

"At the beginning, I thought this course was just nonsense. What about ethics, morals, and social responsibility, right? We are businessmen, and making money is our greatest morality. But to be honest, after listening to it, I felt that I

There have been some changes in my ideas, combined with what we have done before..."

"Oh? What exactly is this course about?"

"It's mainly about the relationship between business ethics, sustainability and corporate social responsibility. It's a bit involved in the category of philosophy. It probably means that I hope to tell future business managers through this course in the first class.

How should we run a sustainable enterprise, or how to make an enterprise survive for a longer period of time!"

"For example, I always thought that making money is the greatest morality of a company. This concept comes from Adam Smith and Benjamin nearly two hundred years ago, and its underlying logic is not as crude as I once imagined. It wants to

The meaning to be expressed is: when individuals run enterprises driven by personal interests, it will objectively promote the development of the community economy."

"This set of theories later developed into Henry Sidgwick's moral utilitarianism. The view expressed by this doctrine is that as long as businessmen operate legally and disciplinedly, the overall development level of society will be improved under administrative control and market control.

..."

"Today, Professor Thompson put forward a point of view in class. He believes that today's enterprises should not affect the long-term development of the enterprise, not at the expense of destroying the social environment and natural environment, and it is best to promote the enterprise market.

With the prosperity of capital, make as much profit as possible!”
Chapter completed!