As Zhou Ming said, the owner of the shop stood up suddenly with an incredible expression on his face.

"That... Is what you said just now true? Do you really want to use this hundred dollars to buy my answer? I just want to know what I have sold during this period?" asked the shop owner, his tone very cautious.

Zhou Ming smiled and patted the table: "Of course, I have already put all the money here. Will I still lie to you?"

After hearing Zhou Ming's rebuttal question, the shop owner's eyes lit up at that time. After all, which shop owner doesn't want to make money? Not to mention that it's still one hundred dollars. This is already a huge income in a store like him that has no product for one dollar.

"I think this is definitely the case. How could a noble person like you deceive a poor person like us? So please don't worry, sir, I will tell you no matter what you want to know!" The shop owner said confidently, but when he was patting his chest to guarantee Zhou Ming, his other hand quietly put away the hundred dollars given by Zhou Ming.

The owner of this shop must not hide the little actions of Zhou Ming, but Zhou Ming did not have the idea of ​​calculating him. After all, compared to the money he might make in the future, this hundred dollars is not worth mentioning at all.

Then the shop owner told Zhou Ming about the sales situation of his shop in the past month. Zhou Ming bought a notebook and a pen from the next door, and asked Janice to record all of these. Of course, when buying things, Zhou Ming also recorded the sales situation of the next door, and also gave him one hundred dollars according to the situation here.

Janice was reluctant to make such records. She was the daughter of the Commissioner of the Finance Department and a goddess who was favored by the stars. How could she be sent like this? But when Zhou Ming said that if she didn't do it, she asked her to leave. Janice had no choice but to work for Zhou Ming for free. Of course, Zhou Ming was actually planning to pay her salary, but was rejected by Janice angrily.

"I am the daughter of the Commissioner of the Finance Department. Do I still need your money? It's just a joke!" said Jennis.

It was precisely because Zhou Ming had no choice but to let her volunteer for herself.

By analyzing the sales of these two shops, Zhou Ming found that after Mexico began an economic crisis, their sales situation became better than before, which made Carlos feel very puzzled.

"Mr. Zhou Ming, will the economic crisis make the economic situation worse? Why are the sales of these two stores better? This is too illogical. They are not lying to us, are they?" Carlos said.

Regarding this issue, before Zhou Ming could speak, Janice, who was in charge of the record, said first: "That's just the general situation of the economic crisis, but the situation in various industries during the economic crisis is different. For example, the situation in 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. With his achievements in economics, it was very simple to kill ordinary people in seconds. Especially the two in front of him were Indians. Although he said that he was the chief of the Indian Tribe Alliance, he might be smarter than ordinary Indians, but he was still an Indian after all, isn't he? Compared with himself, he would show off his skills in economics!

Then, you have to bow your head and ask me for advice? Come quickly, I'm still waiting!

Janice thought secretly with joy, but Zhou Ming's performance ruthlessly shattered her fantasy.

"Are you talking about the lipstick effect? ​​Whenever an economic crisis comes, people are always willing to spend money to buy cheap products that can comfort themselves, such as lipstick." Zhou Ming continued, "and here is a very cheap small commodity market, and the things they sell are also very cheap goods, so their sales increase during the economic crisis can make sense."

"How did you know?" Jennis asked in surprise.

Although the lipstick effect is not a very profound economic principle, it is not that simple. Especially for ordinary people, since it is an economic crisis, no matter any economic activity, it is the most normal thing to stagnate or even regress? Just as Carlos thought just now, how could this Indian speak out the red effect in one word? This is unscientific!

"I am a student at Harvard Business School. Although I haven't graduated yet, I think it's normal for me to understand and speak the red effect, right?" Zhou Ming said.

"Harvard Business School? Are you talking about the Harvard University in Brighton?" Jennis asked in a little uncertainty.

Zhou Ming smiled: "Does there still be several Harvard universities in the United States?"

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

This is not to say that Columbia University is not good. In fact, Columbia and Harvard belong to the Ivy League. Even if Harvard is ahead in the school's strength ranking, they are actually still in the same position. It's just that in Janice's heart, Harvard has always been her yearning. It was only for some reasons that she finally chose Columbia University, which has become some regrets in her heart.

That's why she was so excited when she heard that Zhou Ming was studying at Harvard. You must know that even the daughter of a finance commissioner could not go to the university, why did an Indian go? Is this why he became the 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 have said long ago that I am not an Indian. As for me to be a student at Harvard, it is actually a coincidence, that's it."

It’s okay if Zhou Ming didn’t explain, but his explanation hit Jennis even more, because she wanted to go to Harvard but couldn’t. You went in but said it was just a coincidence. Is this a big blow to people, right?

Suddenly, Janice became depressed and no longer had the pride she had before.

"If I hadn't wanted to see this department store more, I would have left directly. You would have been too damaging to people!" said Jennis.

Zhou Ming felt that he was very wronged. He was so conscience that he did not want to show off in front of her, because this was not a capital for showing off in his opinion. If this was all, then he would probably not be able to pretend to be in the inside from the inside out.

However, Zhou Ming did not explain much, because he saw that Jennis was a Harvard student and was more willing to do things for him, not as reluctant as before.

It seems that sometimes it can still be impressive if you pretend to be a b-in occasionally!

Zhou Ming thought so in his heart, but he didn't have any thoughts on it. After all, continuing to accumulate capital is the only way for him to continue to be able to hold on, and he came for this today.

After recording the sales of these two stores in the past month, Zhou Ming took Jennis and Carlos to other stores to inquire about the situation. Because Paul cleared the mall, the owners of those stores were the same as the two stores at the beginning, with a bad look as if they were dead, but in the end they all showed goodwill to them under Zhou Ming's money offensive.

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

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

The news about merchants is always the most informative, not to mention that many owners of department stores still know each other. Therefore, after Zhou Ming and his friends asked about several stores, the owners of other stores also received the news and rushed over to ask for information about their sales.

This made Carlos a little worried: "Didn't they do this on purpose? They just wanted to get the money you have in your hands, Mr. Zhou Ming, and his data were actually made up."

Zhou Ming shook his head: "They don't need to make up a fool of me, and I will not report their tax evasion."

The purpose of deception is generally to gain benefits or to prevent themselves from losing any benefits. So now that the answer does not concern any benefits, why do they have to risk losing a hundred yuan to deceive? Besides, the most important thing is that they are all businessmen. Even if they want to deceive, they will add or subtract based on the real sales of their own store, which will also have certain value.

"You trust them very much, but I heard that all the vendors here are very greedy and good at deceiving. They will be greedy for no cent. Because of their characteristics, they will use deception methods to get any cent." Jennis kindly reminded.

"People in the upper class usually look down on the lower class, so they will naturally slander them to the best of their ability. In fact, everyone is the same, just like Miss Janice, aren't the words you said just now being deceived?" Zhou Ming also reminded her.

Compared to the verbal words, even ten Jennis tied together would not be Zhou Ming's opponent. In the end, she could only shut up and help Zhou Ming do the statistics.

With Janice's help, the sales of most shops in this department store were originally expected to be completed until almost closed, but it took only two hours to complete it. From this point, we can see Janice's ability, or it can be said that it is the advantage of professional students. After all, they can always learn some methods and methods in college that are difficult for others to learn elsewhere.

After analyzing these statistics, Janice finally came to the results that the first floor was the best sales situation, especially some cosmetics and trinket shops for decoration, while the second floor clothing market was also very good, and it was much worse when it reached the third floor and the fourth floor.

This result was not beyond Zhou Ming's expectations. Although the lipstick effect is a very interesting phenomenon in the economic crisis, it is nothing more than that. Otherwise, if it is a large-scale economic law, then whenever major consortiums reach economic crisis, they will collectively switch careers to make cosmetics, health products and small accessories. Why bother spending a lot of money to save the market?
Chapter completed!