I'm not very rich at the moment, but at least in California, the richest state in the United States, I can only say that I'm doing pretty well.

In the past half month, with the payment of labor expenses and bonuses, his total wealth has slightly decreased.

At the end of the year, agents no longer paid for goods, and their income shrank significantly. The main source of income recently is Mango Toy Company.

By next year, we expect to complete more business layouts.

The money on hand is still not enough. More than 3 million US dollars seems a lot, but the initial investment in the other projects is large, and it is hard to say when the cost will be recovered. If Baofeng Electric, Mason Battery, and Rainbow Beauty are all initially developed, life will definitely be much better.

He has some strength, but his life cannot be equated with wealth, especially in terms of his circle of contacts, as he only knows a few people.

No one invited him to parties, or asked him to play golf, watch ball games, go horseback riding, fishing, etc., which meant he was not doing well enough.

His fame is only concentrated in the small area of ​​Chinatown. Even the high-end circle of Chinese in California does not take him to play. This is obviously unacceptable.

This is also Han Chudong's fault for not taking the initiative.

In fact, banks occasionally provide tickets to charity, public welfare, sports and social events to high-quality customers, and they may occasionally receive invitations.

He feels that building a network of contacts can certainly bring some help, but this help is relative.

When he asks others to help him with something, someone will come to him in return, which is quite troublesome.

I didn't encounter too many obstacles during my business career. For some problems, I could just pay a professional service team to help solve them. I had little contact with other businessmen, which directly led to having very few friends and acquaintances.

The reason why I think in this direction.

The reason was that he received three tickets for the movie premiere at the Chinese Theater on the Avenue of Stars in the morning, which were sent from Bank of America.

Looking at the event schedule, there seems to be a small party before the premiere ceremony.

In order to win over these VIP customers who keep their money in their own banks, banks are willing to spend a lot of money, especially in big cities, and they arrange activities almost every month.

Han Chudong was hesitating whether to join in the fun, but then he thought that this was a good reason to ask Mochizuki Kiko to come out, and he made a decision on the spot...

Christmas is combined with words such as long holiday, bonus, vacation, and gift, making it the highest-ranking and most popular holiday in the minds of Americans.

Several days in advance, you can see Christmas decorations in front of stores and meet white-bearded Santa Claus on the streets.

The Chinese New Year is rather sloppy, consisting of little more than dragon and lion dances, setting off firecrackers, pasting up spring couplets, and then having a reunion dinner. It is not a statutory holiday and bosses do not give holidays, so people often use the Christmas and New Year holidays to visit relatives and friends.

It was not until today that he heard that he had an aunt who lived in San Jose, south of San Francisco.

In order to avoid her arrival, my mother even took the initiative to ask her husband to go out and travel for a few days, which shows that the relationship between the sisters is not very good.

Except for a few distant relatives living in Chinatown, Han Chudong knew nothing about other relatives, but he was sure that the old man had only Han Yiqiang as his child.

When he heard that his aunt was going to bring her children to Los Angeles for a visit, he directly refused the request to help with the reception. It didn't make sense for parents to hide away and let their son take the blame.

Judging from my mother's tone, his aunt's personality is probably not that good.

Accepting these family members does not mean that Han Chudong also cares about other relatives. Han Chudong is too lazy to ask more questions, and does not want to spend time trying to please these "elders".

After receiving the call, Han Yiqiang and his wife made a sudden decision to take advantage of their vacation to travel to the Palm Springs Oasis in the Colorado desert valley.

In the past few years, in order to save money, they did not travel very often, and the farthest they had been was San Francisco.

The old couple didn’t like to go out, so the dry goods store remained open during the holidays. It was good to have something to do, as it was not comfortable to stay idle at home. After working hard for most of their lives, they had no intention of enjoying a leisurely life in their old age, and they couldn’t change it.

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The guy with glasses, Xiaotu, just finished his exams in December and the results will not be released until March next year.

Seeing that Da Jun and Zhou Nan each bought a Mustang, and Han Chudong moved into a big house and bought a very expensive luxury car, he was almost in despair deep down.

today.

He was called by his two childhood friends to visit Han Chudong's new house for the first time.

We have had less contact recently, which makes the guy with glasses feel like he is in a different world. It is hard to believe that he has been reading books and doing exercises at home all day, but his old friends have earned so much money in such a short time.

I felt more and more aggrieved. If it weren't for the strict discipline my parents had given me since I was a child, I would have wanted to go home and overturn the table to blame my parents.

Can you really make a lot of money after going to college? The guy with glasses thinks the chances are slim.

The average annual salary of those elites working on Wall Street in Manhattan is only about 13,000 US dollars, and the majority of them are "averaged". Harvard graduates used to face competition, and it was hard to say whether they could get internship opportunities.

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His grades are definitely not good enough to get into Harvard or Yale, so it's hard to say what his future will be like.

But the fact that his three childhood friends had made a lot of money was already in front of the boy with glasses, so he felt even more melancholy.

On the way here, he asked Zhou Nan how their business was going, and the answer he got made him regretful and envious. He regretted not having been more decisive at the time and coming to learn how to do business from them, but felt that it was probably too late now.

It is inevitable that friends will compare with each other. In the past, the difference was not big, and the conditions of the glasses boy's family were slightly better. After just half a year of leaving school, the gap has already become apparent...

When Zhao Dajun saw Han Chudong, he took out a black plastic bag from the trunk and said with a smile, "This is your Christmas gift. Zhou Nan and I have collected the agency fee. If you dare to refuse, I will turn around and leave immediately. I will not do business next year. Find someone else to be your agent. Zhou Nan and I can do this."

California has a population of more than 30 million, accounting for 10 percent of the total U.S. population.

There are many people and the market is big. In the past two months, they have wholesaled toys with a total value of more than 700,000 US dollars from Han Chudong. It is estimated that they have made a lot of money, and the profit of 300,000 US dollars is definitely there.

Without exception, those who obtained the sales agency rights of Mango Toys in Chicago all made money, but some made more money and some made less.

"Wow, it's really heavy. Is it all cash?"

"You want to pay less tax. Accountant Wang helps with the accounting. Some cash is not included in the calculation. Salaries are paid in cash."

Zhou Nan said, lowering his voice: "I only plan to pay one thousand dollars in taxes this year. I usually use fewer checks and more cash settlements, so the tax officials can't find out."

"...One thousand is too little. Don't let them find out and kill both of you."

Han Chudong was joking. He knew that cash transactions were less risky and as long as no one reported it, the possibility of being caught was not high.

Before the information age, there were very few people who paid their taxes in full and honestly. He himself was taking advantage of the situation and he was too embarrassed to ask his two friends to do their duty.

After weighing the bag a few times and realizing it was not light, Han Chudong asked, "How much are you going to give me? I'll take it this time. When you help me sell cosmetics, you don't have to pay me the agency fee. Just include it in this money and treat it as an advance payment to me."

Da Jun nodded and said, "Don't think 120,000 US dollars is too little. You can spend more cash on food and clothes. As long as it is your product, we will definitely help sell it. If no one wants it, I will set up a stall to help you sell it."

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