Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

"Goodman, how much is the local property tax here? And on Route 23, does the bank have any records of the traffic volume?"

Carter, who returned to the bank in a hurry, immediately approached Goodman, who suddenly had a black line...

"Local tax... you are talking about real estate tax, right? Ours is usually around 0.8%. As for traffic volume, we are not the transportation bureau, so how can we record this thing? Have you come up with another bad idea?"

"So low?!"

Carter blurted out that he thought he would have to pay a lot of taxes every year when he got the land. But when he heard about this tax rate, it was equivalent to a land worth 100 yuan, and he only had to pay 8 cents a year. It would take more than a hundred years to catch up with Ben.

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"It's not low, okay? Louisiana is the lowest, their tax rate is less than 0.2%. But why do you suddenly ask this?"

"I just went to see Exxon and talked with him. I plan to let him use land to repay the loan. Not only him, but anyone near Route 23 who can't pay back the money can use land to repay. I

Prepare to take these lands and do some business."

Carter then told Goodman his thoughts and the contents of his conversation with the Exxons. Unlike Exxon, Goodman did not object immediately. He had been to Florida and knew that Carter's views were good.

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There is also some movement in my heart:

"Then you have to investigate the number of potential customers first. You can find a few more part-time jobs to help you collect traffic flow information. If you want this kind of first-hand information, don't count on our city's archives. Then

I don’t even know when it was recorded, so it won’t work.”

"Also, the fried chicken restaurant you mentioned needs to be considered whether its taste matches the appetite of passing drivers. If it can really succeed, it will be a really good business. And this model can be copied to other highways in the future.

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"Yes, then I'm going to find someone to do it. You can help collect information about the construction company first. If you want to open a shop on the roadside, you have to connect the water and electricity lines. This is a big business, so you need to compare it carefully.

price."

Compared with opening a shop in the city, the majority of the cost of opening a shop on a highway definitely comes from infrastructure. After all, there is no water or electricity, so it is impossible to open a shop. Carter's mental budget is US$140,000. If it is not enough, the shop may not be opened.

"Okay, I'll do it. You go ahead!"

After a brief chat, Carter left the bank in a hurry. But after leaving the bank's door, Carter was suddenly stunned...

Logically speaking, it is very easy to find people to do part-time jobs in the United States. Especially the kind of work where you can make money by squatting on the roadside and recording the passing traffic. Now is the holiday, and there are a lot of children who are bored at home. But it happens

, Carter had never interacted with his classmates at all, so who to look for and where to look became a problem...

But the problem wasn't big. After being stunned for a while, Carter came up with a solution.

"Ana, are you free now? There is something I need to talk to you about."

When he arrived at the supermarket in the city center, Carter went straight to his sister who was working. He didn't know any young people of school age, so Anna should know them, and they could just talk about KFC.

When his own restaurant opened, it seemed that he didn’t have the right manpower to run it. If his sister and that Joey were willing to work there, Carter would be happy to do a favor. If it runs well, the restaurant would be given to them, and he would be considered a little kid.

Why don't you make some contribution to the Black family?

Carter thought well, but Anna didn't give him much respect. She frowned slightly and refused directly:

"If you have anything to do, just say it here. You didn't see me working. I just left my job and ran away. The impact is too bad!"

"Okay, I'm just asking if you have any friends or classmates who are not working at home right now. I have an urgent part-time job that I need someone to do."

"That's it? Then I'll write you the address and you can go find them. If you have nothing else, don't disturb me yet..."

After being kicked out of the supermarket by Anna in despair, Carter quickly found five young men and women according to the addresses on the note. The girl was responsible for recording during the day, while the boy had to work harder and was responsible for recording the traffic flow at night. Accordingly,

Boys are also paid 1.5 times more than girls.

High remuneration naturally brings high motivation, and even their families are quite supportive. The children don’t have cars, and the adults immediately lend them cars, especially the boys who stay vigil at night. They don’t sit in cars in the wilderness.

What else can they do?

Seeing the boys borrowing cars from their families, Carter rolled his eyes and thought of an idea to make it easier to get the money back. As mentioned before, children in the United States can get a driver's license at the age of 16, and at 14 or even younger.

I can earn pocket money by working part-time. In addition, cars in the United States are usually not expensive. In the future, an ordinary second-hand car will usually cost a few thousand dollars, and you can also get an installment loan.

Therefore, cars are something that almost every American boy owns. Buying a car is not much more difficult than buying a motorcycle for teenagers in China. However, at the Elmond School run by Mrs. Mary, almost no one has one.

Working part-time. This has resulted in many children in this school not having a car of their own until they graduate!

They don’t have a car, they own one! There are some mortgaged cars recovered in the backyard of the bank. The collateral for small loans are basically vehicles, agricultural machinery and other mechanical products, and the larger ones are real estate, etc. It seems that these mortgages

The car is on sale!

But again, fat people are not made in one bite. Besides, Carter didn't take this small business very seriously, just because it was convenient. After arranging the work of the men and women, Carter spent the next few days waiting for each other.

In return for the news, he continued to visit the debtors.

The base of people visiting this time was large, and there were many ghosts and monsters. I met one family who wanted to be a bad guy, but there was really no good way to repay the money, and they could only take back the mortgaged items...

Four days passed in a flash, and Carter was standing in the backyard of the bank taking stock of the collateral assets:

A total of nine cars were collected, and they were basically Dodge or Ford cars, which are considered cheap cars in the United States. If they were all sold, the price would normally be less than 10,000 US dollars. There were also various mechanical equipment recovered from lumber mills.

The cutting table, the plastic sealing machine recovered from the beverage packaging factory, etc. were all in a mess, and Carter couldn't figure out how much these things were worth. He asked Goodman to sell these things back, and just kept the vehicle.

..There are also two sets of properties...

Just as Carter was thinking about how to deal with these odds and ends and collect money, five part-time young people came back together.

"Mr. Black! Our work is done. Do you think this is still up to standard?"

"Okay, let me take a look. Thank you for your hard work."

Carter took the form handed over by the leading boy and looked at it roughly. The form was very simple. Every two hours was a time period, and each time period was divided into two categories: large cars and small cars. One car passed each time.

, just record one sum, and finally calculate a total amount.

The first few tables were normal, and the traffic flow was relatively in line with Carter's expectations. It wasn't until he saw the third table that his expression looked slightly surprised.

This table records the status of passing vehicles during the night time period. In addition to the two classifications of large and small vehicles designated by Carter, this person also specially added records about the types of vehicle transportation. For example, how many vehicles are used to transport building materials, and how many vehicles are used to transport mail.

How many cars are there, etc...

"Who made this watch?"