7 classic economics stories!

The Story of No. 1 Consultant

There was a man who met a shepherd driving a group of sheep on a country road. The man told the shepherd: " "Man, let's make a bet. I guess the number of sheep. If I guess correctly, I will take away a sheep. If I guess wrong, I will pay you a hundred yuan." This shepherd. When he heard that counting such a large sheep, it would take a while, and you couldn’t count them one by one, the shepherd said, “This is a good deal, let’s do it.” As a result, the passerby sat down, set up his laptop, and Set up the satellite dish and got busy for a while. Finally, he told the shepherd: "You have nine hundred and ninety-nine sheep here." When the shepherd heard this, he was shocked and said: "You guessed it right, I have exactly these many sheep." The man proudly took one of his trophies and left. But after walking a few steps, the shepherd caught up and said, "Give me a chance to get even, and I'll bet with you. Let me guess what you do." The man said, "Okay, you Guess." The shepherd said, "You are a consultant." At this moment, the Lu* was shocked: "How did you guess that I was a consultant?" The shepherd gave four reasons: First. , you came uninvited. Second, I know everything you said. Third, you don’t walk away empty-handed. Fourth, what you picked up was not a sheep, but my sheepdog.

NO.2 Just borrow one dollar

A businessman came to the loan department of a bank and said to the loan department manager: "I want to borrow some money." "It's absolutely fine. How much do you want to borrow? ""1 dollar, can you?" The loan manager looked very surprised. This man was wearing a very luxurious suit, an expensive watch, and a tie clip with gems. Why only borrow $1? Perhaps this is a test to test the bank's work quality and service attitude. So he immediately pretended to be very happy and said: "Of course, as long as there is a guarantee, no matter how much it is, we can do it."

"Okay." The *man took out a lot of stocks from the luxurious leather bag , Treasuries, bonds, etc. placed on the manager's desk. The manager took inventory: "Sir, the total amount is 500,000 US dollars, which is enough as a guarantee. But do you really only want to borrow 1 US dollar?" "Yes, I only need 1 US dollar." The manager helped the person finish the process After all the procedures were completed, I wanted to leave. At this time, the bank president caught up from behind and said in embarrassment: "Sir, I really don't understand. You have a fortune of 500,000 US dollars, why do you still need to borrow 1 US dollar?"

"I'm here. I came here to do a business, but it's troublesome to carry these coupons with me. The rent in the rental warehouse is expensive, but I borrowed 1 dollar, which is only 1 cent a year, so I deposited these things with your bank as a guarantee. This is a great deal.

NO.3 Everyone says a child is stupid.

Everyone says a child is stupid. Why? Everyone has done this experiment: get five points and ten points. If you give him a five-cent coin, it always works. Isn’t this kind of person stupid?

Once, a wise man from other places passed by and heard about this kind of thing. , I tried it myself, and it turned out to be exactly what everyone said. The wise man laughed loudly, patted the child on the shoulder and said, "Kid, you are so smart. "

The child also laughed, and the wise man turned around and drifted away. Everyone laughed for a while and then dispersed.

NO.4 Sell the wooden comb to the monk

There is a company with a very good profit, which decided to further expand its business scale and recruit a marketing director with a high salary. As soon as the advertisement was posted, applicants gathered. In order to select high-quality marketing personnel, we set a practical test question: find a way to sell wooden combs to as many monks as possible. "As soon as the problem came up, the applicants felt deeply difficult and all backed down one after another. In the end, only three people were left: A, B, and C. The person in charge said to the three people: "It will be limited to 10 days. At that time, please report your sales results to me. report. "

The 10-day period is up.

The person in charge asked A: "How much did you sell? Answer: "A handful." "How to sell it?" "A told about the hardships he had gone through, as well as the grievances of being scolded and beaten by the monks. Fortunately, on the way down the mountain, he met a young monk who was basking in the sun and scratching his scalp vigorously. A had an idea and hurriedly handed over the wooden comb. The young monk used Afterwards, he was filled with joy and bought a handful.

The person in charge asked B: “How much did you sell? Answer: "10." "B said that he went to a famous ancient temple. Because the mountain was high and the wind was strong, the hair of those who offered incense were messed up. B went to the abbot and said: "Unkempt hair and face are disrespectful to the Buddha. A wooden comb should be placed in front of the incense table in every temple. , for faithful men and women to comb their hair. "The abbot bought 10 pieces.

The person in charge asked C: "How many pieces were sold? Answer: "1,000." Bing said that he went to a long-standing and prosperous temple in the mountains, and said to the abbot: "Everyone who comes to offer incense and worship must have a pious heart. The temple should give something in return as a commemoration, to protect their safety, and to encourage their worship." Do good deeds. I have a batch of wooden combs. Your calligraphy is excellent. You can engrave the words "Ji Shan Comb" on them first and then make them a gift. The abbot was overjoyed, and immediately bought 1,000 combs, and invited Bing to attend the first donation ceremony of the "Ji Shan Comb". The pilgrims who got the comb were very happy, and they passed it on to ten or hundreds. There were more pilgrims and the incense was more prosperous.

This is not the end yet, the fun is yet to come. The abbot hopes that Bing can sell him more wooden combs of different grades so that they can be given to various types of donors and pilgrims in different levels.

NO.5 is also a venture capital investment

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a big businessman named Jian Zhizi in the Song Dynasty. He saw many people vying to buy a piece of rough jade (without permission) in the market. Carved jade embryo). The price everyone paid was about 100 gold. Jian Zhizi saw that the jade was indeed a beautiful jade embryo, but he was unwilling to pay more, so he came up with a crooked idea. When he pretended to look at the jade, he missed it and dropped the jade to the ground, breaking it. This way, no one else will argue. The seller asked for compensation, and he compensated the seller based on the 100 gold everyone paid.

Jian Zhizi took it back, repaired and processed it, and turned it into a very good piece of jade. The selling price actually reached 1,000 gold, making a profit of 10 times. From our economic point of view today, if only a small piece is broken, the value of the jade will not be damaged; but if the entire jade is broken, the prisoner will have to pay 100 gold in vain. Isn't this exactly a kind of risky investment?

NO.6 Smart Diamond Tariff

Imported French women’s gloves are subject to high import taxes, so these gloves are extremely expensive in the United States. Jonny went to France and bought 10,000 of the most expensive leather gloves. He divided each pair of gloves into two and sent 10,000 left gloves to the United States. However, he never picked up this batch of goods. The goods expired, and the customs customs auctioned this batch of goods as unowned goods. Since the entire batch of left gloves was worthless, Jonny bought them all for a pittance. The customs officer woke up from a dream and told his subordinates: Be careful, there may be a batch of right-handed importers arriving, and you can't let that cunning importer succeed. Jonny packed the 10,000 right gloves into 5,000 boxes, instead of shipping the whole bundle at once like last time. Customs officers believed that a box containing two gloves must be one pair, and the second batch of goods passed through U.S. Customs smoothly. Jonny only paid the customs duty on 5,000 pairs of gloves, plus the small amount of money from the first batch of auctions, and he successfully got 10,000 pairs of gloves to the United States.

　NO.7 Puffed heads and bare feet

There was a pair of women in the state of Lu. The man was good at weaving straw sandals, and the woman was good at weaving linen. One day the couple decided to go to Yue to develop. Someone said to them: "If you move to the Yue country, you will probably be too poor to uncover the pot." The couple wondered: "Why?" The man said: "Straw sandals are for wearing, but the Yue people walk barefoot. Linen is used to make hats, but the people of Yue have disheveled hair and never wear hats. Although you are good at craftsmanship, it would be strange if you went to a country where such craftsmanship is not needed.

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