What do you mean by $0/.10 for people and $99.90 for things?

One dollar for people and ninety-nine cents for things mean that an item is worth one dollar. If it is cut to ninety-nine, the item will remain the same and will not change. You have to bargain. If a person's service is worth one dollar, it will be cut to 99 cents. Although it is also a deal, the service may be reduced. So you can't cut it, you have to give it piece by piece, so you will get a great return. This is the pattern.

This sentence fully embodies the wisdom that China people are willing to give up, and suffering is a blessing. This also reflects the basic human nature. "One person, one piece", the original value of a piece of goods, give the other side a dime more, so that the other side benefits. As the saying goes, "You respect me a foot, I respect you a foot", and the other party will try to give back in other ways, and this kind of feedback is often greater than the extra effort.

Extended data

There is a phenomenon in life that one person gets nine cents for one thing.

It is also common to use the thinking of "one person, one piece, nine points and nine things" in life. For example, in building a house in the countryside, in addition to the wages payable, the master will be treated as a guest of honor and greeted with good wine and meat, so that the master can better take responsibility and make the quality of the house better.

Similarly, the boss recruits an employee, who originally earned 3,000 yuan a month, and simply gives him 4,000 yuan to motivate him, maybe he can do 6,000. On the contrary, if the salary of 3,000 yuan is given to 2,000 yuan, even if the employees are temporarily retained, it will not last long, or the work efficiency will be greatly reduced.