1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 9 Startup Funds

In the later generations, apart from going to court to resolve corporate debt disputes, hiring debt collection agencies is also a common method. One of the most common methods used by debt collection companies is to create various gimmicks to slander the reputation of the debt company and force him to choose to repay the money honestly in order to avoid greater losses.

In this era, due to the imperfect business system, business reputation is valued more. At the time, there was no bad reputation for an entrepreneur. Whether it was greed or viciousness, or even cruelty, this was not a problem, but , He can’t have a reputation that doesn’t talk about business credibility. Once he has such a reputation, he will encounter various problems in the business field, whether it is credit or financing, he will encounter various difficulties. Therefore, in that era, once a contract is signed, the price to be paid for breaking the contract is often very high.

“If people refuse to give money, you will stay at the door of their company and tell everyone in the past that their company will not pay its debts. I believe that they will never be willing to let their own reputation for such a small amount of money. Damaged.” Scrooge said to John Rockefeller.

“A good way, I do not fear that they will not yield. And the intensity is also very well controlled. I can add pressure to them little by little to avoid the result of completely turning their faces.” John Rockefeller said as he nodded his head.

Later, according to John Rockefeller, within a month, he helped the company find more than 60 dollars in accounting problems and recovered more than 100 dollars in debt. In addition, he also helped boss Hewitt collect All the rent-this is not the company’s business, just the boss’s personal business, but the boss finds you, can you not do it?

Hewitt especially likes to buy a house and then rent it out. In the beginning, it was not difficult for him to collect one, two, or three or five sets. Later, after buying more than a dozen or dozens of houses, Hewitt found that he was unable to collect the rent. Even if he sent employees to the company, he was too busy. Over time, arrears and rent evasion appeared, and Hewitt had a headache for this. Now that an employee with expertise in collecting accounts suddenly appeared in the company, Hewitt, as the boss, naturally thought of entrusting this matter to him.

The boss gave the order, and of course Rockefeller had to carry it out. So, after finishing the accounts at the company every day, Hewitt’s carriage took Rockefeller out to collect rent and started Mu Renzhi’s work.

Rockefeller did not immediately start the recovery action. Instead, it took a few days to learn about various situations from the tenants who paid the rent on time, roughly straightened out the relationship, and designed a process, and then began to talk to the tenants. One talked about the lease contract. In the new contract, Rockefeller strictly stipulated the time for rent delivery. He also added a clause to the contract: “Only the tenants who paid the rent on time in that year can get the preferential right to renew the rent for the second year.”

This condition was quite attractive. At that time, Cleveland’s economy was developing well, with a large floating population, and houses were not so easy to rent. With such a provision, the tenants will be more happy to pay the rent. Of course, there are not all nail households who have to default on rent. To deal with these people, Rockefeller resorted to the old tricks, blocking their doorways, telling everyone who passed by here that so-and-so owed rent. As a result, well, Rockefeller successfully got the money back again.

The two bosses were very satisfied with Rockefeller’s performance, and they found that some of their business partners, even those business partners who had just been asked to leave by Rockefeller, had praised their new buddies in front of them, and Quite sincerely praised their insight into people.

“Hewitt, do you see if we end that little guy’s probation period ahead of schedule and let him become a full-time employee next month?” In the office, Tuttle said to Hewitt.

“Well, that little guy is really capable, and our company really needs to keep him. I heard that some guys, such as Daley, want to dig our walls.” Hewitt replied.

Captain Daly is an old company accountant. He runs a shipping company and has a lot of economic dealings with Tuttle and Hewitt’s companies. Of course, there are also a lot of debt entanglements. Rockefeller was once ordered to negotiate with Captain Daly, but he surrendered Captain Daly and completed the task. Captain Daly, who was surrendered, admired Rockefeller very much, and even directly asked Rockefeller if he was willing to work here.

“Daly, this old thing is really not a thing!” Tuttle cursed in a low voice, throwing the pencil in his hand casually on the desk, the pencil rolled, and it touched the desk calendar on the desk. His eyes were also brought to the desk calendar by the rolling pencil. On that desk calendar, there was a line like this:

“Each five cent is important because it is the interest that can be earned by depositing one dollar in the bank for a full year.”

This sentence was written by Tuttle himself a few days ago, and the reason for writing this sentence was a conversation between him and Rockefeller.

“Mr. Tuttle, you see, Mauss owes us 5 cents. According to the contract, it should be recovered before the end of the month.”

“Very good. However, a special collection of 5 cents is not cost-effective, and it is easy to hurt feelings. Old customers are not too careless.” Tuttle replied to Rockefeller casually.

“Mr. Tuttle, no more than this month. If we drag it to next month, our accounts will be messed up. Besides, business belongs to business and friendship returns to friendship. It won’t hurt feelings.” Rockefeller said calmly.

“Young man, are you teaching me?” Tuttle said, with displeasure in his words.

“No! Mr. Tuttle, you must not get me wrong. I just think it is my responsibility to report to you the debts owed by other companies. Besides, 5 cents is 1 dollar a year in interest.”

“Five cents is a dollar a year in interest” The sentence moved Tuttle and made him feel that he has lost the serious spirit he had when he first started a business. So he wrote this sentence on the own desk calendar to encourage himself.

“So, how much weekly salary do you plan to give him?” Tuttle asked.

“What do you think of $6 per week? I know that this number is a bit higher for a newcomer, but this little guy is better than most old employees. Everyone can see this. I think the old employees are also There won’t be any dissatisfaction.” Hewitt thought for a while and said.

“Yes, his ability is worth the price.” Tuttle said, “but, my friend, you know, we let him lose the probation period for nearly two months, so it is already a lot of money. Money, dozens of dollars. And… and if such a salary can really keep him, it would be very cost-effective, but… Hewitt, you really think he will stay with us honestly. In your company?”

“You mean other companies will come to dig our walls?” Hewitt hasn’t fully understood what his partners mean.

“No, I mean he is not a person who can honestly be a hired worker. A person who only wants to be an hired worker may also work hard, but he will not take the initiative like him, so I think, as long as he has If the opportunity arises, he will definitely start his own business. He is still young and capable, and in the process of running the business, he will certainly be able to slowly form an own network of relationships, and the current economic situation is so good, as long as there is capital to start, It is not very difficult to start a business on his own. Therefore, the time he leaves our company probably depends on when he can prepare his own relationship network and when he can have enough start-up capital.” Tuttle simply put his ideas All told.

“Well, let him give him a salary of $5 a week…” Hewitt thought for a while, and then said, “Tuttle, you said that if one day, this guy really has a lot of money, and He has also shown a very strong ability, can we just pull him in as a partner…”

“Okay, it’s time, it’s time for Dage to read to everyone.” After dinner, I watched my mother clean up the tableware and light up the lights. Said the deputy impatiently.

“Oh, right now.” Carol said, turning over the borrowed “Old Man Gao”, planning to start reading it to everyone.

“Wait a minute.” Old Joseph said, “I have something to tell your brothers.”

“What’s the matter?” Scrooge said. He raised his head to look at his father, and saw that his expression was quite serious, and he couldn’t help getting serious.

“It’s about the future livelihood of you two.” Joseph said.

“Scrooge, you are a smart boy. In terms of smartness, although your Big Brother is not stupid, it is a stupid body compared to you.” Joseph frowned slightly.

Scrooge raised his eyes and looked at Big Brother. He saw that Carol actually laughed when he heard his father say that he was a “stupid boy”. It seemed that he was not displeased by being degraded at all. Instead, I am happy that Little Brother is smart.

“But Scrooge, do you know? Your mother and I are not worried about Carol’s future at all, but we are very worried about your future.” Joseph continued, “Carol will definitely be a good shoemaker in the future. But you are not necessarily. Of course, if you are willing to be a shoemaker honestly, you can definitely do it well, even better than Carol. But your mother and I always feel that you may not feel at ease to be a shoemaker. Well, Scrooge, you tell us whether we are right.”

“Ah.” Joseph’s words were a bit beyond Scrooge’s expectations, so he was a little caught off guard. After thinking about it, he felt that there was no need to hide this kind of thing from his parents and Dage, so he planned to tell the truth.

“Dad, Mom, I really don’t plan to be a shoemaker, I hope I can open a factory by myself and do big business.” Scrooge said.

“I knew it was so.” Joseph shook his head, “Of course it is good, but the risk is also great. I heard the story that your Big Brother read these days, and I was really frightened, especially those terrible evil calculations. , But, Scrooge, when I saw you hear those places, not only was I not afraid, but my eyes were shining, as if I wished I would mix it up. So I know that you will not be safe and secure. Be a shoemaker. I can only remind you here that although you are smart, everyone who drowns in the water can swim. If you are determined to make a big business, you must be very careful…our family also It’s not rich…In this way, my shop will be left to Carol in the future. As for you, I have a deposit of about 4,000 US dollars. Although the shop gives you Big Brother, it can’t be the money. It’s all for you. If you want to buy or sell in the future, I can give you ,000 first, and the rest will be left to you Big Brother.”

“Dad, it’s not fair!” Kroll said.

“Carol, don’t hold on to the injustice for Little Brother. In my opinion, you are your Little Brother’s insurance. Your Little Brother may get rich or go bankrupt. If your Little Brother trades and goes bankrupt in the future, I hope you do The door is always open to Little Brother.” Old Joseph said, “Of course, if you get rich, you can’t forget Dage.”

“Yeah!” Carol nodded seriously.