If some people are happy, there are bound to be some people who are frustrated, and whether these people thought Lynch was cheating them before or not, at least now they see a part of the real thing.
Money, there was nothing more real than money, some people were holding four hundred dollars or so, but their eyes were fixed on more money in other people's hands.
They were actually very superficial, before they knew if this job was really so amazing, they didn't even think about working here for a long time, they only thought about seeing the results after the first Mobile Auction was over and then making their choice.
Now, they regretted their laxity in the past week or so, a regret that could only be reflected in the huge difference in earnings, and at the same time, they intended to work hard and make extra efforts to make themselves the kind of people who could come out on top in the next Mobile Auction.
In the place where everyone's eyes were focused, several twelve or thirteen year old newsboys with dry mouths received a commission from Lynch's hands, a commission of more than eight thousand dollars, their contribution was almost on the verge of catching up with the sum of the other ten or so people added together.
They themselves didn't realize what kind of myth of wealth they had created, they just distributed the flyers to the people who needed it, as Lynch had said, none of them even felt that they had the possibility to take a commission, it was just a job.
In fact, these kids have an advantage over even Richard and the others, an advantage in two ways, the first is that they walk the streets all day long, and probably don't realize it themselves, but they know how to judge a person's worth by the way they dress.
The second advantage is that they have a wide reach, they are not just one person, they are many, and they can get more quality "resources" to see the flyers and at the same time screen the potential customers to a greater extent.
Richard, they did not lose to a group, but to the people in the group, in fact, the children can not be regarded as strict winners, if the money is divided equally among them, their income will immediately regress to the middle and lower levels.
Lynch laughed as he saw the children whispering away from the others with flushed faces of excitement, saw the crowd with Richard in the center of it all, people chanting and fawning, saw Wood standing behind Richard watching it all with a smile on his face, the place was like a microcosmic society for a moment.
Lynch's promise had been fulfilled, and just the first mobile auction had made such a huge profit that without even having to subsidize themselves, there were at least five people who would be able to get almost ten thousand dollars or more in commission at the end of the month.
Such a huge profit made everyone red-eyed, in this Sabine city where the per capita income was only two hundred or so, what was the concept of getting more than ten thousand dollars a month?
Ten thousand dollars was the sum of a family's savings in various funds for about seven or eight years, but they had earned all of that in one month, and they could already proudly tell others that they were at the top of Sabine City's monthly income, or at least at the top of the class of working for someone else.
Lynch waited for their emotions to subside a bit and splashed some cool water on them, "It's a great start, but you won't always be able to trade as much as you did today, people are always interested in fresh food, and this fireworks display won't last long."
The statement was not made lightly, the economic slide would continue for a long time, and further down the road, many families would cancel any plans of acquisition altogether, not even considering second-hand goods, and the volume of trade would gradually decline.
The good thing was that Sabine had a population of 800,000 people, about 150,000 to 200,000 families, not all of them would be poor families, the behavior of trading second-hand goods would continue to exist, but it would be difficult to create such terrible results as today.
That's why Lynch covered the whole state with this program right away, one city couldn't feed his ambitions, he had to rake the whole state into his plate to get the things he wanted.
Wealth, fame, status and authority.
The people in the room calmed down a bit at his words and Richard put away his smile, he had just enjoyed the same, if not more frightening, windfall he had enjoyed some time ago and now Lynch's cane had washed the heat off his head in an instant.
He loved this kind of life, he felt he couldn't get away from it.
Talking to different people every day, showing off and then sitting somewhere to make money, others still having to thank him for the opportunity, he was starting to get a little obsessed with this kind of life, even though this kind of life had only begun a few days ago.
Watching these guys calm down, Lynch nodded with satisfaction as he hooked his finger to Richard, took the list in his hand and looked at it while saying, "From elementary school until we go into society, we all know that there are not only rewards in this world, but there are also punishments ... . ", this half sentence suddenly made the atmosphere in the room a little heavy, they did not know what Lynch meant.
Lynch finished reading the list and handed it to Vera before looking back at the others, "It's the same in my case, we're in a race against time and I can't afford to waste my limited resources on some of you.
"I've heard that some of you didn't go to work for the first three or four days and only got into the swing of things in the last two days, maybe we don't approach work and life quite the same way as each other."
"I'm not going to force you to agree with my values, just as I'm not going to sympathize with yours, seventeen of you, the last five have been eliminated, you can pack up and go home ..."
In the beginning Lynch had talked about this final elimination system, at that time no one cared about it, and many people even forgot about this statement, because many people thought they were going to leave after a week anyway, it didn't matter if there was an elimination or not or whatever.
But when they saw the top salespeople and their commissions at that point, led by people like Newsboy, Richard and Wood, those people were reluctant to leave.
To put it bluntly, even if they slept here, they could all make hundreds or thousands a month, so why would they want to leave?
But Lynch's words directly into the abyss, the guy with four hundred dollars and complacent, even more, did not even grasp the bills in his hands, the whole person is stupid.
So soon two groups of people, divided into three groups of people, the children still remain independent, they stood behind Lynch a little further away to watch what happened over here, some transcendent feeling, this is also the reason why Wood was at first puzzled about the relationship between these children and Lynch, their relationship with Lynch is not very much like the relationship between the employee and the boss.
The second group of people were Richard, Wood, the twelve businessmen who could stay, the final elimination system made them feel a sense of urgency, but it also gave them a sense of superiority. They looked coldly at the people who had been their brothers and sisters a minute ago.
The third group of people, who had strange expressions on their faces, some sad, some regretful, some panicked, and some angry, all looked at Lynch and said what they wanted to say, hoping to save their chances.
In the face of their pleading or anger, Lynch did not immediately state his position, he just looked at them, after waiting about three to five minutes, when everyone felt that this could not be changed, Lynch suddenly opened his mouth.
"Actually, I can give you a chance, or you still have a chance to get this job back."
"Starting from the next mobile auction, I will fix the total number of bidding seats, Richard ...," he looked at Richard, who replied "Boss" and then stood up, Lynch looked at him and said, "You people, you will get one hundred bidding seats for free, including the children, the number of seats will remain the same and free".
"You ...," he pulled his eyes back to look at these people in front of him, "five dollars per seat, the validity is only once, this is your punishment, but again is your opportunity.
"As long as the people you find can exceed your 'cost' in terms of transaction price, you can make a lot of money."
"Continue or quit, the choice is yours!"