Chapter 10 Black Notes(1/3)
When we drove there, there were two distinguished guests sitting in the car;
When I drove back, there were two distinguished guests sitting in the car.
Although the funeral was a bit simple, and could even be called sloppy, when they returned from the incineration, the sky showed favor and it began to rain, which helped Jeff and Mr. Mosan to set off the atmosphere of bidding farewell to this world.
Karen looked at the urn in front of him. Sure enough, those jars in the basement cannot be used to pickle pickles!
Freshly incinerated ashes are hot;
So sometimes in order to rush for time, the family would bring a jar in the basement to install it. After the installation came back, they would put it in an urn with the company's label on it.
Jeff's urn needs to go through the final procedure to be placed in the cemetery in the welfare area, and none of Mr. Mosan's children are willing to take over his urn;
Normal cemeteries, even if they are not for burials, are not cheap, so they would rather spend an extra sum of money to help the Immelais family to smoothen their relationship so that their father can "take advantage" of the benefits.
so,
Essentially,
Jeff lay down at Mr. Mosan's funeral;
And Mr. Moissan,
Will also take advantage of Jeff’s welfare bill;
If nothing else goes wrong, after their urns are sent to the Welfare Cemetery together, they will be placed in two adjacent spaces.
It’s also pretty good,
If you are lonely,
You can smash each other's skulls against the "wall".
Karen was still thinking about the cost price of the urn that Old Darcy said, and curiously asked Uncle Mason who was driving:
"Uncle, how much profit does our coffin make?"
“A common coffin can earn about double the profit, while a specially made or specially designed coffin can earn double or triple the profit;
Some people who were very respectable during their lifetime and worked in the government would choose to be solemn and restrained;
Those with noble titles and well-off families will have luxury coffins for nobles customized according to their family traditions, and the family emblem will be engraved on it.
It's much simpler for the nouveau riche. They like splendor and splendor the most.
By the way, I have a special coffin selection brochure at home. There are more than 200 coffins in it. If you are interested, you can look through it when you go back.
Oh, the price listed above is basically five times the purchase cost. When selling to customers, we will give them a 'discount'."
several times the profit,
Karen was thinking in her mind,
Fortunately, it's not as exaggerated as the urns in the Hughes Cremation Society. They cost less than 50 and sold them for 1,000, making twenty times the profit!
What a coincidence,
Uncle Mason also started talking, and he just used the previous incident as an example:
"Although our profits are not as exaggerated as those of the Hughes Cremation Society's urns, how much will they sell for an urn even if it is multiplied so many times?
Our most basic coffin costs 10,000 rupees.
In addition, our customer base is different from theirs. In our case, the ones who are finally sent for cremation are... well, they are all low-quality customers, but they are their main customer group.
They burn corpses there every day for a month. As long as we do three normal orders, our profit will be equal to theirs.
Of course, Mr. Moissan is not a normal customer."
"Has uncle ever thought about expanding the scale?" Karen asked.
Mason shook his head and said: "My investment failed and I added leverage. By the way, do you know what leverage is?"
"Know."
"Well, that's good to know; anyway, I'm sorry to inform you, my poor nephew, your grandfather's money, which is the part of the inheritance you can inherit in the future, has shrunk a lot because your unsatisfactory uncle.
"
After a pause,
Mason added:
"Don't be angry with uncle."
According to the tradition of the Ruilan Kingdom, the eldest son is usually responsible for inheriting the family business, while the younger son goes out to make a living.
Therefore, according to customs, Karen, as the eldest grandson of the eldest family member, should be the future speaker of the funeral society, while Mason, at most, can get some money or shares, but has no say in the matter.
"I don't blame you, uncle."
In the memory of the last "Karen", he always had a good impression of this uncle.
Through more than half a month of contact, Karen also discovered that although Mason is "lazy", "talkative" and greedy for money, he has many problems, but these problems are actually common to ordinary people;
But the most important thing is that Mason has a very correct attitude towards life, family and money.
The one who is most eager to make a comeback is actually him. He once worked in financial investment in a big city, but now he can only drive a hearse to pick up and drop off guests. Obviously, he cannot be happy with it.
And when Karen asked if he should deposit the "consulting fee" of nearly 20,000 rupees into the public account, he refused without hesitation. It can also be seen that he is not the kind of person who would take money from his nephew.
people.
The only ones in the family who are working and can enjoy the dividend benefits are him and his aunt, plus his grandfather and Aunt Winnie. After the 20,000 rupees are handed over to the public, he and his aunt will be able to share half of them next month.
After all, there was actually no operating cost to earn this money... If Karen hadn't given Old Darcy 1,000 rupees, the cost would have been nothing more than a drop in the bucket.
"By the way, Karen, next time, the next time you have business, you come forward and try to communicate with the customer, and we will see the effect. If the effect is good, you can join the company as a family member and enjoy dividends.
"
"Okay, uncle."
Working for Immelais,
No,
Work for Dis,
it's my honour.
"In addition, as for the expansion you just mentioned, I don't think it is necessary to expand now, because even if we can get loans from banks, we will not be able to compete with those chain stores in terms of scale.
So my feeling is that we have to improve our service quality and at the same time find new profit growth points, just like you."
"Actually, can't grandpa take on this job?" Karen asked.
Grandpa is a priest.
Mason said indifferently: "Hey, who can tell the truth to God?"
At this time,
There was a puddle in front, the wheel got stuck, and there was a big bump.
The car was fine, but the two urns collided and made a "bang" sound. Fortunately, they were not damaged.
Mason glanced back,
road:
"When I die, I won't prepare a funeral at all, let alone a coffin. I don't even want Mina and Lunt to prepare an urn for me."
"Huh? Is uncle so open-minded?"
"Some things don't make much sense after I've seen them too much. When I get old, as long as Mina and Lunt can be more filial to me, when I close my eyes, they can buy fish from the wet market.
I have no complaints about the black plastic bag used to contain my ashes."
"How to arrange the ashes?" Karen asked.
"This is a good arrangement. Find a larger flower pot, put it in it, add some soil, and plant whatever you want on it. You can put it in the flower bed.
When you are at home, you can give me some water, and when you are not at home, I will just look after your house for you."
At this time,
Ron, who had fallen asleep again on the way back, was just woken up by the bump. Hearing this conversation, he said curiously:
"Mr. Mason, Master Karen, are you talking about such a heavy topic?"
"Where's Ron, what are your plans for your funeral in the future?"
Mason grabbed the steering wheel with one hand and took a lighter with the other hand to light a cigarette for himself, and asked casually.
"Hey, I must plan to spend the last 1 rupee I have before I die."
"Where is your family?" Karen asked.
"I will make an appointment with the nurse at the nursing home after get off work tomorrow. If she is not with me in the end, I will probably have no family in the future, let alone children."
"What about your funeral?"
"The funeral?" Ron patted his belly, "The funeral is simple. I heard that Luojia Medical College accepts body donations from the society. They will also respectfully call the donated bodies... what are they called teacher?"
To be continued...