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The president of a large corporation decided that itwas time to build a new factory. He askedrepresentatives from three development companiesto come in and make a bid on the project.

一家大公司的总裁决定要盖一间新厂房。他约来了三家房产公司的业务代表对这项工程进行竞标。

The three companies showed up at the scheduled meeting. The president of the largecorporation asked the first company whose president earned his MBA from UCLA, "How muchwill your company charge for this project?"

三家公司在约定的时间都到齐了。大公司的总裁问第一家公司：“这项工程你们的报价是多少?”这家公司的老板是加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校的MBA。

"20 million, 10 million for materials and 10 million for labor."

“2000万，1000万购买建材，1000万付劳务费。”

The president then asks the same question to the second company whose president earned hisMBA from Stanford.

大公司的总裁又问了第二家公司相同的问题，他们的老板是斯坦福大学的MBA。

"30 million, 15 million for materials, 13 million for labor, and 2 million for licenses and permits."

“3000万，1500万购买建材，1300万付劳务费，两百万用来办理各种许可证。”

Finally, the president asks the last company whose president earned his MBA from USC.

最后，大公司的总裁问第三家公司，他们的老板是南加利福尼亚大学的MBA。

"40 million."

“4000万。”

"FOURTY MILLION," yelled the persident of the large corporation. "How do you break downthe cost?"

“4000万!”总裁叫道，“你们怎样用这些钱呢?”

"10 million for you, 10 million for me, and 20 million to get the guy from UCLA to build thefactory!"

“1000万给你，1000万给我，剩下的2000万把工程包给第一家公司!”