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Within the next hour, I just have some final touches that I need to put on it.

Stepmom.

Yes?

I finished the dishes.

You did. That's a good boy.

Yeah, so you get five points for that. I get five points? Can I use my points

however I like? Yes, you can use them however you like.

Mommy's on a call right now, so you can go ahead and redeem five right now if

that's what you want to do.

What do you mean? I mean, I have to check the contingencies on that, you

what I mean?

What are you working on?

I'm working on work, okay? I'm trying to make a living here for us. I'm so

sorry. So, I just started this thing with my son. We are doing a point

Since, you know, I'm working from home all the time now, and I'm so busy, I

don't have time to do the housework. So, just to get him something to

do, I...

Gave him this point system. So he does the dishes, he gets five points, and

he can redeem them for things like video games.

Bubble gum.

That's what I hate.

He gets the bubble gum.

Yes! You should try it with your son, too, for sure.

Yeah, you really need to.

It helps a lot. Like, my house has never been so clean.

Yeah.

And I get more work done.

You know, more work done equals more money. Happy boss. It's great.

Yeah.

So, yeah.

Actually, can you send the invoice from Robert over to me?

Yeah, Jack is asking for that.

Sorry.

Yeah. Jack, um, here, let me get that one for you. Sorry, that was my son

Yeah, yeah, he's playing, uh, he's playing, uh, what do you call it?

Yeah, that's a little, like, gun video game that he's working on.

Um,

what are you talking, you need the password, the password for, um,

$350 ,000, um,

He asked for it.

I know it does seem like a lot of money and it's really odd that he would ask

for $350 ,000.

But that's how much he wants, he said, in order to start the new website and to

pay a new social media marketer.

Yeah.

Well, things are... looking things are starting to look upward from here

definitely yeah yeah we definitely need to start doing um

things for people's birthdays I agree with that um well we do have a good

relationship with uh Gabrielle over at the flower shop

on 6th and 7th street yeah so right there in the corner Go find some. I

can help, though.

You cannot help. Okay,

Nan, Nan, I'm so sorry.

I'm going to get fucking fired.

No, you're not. I'm helping.

You're not helping. You're making things worse, and I need to get my fucking

work done.

Jeez. Jeez yourself. Go play with a football or something.

Okay. I will.

stressed about it just as much as you are.

But I didn't have a conversation with Nancy, and

we're hoping that when the stock market opens on Monday, we

will see a major difference.

I know heels make the leg, but look, I'm wearing them right now. I'm wearing it

right now. I got the pumps on, Jack.

I'm trying to support the company myself.

But the way that the world is going and what women want are different than...

Mom?

Are you crazy? Who are you talking to?

I'm talking to Jack, honey. Shh.

Just be quiet. Oh, you're on a call on the thing.

It's my son, yeah.

It's a Zoom call, honey.

Okay. Yes, be quiet.

So we're going to make a sneaker.

Sneaker, right?

Sneaker. It can be sexy. We are going to do that. Yes.

No, there's no reason to be distracted. I'm just getting my head pet right now.

He's just redeeming his points. Don't worry about this, Jack.

Yeah.

Uh -huh.

So I personally like foam in the shield.

Mm -hmm.

And that feels more comfortable.

Mm -hmm. Mm -hmm.

Mm -hmm.

I'm listening.

Mm -hmm.

Now what we're going to do is I want you to go a full way through, you know?

They're not the kind that, like, leaves all the way out.

We'll be sexy.

Yeah.

Just don't even... I think, Jack, honestly, I think you're overthinking

you hired me to give you a different perspective on things.

So I just want to help you see things a little bit differently.

I know that... Just try it for the next quarter.

Okay, the next quarter, we're going to try this.

If you do not see an increase in sales and our stocks continue to decline,

then we'll go back to the uncomfortable heels that you think are so sexy.

No?

Okay.

Thank you. You're welcome.

Mom, is there anything else I can get you?

No, we're very busy, so that would be all. You can go play.

Okay, can I use my points right now?

Tell me more about this point system.

Okay, so when I started working for you, I got very, very busy.

Thanks, Mom.

You're welcome.

So, you know, things were not getting done around the house.

My son was born.

I developed this system where when he does chores like dishes or laundry

or sweeps the floors, he gets points when everything is completed.

And then he gets to redeem his points for things that he likes and things that

he wants, you know?

Yeah, I know. Yeah.

I see that. That's wonderful.

Mm -hmm.

So what you're saying is it actually increases productivity.

Absolutely, yes.

Yeah, yeah.

He's always very motivated.

He gets incentive.

Yes.

You know what? You know so much. I mean, everything from productivity to human

resources. Yeah. You pretty much know it all. You get it all covered, don't you?

Yes, yeah. That's what I... I got my college degree. I've worked in a lot of

different fields, but I like...

to take whatever I learned from one job and apply it to the next.

And, you know, I just really feel like this company, you know, it's a great

company. I see so much potential here.

I'm glad you feel that way. I'm glad you've been such a great addition to our

company.

And I can see why. As I look through your work right now, give me one second.

I'm going to look through this.

How did you send me?

Yeah. Let's see.

I really like some of these chains we did.

Good. Yeah, I thought that you would like them.

Yeah, because our overhead cost for this particular line right here was... It

was hemorrhaging money for quite a while.

Mm -hmm.

Yeah.

Does my mom do a good job at work?

Oh, your mom's incredible.

Let him focus, okay? Let him focus.

Oh, it's okay.

No, your mom has been a huge... huge help um around the office for sure and

we're trying to um

Like a one -point system or a five -point? Usually we do five points over

at the house.

Honey. Oh, sorry.

Yes, we do five points.

That's what we do.

And then usually once he hits 50 points, he wants to start redeeming that.

Okay. So what would we get?

Okay, so once you hit five points, if you wanted to redeem, say, five points,

give them a free pair of shoes.

Oh, okay.

Very simple. Because, you know, it costs you a minimal amount of money to make a

shoot. Right?

So you're not losing a whole bunch.

Right. Okay.

Yeah. What would, like, ten points get you? Maybe, like, a vacation day or

something? Oh, my God.

I would love that. Yeah, ten points. You can take a day off.

Mm -hmm.

Oh, that would. That would.

That would be nice. Yeah, people could take a three -day weekend if they

up their numbers.

Oh, yeah. So I was just thinking about that.

Okay.

I am honestly one of those people who is motivated by money, okay? Right. So

what I'm thinking, well, what I'd like to propose is that if an employee gets

100 points, they can redeem.

For a 10 % rate.

10 %?

Yeah, check those numbers.

I hope you like that idea.

But if not, let's figure something out.

Okay, so he said 100 points.

So we factor that in as 10 % of salary.

Yeah,

that still is a company, pretty significant.

Profit margin.

Good.

See? So the company can afford it. I'm loving these ideas.

It's genius. Yeah.

Right. Pure genius. It really is.

Okay.

Take a look.

That is something we always have to factor into account.

But still, I think even with the current state, I think we could...

still work these deals, I think we can still add this incentive program, and I

think it would really benefit our company.

It's all cause and effect, I suppose, right?

At the end of the day.

If we're delivering a quality product for a competitive price,

we'll keep our marketing at 20%.

So that should keep the numbers. We're really good, I think.

Yeah.

This is great. I'm really glad that we're having this meeting.

I'm just glad I stopped by today. I didn't think it was going to be this

productive, to be honest.

You didn't.

Well, usually when I do these meetings at homes, they're not as

productive.

Okay.

So, like that.

Take that number from there, carry that over here, apply it to your overhead

cost. Right.

Do you guys make your shoes here or overseas?

China, that's that. China.

Sometimes, sometimes.

We've been talking about doing more of the American -made stuff.

It's going to cost a little bit more.

Yeah, I mean, that's the point. I mean, child slave labor is more profitable as

a whole, but it's looked down upon now for some reason, unless the coal boat

mines or something of that nature.

For some reason, we can use slave labor for lithium mines, but not for shoes,

right? It's ridiculous.

That's the silliest thing. I mean, we should be able to use it.

We'd be very different times.

So a man's hail, you know?

Your son is full of great ideas. He is.

What kind of you?

It wouldn't be for every man.

It might be the time for you to get a job.

A job?

Hey, maybe. Maybe we could find a spot for him in a company somewhere.

He's really hard working. He's full of good ideas.

We could start him off at an entry -level position.

Start at minimum wage?

Well, I was thinking maybe an internship would probably be more or less what we

would go for.

Oh. Per se. But it comes with experience, and that way you are

into the work field later on.

And you can always use it as a reference, or we hire from within,

our interns.

So the potential to have a good -paying job is definitely there.

Right. But everyone starts at the ground up. I climbed the corporate ladder

myself.

Yeah, and I just got in this position because I have so much experience.

Just because you went to college, Mom? Yeah.

Oh.