Don't start a business if you're a good guy

Jillian 2022-03-26 09:01:05

The story of the Golden Arches begins here. It originated from a 52-year-old middle-aged and elderly American who was unwilling to retire. In the process of selling milkshake mixers, he smelled a little fishy smell of making a fortune.

The origin of everything is so simple, it's incredible. There is a cold restaurant with no decoration standing alone in the big desolate open space. Who would have thought that a huge amount of wealth is buried here. No matter how great the wealth is, someone needs to dig it. The McDonald brothers are satisfied when they see the gold on the ground, but Ray smells the entire American gold bars hidden underneath like a hound. He has put in a lot of hard work, persistently insisting on starting from every difficulty, and the difficulties are getting bigger and bigger in the process. I was amazed to see that Ray never had the slightest bit of self-doubt, at least in the film, and he followed this path unswervingly, even though he had pledged his house and was running out of space to live in. Hesitate about your choice. I would say he was extremely lucky. If he hadn't met Harry Sonneborn, who gave him the idea of ​​buying real estate and selling hamburger restaurant franchise rights at that critical moment, he would have died long ago. Some people start a business smoothly, at the right time and in the right place, for example, Robin Li is in Baidu, and some people turn around a thousand times but finally achieve great things, such as Jack Ma in Alibaba. Entrepreneurship is not a road that everyone can take. Any bump on the road may make you lose all your efforts at a fatal moment. The most common way of death is the failure of funds. Ray was about to go bankrupt when he was expanding rapidly. According to his regular chain business model, even if he temporarily borrowed money to alleviate the capital problem, he would be dead sooner or later. Entrepreneurs are most likely to die. If I were Ray's ex-wife, I probably wouldn't support him to mortgage the property again to start a hamburger restaurant. After all, the milkshake-making machine business that I ventured into last time was a bleak failure. Ray is very hungry, and this hunger is doomed that if he fails at McDonald's, he will continue to start his own business when he is 60 or 70 years old. Besides, he is not a good person at all, and it is not surprising that he betrays anyone for the benefit of his own business. It is also very important that it is his turn to lie to others, but it is not his turn to lie to him. If you are a good old man, of course it is good to have no intention of harming others, if you do not even have the heart to defend others, then I advise you not to start any business, work hard or be a freelancer.

Michael Keaton really looks like Ray himself, even the resolute ruthlessness and the greed and cruelty written on his face are exactly the same.

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  • Ignatius 2022-04-22 07:01:22

    Inexplicably sad and sad. This film is actually silent during awards season...

  • Geovanny 2022-04-22 07:01:22

    It's pretty good. The first half is like a large commercial, and after seeing it, I realize that it is a scumbag's family history. The rhythm is good, the characters are distinct, and the male protagonist has an extremely bad character, but the audience will unconsciously stand on his side most of the time. This is a world of winners and losers.

The Founder quotes

  • Ray Kroc: [Ray shoves a burger in Jack's face as he is about to tee off] What is this?

    Jack Horford: It appears to be a hamburger.

    Ray Kroc: It's not a McDonald's hamburger.

    [Ray lifts off the bun, showing the flaws]

    Ray Kroc: Too much ketchup. Three pickles, not two. Lettuce. Lettuce, Jack?.

    Jack Horford: Do you think we could discuss this later? We're in the middle of...

    Ray Kroc: [interrupts and shows Jack the inside of the hamburger] And the patty, tragically overcooked.

    Jerry Cullen: I don't know Ray, looks good to me.

    Ray Kroc: [glaring] What the heck would you know about quality?

  • Ray Kroc: I was by your restaurant today too.

    Jerry Cullen: And, what about it?

    Ray Kroc: What about it? You got corn on the cob, you got fried chicken.

    Jerry Cullen: People love fried chicken.

    Ray Kroc: Do they? Well let them go somewhere where they serve fried chicken and your kitchen is filthy, like what the hell is the matter with you guys?

    Jerry Cullen: Look, Ray, I don't know about you, but I'm retired.

    Jack Horford: You said this would be a good place to park our money. It's an investment.

    Jerry Cullen: If I wanted a job, I would have applied for a cook position.

    Ray Kroc: You couldn't get a job as a cook at one of my restaurants.

    [Ray angrily throws the burger at Jerry and storms off]