A jobless man applied for the position of \"office boy\" at a very big company.

After the interview， the employer said， \"You are hired. Give me your email address， and I'll send you the application to fill， as well as when you will start.\"

The man replied， \"I don't have a computer， or an email address.\"

\"I'm sorry，\" said the employer， \"if you don't have an email address that means you do not exist. And someone who doesn't exist cannot have the job.\"

The man left with no hope. He didn't know what to do， with only $10 USD in his pocket.

He then decided to go to the supermarket， buy a 10 kg crate1） of tomatoes and then sell the tomatoes door to door. In less than two hours， he had succeeded and had doubled his capital.

He repeated the operation 3 times and returned home with $60 USD. The man realized that he could survive in this way， and started to go out earlier every day and return late. Thus， his money doubled or tripled2） every day. Soon he bought a cart， then a truck and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.

Five years later， the man's company was one of the biggest food retailers. He started to plan his family's future， and decided to take out life insurance.

He called an insurance broker3） and chose a protection plan. When the conversation had concluded， the broker asked him for his email address. The man replied， \"I don't have an email address.\"

The broker replied curiously， \"You don't have an email address， and yet you have succeeded to build an empire. Imagine what you could have done if you had an email address！\"

The man paused for a while and then replied， \"Been an office boy！\"

一個(gè)失業(yè)者應(yīng)聘一家非常大的公司的辦公室勤雜工一職。

經(jīng)過面試之后，雇主說：“你被聘用了。把你的電子郵箱給我，我會(huì)給你發(fā)一個(gè)申請(qǐng)表，你來填一下，同時(shí)告訴你什么時(shí)候來上班?！?/p>

這個(gè)人答道：“我沒有電腦，也沒有電子郵箱?！?/p>

“非常抱歉，”雇主說，“如果你沒有電子郵箱，就代表你并不存在。一個(gè)不存在的人是不可能擁有工作的。”

這個(gè)人不抱任何希望地離開了，他不知道口袋里僅剩十美元的他能做什么。

之后他決定去超市轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)。他在那里買了一箱十公斤重的西紅柿，然后挨家挨戶地去推銷這些西紅柿。不到兩個(gè)小時(shí)，他就全部賣掉了，并且將自己的十美元翻了一倍。

于是他繼續(xù)買賣西紅柿，反復(fù)進(jìn)行了三次，最后帶著60美元回家了。這個(gè)人意識(shí)到他可以靠這種方式生存下去，便開始每天起早貪黑地工作。就這樣，每天他的錢都能翻兩三倍。很快，他買了一輛手推車，之后是一輛卡車，再往后他有了自己的運(yùn)輸車隊(duì)。

五年后，這個(gè)人的公司成為最大的食品零售商之一。他開始計(jì)劃家庭的未來，并且決定買人壽保險(xiǎn)。

于是，他給一個(gè)保險(xiǎn)經(jīng)紀(jì)人打電話，選擇了一份保險(xiǎn)。當(dāng)談話結(jié)束后，保險(xiǎn)經(jīng)紀(jì)人問他要電子郵箱。他回答說：“我沒有電子郵箱?！?/p>

保險(xiǎn)經(jīng)紀(jì)人好奇地問道：“您沒有電子郵箱，卻還能成功地建立一個(gè)商業(yè)帝國(guó)。設(shè)想一下，要是您有電子郵箱會(huì)怎樣！”

這個(gè)人停頓片刻后回答說：“成為一個(gè)辦公室勤雜工吧！”

1. crate [kre?t] n. （用以指）一箱的量，一簍的量

2. triple [?tr?pl] vi. 變成三倍

3. broker [?br??k?（r）] n. 經(jīng)紀(jì)人；代理人