A transfer check filled with so many "zeros" in cursive made everyone in the room gasp.
Sometimes it's not just cash that can profoundly shock people; numbers can too, especially when they appear on checks or promissory notes.
One million!
The Professor's hand trembled slightly as he picked up the check. This was one million, and though he often handled large project funds and had developed a strong adaptive capacity, he still felt waves of emotion faced with this money.
Many people struggle their entire lives and can't manage this figure, not even if they decrease a digit.
Based on Bupen's minimum wage of two hundred forty-one a month, without spending anything for a year, one could only save two thousand eight hundred ninety-two, and it takes a hundred years to save two hundred eighty-nine thousand two hundred.
Mind you, this is without eating, drinking, or spending anything, just saving.
