The mayors office decided to build a road.
A committee is convened and before it three contractors are presented.
The committee asks each one of them to present an estimate for construction costs.
The first one to be asked is a Chinese man. He thinks for a few minutes and says: 1 million dollars!
The next one is German, he ask for a few hours to think and analyze the problem. He comes back with a pile of plans and an estimate of 10million dollars.
When asked for an estimate the final contracter, a Russian responds almost immediately: 3 millon dollars!
The chairman of the committee asks: Mr Ivanov how did you calculate the estimate so quickly?
Mr Ivanov responds: “Mr chairman, everything is simple. One million for me, one million for you, and one million for the Chinese guy to build the damn thing!”
