What Do I Have Ten % Of?

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Soyou: We sold the business for less than two million dollars. How is that possible? Soyou: The purchasers said, we want you to be remainas president, right? Right? And we will give you ten cent of the business back. So it, it felt, it felt like a not a bad deal, right? However, when it came down to it, i said, well, what do i have ten % of? Do i have ten percent of te he retail stores? No, we've decided to separate that off. I said, what about the real estate that we had? You said, no, that's in a separate business. And i

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