So, you now have two thousand shares, but now there are twenty million shares outstanding in the company so the ratio is unchanged.

你现在有两千股,但是发行总股数也变成了两千万,所以比例并没有变

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Now, the critical thing to understand about a corporation is that in order to value a share in a corporation you absolutely have to know the number of shares outstanding.

理解这类公司的关键在于,要衡量一家公司股票的价值,你必须清楚总共发行的股票数量

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You're struck by the equality from the standpoint of riches of the dead nobility. No great distinction and no great riches either. You're dealing with a poorer world and a world that doesn't have this kind of outstanding monarchy.

贵族们那种在死亡面前一切平等,一视同仁的观点,很令人惊讶,那时没有很富有的阶层,只有赤贫阶层和,没有掌握权利的君主阶层

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