They say some of the cost cuts are simply accounting tricks that cannot be repeated next year.

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Second thing I would say that was valuable "Thank goodness, I did one year at Stanford Business School and learned how to read a balance sheet and understand the basics of cost accounting which is not mathematical rocket science.

我要说的第二件事是很重要的,感谢上苍，我在斯坦福商学院学了一年,学会了怎么看资产平衡表，知道恶劣,成本会计的基本知识。

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