In addition to plunder and slavery, there are three very simple business models in this world.
1⃣, called information gap
There are many businesses that actually make money from information asymmetry, such as knowledge payment, which is a typical way of selling information asymmetry (Luo Pang is one of them). There is a piece of knowledge or skill that I know but you don’t, so you pay me.
The first money Frank made in college was by teaching people how to make free Internet calls. His family was very poor, and he began to study how to make money during college. At first, he wanted to make free calls, so he studied various ways to make free Internet calls. Later, he shared them online, so some friends sent him private messages to ask for advice. He discovered a business opportunity, teaching others how to make free Internet calls, which is a very direct information gap;
Real estate agents are a kind of information gap. Lawyers are a kind of information gap. Teacher Zhang Xuefeng’s college entrance examination service is actually also selling information gap;
2⃣, sell time and energy
More than half of the people in society are in this range. In some countries and societies, the difference between the income from selling physical and mental labor is not big, so they are not so competitive and live in peace.
3⃣, selling brainpower. In essence, most universities nowadays are providing vitality to society, and selecting hardworking, smart, and cost-effective brainworkers for capital and power. In some countries and societies, the income from selling brainpower is high, so the whole society is unbalanced, and brainwork is very competitive.
What if people who sell their time and physical strength grow old and have no value? So society invented the pension system, or raising children to provide for old age, so that the community can maintain basic stability and 90% of people feel that there is still some hope in life.
As an ordinary person, you don't have the power and wealth of the top 1, nor can you enslave others. The only way is to contribute your value to society. If you have good brain power, please gain wealth through information asymmetry before you become old and weak.