Flat and Fiat

You know how it is with placements? The companies with huge brand value, which of course equates to peanuts as salaries, come in first pick up the *toppers*, the young, smart dynamic kids and walk away; when they can really do without them! And the rest of the populace is left trying to make do with whatever they can salvage.

Now if you forward to say, 10 years later where we have topper meets dud who actually flunked M1, M2, Mechanics and Graphics so many times over that the dud spent a couple of extra years just clearing them while the topper guy was enjoying with 78s and the like in the subject, when all that was required was a 40, dreaming of beaches, fast cars, palatial bunglows and fictitious net worth statements.

Dud: Hey!!!!
Topper: Oh hi!
Dud: And life...
Topper: Going on. I'm doing well enough for my family. I managed to buy a 2 bedroom flat and this 1976 fiat. The car isn't like the Optra's and the CRVs of today, but life is going on smooth enough. How about you?
Dud: Oh, I had a bad time after graduating. You know how it was. I cleared engineering in 7 years, had so many marksheets that I needed multiple files for carrying them to interviews and then no one really wanted me. None of your Infosys types - that's where you were right?
Topper: Uh huh
Dud: (still carrying on in his own vein) ...so none of them took me. After a year of being rejected and dejected I took my uncle's advice and started my own business. My uncle was smart, he told me "Son, remember, keep a low profit margin of say 3-5% and focus on turnover as a greater turnover translates into higher returns over the years". So I took his advice and started my own business. Initial investment needed was practically nil.
Topper: (with eyes as big as they can get, yet trying to keep his voice as *normal* as possible) What kind of business?
Dud: Oh nothing grand... Just some re-packaging of small goods... but it was a pot of gold, I tell you! I'm currently valued at 50 Million and do not regret those engineering days at all! I buy these items for 2 rupees and sell them at 5 rupees, with a profit margin of 3%....

3% indeed! While our topper contends himself with flat and fiat!