Gaston is definitely better in business. Juliette is also a hard bargainer. She pretends that she is going to sell the wretched place at any price. But she makes a bargain at two hundred thousand francs. She thinks that she is outsmarting Gaston. But Gaston proves more than her. He outsmarts both-Juliette and Mrs. AI Smith. He buys the house in two hundred thousand and sells it for three thousands francs to Mrs. AI Smith. In the bargain he saves a cool hundred thousand francs.