巨(きょ)万(まん)の富(とみ)

彼(かれ)は長(なが)年(ねん)、赤(あか)字(じ)を理(り)由(ゆう)に税(ぜい)金(きん)を払(はら)わずにいたが、実(じつ)は『商人(あきんど)は損(そん)していつか倉(くら)が建(た)つ』という言(こと)葉(ば)通(どお)り、巨(きょ)万(まん)の富(とみ)を築(きず)いていた。

• For many years, he had avoided paying taxes under the pretext of running a deficit, but in reality, just as the saying goes, 'a merchant must suffer losses so that one day their warehouse will be full,' he had built a massive fortune.