Juliette needs to sell her villa for 200,000 francs as she is in financial difficulty. An agent sends a couple, Gaston and Jeanne, to view the property. Gaston is not interested at first but sees an opportunity when a film star mistakes him for the owner. He negotiates a sale of the villa to the star for 300,000 francs, allowing him to pay Juliette 200,000 and pocket the remaining 100,000 profit for himself with minimal effort. Gaston reveals his scheme to a surprised Jeanne, demonstrating his opportunistic business acumen.

1. TOPIC-VILLA FOR SALE

3. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

6.  Villa for sale is a play in which Juliette; the
owner of a villa wants to sell it as she is in need
of money. Moreover, she is fed up of that place.
She wanted to sell the villa for 200 thousand
francs .

7.  But nobody wants to buy that villa.
It was a very hard time for Juliette
and business was as bad as it could
be. Even her maid got role to play in
a film at the Joinville Studio and
they were giving her hundred thousand
franks for her act.

8.  An agent sends a couple Gaston and Jeanne
with the aim of buying the villa. Initially
Gaston was not at all interested in purchasing
the villa as he did not want his in-laws in the
house; moreover he finds the asking price of
villa to be somewhat expensive but his wife
wants to purchase it for her parents and her
sister.

9.  Gaston was very opportunist and witty person
who know how to mould situations for his
benefit. When Juliette and Jeanne went
upstairs to see the villa then another customer
Mrs. Al Smith comes, a film star and
starts talking to Gaston taking him to be
Juliette’s husband and the owner of the villa.

10.  She makes up a deal with Gaston who
sells the villa to her at three hundred
thousand francs by which he is able to
give 200 thousand francs to the owner
and keep one hundred francs for himself
in his pocket from a few minutes without
making any effort.

11.  When Mrs. Gaston and Juliette came
downstairs then Jeanne was surprised to see that
Gaston was very keenly interested in purchasing
the villa. Earlier he did not want that house
and her parents to stay with them but now he
started showing concern for them.

12.  Later he tells Jeanne the whole story that they
had not purchased that house and how he has
made a profit of hundred thousand francs. This
show that how a good businessman did not let
go any profitable situation from his hands.