Absolutely no one would want to buy these old goods which were at the bottom.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible for these goods to have been sitting idle for several years.
The longer these goods were left unused in the shop, the higher the ratio for the commission.
So, since Charlie was buying almost one million dollars worth of goods that could not be sold from him today, when his salary was paid next month, he would receive a personal commission of around three hundred thousand doll