Chapter 1215 Doing Business with Chinese
In this era, foreigners’ understanding of China is not as deep as they will in the future.
Many Westerners have just come to China to do business and try to dig gold on this land. They have made many jokes because they are not familiar with human relationship accidents.
For example, when a foreign company boss picked up the employee's business card, he held it with one hand and didn't even look at it, so he stuffed it into his pants pocket.
This practice is quite common in the West and is a normal thing, but the employee mistakenly thinks that the boss doesn't like him, so he resigns the next day.
Mr. Gronkowski hurried to China to take office. He had handled HP's business in China before, but he was not aware of the specific situation.
Over the past period of time, he was very worried. He was obviously a world-class professional manager who had been a business manager for a long time, but he was not as good as a newcomer.
He was invited by some local officials to have dinner, and he just had to drink alcohol. In his opinion, white wine is no different from drinking alcohol directly. He has vomited four or five times in more than a month since he arrived.
So when he saw Han Xuan, he started to complain. Gronkowski was eager to transfer himself to other places, even because of the sparse population and the average performance in Canada.
Although I can't tell you any good results, my power is not as great as China. At least my living habits are not much different from those in the United States, and I live a comfortable life.
I used to think that I was still young, in my forties, and could fight one step closer and get the equity reward, so I promised to take over this position. Now I regret it so much that I want to cry. I feel that I will stay here and die of alcohol poisoning one day.
In fact, Han Xuan and Anthony executives also felt that it was not appropriate to let someone who was unfamiliar with China become the president of the region.
But with the expansion, the company's senior positions are now lacking, and there are almost no senior professional managers familiar with China.
The two discussed for a long time and thought Gronkowski was young enough and was very motivated at HP. He successfully expanded the European market of HP, so he transferred him here to try it out for a while. If it doesn't work, he will find another way.
When he saw Secretary Dawson pulling out several albums from his briefcase, Gronkowski was stunned and wondered what this thing could be used for.
Can you solve the problem by bringing an album? What a joke...
"I took a photo with the boss of the Chinese government a few days ago. This is what I and Premier Li are.
Clinton, you definitely know it.
Also, a photo of my old man and the big boss, and this photo of him and Mr. Deng.
You are not unfamiliar with the word relationship mentioned by Chinese people, this is relationship. You can almost walk sideways in China by taking advantage of their power.
When chatting with people, show off their assets, education, and background, so that they can gain respect from the other party. Chinese people attach the most importance to this. With what I just said, face will naturally be achieved.
Put the photos in a conspicuous position and the next time the guests come, they will be entertained in the office and show them.
The news will soon spread, and it will be much more convenient for you to do things by then. As long as you have a higher status than others, you can drink less when drinking.
It is actually not difficult to do things in China. After mastering the methods, it is even easier to do than in the United States. The rules are dead, but people live..."
Han Xuan had never trained in society in his previous life, so he didn't have much experience of human relationships and worldly styles.
Have you never eaten pork or seen pigs running? I am more than enough to teach the rookie Mr. Gronkowski.
Gronkowski occasionally asks Chinese employees about this. They are not as easy to understand as Han Xuan, such as comparing stores, using them first and then giving money, such as not doing things too directly and being more tactful, to avoid becoming "ibm" internatbth (international big mouth).
They asked all the questions in their hearts and got Han Xuan's answers one by one. The two of them talked about "How to do business with Chinese people" for nearly an hour, but they didn't even notice that they missed lunch time.
At this moment, Gronkowski seemed to have been opened to Ren and Du meridians, and his whole body was relaxed, and he murmured Han Xuan's words: "They have something to ask for me and want to make money from me, so don't worry, wait for each other to come and find..."
Working hours in the West usually start from nine in the morning, and the rest time at noon is very short. After lunch, you can continue working and get off work at five in the afternoon.
People in big cities are generally far away from home and cannot go home at noon, so they don’t need to take a long rest time. This set of working hours is moved to China, with 40 hours of working hours a week, and 15 days of paid annual leave to take.
However, working under Han Xuan's command is not easy at all. The pressure is proportional to the **. The supervisor will assess the employees every year, and the supervisor's superior will assess the supervisor. The group of people at the bottom may be fired.
Employees are divided into levels, the higher the level, the higher the salary. When Han Xuan came out of the office, they had already started working again from the rest state. Many Chinese businessmen who came to discuss business were waiting on chairs next to the hall, in a good order.
I went to the restaurant in Building Nine of the Bund to have dinner, and now I know that the third floor of this place is being held at the Lali Auto Show. The car was accidentally knocked out by a test drive buyer in the morning.
After learning that Ferrari had sent someone to the hospital to pay compensation, Han Xuan thought that Ferrari would definitely be popular in China now.
I planned to go back to the hospital to visit my father in my previous life at night, but I couldn't find a reason to see him, and I haven't figured out what kind of mentality to face him.
The pasta tasted good. Knowing that Pang Ding liked this, she called the waiter to ask her to get two more packs.
Han Xuan then said to Mr. Gronkowski: "I just saw a company called Pacific Insurance. I hope to get its shares. You can send someone to talk to me.
If you think there is potential insurance companies, you try to talk to each other and strive to buy shares. I think this industry has great potential for development.
There is also the banking industry. If you encounter a good opportunity to invest in shares, please tell me in time.”
"Is Pacific Insurance Company? It's the one next door that is being renovated, right?
The insurance salesman came to me and asked me if I wanted to buy insurance for the construction. When I planned to buy a insurance for Rolls-Royce, the other party was unwilling to accept it. It was really strange that I didn’t make any money.”
Gronkowski shrugged speechlessly: "Fortunately, the car company is our own, so if something happens, you can just ask someone to repair it.
Some Chinese are quite rich. Rolls-Royce has sold seven of them in the Chinese region. It may take two or three years to deliver them, otherwise more can be sold.
In comparison, Aston Martin's sales are better. People know that 007 has sold more than 60 vehicles this year, but the profit is not enough to pay for advertising."
Han Xuan felt aroused and said, "Does the Chinese government have any plans to purchase buses?
Remember to ask me about this..."
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