Chapter 322 How to Reform
Jester doesn't care about being used. After all, Samsung will be one of his most important layouts in the future. As long as it can make Samsung rise, he will be happy to act with Lee Kun-hee.
Afterwards, Lee Kun-hee roared for nine hours. Although Jester was a little bored when he heard it, as the second shareholder of Samsung, it was not easy for him to leave the venue halfway when the No. 1 shareholder held a meeting that was closely related to Samsung's future development. It was too impolite to do so. After all, he had a large share exchange with Samsung, which was a real community of interests.
In fact, to Jester, Lee Kun-hee's preparation for reform direction is similar to the ideas of many companies that he knew about in later generations that were large-scale consumer electronic products. It is to take quality control and strive for change as the core, and completely change the idea that was prevalent at that time with quantity as the core. This idea was not mainstream in this era, but in the future, it will inevitably become the mainstream of such commodities.
Of course, it is very difficult to do this. If you look at it in depth with the external phenomena, everything Lee Kun-hee said will be clear - his idea of change is to perceive the crisis in the early stages of development, and to inject vitality into the company with the creation of product quality as the core, and to achieve business success from the success of technology.
To do this, what is needed is not repair, but a real reform.
At that time, reforming such a large enterprise was not an easy task, and how to find a breakthrough became a crucial issue.
After the meeting ended, Lee Kun-hee found Jester again.
"Jester, let's talk about it." Lee Kun-hee's expression was a little tired, her voice was hoarse, and her lips could be seen to be a little white. Obviously, the long roar of the previous nine hours still had a great impact on him.
After hearing Lee Kun-hee's words, Jester nodded and walked around casually in a park outside. It was already night and the lights were on. At first, Lee Kun-hee didn't say anything, and Jester didn't speak. He mainly waited for Lee Kun-hee to open up the topic first, so that he could also express his suggestions on the questions he said.
"I think Samsung must change from quantity to quality, and it is urgent. This is basically the competitiveness of the future electronics industry and our survival. Jester, you may not know much about Samsung. I can tell you that Samsung now has 30,000 people making raw tea and 6,000 people doing sales, but there are only technicians less than 2,000 people! What does such a company use to compete with others? So, the most important thing now is to find out the reason from the quality and find a way to solve it. Our products must reach a world-class level. Even if the entire production line is stopped, even if it will seriously affect our market sales, it will be spared. But..."
Speaking of this, Lee Kun-hee stopped speaking, and he didn't know how to change it.
"Are you worried that your subordinates don't understand you?" Jester took over the conversation. Lee Kun-hee nodded after hearing Jester's words. He was indeed worried that those subordinates who had a far less vision than him would not understand him, because if he wanted to reform like this, then in the foreseeable period of time in the future, Samsung's performance will inevitably decline sharply.
Seeing Lee Kun-hee nodding, Jester smiled. He also understood that Lee Kun-hee's current prestige is based on his current prestige as Lee Byung-cheol. In other words, his prestige comes from Lee Byung-cheol. He did not establish his prestige in the large group of Samsung. Moreover, although his previous purge wiped out many opponents, more people just made many people lurk because of fear because of his purge.
If he cannot lead Samsung to a more successful future, these people will inevitably be extremely dissatisfied.
A large group with unstable internal structure is extremely dangerous. There have been countless examples in the past that have shown this matter. Moreover, this time, Samsung plans to make a desperate bet on consumer electronics that they are not good at. This kind of courage is something that people admire.
"I have one opinion. I support you. If Samsung wants to really make achievements in consumer electronics, then there is only one way, that is to change." Jester said to Lee Kun-hee with little thought, "It is necessary to change Samsung's thinking that just regards South Korea as the main market. This old-fashioned and lack of thinking must be abandoned. Otherwise, those big talk you said before may be really big talk."
Jester is constantly helping Lee Kun-hee make up his mind. He knows clearly that Lee Kun-hee's repeated reforms held by Samsung have completely changed Samsung's spirit and laid the most solid foundation for Samsung's rise after the financial crisis in 1997.
"So how to reform?" Lee Kun-hee didn't seem to want to continue to get entangled in this issue. He didn't know whether he had made a decision or wanted to avoid this issue. At least Jester couldn't tell the true thoughts in his heart from his tone, but Jester didn't care. He said everything he should say. He said all these reasons were just to make Lee Kun-hee firm as soon as possible, rather than being slow and hesitant like now.
He was not convinced by Lee Kun-hee, because he knew that Lee Kun-hee's determination to reform had been made. He just made Lee Kun-hee's determination more firm and more determined, so that he could do what he would definitely do in the future.
"There is no need to move the fundamental first, but you can move the core. As long as the core moves, there is nothing that cannot move... I don't want to fight with your subordinates." Jester said with a smile, remembering Lee Kun-hee's reform measures, which were also studied by countless entrepreneurs countless times, because this time the reform of a huge enterprise with tens of thousands of people was a very, very excellent reform.
"What does it mean?" Hearing Jester's words, Lee Kun-hee frowned. He didn't understand what Jester was saying. What does not move mean but moving the core, what does not mean not to meet his subordinates? Isn't it true that he really meets his subordinates? What is Jester talking about, why can't he understand at all?
"hehe."
Jester also saw the doubts on Lee Kun-hee's face. Of course, he knew why the other party was like this, because no one could understand Lee Kun-hee's reforms at that time. However, after analyzing, he found that the reason why Lee Kun-hee did this at the beginning was carefully considered, which was a very imaginative change about the core.
"What does the core meaning... Brother Li, I'll ask you briefly, what do you think is something that your company's employees think will never change?" Jester said this with a smile.
"What is never..." Hearing Jester's words, Lee Kun-hee frowned and fell into deep thought. He couldn't think of explaining what his forehead was saying, but just as he was about to ask, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he was thinking of something. He said excitedly, "Jess, do you mean...work and rest time?"
After saying this, Lee Kun-hee also had a hint of excitement in her tone. Obviously, he had already understood what Jester meant.
South Korea is a society with deep-rooted specifications and strict hierarchies, especially a rule that has been followed for decades. And without obvious shortcomings of this rule, no one will agree to change this rule and provoke authority. In South Korea, a country with strong Confucian culture, it is not a commendable thing, but reform is precisely challenging authority.
Regarding the work and rest system of Korean companies, it has always been a nine-to-five work and rest system. This system has been implemented for 20 or 30 years and everyone is very satisfied.
You should know that it takes great courage to change a system that is supported by everyone, but then again, although this will not be supported by anything, it is not a stakeholder, so it will not be subject to great opposition. This is a very obvious and tentative move, expressing an attitude to everyone, that is, this time the determination is to reform to the end.
I was silent for ten minutes, and my eyes that were originally flashing fell silent.
Lee Kun-hee took a deep breath. He seemed to have made some decision. He seemed to be constantly cheering himself up and making up his mind: "Jess, you have to know that if you want to change this first, it is not just 40,000 or 50,000 people in Samsung Electronics, but 200,000 employees of Samsung!" Although he said that, Jester couldn't hear a trace of retreat from Lee Kun-hee's tone.
And Jester just smiled, and he still said in a very indifferent tone.
"Brother Li, I know you are familiar with many ancient books in our country. You must have heard a sentence that Mencius once said, right?" After Jester said that, he looked at Lee Kun-hee, but he did not say this sentence of Mencius.
Lee Kun-hee just thought a little and knew what Jester was saying.
He opened his arms, as if he was hugging something.
"I'll go even if there are thousands of people..."
"What should I do!" Lee Kun-hee obviously made up her mind this time, and Jester could hear it from his tone.
"This time you just show your attitude and express your determination. There is no need to worry too much. For example, changing from nine to five to seven to four is good. You will advance the work time two hours, but only delay the get off work time by one hour. In addition to allowing employees to stagger the peak hours of commuting, you can further challenge their bottom line."
What Jester said was what he remembered, Lee Kun-hee’s reforms. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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