Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 416: The Cunning Rabbit's Lair
"As long as the production tasks are completed, what awaits excellent workers and excellent managers is the Aegean Sea in Greece, the Colosseum in Rome in Italy, the Eiffel Tower in France, the London Bridge in the UK, and the Red Square in Moscow!"

"If we can't complete the mission, we'll have no choice but to go to India."

"You haven't been to India, have you? I've been there, and it's a place where you eat one day and have diarrhea for a week."

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In Shunde, in the conference room of the Ruby Kitchenware Joint Venture Co., Ltd. headquarters, Charles saw a side of Vernon that he didn't see in Privet Drive.

At this moment, Vernon was full of vigor and vitality, his face flushed with rosy glow, like a mighty general.

He does have reason to be proud.

Shunde initially became the world's white goods capital in 1991, but the operators who developed by taking advantage of the trend had extensive management. Many of them relied on bank loans to build factories. The Mercedes-Benz was already on the road before the factories were built. By March 1993, more than 3% of the enterprises were on the verge of bankruptcy, and non-performing loans accounted for 26% of the total loans.

The local government began reforms in June 93. Vernon came to inspect in July, and in September he waved pounds to look for OEM factories. At the same time, he made it clear that he would invest in any factory with good technology. In December, Jack came with his own money and loans from some British capitalists and bought absolute controlling rights of several factories.

Next was Vernon's moment to act. Following Charles' advice and the influence of his own old capitalist empire, and with Jack's supervision, he reformed the entire company structure, simplified and streamlined internal relations, clarified responsibilities and powers, improved rewards and punishments, cleared out unqualified personnel, and made the company a model demonstration company.

Jack couldn't help but sigh that some people are not without abilities, but lack the stage to display their abilities.

In terms of products, Charles used strategies such as health, low oil content, and environmental protection. The old man hired experts and scholars to endorse the product. For a time, air fryers became a fashion item in Europe and the United States, with gratifying sales.

Charles then asked the company to research and produce automatic bun making machines, automatic cooking machines and other products for factories and school canteens, as well as small household appliances such as soymilk machines and heat-insulating electric kettles.

Thanks to Vernon's efforts, these projects have achieved good results.

This is why Charles has the confidence to reward outstanding workers and managers with trips to Europe.

After Vernon finished his speech, he said to the leaders in the conference room: "Now, please allow our company's boss, Mr. Charles Smith, to speak."

The leaders have all met the company's largest shareholder, Jack Smith. They have heard from Vernon that Jack has only one grandson, Charles, and Jack is so old that Charles may become the boss in a few years.

The gang saw that Charles was a little foreigner and thought that he was sent by the big boss Jack to see the world, so they decided to coax the little boss.

Amidst the warm applause, the company's chief translator, Sister Cai, adjusted her voice because Vernon had spoken harshly about India at the end, so she had to use a harsh tone when translating as well. But using that tone to talk to the small boss meant that he was complaining about his income being too high.

Charles smiled and said in Mandarin with a news broadcast accent: "Hello, comrades. I am Charles Smith. Nice to meet you all."

The dozen or so people in the office were suddenly in disarray.

Next, Charles first affirmed the company's achievements and performance and gave important instructions.

Charles emphasized that learning, publicizing and implementing the company's core spirit of "efficiency is money, quality is life" should be the top priority and primary task at present and in the future, and it should be combined with production, and a wave of learning, publicizing and implementing should be quickly launched, and the learning and implementation work should cover every employee in the company.

Charles pointed out that it is necessary to carry out extensive publicity and education to promote the company's core spirit to the hearts of the people. Activities should be carried out in conjunction with production work. When going deep into the grassroots, the workers should be taught in a language that they can understand, remember and use, and in a way that they like to hear and hear, so that the masses can deeply understand the company's core spirit and strengthen their confidence and determination that "the company's prosperity is my prosperity".

Charles requested that although the company is developing strongly now, it should not relax and should focus on the research and development of new products. The research and development of new products should go to the masses, start from solving the problems faced by the masses, aim at facilitating the lives of the masses, use new technologies to solve old problems, and deepen the technical upgrade of existing products. It is necessary to strengthen cooperation with universities and scientific research institutions, strengthen the deep integration of industry, academia and research led by the company, and seize the market opportunities with technology.

Charles finally said that the third scientific and technological revolution has been going on for half a century, and electronic technology is developing rapidly. In the coming time, this technology that seemed high-end and classy in the past will quickly sink into daily life. We should seize the opportunity of the times with a spirit of seizing the day, strive hard despite difficulties, and stay at the forefront of the times.

Everyone in the conference room kept writing with their pens, and everyone was thinking that I seemed to be working in a fake foreign-funded enterprise.

When they stopped writing, they found that Vernon had left the meeting room at some point. Charles asked the translator, Sister Cai, to distribute the box of Swiss snacks she brought with her to everyone to make the atmosphere more relaxed.

Then he said, "Well, now that Vernon is gone, you can tell me what you are unhappy with him."

Everyone in the conference room looked at each other, unsure of what to do.

Everyone knows that Mr. Smith's family lives across the street from Manager Dursley's family. If he sells himself out, Manager Dursley will make things difficult for him. It would be better for the county magistrate to take charge now.

However, the head of the sales department still stood up and expressed some dissatisfaction: "Mr. Dursley is a very capable person, but he seems to be biased against India and has rejected all orders from India. Otherwise, the company's performance would be better."

After she finished speaking, several people nodded, obviously supporting this statement.

Charles smiled and asked, "I heard that we made a big order from Japan last week. Vernon invited everyone to Guangzhou to eat sushi?"

Everyone was confused as to why he brought this up. As a translator, Sister Cai was not in charge of distribution or production, so it was more convenient for her to say some meaningless things: "Yes, Manager Dursley paid for the meal that day, and it was the first time we had Japanese food."

Charles asked seriously, "Do you think boiled chicken sushi is going anywhere?"

Many people in the conference room reacted in the same way as when Furong saw Charles about to break the baguette that day. Fortunately, everyone was middle-aged and kept their composure.

Someone said, "If I did that, I would be hung on a tree in front of the ancestral hall and beaten."

Charles nodded and said, "When Ah San does business, he first asks for a high price for the boiled chicken sushi and then pays a deposit."

"When you make the poached chicken sushi, they disappear and you can't contact them for three, four or half a year."

“No one wants those poached chicken sushi, so they just sit there in the warehouse gathering dust.”

"At this time, another group of Indians will come to the door and offer to help clear out the poached chicken sushi in the warehouse at a low price."

Everyone present quickly understood the trick, and the head of the sales department said uncertainly: "They wouldn't be so unreasonable."

Charles shrugged and said, "That's how they play it. So if you want to do business with Ah San, either don't do it or collect the full payment. At least the deposit can cover the cost."

"Don't count on a lawsuit. Cross-border lawsuits are hard to win. People can easily drag out a lawsuit for years, and you may not win. Instead of wasting your energy and money, you might as well go to Australia to see kangaroos."

After Charles finished speaking, he found that everyone was nodding, and he wondered if they heard it clearly.

He was thinking, why not ask Vernon to find someone to give a lecture on the pitfalls of international trade, so that not only people in the company can learn, but also friendly companies engaged in foreign trade can be invited to listen.

Doing business is about human relationships and social skills. Spend some money and make many friends. Maybe you can help each other in the future.

Charles chatted with them for a while, and then they all took a bus to Guangzhou Taotaoju for a meal.

The current situation in the British wizarding community is unclear, and Charles has to prepare to run away. This is undoubtedly a good place.

Even if you don't use it in the end, you won't panic if you are prepared.

(End of this chapter)