Chapter 363: Unbridled Threats
has decided to choose the captain of AMC for the next twenty years, but Chen Geng's mood has not relaxed much, and there are still a lot of things waiting for him to deal with next, such as those uncle-like workers, such as those dealers and suppliers who have already turned red......
In order not to be fooled, and in order to be able to accurately grasp the ideas of the front-line grass-roots employees to the greatest extent, this meeting with the grass-roots employees is not so much a meeting, but rather a staff congress: there are 3,000 front-line employees who participated in this grade meeting, all of whom were selected from the front-line employees and grass-roots management positions.
Knowing what the workers are most concerned about, Chen Geng didn't talk to them about any ideals, future, etc., for these American industrial workers who have to use calculators for daily addition and subtraction calculations within 100 years, these things are too far away from them, Chen Gengzhi needs to let the workers know one thing: from now on, as long as they work hard and seriously, their income will be fully guaranteed, and it must be much higher than now.
But Chen Geng still underestimated the impact of the shutdown during this period of work and the appearance of the Soviets behind the last strike on the workers of AMC, Chen Geng's words were not finished, the crowd was an obvious commotion, and the huge indoor basketball hall seemed to be instantly stuffed with a large group of bees - yes, for convenience, the venue of this meeting was not in the auditorium, but in the indoor basketball hall of AMC Automobile's own.
Everyone was sitting, only Chen Geng and a few others were standing.
Chen Geng motioned to give the microphone to the white old man in his fifties who was not far from him, took the microphone, and the white old man asked loudly: "Sir, what you said is true?
Chen Geng didn't answer immediately, but asked, "Everyone is also concerned about this?OK, OK, OK...... There are too many people, so please raise your hand, and if you want to ask the same question as this gentleman, please raise your hand. β
Whoa......
Chen Geng suddenly raised an arm in front of him.
"Okay, I know," Chen Geng, who was standing in the middle of the basketball court, nodded repeatedly: "I'll answer everyone's question now...... I will say that I can't guarantee that. β
What the?!
He can't vouch for that?!
The AMC workers at the scene were in an uproar, and some of the agitated workers were even ready to roll up their sleeves.
In the face of this agitated situation, Rosemary and Mirren's faces suddenly changed greatly, and Statham, who was standing at the entrance of the players' tunnel, and other Chen Geng's bodyguards had already pulled out their pistols......
Chen Geng's face was not afraid, facing the excited crowd, he spread his hands, and even had a sarcastic smile on his face: "Gentlemen, based on what you have done before, what can I guarantee you? What do you think I will promise you? In the 60s and even the early 70s, I don't need to say more about the quality of AMC's products? Since the mid-70s, I don't need to say more about the quality of AMC's products, right?" I don't think I need to say much about what kind of disgraceful role you have played in this? What promises do you think I will give you in the face of your past bad deeds? Do you promise that I will give you a salary no matter how good or bad your work is?"
Facing his already low head, Chen Geng sneered and said heavily: "Don't be joking! Gentlemen, we are all adults, don't have such unrealistic illusions, okay? My promise to everyone is very simple, as long as you do your part well, when you screw the screws, you will screw 20 Newton-meters in strict accordance with the requirements, instead of 15 Newton-meters, 18 Newtons-meters and 19 Newtons-meters. When carrying out heat treatment, strictly abide by the prescribed operating procedures, and if the heat treatment process is required to be carried out for 10 minutes, it will be carried out for 10 minutes, not 5 minutes, not 7 minutes......"
The workers, who were still excited just now, involuntarily lowered their heads: these things that Chen Geng said were all their means of revenge against AMC in the past, and now these methods have been broken by Chen Geng without saving face, and they can't hold their faces, and they have not fulfilled their responsibilities......
Facing the head lowered one after another, Chen Geng continued: "I know, some of you must not be convinced when I say this, and think, 'If the shareholders of AMC had agreed to our conditions, we would not have done this', feel justified, don't deny it, I know that even now, quite a few of you think this way, but what I want to say is that this is all nonsense!
You're telling me that if you hadn't done that in the first place, and hadn't made the quality of AMC's products a joke in the market, would AMC's market share have dropped from nearly 20 percent in the sixties to less than 1 percent now?
Gentlemen, can anyone answer me?!"
No one answered, but more and more heads were lowered.
Anyone, with basic logic, knows that all this is the workers' own doing: because they are dissatisfied with the company's inability to meet their own requirements, they take revenge on the company by doing some small tricks in the production process, which seems to be successful, but in fact the ultimate victim is themselves- The quality of the product decreases, which leads to a decrease in the sales of the company's products, and the decrease in sales volume leads to a decrease in the company's revenue, and the company's revenue decreases, and there is no money to increase the wages of the workers, and then the workers retaliate against the company even more violently......
It's a vicious circle, but it's actually themselves who first open this Pandora's box, and of course, it's the workers themselves who have the most to lose.
Seeing that there were more and more lowered heads at the scene, the bodyguards such as Mirren, Rosemary and Statham, who had just raised their hearts to their throats, breathed a sigh of relief: It's okay......
They sincerely pray that their bosses will stop stimulating these simple-minded, muscular workers, and who can guarantee that you will have such good luck next time?
But Chen Geng obviously didn't hear their voices, but instead intensified the stimulation of the workers in front of him......
"Very good, it seems that you all understand the logical relationship, and it also proves that your mind has basic logical ability, then it will be easy to do, I will say a little to you, it is very easy to understand: from now on, you work hard and conscientiously according to the requirements of the position, I guarantee that you can get no less than the average level of income in the industry!
If you have done your duty, and I have not given my promise, I believe that many people know where my home is, I welcome you to go to my house to settle accounts with me at any time, but if you do not do your duty, it is simple, within half a year, employees who fail to pass two consecutive assessments or fail to pass two assessments in a cumulative period will be adjusted to the 'vocational skills training center' to re-receive vocational skills education, during which you can only receive basic allowances and subsidies......"
Although I don't know how much this allowance is, I don't have to think about it, but I don't have to think about it, I don't know how much it is, and maybe it's not as much as my current income...... How can this be?!
The workers, who had just lowered their eyebrows, immediately began to stir......
Americans, it's all like this, you can move my wife, you can move my car, you can move my daughter, but you can't touch my money.
Facing the crowd that had re-agitated, Chen Geng sneered again: "What's the matter? Feel uncomfortable in your heart? Unhappy? What qualifications do you have to be uncomfortable and unhappy?!"
In the stereos around the basketball court, Chen Geng's voice suddenly became louder: "I only ask you to have a basic professional ethics that a worker should have, is this requirement too much? If you don't even want to ask for such a basic professional ethics, I don't mind letting AMC go bankrupt again."
I'm sure many of you know that I'm rich, so I don't care, even if this investment is all lost, it doesn't matter, I'm a billionaire that everyone envies, but you ......
Hehe...... I'm curious, when AMC goes bankrupt again, who would dare to hire a bunch of workers who have bankrupted a company twice in a row?
I want to know what it will be like for you to go bankrupt again and none of the companies will admit you? I'm afraid that the vast majority of you will have to be taken away by the bank and live on the streets begging, right?"
Chen Geng's words scared the workers on the scene so firmly that the huge basketball court that had just been noisy was quiet and scary at the moment, and it was a bit exaggerated to describe it as "you can hear a needle dropped", but if you look closely, you will find that almost all the workers are subconsciously holding their breath, and their faces are full of horror......
They were really frightened by Chen Geng.
This new boss, right here, in front of so many of his own people, brazenly said that he didn't mind letting AMC go bankrupt again and let his investment go down the drain......
But the workers vaguely understood in their hearts that this threat was not only a threat, but before that, the workers had actually discussed their new boss a lot, and they all knew that their new boss was very rich, and naturally knew that even if AMC really went bankrupt again, his new boss, FernΓ‘ndez Chen, could still enjoy a luxurious life with his other properties, which was the envy of countless people.
A very simple truth, since the thing you use to threaten the other party is not very important to the other party, then the strength of the threat is also the same thing.
"Okay, sir, what you said makes sense, as workers, we should do our duty as workers, and we have done our duty before we have the confidence to ask you for a salary, but I have a question. The old worker in his fifties spoke again, and the microphone was always in his hand.
Chen Geng nodded: "You say." β
"We all know the situation at AMC now, and my question is, if we do our part and have a good professional attitude, how do you ensure that we get our share of income?"
"Very good question," Chen Geng applauded lightly and said with a smile: "In my opinion, this is the question you should ask and care about: I have worked hard, I have done my duty, but as the boss, how can you ensure our interests? To put it bluntly, how can I ensure a sufficient operating rate and ensure that the products produced are sold?"
This is the question that is most relevant to all of you.
I've calculated that in order to ensure that all workers can earn the industry average, so that everyone's income is similar to that of their peers at Ford, Chrysler and GM, AMC needs to reach at least 12% of the market share, that is, to produce 500,000 cars per year, which is about 68% of the maximum design capacity of our existing production lines.
Needless to say, I'm sure you all know it's hard, and I don't deny it.
Next, in addition to paying close attention to quality and re-establishing the quality and reputation of AMC, there is also a very key point, that is, there must be products that are hard enough and can sell well in the market.
Luckily, to put it mildly, I'm a pretty good car designer, and the response to several of the products I've designed has been good in the market, so I think it's not a big problem to design a few products for AMC that consumers are willing to pay for. β
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PS: Brothers, please wait a few minutes.
I've calculated that in order to ensure that all workers can earn the industry average, so that everyone's income is similar to that of their peers at Ford, Chrysler and GM, AMC needs to reach at least 12% of the market share, that is, to produce 500,000 cars per year, which is about 68% of the maximum design capacity of our existing production lines.
Needless to say, I'm sure you all know it's hard, and I don't deny it.
Next, in addition to paying close attention to quality and re-establishing the quality and reputation of AMC, there is also a very key point, that is, there must be products that are hard enough and can sell well in the market.
Luckily, to put it mildly, I'm a pretty good car designer, and the response to several of the products I've designed has been good in the market, so I think it's not a big problem to design a few products for AMC that consumers are willing to pay for. β