Sunflower is a relatively high-end restaurant on California Street, although it is not as good as Sunna's private restaurant on Union Square, but at least ordinary people want to spend a little more time, at six o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Ming and Cheng Qian came here.

"Mr. Zhou Ming, what we invited this time is just an ordinary manager of their company's logistics department, although he has the title of a manager, but in fact, he can't do anything, at most he can only put forward some constructive suggestions, and there is not much practical significance, not to mention that this time their company's project is very large, I'm afraid even the head of their logistics department can't make a decision, so ......"

Sitting down in the private room of the restaurant, Cheng Qian glanced around and whispered to Zhou Ming, although his words were not finished, the meaning was already very clear.

"Are you worried about today's expenses? Don't worry, today is my treat, I don't want you to pay for it, and I don't need to spend the company's money. ”

Zhou Ming said jokingly, and then said: "I understand what you mean, but just like Li Bai's words, I am born to be useful, and small people also have the usefulness of small people, and the best way for a company to cultivate successors is to go up step by step from the bottom, and it is not unreasonable, because only those who are fighting on the front line can see some problems more clearly." ”

Cheng Qian himself was poached by Jieke Company with excellent business ability, so he quickly understood what Zhou Ming meant: "Do you want to learn about their company's situation through him, as well as the situation of the head of their logistics department and even the decision-makers of their company?"

"I never fight unprepared battles. Zhou Ming said.

"I now understand why President Tang would rather break with Pan Wenjin than drive them away, because if they are still in the company, you may not be able to fully exert your abilities. Cheng Qian sighed.

Zhou Ming smiled and didn't say anything, fortunately, he still remembered the marketing skills he summed up in his previous life, otherwise he would really be embarrassed in front of Cheng Qian, a marketing master. And at this time, Zhou Ming also heard someone knocking on the door of the box.

After a while, the door of the box was opened, and a white man walked into the box, and he saw Cheng Qian coming over to greet him warmly: "Cheng, my friend, I thank you very much for not forgetting your old friend, even if you are the president of which company now, I'm sorry I forgot that damn name, I received your invitation, and I came to the Sunflower Restaurant, I'm so happy!"

It seems that he has a very good relationship with Cheng Qian, so he said to Cheng Qian as he came in: "I have heard of the fame of sunflowers a long time ago, but as you know, my income has to pay off the car loan and mortgage, and I am afraid it is not enough to support my consumption." ”

Faced with the white man's words, Cheng Qian was embarrassed and said: "Hawes, in fact, I am just the general manager of Jieke Company, and the first vice president of Zhou Ming, one of the heads of the company, is next to me, and it is also his intention to invite you to Sunflower Restaurant today." ”

With Cheng Qian's words, the white man looked at Zhou Ming in surprise, Cheng Qian introduced Hoyce at this time, through Cheng Qian's introduction, Zhou Ming learned that Hoyce was Cheng Qian's most supportive customer when he did business before, Zhou Ming got up and shook hands with Hoyce while listening and asked him to sit down.

When everyone sat down, Cheng Qian spoke very sensibly first: "Hawes, I heard that your Suffoc company needs to update the company's information database, right?"

"Yes, because the equipment and software system of the information base are so old that there was an excessive backlog of information last week, which resulted in the inability to process new customers and materials in a timely manner, the company decided to update the equipment and software system of the information base as a whole within a month." ”

"It's a very responsible practice to change when you're old, but I don't know what your budget is?" asked Cheng Qian.

Hawes put two fingers up on this: "Two million, that's the conclusion of the company after an overall evaluation of the information base." ”

Hearing this answer, Cheng Qian glanced at Zhou Ming with some surprise, he couldn't believe his ears, because the two million projects were tailor-made for Zhou Ming at all, if it weren't for Cheng Qian's knowledge that Zhou Ming would not have known about the project of Siffolk in advance, he would even think that Zhou Ming set his performance goals based on Sifolk's project figures.

Compared with Cheng Qian's excitement, Zhou Ming was very calm, and he asked Hoyce: "Can you introduce to me the person in charge of your company's project in charge of this project?" In return, you can order any dishes in the Sunflower Restaurant today. ”

"That's great news to be happy about, but is it only today?" Hawes asked.

"Of course not, I know Mr. Hawes and your wife also loves Sunflower Restaurant, so if our deal can be done, I don't mind asking for another one. Zhou Ming said.

Hoyce clapped his hands happily and said: "Mr. Zhou Ming's cheerfulness is very comfortable, I am very willing to trade with Mr. Zhou Ming! Then in return, of course, I can also tell you that although this project is coordinated by our logistics department, that is to say, our head only has the power to nominate and suggest, and the final result still depends on the decision of the company's senior management." ”

"Understandably, after all, a $2 million project is not a small amount, and with a responsible attitude, the company's top management must be questioned. Zhou Ming continued, "But we have a respectful attitude, we still have to go through the process, and if we have time, we can ask the head of your logistics department to come out for a meal and a cup of coffee or something, after all, the nomination of the project still has to go through your logistics department." ”

At the end, Zhou Ming gestured to Hoyce and asked, "Can you introduce me to this head of yours?"

Hoyce nodded and replied: "Of course there is no problem, our head may be a relative of the chairman, so his style is very strict." ”

Hawes paused at this point and asked with some uncertainty: "I don't know what you need to know?"

Zhou Ming shrugged his shoulders meaninglessly and said: "Say whatever you want, say whatever you want, but the more detailed the better, even including what books he likes to read, which star he likes, what TV shows he watches, where he likes to go on vacation, what hobbies he has, what furnishings are in the office, or who else is in their family, what they are doing, and so on." ”

"Do you want to know that in such detail? I'm a little skeptical of you now, after all, I don't think I've seen anyone else need such details except the FBI. ”

Hawes looked at Zhou Ming in surprise, but although he didn't understand why Zhou Ming needed to ask this, he still told Zhou Ming everything he knew, and Zhou Ming also took the notebook and wrote it down bit by bit.

In this way, an hour passed quickly, although Hawes's introduction was very unprofessional, he also talked about it wherever he wanted, not only there were repetitive parts in the middle, but even many places were inconsistent, but fortunately, Zhou Ming wrote them all down, so when Hoyce finished speaking, Zhou Ming summed it up, and he could probably imagine what kind of person Hawes's head was.

In this regard, Cheng Qian also gave Zhou Ming a thumbs up with great admiration: "I used to think that my marketing methods were the most powerful, but now that I have met Mr. Zhou Ming, I understand that my methods are simply too naïve, because no matter what project I face, I have never made such full preparations, only you are called real marketing! ”

"I'm also not sloppy at all because it's a battle that must be won, after all, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can not be defeated. Zhou Ming said.

Coming out of the sunflower restaurant, Zhou Ming and Cheng Qian returned to the company, at this time the company's people left, only Tang Ran was still waiting anxiously here, originally Tang Ran also wanted to follow Zhou Ming to see Hoyce, but then Zhou Ming thought that he was just an ordinary manager and didn't need such a big battle, so Zhou Ming put Tang Ran in the company first.

Seeing that Zhou Ming finally came back, Tang Ran ran out happily: "How is Zhou Ming's situation? What kind of customer are you seeing? Is it the head of that company? Is their project two million dollars? It must be no problem with you to go out, right?"

Zhou Ming interrupted Tang Ran's barrage of questions with a smile and said: "I didn't make an appointment with the real decision-maker of that company, what we went to meet today was just an ordinary manager, but we still got a lot of very useful information from him, the most important of which is that their project has two million." ”

"This is great! Our mission is complete!" Tang Ran cheered happily.

Zhou Ming didn't stop Tang Ran's joy, they went into the conference room together and talked about the company's next plan, Cheng Qian hurriedly said his thoughts and left, obviously he understood the relationship between Zhou Ming and Tang Ran, and he was embarrassed to be a light bulb here.

After Cheng Qian left, Zhou Ming said to Tang Ran: "My plan is to take all the employees of the company to do a barbecue or watch a 3D movie." ”

"Why? Shouldn't we focus all our attention on the project now?" Tang Ran asked in some surprise.

Zhou Ming did not answer this question directly, but asked Tang Ran first: "What do you think is the purpose of the Tang family in giving this exam question? Is it just to check your business ability? Or is our current goal just for the performance of these two million, or is it to pull the entire Jieke company back from the brink of decadence?"

Zhou Ming didn't ask this question casually, this is actually a question that Zhou Ming has been thinking about since he received this exam question.

The reason is very simple, the Tang family is a big family with a history of one hundred and fifty years, if you want to inherit this family, it is obviously not enough to have business ability, I am afraid that it is more necessary to consider the overall ability of the heir, especially the leadership and organizational ability, then if this is the case, only the two million projects of the Suffolk company are far from enough.

To put it simply, if the company is compared to a country, and the performance is compared to diplomacy, then leadership and organizational ability are internal affairs, and if a country wants to prosper, domestic affairs and diplomacy must be indispensable.

However, even if the Tang family does not have this requirement, they are just very short-sighted and ask for the business ability of the heir, Zhou Ming also has to do the same, if nothing else, just to teach her how to become a real leader and let her control her future.

Otherwise, if it is only a two-million project, then Zhou Ming can do it himself, just find Tong Gang Li Cheng or Ilbedov, or even Deep Blue Airlines, they can do it easily, but it makes no sense, what Zhou Ming wants to do is to teach Tang Ran the essence of management. After all, how much money to leave Tang Ran is not the goal, to leave him a qualified company's future, she herself is also a qualified leader, but on the other hand, this is also training herself.

Tang Ran was just cute and naturally black, but in fact she was still very smart, so she quickly understood what Zhou Ming meant, so she nodded vigorously and said, "I understand, I think the wild barbecue is very good, because it's more like a group activity." ”

"Okay, just do what President Tang said. Zhou Ming said.

But in fact, Cheng Qian didn't leave directly after leaving the conference room, he heard Zhou Ming and Tang Ran's last words outside the door, which shocked him.

Cheng Qian gasped and said silently: "Mr. Zhou Ming, this is a great manager who can really create a dynasty!"