Looking at the Cadillac slowly driving towards the door of the restaurant, the doorman of the Chef's Table restaurant ran over quickly and helped open the door attentively: "Sir, welcome to Chef's Table, do you have a reservation?"

As the most famous high-end restaurant in Boston, the most significant feature of Chef's Table is that this restaurant has only three large and three small restaurants with a total of six tables, three small tables for four, and three large tables for eight-person tables. Not only that, but the chef also explains and introduces each dish to the guests during the cooking process, from the place of sourcing, the nutritional value to the cooking concept.

And in order to ensure that the chef can get the most out of the ingredients in the cooking process, the chef must be in a good mood – meaning that both lunch and dinner will only be served on these six tables, and only reservations will be accepted.

In short, in Boston, Chef's Table is a truly high-end, high-end restaurant, although high-end and B-level means that the price is definitely expensive.

"Yes, table three, Mr. Fernández. Mullens said, shoving a dollar bill in his hand.

"Okay, Mr. Fernández from Table Three, come with me. ”

Entering the restaurant, Chen Geng's eyes fell on the guest next to his second table, and he stretched out his hand to the other party with a smile: "Mr. Welch, what a coincidence." ”

"Yes, Mr. Fernández, it's a coincidence. Jack Welch stood up, stretched out his hand and shook hands with Chen Geng: "I really didn't expect to be able to meet the famous Mr. Fernández Chen here, I am really honored." ”

Chen Geng smiled: "I didn't expect to see you here...... Well, if you don't mind, let's talk first?"

"Okay. Jack Welch gladly accepted Chen Geng's invitation.

Yes, the guest in front of me is the current vice chairman of General Electric: Jack Welch, the guy who will be respected as "the world's first CEO" and "the most respected CEO" in the future.

Is everything today a coincidence?

Of course not!

For this "coincidence", Chen Geng spent a full 30,000 US dollars!

The purpose, of course, is to poach people - just like only Lee Iacocca can save Chrysler Motors, in Chen Geng's opinion, the only professional manager who can save AMC Motors is probably Jack Welch.

But to poach Jack Welch, it's hard! It's very hard! It's not your average hard!

Who is Jack Welch?

He is now the top American giant: Reginald Jones, vice chairman of General Electric and the current chairman, has publicly stated more than once that he thinks the only candidate qualified to be the chairman of GE in the future is Jack Welch - if nothing else, a year later, Jack Welch will replace Reginald Jones and officially become the helm of the world's top giant.

If you want to dig such a number one person under your command, you can imagine how difficult it is to think about it even with your nostrils.

Fortunately, Jack Welch is willing to talk to himself, which means that he still has a chance, although in such a chance way.

"Mr. Fernandez," as if he had seen an acquaintance chatting casually, Jack Welch asked Chen Geng: "I read in the newspaper that Fernandez has made it clear that it will not lay off employees on a large scale, and you have also publicly promised to continue to invest heavily in AMC Motors to upgrade and improve production facilities and management methods, is it true?"

"It's true. Chen Geng nodded.

This has been reported in the newspapers in the past two days, and Chen Geng is not surprised that Jack Welch would ask such a question.

"With the current situation of AMC, there should be a lot of money to be invested, right?"

"A conservative estimate is that it will not be less than $50 million in the next year. Chen Geng nodded again.

“……”

This time it was Jack Welch's turn to be speechless: he just spent more than 100 million to acquire AMC, and he will continue to invest half a billion in it in the next year, how much money does this Fernandez have?

Well, take General Electric, which Jack Welch is most familiar with and has worked all his life, as a reference, this company is the world's three largest suppliers of civil aircraft engines, and now has a market capitalization of just over $4 billion.

"Don't look at me like that," Chen Geng shrugged in the face of Jack Welch's gaze: "You know, I made a lot of money in my last movie, and I guess this movie can still make some money." ”

“……”

Chen Geng lightly threw out the $50 million, and Jack Welch was speechless again, because he didn't know what to say.

Although the movie "Bodyguard" has not yet been released, there are already good media outlets that have begun to calculate how much money Fernandez Chan made through this movie, because it is not known what kind of distribution contract Fernandez signed with Twentieth Century Fox, so the data given by various media varies, but even the most conservative algorithm, Fernandez Chan can net more than $80 million through this "Bodyguard".

And I don't know which media was the first to poke it out, saying that after "Bodyguard", Mr. Fernández Chen's second film has begun preparations, and the male protagonist is the heroine of "Bodyguard": Miss Karen Carpenter's brother: Richard Carpenter.

Although everything about the film is still classified, it is said that after reading the script, Twentieth Century Fox can't wait to sign a distribution contract with Fernandez - it is said that Twentieth Century Fox hopes to invest in the film, but unfortunately, Fernandez does not agree.

"Well, I'm sure you can get that a lot of money," Jack Welch asked curiously, taking a deep breath, "Mr. Fernandez, I've seen in a lot of media that you're going to design a few products for AMC cars, one of which is specifically designed for American families with multiple children, right?"

Without waiting for Chen Geng to answer, Jack Welch shrugged: "You may not know, I have 6 children, and every time my wife and I take the children out, it is a kind of torture, if I can have a car that is big enough for our family to travel at the same time, it would be great, I will definitely buy one."

Oh yes, and the Miata that came out in "The Bodyguard," my wife loved that car to death, and the newspapers said that the Miata would go on sale next week, is that true?"

Interestingly, with the popularity of "Bodyguard" in the United States and even the world, the heroine Meghan's two-seater sports car named "Miata" has also conquered many audiences around the world with its round and cute shape, especially women.

Even in many people, what kind of adjustments Chen Geng will make to AMC cars next...... Who made the United States a country where everyone speculated in stocks...... Even when interviewing Chen Genghui about what adjustments he made to AMC, the reporters did not forget to ask about miata, and in the subsequent reports, they also gave a lot of space to introduce the car and the information about this car.

As of last week, Fernandez had received orders for more than 5,000 Miata, a staggering number for a two-seater roadster that isn't all about practicality and functionality.

Chen Geng was a little surprised, he didn't expect that Jack Welch would care about Miata's news, but he immediately laughed: This is a good start, isn't it?

"Yes, they are all right," Chen Geng smiled and nodded: "Your wife likes miata? ”

He didn't say send, and now it's too abrupt to say "send".

"Really, that's really great," Jack Welch was overjoyed in the face of Chen Geng's kindness, and he was even excited like a mouse about to get his favorite toy, and a little embarrassed: "This ...... Mr. Fernández, to be honest, I actually like Miata very much, and after watching the movie "The Bodyguard", I also hope that one day I can drive my own Miata, open the hood, and drive leisurely on the road by the sea......"

"OK, OK, I understand," Chen Geng nodded with a smile: "Two miata, no problem, I guarantee that you and your wife are the first customers to pick up the car in Boston." ”

Jack Welch was overjoyed!

But at this point in the conversation, the drama meat inevitably came......

"Mr. Welch, I'm sure you should understand why I'm here, and yes, I want you to be the chairman of AMC Motors. ”

"It can't be!"

Jack Welch didn't say a word, and refused: "Mr. Fernandez, I respect your achievements, but you must know that I am now a member of the board of directors of GE and vice chairman of GE...... You know very well what is happening at General Electric, and you know better what AMC is happening now, so could you please tell me, why should I give up GE over AMC?"

Yes, although GE and AMC are both established industrial manufacturing companies in the United States, the difference between the two is as simple as mud!

Just past 1979, GE generated a profit of more than $100 million, not the highest in history, but definitely the highest annual profit in the last decade.

And what about AMC cars?

The automaker, once known as "one of the four largest automakers in the United States," has been reduced to the point where dealers refuse to buy goods, suppliers demand that they must settle their previous arrears and purchase them in cash, workers cannot be paid, and banks refuse to lend.

For Jack Welch, what reason did he have to abandon a thriving piece of General Electric in favor of a quagmire-like AMC car?

Is it because Chen Geng is young?

Don't be funny!

Chen Geng was not surprised by Jack Welch's words, he smiled, and suddenly asked Jack Welch: "Mr. Welch, twenty or even thirty years later, do you think you are more respected in the field of professional managers in the United States and even in the entire American business community, or is Mr. Lee Iacocca more respected?"

Jack Welch never expected Chen Geng to ask such a question, and he didn't know how to answer it for a while.

Although he and Lee Iacocca are both the top professional managers in the United States, there is one thing that Jack Welch is sure of in his heart, that is, twenty or thirty years later, he may not be able to compare with Lee Iacocca in terms of respect and love, and the reason is that Lee Iacocca single-handedly brought the Chrysler car, which is not much better than the current AMC car, out of the quagmire and regained its former glory...... Although the current Chrysler cannot be said to have "regained its former glory", with the current development trend of Chrysler automobiles, no one will deny it, even if it is him Jack Welch.

Of course, Jack Welch would not know that under his leadership, GE has rapidly developed from a company with a total market value of less than $4.2 billion to a supergiant with a total market value of more than $200 billion.

Chen Geng didn't save face for Jack Welch, and said bluntly: "There is no doubt that it is Mr. Lee Iacoca, and I believe you will not deny this, why? Because we all know that Mr. Lee Iacocca turned the tide and saved Chrysler Motors."

I have the slightest doubt that you will become the chairman of General Electric, but will you be able to get that respect after twenty or thirty years?

I think it's hard!

Everyone knows that the current situation at GE is very good, and it is only natural that you should lead GE to achieve better results...... As the chairman, it is natural for you to do a good job, and if you don't do it well, it is a dereliction of duty, am I right?"

“……”

Jack Welch was silent because what Chen Geng said was the truth.

"Look at Lee Iacoca, what he did in Chrysler made him win almost everything," Chen Geng waved his arm vigorously: "And you? Mr. Welch, don't you want your name to be written in history? General Electric can't give you a mason like him, but AMC can!"

Jack Welch was somewhat impressed.

He knew that Chen Geng was right, he was already one of the three candidates for the successor of the chairman of General Electric, although the probability of becoming the next chairman and CEO of General Electric was more than seventy percent, but no matter how much he led GE to achieve, others would only say at most that he was "standing on the shoulders of giants", and he would never enjoy the current treatment of Lee Iacocca - in the eyes of the whole United States, Lee · Iacocca is the man who single-handedly pulled Chrysler Motors, a veteran American automaker, out of the quagmire and created a miracle in American business history.