Chapter 107: Peman is a good employee
At this moment, Peyman, where is he still the arrogant and stereotypical appearance when he was at the airport, he is clearly a cute little white rabbit. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Well, if you want to combine his size, it should be a cute polar bear, and he just wags his tail at Feng Xiaochen.
Feng Shuyi beckoned Peiman to sit down, and then introduced to Feng Xiaochen: "Mr. Peiman turned out to be the sales manager of Philo Company, and he was dismissed before Philo Company went bankrupt. This time, we rehired him to take charge of the sales of the joint venture's products in Germany, and his loyalty to the company was completely credible. ”
The joint venture that Feng Xiaochen told Luo Xiangfei, Meng Fanze, Qiao Ziyuan and others is actually just a private enterprise that "turns export to domestic sales". The so-called German capital is the income obtained by Feng Xiaochen from the sale of several patented technologies in Germany, and through the operation of Feng Hua and Feng Shuyi, Feng Xiaochen's traces have been erased and become a foreign capital.
Feng Shuyi registered an investment company in Germany in her own name, in which Feng Xiaochen, as an anonymous shareholder, has an absolute controlling stake. The investment company also acquired on the market a German machinery company that had just gone bankrupt, the Philo company. All of Philo's equipment has been shipped from Germany a few days ago and will be shipped to China and then to Tongchuan County, Nam Giang Province. Although these equipment are second-hand, they are also much more advanced than the equipment of most small and medium-sized machinery enterprises in China, which will be Feng Xiaochen's starting capital.
There was only one sales office left in the German part of the company, and Peman was a former employee of the company that Feng Shuyi hired as the sales manager. His responsibilities are twofold, one is to continue to open up the German market, to sell the products produced by the joint venture in China in Germany, to earn profits and a steady stream of foreign exchange income for the joint venture, and the other is to come to China as a special commissioner of the Philo Company to sing a duet with Feng Xiaochen to support the joint venture.
From the bottom of his heart, Feng Xiaochen really doesn't like this way, which is equivalent to using foreigners to scare the Chinese, which is something that decent gentlemen are not ashamed of. But at this point in time in the early '80s, he had to do it again.
If Feng Xiaochen did not have the hat of a foreign-funded enterprise, he dared to open a large-scale private enterprise on his own, and what awaited him was all kinds of restrictions, such as the number of employees who could not be employed, the products that could not impact the traditional market of state-owned enterprises, and the various prejudices and discrimination against private enterprises in China were enough for him to cope with.
In addition, the natural political disadvantage of the private sector will also make all parties covet the company, and all kinds of digging corners, rubbing oil, and encroaching will continue. Feng Xiaochen did not have enough strength to protect his property at the moment. If he can't make results, it's just that, if he can really make some brilliant results, then it's tantamount to a three-year-old child holding gold to pass the market, isn't this waiting for others to embezzle?
With the Philo hat, the situation is very different. Based on Feng Xiaochen's understanding of history, for at least 20 years after that, the word "foreign capital" in China has the magical power of people blocking people and killing people, and Buddha blocking and punishing Buddhas. Especially in an underdeveloped area in the interior such as the Dongshan area, a foreign-funded enterprise is simply the ancestor of the local officials, and Peiman's words in the Dongshan area may be more effective than Xie Kai and Yu Changrong.
Feng Shuyi hired Peiman and brought him to China in order to use Peiman as Feng Xiaochen's mouthpiece to deal with officials in Nanjiang Province and the Dongshan region. In fact, Peiman doesn't need to say anything, as long as he pretends to be a cattle fork on various occasions, it is enough, and the officials at the provincial and local levels will naturally ask Feng Xiaochen to come forward to communicate with "Mr. Peiman" and ask Lord Yang where he is dissatisfied and what he needs them to do to remedy it.
Regarding Peman's duties, Feng Shuyi had already explained to him in detail before leaving for Germany. Feng Shuyi also specially told him that the real boss of Philo's company was his nephew Feng Xiaochen in China, and Peyman needed to keep a distance from Feng Xiaochen in public, but in private, Feng Xiaochen's words were orders. Peman dared to say a word, and when he returned to Germany, what awaited him was the fate of unemployment.
By the way, the Western world in the early 80s was ravaged by an economic crisis, and unemployment was a very terrible thing. In fact, Western countries handed olive branches to China during that period, and in addition to the factor of China's initiative to open up, the eagerness of Western countries to use the Chinese market to get out of the crisis was also an important reason.
Peyman is middle-aged, has three children at home, and is under great financial pressure. Feng Shuyi gave him an annual salary of 40,000 marks, which was much higher than the salary of ordinary white-collar workers in Germany at that time, which was enough to make him loyal to the company. In the eyes of Chinese officials such as Chang Min and Yan Fusheng, Peyman is very remarkable, but in fact he is just a poor dwarf in Germany. He may still have a little bit of European arrogance in his heart, but in front of his Chinese boss, he will not dare to make a mistake in any way.
"Boss, I did what Ms. Feng told me before, and my attitude towards you was a little blunt, please forgive me. Peiman cautiously apologized to Feng Xiaochen, he didn't understand the character of the Chinese boss, and when he saw that the other party was so young, he chuckled in his heart. In case the other party is young and vigorous, he feels that his attitude is not humble enough, and he says a few unhappy words in front of Ms. Feng, and the job he finally got will be ruined.
Feng Xiaochen nodded slightly, and said lightly: "Your performance at the airport is good, I am very satisfied." The role you want to play, you must be very clear. You are a very friendly investment representative to China, but you need to bargain with the Chinese side on various occasions for the sake of the company's interests. As for me, I am the agent entrusted by the company in China, and I can speak to represent the company's intentions.
In the future, whether it is in public or private, you can call me Mr. Feng, and you don't need to call me your boss. Ms. Feng has already introduced your situation to me before, and I hope you can work hard to help us revitalize Philo Company. ”
"I know that I will definitely try. Peiman nodded again and again, and just took out a small red notebook to record Feng Xiaochen's quotations.
Feng Shuyi watched Feng Xiaochen pretend to be funny, but it was inconvenient to expose it in front of Peiman. Feng Xiaochen's words are enough to put on a posture as a boss, which must be able to make Peiman feel the pressure, I believe that he will be behaving in his future trip to China, and will not really regard himself as an investor and say something that should not be said.
After explaining the precautions to Peiman, Feng Xiaochen asked again: "Peiman, do you have any suggestions on how to produce the joint venture factory in China next, you can say it here, I am very willing to listen to the opinions of you old people of Philo Company." ”
"Thank you owner...... Ah no, I mean, thank you, Mr. Feng. Peiman hurriedly corrected, then took a large paper bag, handed it to Feng Xiaochen, and said, "This is the sales information about Philo Company that I compiled before leaving, please take a look." All the technical information and patent authorization materials of Philo Company were organized by Ms. Feng.
In terms of sales, Philo's main products in the past included oil film bearings and machine tool screws, and had a certain market share in the European market. It's just that labor costs in Germany have risen too rapidly in the past two years, and the competitiveness of the company's products has been declining due to competition from cheap products sold by Japanese benzene companies, so it ......"
Speaking of this, he sneered, feeling that it was a little inappropriate to feel sorry for the old boss in front of the new boss.
Feng Xiaochen didn't mind, he asked: "So in your opinion, if these products are transferred to China for production, considering China's low labor cost advantage, is it possible for our products to reoccupy the market?" ”
Peman hesitated for a moment and said, "The premise is that the products produced in Chinese companies can reach the quality of those produced in Germany, otherwise, I dare not predict." ”
Feng Xiaochen nodded and said, "This is very important, after you arrive in Nanjiang, you have to emphasize it in public." From the very beginning, we organize our production in strict accordance with German process standards, and we have to guarantee that our products are competitive in the European market. ”
Feng Shuyi interjected next to him: "Peyman used to do technology in Philo Company, and this time I told him that he would stay in China for two months and guide the engineers and workers in China to produce according to German process standards." ”
"Yes, yes, I know a lot about the production process of Philo and I think I will work well with my Chinese colleagues. Peman confessed.
Seeing Peman's eagerness to show himself, Feng Xiaochen nodded and said to Feng Shuyi: "Peyman should enjoy a business trip subsidy during his business trip to China, have you told Peyman?"
"Having said that, according to the company's rules, he can increase his salary by 100 marks per day while he is in China. Feng Shuyi said.
Feng Xiaochen said: "Very good, I will explain to the management personnel over there in Tongchuan when I go back, if Peiman's work is done well, I can add some bonuses to him on this basis." ”
Peiman stood up excitedly, saluted Feng Xiaochen again, and said, "Thank you so much, Mr. Feng." I'm sorry, but allow me to call you another boss, you're such a benevolent boss. ”
Feng Xiaochen laughed, he waved his hand, motioned for Peiman to sit down again, and then said: "You are a good employee, and Philo Company will not treat good employees who are loyal to the company badly." Rest assured, I will increase the size of Philo by more than 10 times in five years, and then you will become the sales director of the company, and your salary will be more than 3 times what it is now. (To be continued.) )