Chapter 396: RCA's Crisis
CBS has a very well-known news magazine program called "Sixty Minutes." This serious talk show, which usually focuses on "hard news" such as government actions, social events, judicial justice, human disasters, and wars and disputes, is scheduled to air every Sunday from 7 to 8 p.m. on CBS television.
From its inception in 1968 to the present, the "Sixty Minutes" program has successfully broken through the encirclement in the prime ratings period when entertainment programs dominate the world, and the national ratings have been maintained at more than 30%, becoming a trump card program under CBS.
Each issue of the "60 Minutes" column usually consists of 3 independent in-depth news reports and 1 news commentary section, and each in-depth report occupies about 13 minutes. And this time, the "Sixty Minutes" column finally set its sights on RCA.
They invited the former general manager of RCA Taiwan, who had just resigned from RCA. This person broke the news to the national audience through the "Sixty Minutes" column that RCA's factory in Taiwan has been digging wells for a long time to dump toxic wastes such as organic solvents in industrial production, which may have caused serious pollution of the soil and groundwater where the factory is located.
Li Xuan was woken up by his wife Zhong Chuhong from his sleep, and then learned the disastrous news. The time difference between New York and Hong Kong is 12 hours, and Li Xuan received a transatlantic call from New York at about 8:40 in the morning from Charleson, CEO of RCA.
It can be seen that RCA's response is still very fast, and the company's management has reacted quickly before the current "Sixty Minutes" column is broadcast.
The bastard interviewed by CBS was named Nickerson and had been with RCA since 1975. In 1980, he was transferred to the Taiwan branch as the director of the Taoyuan main plant, and was promoted to the general manager of the branch two years ago. And this time there was a serious mistake in the Taoyuan General Factory, where he had served as the factory director!FUCK!" Charleson on the other end of the phone couldn't help but end with a swear word.
"I want to know if it is only the Taoyuan General Plant that has been exposed this time that has the problem of illegal emissions. Or is there a problem with every one of our factories in Taiwan? Also, how long has this dirty business existed?" Li Xuan asked calmly.
"The Taoyuan factory is the first factory we have invested and built in Taiwan, and it is also one of RCA's most important and core industrial bases in Asia. A large number of core factories, including the CRT factory, are located in the Taoyuan Main Factory, and many products require a large amount of chemical reagents in the production.
In order to reduce costs, the company did not invest in special waste treatment equipment at the time of construction! As you know, in order to attract investment, Taiwan's environmental protection standards are much more relaxed than those in the United States. For foreign-funded companies like RCA, the Taiwanese government departments will not make things difficult at all, so we have been safe and sound all these years!" Charleson explained by phone.
Li Xuan's face has become more and more ugly, as far as he knows, RCA has been investing in Taiwan since 1970 at the earliest. In other words, the history of pollution may be as long as 15 years! Even if they grew up eating, people in Taiwan's environmental protection department should have been aware of the problem, but they have been turning a blind eye for so many years!
Don't think that the moral standards of those large multinational companies and Fortune 500 companies will be higher than those small copycat factories, and there are countless dirty things that cannot be seen behind the scenes! As the boss of RCA, Li Xuan now has to stand up and clean up this mess.
"Why did that Nexon resign from RCA?" asked Li Xuan calmly.
"Recently, someone made an anonymous report to Nexen by email, accusing him of accepting money and bribes from some raw material suppliers in Taiwan! The headquarters was about to launch an investigation against him, but he took the initiative to resign from the company. We conducted a detailed outgoing audit and found no major flaws. So I finally agreed to his resignation!" said Charlison.
When the water is clear, there are no fish, and the same is true in American companies. As long as there is no significant damage to the interests of the company, RCA will not be too harsh on the management personnel. Especially when Nickerson was already very knowledgeable and offered to resign. If RCA continues to hold on to the other party's pigtails, it will be too unkind.
What's more, RCA has been restructuring its business since it was acquired by Oriental Bloc last year. This has also led to a lot of turmoil in the company's personnel. Therefore, at this time, in line with the principle that more is better than less, the senior management of RCA is not willing to make extraneous branches.
In fact, middle and senior managers like Nexon left. RCA will certainly sign a non-disclosure agreement with it. In this sense, Nexen has already broken the previous agreement. RCA can file a complaint against it.
But Nickerson's exposure of his old club's illegal behavior put him on the moral high ground. If RCA uses this as a reason to attack the other party, it will only make itself appear more unpopular!
"It seems that there must be someone behind this scumbag!I guess there will probably be more media to follow up tomorrow, I hope you can prepare in advance!" Li Xuan didn't believe that a person with his own stain had the courage to go against a giant like RCA alone, he must have been instructed by some people.
In fact, there are not many enemies of the Eastern Bloc in the United States, and the rise of one company will certainly harm the interests of many others. If there is a chance to fall into the ground, Li Xuan believes that those competitors will never let it go!
"Order all of RCA's factories in Taiwan to stop work immediately, and at the same time inform the relevant departments in Taiwan of this incident! I will also leave for Taiwan immediately, and I will handle the matter here! You and Mr. Bradshaw will immediately activate the company's emergency public relations procedures and control the intensity of media coverage in the United States!
By the way, the original majority shareholders of RCA are not small, I remember one of them sold shares to our mutual fund, and it was also a shareholder of CBS Broadcasting! I would ask the legal department of the Eastern Group to send them lawyer letters one by one to put pressure on them, these bitches did not truthfully disclose the real situation of RCA to us before the merger and acquisition transaction!
Then you ask Mr. Bradshaw to contact them, you can't ask them to bear the aftermath compensation, but they must also take action and cooperate with us to control the impact of this turmoil!" Li Xuan made a bold decision.
Since the enemy hidden in the shadows has the energy to expose the illegal and immoral behavior of RCA's overseas companies through CBS's gold medal column "Sixty Minutes", Li Xuan also knows that this matter cannot be stopped. What RCA needs to do now is not to pass the buck, but to try to save its image with a responsible attitude......!