Chapter 18 List
An unforgettable night, and the next day came as scheduled.
That morning, I came to Sanxin Pharmaceutical Factory early, because that day was the day I officially became the sales officer, and I didn't dare to delay the slightest.
The sales office is on the third floor of the building, just two floors away from Mr. Chen's office.
Because Mr. Chen had already told me about the general situation of the sales department yesterday, I talked to Mr. Chen on the phone last night to ask about some specific matters, so I can be considered to have a bottom in my heart.
According to Mr. Chen, the manager of the sales department is surnamed Zhang, and according to Mr. Chen, this manager is quite easy-going, so as long as I am sincere, I can ask him directly if I have any problems at work and ask him for help.
With Mr. Chen's words in advance, I felt a little calmer.
When I came to the floor where the sales department was located, I saw white-collar staff dressed there, the youngest of whom seemed to be 27 or 8 years old, and there were only one or two, and my 22-year-old newcomer immediately became the center of attention as soon as he walked in.
Seeing so many strange and curious eyes, I felt a little uncomfortable, but fortunately, I still found Manager Zhang through inquiry, Manager Zhang is a middle-aged man in his 40s, he seems to be very easy-going, as soon as he saw me, he recognized me as the newcomer Mr. Chen said.
So he enthusiastically introduced me to the sales department, and also told me about my office and what I do.
After that, Manager Zhang also introduced me to several colleagues who were in the same workshop as me to get to know each other.
The layout of Mr. Chen's company is four people in one workshop. So I was in the workshop where I had three other colleagues besides me. Two of them are middle-aged and old officials who are more than ten years older than me, one surnamed Hu and the other surnamed Huang, and they are my seniors. And the remaining one is a fat man who is 5 or 6 years older than me, named Wang Feng, who looks very honest and cute.
Maybe it's the world's fat people are generally amiable, seeing me as a newcomer, the first person to come to say hello was Wang Fatzi, he looked at me with a smile and said, God is really eye-opening, finally came a younger brother than me, and I don't have to be someone else's little brother in the future.
Seeing the kind appearance of "Wang Fatzi", I also politely smiled with him and said, okay, you will be my eldest brother to cover me in the future, haha.
Wang Fatzi smiled and said it must be certain, you look at my figure, others think I am very reliable, you will be my little brother in the future, you can find me for anything, fat I don't have many other advantages, but I am helpful.
Because of Wang Fatzi's liveliness and humor, I quickly integrated into this department, and it didn't take long to get acquainted with the people in this office, in addition, I was polite to several "seniors" from both sides, saying that I was new here, and I would work here in the future, and please take care of me, they were all polite to me, although I was a little surprised by my youth, but also said that it was nothing, just that since we all work together are colleagues, don't be too restrained.
The process of integrating into the sales department was much easier than I expected, maybe because I had Mr. Chen behind me, or maybe because I was younger, and the other officers took better care of me, asking me this and that, and affectionately calling me "Xiaodong", a nickname I had only heard from my classmates, my father, and Ma Yike.
In this way, I began my days as a management officer in Mr. Chen's company.
I had a formal office, a fancy desk, and my own computer, and I started a decent management career.
Working in the sales department is easy and easy, and difficult and difficult. First of all, I need to know all the current sales customers and channels of Mr. Chen's company, and at the same time understand the quantity, inventory, annual and monthly sales volume of various drugs of Sanxin Pharmaceutical Factory, and contact various buyers and sellers. More importantly, I also need to keep abreast of market trends and understand various information about the pharmaceutical industry.
It can be said that for a newcomer like me, this is really an errand with difficult opinions.
On the first day of working in the sales department, I encountered a lot of tricky situations, fortunately, there were a few seniors and colleagues Wang Fatzi with me, I usually asked them about the situation I didn't know, and slowly accumulated, but I also knew a little bit about it.
However, I am also embarrassed to ask them too much, because if I ask too much, they will think that I am unreliable. After all, I relied on Mr. Chen's relationship to become my current position, not on my own ability or experience, so before I became familiar with the road, I still have to work hard to fully understand all aspects of Sanxin Pharmaceutical Factory.
However, I did the main work of an intermediary in the sales department at first, and the main work content was to sit at the desk and watch the phone when there was nothing to do, and once a seller called, I answered, wrote down the order, and then handed it over to the workshop, placed an order for medicine, and then I could get a certain amount of profit from it, and the amount of profit was directly linked to the number of orders I received.
Sitting at the desk to take orders, reading the newspaper to see the company's market statistics when you have nothing to do, this thing looks easy, but there are headaches, because the drug market of Sanxin Pharmaceutical Factory is both domestic and international, so when you meet foreign customers, it is a difficult task to communicate. Because my English level was still in high school at that time, so once I met a call from a foreign customer, I was not easy to deal with, although I had not encountered the situation of foreign customer orders when I first entered, but Wang Fatzi told me on the first day, let me pay attention to it, if I met foreign customers to test my English level.
At that time, when I heard Wang Fatzi say this, I suddenly felt heavy in my heart. Rub, if I really meet a foreign customer, how should I deal with it? Although foreigners should also contact me with an interpreter, if I encounter a special situation, I still need to communicate a few words, although my high school English score is okay, but it is still very difficult to communicate with foreign customers normally.
At that time, I could only thank Wang Fatzi for reminding me, saying that I had counted and I would have a way to solve it.
Wang Fat is very good, he seems to see that I am a little nervous, and said to me that in fact, it doesn't matter if I don't speak English well, generally foreign customers will find a translator to contact, even if there are really foreign customers calling, you just need to master some basic professional terms to deal with a seven, seven, eight, eight, eight, really not you can also use msn and email to communicate, no need to use the phone.
Hearing Wang Fatzi say this, I was a little relieved. Telephone communication and email communication can be completely two different concepts, and students with high scores in the written test may not be able to get high scores in the interview. What's more, if I communicate by email, I can also look up the dictionary, which can improve some efficiency.
Hey, I'm so grateful to the guy who invented email.
But what I didn't expect was that on the third day after Wang Fatzi reminded me of this, I really met the legendary foreign customer, and it was a big business that I didn't expect.
As the saying goes, what you are afraid of comes, but I didn't expect Wang Fatzi's words to really work.
I received that order at noon three days later, when I had just returned to the office after lunch and sat at my desk looking at the statistical report of the drug, but I didn't expect the phone on the desk to ring.
I picked up the phone, and it was a man with a strong accent on the other end, and his Mandarin was very standard.
I was very polite and professional in answering questions about the origin and requirements of the other party.
Unexpectedly, the other party told me that he was a translator and intermediary of Leptin Pharmaceutical Company in the United States, and wanted to order a batch of special drugs from us first.
When I heard that the other party wanted to order medicine, I immediately came to my senses, and I didn't dare to ask the other party what medicine to order, the quantity and quality of the medicine, and I also asked about the delivery date of the medicine.
After some conversation, I learned that this company is not a long-term partner of Sanxin Pharmaceutical Factory, but the first time to cooperate with our Sanxin Company, and the reason why the other party found our company is because Sanxin Pharmaceutical Factory enjoys a high reputation in the country, and the reputation and reputation in the market are good.
After talking, I understood that the other party wanted to order a batch of special drugs in our company as the first attempt to cooperate, if the quality of the first batch of drugs met the requirements of their company, and the sales and market response were good, then the long-term cooperation would continue.
Although I can't be clear about the situation of many companies because I haven't been in the sales department for a long time, I can only give some vague answers, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime achievement for me, and I also want to make some achievements to show Mr. Chen and show him my ability, so I secretly decided that I would seize this opportunity no matter what, so I tried my best to negotiate calmly with the other party, and after gradual negotiations, I still gained the trust of the other party, and the other party also told him the order requirements.
Leptin wants to order 400,000 bottles of our special pharmaceutical from us, the delivery deadline is one week later, the requirements are that the quality must be high, the pass rate must be guaranteed 100%, and the most important thing is that they have repeatedly emphasized that the delivery deadline can not be delayed at all, if it is delayed, it will cause damage to their company's reputation, and it will be robbed of the competition of other companies.
At that time, when I heard the other party's description, I vaguely felt that it was worthy of an American company, and the strict requirements for the quality of pharmaceutical products and the grasp of the delivery deadline were indeed not comparable to domestic companies.
At that time, I had already begun to calculate in my mind whether our company could accept such a large number of drug lists. 400,000 bottles of special drugs, this order volume can be described as a very large amount, not to mention that it will be all made and shipped within a week, which is even more difficult.
But at that time, I was really excited to sweat, and without much hesitation, I couldn't wait to tell the other party that there would be no problems with the delivery within a week, and the quality and quantity were safeguarded.
Under my sworn assurances and commitments, the other party finally agreed to this first cooperation.
The moment I hung up the phone, I whispered excitedly and clapped my hands hard. Fortunately, because it was lunch break at that time, Wang Fatzi and the other two seniors were not there, so I didn't lose my temper.
I'll take it, 400,000 bottles of medicine, this is a rare big order for a thousand years, if this business is successful, then I can definitely make a lot of money this time, and more importantly, I will have the capital to gain a foothold in Sanxin Company in the future.
I swear in my heart that this opportunity, no matter what, I will seize it and not let it slip away.
Soon after taking over the business, the American translator from Leptin sent me a flyer, passing on the specifications and specific quality of the medicine to me, and then I ran to the production workshop with the leaflet and handed the list to Manager Tang in the production department, because it was noon and Manager Tang was not there, so I put the list with him first, and went back to the office first, and waited there. Just made a cup of tea in the office, and after sitting for a while, Wang Fatzi walked in, his face was full of red light, his face was comfortable, and he didn't know what kind of affair he encountered.
But before I could ask, Fat Wang's eyes first looked at my face, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, which seemed to capture the joyful expression on my face.
"Hey, Xiaodong, looking at your spirited appearance, did you encounter anything good?" Probably seeing that I was overjoyed, Wang Fatzi walked up and patted me on the shoulder and asked.
"Brother Feng, you really said it, hehe. I just got an order. And this list is not small. I laughed.
"Oh, it's really yours, Xiaodong, you have received a big order in just a few days, it seems that you really have the talent to do this business. By the way, what kind of list is it......? If you make a lot of money, you'll have to have a treat, and don't blame me for not saying it before. ”
Faced with Wang Fatzi's curious question, I smiled and told Wang Fatzi about the order I had just received from Leptin Pharmaceutical Company in the United States, but after hearing my description, Wang Fatzi's reaction was far beyond my expectations.
"Do you dare to accept the list of 400,000 bottles of medicine a week? Xiaodong, should you ...... Fever, right?" asked Fat Wang's expression as he grabbed my arm and glared at me.
"How...... What's wrong?" I stared at Wang Fatzi with some astonishment, "I have calculated according to the company's statistics, according to our company's production schedule, we can produce about 300,000 to 400,000 quantities of special drugs a week, if we can speed up the progress, we should still be able to complete the goal before next week's deadline......"
"Xiaodong, you're wrong!" Wang Fatzi blew his beard and glared at me, "You calculated that the company stopped producing all other drugs and only concentrated its labor force on the production of this kind of drugs, but the company has been producing several batches of new drugs recently, and it can't spare much resources and labor to produce the order you take, if the deadline is relaxed for a week, it's fine, but if it takes a week, even if all the employees work the night shift, it can't be completed!"
Listening to Wang Fatzi's mouth foaming at the mouth, looking at his serious expression that I had never seen since I knew him in the past few days, my heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the sea, and for a while I looked at Wang Fatman's eyes that were not too big and couldn't speak.
At that moment, it dawned on me that I had made a fatal mistake because of my overconfidence.
"Then if all the employees rush to work collectively at night...... How much can you accomplish in a week?"
After being stunned for a long time, I finally only asked this sentence.
Wang Fatzi let go of the hand holding my arm, stood in place and thought about it, and said with a solemn face: "It's hard to say, even if you first free up the resources to produce some drugs with a relatively wide deadline, I estimate that I can only produce more than 300,000 medicines in a week." ”
When I heard this, I felt like my whole heart was being punched hard.
This time, I knew I was really too sloppy.
Could it be that I can only cancel this list?
I'm not reconciled.
Thinking about it this way, I really feel a little reluctant.