Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Consciousness of Domination
Unlike in Japan, the Philippine branch works very early, from 7:30 in the morning to 5:30 in the evening, including an hour's lunch break, for a total of nine hours. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
As in Tokyo, there is a morning meeting every morning, where the late chairman Mr. Yoshihara's motto (English version) is recited, and the company song is choired.
At the morning meeting on this day, Kenmura introduced to the employees: "This is Mr. Takeshi Aoyama, who was transferred from the headquarters, he is an expert in publicity and advertising, and from today he will serve as the company's marketing strategy consultant, working side by side with you, and I would like to ask Mr. Aoyama to say a few words now!"
"My name is Takeshi Aoyama, this is my first time in the Philippines, there are still a lot of things I don't understand, and I may need your guidance and teachings for a long time, please give me a lot of advice!" Aoyama said very modestly.
However, after returning to the office, Kenmura frowned and said to him: "Aoyama, you have to remember that this is the Philippines, not Japan, so don't be too modest, if your posture is too low, people will look down on you." Just like your rhetoric in the morning meeting was too weak, you should act like I'm the boss.
Filipinos have a strong sense of self-esteem, but because of this, social classes are clearly divided. Because they have been ruled by Spain, the United States, and Japan in the past 400 years, perhaps this sense of domination and domination has been cultivated. In the future, you may be even more surprised by the class consciousness in the company, which is absolute obedience to the boss, and employees here rarely complain about the boss, which is also a disadvantage in some ways. ā
Speaking of this, Jian Cun seemed to remember something, and changed the topic: "By the way, I found you a secretary." Graduated from the University of the Philippines, twenty-four years old, eh, equivalent to our University of Tokyo graduates, in short, a very good employee, and a big beauty!"
After a while, Jian Cun brought a tall and beautiful woman with a cold temperament over, and the girl first saluted Aoyama: "Hello Mr. Aoyama, my name is Lola Feliciano. ā
"Oh, hello, my name is Takeshi Aoyama, please advise!"
"Okay, now that we know each other, let's go, come with me to the president's room, and introduce you to the boss Carlos Mendoza. Kenmura urged on the side.
Sure enough, as Jiancun said, Mendoza looked like an old man who was not easy to deal with, but he looked Qingshan up and down for a while, and then said coldly: "I said it in front, here, I have the final decision, not Jiancun." This guy in Jiancun disagrees with me all day long, and I don't want you to be like him. ā
"Well, yes......" Aoyama felt that at this moment, he was not answering, nor was he answering.
After leaving the president's office, Aoyama said to Kencun, "Kenmura, it seems that you don't get along well with this Mendoza." ā
Jian Cun replied disdainfully: "That stinky old man, every time I decide on a plan, he always has to ramble on in the end. But I always had good reasons to refute him, and I also taught him what business was. ā
"No wonder he's hostile to you. ā
"I just think he's an annoying old man, and I take his words as a deaf ear, and he'll understand what he's done wrong anyway. ā
"Haha, you're really tough. ā
"That's right, if it was all according to him, the company would have collapsed a long time ago. ā
After returning to his office, Aoyama asked Lola, "Laura, what is my scheduled itinerary for today?"
Lola looked through it for a moment, then replied, "Well, I'm going to visit the factory in a moment." ā
"Oh, let's go now. Aoyama stood up as he spoke.
Laura was a little surprised and said, "But it's almost lunchtime." ā
"Gee, just grab a bite to eat on the road. Aoyama pushed open the door and walked out.
On the way, Aoyama asked with some curiosity, "Laura, what did you do before?"
"Oh, I was the secretary of Mr. Ishikawa before. ā
"Oh, Mr. Ishikawa, I'm not familiar with this man. Uh, did you learn anything from him?"
Lola shook her head and replied, "No, I didn't learn anything." Mr. Ishikawa hardly ever worked, but he knew how to play golf and drink every day, and in the evenings, he would take the woman to the hotel and ask me to wait downstairs to pay the bill, which was a common occurrence. Speaking of this, Laura suddenly turned her head and asked Xiang Qingshan: "By the way, Mr. Qingshan, what do you think of Filipino women?"
To this question, Qingshan hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "Well, how can I say it, I can't quite accept the concept of buying women with money, so I don't like it." ā
"Don't you like women?"
"Of course not. While he was talking, Aoyama suddenly saw a food stall on the side of the road, so he changed the topic and asked, "Laura, what is that?"
"Street food stalls. ā
"Alright, park, let's have lunch right there." ā
"But I just passed by a very high-end restaurant. Lola asked, puzzled.
Qingshan shook his head and said, "Since you have come to the Philippines, you naturally want to try the street food of the Philippines." So saying, he pushed the cart and went down.
"But Mr. Aoyama, if you lose your stomach because of this, I'm not responsible. Laura added later.
Qingshan ignored her, walked directly to the stall, pointed to the dishes in the pot and said, "Eh, I want this fish, this vegetable, and a bowl of rice." ā
Lola said very simply: "I want the same as him." ā
After the food was served, Aoyama tasted it and said, "It's not bad." ā
Lola gave him a deep look, and then said slowly, "Mr. Aoyama, you are really a weirdo. ā
"What's weird?" Aoyama asked curiously.
Lola pondered for a moment, then didn't seem to find the right words, and finally said helplessly: "Well, you are different from other Japanese people anyway." ā
Of course it's different, because I'm not Japanese!
PS: I recommend a very heavy comic, called "The Pope of Terror", which is basically adapted from the legend of Pope Julius II, that is, the successor of the famous Alexander VI, but it should be noted in advance that the taste of this comic is very, very heavy, and you must be mentally prepared.