Chapter 108 I'd rather be the head of the chicken than the queen of the cow!

Since he won the award distributed in the supermarket, then the employee was not allowed to take the gift of the owner, and for such a rule, Thierry could only withdraw his outstretched hand and put the money away again.

The three of them walked out of the Carrefour supermarket, and it was already evening time to get off work, and Frank and they clearly felt that the flow of customers to the Carrefour supermarket had increased all of a sudden, like a flow of people with no end in sight.

"The population of China is too much, and if Europe can have such a large population, the prospects of the group are even more wonderful!" Thierry looked at the rolling flow of people and couldn't help but sigh that compared with the increasingly aging society in Europe, the current China is full of vitality. If such a huge population market can be occupied by the group, it will make people feel excited to think about it.

"Frank?" Thierry sighed for a long time, but no one spoke, and he couldn't help but look at Frank on the side.

Frank stared at the constant flow of traffic on the road, but what he saw didn't take it to heart at all. He was thinking back to the scene he had just had. Frank remembers very well that Huaxia has been unstinting for many years to publicize the fact that gold is not tasteful, but in the propaganda, those who have found money, even if they are poor, cannot accept any gifts from the owner, as if as long as they receive a return, they will discredit the virtue of collecting gold without taste. This regulation of the Carrefour supermarket is obviously contrary to this tradition.

As far as Frank knows, most of the rules in Western countries for finding lost property tend to give partial compensation to the picker. After all, if someone picks something up, it can still take time to send it to the lost and found, right?

For example, in the United States, it is up to the individual to decide whether to return the money or property found, but some states advocate return, stipulating that the return time ranges from 1 month to 12 months, and if it is not claimed within the specified time, it will be owned by the individual; In France, if a lost property is not claimed within one year, it can be owned by the person who picked it up; Netherlands: When claiming money, the owner must give the person who picked up the national flower, a tulip, as a token of appreciation. Most owners also pay the pickers appropriately. Valuables go unclaimed for two years and belong to the person who picked them up.

Another example is Japan's "Lost and Found Law", after the owner gets his lost property, he or she will take about 5%-20% of the value of the lost property to thank the person who found it. If the owner cannot be found and unclaimed within six months after the lost item is found and handed over to the police station, the lost item belongs to the person who found it

But Frank believes that this regulation of Carrefour supermarkets is more in line with human nature, and you must know that there is a similar saying that no profit can not be early, and there are many countries in Shijie. He always believed that things such as laws and rules and regulations, which are formulated by people, cannot be elevated without limits, but should be formulated according to the moral standards and social practices of the vast majority of people. The noble character of a very small number of people cannot be forced on the heads of the overwhelming majority of people.

His point of view, in fact, is quite consistent with Fang Mingyuan, Fang Mingyuan once gave an example, although Buddhism has the disadvantages of anesthetizing the majority of the people and maintaining the rule of the ruling class, but its teachings you have to admit that it is calling on people to be good, if the whole shijie everyone is good, everyone has a good heart, then there will naturally be no strife and no war on shijie. The idea can be said to be beautiful, but if the law is formulated according to this standard, it is 100% a bad law! Because he holds all people to the standard that only a very small number of compassionate and virtuous people can attain. Aren't the pure rules and precepts of Buddhism unbearable and vulgar even for many people who have already become monks? There are also many people who sell dog meat under the guise of being monks, but they do not do good deeds behind their backs.

Therefore, Fang Mingyuan formulated this store rule, so that those clerks who picked up the lost property could happily, at least not feel that they had paid the hard work of finding the person and finally gained nothing, and handed over the lost property to the store. Although the store has to pay some costs because of this, Fang Mingyuan believes that if this can establish a reputation among the customers of Carrefour supermarket, then this little cost is really worth it.

In fact, this is indeed the case, because of this provision, Carrefour supermarket has been reported by various media more than once, although there are also many people who put forward that this provision of Carrefour supermarket violates the traditional morality of the Chinese nation "picking up gold is not tasteful", but more people think that this measure is more human-human-oriented, at least for the clerks of Carrefour supermarket itself, encouraging them to "pick up gold is not tasteful" The effect is better. And as there are fewer and fewer "Lei Feng", people are more and more nostalgic, and the Carrefour supermarket, which has repeatedly produced good people who pick up gold, naturally has a better and better image in people's minds.

Through this incident, Frank felt that maybe he underestimated this private enterprise, and that it might be an outlier in China to have such a management with the awareness of taking advantage of small losses.

"Frank!" Thierry reached out and nudged Frank twice, and Frank came to his senses from his musings.

"Frank, what are you thinking?" Thierry curiously, "Is there anything here that fascinates you?" "This rolling flow, like the overwhelming tide-water flow of cars and people, is indeed rare in Europe, and it is more spectacular, but it is a little strange to see it so fascinating.

Frank looked at the Qi translator, took out fifty yuan from his wallet and said, "Mr. Qi, please help me buy a pack of cigarettes, and ask for your good cigarettes in Huaxia." ”

After the translation left, he said to Thierry: "I was just wondering if we and the group company might underestimate this company." There is an old saying in Huaxia that Ning is the head of the chicken, not the queen of the cow! ”

"Are you suffering for the chickens? Am I after you? "Frank's eight words are spoken in Chinese, and the pronunciation itself is inaccurate, and Thierry, who has no study of Chinese, has even more outrageous pronunciation.

"In other words, I'd rather be the head of a chick than the ass of a cow!" Frank didn't care about Thierry's imitation, and continued, "What this means in Huaxia is that I would rather be the management of a small company than a basic employee of a large company. I don't think I would be willing to transfer such a thriving start-up to the group easily. Sometimes, money doesn't solve everything. So, in order to accomplish the task of President Nicholas, I think we need to make a few more preparations. ”

"Go back, you have to contact the embassy staff in Beijing and ask them to help us collect some more information about Carrefour supermarket, as well as details of its shareholders. It is best to see if the French-funded enterprises in the capital can invite another compatriot who is familiar with Chinese customs and customs to help us complete this task. At the same time, I will also ask President Nicholas to send more negotiators to come. I think it's better to put pressure on the Chinese government from a political point of view, and let those Chinese officials help us put pressure on the Carrefour supermarket. Maybe it will work even better! Frank said, Thierry remembered.

"Will the officials of Huaxia take care of this?" Thierry was taken aback and said that in Western countries, helping foreign companies to merge with their own companies is an absolutely thankless task, and it can easily cause dissatisfaction among its own nationals and affect its own future. Therefore, people in the officialdom will not easily come forward to do such a thing, unless they have obvious interests.

Frank naturally understood why Thierry was surprised, and he smiled: "Thierry, this is a magical country, different from us and many Western countries, so don't measure this place by our country's standards for officials, and of course, don't use Japan, South Korea, their standards." If you have to look for a reference, you can consider the Soviet Union. In China, an official's career depends to a large extent on whether he can be appreciated by his superiors and whether he can complete the tasks assigned by his superiors, not on the opinions of these Chinese citizens in the areas under his jurisdiction. To put it to the extreme, even if this citizen hates to let him die tomorrow, as long as his boss appreciates it, he can still be promoted. So you can rest assured that as long as the background of Carrefour supermarket is not as strong as the background of Chinese officials we have found, then there is no risk in this kind of pressure. If he succeeds, it is good, but if he is not successful, it will have no effect on him. ”

"Wouldn't this be an official's paradise?" Thierry was a little incredulous, although Europe is not without incompetent officials, but in any case, when they are corrupt, they have to do it secretly, never let the public know, and they have to curry favor with these people to ensure that they can continue to sit in this seat. How did you get here, and this kind of thing still happening?

"In the past, the Chinese people had a name for officials, called 'parent officials', that is, an official, just like the parents of these citizens in his jurisdiction, although he was later called a public servant, but in my opinion, it was just a different title. When have you ever seen a servant able to call to his master? During the years that Frank spent in Hong Kong, he didn't just eat, he knew a lot about Chinese society, which was also an important reason why President Weishenme Nicholas chose him as a representative to negotiate in China.

"Officials like parents? Wouldn't that be a regression to the imperial era? In Thierry's memory, it seems that it was only before the Second Shijie War, and even longer, that domestic officials dared to be so unscrupulous. France – the government – is equally unhappy today, but at least no official dares to do so blatantly to the electorate.

Frank shrugged and said, "It's okay for you and me to say this kind of thing, but you can't say it in front of the Chinese people!" ”

Not far away, Qi Yi was walking back quickly with a cigarette......