When Lin Zhenhua arrived at the Mutong iron ore mine in eastern Bolivia with a team of more than 100 people, the strike at the mine continued. As far as the eye can see, the entire mine is deserted, only the cadres and workers sent by the Chinese side are sticking to their posts, carrying out necessary equipment maintenance and safety protection work.

It is said that after the workers' strike began, Bolivian government officials, such as the Minister of Industry, Condori and others, also rushed to the scene to understand the situation, but they could not do anything about the union's decision, but advised Hanhua to take a step back so as not to affect production.

In accordance with the instructions of the group headquarters, Hanhua Mining Company adopted a silent attitude towards the strike, neither making any demands for the strikers to return to work immediately, nor agreeing to negotiate with them. Such an attitude made the trade union quite surprised, but Zhao Yongqun also let out a statement, saying that the Hanhua Group would send high-level personnel to solve the matter, and the company would not reach any agreement with the trade union until the domestic people arrived.

The production of the Mutong iron ore mine has only been going on for a few months and has not yet entered a full capacity, so Hanhua can afford to drag it out. If the production process has already gone smoothly, a strike here will affect several subsequent links, and it will be difficult to be calm when dealing with such a strike.

Hearing that Lin Zhenhua had arrived, Zhao Yongqun and Fang Lei came out together, invited Lin Zhenhua and several other accompanying cadres to the conference room to sit down, and the other staff members who came with them were led to the guest room to rest.

beckoned everyone to sit down, and poured tea again. Zhao Yongqun sat down next to Lin Zhenhua and hurriedly began to do self-examination: "Zhenhua, I blame me for not handling this matter well, so you rushed over from afar." ”

Lin Zhenhua patted Zhao Yongqun on the shoulder and said, "Yongqun, I can't blame you for this matter, the group has already held a meeting to discuss it." This turmoil is going to come sooner or later, and McMykin's matter is just an introduction. ”

"If only I could handle it better......" Zhao Yongqun still blamed himself.

Fang Lei, who was sitting on the other side of Lin Zhenhua, interjected: "Mr. Zhao." I think Mr. Lin's words are right. It's not a question of how well we handle it, it's that the other side wants to use it to attack us. Conflict between us and the miners' union. It's going to happen sooner or later, they're just waiting for an excuse. Besides, if we don't deal with this matter seriously, our production order will not be guaranteed. ”

Hearing Fang Lei interject, Lin Zhenhua turned his head to him and said, "Fang Lei, your analysis just now is very reasonable. Well, according to your point of view. How should this matter be handled? ”

Fang Lei's original position was not high, and he was promoted to the management after the establishment of the Mutong Iron Mine, and he was still a little uncomfortable with his position psychologically. Hearing the direct question from the chairman of the group, he was a little embarrassed. Zhiwu said: "This ...... How to deal with it should be a matter for the group to decide, and I am not suitable to talk about it casually. ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "What kind of nonsense is this, we are here to solve the problem, you first came to Bolivia, and you know more about the local situation than others." So, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this matter. ”

Fang Lei looked at everyone, finally mustered up the courage, and said: "I think this time is both a bad thing and a good thing. Needless to say, there are bad things. It is a good thing to say that it is because I think that the contradictions between us and the trade unions will erupt sooner or later, and it will be easier to resolve them when the contradictions have not accumulated too deeply. …… Mr. Lin, do you think what I said is right? ”

Lin Zhenhua smiled and said, "That's right, continue." Fang Lei was encouraged, gained confidence in his heart, and spoke more fluently: "I think that we are not familiar enough with the local workers now, they have some awareness of our precautions, and some ideas that they want to know more. So, by taking advantage of this opportunity to resolve the strike issue, we can go deep into the workers and build their trust in us. If the strike breaks out later, it will be difficult for us to change our image by the time the workers' impression of us has already been set. ”

"Xiao Fang, that's a very good point!" Lin Zhenhua couldn't help but praise. Although Fang Lei did not say anything like Zhu Tiejun, his thinking coincided with Zhu Tiejun. He also believes that the strike should be resolved through communication with the workers, and that it is also necessary to use the opportunity to build a relationship of trust between the workers and the company, which is precisely the purpose of Lim Zhenhua's visit.

Fang Lei can think of these things, which makes Lin Zhenhua very gratified, and the younger generation of cadres has slowly grown up, which is very important for an enterprise that hopes for long-term development.

"Xiaofang, do you think we can build trust with the Bolivian workers?" Lin Zhenhua asked deliberately.

"I've seen enough." Zhao Yongqun said angrily, "They see us as foreigners, and we can't communicate at all when we are together, how can they trust us?" ”

Fang Lei retorted: "Mr. Zhao, I don't think that's the case. You don't know Spanish, so you can't communicate with the workers. But a few of us who came early now have no problem speaking Spanish, so we have more opportunities to communicate with workers. In fact, I found that the Bolivian workers are not much different from our domestic workers, and in some ways they are even better than our domestic workers. They have a very straightforward personality, and if you talk to them directly, they will be able to get to heart with you. ”

Zhao Yongqun touched his head and said depressedly: "So, I really have to learn some Spanish." ”

Lin Zhenhua smiled and said to his former playmate: "Yongqun, you really have to learn some Spanish, at least, you also have to learn some English, right?" When you are a leader in a foreign country, you don't know any foreign languages, how can you understand the dynamics of workers? ”

Zhao Yongqun sighed for a long time: "Alas, I just thought that mining was relatively simple, so I was vying to be the general manager of this mining company. I am not a person with much good Chinese level, how can I learn Spanish? ”

Everyone laughed, Zhao Yongqun is a good hand at work, a little desperate, but he is indeed a little unsatisfactory in learning, and it is really difficult for him to learn Spanish out of thin air.

Lin Zhenhua comforted: "Yongqun, in fact, you don't need to learn a foreign language, you just need to be able to have some simple daily conversations." What the workers need is your attitude, and if you look at the foreign companies in China, if the foreign manager can speak a few words in Chinese, even if it is to say 'hello' or something, the workers will feel very friendly. Do you think so? ”

Zhao Yongqun lowered his head and thought for a moment, then nodded with a smirk: "Zhenhua, when you say this, it really means a little bit." In the past, if the foreign experts in the company knew a few words of Chinese, we felt quite kind. ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "That's right, you are the general manager of this place in Bolivia, you don't know a word of Spanish, how do you let the workers get close to you?" Workers can't get close to you, so they naturally go to the union. ”

"I see." Zhao Yongqun said, "I understand what my problem is. From the very beginning, I didn't want to make friends with the local workers, so after the strike, I couldn't even find any relationship to negotiate with the other side. However, Fang Lei and the others have a wide network in the local area, and they have found a lot of people to communicate. Otherwise, those workers will not only have to strike, but also protest, and our mining area is really not so peaceful. ..., Fang Lei said: "Mr. Zhao, have you ever experienced the scene when we first arrived in Santa Cruz, when we were not familiar with each other, and the local gangs bullied us again, so it was called nervousness." Since then, we've been trying to make friends with the locals, which is also a way to protect ourselves. ”

Fang Lei said it lightly, but everyone can imagine how difficult the situation was back then. At that time, I am afraid that there were only a few Chinese in the entire Santa Cruz, and if something really happened, they called the sky should not be, and the earth was not spiritual. Things are much better now, with Hanhua investing billions of dollars in the Mutong Iron Mine and owning a huge asset. Local officials also regard the Chinese as the gods of wealth, and they are very respectful in and out. It is precisely because of this that Zhao Yongqun and other latecomers have no sense of crisis, and live in the Chinese's own circle all day long, isolated from the world.

"Okay, Xiao Fang, I'll learn from you in the future." Zhao Yongqun was a little embarrassed to ask, and he said to Fang Lei: "By the way, can you teach me a sentence now, how to say 'hello' in Spanish?" ”

“Hola。” Fang Lei replied.

"Aura ......" Zhao Yongqun stumbled to learn.

"Ora!" Lin Zhenhua took all the people to learn along, and wiped the gun in battle, and it was not fast or light.

After a short day of rest, Lin Zhenhua paired the people he had brought from China with the original management personnel of the mine, divided them into twenty or thirty working groups, and went to the areas where the miners lived to visit their homes. Each team includes cadres who specialize in mass work, mine managers, Spanish interpreters, and one or two locals as guides.

In order to avoid unnecessary losses, Lin Zhenhua also asked Fang Lei to contact the local police station, which sent police to strengthen patrols in the area where the Chinese team operated. Of course, for this matter, Fang Lei stuffed a very thick red envelope into the police chief.

Lin Zhenhua and Zhao Yongqun also participated in a team of working groups, which was something they had to do, and if they did not personally follow the working group to do interviews, they would not be able to understand the real situation on the scene, and thus they would not be able to guide the work of the masses.

A transnational mass movement began. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )