Chapter 322: How to Reform
Jester doesn't care if he is used, after all, Samsung will be one of his most important layouts in the future, as long as he can make Samsung rise, he is also happy to accompany Lee Kun-hee to act.
After that, it was Lee Kun-hee who roared for nine hours, although Jester was a little bored to listen to, but as the No. 2 shareholder of Samsung, it was not good for the No. 1 shareholder to leave the meeting when such an important meeting was held and closely related to the future development of Samsung, which was too rude to do so, after all, he had a large share swap with Samsung, which was a real community of interests.
In fact, to Jester's ears, the direction of Li Kunxi's preparation for reform is similar to the idea of many companies that do consumer electronic products in later generations, that is, to take quality control and strive for change as the core, and completely change the idea of quantity as the core that prevailed at that time, which is not the mainstream in this era, but in the future, it will inevitably become the mainstream of this kind of goods.
Of course, it is not easy to do this, if you put aside the external phenomena and look deeply, Li Kunxi's words will be clear - his reform idea is to perceive the crisis in the early stage of development, and to build product quality as the core, inject vitality into the enterprise, and obtain business success from the success of technology.
What is needed to do this is not tinkering, but a real reform.
At that time, it was not an easy task to reform such a large enterprise, and how to find a breakthrough point became a crucial issue.
After the meeting ended, Lee Kun-hee found Jester again.
"Jester, let's talk a little more." Lee Kun-hee's expression was a little tired, his voice was hoarse, and his lips were a little pale, obviously the long roar of the previous nine hours still had a great impact on him.
After hearing Lee Kun-hee's words, Jester also nodded, and walked around casually with Lee Kun-hee in a park outside. It was already night, the lights were on, and Lee Kun-hee didn't say anything at first, and Jester didn't speak, he mainly waited for Lee Kun-hee to open the topic first, so that he could also say his own ideas on the questions he said.
"I think that we at Samsung must change from quantity to quality, and it is urgent, which is basically where the competitiveness of the electronics industry lies in the future, and it is also the survival of our life. Jester, maybe you don't know much about Samsung, I can tell you that now Samsung, there are 30,000 people making raw tea, 6,000 people doing sales, but there are less than 2,000 technicians! What does such a company use to compete with others? Therefore, the most important thing now is to find out the cause from the quality and find a way to solve it. We must make our products reach the world-class level, even if the whole production line is stopped, even if it will affect our market sales, we will not hesitate to do so. But ......"
Speaking of this, Lee Kun-hee's voice stopped, and he didn't know how to continue.
"Are you worried that your subordinates don't understand you?" Jester picked up the conversation. And Lee Kun-hee also nodded after hearing Jester's words, he was indeed worried that those subordinates who were far less far-sighted than him would not understand him, because if he wanted to reform like this. Then in the foreseeable period of time in the future, Samsung's performance will inevitably decline sharply.
Seeing Lee Kun-hee nodding, Jester smiled, he also understood that Lee Kun-hee's current prestige was based on the fact that he was Lee Byung-cheol's heir, that is to say, his prestige came from Lee Byung-cheol, he did not establish his own prestige in the large group of Samsung, and his previous purge, although he purged out a lot of opponents, but there were also more people who were just because of his purge that many people temporarily lurked out of fear.
If he can't lead Samsung to a more successful future, then these people will be extremely unhappy.
A large group with internal instability is extremely dangerous, there have been countless examples of this in the past, and this time, Samsung also intends to bet on consumer electronics, which they are not good at, this kind of courage has to be admired.
"I have one opinion, I support you, the current Samsung, if you want to really make a difference in consumer electronics, then there is only one way, and that is to change." Jester said categorically to Lee Kun-hee without much thought, "We must change the thinking that Samsung only regards South Korea as the main market, this old-fashioned, thoughtless idea, must be abandoned, otherwise, the big words you said before may really be big words." ”
Jester is constantly helping Lee Kun-hee to make up his mind, and he clearly knows that Lee Kun-hee's reforms held in Samsung have completely changed Samsung's mental outlook, and laid the most solid foundation for Samsung's rise after the 97 financial crisis.
"So how do you reform it?" Lee Kun-hee doesn't seem to want to continue to dwell on this issue, he doesn't know whether to make a decision, or to avoid this issue, at least Jester can't tell what he really thinks in his heart from his tone, but Jester doesn't care, he said everything he should say, he said all these reasons, he just wants to make Lee Kun-hee do his best to make his mind firm, not like now, still struggling and hesitating.
He was not convincing Lee Kun-hee, because he knew that Lee Kun-hee's determination to reform had already been made, he was just making Lee Kun-hee's determination firmer and more resolute, and let him do what he would definitely do in the future.
"There is no need to move the root first, but you can move the core, as long as the core moves, then there is nothing that cannot be moved...... I don't want to fight with your subordinates. Jester said with a smile, he remembered the reform measures of Lee Kun-hee, which has also been studied countless times by countless entrepreneurs, because this reform involving a huge enterprise of tens of thousands of people is a very, very good reform.
"What do you mean?" Hearing Jester's words, Li Jianxi's brows furrowed, he didn't understand what Jester said, what does it mean to not move the root but move the core, what does it mean not to meet with those of his subordinates, isn't it really to meet with those of his subordinates? What the hell is Jester talking about, why can't he understand it at all?
"Huh."
Jester also saw the confusion on Lee Kun-hee's face, of course he knew why the other party was like this, because no one could understand when Lee Kun-hee was reforming like this at that time, but after analyzing it, he found that the reason why Lee Kun-hee did this at the beginning was after careful consideration, and it was a very imaginative change about the core.
What does "core mean...... Brother Li, let me briefly ask you, what do you think is something that the employees of your company think will never change? Jester said with a smile.
"What is never ......" Hearing Jester's words, Lee Kun-hee frowned and fell into deep thought, he really couldn't think of an explanation for a while what his forehead said, but just when he was about to ask, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he remembered something, he said with some excitement, "Jace, what do you mean...... What is the time of day? ”
After saying this, there was also a hint of excitement in Lee Kun-hee's tone, obviously he had understood what Jester meant.
South Korea is a deep-rooted and hierarchical society, especially a rule that has been observed for decades, and there are no obvious shortcomings in this rule, no one will agree to change this rule, stirring up authority, in South Korea, a country with a strong Confucian culture, is not a commendable thing, but reform is precisely a challenge to authority.
As for the work and rest system of Korean companies, the 9-to-5 work and rest system has been practiced for 20 or 30 years, and everyone is very satisfied.
You know, it takes a lot of courage to change a system that is supported by everyone, but then again, although there will be no support for doing so, it is not a matter of interest, so it will not be subject to great opposition, and this is a very obvious tentative move, which shows everyone that this time the determination is to reform to the end.
There was silence for ten minutes, and the eyes that were still flashing fell silent.
Li Kunxi took a deep breath, he seemed to have made a decision, and it seemed that he was constantly cheering himself up, making himself make up his mind: "Jace, you must know that if you want to change this first, it is not just the 40,000 or 50,000 people in Samsung Electronics, but the 200,000 employees of the entire Samsung!" Although he said that, Jester couldn't make out the slightest hint of flinching from Lee Kun-hee's tone.
Jester only smiled, still speaking in a very light tone.
"Brother Li, I know that you are familiar with a lot of ancient books in our country, you should have heard a sentence that Mencius once said, right?" After Jester finished speaking, his eyes looked at Li Jianxi, and he did not say the words of Mencius.
And Lee Kun-hee only thought about it a little and knew which sentence Jester was talking about.
He spread his arms as if to be embracing something.
"Although tens of millions of people go to ......"
"What should I do?" Lee Kun-hee had clearly made up his mind this time, and Jester could hear it from his tone.
"This time it's just you showing your attitude and showing your determination, and it doesn't take too much trouble, for example, it's good to change from 9 to 5 to 7 to 4, and start work two hours earlier, but only delay the start time by one hour, so that in addition to allowing employees to stagger the peak hours of commuting, it can further challenge their bottom line."
What Jester said was what he remembered, Lee Kun-hee's reforms. (To be continued......)