Chapter 380: An Olive Branch
Spring Hill, Tennessee, USA, Saturn Motors Headquarters, Chairman's Office
"Chairman, are you looking for me? If you don't look for me, I have to find you, two days to your office called has been no one answered, and later learned that the company even did not give you a secretary and assistant, to say, the human resources and public relations department is a dereliction of duty, the former chairman Mr. Smith is the nominal honorary chairman, as the big boss is the personal secretary of the General Motors headquarters, you can't always bring the secretary and assistant from the headquarters of Merrill Lynch in Manhattan, New York, if you are not picky, Pick a beautiful assistant from my office to come and use it first? ”
Jill Lexton, who is babbling when she enters the door, is a female man, and the 36-year-old professional elite who has turned from marketing to the leader of the research department really doesn't regard herself as an outsider at all, in fact, she has a belly of plans and plans to report to the chairman, but Jiang Yelin flew back to New York after taking office at the Saturn Automobile headquarters in Chunshan City on Monday, and he didn't return here until Wednesday today. Jill Lexton came here just now to say that the glass door was closed, and the chairman and Helen Lacey, the first beauty of Saturn cars, were talking, and it would be a lie to say that it was not delicious, but Lexton, a strong woman, really didn't have the heart to compete with Helen Lacey in Saturn cars, and the two were not the same type of people at all.
If the little daughter of Lesie's father, who has the title of senior vice president of General Motors, and this Helen Lacey is the proud daughter of the sky who was born with the golden key of General Motors, then Jill Lexton, who is 4 years older than Helen Lacey, belongs to the inspirational example of being born from the grassroots to the general manager of the marketing department and then to the general manager of the R&D department.
"Ms. Lexton, please take a seat, I am very happy with your enthusiasm, but this is the chairman's office, so it is best to take the guest as you like, you can make your own tea or coffee, wait for me, there are a few calls to ......" Jiang Yelin covered the microphone and signaled the general manager of the R&D department to be at will, and then issued a series of trading instructions into the microphone.
After holding 27% of the shares of Saturn Motors, the trading style of the G3 series fund has been much slower than usual since this month, but the net value of the G3 series fund is still growing steadily, and the average daily trading volume of Saturn Motors is now maintained at about 20 million shares, because it cannot find a suitable opponent, there is almost no strength to dare to short on the Saturn car, as for the long speculative funds, there are many speculative funds, but Jiang Yelin has a long-term layout, so the stock price is like a zigzag slow growth of a fishing line, Gradually, there is a style and style of blue-chip high-performance stocks.
Soon Jiang Yelin finished the phone call, and shifted his gaze from the computer terminal screen to Jill Lexton, who was already sitting across from his desk with a cup of coffee, "Ms. Lexton, can I call you Jill?" I hope that the executives of Saturn Motors will unite under the banner of me as the chairman, and I will not say much polite words, and those who are willing to work with me will have unexpected gains, and they will see the lively guys who stand by and wait to see the jokes, and I guarantee that these people will leave Saturn Motors before me......"
"No problem, chairman, my friends call me Jill, what is the name of Ms. Lexton is too raw, I agree with your point of view, like-minded people can do a career together, but with all due respect, from Monday to now, I have almost been sleepless at night, but not excited, of course excited, the board of directors proposed to double in a year, and become the top ten constituents and market capitalization of Dow Jones in three years, to say that it is strange to hear such a grand plan and goal to sleep, but I just have no bottom in my heart, The chairman of Saturn's current situation must also know that it seems that there are still 108,000 miles away from the goal of the board of directors, so I came to the chairman to find out whether the goal of Monday's meeting was just a slogan for Wall Street investors, or do you really plan to achieve this goal? ”
Jill Lexton didn't dare to call Jiang Yelin's name directly, the proportion of superiors and subordinates must be mastered, this is the only rule of success in the workplace, not to mention that the limelight of the beauties in Saturn's company is called Helen Lacey to snatch it all, not to mention aesthetic fatigue or something, in the chairman's office where Helen Lacey just left, Jill Lexton really didn't dare to show her feminine charm, what she could do was to display the professional charm of the workplace elite who had been working hard in marketing and R&D. Creating an image of a wise, sharp, outspoken woman in front of a young Wall Street genius will help you in your future at Saturn, right?
"Jill, maybe you didn't know my style of doing things before, shouting slogans is not my strong point, of course I know what Wall Street investors like, the goals I set for Saturn Motors are not just for shouting slogans, I'm glad that doubling the annual performance target can keep you up at night, as far as I know, you changed from general manager of marketing to general manager of research department 3 years ago because you want to have a child, right? I think that's a great choice, and now that Saturn is just the first step, if we can't fulfill our commitments to shareholders and investors, then not to mention becoming a Dow Jones constituent stock and a top 10 blue chip stock by market capitalization, we have a higher probability of becoming a junk stock loss-making stock, so I'm looking forward to your support and cooperation to achieve this year's performance target, what do you think is the problem? ”
Jiang Yelin said as he got up and poured himself a cup of coffee, he has smoked a lot less recently, on the one hand, his female companion Matsushima doesn't like men to smoke, on the other hand, Jiang Yelin is obviously not enough time for fitness and exercise now, so he really doesn't dare to squander too much in terms of health, and it is not harmful to the body to have less cigarettes and alcohol.
"Django, with all due respect, if you follow the style and rhythm of the previous Hoodell when he led the Saturn, even if you solve the financing problem through Wall Street, the expansion and improvement of production capacity cannot be achieved overnight, you must know that it took us 7 years to get the first new Saturn car off the production line, and now you want to increase the production capacity from 150,000 to 500,000 vehicles, which is almost 3 times the increase on the existing basis, the expansion of the plant and the procurement, installation and commissioning of equipment, including the recruitment and training of workers, I think that with the current capacity of Saturn Motors, it is extremely irrational to say that the production capacity expansion plan will be completed by the end of the year! Not to mention doubling this year's performance! ”
Jill Lexton's words are of course targeted, she has her own plans and ideas, but Hudell's old-brained conservative will never listen, so now is the best time to reflect his value in front of the new chairman, only the situation is the most difficult to do, once the plan he proposed is favored by those in power, then his future in Saturn is back on the road, and giving birth to two babies in 3 years has not worn down Jill Lexton's spirit, It is not an exaggeration to describe this strong woman who has been dormant for three years.
"Jill, if I'm not mistaken, do you think Mr. Deng Huddle will not be able to lead the team to meet the performance targets set by the Board of Directors?! Isn't that so?" Jiang Yelin's straightforward answer made Jill Lexton's heart happy, and the red-haired witch nodded and said seriously,
"I have worked at General Motors for 13 years and Saturn Motors for 8 years, with all due respect, Mr. Hudell is a decent and steady manager who believes in walking as slowly as possible, but he does not meet the requirements of Saturn's future development, and what is even more hateful is that when we had a meeting on Monday, it was clear that everyone thought that the performance indicators you proposed were in the air and could not be completed at all, and Mr. Huddle did not say a word for the position of president and CEO under his ass, which made us executives very disappointed, A president and CEO who can't take on leadership responsibilities can't get recognition and support, let alone lead the team to success, how many seven years can there be in life? How many more seven years can GM and Saturn waste? ”
"Hmm, so do you think there are any suitable candidates at Saturn or General Motors who can lead the Zelstar to achieve the performance targets proposed by the board of directors this year? It's okay to take a step back, production and sales of 500,000 vehicles, or double sales revenue, or double net profit, in short, it can't be less, can anyone achieve this goal?! Jiang Yelin looked at the red-haired witch in front of him with interest and asked.
"Well, chairman, I think it is unrealistic to increase the production capacity to 500,000 vehicles, unless large-scale mergers and acquisitions, you must know that the annual output of Sweden Saab Automobile is 160,000 vehicles, and if the production and sales increase to 500,000 vehicles, it is not a doubling of performance, it is an increase of 330% performance, so I think that this increase in production capacity does not mean that sales revenue increased year-on-year, and the cars made must be sold as scheduled in order to return funds to form sales revenue, as for the net profit doubled, This indicator seems to be the easiest, because you can also think of some way to control the cost of parts......"
Jill Lexton's thinking is very clear, but her speech is a little messy, after all, she wanted to take it easy at first and couldn't share her thoughts and dishes at once, but now when she says it, she finds that she can't keep her mouth shut, since she came to dig into the corner of Hudell's wall and try to replace it, if she doesn't give some real material, how can the chairman from Wall Street look at herself?!
"Well, what you said is a problem, but production capacity is the foundation, to become a high-quality blue chip stock in the automotive sector, there is not enough market share and production and sales that is absolutely unreasonable, how about it, my dear Jill, if you come to be the CEO of Saturn Motors, whether you can complete the annual performance target proposed by the board of directors, I have taken a step back, production and sales, sales revenue, net profit, as long as one of these three indicators reaches the level of doubling, even if it is barely qualified!" Jiang Yelin extended an olive branch.