Chapter 1 People Affected by the Economic Crisis

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In May 2008, the municipality of Shancheng was directly under the central government.

Irritability, irritability. Liu Yi rubbed his head vigorously with both hands, what the hell is going on! Recently, the New Year has not been smooth, or which Buddha forgot to worship during the New Year.

Liu Yi threw himself on the sofa weakly, thinking of the series of events that had happened recently, and his nerves collapsed completely.

He has been working as a salesman in a motorcycle company, not to mention how high the monthly salary is, but it is easy and unrestrained, as long as the work is carried out normally, the department leaders don't care about you at all, what they value is the result. Liu Yi has been doing motorcycle sales for the 7th year this year, from the beginning of 6, 700 yuan monthly salary to the current income of 3, 4000, not to mention how much merit has been established for the company, but also to witness the gradual development of the company.

He is mainly responsible for the supporting work of the second- and third-tier motorcycle enterprises in the Chengnan District of Shancheng City, specifically for the motorcycle manufacturers who have signed cooperation agreements to do supply, after-sales, technical development, and account collection.

In the process, I also found a girlfriend, everything is according to the way most people live, find a wife after work, get married, have children, support the family, and spend a dull life.

But that's not often the case, and unfortunate things creep in. In late May, the efficiency of several motorcycle factories in charge of Liu Yi fell sharply, and according to the company, all motorcycle manufacturers in Shancheng City were affected by the European economic crisis, and the motorcycle export area had the greatest impact, and almost all orders were canceled or postponed.

The first-line motorcycle companies are okay, first, they have confidence, and their brands and fame are there. Second, if there is a real crisis, the government will also support it. At that time, after all, the motorcycle company was the pillar industry of the mountain city, and if an accident occurred, it would definitely affect the stability and harmony of the society.

The "jingle, jingle" phone rings. Liu Yi casually took out the phone and said, "Hey, hello,"

I only heard a dull voice on the phone, "Liu Yi, my old money"

"Oh, how about the money, what's wrong?" The call was from Qian Gengwang from the company's sales department.

"Well, in this way, your affairs are put down. When I go back to the company in the afternoon, Mr. Huang has something to negotiate with you! The call was discontinued.

Mr. Huang is the NO.1 of the company where Liu Yi is located, what is the situation, usually Mr. Huang will not look for their salesman, and he will talk to him that there is something to negotiate, and Liu Yi will be one after listening to the meaning of Mr. Qian, "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain" I don't understand it, and then go back and talk about it.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, he hurriedly returned to the company, put down his bag at his desk, and then took a cup of warm water with a paper cup in front of the water dispenser. ”

"Just arrived."

"That's okay, Mr. Huang is waiting for you in his office, you can go up." Looking at him a little unsatisfied, it seems that something is always wrong.

Sure enough, as soon as he entered Mr. Huang's office, Mr. Huang told Liu Yi the ultimate goal of calling him back to the company. "What, terminate the supporting contracts with the 2nd and 3rd tier motorcycle companies, and cancel the business in the Chengnan District" It's not that Liu Yi is not calm, but hearing such news still scared him.

"Yes, you heard it right". Mr. Huang looked at Liu Yi with a calm face, "I originally wanted to say it at the weekly department summary meeting, but I still think it's good to tell you about this matter alone." Specifically, I will come back to negotiate with you in order to adjust your job position."

"Oh", Liu Yi's head was big all of a sudden, and he adjusted his job position, and he didn't announce at the weekly summary meeting that he was saving face for him? Liu Yi thought worriedly.

Ignoring Liu Yi's emotions, Mr. Huang lit a cigarette, his eyes looked through the smoke, Liu Yi couldn't see his expression clearly, "You also know that the entire motorcycle industry is now facing a financial crisis, especially the 2nd and 3rd tier enterprises they mainly rely on export orders, this time it can be said that they are facing a particularly serious situation, after our company's senior management meeting, according to the scale and impact of this crisis, has always believed that there are many 2, 3 line motorcycle brands will cease to exist after this blow, Some will go bankrupt, and some will only be merged or annexed by powerful ones, and there is a great risk in our cooperation with them. Now the company is also facing the problem of payment collection, which is our company needs to make a plan in advance and decide to reasonably avoid the risks or losses caused by cooperation with them, so our company's senior management held a meeting to study that all 3-line motorcycle companies should stop cooperating with 2-line motorcycle companies according to the situation. And you are mainly responsible for the 2nd and 3rd line motorcycle companies, not that you are not doing well, but now I must also consider the interests of the company." Listen to what he said, and let it all be explained by a company CEO to an old employee.

Mr. Huang continued, "We consider that the current sales department is not able to have so many salesmen, you have been in our company for so many years, because you are familiar with the production and product process, whether it is to the production department, the technical department, the logistics department, we can arrange a position for you, if there are other ideas can also be put forward, the company that can arrange will definitely consider it."

Liu Yi has a sad feeling in his heart, he has been doing it in this company for so many years, his salary has risen year by year and there has never been any arrears, and his work has become handy with familiarity, and now the company needs Liu Yi to show his attitude when it encounters difficulties. From Mr. Huang's conversation just now, the company can consider Liu Yi so much, Liu Yi still feels a little moved in his heart, this company is still humane.

But Liu Yi is still calculating in his heart, there must be a big shrinkage in the first salary of the company, everyone knows that the salary of the sales department of a company is the highest for the level of employees, and if Liu Yi goes to other departments, the company will not be able to get him to be the head of the department, after all, every department in the company is overcrowded now, and there is no shortage of manpower in that position.

The second one, as long as you have worked as a salesperson in a company, you know that you don't do sales for 8 hours a day, and you don't count pieces. The main thing is to deal with people, there are no mistakes in receiving people and things, maintaining and maintaining good customer relationships, and they are usually in control of their own time. If you go back to the company to do specific things, it will definitely not be adaptable.

Another is that Liu Yi has long had an idea in his heart, that is, he wants to go out alone, after all, it is still more annoying to be in an industry for a long time, and at that time, the job was stable and the salary was still upstream compared to the local area, so he didn't think much about it. But now it's different, so Liu Yi expressed his thoughts to the company's general manager Huang.

After Mr. Huang listened, he was also silent for a while. "I don't have anything to say if you have other ideas, I did have a little grievance for you to stay in the factory, in the company for so many years, we all think you are a steady, trustworthy person, so let's do it a few days this month, finish this month's work, and do a good job of handover. We will all gather together to see you off."

"Forget it, what's so embarrassing," Liu Yi said absent-mindedly.

"Why are you embarrassed, you have been in the company for several years, you look at the era of frequent job hopping, there are still a few people left in the company who came earlier than you, you are also considered to be the meritorious men of our company's development and growth," Mr. Huang said conclusively.

In the remaining days, Liu Yi fully devoted himself to his work, and when a monk hit the clock for a day, Liu Yi handed over all his work materials and related enterprise personnel relationship communication information to the company's internal staff. During the period, colleagues in the company's departments and relevant personnel of the business units in the relationship department all called one after another after learning about Liu Yi's current situation, some said that it was not worth cutting for Liu Yi after a few years in the company, some shouted that the layoffs were unfair, some had no worries about Liu Yi's dismissal, and some asked Liu Yi to have dinner with everyone in reality. I only thought about my girlfriend's comfort, "Just quit, I'm sure you can find a better job."

The company arranged a farewell banquet for Liu Yi on the evening of the end of the month, which happened to be a weekend. The company leaders who attended were Mr. Huang, the sales manager and the sales colleagues. More than ten people gathered around a large table, perhaps the last time it was organized by the company, or for Liu Yi, this meal has a special meaning, Liu Yi was quite aggressive that night anyway, not that the fight was drinking, no matter who was caught, he let go, no matter who was caught, there was no need to think about the result, Liu Yi still doesn't know how he went back that day.

I slept until the next day, and when I got up, I looked at my phone and it was already half past nine, and I got up and washed up, and it took another hour. When I left, I didn't have anything to take with me, so I only packed two travel bags, and when I picked up the bag that was not too heavy, I looked at the dormitory where I had lived for several years, and I always had an indescribable feeling.

When "Liu Yi" was about to walk out of the company's gate, there was a voice from behind that that seemed to be the company's internal staff Xiao Li, and then said, "Fortunately, you didn't leave, this is something for you, I was about to call you to talk about this, but I just saw you stop you" and handed over a sealed envelope.

Although I have worked with her for nearly two years, Liu Yi has been outside for a long time and has not returned to the company much, for this somewhat delicate girl, she is talking about work matters, at most she is familiar with it, why give him an envelope now. Liu Yi looked at her suspiciously, "What's going on?"

"I don't know what to do, this is what the finance brought to me yesterday, I almost forgot, I'm sorry" I said sorry to Liu Yi embarrassedly.

I was a little puzzled in my heart, but Liu Yi still took the envelope, "It's okay"

"It's okay if there's nothing to do, I said Liu Yi, what are you going to do when you go out? In the future, there are friends who will be promoted and will work together with the next one."

Liu Yi came casually, "No problem, there will be a chance in the future."

"Do you need me to give it to you, are you going to take these things?"

"No, no, this thing is okay, thank you" said and strode out of the company's door, silently saying "goodbye" to the company.

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