"Of course, if you're interested, these recipes are nothing, and I'll transfer them to you for free."

Smith said this beautifully, but it was actually said after careful consideration.

In fact, if it were another American, he would definitely discuss with Li Yifan at this time the issue of repaying the formula patent, but this Smith would not dare to do so.

First of all, Heidi, who was sitting opposite, would not agree, but he was a noble person who was in charge of his life and death, and secondly, his ass was not clean, for fear that if he talked to Li Yifan about money, if he annoyed Heidi, then he would be in big trouble.

The third is that the recipe of this tea drink is actually not much of a secret, as long as Li Yifan is willing to spend money, he can't get any kind of formula.

So after all the consideration, Smith decided that it would be better to buy a benefit for Heidi, if he could get on a relationship with Heidi because of this benefit, it would be of great benefit to his future career.

As soon as he saw this Smith on the road like this, Heidi was also very happy, but he didn't show too conspicuousness, just smiled at Smith and nodded, Smith was very happy at this moment, and he could get the approval of the company's executive director, then he was on the right step.

"Mr. ......"

"My surname is Li, you can call me Mr. Li."

Li Yifan looked at the fat man with a smile.

"Okay, Mr. Li, see when it's convenient for you, and then I can send you those formulas of mine by email."

In recent years, paperless office has become popular in the United States, and many companies are equipped with computers. Everyone is starting to use Yi Meier. But in China. Even if many foreign-funded companies are equipped with computers, they can only play within their own companies, because the construction of the network in China has not yet started on a large scale.

"Haode, I'll leave you my company's mailing address, I'm really bothering you, Mr. Smith."

Li Yifan still showed the humility that the Chinese have in themselves, which made Smith feel very comfortable.

“haode。 I'll go back and I'll sort out the information and mail it to you. ”

That's pretty much the case, and then Heidi nodded and moved on to the next step.

"Mr. Smith, now you have been in the Chinese market for nine years, and by next year, I am afraid it will be ten years, but until now. You haven't made much progress, and you're losing money almost every year. I specifically checked your Lipton Huaguo's marketing performance, it seems that in addition to a good situation of one or two years, in recent times, you have been in a state of loss, although Lipton's performance in the entire group is still very good, and it is profitable every year, but in Huaguo, the demand for tea is the largest market in the whole shijie, you actually do it every year is in a state of loss, which is really not easy!? ”

Heidi's tone was slightly mocking, but at this time, sitting across from him, Smith, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly became nervous again, in fact, arrogant He received a phone call, flew all the way from Puhai to the capital, and then accepted the executive director of Unilever non-stop to find him, his heart has been in a state of unease, after all, what people say is not bad, in the past nine years, they have Lipton Huaguo, and their performance in Huaguo can only be described as inaction.

"Miss Heidi, in recent years, due to the impact of the financial crisis in the world, the pockets of consumers in Shijie countries have shrunk significantly, and in China, although this is the largest market for tea consumption on Shijie, the competition here is also very fierce, and the competitors we face are very strong, not only some tea companies in China, but also a series of opponents such as Nestle, Coca-Cola, Pepsi and so on......"

Smith said these words of shirking responsibility, of course, a set, and he had prepared a rhetoric for a long time, from the international financial crisis, to the domestic economic situation, to competitors, anyway, they were all objective reasons, that is, there were no subjective reasons......

Heidi just smiled and listened to his explanation, not interrupting his speech, and Smith could only break out in a cold sweat on his head when he saw this situation......

"Mr. Smith, in any case, your achievements in China have made the board of directors of the head office very dissatisfied, including me, I am also very dissatisfied with your results......

"Miss Heidi, I've really done my best......"

"I know you've done your best, and I've seen all of this, but they can't see the people on the board of directors of the head office, so don't you think it's time to change your mind?"

"Changing your mind? How? ”

Smith asked Heidi with a hint of confusion.

"Change your thinking, that is, don't you think, you should find a long-term partner in Huaguo, to study in detail, what kind of products will be welcomed by Huaguo consumers? What can be done to win the market? to solve your problems? ”

Heidi said, and at this time Smith was already a little trembling, this knife was really hard enough.

In fact, before, especially before the acquisition of Jinghua Tea Company and Essence Tea Factory, Lipton did not fail to consider finding a Chinese collaborator to jointly develop the Chinese market, but unfortunately because they were really wealthy and too arrogant before, and it was this Smith who took the lead in opposing it at that time, so this idea could not take shape.

Now Heidi is very simple, that is, they want to find a suitable partner, and then talk about a joint venture, which is exactly what Smith is most unwilling to see, because in this way, his authority in Lipton Huaguo will be greatly restricted, and in the future, kickbacks will be taken out, and this piece of income will not be guaranteed.

It's tragic enough to say that among the directors of Unilever's many brands in China, his net salary annual income is the lowest, and many other people, although the annual salary is similar, but they are better than the promotion of sales bonuses at the end of the year.

But what do people buy, are the kind of people who do not have strong opponents in China, such as laundry detergent, shampoo, soap and other products, these products, in China there is no main opponent, the second is a large amount, although the competition is fierce, but they also invest a lot in advertising, so people's product sales have not to worry, every year at the end of the year, there will be hundreds of thousands, or even millions of dividends into the account, but what about themselves?

What to do is the most competitive tea business in China, and the Chinese people are the ancestors of tea drinkers, so what district do they take to compete with others?

It's really unlucky, if it weren't for the outside fishing and kickbacks, he wouldn't have wanted to continue to work in this stressful position.

But now that Heidi is saying a word, she wants Lipton Huaguo to open the knife, which makes Smith, who was originally counting on those external fishing and kickbacks, how can he accept it?

"Heidi, Miss, now that our business situation has improved somewhat, can you give us a little more time?"

"Improving? You're talking to me about improvement? How much did you spend on buying green tea in Hangzhou in March? And in the last July and August, you have been losing more than 500,000 yuan every month, and there will even be a trend of increasing the scale of losses in the next few months. What qualifications do you have to talk to me about improvement? ”

Heidi's words were cold, and at this time, Smith, who was sitting opposite, already felt like sitting in an ice cave, although it was the beginning of August outside, and it was the hottest sauna day of the year in the capital, but Smith, who was sitting here, felt that the sweat on the top of his head was like a waterfall, and he couldn't stop staying......

His pigtails had already been in someone's hands......

"Smith, you don't have to worry too much, I know that you still have a lot of efforts on the Huaguo side, so let's do it, after you go back, send a report to the company's headquarters asking for reform, and then I will ask Lipton's side to hold a board of directors to discuss the issue of Lipton's Huaguo restructuring, we can't sit back and watch the loss continue here." This Mr. Li, he happens to run a tea beverage factory, their family has been in the tea business for generations, and he also wants to make this business bigger, I think you might as well take advantage of the recent time to discuss with him, and then discuss, the future development of Lipton......"

Nima, is your relationship to use Lao Tzu as a gunman? It's to pack Lipton Huaguo and give it to you, isn't it?

Smith looked at Heidi, who was righteously speaking, and scolded a bitch in his heart, but he obediently agreed.

A large company like Unilever has 300,000 employees worldwide alone, and there are 14 well-known consumer goods brands in Shijie, and countless other small brands, so there will always be a struggle in all aspects.

And Lipton, as one of these fourteen well-known brands, plus the system that was acquired later, so the company is in its own vein, and if you want to start with this brand, if there is no Smith's restructuring report, the headquarters is really not easy to interfere with.

And with Smith's report, Heidi can enter Lipton's side to talk about the restructuring in a grand manner, to put it bluntly, she wants to sell Lipton Huaguo to Li Yifan, and follow the example of the state-owned enterprise restructuring of the year......

It's just a means of throwing packages and picking up leaks......

What's more, the current CEO of Unilever and the CEO of Lipton have a close relationship with their family, and Smith's restructuring report is just to find a suitable excuse for her. (To be continued......)