Chapter 25: Escape, often because of fear; Fearlessness is often due to ignorance
Lu's face became more and more gloomy, and he fully understood how much he needed to stand up from the company's point of view, but he had an attitude without any entanglement, or even without hesitation.
Lei Yue'er felt that if Gupta really asked him to go, he would also go, but this is an extremely tricky thing after all, not to mention the future of the joint venture, his net worth may not be guaranteed, this is not the time to show personal heroism, be cautious, cautious! He could hear Gupta's displeasure and be grateful that he had immediately pulled himself into the same camp as him to force Lu, but he actually understood Lu very well.
"Mr. Gupta, I know it's my duty, and I can't shirk it. But my children are still very young, and my wife is a stay-at-home wife, even if I am willing to risk my life for the sake of the company, what will happen to my children and wife? What about my family? For me, I am not so great, and there is no job in this world that is worth giving up my responsibility to my family and fighting for my life. ”
"If you have to force me to go to Shanghai to deal with this matter, then I really have no choice but to resign." Lu's attitude is very firm.
Lu usually doesn't talk much in front of Gupta, and even doesn't talk so much that he doesn't look like a sales manager. But he said such a cruel thing in one breath today, which was really unexpected by Gupta.
"Well, I can understand that, too. My wife is also a stay-at-home wife, and I also have two daughters, so I won't force you. Gupta waved his hand and made a gesture that he forgot what I said.
Lu breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that as a senior salesman's negotiation ability, at this time, it can play a life-saving role! He secretly rejoiced.
However, in this matter, someone must come out, who is to look for? The three men are stuck here again.
Gupta was so helpless that he had to say, "Well, why don't you let Aimee go!" As soon as he said this, not only Lei Yue'er and Lu, but even he himself was taken aback - in Madam's words: You big group of men don't deal with it, push her out with a woman, are you embarrassed? And this woman is still a little girl in her early twenties, unmarried and childless!
Lei Yue'er's first reaction was that she couldn't, this was too cruel! Although this girl is very resilient and courageous compared to other girls of the same age, but now this situation is definitely a meat grinder!
Lu's first reaction was that if Ning Qian knew, he would definitely go, but there was a way! But if she said it so clearly, would her family object? So Lu said, "If we just want to solve the problem, we can not explain the situation so clearly to Aimee, just tell her that the company wants to solve the business problems of the Shanghai office and send her over." ”
Lei Yue'er listened to Lu's proposal to Gupta, and her feelings were very complicated. He felt that it was really inauthentic for three big men to plot a little girl who was dedicated to the company behind their backs, and to use her loyalty, trust and enthusiasm, but it seemed that there was no better way.
The next day, Gupta, Lei Yue'er, and Lu called Ning Qian to the general manager's office and talked to her about asking her to go to Shanghai to solve the office problem. The three of them were very entangled, so everyone said a few words, and then they couldn't go on, intermittently, and they stopped talking, which made Ning Qian very confused. She listened patiently for a long time, and noticed that the expressions of these three people were very strange, and she felt that there must be some indescribable trouble in this, but they didn't know what to say, and she didn't want to guess. When the three of them were really speechless, she made a summary:
"Thank you to the bosses for believing in me. I don't know if I'm right. Now the company is going to send me to Shanghai to complete the following tasks:
First, get rid of all the people in the current office;
Second: take back all the money that cannot be collected now;
Third: If you can't get back the money, you have to see the money in life and the goods in death, so you have to find out where the goods are and deal with them properly;
Fourth: After the above problems are solved, find a new office, recruit new people, and set up a new Shanghai office. ”
The three of them were stunned: this girl is really amazing, she actually extracts the main points of the business level so accurately from the words that they can't even say clearly! Of course, they did only dare to talk about this level of things just now, because their hearts were weak, everyone's expression was cloudy, and they didn't know what they were talking about. Ning Qian actually summed up the task so well!
It's just that she has no idea how difficult the road to complete these tasks is. The three of them exchanged glances with each other, and Gupta agreed with Ning Qian's summary. Ning Qian said briskly: "No problem, I will obey the company's arrangement and set off tomorrow." ”
Lei Yue'er suddenly felt very sad in his heart, he really didn't know when he became so cowardly. But what if you don't?
Lu thought about it carefully, and felt that he was very inauthentic, so he pushed Aimee out without hesitation, and offered to hide the truth from her. He said to Gupta: "Or, let Aimee live better in Shanghai, stay in a four- or five-star hotel, and let her safety be guaranteed." Gupta agreed.
Ning Qian came to Shanghai alone. It is the most difficult to get rid of all the current people, after all, it is to make people lose their jobs. In her opinion, there are no bad people, no enemies, only people who work in different ways. Lao Bian's team, indeed, the overall style is too different from Lipton and Youjia, rather than torturing each other, it is better to separate happily. For the people in the Shanghai office, in addition to feeling that Lao Bian was arrogant and rude and didn't like him, she actually got along well with everyone else, she didn't realize whether the environment she was in was safe, and she didn't expect to jump into the wolf's den that the three men were watching.
However, she realized that this was not a trivial matter, and there must be unimaginable difficulties behind it, otherwise, the expressions of the three bosses would not be so indescribable. So, she decided to live in Xujiahui, a place far away from the office where she planned to build a new office.
In order to meet the Eighth National Games, Xujiahui is in the vigorous development stage. Later, the shantytown next to the film studio is being demolished. Considering that it is convenient to eat, travel and stroll, she chose the only four-star hotel on Caoxi North Road, the main road, Guojian Hotel. This is what Lei Yueer has repeatedly explained: you must live in at least a four-star hotel and ensure your own safety.
She walked into the Guojian Hotel and asked about the room price, and was shocked: although it was much cheaper than the price in Hong Kong back then, it was also seven or eight hundred yuan a night, which was really too luxurious! She found the lobby manager, introduced herself, and asked if she could talk about a discount for the long private room, and the lobby manager immediately welcomed her to the office enthusiastically and found her leader.
After a few rounds, the hotel recommended a special small triangle room type for her, which can be discounted to 500 yuan a night. Ning Qian heard that this price was exactly the accommodation standard for Lipton at the supervisor level and above: "Can the standard room type be five hundred and one nights?" If I can, I will sign a hotel agreement with you, and the whole Lipton will stay here on business trips to Shanghai in the future. They readily agreed.
After Ning Qian signed the contract of the hotel, he turned around and said: "The small triangle room type you just recommended is much smaller than the standard room type, so it shouldn't be five hundred and one nights, right?" Can it be cheaper, right? The two managers felt that it was the same, and finally set the price of Ning Qian's long package at three hundred and eighty-one nights.
The accomodation finally settled in. Now it's time to get ready for war! Driving them all away, is it true that you are throwing people out of your back? It's going to have to be convincing, so at least we'll have to find out what each of them thinks right now. However, this matter of chasing money and finding goods can be started immediately.
She checked the list of dealers in Shanghai who she had asked for from Justin, and began to turn the yellow pages, checking names, looking up phone numbers, and calling one by one to confirm that it was still not this company, where the company's specific address was, and whether there was any Lipton black tea wholesale.
After a while, except for two that were not found, the other four or five knew where the company was and who they should look for there.
Then she came to the Shanghai office.
Justin came over to have lunch with Aimee, but didn't see anyone. Sister Hui noticed Justin who was looking around, and hurriedly greeted him, and said to him mysteriously, "Are you looking for Aimee?" Justin nodded.
"Didn't you know that Aimee was sent to Shanghai?" Sister Hui's expression was a little speechless.
"She came to me yesterday to get some data and information from the Shanghai office, but she didn't say that she was sent to Shanghai." Justin was surprised.
Oh, this Aimee, just don't open your mind, why can't you go to the diamond and pretend to inadvertently mention where you're going, show that you care about the other party, and remind the other party to pay attention to yourself? Sister Hui suddenly felt that the red thread in her hand was too short, and she couldn't wait to throw the red thread thousands of miles away, drag it back to Ning Qian, and tie her and the diamond in front of her directly.
"I don't know whether to say it or not, but I want to ask you for a favor." Sister Hui's hesitant appearance made Justin very curious.
"Say, "What help?" I can help. Justin's elegant smile made Sister Hui feel full of security.
"I heard Madam grumbling in the office behind closed doors, saying such a dangerous thing, sending a girl, these men are really not a thing. But when I went in and asked her what was the matter, she wouldn't say. I suspect that what she said had something to do with Aimee. I don't know if Aimee has been sent on some dangerous mission. You have a lot of opportunities to travel to Shanghai, can you keep a snack and see Aimee more? ”
Sister Hui's carefulness and concern for Aimee touched Justin a little. He promised to pay attention, turned to Gupta's office, and asked what he was sending Aimee to Shanghai for, and if it would be dangerous? Gupta thought about it, but felt that he still couldn't tell him the truth, and if he did, not only would it not solve the problem, but it would make Justin question his own endurance and way of doing things.
"It's just that the performance of the office is not good, so much money is not returned, let Aimee deal with it, where is the danger?" Gupta said lightly. Justin asked Lu again, and Lu calmly said that it was an ordinary business arrangement, just a little longer than the usual business trip, which was really nothing. Justin thought that he usually went to Shanghai often, and that there was really nothing wrong with the taxi drivers from Hongqiao Airport to Guomao who complained all the way that the ride was too short and stressful, and there were no safety problems.
Daylight excitedly dialed Ning Qian's mobile phone, wanting to tell her a great news: he got an offer from LBS! How many sleepless days and nights, aren't they just for this moment? "Ning Qian, I finally did it! Waiting for this powerful me, come back to protect you! ”
But no one answered the phone. He didn't know that Ning Qian at this moment was facing a group of people in the Shanghai office......
(Writer's words: The reader who asked Ning Qian why she turned the yellow pages and called to inquire was in 1997, and there were no search engines and various enterprise query apps)