Chapter 115: Your appearance has already determined which country you are from
After the meeting schedule with Nesty was finalized, Aimee spent a lot of time training Gavin on copyright business. Whether it is the direct and indirect experience she gained from the cooperation and communication with the management at all levels of Wenbo, or the experience she has devoted herself to research in the past few years, she shares everything with Gavin. The agreement between Wenbo Headquarters and Nesty is a very high-level secret, and the Chinese joint venture company can only be accessed by authorized personnel. Aimee went to the German headquarters and applied for permission for Gavin.
Of course, this agreement is also an excellent textbook, all in English, dozens of pages. Even though Gavin majored in English at University and later went abroad to study for a master's degree, it was still difficult to understand the professional agreement in such a specific field. Aimee explained to him the Tao in the contract one by one, PPT, page by page with Gavin to prepare, little by little, for today's meeting, he will speak on behalf of Wenbo.
Gavin spent a lot of time studying, revising, and memorizing repeatedly, and Aimee also practiced with him many times, and the hard work paid off, and sure enough, today's meeting was a great success, which was already clear from the warm applause and admiring eyes of the Nesty team. Aimee announced to the Nisti team on the spot: For this project, the person in charge of the docking on the Wenbo side is Gavin.
Before leaving, Kim shook hands warmly with the three of them, and he specifically said to Gavin, "You're amazing!" You are the one who has worked in China for so many years and has the most thorough understanding and elaboration of the copyright business model among the partners I have worked with. Kim also saved the phone number from Gavin's business card to his phone in front of him. From now on, we'll be a team! ”
"Aimee, I didn't expect our China team to know so much about copyright business! I know Gavin hasn't been with the company for long, but his performance at the conference was amazing! After coming out of Nester's office, the three of them went to nearby Xintiandi for a cup of coffee, and Schmidt couldn't help but praise it. Gavin hurriedly and humbly said, "I still need to study hard." ”
"Gavin, a Korean, is well appreciated by the management of Nestery's headquarters, and he represents almost Asians in this company. If you communicate well with him, you will have smooth communication with Nesti's headquarters. Schmidt said to Gavin.
"dt, do you know Kim well?" Aimee asked.
"I used to deal with him a lot in Germany, and then after I moved to Hong Kong, I had more contact with him." Schmidt said.
"He doesn't have a Korean accent at all, it's a pure American voice." Aimee said.
"Oh, they immigrated to the U.S. three generations ago, he was born in the U.S., he grew up in the U.S., all his education and work experience was in the U.S. He worked for six years at Nestery's headquarters in the United States before being sent to China. Schmidt had known everything about Kim for a long time.
"Do you think a Korean who has lived in the United States to the fourth generation is an American or a Korean?" Aimee asked curiously.
"Oh, in our eyes, whether it is Korean or Chinese, they are all Asians, you can see it at a glance." We usually ask them what country they are from, like SJKim, and he will definitely say that he is from South Korea, and even if he was born and raised in the United States, we don't distinguish where they are based on their passports. In Germany, we will not call the Chinese neighbors of German nationality Germans, we will definitely say that they are Chinese. ”
"I have several German friends who have lived in Hong Kong for many years and have already obtained local ID cards, and when they come to the mainland, they ask them which country they are from, and of course they still answer Germans, and then they may add that they have Hong Kong identity. If they say that they are Chinese, it is estimated that Chinese will also find it strange, right? ”
"What you look like has already decided which country you are from, and it really has nothing to do with what nationality is written on your passport."
Aimee talked about Schmidt's point of view when she was eating together in the evening with Daylight. Bai Tian felt that it made sense: "In international companies, Chinese people with black eyes, black hair and yellow skin, no matter what country they were born in or where they were educated, are Chinese. We can enter multinational companies and achieve personal growth, which is just in time for international companies to vigorously explore and develop the Chinese market, in fact, we are enjoying the dividends of national development. ”
Unexpectedly, the day after they finished talking about this topic, they called Aimee: "I just went to Hong Kong to have a meeting with Schmidt. The Duozhi brand that we acquired by Wenbo, they had an agency in China that they had cooperated with for more than ten years, and I decided not to let them do it, and leave it to you. ”
Wenbo has been merging and appointing almost every year over the years, those brands have not entered the Chinese market, every time they receive one, it is natural to hand over one to Aimee, but this Duozhi is different, their general generation in China is directly called Duozhi China Company, these years in department stores, stores, you can see their display, the boss Barbara as long as he appears, the whole body is the latest luxury display, in the words of other toy peers: eyes grow on the top of the head.
Aimee and Barbara have met on many occasions and know each other, but only as nodding acquaintances. After the news that Wenbo was going to acquire Duozhi, she took the initiative to ask Aimee to have dinner twice, and her attitude became much more modest, and she expressed only one meaning: after Wenbo acquired Duozhi, if she asked Aimee's opinion, Aimee insisted on letting them do it, not robbing.
Aimee remembered that Baodeli worked so hard to create her own brand, invested a lot of money, but did not stir up any waves, the road of the agent is indeed full of unknowns and risks, of course she can empathize. She promised Barbara that she would say the same if she had the chance.
Now that she was told the results directly, of course she couldn't contradict the global COO, she thought for a while and said, "Do you know Barbara, the general manager of Duozhi China?" ”
"I don't know, and I don't need to know." The answer was very refreshing.
"After all, they have been in the Chinese market for more than ten years, why don't you meet with her? Even if you're the new owner of the brand, say thank you to her. If you've seen it and change your mind and still want them to keep doing it, just let me know. If you don't have time, let her fly to Hong Kong to find you. Hearing some hesitation, she took the opportunity to say, "I'll give Schmidt her phone number and ask him to call you to make an appointment." He finally agreed.
After Schmidt called Barbara, she called to tell Aimee that she was going to Hong Kong to meet the COO of Wenbo Global. She said confidently: "All I need is a meeting, and there will be no problems later." Thank you, Aimee. ”
Two days later, I called Aimee early in the morning: "I'll have a meeting with Barbara later, and I'll call you again after the meeting to tell you our decision." ”
Unexpectedly, after a while, the phone came again, and he said a story that happened in just a few minutes, and it actually revolved around this topic again!