Chapter 1215 - Doing Business with the Chinese
In this era, foreigners' understanding of China is not as deep as it will be in the future.
Many Westerners have just come to China to do business, trying to dig gold in this land, and because they are not familiar with human accidents, they have made many jokes.
For example, when a foreign business owner received an employee's business card, he didn't even look at it with one hand, and just stuffed it into his pants pocket.
This practice is quite common in the West, and it is normal for employees to mistakenly think that their bosses do not want to see them, and they resign the next day.
Mr. Gronkowski came to Huaxia in a hurry, having previously handled HP's business in Huaxia, but did not know the specifics.
During this period of time, he has been worried, obviously he is the world's top professional manager who has been in the shopping mall for a long time, but he is not as good as a newcomer.
Invited to dinner by some local high-level officials, he just eats, and he has to drink, and in his opinion, liquor is no different from directly drinking alcohol, and he has vomited four or five times in this month.
So as soon as he saw Han Xuan, he began to complain, and Gronkowski desperately hoped that the small boss could transfer him to other places, even if it was a Canadian region with average performance due to sparse population.
Although there are no good results, and the rights are not big in China, at least the living habits are not much different from those in the United States, and they live comfortably.
I thought that I was still young, only in my forties, and I could fight one step closer and get the equity award, so I agreed to take over this position, but now I regret it so much that I want to cry, and I feel that if I stay here, I will die of alcohol poisoning one day......
Let someone who is not familiar with Huaxia be the president of the region, in fact, Han Xuan and Executive Anthony also feel that it is not appropriate.
However, with the expansion, the company's senior positions are now seriously lacking, and there are almost no senior professional managers who are familiar with Huaxia.
The two discussed for a long time, and felt that Gronkowski was young enough and very motivated when he was at HP, and successfully expanded the European market of Hewlett-Packard, so they transferred him here to try it for a while, and if it didn't work, they would find another way......
When Secretary Dawson took out a few photo albums from his briefcase, Gronkowski looked stunned, thinking to himself what use this thing could be.
Bringing a photo album solves the problem? Are you kidding......
"I took a photo with the big boss of Huaxia a few days ago, and this is with Premier Li.
Clinton, you absolutely know that.
Also, a photo of the old man of my family and the big boss, and this one, a photo of him and Mr. Peace.
It's not that you're not unfamiliar with the word guanxi that the Huaxia people say, this is guanxi, borrowing from them, you can almost go sideways in Huaxia.
When chatting with people, show off assets, academic qualifications, and background, so that you can gain the respect of the other party, and the Chinese attach the most importance to this.
Put the photo in a prominent place and treat them to the office the next time they come and show them.
The news will spread quickly, and then it will be much easier for you to get things done, as long as you are of higher status than others, and you can drink less when you drink.
In fact, it is not difficult to do things in China, and after mastering the methods, it is even easier to do it than in the United States, the rules are dead, but people are alive......"
Han Xuan had never exercised in society in his previous life, and he did not have much personal experience of human feelings.
I haven't eaten pork, haven't I seen a pig run, it's more than enough to teach the rookie Mr. Gronkowski.
Gronkowski occasionally asks Chinese employees about this, and they don't have Han Xuan's easy-to-understand explanations, such as shopping around, using first and then giving money, such as not being too direct and tactful, and avoiding becoming "IBM" - International-Big-Mouth.
asked all the questions in their hearts, and got Han Xuan's answers one by one, and the two chatted for nearly an hour on the matter of "how to do business with Chinese", and they didn't even notice that they missed lunchtime.
At this moment, Gronkowski seemed to have been opened to the second vein of Ren Du, and his whole body was relaxed, and he muttered Han Xuan's words in his mouth: "They have a request for me and want to make money from me, so don't worry, wait for the other party to come to ......"
In the West, the working hours are generally from 9 a.m., with a short break at noon, and then work after lunch, and then you can go home at 5 p.m.
People in big cities are generally far away from home and can't get home at noon, so the rest time is not too long, and this set of working hours was moved to China, 40 hours of work per week, and 15 days of paid annual leave.
However, working under Han Xuan's hands is not easy at all, pressure and desire are directly proportional, every year the supervisor will evaluate the employees, and the supervisor's superiors will assess the supervisor, and the bottom group may be dismissed.
Employees are divided into grades, the higher the level, the higher the salary, when Han Xuan came out of the office, they had already returned to work from the rest, and many Chinese businessmen who came to discuss business were waiting on the chairs next to the hall, in an orderly manner......
I went to eat at the restaurant on the Bund Building 9, and now I know that on the third floor of this place, the Ferrari Motor Show is being held, and the car was accidentally knocked out by a test drive buyer in the morning.
Knowing that Ferrari had sent someone to the hospital to offer condolences and compensation, Han Xuan thought to himself that Ferrari would definitely be on fire in China.
I planned to go back to the hospital at night to visit my father in my previous life, but I couldn't find a reason to see him, and I hadn't figured out what kind of mentality I should use to face him.
The pasta tasted good, and knowing that Fat Ding liked to eat this, he called the waiter and asked her to get two more servings to pack.
Han Xuan then said to Mr. Gronkowski: "I saw a company called Pacific Insurance just now, I want to get its shares, you can send someone to help me talk."
If you think there is potential in the insurance company, you try to talk to the other party and try to buy the shares, and I think there is a lot of potential for the development of this industry.
In addition, there is the banking industry, if you encounter a good opportunity to participate in the investment, you tell me in time. ”
"Pacific Insurance Company, it's the one next door that's being renovated, right?
The insurance salesman came to me and asked me if I wanted to buy insurance for the building, and when I was going to buy an insurance policy for Rolls-Royce, they didn't want to accept it. ”
Gronkowski shrugged speechlessly: "Fortunately, the car company is our own, and if something happens, someone can fix it."
Some Chinese are quite wealthy, and Rolls-Royce has already sold seven cars in the Huaxia area, and it may take two or three years to deliver, otherwise it can definitely sell more.
In comparison, Aston Martin has better sales, and people know that the 007 has sold more than 60 units this year, but the profit is not enough to pay for advertising. ”
Han Xuan's heart moved, and said: "Does the Huaxia government have any plans to purchase buses?"
Remember to help me ask about it......"