4. Possessions

As soon as I got to work in the afternoon, Mr. Fan and Huang Yi moved a lot of stationery to Mr. Xia's office. Next door to Mr. Xia's office is a secretary's office, which is temporarily used by Huang Yiyi. Putting down the things, she came over, and Mr. Fan said, "Tell Mr. Xia that I will take her to the factory in the afternoon, and then take a look at each office, meet with everyone, and get to know each other, is this arrangement appropriate?" ”

Mr. Xia listened to the translation and was very happy, during the lunch break, she was still thinking about what to do if Mr. Fan did not cooperate, but she didn't expect this vice president to give herself face, so she immediately replied, "Do it according to Mr. Fan's intentions!" In addition, I have been trained this month and am familiar with the internal operation of the company, so all the work this month is still arranged by Mr. Fan. ”

Mr. Fan was also very happy to hear it, thinking to himself who said that foreigners are not sophisticated, doesn't this understand to give me face?

The three of them went to the factory first, and before entering the production workshop, at the door, Mr. Fan roughly talked about the entire product and production process, so that Mr. Xia had a number in mind when he went to see it, otherwise it would still be a mess after the visit. When Mr. Fan was talking, Mr. Xia also asked a few questions from time to time, which showed that she had done her homework before and had some understanding of the company's products. And then we look at the material warehouse. See that all kinds of production materials are neatly aligned, and different materials are divided into areas for storage. The bulk of the main material can be moved by forklift, and the small bags are also packed in special closed barrels. It looks no different from the factory where she interned abroad. It made a good impression on her. Then I went to the main production workshop, because there are many types of products in the factory, and the main production workshop is divided into one, two and three workshops according to the tonnage of products, and they changed into clean clothes and came to the workshop. Seeing the step-by-step operation of the workers, and seeing the rumbling machine rotating at a uniform speed, Xia always had a feeling that he could do a big job. I am grateful to myself that this time I came to China was the right decision. Although the scale of the company cannot be compared with that of large enterprises, although the sparrow is small, there are many aspects involved in management work. She was very interested, asking questions and greeting the workers who were working. When everyone heard that she was the new general manager, they all showed a look of surprise. The male workers all thought that the general manager was too beautiful, and they thought that the TV series was fake, but they didn't expect it to be real at this time. The female workers were envious to death, thinking that this girl must be a billionaire in her family, and that she could not say that this factory belonged to their family.

Coming out of the production workshop, to the laboratory, but this is not a central laboratory, just for online sampling, the scale is not large, the same various instruments and equipment are the same, spectrophotometer, chromatograph, titration oven bottles and cans are the same lot, the laboratory technicians are also very young, all the girls, they are very enthusiastic, the reception general manager is a young girl, the heart is indescribably happy, many people can speak a few foreign languages, and talk to Mr. Xia on the spot. Mr. Xia was also very happy, thinking that these girls would be the object of time if they were after work. However, seeing this group of laboratory technicians surrounding Mr. Xia like this, Mr. Fan felt jealous. One is that I regret not learning English well, and I have to communicate with her through a translator, and the other is that these girls usually hide away when they see her, and they think that it is because of the level problem, so it is inconvenient for them to communicate. However, what's going on today, is it purely because Xia is always a woman? If that's the case, isn't Huang Yi also a girl, why can't she have such a good relationship with these female technicians?

finally left the laboratory, and Mr. Fan quipped, "Mr. Xia, let's go to the laboratory in a while, you may not be able to leave?" ”

Mr. Xia seemed to understand this sentence, so he said, "Then I'll go there for an internship first!" ”

Finally, I looked at the finished product warehouse and asked about the situation out of the warehouse by the way. However, there was a little problem here, because Mr. Fan went to the bathroom at this time, and the warehouse keeper complained a little, saying that the logistics company was not cooperating or something like that, although Huang Yi tried to downplay the seriousness of the problem, but from the face of the warehouse keeper, Xia Zong could judge the seriousness of the problem. However, she knew in her heart that she didn't say anything, but just shook hands with the warehouse keeper for the first time. This moved the warehouse keeper and didn't know what to do. This is not just the hand of a general manager, but the hand of a beautiful woman, the hand of a foreign beauty!

Mr. Xia and the others left for a long time, and they couldn't see it anymore, and the warehouse keeper was still standing there in a daze. At this time, Mr. Fan came over, gently patted the warehouse keeper on the shoulder, and asked, "Mr. Xia is very beautiful, right?" ”

"Not only beautiful, but also so polite!"

"Mr. Xia is a top student at Harvard, work hard in the future, and when Mr. Xia is happy to give you a promotion, I can't guarantee it!"

"That doesn't dare. Who doesn't know that this company is Mr. Fan, you have the final say! ”

Hearing this, Mr. Fan smiled with satisfaction and left. But the barman stuck his tongue out behind his back, and spat at the mouth, and said, "Old pervert! How long can I see you can jump? ”

Then I really went to the company's laboratory, which is the life of the whole factory, because the laboratory has mastered all the formulas of the factory's products, and all the new products are developed from here. It's just that because the company is small, one agency takes on multiple roles. As Mr. Fan said, most of the labs are women, but there are a few boys, and the lab technicians here obviously speak more English, and even two of them are almost no worse than Huang Yiyi's spoken English. For this reason, Mr. Xia talked for a while, and she silently wrote down a few names, two of which had overseas study experience.

Because Lao Ma, the director of the laboratory, took leave to go home, Mr. Xia told Huang Yi that he would notify him when he came back to work.

Next, I went to the finance department, because this is the core department of the company, and the financial director is the first person to be replaced after the acquisition, and with the financial director in place, the cashier is also replaced. However, until now, the director still doesn't know that the current cashier is still arranged privately by Mr. Fan. This is a secret, and only Mr. Fan knows this secret. Because it was arranged by the headquarters, Xia always felt closer to him emotionally. Although the CFO's English is not very good, and his mouth is full of Indonesian accents, there is still no big problem with basic communication, but the speed of speech is a little slower.

"Director Ding, have all the family moved over?" Mr. Xia asked.

"Not yet, I'm alone for now. But I bought a house in the city, and I plan to let my wife come over on a hot day! ”

"Where is your hometown?"

"Patong. Does Mr. Xia know about Indonesia? Mr. Ding was worried that this young girl had not heard of Patong in Indonesia, so he hurriedly added. But unfortunately, Mr. Xia still shook his head and said he didn't know. "Mr. Xia, we have good mountains and rivers there, if you are on vacation, I suggest you go to Indonesia to see us there, there is no winter all year round!"

"Okay, that's a deal. When the time comes, I will ask you to be your guide. ”

In the office, Mr. Xia shook hands with every employee, and asked each person's name and position, and those who were interested would ask where they were from, and even if they were married? Huang was sometimes a little embarrassed because she knew that foreigners didn't care much about personal matters, but the young general manager didn't seem to care about that, as if she didn't have a relationship with China for a day or two.

After leaving the finance department and going to the human resources department, it is said that it is a department, but in fact, there are only three or four employees, but everyone knows that there are few people, and their role is small. The whole company can be called a director, in addition to finance, that is, personnel, and then marketing director, but unfortunately this company has not set up this position so far. Although Mr. Fan knew that sooner or later it would be set up, he never paid attention to the role of the market, because in his heart, as long as the sales could sell the products, it would be the same with or without a marketing department. But now that Mr. Xia is here, I don't know what she thinks. In addition, the production department is also called the general manager, they are not called the production director, but the production general manager, Fan always feels a little incredible, of course, translated into English is still the word director.

The director of human resources can't speak a few words of English, which is a little higher than Mr. Fan's level. Although he has worked in foreign companies for many years in the past, those companies are basically Hong Kong and Taiwan-funded, and he can't use English most of the time as a human resource. It was in this way that he applied for the company's HR director, and he wanted to know what kind of management model a real European and American company was. Because of the small number of people, I greeted all the staff in three minutes, and the human resources department is more sensitive, and everyone has become accustomed to being silent. And Director Guo let several heavyweights into the small meeting room for recruitment. As the guest goes, Mr. Fan just frowned, and he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of this independent-minded Director Guo, so he came in and sat down.

"Leaders, I will report the situation of the human resources department to the leaders. I've been with the company for almost a year, and I haven't had a chance to make a presentation. Hearing this, Mr. Fan was unhappy, but he knew in his heart that with Huang Yi, it was estimated that there would be no problem. Sure enough, Mr. Xia listened to it and said very kindly, "Wow, listen to your situation!" ”

"At present, the human resource allocation situation of the whole company is not very optimistic." Just said this, but was stopped by Mr. Fan, "Director Guo, Mr. Xia is on his first day at work, and he will go to many departments to meet next!" ”

Probably Mr. Xia also saw the doorway, so he said, "You can sort out a report for us!" She pointed at herself and at Mr. Fan.

Mr. Fan stood up and went out first, and then Huang Yi also went out, Director Guo was very embarrassed, but he was too anxious, it seemed that this hot tofu really couldn't be eaten.

Send a few people out and watch their backs into the sales department.

Except for the director and two assistants, the sales department is basically empty. This is normal, and if the salesperson stays in the office every day, he will not be able to sell. Today's society is not a seller's market, and any product will be competitive in this world. It is nuclear weapons, missiles, space shuttles, large passenger planes, nuclear submarines, mobile phones, computers, everything, all fighting to die or live. Don't say that this company is a fast-moving consumer goods company. Not to mention that there are many domestic manufacturers, even those with international competitiveness are not three or five. Coupled with such a big market in China, who wouldn't want to share a little bit of it.

When the sales director saw Mr. Fan and Mr. Xia coming in, he hurriedly came out of his small glass office, shook hands with Mr. Fan first, and then shook hands with Mr. Xia to express his welcome. Director Fang also knows a few words of dumb English, but he has never used it, and he has never had the opportunity to use it. Although the company has some export business, it is under the management of the Foreign Trade Department of a separate department by Mr. Fan, and for this reason, the director is very dissatisfied. But there is no way, he was recruited into the company by Mr. Fan before the acquisition, and emotionally speaking, he is still closer to Mr. Fan. Besides, isn't there a saying in China that if you have carried a gun and prostituted together, the relationship is the closest? So Director Fang didn't do those things with Mr. Fan once! Therefore, he was very depressed and didn't know whether he should stay in the company for a long time or quickly arrange his own retreat. As for the rumors outside, he just smiled, in fact he did think about it, but he never took action, he knew that once he did, his little savings were far from enough to support the preparation of a wholesale company. But he knows that there are too many rumors about Mr. Fan outside, but many of the rumors are true, because of work reasons, he knows Mr. Fan best as a wholesaler in the background, and he basically knows about the purchasing company controlled by Mr. Fan, but he just doesn't say it. These days, who wants to touch someone else's cheese for no reason?

Coming out of the sales department, Director Fang asked, "Mr. Fan, is it to give two places, sales administration and market adjustment need to be managed by special people, otherwise I can't go out at all, I can't leave, and most of my time is wasted on these numbers." ”

"Don't you have two assistants?" Mr. Fan asked rhetorically.

"One is the secretary, who arranges the work of the department. As you know, in the past, most of our catering business was basically through wholesale channels, and the workload was small, but now it is different, since last year the Asian region asked us to implement a catering tracking plan, we have found a lot of people to visit the end catering customers, and this is enough. However, now there are more and more hypermarkets in China, and it is impossible for us not to enter, especially the membership stores, which are faster than the wholesale shipments, and other companies have set up key account managers to deal with this business. I don't talk about this, but the hypermarket entry, promotion, is very troublesome. What's more important is that in the warehouse, I have to deal with recent products every month, do you think I can be busy alone? ”

"That's it, Mr. Xia has just arrived, next month, let's sit down and study the problems of the sales team." Mr. Fan made a summary.

At the same time, Huang Translator briefly told the conversation to Mr. Xia, but after she listened, she didn't say anything, just glanced at Director Fang again.

Next, I went to the administration department and the purchasing department, where the situation is roughly the same as before, because they are all departments controlled by Mr. Fan, and I feel that the managers and staff are like pre-rehearsed, a standard process. Mr. Xia probably felt something, so he just swept through these departments, said hello, and asked for his name.

When they returned to Mr. Xia's office, it was almost time to get off work. Mr. Fan said, "Mr. Xia, according to the usual practice, I have arranged a dinner party for you today!" ”

Mr. Xia did not answer this topic, but asked, "Mr. Fan, why didn't I see the marketing department and the IT department?" ”

"Ah, there is an office in the marketing department, we forgot, but there is only one staff member who is responsible for the design and docking of the outer packaging."

"What about advertising?"

"I haven't advertised yet!"

"What about promotions?"

"What promotion?" Mr. Fan was a little unhappy in his heart. But it's still a smiling face.

"Whether it's a restaurant or a supermarket, we need to have promotions all the time, don't we?" After all, Xia is always a foreigner, and he is still the character of a foreigner.

"Yes, yes, I was negligent. Tomorrow, let Director Fang come over and report on this promotion issue. ”

"On the IT side, we'll continue to talk about it tomorrow." Mr. Xia finally said. When he was finished, he was ready to go to his office table, but suddenly remembered what Mr. Fan said, and said, "What time is the dinner?" ”

"The seven points of Mr. Fan's notice. I'll call you at half-past six. Huang lost no time in saying.

Mr. Fan went upstairs, and Mr. Xia felt a little tired, so he leaned on the Taipan chair for a few minutes to calm down his emotions. Then I opened my laptop and wrote down what I saw and heard this afternoon, and as I wrote, I thought, is this all the company's belongings?

To be honest, she also knows that if she really wants to understand the whole situation, she still has to look at the company's accounts, whether it is the capital situation, or the fixed assets, or the personnel situation. However, one thing is clear to her is that the situation here is much better than what was introduced at the headquarters in the United States. At least so far, what I've learned so far is pretty much normal, except for IT, marketing, and the sewage she found on Saturday. She knew that she was not a god either, and she could make the whole company look new at once. Besides, Mr. Fan is too familiar with the whole company, especially for the company's products, the characteristics of the products and the production process of the products, he can say very accurately almost with his eyes closed, which seems to be very different from the situation introduced by the general manager of Asia. She set herself a one-month internship, but from today onwards, the company will be responsible for any expenses she spends. She wants to understand the operation of the entire company as soon as possible, but she knows that she can't be in a hurry, her father has repeatedly explained that she wants to grasp the big and let go, so what she needs to do is to familiarize herself with the current operation structure and process as soon as possible, and then she can find the problem, and then she can make a judgment for further development.

"Mr. Xia, it's time, let's go?" A yellow translator appeared at the door.

Mr. Xia stood up, and heard Huang Translate say, "Do you want to take a shower and change your clothes?" ”

"Well, take a shower? Is it possible here? Mr. Xia asked puzzled.

"yes, there's a room behind your filing cabinet, don't you know? There you can take a shower! As he spoke, Huang Yi came over and moved a button, the filing cabinet moved, and a room appeared in the back. Mr. Xia was very surprised, walked over step by step, and looked blankly, as if Columbus had discovered the New World. She walked in and looked around, and also went into the bathroom, looked at the rain shower, she moved the handle with her hands, and the hot water came out. Mr. Xia calmed down, since there are such conditions, it is better to take a shower and change clothes before going to eat.

"Huang, my suitcase is still in Mr. Fan's car!"

"No, it's already here!" As he spoke, Huang Yi opened a cabinet, and Mr. Xia's two large boxes appeared. Mr. Xia shook his head and thought, this is just different!