0638 [Master's Move]
"James Burke?"
Du Yongxiao was slightly stunned, feeling that this name was a little familiar. Looking at the other party carefully, he was in his thirties, in the prime of life, with a typical white appearance, with high cheekbones, a very straight nose, and a pair of turquoise eyes that looked full of wisdom, but when he looked at himself, he inadvertently showed a trace of contempt.
What kind of person Du Yongxiao was, he immediately noticed it, and he couldn't help but feel funny in his heart.
"Hello, Mr. Du, it's a pleasure to meet you!" James Burke reached out.
Du Yongxiao shook hands with him, "I'm glad to meet you, Mr. Burke!" It sounds like your name is familiar, but Your Excellency used to be in -ββ"
"Oh, I'm working at Johnson & Johnson!" Burke said proudly.
"Johnson & Johnson?" Du Yongxiao frowned slightly, and immediately understood why the other party was so proud.
As one of the world's four largest pharmaceutical companies, Johnson & Johnson is very powerful, with an annual income of more than one billion US dollars.
Liu He also said on the side: "Yes, Mr. Burke is very capable, he is also a leader in Johnson & Johnson, and has created a lot of value for Johnson & Johnson, and his quarterly profit was as high as 200 million US dollars the year before lastββ"
James Burke looked proud, and said modestly: "Don't dare, don't dare!" It's all the work of others, and I just happened to be there! β
is modest on the surface, but very proud in his bones.
Du Yongxiao smiled, and he suddenly remembered who the "James Burke" in front of him was.
In the previous life, this Mr. James Burke was also considered a big name.
If one were to give the example of one of the most courageous CEOs, many would refer to James Burke's decision in 1982 to withdraw all Tylenol capsules due to the "cyanide poisoning incident".
The decision cost Johnson & Johnson $240 million in lost revenue, but thanks to the right measures to respond to the crisis, the company managed to turn the corner and improve its reputation and popularity.
However, James Burke's truly great deeds go back 3 years. At that time, he gathered 20 company executives into a room and reached out and knocked on the small RΒ· W. Johnson's Confession of Faith was written 36 years ago.
These tenets are intended to regulate corporate self-regulation, which includes the content of "responsibility for mothers and all those who use the company's products."
James Burke worries that the company's executives may see these creeds as meaningless platitudes that fail to meet the growing competitive challenges of the market.
"It's the company's credo, and if we don't abide by it, we should take it off the wall and tear it up," he said. β
Those present were shocked and wondered if Burke was serious. Although there was some confusion and strife at first, they eventually reached a consensus, and relying on this creed, Burke led Johnson & Johnson to ultimate prosperity and became a god-like presence among professional managers.
After knowing who the other party was, Du Yongxiao couldn't help but look at Liu He, a loser, and couldn't figure out how he used to get this "great god" from Phoenix Pharmaceutical, which was dug up by Johnson & Johnson.
After all, it is difficult for a person like Burke to be subservient to others, let alone to be subservient to the Chinese.
If you think about it carefully, in addition to high salaries, I am afraid that it is power.
In fact, Du Yongxiao guessed correctly, the reason why James Burke came to Phoenix from Johnson & Johnson was that Liu He's condition was "decentralization", handing over all the power to James Burke, and being the shopkeeper himself.
Of course, from the beginning, Du Yongxiao didn't expect Liu He to manage Phoenix into a Fortune 500 company, he just needed Liu He, his "own person", to keep an eye on Phoenix.
When it comes to business, there are never permanent friends or foes.
For Rockefeller, Du Yongxiao is also on guard.
Just like Rockefeller has always been on guard against Du Yongxiao.
Liu He is a chess piece arranged by Du Yongxiao in the United States, and he doesn't need to be very capable, he just needs to stay here and stand here.
It's just that Du Yongxiao underestimated Liu He's strength, or belly, and was able not to be greedy for power, and directly gave power to James Burke in exchange for Burke's loyalty to Phoenix.
"Mr. Du, please here, I've prepared coffee, let's go over there and drink coffee while I report to you." Burke raised his hand in an inviting gesture, with a respectful and thoughtful gesture.
Du Yongxiao smiled slightly, "Yes, please!" β
The crowd followed Burke towards the meeting room.
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The living room is small in size, but the decoration is gorgeous.
As soon as he entered the hall, Burke took on the posture of a master, first invited Du Yongxiao and them to sit down, and then beckoned the female secretary Lina to bring the coffee quickly.
Liu He looked at Burke like this, and could only smile bitterly at Du Yongxiao.
Du Yongxiao didn't mind.
When the coffee was served, Du Yongxiao took a sip and felt good, so he asked Burke about some management matters of the company.
After all, Burke has real talent and learning, although he felt that some of the questions asked by Du Yongxiao were a little stupid, he still answered them very carefully.
A cup of coffee was almost drunk, and Du Yongxiao asked about the same.
Burke replied fluently, for him, since Du Yongxiao did not participate in the management of the company, it was useless to ask so much, these are purely formalities.
At this moment, the female secretary Lina suddenly came in from outside in a hurry, first glanced at Du Yongxiao, and then leaned into Burke's ear and whispered a few words.
Burke's expression changed, as if he had encountered some difficult problem.
He was about to find an excuse to leave, when Du Yongxiao suddenly spoke: "Mr. Burke, is something happening?" If so, just say it, I'm the boss of this company anyway. β
Du Yongxiao's last sentence was an understatement, but it was full of coercion.
Burke didn't plan to ignore Du Yongxiao, but after leaving under the pretext, he solved the matter himself, but Du Yongxiao said so, so he had to cough and say: "That's the case, Mr. Du!" There was a disabled person outside holding a sign asking to meet with the top management of our company! β
"Hold up a sign?" Du Yongxiao frowned, "What happened?" β
Liu He, the shopkeeper who shook his hand, was also stunned, and asked: "Yes, it seems that things are making a big fuss." β
Burke coughed: "Just a few small things, I'll fix it." β
"Little things?" Du Yongxiao smiled, put down the coffee cup, got up from the sofa, and then walked to the window, stabbed, opened the curtains, and looked out.
Du Yongxiao overlooked the company square below, but saw a man with disabled legs, fluffy hair, unshaven beard, and picking up garbage bedding and other things around him.
The fat security guard and his companion at the door of the company ran over and tried their best to drive the disabled man away.
The disabled man hugged a pile of garbage alive and did not leave.
The two sides became entangled in place.
Not far away, a whistle sounded, but it alarmed the patrolling police.
Looking nearby, another reporter came out.
Du Yongxiao's eyes narrowed, the police and reporters were all present, is it too coincidental?
Behind Du Yongxiao, James Burke was still explaining: "Mr. Du, please rest assured, I will solve this small matter immediately, please don't worry!" β
Du Yongxiao turned his head and smiled slightly: "Originally, I wasn't worried too much, and I also believed in your ability, but now that the police and reporters have appeared, I can't even worry about it!" β
"What?" Burke was startled and got up from the couch with an ugly expression.
Liu He and others were also shocked, "The police are here, and there are reporters?" What's going on?"
Du Yongxiao glanced at Burke and said lightly: "Let's go, go down and solve it together!" β
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"Police friends, they rudely drove me away!"
"Friend reporter, I want to appeal, Phoenix Pharmaceutical fired me for no reason, I protest!"
The homeless man looked like a disabled man and shouted complaints at the police and the reporters who arrived at him.
The crowd gathered more and more.
The fat security guard was anxious, took off his hat and kept wiping the fine sweat on his forehead, and said to reporters and policemen: "Don't listen to his nonsense, he is unreasonable, yes!" Please also cooperate with us and do not block the passage. β
The police scoffed.
The reporter even ridiculed: "What is blocking the passage, what is unreasonable? Since something has happened, we have to find out. β
"It's-" The fat security guard was dumbfounded.
"Here's the thing!" The disabled homeless man said to everyone: "As a disabled person, although I graduated from a very good University of California, I hit a wall all the way after graduation, and I have applied for many companies, all because I am a disabled person, and I don't want it!" β
"When I was at a loss, three months ago I saw a job advertisement for Phoenix Pharmaceutical, where they were looking for a copywriter who would give them pictures and have people help write the text. It suited me very well and was close to what I had studied in college, so I took out the rent I was going to pay to my landlord, bought a suit, took a photo, and crafted a resume and sent it to the company. β
"God have mercy, I actually passed and called them to sign an employment contract. After that, I worked for them by post for three months, saying it was a probationary period. During this time, the work they assigned to me, I completed it all, and I was recognized by above. β
The crowd listened attentively.
In particular, the policeman and the reporter listened attentively, and felt that this disabled person was a man who was constantly striving for self-improvement.
The disabled continued: "After three months, the probationary period ended, and according to the signed contract, if nothing else, I should officially become a regular employee, so I came to the company to participate in the final regular interviewββ"
When the people heard this, they actually knew the results.
The company didn't know that they were employing people with disabilities, but they probably regretted it immediately after seeing me.
And that's exactly what happened.
"It's just that during the interview, they found out that I was disabled, so they unilaterally fired me!" The disabled person grieved, "How can there be such a truth in the world? They are discriminating against people with disabilities and violating labor contracts! β
When the surrounding people heard this, they were unhappy and said, "Yes, it's so hateful!" β
"You can't bully people with disabilities like that!"
"We want justice for him!"
The reporter even picked up the microphone directly and wanted to visit the disabled in person.
The police even called the Los Angeles Disabled Persons' Federation.
Just when things are out of hand-
A voice said: "I'm sorry, if that's the case, I apologize to you on behalf of Phoenix Pharmaceutical!" β
When everyone heard the reputation, they saw a group of people walking out of the Phoenix Pharmaceutical Company surrounded by a man in white.
That man was personable and magnificent, and it was surprising that he was a Chinese!
"Who is he?"
"Who is he to say such a thing?"
Everyone looked at Du Yongxiao and began to discuss again.
The policeman and the reporter looked at each other with a meaningful look in their eyes.
Du Yongxiao walked up to the disabled man with a smile, and without waiting for the other party to ask, he took the initiative to stretch out his hand: "Hello, my surname is Du, my name is Du Yongxiao, and I am the person in charge of Phoenix Pharmaceutical!" β
"Huh? Head? The disabled man couldn't help but look at James Burke, who was following behind Du Yongxiao.
Burke had to stand up and introduce Du Yongxiao: "Everyone, this is the big boss of our company and my top boss, Du Yongxiao, Mr. Du!" β
James Burke is a big celebrity, famous as a professional manager of Phoenix Pharmaceutical, and now that he says this, everyone has to look at Du Yongxiao with admiration.
"Wow, he's really in charge!"
"So young!"
"Still Chinese!"
The policeman stepped forward and said in a cold tone: "Mr. Du, do you know that your company discriminates against people with disabilities?" I've already called the Disabled Persons' Federation just now, so you'll be able to explain it later! β
The reporter followed: "I'm a Sky reporter, I want to do an interview with you now-ββ"
In the face of such an offensive, Du Yongxiao just smiled faintly and said, "I'm sorry, I'm very willing to accept your interview, but before the interview, please allow me to solve the matter in front of me first." β
"Resolved?" The reporter looked contemptuous, "I want to see how you solve it, Mr. Du?" β
Don't say that reporters and police don't believe that Du Yongxiao can get into this matter at once, even James Burke and Liu He don't believe it.
Only Yan Xiong has always trusted Du Yongxiao - in his eyes, there is no Du Yongxiao in this world who can't solve the problem.
Du Yongxiao looked at the disabled man again, and asked in a gentle voice, "May I ask your Excellency's surname?" β
"My name is John."
"John, yes, I'm sorry for what you just said, first of all, I want to know, did you read our recruitment before you applied for our company?"
"Absolutely!"
"Really?" Du Yongxiao smiled slightly and stretched out his hand to the side.
Lina, the female secretary, hurriedly handed him a newspaper.
Du Yongxiao picked up the newspaper and asked the disabled John: "Is it the content of this newspaper?" β
John looked at it, "Yes. β
Du Yongxiao's expression was serious, his tone was serious, he looked at the newspaper and said to everyone: "It is very clear that it requires the recruitment target to be physically and mentally healthy-ββ
After speaking, Du Yongxiao looked at John: "It's not that I discriminate against you, do you think you are suitable for this condition?" β
"This -ββ," John was stunned.
The reporter hurriedly said: "It's not right for you to say this, you hired him without a clear investigation, not Mr. John deliberately concealing his disability." β
Du Yongxiao smiled, looked at the reporter and said, "I'm sorry, I never said that our company does not recruit people with disabilities-ββ"
"Uh, what?"
In everyone's astonishmentβ
Du Yongxiao stabbed, the newspaper was torn apart, and thrown into the air.
Fragments flying.
"From now on-ββ" Du Yongxiao's eyes were fixed and his tone was deep, "Phoenix Pharmaceutical will open the door to all disabled people!" β
(End of chapter)