Chapter 1188: The Story of Twin Cities (Part 2)

"Eric, the way of thinking of you Orientals is sometimes really hard for me to understand." Werner still continued his complaints: "For example, almost everyone complains about their low salary, but when I raise When I wanted to get a structured salary and encourage more work and more income, there was a lot of opposition, so that it was not until I officially became the factory manager for more than half a year that the matter was reluctantly advanced, and there were many discounts; When the implementation really started, a young worker who was deducted and reduced his income due to slack at work even prepared a watermelon knife and threatened to find trouble for me in the workshop-how much work he did, how much money he did. It’s much easier to take, and you have to be punished if you break it. Isn’t this justified?"
"This, I'm afraid it has nothing to do with Oriental thinking," Tan Zhenhua said with a wry smile: "Han Chai is a factory with 2,000 employees. It's normal to have a few among so many people. Just as no matter which country or city, no matter how developed the economy and education, and the quality of the residents, it will inevitably have a certain crime rate."
While he said this, he recalled what Liu Mei had told him as a joke, the story of a certain evil-headed boy in the 4014 Institute pointing to Director Zhou’s nose and cursing the street. He suddenly felt that the leader of a state-owned enterprise was really not. It’s so good to be a state-owned enterprise. I’m afraid it’s not just a state-owned enterprise. It’s not easy to be the top leader of any enterprise. After all, I have tossed so many business projects for so many years, and I really don’t manage any of them. I used to be the shopkeeper, now think about it, these people I know who can hold a party are not simple characters!
In other words, I gave Liu Mei some bad ideas to clean up those thorns in the 4014 labor service company...
Wilner didn’t notice that Tan Zhenhua had been distracted. He nodded and said:
Eric, what you said makes sense. I can’t blame everyone for the performance of individual people, but with regard to employees, I can’t I understand why Wuchai needs so many people? With 2,000 employees, it can only produce 20,000 single-cylinder diesel engines a year. This efficiency is too low. Eric, this is not the reason for the equipment, not at all, Wuchai I know the situation of the equipment very well. Although it is not advanced, it is equivalent to our West Hans level in the early 1970s. When I was working for SES before taking over as the factory manager of Hanchai, I wrote a special report for this. This report is archived in both SES and Hanchai. Eric, you may not be familiar with this industry. In West Hans, a similar company with a monthly production capacity of 4,000 units only needs 800 employees. You can Imagine what a big gap this is, and the price of our similar products is generally more than twice that of yours, Eric, this is the root cause of the income gap between West Hans workers and Chinese workers!"
Tan Zhenhua opened his mouth and found that he couldn't explain it again. How could he explain the complexity of China Enterprise to a retired old man of West Hans? Western society uses a strict social division of labor to solve the various needs of employees. After the company has paid the salary, it will not care about any problems other than work. However, the current China Xia is on the contrary. The company is a big company. Nanny, it has to manage employees’ food and drink, birth, old age, sickness and death. In a sense, China’s state-owned enterprise is a small society for employees; of course, in another sense, employees’ monetary income from the company It's just a part of his income. Compared with Western companies, another huge piece of income is hidden and not reflected in the salary. For example, the allocated housing does not require employees to spend money to buy; for example, children's education is almost free Expenses; another example is personal medical and pension expenses. And none of these things are cheap.
Thirty years later, the so-called "new three big mountains" that are circulated on people in society are just talking about these?
The old man’s complaints continued: "There is one more thing I cannot understand. In November 1984, just shortly after I officially took office, I received an article published by the Duisburg Times. The content is that during the four weeks I worked in China, I helped them reduce the fuel consumption and increase the power of the diesel engine by 50%. Eric, I heard that you also study science and engineering, you should be able to see Come on, how can this kind of thing be possible? It is a random fabrication that violates the laws of science. After reading this report, I immediately wrote to SES and the Duisburg Times and told them that this is A piece of fake news! And publishing such news will not bring any benefit to the prestige of the SES organization, and will also damage the objectivity of the Duisburg Times report! At that time, I was very angry and told them if this kind of news were not stopped. For news reports that are not in accordance with the facts, I will stop working and return to China immediately! But then I got a reply from SES and realized that such exaggerated data were actually reprinted by some of China's media!"
Tan Zhenhua once again felt the helplessness of being unable to complain.
How should I put it, some unscrupulous pens are for grandstanding, for attracting attention, for inviting credit and rewards. They dare to write anything, dare to say anything, exaggerate the data, spring and autumn styles, etc., are considered good. Old man, you haven't seen the imagination of Ditan Literature, but I am still the son-in-law of the Rockefeller family...
After a big complaint, Wilner's anger seemed to have finally eased. He drank a sip of coffee to moisturize his throat, and after putting down the cup, he shook his head and said, "Working in such an environment is good for me. It’s too hard for such a 60-year-old man, can you understand Eric? I didn’t do this job for compensation. Since I can’t enjoy the fun of work, why should I continue? So after the term of appointment expired, I resolutely refused the renewal."
Tan Zhenhua nodded and expressed a full understanding of Werner’s situation. Indeed, working in this environment is too difficult, especially for such an old man from a foreign country. The huge difference in culture and environment, communication Difficulties caused him a lot of trouble.
But to be honest, Tan Zhenhua is also very soberly aware that this old West Hans's complaint also shows that he is a person who is not good at adapting to changes in the environment. In Hanchai, what he encountered is actually the current China Many companies have common problems, but he failed to adjust his management thinking according to the actual situation. He still copied the one practiced by the western companies he was familiar with, but he didn't know that under the current China environment, this set may not be applicable, okay It is not appropriate to measure an old man in his 60s with such a requirement. After all, he is old and his common sense in the past has been solidified. It is difficult to change.
In other words, Werner is not suitable for the position he has tried to assume in the past two years. Leadership and management is an art. It requires rigidity and flexibility. It requires different countermeasures and measures in different environments. To achieve the best results, there has never been a management method that can be universally applied. Without a person who has a deep understanding and knowledge of Huaxia culture and social status, it is impossible to manage a Huaxia enterprise of this size.
With this understanding, Tan Zhenhua made a slight amendment to the next action plan in his heart. Wilner is a good enthusiastic old man, but if he wants to take Hanchai and use it as his fulcrum for entering the diesel engine industry, Werner is not a suitable leader. He can use his advantages in other aspects. For example, with his expert status in SES, he can help him establish a connection with the West Hans industry. There are so many retired engineers in SES. , But a treasure too!
The masters of many industries are valuable treasures, especially the machinery industry, which has always been a model of the older the more valuable!
Thinking of this, Tan Zhenhua felt that his saliva was going to flow down.