1987: Sleepless Tonight

"Brother Hao, that's what I just said. KFC is such a big foreign brand. If we go to them, how can they pay attention to us?" Zhang Zhigang said.

He was a little stage frightened.

If he were asked to negotiate cooperation with domestic manufacturers and lower prices, he would be able to talk all kinds of things, but when talking about cooperation with foreigners, he would instinctively feel that it is difficult and impossible to do.

"What's so difficult? Are you afraid of foreigners? It's not like you've never seen foreigners. Haven't you seen both Hannah and Emily? They both have two eyes, one nose, two ears, and one When you open your mouth, the difference is that their hair, eyes, and skeletons are also different from ours," Lu Hao said.

He looked at Zhang Zhigang, "Besides, dealing with foreigners is actually easier than dealing with Chinese people. If you can deal with Chinese people with ease, you can deal with foreigners with ease. You have to have confidence in yourself."

Foreigners also pay attention to the sophistication of people, and there are cases of backdoors, but generally speaking, it is not as serious as in China. Therefore, when dealing with foreigners and discussing cooperation, as long as they can benefit from it, it will be very easy to negotiate.

"But I have difficulties in communicating with them. They don't understand what I say, and I don't understand what they say. How can we communicate and discuss cooperation?" Zhang Zhigang said.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. You can find a translator. Of course, I still hope you can learn." Lu Hao said, "Our business has been expanding. As a management, we have to follow the continuous progress. We are now in line with the domestic Businessmen and leaders of government agencies deal with each other and discuss cooperation, but they will definitely also deal with foreigners and discuss cooperation later, so it is definitely necessary to learn the language of foreigners in advance."

"Learn foreigners to speak? Brother Hao, this is too difficult. What they say is so gibbering that I can't even understand it. If I have to learn it, won't it cost my life?" Zhang Zhigang shook his head repeatedly.

He had heard foreigners talk, and he and Lu Hao had also met two foreigners, Hannah and Emily, and felt that they were not the material and could not learn.

Can't hear a word clearly.

"Actually, English is simpler than our Chinese. As long as you have that kind of learning environment and immerse yourself in it for a long time, you will definitely learn it. Now that you have made some money, and you have status, you can definitely find a few foreigners to help you. For language tutoring, you usually meet more foreigners and talk more about life-related matters. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand it at the beginning. As time goes by, you will naturally understand it. Isn’t this the same way when we learned Chinese when we were young? It starts with listening and speaking. You don’t need to be able to write, writing comes later.” Lu Hao said, “As long as you can listen, everything will be easy. And English learning will definitely be vigorously promoted in the future, and it will be taught from primary school. Start learning now, and there’s no harm in learning it in advance.”

When doing business, if it is just a small business, English is not that important, but if it is a big business, you must learn this language.

Chinese writing and pronunciation are two systems, while English writing and pronunciation are one system. From this aspect, English is simpler than Chinese.

Moreover, Chinese is an ideographic writing system and English is a phonetic writing system, so the former is more difficult than the latter.

Lu Hao looked at Zhang Zhigang, "I am telling you this matter very seriously. You must listen and start doing this matter from now on."

Many people don't actually use English, but if you want to grow your business, do business with foreigners, and make money from foreigners, you have to master English well.

No way, there are more than 70 English-speaking countries in the world, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and other relatively well-known countries. These countries are distributed on five continents, including more than 20 in Europe and more than ten in Asia. There are more than 20 in Africa, nine in the Americas, and even two in Oceania.

In many of these countries, English is regarded as the first language or, at worst, the second language.

If you want to make money from them, you must be familiar with their language so that you can communicate better, including many documents written in English. Although there will be translations, the translations often make mistakes, which is far inferior to what you can do yourself. English is more accurate.

"Brother Hao, do you know English?" Zhang Zhigang asked.

"This thing is not difficult. I have been learning recently." Lu Hao said.

In fact, he is very proficient in English. Many of his experiences and skills in his previous life are still in his mind. He can naturally speak English, but he will definitely not talk about his rebirth, so now he is a little more relaxed at the right time. I am learning English. Later, when others know that I can understand and speak English, even if they think it is strange, it will not be very out of the ordinary.

"Brother Hao, are you learning English? Are you lying to me?" Zhang Zhigang looked at Lu Hao with some suspicion.

"How could I lie to you? If you don't believe me, let me tell you, hello, nice to meet you." Lu Hao said directly, "I'm fine, how about you?"

Lu Hao was very casual and simple. He used two sentences that often appear in English textbooks in the future to show off.

Even beginners can recite these two sentences, and even if they can't recite them well, Zhang Zhigang's eyes widened and he gave Lu Hao a thumbs up, "Brother Hao, you do everything quietly, but you can actually speak foreign languages, And he spoke so smoothly."

He felt even more ashamed, "Just now I was thinking that Brother Hao must be tricking me, but I didn't expect that you are already learning it yourself."

He felt guilty.

Brother Hao has such a big business and doesn’t have a high degree of education, but he still finds time to learn English. How hard does it take for him to do this?

"What we do is followed by imitation. I ask you to do everything well. I must do it well first." Lu Hao said.

His expression was very serious and serious, and he taught Zhang Zhigang seriously, "As a management, you also have to understand this truth. If you want the people below to do their best, you have to lead by example. Otherwise, how can you make other people obey willingly?" Order, follow the instructions?"

"If they are not willing to do something but act against it, even if they do something, the probability of success will be greatly reduced. This actually harms our own interests."

Comrades, follow me.

Brothers, rush for me.

The effects produced by these two sentences are different, and can even be said to be worlds apart.

"What Brother Hao said is that I will definitely study English carefully so as not to embarrass you and prepare for future business." Zhang Zhigang said.

The scene of hanging his head from the beam and stabbing his buttocks had already appeared in his mind.

Lu Hao nodded, "That's right. Our business is getting bigger and bigger, and the requirements for management will be higher and higher. There is nothing wrong with preparing in advance, otherwise we will be overwhelmed by the talents recruited later. Down there, you must be feeling uncomfortable too."