1987: Sleepless Tonight

I enjoyed this meal very happily, even though I didn’t understand the language, I still enjoyed myself very much.

I didn't drink much wine.

Mainly to take care of Kevin and another foreign lawyer.

These two people are not used to drinking liquor.

As for Lu Hao, Yan Mingchang, including Fang Bilong, and many others, they were mainly not used to drinking red wine.

The food was not bad. Kevin and the foreigner had a strange mentality and ate a lot of food.

Finally, the guests enjoyed themselves and the dinner dispersed.

Kevin and other KFC staff were arranged to rest at the Qingchuan Hotel, while Yan Mingchang, Wang Xiaohui and others went back and left the Qingchuan Hotel.

Lu Hao sent it out.

This is a must-have etiquette, respect, or simply put, attitude.

In China, no matter what you do, you have to respect each other, just like young people treat their elders, they have to give the elders enough face. When weddings and funerals happen at home, they have to ask the elders to preside over it, and they have to obey the elders. Arrangements must be made, and when taking a seat, the elder must be asked to sit at the head seat.

The same is true for leaders. Serving tea and water is something that young people must do when they first enter government agencies and public institutions.

That means you have to be discerning. You don’t have to understand anything, but you have to have a good attitude.

However, this is actually a taming culture. In this way, it is determined who is in the dominant position and who is in the lower position, who is the master and who is the servant, so that people can be tamed.

This culture was learned from a country next door, resulting in a culture of seniors and juniors. In the workplace, juniors are often bullied.

In China, the emphasis is on ordering the elders and younger ones, but at the same time, it also emphasizes being mature and prudent, and not disrespecting the elders. If the elders are disrespected, then it is understandable for the younger generation to be rude. However, in the country next door, it has developed to more than half. Students are also bullied by seniors, that is, older students, when they are in school.

This is to use the identity, system, and tradition of the predecessors to openly vent their dissatisfaction and seek satisfaction in the younger generations.

A kind of abnormal psychology.

This kind of situation exists in China, but it is more subtle and will not tear the skin. It can be said to be a kind of potential rule. It is best to abide by it and have an attitude. The other party may not necessarily remember you or promote you, but If you don't have an attitude, the other party will definitely remember it and will definitely put on your shoes.

"Boss Lu, you opened my eyes today. It turns out that you can be so proactive in negotiating with foreigners. We have also contacted some foreigners here before, especially in the technical field, but these people are very arrogant, no matter what. We must listen to them and follow their instructions. Even though we have repeatedly stressed that we must adapt measures to local conditions based on the actual situation, often the other party directly ignores this and suffers a lot of bullying and grievances. If we ourselves can If you, Boss Lu, have the upper hand in negotiations with foreigners, or even take a dominant position, it will be much easier, and we can also gain more benefits for ourselves." Yan Mingchang sighed.

Today's signing is still on my mind, and I feel very sad when I think of other projects in the city that involve cooperation with foreign capital.

"Not only are the Americans arrogant, but businessmen from Hong Kong and Taiwan who have invested are also very arrogant, taking advantage of our shortcomings of backward technology, tight funds, and immature management experience. The lion opened its mouth. Originally, the cooperation between the two parties should be mutually beneficial, but In fact, due to various objective factors, we were a very passive party during cooperation and lost a lot of interests that should have belonged to us." He took out a pack of cigarettes, pulled out one and handed it to Lu Hao.

"There are factors in this that the other party deliberately takes advantage of some of our objective problems, constantly lowers prices, and constantly negotiates conditions. There is also a very important point, that is, we do not understand these investors. During the negotiation process, Being in a very passive position, we failed to win what we could have fought for, and we gave in where we shouldn’t have given in.”

“In the end, the benefits that should be given were given, the areas that should be compromised were compromised, and the areas that should be compromised were also compromised. It was not easy to get the other party to agree to invest, but various problems always appeared in the process, or the other party was exaggerating. , but when it was actually put into production, the competitiveness was not good, the quality was poor, the price was expensive, and the sales volume was not good. Or, the original intention was to let the other party come over to promote the development of the local industry, but after the other party came, it was not interested in its own technology. But it’s very secretive, and it’s hard to learn anything from it, or you just take the land and then put it in your hands, and no investment is seen.”

When you are in different positions, you see different things and have different responsibilities.

In Yan Mingchang's position, the people and things he comes into contact with and see are much higher than those of ordinary people.

There is power, but the responsibility is not light either.

The government handles various affairs, running in and out of various documents, rules and regulations, and various meetings. The ultimate purpose is actually two things. One is to maintain social stability, and the other is to make people's lives better.

These two things can actually be summed up simply as one purpose: to make people's lives better.

Because of social instability, most of the reasons are that people's lives are very difficult and they can no longer survive, so they will think of evil ways, commit crimes, and use violence to obtain more money to subsidize their families.

Survival is the fundamental issue.

The situation that Jiangcheng City is facing now, or the situation that the whole country is facing, is actually to develop the economy, but in the process of development, we always encounter many problems, which are very troublesome.

"Everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as a breakthrough is opened, subsequent problems will be much simpler and the situation will be better." Lu Hao said.

He took out a match and lit it for Yan Mingchang first, and then lit a cigarette for himself.

It is an honor to have a leader pass you cigarettes, and it is also the attitude of the leader. If the leader has an attitude, he must also be aware of his interests and take the initiative to light up cigarettes.

"Jiangcheng's problem, or the country's problem, as far as business is concerned, the actual problem is that many units still retain the thinking of the original planned economy and do not want to adapt to the market, do not want to improve the competitiveness of products, and do not want to think about To improve your own technology, if there is a problem, you just think that the country will take care of it anyway, and the government will take care of it." Lu Hao said, "I am too lazy mentally and lack enterprising spirit."

"Doing business and developing the economy is actually just like raising a child. If you spoil your child too much since childhood, you will give him whatever he wants. When the child cries, he will be at a loss and feel very distressed. You will immediately eat, drink, and have fun. If it is given to the baby, over time it will make the baby dependent."