Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 1017: Layoffs in Progress (Part 2)

Lu Shaohua left and returned to his villa in Shenzhen, but when he arrived at the villa, Lu Shaohua was not idle. Instead, he opened his notebook and started typing in the living room. As for what he was typing, needless to say, it was a speech.

This time, Lu Shaohua came to Shenzhen mainly to hold a general meeting of the Phoenix production base. Lu Shaohua will explain the reasons for layoffs at the meeting and do all the appeasement work. This is also the last meeting with some employees.

Originally, Lu Shaohua was not used to using speech manuscripts, but in order to make the speech at tomorrow's meeting more fluent, Lu Shaohua finally decided to use the speech manuscript.

Think about it, a meeting of hundreds of thousands of people is not an ordinary meeting. Facing that kind of situation, if Lu Shaohua suddenly couldn't connect the dots, then he would be finished and it would be a huge disgrace.

Set a topic first, then write around it.

Well, it sounds easy, but it is very difficult to write. It needs to be sensational, moving, fluent, etc. These are all things that Lu Shaohua needs to pay attention to.

At this moment, Lu Shaohua finally realized why those officials had to have secretaries. It turned out that it was because they had to deal with the speech scripts.

Come to think of it, an official has to attend meetings of all sizes every day. If he doesn't have a secretary to write his speeches and has to write them all by himself, he would be exhausted.

Lu Shaohua also has a secretary, but he doesn't bring him with him, so he still has to work hard on the speech himself.

It was not until nine o'clock in the evening that Lu Shaohua finally wrote the speech manuscript of thousands of words. After reviewing it and finding no problems, Lu Shaohua printed it out. The job was done, and he took a shower and went to bed.

This time, the general staff meeting was scheduled for eight o'clock in the morning. As the weather in the south is hot in summer and warm in winter, even though it is almost winter now, the temperature is still very high. If the meeting is held later, people will probably die of heat.

The meeting started at eight in the morning and lasted for a full hour, ending at nine.

This was Chu Lei's arrangement and was approved by Lu Shaohua.

Because the meeting started very early, Lu Shaohua got up the earliest the next day. He got up before daybreak, which was only five o'clock in the morning. Normally at this time, Lu Shaohua would be sleeping soundly and would take at least two more hours to get up.

I got up at five o'clock, did some exercise, took a shower, and had some breakfast. It was already six o'clock. I set out for the Phoenix production base. It was half past seven. After a half-hour break, it was time for the meeting.

The venue was open-air, and due to the large number of participants, it could only be held in the square in front of the main building of the base.

When Lu Shaohua walked onto the podium, all the employees below applauded spontaneously to show their respect for Lu Shaohua. Indeed, Lu Shaohua is worthy of respect. Entering the Phoenix production base, the salary is higher than others, and other benefits are also good. This is undoubtedly the most suitable thing for every general worker.

As for those middle and senior managers, their treatment is even better, and they have no reason not to respect the boss in front of them. Even though this boss is less than 30 years old this year, it does not hinder their respect for Lu Shaohua.

Lu Shaohua pressed his hand to signal the people below to stop, then nodded to everyone with a heavy expression, paused, and then spoke. "The Phoenix Production Base has a history of more than 20 years. In the past 20 years, it has never held a meeting as large as today. Today, all the employees of the Phoenix Production Base are here. I am very happy, and at the same time, I want to say to you: thank you for your hard work."

"If it weren't for you, the Phoenix production base would not be as glorious as it is today. It is you who made it glorious. Thank you, thank you!" Lu Shaohua said emotionally.

There was applause again, very neat...

After about 10 seconds, the applause finally stopped. Lu Shaohua did not speak at this time. He scanned the crowd one by one and spoke after a long time. "However, not long ago, the subprime mortgage crisis broke out. The subprime mortgage crisis affected the global economy, and we, as a group that mainly relies on exports, were also greatly affected. Before that, I got a report from Phoenix Sales. In the past two months, the total sales of all our Phoenix products have dropped by 25%. Now it is still continuing to fall. Conservatively estimated, by the end of the year, the decline will exceed %."

The data Lu Shaohua mentioned were not fabricated, but were facts, the result of Phoenix sales statistics and forecasts. Well, they were only forecasts for 2007, and as for 2008, they hardly dared to make any forecasts.

This time no one applauded, but chose to remain silent.

No one who can enter the Phoenix Group is a fool. They all know that if there is a problem with the sales of Phoenix Group's products, then the Phoenix production base will inevitably have to lay off employees to ensure the normal operation of the group.

In fact, it is said to be normal operation, but in fact it is to minimize the losses. After all, Phoenix Group cannot afford to support people who do nothing all day. As long as a part of the employees are laid off, those who remain can work normally and get wages, and Phoenix Group can also rely on the meager sales in the market to support the wages of those employees.

It turned out that those people's guesses were correct, because Lu Shaohua spoke next. "From my position, I certainly hope that Phoenix Group can maintain its good momentum, but natural disasters are natural disasters that humans cannot overcome. We cannot resist them, so after all the senior management discussed it, we decided to lay off the base."

"I am very sad about this. I don't want this to happen, but for the long-term consideration of the group, I have to make this decision." Lu Shaohua's voice was very deep. He paused for a moment before continuing. "I know that the decision made by the group's top management is very unfair to some employees, but please don't blame me. After all, I am considering the overall situation of the group and have no choice but to do so."

Yes, Lu Shaohua had to consider the overall situation and did it out of necessity.

As the boss of Phoenix Group, Lu Shaohua is quite wealthy. However, after a man-made disaster, the subprime mortgage crisis came, followed by a global financial storm. If Lu Shaohua does not respond, it remains unknown whether Phoenix Group can survive after the storm.

applause…

Applause broke out again. As for why there was applause, it was entirely because of Lu Shaohua's words. At the end of Lu Shaohua's words, it was obvious that he was apologizing to others. Although he didn't say it too obviously, it was obvious that Lu Shaohua was apologizing to the laid-off employees.

It is impossible for a big boss with a net worth of trillions of dollars to apologize to some laid-off employees, but Lu Shaohua is doing it now. Don’t such a person and such a boss deserve applause?

Also, if layoffs happened in other companies, it would probably just be the top management showing up, announcing the company's decision, posting the names of the laid-off employees, and notifying the laid-off employees to go to the finance department to collect their wages, and then that would be it.

But look at Lu Shaohua. The boss personally came forward and held a base-wide meeting for this purpose. He explained the reasons for the layoffs and apologized. It is really rare to find such a person.

In modern society, perhaps some people only care about their immediate interests. They will be unhappy as long as their interests are violated. But we cannot say that those people are like this deep down in their hearts. Perhaps in their hearts, there is also an unknown side hidden.

Just like now, after Lu Shaohua finished speaking, everyone applauded. This applause does not only represent respect for Lu Shaohua, but more of understanding and tolerance.

Maybe tomorrow they will be included in the layoff list, but at this moment, they have no regrets.

However, Lu Shaohua did not stop, but continued, "For the laid-off employees, the group will provide subsidies according to the labor contract. Also, before the end of this month, the group will pay you a full month's salary. This can be regarded as the final compensation for you."

"At the same time, I promise everyone here that as long as the group overcomes this crisis and gets back on track, I will welcome employees who want to come back and will give priority to recruiting them. Well, you can rest assured that even if you are laid off this time, your files will be retained. If you come back, you don't have to worry about the group denying it and saying that you have never worked in the group." Lu Shaohua didn't forget to make a little joke at the end.

The atmosphere at the scene was very serious, but Lu Shaohua's last little joke caused a big laugh. More than 100,000 people laughed together. Needless to say, the scene was very lively.

But they only laughed for a moment and soon regained their composure, because everyone knew that Lu Shaohua had not finished speaking. At the very least, he was just one word away from adjourning the meeting.

By this time, Lu Shaohua had basically finished what he wanted to say. He looked at the time. It was going by very quickly. More than half an hour had passed, and there was still half of the originally scheduled hour. However, after looking at the scorching sun, Lu Shaohua decided not to let Chu Lei come up to speak and directly announced the adjournment of the meeting.

As the person in charge of the Phoenix production base, Chu Lei should have gone on stage to say a few words on such occasions. This was also the reason why Lu Shaohua agreed to hold the meeting for an hour. However, looking at the situation, if it went on for another half an hour, some people would probably not be able to bear it. Therefore, it was understandable that Lu Shaohua announced the adjournment of the meeting.

The meeting was over. Lu Shaohua had done what he was supposed to do, and he didn't stop there. He handed over the follow-up matters to Chu Lei, such as posting the list of laid-off people and coordinating the salary payments. All of these were left to Chu Lei to arrange. Lu Shaohua himself boarded his own private plane and returned directly to Hong Kong.

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