Chapter 693: Fools and Good Guys (Three Watches)
The so-called business etiquette, to put it bluntly, is not just to let you and me have face, since you don't give me face, then I don't bother to give you face. Everyone said that it was a business leader, but the business leaders at this time can be said to be half businessmen and half officials to a certain extent, and the importance of face issues is no less than that of the leaders of the local zhèng government.
As soon as I thought of Mr. Lin's decision just now, everyone agreed in their hearts: That's right! Either these foreigners will reverse the plane, or we will leave directly, anyway, there is no Zhang butcher, we don't have to eat hairy pigs, aren't there Li butchers and Wang butchers.
Among the private jets parked in front of him, Steve, the chief negotiator of ABB and the company's executive vice president, was leaning on the wide and comfortable leather sofa, and said smugly to his companion who was looking out the window with some worry on his face, "Mr. Meta, you don't have to worry, I'm sure these Chinese will definitely come over to meet us, a group of barbarians who have just cut off their braids for a few years, know what is called international business etiquette?" ”
ba, and I've heard that Chinese value face very much, and even more so than financial interests, and we do this to a great loss of face......
Steve's face suddenly felt a little unhappy, and he didn't wait for his companion to finish speaking. He waved his hand violently and interrupted him, "Meta, you have to remember that our ABB company is the best company in the world in the field of automation, and our technology is the most advanced, which can provide them with the most advanced automated production lines, which can greatly save them costs, and I absolutely do not believe that they will be rude to us for this little test of ours." ”
His own faux pas can be said to be a test of the other party? Meta frowned, feeling a little unable to understand the way this companion was thinking. But he is still a little worried, you know, this time it is not the country begging ABB to invest, but to ask the other party to purchase ABB products, Steve's approach seems to be dangerous......
While Meta was thinking, the lead pilot and captain in the cockpit in front of him lifted the curtain separating the cockpit from the crew compartment and asked Steve, "Sir, the news just came from the tower. We were asked to reverse back to those Chinese positions and we ......"
"Nope. We're here, waiting for them to come over and tell them that our plane can't be reversed," and without waiting for the captain to finish speaking, Steve shook his head firmly, "You have to believe that these Chinese are just fierce and inward-looking, as long as we hold on." They will definitely compromise with us. ”
"Well, you're the boss, you have the final say." The captain shrugged his shoulders and retracted his head: he was just a plane pilot anyway, and as long as he reported everything to Mr. Steve in time, then no matter what happened, the responsibility could not be found on his own.
Do as Steve does. Is it really okay? Meta frowned, and the bad feeling in her heart was even worse.
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Tang Yong came back with a frown, holding the big brother in his hand, and his face was not very good-looking. Without waiting for Lin Hongfei to ask, he lowered his voice and said to Lin Hongfei, "The news from the tower side, the other party replied that their plane can't and can't be reversed. ”
"Can't reverse? Are you kidding?! Lin Hongfei frowned, then stretched out, and smiled coldly, "Trouble the tower again, tell them, reverse the car immediately, otherwise we will leave immediately." ”
This is almost the most obvious ultimatum, although there is a tower in the middle to turn around, but Tang Yong understands that after these words are passed over, only one party can compromise...... Now it seems that ABB does not seem to have to compromise, but the problem is that it seems that Mr. Lin's attitude is also extremely tough, and he has no intention of regressing.
Forget it, Tang Yong sighed.
ABB's approach also angered Tang Yong: if ABB really thought that it could override the head of the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd., then they had miscalculated...... It's not like ABB wouldn't be alive without them.
The result of contacting the tower was not surprising, and the words that the tower conveyed to the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. were regarded by Steve as a fierce and introverted, and he didn't even remember to show off to Meta, "Mr. Meta, these Chinese are like this, you watch, two minutes at most, it's time for those damn Chinese to come...... Oh hell, the outside temperature turned out to be minus 3 degrees, what the hell weather! ”
This time, not only Mehta was speechless about Mr. Steve, who felt good about himself, but even the two flight attendants on the plane didn't know what to say: ABB is headquartered in Switzerland, Northern Europe, and the temperature is already very warm for the Swiss...... What's going on, though?!
Mehta, who inadvertently glanced at the location of Lin Hongfei and the others through the porthole, immediately widened his eyes in the next moment! He couldn't believe what his eyes were seeing: the crowd of people who welcomed him below actually got into the car one after another...... Got in the car?!
The fool also knew that getting into the car meant that he was ready to leave, and Mr. Meta, who was already worried, immediately confirmed his judgment: these Chinese were irritated by the arrogance of the damned Steve, and they were angry.
"Oh God......" Mehta pointed out the window, not knowing what to say other than the habitual shouting of God's name.
Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. threw out an unusually large order this time, even an international automation giant like ABB did not dare to underestimate the slightest, otherwise they would not have sent the company's special plane to send the company's negotiators over, in order to show the strength of ABB to Guqi Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in this way...... The directors, general managers and presidents of ABB would never have imagined that what was supposed to be a great opportunity to show their strength would be screwed up by an idiot in their own company.
"Are they finally here?" Steve triumphantly turned his head to look out of the porthole, he was glad that his persistence had achieved the desired effect, after these damn Chinese bowed to themselves, they would continue to bow to themselves habitually, but the moment his head twisted to the porthole, the smile on his face instantly froze: What...... What's going on? What are those damn Chinese going to get on the bus for? Shouldn't they be respectful to greet them below?
He couldn't figure it out in his head anyway, how could a very simple thing become like this: with his past experience in dealing with those Chinese, aren't Chinese always the same as their ancestors who dragged their braids and habitually knelt down when they saw white people when facing foreigners? The only difference was that the braid was cut off and the kneeling was changed to a bow that was more in line with modern etiquette.
But it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if he can figure it out or not, under the gaze of his dull gaze, the convoy of Lin Hongfei and others has slowly left the airport, gradually disappearing from their sight, there is such a plane parked at the end of the runway of the empty airport, the haute couture business plane that looked like a proud princess before, now it seems to be covered with a layer of gray dust, with a touch of dejected taste.
Everyone in the plane was looking at Steve in unison, there was no sympathy in their eyes, only disgust, everyone knew that because Steve, the damn bastard, things were completely messed up by him, and similarly, this guy who was still holding his tail high like a proud peacock before, I'm afraid that the good days of ABB have come to an end.
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"Mr. Lin, what should I do next?" Tang Yong asked Lin Hongfei a little confused.
Lin Hongfei's straightforward approach and attitude towards ABB made Tang Yong very confused, and he couldn't react for a while: Things have come to this extent, even if what should I do next?
He has never been exposed to this situation.
Lin Hongfei smiled, his smile was very relaxed, "Datang, tell you a little, it can be regarded as a piece of advice for you, I believe you will be able to use it when you are alone in the future, we do business, we never have to bow to anyone, bowing our heads is not respected, the generals on the battlefield use cannons and bombs to win respect, we in the mall, we don't need fists and bayonets, but we use strength and money to win respect, you can rest assured, in front of our orders, Steve is just a small role, ABB would never have angered such a big customer for such a small role...... In the future, we will continue to expand our production capacity, offending such a customer, but the most stupid behavior...... Look, after you report the situation to ABB and lodge a solemn protest, they will apologize to you as quickly as possible, and immediately dispose of the Steve who caused them trouble. Essentially, I'm actually grateful to Steve, the brainless fool, who took the initiative to give us the initiative to negotiate with ABB, and I think the current ABB executives must hate that idiot to death! ”
Lin Hongfei is right, the president of ABB really hates Steve, a fool.
Such a big thing happened, the negotiators of ABB naturally did not dare to hide the slightest, and immediately reported to the company's headquarters, and the existence of the time difference made the president of ABB who received the phone report even more furious: Steve, that bastard, messed everything up!
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