Reaching for the stars with one hand

Chapter 109 We Are Chinese First
Joel sent Zhang Yong an email with only one sentence, "Call me back."

Zhang Yong is very clear about the meaning of this kind of email, he is a little helpless, he doesn't want to hear related news, but he has to face it.He closed the office door and called Joel.

"Brother Yong, hello. How are you doing?"

"It hasn't been very good recently, but it's manageable."

"I guess you won't be too kind either. Regarding the surveying and mapping of Mount Everest, do we have no chance at all?"

Zhang Yong was silent for a few seconds, "Maybe, some things, if we miss a step, it will be difficult to recover. We were ahead of Skydon, but now we are far behind."

"I want to know what happened between us and users. Don't hide it, we can guess the truth, and this matter is related to your future in Eka, so I need your real answer."

"Thanks, Joel, I see. Here's the thing, my suggestion was rejected by Peter, I was on a business trip, and without my knowledge, Peter suddenly wanted to get the project back. So he sent someone else Going to the dashboard to communicate and offending users. That’s how it is now.”

Joel was not surprised, "This is exactly what I guessed. One thing I am a little surprised, how did you offend Peter, and why did he target you?"

"How do you want me to answer that?" Zhang Yong smiled, "Even if I'm not very smart, I wouldn't be someone who would take the initiative to offend the boss. My contact with him started because of the Mount Everest project. He vetoed it. He said he didn't support political showmanship, I argued a few words, that's all. He warned me not to send emails to Wood in the future, I am not high enough."

"Asshole!" Joel scolded, "I didn't just listen to your side of the story, but I have communicated with him, and I am sure that what you said is true. Now that President Wood is personally involved in this project, Peter is very passive. But you know how his latest round of reports was written?"

"I wasn't sure, but you made me call me like that, so I knew. He'd put everything on me."

"You really are a strange guy. I don't know how you did it. After knowing all this, you are still so calm."

"I'm used to it. I guess Peter will say that I did something wrong in the information center. Users only communicate with me. Because I have opinions on Peter, I deliberately controlled everything so that Eka could not successfully get this project."

"It may be more serious than this. He accused you, saying that you have always been like this, because of your good performance, you have absolute right to speak in Eka China, and your opinion cannot be opposed by anyone. At the same time, you regard all Eka projects as your own Projects, rely on these projects to do whatever you want in Eka China, and no one can interfere with what you do, otherwise, you will be retaliated against. Even use these projects to threaten the boss to achieve your goal. You are Eka China the biggest issue."

Zhang Yong said: "It's hard to come up with such a high-level reason for Peter's IQ. I know who taught him."

"Who? There is someone behind him teaching him how to do things?" Joel was a little disbelieving.

"Penny, a girl from the marketing department, she's pretty."

Joel immediately understood, and his angry lips trembled slightly, "Wood found such a bastard to China."

"Joel, I think all of Peter's reasons are very far-fetched. I was the one who promoted the Everest matter, why should I oppose it? Why did I send someone else to communicate instead of me? I am the GNSS director, and of course I will not agree with other people casually. I have done everything above reproach by meddling in my project. I would be more disappointed than angry if Eka executives could easily believe these reasons."

"My friend, you need to know. Of course President Wood is not an idiot, he will distinguish everything. But such things are not that simple. The Germans are managed like the army. They seem easy-going, but they actually place great importance on rank The conflict between you and the boss, no matter how much responsibility the boss has, will still affect your score. Another important quality of Germans is arrogance. Sorry for saying this, but you, a Chinese employee, contradict the German boss. All the top executives in Eka don't want to see it, and they don't even care about what happened. The pride of the Germans is also reflected in the fact that President Wood may have realized that he hired the wrong person, but he will not take the initiative to admit this mistake. He's going to stick with Peter until he's up for two years and then he changes. I'm not even sure you can spend two years with Peter in this situation."

"What can I do? I didn't deliberately contradict my boss, so I don't want to explain. No matter what President Wood and Peter think, I don't think they can convict me like this."

"I'm very happy that you can be so calm. I know that China needs you, so you have to persevere, and I will try my best to help you. It's a pity that we can't directly decide the issue of China. Peter's accusation against you now should not be established. We At the same time, I believe that in the matter of Mount Everest, Wood is very disappointed with Peter. Of course, we are also very disappointed. So it can be said that you have won Peter for the time being. But winning the boss is definitely not a good thing, then You may not have a good time when you come down. I repeat, I hope you can persevere. Peter is just a passerby of Eka, and he will not get the chance to renew his contract. You are the elite in this industry. Two years It's not very long, I hope you have enough patience."

"It's always easy for a boss to find trouble with an employee. I will persist until the day I can't persist."

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Peter finally started to host the monthly meeting, and the performance pressure was increasing, and he had to do things that he didn't like and weren't good at.

He especially doesn't like Yuehui, because every time he has to face Zhang Yong's eyes, those eyes look extremely simple, they seem to have no secrets at all, but they seem to be able to see through everything.

All businesses, including Eka's specialty, optics, have grown slowly.Although it is growing, even if it lags behind the plan, it cannot match the rapid growth of China's economy.
The only thing that maintains stable and normal growth is GNSS. Peter is very conflicted. He needs this piece of performance too much, otherwise his performance will fall below the passing line.But he doesn't like to see Zhang Yong's performance increase.

After Fruit Bowl and Ma Xiaoqing came back from the information center, Peter, who was extremely disappointed, wrote a report to Wood according to Fruit Bowl's suggestion.However, faced with fierce opposition from Joel and others, Wood did not make a clear statement, but it could be seen that he was not satisfied with the result.Just replied in the email, "Peter, I hope you are right, the influence of the Everest measurement is not that big."

This sentence has a lot of meaning, and with Peter's IQ, he can understand the disappointment in the CEO's heart.At the same time, he kept praying, hoping that Wood's words would come true, and the Everest measurement really had no influence.He even suddenly became concerned about the experience of the mountaineering teams climbing Mount Everest over the years, he sincerely hoped.China's summit was unsuccessful this time, and Everest surveying and mapping became a joke.In this way, he will completely win this battle, and at the same time, he can take the opportunity to clean up Zhang Yong.

At the same time, Peter expressed his disappointment with Ma Xiaoqing to the fruit plate.

"Penni, didn't you say that he participated in all of Zhang Yong's projects and could completely take over all of Zhang Yong's affairs. Why did the Everest matter go like this?"

Penny couldn't help but lament the IQ of this German, he didn't seem to have any thinking ability.But she didn't want to defend Ma Xiaoqing either.This is exactly as Zhang Yong expected, everything is just a means to use, whether it is really to help Ma Xiaoqing to the top, the fruit plate has not seriously considered.Except for Zhang Yong, these people are not worthy of her consideration at all.

"Boss, Ma Xiaoqing is already the closest and the most capable candidate to replace Zhang Yong. But there must be a big gap with Zhang Yong, otherwise we don't have to work so hard and promote him directly. But this time the Everest It is indeed Ma Xiaoqing's responsibility. The information center can't listen to his technical communication part. Ma Xiaoqing is your person, so you can use it first. If you are not capable, you can teach it slowly. Maybe one day, we will find someone who can communicate with you. The person Zhang Yong can match will be replaced at that time."

Peter shook his head, "Then hurry up and find such a person, Xiaoqing can't do it."

After all, Peter's expression became a little ferocious, "I didn't expect Zhang Yong to have such a great influence in the factory, and he could convince people to persuade President Wood. I finally realized Eric's helplessness. But I am not Eric, I will definitely get rid of him. Penny, wouldn't you tell Cathy to keep complaining about him? Why is there no movement. "

"Boss, now your report has been dismissed, and the whole Eka sided with Zhang Yong. You said he did whatever he wanted, and no one came forward to speak out, let alone the agent's complaint. Wood and the others will be suspicious if they do these things at this time. Your motivation. Why don’t you wait for this period of time to pass. During this period, don’t say that there is something wrong with Zhang Yong, and even praise him from time to time, so that President Wood and the people in the factory feel that you are fair and just. When the time is right, We punched him hard."

Looking at that round face, Peter thought it was so cute, and he couldn't help but want to do something in the office.

"Penny, you're amazing. So true."

"The boss taught you well. Manager Jia has arrangements for the evening. What's your time?"

"My time is all yours and Jiana's, just arrange it for me."

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At the monthly meeting, Peter looked at the charts that were not exciting enough, and his brows became deeper and deeper. Finally, he couldn't help but began to reprimand loudly. The meeting room was silent, and everyone sat quietly, not daring to say more.

"I'm sorry, Peter," someone actually interrupted him to make a point.

Peter glanced over fiercely, and saw a calm face, Zhang Yong.

"Brother Yong, I know your GNSS performance is very good. Well, you are doing well." He remembered what Penny said, and decided to exaggerate Yong first.

"But GNSS is not the biggest business in Eka, and your performance cannot make up for the current gap. What do you want to express?"

"Can I make an opinion?"

Peter was very unhappy, but finally held back, "Anyone can express their opinions at the meeting, brother Yong, I hope your opinions are constructive."

"I want to remind you that there is no need to worry about the business of Eka optical products in the future. Not only will it grow, but the rapid growth may exceed everyone's imagination. But it is just the opposite of the current situation. My GNSS department will encounter But for Eka China, the growth rate of optical instruments will far exceed the decline of GNSS. So, you don’t need to worry, but I have a lot of trouble.”

Everyone's eyes were attracted by Zhang Yong, Xu Yang, the director of optical products, nodded gratefully to Zhang Yong, and gave a thumbs up quietly.

Peter wanted to believe this conclusion, but he was extremely skeptical.

"Brother Yong, I know you are very professional. But did you meet a fortuneteller (prophet) who predicted the future for you?"

"Let's talk about optical equipment first. Now China's first high-speed railway, the Beijing-Tianjin City Express Line, is under construction. Xu Yang, whose equipment are they using?"

Xu Yang smiled at Zhang Yong, "Of course it is Eka's highest precision optical measuring instrument. Thank you, Zhang Yong."

Peter said: "I saw it in Xu Yang's report. This is very good, but these few devices don't seem to be able to help us reverse the overall situation."

"This is just China's first high-speed railway, and the following projects will start immediately. China will enter a stage of national high-speed railway construction. In the next few months to several years, Eka's optical equipment will be in short supply. Peter, maybe you should What I did was to remind the factory to ensure production capacity and support for secondary development.”

"Is that true? Xu Yang? Why didn't you mention the future in your report?"

Xu Yang smiled again, "Because this is a monthly meeting, I will only summarize this month's data and predict next month's data. The high-speed rail matter may be very fast, Zhang Yong said, it may be several months to a few years. It will start in a few months, but the results will not be seen so soon. Also, SKydon has also started their optical instrument business, and they are ready to compete with us in this market. So I have reservations.”

Xu Yang felt grateful to Zhang Yong, he didn't say anything about the high-speed rail, and indeed he still had reservations.But I didn't expect Peter's reprimand in exchange for this. He has already reported that it is not suitable for him to make supplements.But Zhang Yong helped him speak out, and he could clearly see that Peter's eyes began to brighten.

Zhang Yong added, "Skydon has great ambitions in terms of optical instruments, but it is far from the market foundation of Eka. Xu Yang has already prepared for it. In terms of high-speed rail projects, Skydon can't win. Xu Yang, I didn't say Wrong."

"Haha, thank you, Brother Yong. I will make what you say come true."

Peter's mood also improved a lot, but he quickly turned to Zhang Yong.

"Your GNSS business is having problems? Why?"

"The mapping of Mt. Everest will start soon. In the next two months, it will attract the attention of the whole world, especially those in the industry. The name of SKydon will reach its peak with the summit of Mt. Everest. This huge impact This force is bound to impact our business.  …”

"I just hope that this period of time can be as short as possible, three months, six months, and everything will calm down as soon as possible. But we all know that SKydon will not let the influence of this matter disappear so quickly. This year's time , they will all play this card..."

Zhang Yong sighed, "I hope its influence will not exceed 12 months, because if I guess correctly, the second phase of the engineering center project will definitely start within 2 months."

It was Mount Everest again, this incident once again untied Peter's scars, a surge of anger rose in him, he suspected that Zhang Yong was deliberately embarrassing him.

He said bitterly: "Then we cross our fingers (Westerners always gesture to pray for good luck), hoping that this survey and mapping will not be successful. They encountered a big storm and could not climb to the top."

Peter hadn't completely lost his mind. He had some more vicious curses that he didn't say in his heart.

But when he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a strange emotion in the meeting room.He found that all the executives who had been trained by him just now did not dare to look up, all raised their heads and looked at him with very unfriendly eyes.

He was a little guilty, and then became angry, "What are you doing? You are employees of Eka, and you must first consider the problem from the company's perspective."

"No, Peter." Zhang Yong said calmly, "We are Chinese first and foremost. I wish the Chinese mountaineering team a successful summit and the surveying and mapping of Mount Everest will be a complete success."

Applause suddenly broke out in the meeting room, setting off a surprised and angry white face.

(End of this chapter)