Reaching for the stars with one hand

Chapter 83 Huo Zhichao 4
Zhang Yong said hello, "Morning, Holden. It seems that you are in a good mood."

"I'm fine, everything is the same as yesterday, nothing has changed. You seem to be in a bad mood."

"I didn't listen to your words yesterday, but today I know you are right."

"What do you want to do? Be a superhero against a bunch of corporate American bureaucrats. I'd rather sacrifice my savings to see if you can win this fight."

Zhang Yong shook his head, "I'm not a superhero, and I don't even want to change the world. I won't even take care of your business, you're right, this is Skydon's own choice. But I can at least not participate, I choose to quit."

"How long have you been at Skydon?"

"It's been almost three years, what's the matter?"

"It's unbelievable that someone as naive as you can live in an enterprise. Who is Skydon? Is it just the bosses? Don't you belong to Skydon? The boss wants to play this game, I'm afraid you can't quit."

Zhang Yong didn't argue with reason, but just said in a low voice, "I'll try my best to quit, I hope I can." There was a clear lack of confidence in his tone.

Holden smiled lightly, the kind of smile Zhang Yong disliked the most.

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John calls to see how things are going on Carl and Holden's side.

Zhang Yong said in a very difficult way, "Everything is okay. But it is not as smooth as imagined. Holden's contacts are not very helpful to us. John, I can't help much here. In fact, Carl is not very helpful. I really need our help. I applied to leave Shanghai and return to the Beijing representative office to continue working. Do you think it is ok?"

John obviously felt something was wrong, "Zhang Yong, what are you talking about? Are you hiding something? Carl reported to Steve that he had made a major breakthrough in Shanghai and could introduce him to many important officials and important users. Shi Tiff has decided to personally lead the team to China. As for you, Karl highly praised you in a recent email, saying that you are very professional and played an important role in communicating with users. But now, what you said Everything is the exact opposite of Carl's report, tell me, what happened?"

Zhang Yong had to admit that Karl was really scheming. He thought that Karl would give him an ugly score in the report, but he didn't expect that Karl actually praised him.In this way, whether he wants to or not, what others see is that he and Carl are in the same boat.

For a perfect career, I really tried my best, Zhang Yong asked in his heart, is it worth it?He's still young, his career has just started, and he doesn't know what he will do if he gets to Karl's age one day, but at least now he won't choose to cheat, and he won't choose to stick to his mistakes to the end.

"John, I can't draw any conclusions and I'm not judging anyone, I'm just saying what I've seen here."

"Go on, I'm listening."

"The users we have seen are all our regular users. Of course, some, such as the Meteorological Bureau, may be our potential users in the future, and we haven't had much contact with them yet. But even the list of this type of users was proposed by us. , Holden has not made any contribution to users and the industry. But after these users put forward, either we contact directly, or Holden sends an official letter of visit through the association. In short, everything is our agent. The things we do are the means by which we routinely visit users. Horton actually does nothing. His explanation is that he operates some high-level relationships behind the scenes. But I have never seen these relationships. I am not sure if they are real The presence.……"

"The whole promotional activity is like we set up the questions ourselves and then answered them ourselves. Horton didn't participate in anything, but acted as a teacher. I don't know if you understand what I said?..."

"So, I want to leave. Boss, transfer me back to Beijing."

Zhang Yong didn't hear John's answer, so he said, "Okay, let's call tonight to make a decision." After that, he hung up the phone.

John quickly figured out the truth of the matter, but he hesitated for a long time before picking up the phone and calling Paul.

Paul listened the whole time on the phone without expressing any comments.

After John finished everything, Paul said slowly: "You take a few people there and continue to assist Carl. We can't get away from this matter. I just had a meeting with Steve this afternoon, and I said that because The huge potential business opportunities brought by Carl and Holden. The Beijing Representative Office has already participated in the market development with Carl. Next, we can only try our best to satisfy the boss. We have no choice in this matter. Carl Asshole, he got us all in."

"What about Zhang Yong?"

"You call him back and ask him to wait for my news, and I will call him personally. Do you still think it is the right choice to keep him?"

"If it's from a business point of view, it must be."

"Well, good luck."

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"Hello, Mr. Vice President."

"Call me Paul."

"Ok."

"I know you didn't really enjoy your trip to Shanghai, did you? You want to go back to Beijing?"

"It's not a question of whether I enjoy it, but staying in Shanghai is not good for me, for China business, or for SKydon. We're wasting our time."

"I know that your current situation is a bit strange, so it's not easy to accept. But I discussed it with John. We need you to stay in Shanghai. This is not meaningless, but has a very important role..."

"We need you to do something in Shanghai. I used to be the most ordinary technical support in SKydon just like you. And I am where I am today because I have been working on solving problems. I heard you like basketball, Do you know what Allen Iverson's nickname is?"

"Answer."

"Yes, no matter what kind of problem, no matter how difficult or complex, no matter whether reasonable or unreasonable, we need an answer. We are the ones who provide the answer. …"

"Now let's talk about the Shanghai problem. I already know that Karl has been off the rails since the beginning, so you said there is no point in staying here. But what you should do now is not to get everything back on track? This Isn't that the problem you're dealing with? I need your answer now, Mr. Iverson."

Suddenly there was a trace of fanaticism in Zhang Yong's eyes, there is no young man who doesn't like Iverson.Paul is undoubtedly a master of communication, he used the most correct method to guide Zhang Yong's thinking.

"I'm sorry, Paul. I have a question." Zhang Yong didn't indulge in Iverson's role for too long, "Isn't the best solution now, not to terminate everything and not let Horton continue his activities? This Is that the way to get everything back on track?"

Paul frowned slightly, this Zhang Yong looked very simple, but he was not easily influenced by others.

"No, Yong, you guessed the question wrong. Our problem now is that we can't terminate the agreement with Holden, but we have to get everything back on the right track. This is the answer we want..."

Zhang Yong was silent and did not speak.Paul continued: "I know you can't understand some things, so don't understand it first, let's solve the problem first. Steve will go to China, and now we don't discuss whether this matter itself is right or wrong, but we try our best Make it a good thing.  …”

"Don't dislike these shows, let's turn these shows into the most beneficial marketing activities for us.  …"

"Steve is going to China, Yong, don't always think that we are arranging activities for the president to see. Can it be reversed, you see if the president's trip can be brought to you, I mean, to Skydon China , some real help?...”

"A person who can do this is a person who solves problems. And like you, just wanting to leave these problems is more like avoiding your own responsibilities. Don't you think so?..."

"John will not agree to your application to be transferred back to Beijing. I know that you can only stay. From my point of view, I hope that you will stay to face the problem on your own initiative, rather than being forced to stay. Well, this That's what I want to say. Yong, have you always been a very silent person? Now I want to hear your thoughts."

Zhang Yong remained silent for a few seconds, "Paul, I will stay and be Iverson, as you said, turn all bad things into good things. But there is one point, Carl made a wrong judgment, Horton himself was a mistake, we All know, but no one is correcting it, just trying to make it a good thing based on a bad thing. For this, after we have already paid the price to Holden, we have to pay more to maintain this thing .I don't know what's the point of doing this? And what is it that we're all trying to protect? Carl said his perfect career, what's everyone else's? I'm sorry for those of us who do it. But You don't have to doubt that I will do my best to give the best answer to this matter."

"That's good, some things, as your career progresses step by step, you will gradually understand."

"I hope I never have to understand."

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In the next three days, Zhang Yong took Carl to visit several users.Carl handed over his business card, introduced SKydon to users, introduced himself, and talked about the future of the satellite navigation industry.Zhang Yong acts as a translator and technical support. After Carl, he will introduce solutions suitable for users, technologies related to SKydon, and related foreign cases to users.

These visits were all successful, and Karl was very satisfied, but Zhang Yong was miserable.

What Carl said was what he had already prepared, and it didn't take much effort.Zhang Yong, on the other hand, checked the information all night, not only to understand the needs of users, but also to organize his own solutions.The only reason he can persevere is because of the vitality brought to him by his youth.But after a few days, he was extremely tired.

During the three days, they only saw Holden at breakfast time, he greeted with a polite smile and said when they parted, "Good luck!"

From Horton's smile, Zhang Yong read a hint of mockery.As if to say, so what if you see through everything?I'm still the real winner.

He really started to get angry. On the third day, when Holden said Good luck, he replied, F**K You.Karl quickly stopped him, saying that he should control his emotions and pay attention to his words and deeds.

Carl was in a good mood. The results of the meetings in the past few days were written into reports by him and sent to Steve.The report was wonderful, and the status and achievements described were basically true, but there was not much about Zhang Yong mentioned in it, and Zhang Yong was just an interpreter who accompanied him.All the credit goes to Horton and himself.

On the fourth day, John brought Feng Yun and others to Shanghai. It was the first time for Zhang Yong to see his colleagues as if he was a relative. He was too tired and needed someone to replace him and help him.

In the conference room of the hotel, everyone held a meeting to discuss the next action plan.Carl sat at the head, Holden sat next to him, and John and his men sat around the table.

"Welcome everyone to come to Shanghai and participate in our activities together. Mr. Horton has helped us arrange many beneficial plans, and we need to implement them one by one, just like what Zhang Yong has done these days. I would like to thank you for your outstanding performance. Steve reported."

When Karl said this, he took a special look at Zhang Yong, only to find that Zhang Yong was lying on the table and fell asleep.

Feng Yun stretched out his hand and stabbed Zhang Yong. The latter opened his eyes in confusion, and it took him three seconds to realize where he was.Feng Yun saw a pair of bloodshot eyes, and muttered in his heart, what has this guy experienced?
Soon someone saw the problem, "Carl, it seems that we originally proposed this list. We were also following up, or arranged for an agent to follow up. Shanghai is now the business scope of Mihe. I think they must There will be offices here. We do what seems to be duplication. Mr. Horton..."

Once back in front of the crowd, Horton returned to the image of the arrogant bastard. He looked at the questioner contemptuously, shrugged, and did not answer.

Carl replied: "Mr. Horton will be behind the scenes to help us deal with some high-level relations. We don't have to worry too much, just do our own thing."

John also stopped the questioner, "Don't ask questions beyond our responsibilities, and prepare according to Carl's instructions. What Horton did was connected with Carl, and even I can't ask questions."

Carl nodded and smiled, "Thanks, John."

"In addition to the work on this list, we have another extremely important matter. It is only a month before Steve's trip to China, and I need to arrange Steve's schedule in China. Before he During our week in China, we will have a big marketing event, what do you guys think?"

The questioner just now looked at Holden again, isn't this what he is going to do?

And John stopped him again with his gaze.So the meeting came to a standstill, and no one spoke.

Carl felt dissatisfied, "Gentlemen, Steve came to China this time, not Africa, nor India. This is not only my business, but also the business of all SKydon employees in China. We need to face it together , I don't like your current attitude, do you lack understanding of the business in China, or lack of enthusiasm?"

Feng Yun finally couldn't help asking again, "Carl, didn't we have any specific plans before Steve's trip to China?"

Carl's gaze suddenly became extremely sharp, he raised his voice, and said in an unquestionably majestic tone: "Yes, no. So now I need you to work together to make this plan. Don't ask about what has happened, We are only discussing the course of action today."

When the meeting was about to fall into silence again, a Chinese-speaking voice suddenly sounded in the meeting room, "Don't be confused, everyone. What you guessed is correct. Paul called me a few days ago and asked me to In such an environment, try to solve the problem as much as possible, I agree. But now, I have a few words that I want to say to everyone."

"Zhang Yong!" Karl shouted angrily, "What are you talking about, please speak English!"

(End of this chapter)