My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 896 Do you really think this is just a hobby?
When You Qili saw more than a thousand people gathered in the banquet hall again, he was so envious that he almost cried.

About two hundred people were dressed in black suits, standing in neat rows.

The outcasts, having learned from Wei Dong to stop wearing ties, are now able to fight with high morale and remain unaffected by their surroundings.

They sat together on one side.

The other 700-plus people also quickly adjusted their attitudes and began to adopt a pragmatic and down-to-earth approach when the leaders from various departments took the stage to present their PPTs.

Almost all of the branch managers and sales managers who were threatened by Wei Dong last night were college students!
They were the most valuable college talents of the 1980s.

Now, after being intimidated, he put aside his arrogance and listened attentively.

Old Geng talks about construction, Chi Shiming talks about real estate, and Old Cheng talks about automobiles.

Lao Yao talks about cameras, Wu Shengyun talks about ships, and Hong Tiancheng talks about cosmetics.

He Yuemei talked about hotels, Han Guobin talked about electrical appliances and the wine industry, and Li Xuehong talked about asset management.

Yu Xiaoqiu talked about college student employment, and Li Erfeng even dared to go on stage and talk about vacuum food in very awkward Mandarin.

It's not complicated. Each person spends ten to twenty minutes summarizing the year, highlighting its features and data, and looking ahead to next year. Profit and loss are not the main focus; rather, market share and growth scale are.

Dong Xueqing, standing in the middle, presented all the financial data. There are currently 42 sales branches and 127 affiliated sales companies nationwide. The PPT presentation displayed the sales, tax, and payment data for each province on a huge wall screen, and it was even detailed down to the data for each sales company in each category. The PPT file could be copied and viewed by managers and above.

But the most sensational moment was when He Yuzhu took the stage to talk about computers, what the situation was like in China, why sales weren't open, and what the situation was like for Citibank in 1987.

The global market for personal PCs sold approximately five million units in 1985, rose to approximately seven million units in 1986, and then surged to ten million units this year.

The biggest variable comes from Apple's sales of over 7.4 million computers in the first half of the year!
It squeezed out two to three million units of sales from other manufacturers, while also boosting its own sales significantly.

Even though the current delivery figures are only four million units, it has already set a new record for market share in personal PCs.

"And we, led by Commander-in-Chief, comprised overseas software companies, component R&D companies, and manufacturing plants, working alongside Apple Computer to achieve sales exceeding one billion US dollars. This doesn't even include the OEM production lines, primarily the Shanghai Computer Factory, which generated over 4.5 billion US dollars in foreign trade output for the entire year!"

Aren't you going to gasp in surprise?
The data above is very clear: cameras cost at most 40 to 50 million, and clothing costs at most double that.

Cosmetics are a relatively lucrative business, with an annual output value of about 200 million yuan. Shampoo, due to its low unit price, only generates a little over 100 million yuan.

The real estate market looks impressive, but right now a single building is only worth a little over ten million.

How can it compare to the 30-40 billion yuan output value of the computer industry?!
The only way for automobile manufacturers to catch up is through future export sales.

He Yuzhu's PPT is clean and tidy.

Sales data for each category, including sound cards, speakers, software packages, games, and memory cards, in North America, Asia, and Europe.

This analysis suggests that the Asian region will definitely see a surge in product sales, especially in China where there will be a huge market demand for X-computers, and there may even be a "reverse smuggling" from China to Southeast Asia.

Therefore, domestic computer sales are sure to see a significant increase next year. We hope that all sales companies and branches will begin to investigate and assess the market as soon as they return...

That's when you can see the difference in ability.

When the previous speakers talked, they mostly summarized and looked ahead.

He Yuzhu, however, was able to draw inferences from one instance to another and began to make demands, asking how various regions should prepare and which local departments, schools, and game rooms should be the focus of investigation and preparation.

The pricing of advertising billboards in home appliance retail districts, how to set up advertisements and arrange promotions—these are all key factors in whether sales will be successful in the future.

A very meticulous troop deployment.

This left Hong Tiancheng and the others scratching their heads, realizing that we were quite lacking in the details of execution.

But when Gui Zhenfei took the stage and started talking about how to deploy and complete the sales strategy for the switches, everyone in the room quickly started taking notes!

This is an all-around expert who has worked in infrastructure construction, research and development, planning and construction of military factories and large petrochemical plants, and sales management in trading companies.

In their forties, they are also middle-aged and have accumulated experience and achievements.

Perhaps he hasn't fully honed and sculpted his later commanding presence, but he has already quickly distinguished himself: "Here, I would like to suggest to General Manager Rang that a rotation system be implemented for all our current sales managers and frontline sales staff!"

Wei Dong was made to stand at the edge of the stage the entire time, instead of sitting in front of it, so that all his subordinates could see his expressions and reactions.

But I didn't interrupt anyone's comments from beginning to end.

Only at this moment did she unable to resist raising her hand to cover her mouth.

I really didn't want to let everyone see that I wanted to laugh.

But the look of approval in his eyes was impossible to hide.

Presumably after hearing his outburst last night, Gui Zhenfei, who didn't actually have a clear understanding of the actual situation of the entire sales team, came up with an idea:

"All sales staff, regardless of management or frontline staff, must have two off-site work experiences during their five-year employment period, each lasting no less than six months, to ensure that everyone can be presented fairly and impartially to everyone else, and to give everyone the opportunity to grow and showcase their abilities!"

"Based on the current distribution of various companies, it is recommended that companies receiving employees from other locations concentrate in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beijing, and Jiangzhou. This is because these important areas offer a sufficient number of temporary positions and can also form standardized employment evaluations. Outstanding employees can be directly promoted, and employees from other locations should provide evaluations and recommendations for their temporary work units after completion." At this point, Wei Dong wanted to applaud.

This strategy directly broke the previous situation where branch managers in various regions relied on speed and seniority to secure positions.

Why should graduates from the classes of '84 and '85 occupy almost all the positions of provincial general managers?

It's time to shuffle the deck.

Then Gui Zhenfei raised another point: "I just noticed that the allocation amounts for some goods vary from province to province, and the inventory also differs. So I was thinking, could each province place its own orders? The order price would be slightly lower, but returns wouldn't be allowed. The head office would charge a slightly higher price for factory allocations, and unsold goods could be quickly returned to the company for distribution to regions with sales capacity..."

Wei Dong had vaguely heard that in the late 1990s, after the "sales are king" era began, there was a concept of "returns and exchanges" in the stores of Shangzhou that were franchisees and dealers.

But Gui Zhenfei's current goal remains the same as before: to break the situation where mediocre people occupy positions.

In an era when market goods are scarce and demand far exceeds supply, those who dare to place orders will have their performance boosted, while those who lack ability, make poor judgments, and are content with the status quo will prefer to live off the majority and may even frequently return or exchange goods.

We can gradually filter out the right people and then make further adjustments.

The boss has no choice but to applaud!

Later, founding fathers like Dong Xueqing and Lao Cheng all expressed their deep admiration.

You can learn a lot from your new colleagues.

Finally, he stepped down amidst enthusiastic applause from the senior management.

Somewhat surprisingly, Leung Ka-fai also raised his hand to go on stage and talk about movies and television!

Without a PowerPoint presentation, I simply imitated the presentation style of the others, listing the achievements of the films that have been filmed and released so far...

Only then did everyone realize that some friends from the south had seen pirated videotapes of "God of Gamblers" that were actually produced by their own company!
It has to be said that the entertainment industry is naturally eye-catching. Even at the end of 1987, mentioning this matter suddenly caused an uproar.

Chow Yun-fat is actually considered a leader in a company or enterprise?!
Even when Wei Dong "intimidates" everyone last night, some people still don't take it seriously.

University graduates who haven't had much contact with him will still proudly believe that it was their own ability to seize the opportunity. Since they were so successful this time, it wouldn't be difficult to find other opportunities after leaving this company.

This is a common mindset among young people in their twenties, because success comes too easily.

Since I've achieved such success right after graduation, it's all a gift from fate. I still have plenty of opportunities and years to squander and try new things.

Wei Dong recruited from universities and led his team to success.

The advantage is that it is easy to form a high-strength team, but the disadvantage is that these young people have not experienced hardship and may mistake the platform for a reflection of their own abilities.

Team cohesion will decline sharply as performance declines.

This is why many teams rush to cultivate a personality cult after tasting initial success.

But now almost everyone feels that this might be a magical treasure company that they will never encounter again after they leave!

Leung Ka-fai neither introduced himself nor talked about what he had sacrificed to make films in mainland China, nor did he deliberately promote his films. He only talked about how the films produced by Colorful Pictures in the future would not only bring entertainment and relaxation to everyone, but also encourage everyone to forge ahead.

You would never guess that the man wearing black-rimmed glasses is the handsome actor who played Emperor Xianfeng a few years ago, and he has absolutely no trace of arrogance or vulgarity.

I thought he was some kind of intellectual manager, like a screenwriter.

He fooled everyone and received rounds of applause; it was indeed very easy for him.

But at the end, he gestured to Rang Weidong: "Next, Mr. Rang Weidong, President of the HK Basketball Association, will introduce the currently most sought-after Dong Sheng Sports Culture Management Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong. Welcome..."

President of the HK Basketball Association?

They immediately burst into laughter, desperately trying to cover their mouths!

It's definitely not a mockery.

Almost everyone under his command knew that their boss liked playing basketball, but no one expected that he would actually turn it into a career.
In mainland China during the 1980s, this was absolutely unthinkable.

Wei Dong thought about it and realized that it made sense. He hadn't emphasized this matter much even in Shanghai, and planned to bring it up when reporting on the basketball stadium project.

Now, he's also setting aside his CEO persona and taking the stage simply as the general manager of this small company: "Actually, Brother Fa is also a shareholder, and he will be the head coach of the Hong Kong team for this Olympics..."

The rest of the conversation was drowned out by the gasps and commotion of the audience.

Honestly, when He Yuzhu reported that the annual output value of his contract manufacturing system was 4.5 billion US dollars, it didn't cause such a stir.

At most, they would gasp in surprise and then quickly quiet down to listen to what followed.

I can't help but gossip now, is Chow Yun-fat going to be the coach of the Olympic basketball team?
And it's the HK basketball team going to the Olympics?
By this time, some people had already realized the greatness and wisdom of the leader.

This basketball player hasn't been playing for nothing since the beginning!
(End of this chapter)