After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 28 The Empathy Effect
The four groups in the sales department all work in one large office.

Everyone saw how Zhou Haoran was treated in Group 1.

The human heart is made of flesh.

Even if no one stands up to speak up for the injustice, everyone has their own ideas in their hearts.

In his previous life, Zhou Haoran was the vice president of product at a major internet company.

There are two core elements to creating top-notch Internet products.

1. Understand human nature.

Second, be proficient in psychology.

Once you master this skill, you will benefit more than just product development. You will also have a more thorough understanding and grasp of human nature.

Zhou Haoran originally had no hope for Zhong Jiantong and Shao Kong.

Take a few days first and give them more opportunities to perform.

Colleagues in the office all have a scale in their hearts.

During these few days, Zhou Haoran needs to familiarize himself with the environment of the station and channel.

The "History of the Development of Red Star TV Station" given to me by the Human Resources Department when I joined the company is a good book.

Zhou Haoran was sitting at his workstation reading a book.

This book records the development of Red Star TV since the 60s, as well as some of its current operations.

After watching for a while, Liu Chi from Group 3 came over and put an apple on his desk: "Xiao Zhou, this apple is too sour. It makes my teeth hurt when I eat it. You young people are not afraid."

"Thank you, Brother Liu."

Zhou Haoran hurriedly thanked him.

The so-called sour apples were simply because they did not want to offend Zhong Jiantong and pointed out that the apples given away were sour and no one would eat them.

After a while, another big brother whose name I couldn't remember came over to pour water and threw a handful of White Rabbit milk candy on his workstation without saying a word.

After a while, Chang Lesheng, the leader of Group 3, came over.

He is not afraid of Zhong Jiantong.

He is Director Meng's direct subordinate and just came out of the director's office.

Coming to Zhou Haoran, Chang Lesheng whispered, "Xiao Zhou, I've already told the leader about your situation."

Zhou Haoran was slightly startled, "What's the matter?"

Chang Lesheng said, "No one is blind to who is in charge of the general cleaning. Some people want to take credit for it, but he can't take it away."

"Thank you, Brother Chang."

Zhou Haoran had anticipated this.

What Director Meng cares about most now is the control of the office, so naturally there will be people who report many things to him.

After a while, Ye Hongyun came over and whispered, "If you need anything, come to me. You still need to read and study more customer materials and slowly understand them before you can figure out the tricks of the sales business."

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Ye. It's not necessary for now. I'm from Group 1 and you're from Group 2. We must abide by the confidentiality clause."

After Ye Hongyun left, Wang Jun, a colleague from the next workstation, leaned over and asked, "Xiao Zhou, can you drink?"

Zhou Haoran shook his head, "Not really."

Wang Jun laughed and said, "Young people nowadays don't drink much."

Zhou Haoran said, "Two taels of white at most, no more."

Wang Jun whispered, "We're going to have team building tonight, so we're going to have to drink a lot. Sit next to me and I'll block any drinks for you."

"Ah?" Zhou Haoran looked at him, "Brother Wang, can you drink well?"

Wang Jun laughed, "Two or three pounds is no problem!"

"Great!"

Zhou Haoran gave a thumbs up.

The empathy effect in the office has already emerged.

This is a psychological phenomenon.

In interpersonal communication, when you are at a disadvantage, showing weakness is more likely to win others' favor and help than showing off.

At noon, the old employees of the station took the new employees to the cafeteria for lunch.

Wang Jun, Liu Chi and an older brother named Zhu Zhuo sat together with Zhou Haoran.

Ye Hongyun wanted to come, but there was no place left.

Big Brother Zhu Zhuo was also very angry and whispered, "That Zhong Jiantong, he's not a good guy at first glance!"

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "That's not true. Team Leader Zhong has his own troubles." Zhu Zhuo frowned slightly and said, "Xiao Zhou, you can't do that. You're too good-tempered and will easily be bullied in the workplace. Especially since you're still a newcomer. If you keep going against others like this... what are you going against..."

"Just accept it."

Wang Jun added this idiom beside him.

Zhu Zhuo said, "Yes, you can't just accept it. If you do that for a long time, people will think you're easy to bully, and they'll definitely find ways to suppress you."

Zhou Haoran was very hesitant, "I'm just an apprentice, he's the team leader..."

"What's wrong with being an apprentice?" Zhu Zhuo complained indignantly. "Since you're here, we're all colleagues. I don't think you should have too many concerns. As long as you're right, just fight back. What are you afraid of?"

Wang Jun said cautiously, "Let's see the situation first. There are some differences between apprentices and official salesmen. As long as we sign orders and generate revenue for the station, we will have confidence and the leaders will not be afraid. Apprentices don't have this condition."

"Yeah, that's the truth." Liu Chi nodded and offered advice, "Xiao Zhou, you still have to become an apprentice as soon as possible. Once you sign orders independently and get tangible results, he won't be able to suppress you. For a salesperson, it all comes down to signing orders!"

Wang Jun sighed, "It's difficult to sign the contract given the situation."

Liu Chi said: "Well, that Shao Kong didn't even want to take you with him."

"If it were me, I'd say you should go find the director and find a new master." Zhu Zhuo patted his chest, "Or you can come to my place and I'll take you!"

Zhou Haoran smiled.

He doesn't want to establish a so-called "master-disciple relationship" with anyone.

If it is established, he will be the master and others will be the disciples.

However, having received so much benefit and concern from others, Zhou Haoran had to give something back, so he started talking about pagers and mobile phones.

"Cellphones are too expensive, forget it!" Wang Jun interrupted him immediately. "Mobile phones are starting to drop in price. The cheapest one costs over 5000 yuan. Including the network fee and everything, it'll cost over yuan! And don't even think about that flip phone you mentioned!"

Liu Chi smiled and said, "It would be nice to have a pager."

Then, he took off the pager hanging around his waist.

Several people exchanged numbers.

These pagers are very old.

Zhou Haoran asked, "Brother Liu, your pager is the second generation, right?"

"Ah."

Liu Chi nodded.

"Why didn't you buy the third generation? The third generation has Chinese display, how convenient is that?"

If Zhou Haoran wants to do sales, he must rely on modern communications.

He has been paying attention to information in this area.

The second-generation pager is a digital machine, and the paging station can only send numbers to the pager.

After seeing the digital number, you need to call the other party back to find out what is going on.

However, this also gave birth to a "digital culture".

For example, sending 521 means "I love you", and sending 1314 means "for life". Later, the non-mainstream post-80s generation played with various retro styles.

The third generation pager can send Chinese character messages, a bit like text messages.

There is no need to call back for many things. Just send a message and you will know what is going on.

Liu Chi said: "The third generation is expensive, the network fee is 100 yuan, and the annual service fee is 600 yuan. The second generation is cheaper, the annual service fee is only 180 yuan."

Zhou Haoran asked, "Isn't this money coming out of the platform?"

"what?"

Liu Chi was slightly stunned.

He is new here too.

never heard of that.

Zhou Haoran took a look at everyone's pagers and found that they were all old models.

Although Zhu Zhuo's pager was a third-generation Hanxian model, it was three years old. Not only was it very outdated, it was also very large and square, hanging around his waist like a big brick.

This year's new BP machines are very exquisite and beautiful.

Zhou Haoran said, "I'll ask everyone when I get back to the office this afternoon. If everyone needs one, it would be best to apply to the station and have each of us equipped with a new-model pager. The station will cover the network fee, annual fees, and everything else."

Compared to others, he needs it more!
Although other people’s pagers are old models, at least they can be used.

He doesn't even have the old model.

If the application fails, I have to find a way to buy a second-hand one...

(End of this chapter)