Chapter 179: Our sales target

'President Tang, I'm sorry, but I think I need to take this call first. It's very important.'

Accompanied by the ringing of a mobile phone, a man raised his hand and stood up, saying to Zhou Ming and Tang Ran, 'This person Zhou Ming knows, he is the company's marketing manager Fu Tao.

Tang Ran was completely unprepared for this situation, so she subconsciously turned to Zhou Ming to ask what to do, but at this time Fu Tao walked out of the meeting room while apologising, leaving Zhou Ming and Tang Ran hanging.

This came as a big surprise to Zhou Ming and Tang Ran. You have to understand that today was the first day of the new [ ] [ ] novel president Tang Ran's first meeting. Who goes to the phone on the first day of a meeting and leaves the leader hanging? This is really rude. But what surprised Zhou Ming even more was that the other people in the meeting room were still minding their own business, as if this was simply an unimportant matter.

'Brother Ming, is this the cultural difference between China and the United States?' Tang Ran asked quietly.

Zhou Ming smiled wryly and shook his head, saying, 'I think this is more of a cultural difference unique to Jackel.'

Zhou Ming's words were relatively tactful, but the meaning was unmistakable. Although there are indeed some differences between Eastern and Western cultures, they only lie in the emphasis on individuality and commonality . The same applies to respect for superiors and individuals. You can't just ignore others because you have a personality. This is especially true on the first day of the new president's meeting, which is unacceptable no matter where you are.

Not to mention that you have to switch your phone to silent mode during meetings, but even if there is something urgent, can't it wait until after the meeting?

There are two possibilities in this situation. One is that he was instructed by someone to deliberately give Tang Ran, the new leader, a hard time; the other is the problem that Zhou Ming was most worried about before.

In the past, due to the frequent changes of leaders at Jieke, the leaders had long since lost their lofty dignity in the eyes of the employees. In their view, you never know when you will be removed from office anyway, You don't have a secure position as a leader like they employees do, so there's no need to take respect for granted, just muddle through.

Zhou Ming frowned. He didn't know what kind of situation Fu Tao was in. If it was just a show of strength, it would be fine, but if it was the second kind, that would really be bad.

After all, the development of a company is like fighting a war. If you want to win, you must be serious and responsible and follow orders. Because if there is a spy, just get rid of him. But if these employees are really lazy and don't take the company leaders seriously, they are even more disorganised than a pile of sand. How can such a team fight and win? Especially when they have to fight a battle that will completely turn Jieke around.

Of course, there is another possibility, which is that both situations are the case, which would be even more disastrous.

As Zhou Ming thought this, Cheng Qian next to him suggested to him, 'Mr Zhou Ming, I'm sorry, this was just an accident, let's continue with the meeting.'

Tang Ran was surprised by Cheng Qian's suggestion: 'Are we not waiting for the manager to return? How can it be called a full meeting without a manager?'

'Mr Tang, I think we can still hold the meeting while waiting for Manager Fu to return, and there are still other people from the company here, right? It can still be considered a full meeting, otherwise we don't know how long we'll have to wait.' Cheng Qian tactfully told Tang Ran that Fu Tao might not be able to return for a while, and that it would be awkward for them to wait here.

Tang Ran was at a loss for what to do. She turned to Zhou Ming and he thought for a moment before deciding for Tang Ran: 'Let's wait then, and see how long our Manager Fu's important phone call takes.'

Following Zhou Ming's decision, they waited in the meeting room for a moment. Fu Tao returned only after a while. He pushed open the door, sat down in his seat, and was oblivious to the problem with his earlier action of leaving. He asked blankly, 'Where is the meeting up to now?'

'The meeting hasn't started yet, we're all waiting for the manager to get back,' Zhou Ming told him.

'Really?' Fu Tao was a little surprised. 'I'm really sorry about that. A customer just called and may place a large order of over 100,000 yuan for the company.'

Zhou Ming looked at Fu Tao and could tell that although he had said he was sorry, in reality he didn't feel apologetic at all.

'I see, it seems that Manager Fu is worthy of being the manager of the company's marketing department, and he is really always thinking about work!'

Tang Ran casually praised Fu Tao as arranged by Zhou Ming before starting the meeting and said, 'Well, now that everyone is here, I hope you can all focus on the meeting.'

At this point, Tang Ran deliberately paused for a moment. She looked around and saw that everyone was looking at her with respect before continuing, 'First, let me introduce myself. Although we we met yesterday, but I think it is necessary for us to introduce ourselves again today. My name is Tang Ran, and starting today, I will officially become the president and CEO of Jieke Company.'

Following Tang Ran's words, Cheng Qian took the lead in applauding and saying hello to President Tang, and the others followed suit.

Tang Ran then introduced Zhou Ming: 'This is Zhou Ming, whom I will appoint as the company's first vice president, with all the same powers as me, including handling all company affairs and external decisions.'

This surprised everyone, although they all understood that since the new president had brought someone with him, he would definitely want to place them in a key position. In fact, previous presidents had also done this . However, she directly appointed her as the first vice president, with equal powers as herself. This kind of trust is not as simple as putting one's heart in another's hands. Could it be a family business?

Before get into the details of this issue, Tang Ran introduced again: 'Mr. Cheng Qian, I believe you are all old acquaintances, so I don't need to introduce you much. He was originally going to resign from the company, but now I have rehired him as the company's general manager.'

After a brief introducing the characters, Tang Ran handed over the right to speak to Zhou Ming, who said with a smile, 'I'm a workaholic, so all I do at meetings is work.'

As he saying this, Zhou Ming opened the notebook placed on the table: 'Before I came, I already read the company's performance report and your personal resumes. I just want to say that you have really done a poor job.'

'Vice President Vice President, I think you've got it wrong, the really bad people have already left the company!'

In the face of Zhou Ming's criticism, Fu Tao, the manager of the marketing department, immediately protested, and as he protested, others also joined in.

Zhou Ming listened to the voices in the meeting room, one after the other, without saying a word. Only after they had all finished did he say, 'So the bad ones have all gone? You reminded me of a story. It was a conversation between Mencius and King Hui of Liang, which took place 2,000 years ago. It was said that on the battlefield, two soldiers were afraid of killing each other and so fled. One ran 50 paces, the other 100. The one who ran 50 paces laughed at the other for being a coward.'

When they heard Zhou Ming's story, all the Chinese in the meeting room fell silent, but Susan, the accountant, said, 'Both soldiers are cowards, they both fled. Just because they ran fifty paces less doesn't mean they aren't cowards!'

Zhou Ming was very pleased that someone else had picked up on the point: 'I was thinking the same thing, which is why I was so surprised when I heard someone say that the really bad people had already left the company...'

'Vice President Vice President, please take a good, hard look at our performance first, and don't just make vague accusations. We've worked really hard, and you can't just say we're all bad just because the company's performance is bad. That doesn't make sense!' Fu Tao interrupted Zhou Ming discontently.

Zhou Ming was not angry at Fu Tao's sudden interruption, but smiled and said, 'If you are really pointing an accusing finger at someone without a purpose, of course it makes no sense. But whether or not that is the case, I think you all know better than I do.'

Fu Tao was stunned. He was about to explain something, but Zhou Ming spoke first: 'But I didn't come here today to argue with you about who is worse. I've said that I'm a person whose mind is full of work, so what I need to say at this meeting is the company's future work plan.'

'No no matter how much you argue, you cannot change the fact that the company's performance is terrible. I have come to bring you change, and the first thing I must do is change your terrible performance, so I have set a goal for you.'

Zhou Ming stood up from his seat, walked over to the blackboard behind him, picked up the chalk and wrote down a number. As the number was written, the meeting room suddenly uproar, and everyone shouted in unison, 'Oh my God!' Fu Tao protested again, 'Vice President Zhou, I hope this is an April Fool's joke, otherwise you're a stupid asshole!'

Zhou Ming laughed . He spread his arms and said, 'I think you can call me a stupid bastard, because I am very serious and not joking. We must achieve sales of 2 million yuan from now until the 30th of next month.'

Although this figure was already written on the blackboard in the meeting room, but when Zhou Ming actually said it, it still took everyone by surprise.

'Two million ? Vice President Zhou, have you gone mad? Or have you not even looked at our sales figures for last month? They are only 200,000 yuan, which is impossible to achieve! With such high sales, how much will each of us get? This is completely out of step with the rhythm of our work...'

As he listened to the listening to their complaints, Zhou Ming seemed to feel that the shock was not enough, and continued, 'I'll tell you, for this 2 million sales is still a figure I arrived at after discussing it with General Manager Cheng. If it were up to me, I would want to achieve at least this figure.'

Zhou Ming said and wrote the figure 10 million on the blackboard again, once again leaving everyone dumbfounded, and this time they were even too shocked to speak.

The entire meeting was deathly silent. In the face of the figure written down by Zhou Ming, everyone, including Fu Tao, didn't know what to say at this time, but Zhou Ming still had a smiled. After looking around the meeting room, he said, 'This guy must be an unrealistic madman. I know you must all be thinking this in your hearts.'

'You would think that way because you are used to a monthly turnover of 200,000 and to being a loser. What if your turnover last month was 20 million? You would feel that this 10 million yuan in sales is a total insult. You should be aiming for much higher goals than just 10 million yuan!' Zhou Ming said.

As Zhou Ming finishing speaking, Fu Tao stood up again and said, 'Vice President Zhou, we all understand your reasoning, but the problem is that the contempt you speak of is based on 20 million, but we don't have that foundation. last month's sales were only 200,000, but you've set us a target of 2 million or even 10 million. This is beyond unreasonable, it's bordering on insanity.'