Confessions of a Salesman

Chapter 344 Assistant Revolt
Sister May smiled and asked, "What is laid-off?"

I explained: "It's just unemployment, getting fired, understand?"

Sister May said with a smile: "No problem, you come here to tailor it for opening. This time we will make it bigger and let the whole of Hong Kong know that all people have taken root in Hong Kong. I have to discuss the price with you. Can the market price be higher? Drop it a bit? Your price is the same as that of a big foreign brand, I’m worried that it won’t be sold!”

I said confidently: "Don't worry about this, you Hong Kong people earn a lot, and these thousands of dollars are nothing to you. On the contrary, your price is low, and people think it is low-grade goods. Dare to buy. People who are short of money will not buy our brand, and those who are not short of money will naturally not care about the thousands of dollars. We just want to establish a brand image, we want quality, appearance, and performance Why should it be cheaper than others if it has performance? It doesn’t make sense, it just makes consumers question why we buy it so expensive? Only in this way can we attract consumers.”

Sister May asked: "Yes, I also want to know, why? Why?"

I sighed and said: "Well, anyway, your store is not open now, you can go to train, our company has a training school, you also have to learn professional knowledge, today is different, we have technical sales , You can’t just rely on one mouth to brag, you have to get something dry, hard stuff!”

Sister May agreed, "Okay, I'll come over tomorrow."

I flipped through the decoration renderings and examples of the company's original directly-operated stores.

Lao Bai from the planning department was called, and Lao Bai asked at the entrance: "Mr. Chen, what do you want from me? Can you make a long story short, I have other things to do!"

I said dissatisfiedly: "What's more important than reporting to the boss? You are so busy that you are short of 10 points and 8 points? You high-level managers have a temper. Come to me, just like a dragon's pond and a tiger's lair. You and I have to make an appointment with you in advance? Are you not under my control?"

Lao Bai said with some embarrassment: "I didn't mean that. I'm telling the truth. You leaders can say a sentence in ten parts. I really don't want to waste time. I will publish it next week. It’s a new product, we need to define the product positioning, analyze the market consumer groups, and give a reference price. I’m not afraid that you will be unhappy, I really don’t have much time to talk nonsense here.”

I hummed and said, "Okay, to be honest, it's very good. I'll tell you directly that the decoration of our directly-operated store is very problematic. As a consumer, I will definitely not enter it."

Lao Bai asked with interest: "Why do you say that? Could it be that he is being arbitrary?"

I said, "What does the store focus on? You tell me!"

Lao Bai replied impatiently: "I'm not interested in discussing with you, you can directly express your opinion."

I was not angry, and said directly: "Okay, straightforward enough. Then let me tell you, the overall design of your store is full of problems! The first hand sign, gray background, red characters, who can see what it is? The sign must be clear, Let people know at a glance what they are selling!"

Lao Bai interrupted me and said: "There is no way, the company's logo is this color!"

I snorted and said, "The logo is not eye-catching, isn't it still your responsibility? Since you know it's not eye-catching, why don't you change it? Isn't the color of the logo designed by your department? If you don't think it's right, change it!"

Lao Bai said hesitantly: "I have been doing it for so many years, how can I change it just by saying it?"

I snorted and said, "What's the reason for knowing the mistakes and not correcting them? Why can't they be corrected? How can you know that you can't correct them if you don't try? Besides, we are obviously a direct sales store. If you don't put all the products in a conspicuous place, What are you doing hiding? The layout of the counter, I don’t know what you think, our products are just hung on the wall, and it’s also used as a counter, what are you going to install below?”

Lao Bai explained: "Put some accessories of the product, I also do this to save money."

I asked: "Then did you save it? It will be cheaper to hang it on the wall than you can make the counter? Also, what's the matter with this light? No incandescent lamp, at least it must be brighter? It's so messed up." Dim, why do you think they sell pork? Don’t tell me, in order to save electricity, we can afford that electricity.”

Seeing that Lao Bai didn’t speak, I went on to say: “If the store is big enough, you suggest setting up a product showroom and putting some of our prototypes in it, so that consumers can experience the performance of our products, isn’t that good?”

Lao Bai nodded and said: "This suggestion is good, then I will redesign it." After finishing speaking, he was about to leave.

I called him and said: "It's not that I want to put on airs, but please respect me. I am your boss. Whenever I want to call you, I can call you. If you really don't have time, you can talk to me. But please don't talk to me like that next time."

Lao Bai let out an oh and walked out.

I actually don't care about other people's attitudes towards me, as long as he is capable and able to do things, but I have to make him behave in a good manner. For him who is so defiant, the boss, his second child character, I have to punish him .

After A Liao finished his work, he simply told me that it was done.Before I had time to ask him how Juliet reacted, he hung up the phone, probably annoyed.

The three fires of my new appointment have almost reached the heads of everyone in the company. Everyone who sees me is like a mouse seeing a cat.But I am very confident. I am right about things and not people. Everything I say is well-founded, which makes them have nothing to say.

After Xiaohua gave me a bunch of documents, he said to me mysteriously: "Brother Fei, you have a nickname in the company now, do you know what it is?"

I asked curiously, "Sai Chaowei, or Ge Dehua?"

Xiaohua smiled and said, "It's Sai Shangyang, Chen Dazui."

I pursed my lips and said, "This name doesn't sound good. Go tell the people, can you change it to something nicer and more handsome?"

Xiao Hua said with a smile: "You are said to be mean, you like to find fault with your eggs, and you eat people without spit out the bones. You have a big mouth, but they have small mouths, so they can't speak against you."

I cut it and said nonchalantly: "Who is Shang Yang, don't you know? A statesman, a thinker, a reformer, a "Shang Yang's Reform" made the Qin State unify the world, this is a compliment to me."

Xiaohua looked too lazy to talk to me, and discussed with me: "Brother Fei, I want to ask for a few days off, I have something to do at home."

I hummed and said, "Do you need me to do anything?"

Xiao Hua shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's just that I'm not here for a few days, and you can just test the two people outside."

I nodded and said, "Then you go, if you need help, tell me."

As soon as Xiaohua left, the two people outside were very busy. It wasn't that they were incompetent, but that they couldn't keep up with my rhythm. They do it, and after a while, they think of another thing, ask them to do another thing, think back to the thing just now, ask them, and they put it aside.Xiaohua knows my style of handling things and can know the priorities of things very accurately, but they can't.

Finally, the two of them couldn't help it anymore, and they came to complain to me specifically.

The young Shuhua hesitated, but said first: "Mr. Chen, can I give you a suggestion?"

I nodded and said, "Ah, tell me."

Shu Hua made up her mind and said: "Mr. Chen, you are too unplanned in your work, and you are always in a hurry, so we are also in a hurry. Can you be a little bit planned, so that we can also prepare in advance. You can't think of one thing to do. One, it will be difficult for us to cooperate with you."

Meili also nodded and said: "Yes, Mr. Chen, I have followed so many bosses, and you are the busiest. Both of us are too busy. Sometimes we have to help you with personal affairs. We are just your assistants at work, aren't you? Your assistant in life, we will not help you with these things in the future."

I said straightforwardly: "That's fine, I don't need you to do it, you can return to your original positions."

When the two of them heard this, they stood there unhappily, and they were about to explode in the next moment.

I hurriedly said: "It's not that you are not capable of working, it's just that it's not suitable for me. My work style is like this. I do what I think of. You can't keep up with my rhythm. I don't blame you. It has nothing to do with you. It's my problem." , But I can't, because you can't keep up with me, I will change my style of doing things. I said before that I don't need you two, and it is a waste of time here. I can recommend you , what department and position do you want to go to, if you are capable, I will recommend you to go."

Shu Hua said aggrievedly: "It's obvious that you have a problem with the way you work, but now you're doing it as if we're not capable. If you drive us away like this, where can we go? Where can we get it?"

I said disdainfully: "I've said it all, it's not that you are incompetent, it's my problem, and I will explain it clearly to the department that takes over you."

Meili took off her eyes, pressed her hands on my desk, and said forcefully: "You are too much, no matter how you explain it, people in the company will think that we are not qualified for the job, and everyone can accommodate each other. Yet?"

I snorted and said, "You are the ones who came to me, not I. Why should I accommodate you? You serve me, you are my assistants, of course you have to accommodate me. Why can Xiaohua do this?" Yes, you can't do it? Shouldn't you think about it? Stop talking, you can do it. You can do it. If you can't do it, you apply to leave. Oh, my personal matter, you mean, my phone bill , My family’s utility bill or something? Because before, I had a card and it was in Xiaohua’s hand all the time. She would deposit money into it every month, which means going to the bank. I didn’t ask you to do it, but Xiaohua Hua was afraid that I would forget, so I told you, please leave the card to me."

The two of you looked at me, I looked at you, and walked out, probably they could only bear it any longer.

(End of this chapter)