Confessions of a Salesman

Chapter 409 Big Brother Comes to Persuade Surrender

When I got home, I opened the door and went in. I saw Katsuo standing in front of the sofa, and there was a person sitting on the sofa. I glanced at it, lowered my head and said, "Brother, you're here, but you didn't notify me. I'll pick you up." you!"

Sheng Nan's elder brother, Sun Shengguo, looked at me and said with a smile: "They are all from my own family, why are you polite?" After speaking, he asked Sheng Nan to sit down with me.

The eldest brother said: "During this time, I was busy and didn't care much about you. Katsuo did a good job, I am very satisfied."

Then he looked at me and said, "You are doing very well, you have already met my expectations ahead of schedule, what are your plans for the next step?"

I don't know why, but I don't have the awe I used to have for Big Brother, mainly because of Liu Ziran's matter. I don't know what role Big Brother plays?
Seeing that I didn't respond, the eldest brother looked at me again and said, "Haven't made up your mind yet? Or do you have no plans, so you're just going to do this?"

I was a little resistant, and I didn't like the way my elder brother spoke, so I replied, "No, too many things have happened recently, and I'm a little messed up. Let me think about the future when I clear up my mind."

The eldest brother also saw the resistance, and was silent for a while, and no one spoke.Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Sheng Nan hurriedly said, "Brother, I'm going to cook. I can cook now. You must try it today."

The eldest brother smiled and said: "Really? My sister can cook, it's not easy, okay, let's try today." Then he said to me: "Take out your good bar, let's have a good drink today. "

I snorted and said, "Okay, brother, you sit down first, I'll look for it, what kind of wine do you want to drink? High or low?"

The eldest brother thought for a while and said, "Drinking at a high level, drinking at a low level will give you a headache!"

I said oh, went to find wine, found a bottle of sky blue, showed it to my elder brother and asked: "Is this okay?"

The eldest brother looked at it and said, "You have a lot of good wine? Just drink this."

I hummed, and whispered to my eldest brother: "Brother, you should think about it, Katsuo's cooking skills are called one..."

The eldest brother said with a smile: "Our family is not talented at this point. No one can cook. I have already thought of it. Can I handle it?"

I whispered: "Should it be possible? I just had diarrhea for a few days after eating last time. It's definitely not life-threatening!"

The eldest brother looked into the kitchen and said, "Why don't we talk to Shengnan, let's go out to eat?"

I shook my head and said, "It's late, once Katsuo enters the kitchen, he won't be able to stop the car, and he won't even be able to eat. If he doesn't eat, the brother-sister relationship will be severed every minute!"

The eldest brother said angrily: "I thought about it a long time ago, but I was a little slow and hesitated for a while, and a mistake will cause eternal hatred! It's the same in life, the opportunity is fleeting!"

I thought to myself that this metaphor is not of any level.

After a while, Katsunan’s table dishes were ready. I opened the wine, poured a glass for my eldest brother, and said in my elder brother’s ear: “If you get yourself drunk first, you will feel that the dishes on this table are delicious in the world.”

Katsuo came out with the food and asked, "What are you talking about?"

I hurriedly said: "My daughter-in-law is a virtuous and virtuous wife, I am so happy! My brother and I praise you!"

Katsuo glared at me, and sat down to pick up some food for the elder brother. The elder brother frowned, tried a mouthful, then nodded, and praised: "Not bad, really good, this skill is good!"

I gave my elder brother a blank look, and thought to myself, this communist successor, the public servant of the people, is so fake!

The eldest brother picked up a chopstick dish for me and said, "Don't look at it, you can eat it too!"

Katsuo looked at me expectantly, I squeezed out an ugly smile, swallowed it without chewing it, it was okay, not too salty, not too sweet, at least the seasoning was right!

The eldest brother sneered, "What's wrong? You lost all your teeth, don't you even chew?"

I snorted and said, "It's delicious, so I will gobble it up!"

It turned out that the embarrassing atmosphere was invisible at this moment. Wine is a magical substance. It is as hot as fire and as cold as ice. It can make people let go of their inner grudges. It's what it is, it lets people speak their minds.

After drinking the wine, my elder brother asked me: "What impression do you have of your Dong Zong?"

I said with an oh: "What impression?"

The eldest brother smiled and said, "What kind of person do you think she is?"

I played with the wine glass in my hand and said: "Visionary, courageous, heroine, decisive in doing things, never procrastinating, always know what you want."

My elder brother poured me a cup and said, "Is that all? Do you think she is ambitious?"

I shook my head and said, "I don't know, I didn't see it!"

The eldest brother said with a smile: "I can see that she is very ambitious."

I groaned and said, "Is that a good thing? Or is it a bad thing?"

The eldest brother didn't answer my question, but asked me: "Do you have a cigarette?"

I hurriedly touched the cigarette in my pocket, then looked at Katsuo and said, "Smoking is not allowed in my house, is it? Katsuo?"

Katsuo glared at me complainingly and said, "Brother wants to smoke, what can I do?"

I said dissatisfied: "Ah, big brother can smoke if he wants to, but if I smoke, I have to go to the balcony?"

The elder brother snorted and said, "Take it out, there's so much nonsense, you can't even come to your house to smoke a cigarette?"

I handed the cigarette in my pocket to my eldest brother, who looked at it and said, "I don't care about you Furong King, do you have any other cigarettes?"

Just as I was about to say that there was Zhonghua in the wine cabinet, my elder brother hurriedly said, "Little man, go down and buy two packs of Yuxi for elder brother."

Katsuo let out an oh, and she also guessed something, and went on obediently.

The elder brother picked up my cigarette case, took out one, and I lit it for him. The elder brother took a puff and said, "Have you heard about the Zhongjing matter?"

I nodded, and the eldest brother continued: "What do you think about this matter?"

I also lit a cigarette for myself, took a puff and said, "It's coming fiercely, and the industry needs to be consolidated. I have a big appetite, but I don't know if I can eat it or not, and whether I can digest it."

The elder brother asked puzzledly, "Why do you look at things this way?"

I asked puzzledly: "Then how should I look at the problem?"

The eldest brother said with a sigh: "You should think about it, what role should you play in this acquisition?"

I thought about it and said, "Me? Does it matter what role I play?"

The eldest brother nodded and said: "What position do you have now? Why do you still underestimate yourself so much? You are well-known in the Ministry of Industry, and the people in Zhongjing have been eyeing you for a long time! You don't necessarily feel that you don't have any feelings, do you?" ?”

I opened my mouth and asked, "The person who dares to stare at me during this time is from Zhongjing? I thought they were going to kidnap me!"

The elder brother also had some doubts: "You said someone is following you?"

I hummed and said, "Yeah, during this time, I have always felt that someone is following me."

The eldest brother took out the phone, thought for a while, put it back and said, "I really don't know about this, but someone sent your information to me."

The eldest brother said again: "To tell you the truth, I took the lead in the matter of Zhongjing. I wanted to say hello to you a long time ago, but I felt that the matter was not mature enough, so I didn't tell you. Now that the matter has basically been finalized, it should be done." let you know."

I didn't expect that this matter would be related to my elder brother, but I didn't say anything, listening to my elder brother continue to talk.

The eldest brother took another sip of wine and said: "My idea is very simple, that is, to carry out a thorough industry integration, eliminate all unscrupulous enterprises, improve industry standards, and have a real contest with foreign-funded enterprises to let domestic products go. Thousands of households who entered the country drove imported products out of China."

The elder brother became more and more excited as he talked: "I remember the first TV in my house was a 14-inch Toshiba color TV. At that time, there was nowhere to buy it if I had money. Later, when I went to work, there were more and more household appliances at home, but there was no one. The same is made in China. In 98, I went to Germany for inspection. Do you know how the Germans comment on our Chinese manufacturing industry? They think that even a bicycle in our country depends on the big brother of the Soviet Union, and China has no manufacturing industry.

Do you know when China's first TV was produced? 1958! In 1980, we had our own production line, and in 1987, we were already the world's largest TV production country.But why no one knows, even our own people don’t buy TVs produced by ourselves, why?Because our home appliance industry has countless black apples, who enjoy the great policies given by the state, but engage in activities that harm consumers. They only know how to make money blindly and are short-sighted, which leads to the lack of confidence in the products we produce.

I just want to integrate the industry, drive all the bad apples out of this industry, restore the confidence of Chinese people in our domestic products, and then rush out of Asia and go to the world. I need you to help me realize this dream. This dream is already very strong. It's getting close, you should join me to witness and participate in this historical event. "

Sitting there, I was still playing with the wine glass in my hand. I was indifferent to what my elder brother said, and said with a deadpan expression: "I don't have such great ambitions. I'm just a part-time worker. My elder brother wishes you success!"

The eldest brother was very dissatisfied with my performance, and said to me angrily: "What kind of attitude is this? You shouldn't be encouraging and jumping? You should be lucky to be able to participate in it yourself. I know you are not short-sighted. Tell me Thoughts in my heart."

I said cynically: "What can I think? What can I influence? Wanzhong belongs to Mr. Dong, and Yingke is born to the Lin family. I am just a small shareholder, a small person. In my world, as long as it is a wife, child, hot It's enough to be tricky. I won't participate in national affairs, and it's not my turn to participate."

The eldest brother said fiercely: "Things that don't grow! If they are not yours, they will become yours! What I do is the lifelong pursuit and dream of our generation. Going abroad is our glorious mission!"

I snorted and said, "Then what does this have to do with me? For your pursuit, for your dream, you should use me as a sacrifice?"

The eldest brother said angrily: "How can you be called a victim? You will be the executor of this dream. I will stand on a bigger and higher stage to fully demonstrate your talent. How many people have such a platform? Your dream, haven't you always longed to stand on the clouds and see the world? I can help you realize it, what's wrong with that?"

I stared blankly at my elder brother and said, "Who told you that I long to stand on the clouds?"

At this time, Katsuo was holding two packs of cigarettes, opened the door and came in. Hearing what I said, he lowered his head and handed the two packs of cigarettes to the elder brother, whose face softened a little.

I looked at Katsuo, Katsuo looked up at me, and immediately lowered his head again.

The eldest brother saw my dissatisfaction and said hastily: "Who doesn't want to stand on the clouds and see the world? Zhongjing's acquisition is imperative. This is the torrent of history, and no one can stop it. To follow the trend, you can persuade Dong Zong , give me a message for Dong Zong, I will hand over the position of Zhongjing's controller to her, and let her make way for you in three years' time."

I sneered and said: "Thank you brother, I will pass on your words to Mr. Dong. It is only my business, so you don't need to worry about it. The dream that others help me realize is not my own dream, it is someone else's dream. I If I have a dream, I will realize it myself.”

The eldest brother snorted and said, "Why are you so unrepentant? What do you mean? It shows that you are arrogant and different. You and I are both insignificant pawns. Under the national policy, in this game On the big car of the times, we are just a paving brick on the running track."

Shengnan wanted to persuade his elder brother with a few words: "Brother, Ah Fei has his own ideas..."

The elder brother savagely stopped Katsuo's words, and said: "His idea is wrong. If he insists on going his own way, he will not only be eliminated by the times, but will also disappear in this industry soon. He has made countless mistakes, and he still He was so obsessed with it, he didn't realize the seriousness of the matter at all."

I asked with an oh: "What mistake did I make? Why don't I know, please let me know!"

The eldest brother pointed at me and said, "Let me ask you about Liu Ziran, did I tell you not to worry about it, what about you? What did you do? When the Wanzhong Group was reorganized, I asked you, Luo Dongni's How did the shares change to your Dong Zong? How did you join forces with Yingke to defeat Lotte? Why do you keep participating in Yingke?"

I laughed and said, "What's the matter with Liu Ziran? He didn't steal or rob, his assets were seized for no reason, and if they were sealed, they would be sealed. He also accepted the punishment and accepted the punishment of the law. What's wrong with me helping him? Luo If Tony hadn’t been for Mr. Zhu and his own greed, we wouldn’t have taken advantage of it! What kind of company is Lotte, wouldn’t you know? If you don’t eradicate such a black sheep, what are you talking about clearing up the industry? The principle says So much, I doubt, what is your real purpose? Why can’t I take care of Yingke’s affairs, not to mention that Yingke is the front door of Wanzhong, if Yingke is down, do you think we will have a good life? Besides, In public or private, I did nothing wrong in helping Yingke!"

The eldest brother said angrily: "Presumptuous! You are making unreasonable words. How many times have I told you to mind your own business. Look at what you have done?"

I looked at this elder brother who taught me how to be a man, and said, "Everything I do is worthy of my own conscience. Brother, since you want to tell me the truth, I will tell you the truth.

Now it is a market economy, that is to say, it should be decided by the market, what kind of enterprises are suitable for survival?It is not up to the country or someone to decide.What really counts is the consumers, and only they have the right to decide what products to buy.We just should give consumers more choices, instead of letting them have no choice, be forced to consume, or even use patriotism to morally kidnap their values ​​and consumption concepts.

What do you mean by industry consolidation and raising industry standards?Our Wanzhong is already the industry standard. You don’t know how much domestic market our Wanzhong occupies. If you raise the industry standard, which company do you think can reach it besides our Wanzhong? Your so-called standard.Lotte?Or which counterfeit companies you acquired?
You spend so much manpower and material resources, and you have the money, why not think about how to do a good job in the industry association, don't let them think about how to exploit our company's money all day, let them manage the threshold of the industry, don't have money. into this industry. "

The eldest brother took a deep breath and said, "Do you think you understand it well? In fact, you don't know anything, so why do you think we acquired these miscellaneous companies? Isn't it just to support them and follow the unified standards and regulations? Production? This is the ability to completely exterminate their ambition to disrupt the market. Otherwise, they will burn endlessly, and spring will be born again. What do ordinary people know? How do they know what is good and what is bad? They only know , buy what is cheap, and when it is not used well, you will cry to your father and mother, looking for this, looking for that. Instead of us guiding consumers, it is better to let them choose good products. What is wrong with this? "

I thought for a while and said, "What you mean is the same as quitting smoking. Instead of telling smokers to quit smoking, it is better to just stop selling cigarettes. Have you thought about the consequences? By then, cigarettes will be like drugs. It is worth the money, which is of no benefit to social progress. The really effective way is to let smokers realize the harm of smoking and make their own correct choices.

In the same way, if you let consumers have no choice, they will not compromise with you, but will have a rebellious psychology, and they will turn their attention to imported products. At that time, our domestic brands will really die! "

The eldest brother stopped trying to persuade me, but said: "No matter how eloquent you are, you can't change it. Today's situation has changed. Since you don't follow the trend, you must be prepared to be eliminated by the trend. Don't blame me for being fine." Remind you first!"

Katsuo said in a panic: "Brother, we are a family!"

The eldest brother waved his hand and said, "It's not a family, if you don't enter a family, since he doesn't think about me, I don't need to think about his future anymore!"

I suddenly smiled and said: "Thank you for your kindness. I never asked you to think about my future. I don't need anyone to worry about my future. I admit that I can get to where I am today. Brother, you have contributed a lot. But that doesn't mean you can decide my future."

The eldest brother left disappointed. He didn't expect our conversation to end in a bad mood.He originally thought with joy that I would happily accept the promising future.

After the eldest brother left, Katsuo sat beside me, leaned his head on my shoulder, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry!"

I asked inexplicably: "Why do you say I'm sorry, you are you, your elder brother is your elder brother, if you really want to say sorry, it should be me, I have failed my elder brother's good intentions!"

Katsuo shook his head and said, "That's not what I'm talking about. What I'm talking about is that yesterday I chatted with my elder brother and unintentionally said your ambition."

I groaned and said, "My ambition, what ambition do I have? I don't even know it myself, so how do you know?"

Katsuo raised his head, looked at me and said: "When the two of us were chatting that day, although you didn't say anything, I could see that you wanted to stand on the clouds. You don't care about anything on the surface, and you are a bit cynical , In fact, you care about everything. You don’t want people to see your ambition. You even deceive yourself. Are you afraid that you will be laughed at if you fail? Or will people think that you are delusional, I don’t know The sky is high and the earth is thick?"

I suddenly felt like I was naked, standing on a street full of people, being seen clearly by others, and I felt an indescribable sense of shame.This made me angry from embarrassment, staring at Shengnan and shouting: "Does everyone in your family like to point fingers at other people's lives?"

Katsuo looked at me in surprise and said, "Why do you suddenly become like a hedgehog, you can't say, you can't touch? If you just blame me because of what my brother said today, I can accept it. But if you think, I was pointing out your life, well, I was wrong, I was so wrong that I shouldn’t have spoken my heartfelt words and the most true views to the man I love the most!”

Yes, what's wrong with Katsuo?She just said, the side I don't want to admit the most, the side I don't want others to see. Is it really necessary to quarrel with the one I love and talk to strangers?
I knew I was wrong, but for a while I didn't know how to get down the stairs. After thinking for a long time, I said, "I'm inconvenient these days, so I'm a little emotional. You can't blame me!"

Katsuo chuckled and asked, "Why are you inconvenient? Relatives are here too? Are you wearing day or night clothes? I have them here!"

I hastily gritted my teeth and flattered me: "What can I do? I can find such a good wife!"

Katsuo pouted and said, "I think so too!"

At night, I was lying on the bed with my arms around Katsuo, and I said to Katsuo: "What you said today is correct, maybe I didn't realize it myself, my desire for power is too scary, it will subtly breed In your body, it grows unknowingly, and then takes root in your heart. When it spreads, it will cover your eyes and bury your conscience. There are too many people like this around me Now, I don't want to be such a person, so, you said that today, I may become the kind of person I hate the most, and I became very excited!"

(End of this chapter)