The Age of Rebirth

Chapter 523 The Foreign Monk

McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, and Bain are the largest consulting companies in the world, and they are also the first consulting companies to establish branches or offices in China.

In order to be able to do a good job, Xu Dehai, after obtaining Li Weidong's consent, invited three companies in one go, asked the three companies to give the company a separate medical examination, and proposed a solution to Li Weidong's request.

For a physical examination, it is natural to have a comprehensive physical examination for the subsidiaries under Li Weidong's name from the inside to the outside, from top to bottom.

Therefore, this matter is destined to be a complicated and systematic work. It has been carried out for more than two months now, and it is only a systematic investigation and sorting out of the company under Li Weidong's name.

The official report has not yet come out, and it may take a long time to issue a final report, or even a strategic guidance document.

There are dozens of subsidiaries controlled by Li Weidong, involving all walks of life. Even for these large international consulting companies, it is not a small challenge.

I had to communicate with the senior management of Xinsheng Holdings many times in order to grasp the customer's ideas more accurately. After all, there were many unexpected things in the process.

This is seriously inconsistent with the news they received first. According to their initial thinking, this is just an attempt by a domestic private enterprise that wants to achieve strategic transformation.

At most, the scale of this private enterprise will be larger, after all, their boss is a rich man in China.

But after actually taking over this big case, they realized that the reality was far more than that. The scope of business involved was too wide and the scale was too large, so that they had to ask the company headquarters for help.

Obviously, it is impossible for them alone to give this project an answer that satisfies the customer.

According to the agreement, today is the interview between McKinsey & Company and Xu Dehai. They have made full preparations for this and invited a team of experts from all over the world.

With such a team strength, it is full of sincerity to persuade their customers to adopt their opinions and continue to cooperate.

The leader of the team was Schneider, the president of McKinsey Greater China, a foreign old man with thinning and graying hair, a gentle complexion, and a shrewd look in his eyes under a pair of large glasses.

Shi Nande was welcomed into the conference room by Zhang Dongshuo, and looked up to see that Xu Dehai and Zou Yi from Xinsheng Holding Company were already seated in the conference room, as well as Li Weidong, who had never seen a real person.

In Schneider's view, this is very un-Chinese!

Among the Chinese clients he has contacted, the leader is always the last to appear, and the higher the level, the longer the delay.

Now this kind of beginning, revealing this exchange seems a bit unusual.

Especially when he saw Li Weidong's calm eyes. Before that, he didn't know that Li Weidong would also attend this meeting. He began to wonder in his heart whether he was fully prepared for this time.

When they came in, Li Weidong also stood up, Xu Dehai introduced next to him, and Li Weidong welcomed the arrival of the world's largest consulting company.

Two days ago, Li Weidong had read the minutes of the meeting with Bain and listened to the report of the Boston Consulting Company.

Although the impression of these consulting companies has changed, compared with the consulting fees he paid for it, he still feels that it is not worth it. A bad report costs several million dollars. How about cheating people?

Not many people come to McKinsey. There are Asians with oriental faces and foreigners. They look a little more professional than Boston Consulting, at least in terms of age!
The people who come to Boston Consulting Group are mainly young people, most of them are around 30 years old, and there are even young men in their twenties.

In Li Weidong's view, these brats don't necessarily understand their own career plans, so dare to advise and consult with companies like them, is it reliable?
Although Li Weidong also believes that ambition does not come at a young age, such as himself, but who has the guts to give them a chance to try and make mistakes?
Now seeing these 50-[-]-year-old middle-aged people in McKinsey and some pedantic old men, Li Weidong feels much more reliable!

It may be because Li Weidong attended the meeting. Mr. Schneider, the president of Greater China of McKinsey, officially introduced the situation of McKinsey before the start, especially the performance in Greater China and Asia, to prove his ability.

"Mr. Li, we have entered the Asia-Pacific region since 1959, and we have been involved in mainland China since 1985, and we have branches in Shanghai and Beijing!"

"In the past ten years, we have done more than 500 consulting projects in the Greater China region, including the world's top [-] companies in the Asia-Pacific region and many large state-owned enterprises in the mainland!"

Schneider said in unproficient Chinese that he has been in the Asia-Pacific region to develop markets for more than ten years. In order to meet the needs of work and also out of personal hobbies, he has learned Chinese for several years. Chinese teacher.

"In China, our service targets involve almost all industries. There is an old saying in China that teaching helps each other. While serving, we have also learned a lot of new experience and skills from these customers, and constantly improve our capabilities. Well adapted to the business needs of the mainland market!"

"Therefore, we have sufficient capabilities, professional knowledge and consulting experience to provide a full range of consulting services, including the company's overall and business unit management strategy, organizational structure, manufacturing, technology, product development and other fields!"

Li Weidong listened to some awkward Mandarin, but saw that a foreigner could fully express his thoughts in Mandarin, and he paid a lot of respect to this.

"Mr. Shi, I didn't expect your Chinese level to be so high. I'm really disrespectful!" Li Weidong gave Shi Nande a thumbs up. As for whether his surname is Shi, it doesn't matter.

The people present were stunned when they heard Li Weidong call Shi Nande that way, but no one raised their voices to remind them.

In fact, Li Weidong didn't take too much notice of Mr. Shi's words. Anyone can brag, and the best result is whether he can come up with a report that convinces him and thinks it is feasible.

To be able to get to this position today, in addition to the experience of his previous life, he naturally also has his current practical experience. The experience he has is not insignificant. Li Weidong is fully equipped with the ability to identify these reports.

He also knows that these experiences have formed deep-rooted concepts in his mind, and many of these concepts come from the fragmented knowledge of later generations, which are incomplete and unsystematic.

Because of this, in Li Weidong's previous management, he basically tried his best, only providing some directional opinions, and did not dare to go too deep.

In the eyes of others, Li Weidong is a smug and confident business tycoon, with almost impeccable insights in the business world and no mistakes.

But Li Weidong himself knows that in many ways, many times, he is not as confident as he has shown, and even lacks confidence.

That's why Li Weidong decided to let go of his mind and accept more in-depth suggestions in today's society, which will help form his overall understanding of the company's strategy.

Of course, Li Weidong will not pin his hope of solving the problem on these consulting companies. This is unscientific and unrealistic. What he needs is that they find the problem and give suggestions. How to implement it in the end is their own internal decision. matter.

As for whether the suggestions given by these consultations are worth the price, although Li Weidong has some complaints, this is not the reason. Even if it can bring a little convenience to his management work, the money is worth it.

Seeing that Li Weidong was interested, Schneider was also in a good mood. As for calling him Mr. Shi, he was not angry at this point. According to the Chinese name, it should have been like this.

First thank Li Weidong, and then signal to the beautiful blonde next to her to introduce the main content of their exchange, which can be regarded as their previous review of the company under Li Weidong's name.

It's also Chinese, but it's more pleasant than Schneider's voice, and the pronunciation is more standard. Li Weidong suspects that this is a release officer specially recruited by McKinsey to meet the needs of the country.

"Mr. Li, according to our investigation of the companies under your name in the past three months, we can be sure that the company operates a wide variety of businesses and has achieved diversified development."

"The larger businesses include finance, communication electronics, retail, vehicles, real estate, machinery, medicine, building materials, catering, trade, logistics, film and television entertainment, etc."

The blonde did not read the manuscript, but gave a speech without it. It can be seen that she has done a lot of preparation work before, and it also shows that this is not a beautiful vase, but has some connotations.

When the girl was talking about these things, her eyes never left Li Weidong. She also wanted to see some disturbances on Li Weidong's face, why this young man who looked similar to her had so much wealth.

Some time ago, she was transferred from the Greater China President's Office to the project team by Schneider. When she saw the project information, she was completely shocked. She is definitely the richest man in Asia.

She even wondered if this Li Weidong was some people's white gloves, but the wealth is really too amazing, and ordinary white gloves probably don't have this strength.

If she were to know that Li Weidong invested abroad in the name of Anma Capital, I'm afraid she would be even more shocked, and it would also subvert his white-glove idea.

Just ask, which hand in the world can wear white gloves like Li Weidong's.

The girl looked at Li Weidong Gujing Wubo's face, and continued: "Some industries, such as the big financial sector, real estate and service sector, retail, vehicles and construction machinery, logistics, film and television and other industries have already taken the lead in the country, but there are still Some industries or industries are already on the verge of being eliminated."

"We firmly believe in China's accession to the WTO. We have now entered the countdown stage. By then, international competition will inevitably be very fierce, and some industries will find it difficult to survive!"

Of course, she didn't go into details about which industries. This is also the core content of their report. If you are not a member, you can't download and read it, which is also a place to reflect their gold content.

But this lesbian also has to admire Li Weidong, even in terms of production capacity that they think may be backward, their business conditions and social status are still good.

The blonde continued: "From our investigation, although some companies develop very rapidly, this is not due to the company's good and healthy management system, but because of the era we live in and the imperfect laws. Loophole!"

Although the blonde doesn't want to admit it, but in this emerging country, all unrealistic things become reality, and a president with only a high school education leads the company to achieve leapfrog development. This is not an example.

According to her statistics, there are about a dozen large-scale companies under Li Weidong's name. The initial education is only at the level of high school graduation, and they are even mediocre.

"If this continues, I am afraid that the prospects of some companies are worrying. Even if they can grow with the growth of the domestic economy, the final result will only be big but not strong. When facing real competition or standardization requirements, there will be serious problems. question!"

"We have also noticed that your government has noticed the past irregular and extensive development methods and has taken effective measures. Last year alone, 130 laws and regulations on regulating business operations were officially issued!"

After Xu Dehai heard what the lesbian said, he felt a little uncomfortable. It has always been his responsibility to make the company comply with the regulations. Isn't this a slap in the face!
After hearing this, Zou Yi nodded repeatedly. She agrees with this analysis to a certain extent. For example, the real estate industry is an extensive result. As long as you are brave enough, the snowball will get bigger and bigger.

"So at this moment, we will assist your company to establish a modern enterprise operation system according to the way of the business department, which can make the company's operation quality even higher!"

"It is also a magic weapon for your company to calmly cope with the challenges of globalization brought about by China's entry into the WTO!"

Li Weidong frowned. Although he felt that there was some truth in what he said, he couldn't accept it in his heart, and it was too empty, and it was too bragging!
McKinsey changed another person, and continued to brainwash Li Weidong and the others, as if using them, foreign monks, could really recite the scriptures well.

After about an hour, Schneider felt that it was almost time, and said, "Mr. Li, if you have no other requirements, the final report can be submitted to your company within a month!"

Li Weidong already had a more mature idea in his heart, and said: "I hope to see your company's report as soon as possible. If there are other businesses in the future, President Xu will talk to you!"

Schneider knew China well and knew that Li Weidong was going to see off a guest, so he stood up and said, "Don't worry, our consulting business is professional, and you must be worth the money!"

Li Weidong owns so many companies under his name, and these are their potential customers, so this time they must give full play to their abilities to let Li Weidong see their sincerity and professionalism.

Li Weidong shook hands with Shi Nande and said, "I believe in your company's ability. I still have something to do, so I won't send a few. Director Zhang will help me send a few!"

Then waved goodbye to several McKinsey staffers until they disappeared in the elevator.

(End of this chapter)