Leon Hua and I slept in a separate room, but he did not come to bother me. I slept very well until it was dawn.
When I came out, I found that Leon had left, and he left a phone message that he had a morning meeting, so he had to rush back first.
I called him, and he answered quickly, saying that he had just got off the highway and was about to rush home to change clothes and then returned to the company for the meeting.
In this way, he left in the early morning. He may sleep just two or three hours.
I felt a little sorry in my heart, he came to see me so far, and hurried back. It was too hard. I wanted to comfort a few words, but didn’t know how to speak.
“Since you are so busy, don’t come to see me. I’m not a child. You are too tired if do so and it will affect your work.”
“Do you care about me? Or do you not want me to come to see you?” Leon asked sharply.
I was stunned for a while. “I don’t want you to be too tired. You sleep for a few hours and then drive a long distance. It’s too tired. Tired driving is dangerous. Don’t do this in the future.”
“Then I still see that as you care about me.” Leon said, “Well, you go to see Wenbei Su and greet him for me. I wish him a speedy recovery. If there is anything I need to help, I’ll do my best.” Leon said.
“Okay, I will thank you first on behalf of Second Brother.”
“I don’t like to listen to these words. We are more close! Why not thank him for taking care of you for me?”
I was not going to discuss and dispute with him on this issue. I said that you remember to have breakfast.
After I hang up, as I was about to go to see Wenbei, his phone came first. He said there was another meeting today. He had prepared the speech and sent it to my mailbox. Let me speak for him during the meeting.
I looked at the time and it was obviously too late to go to Nan House and then to the meeting. So I ate something casually in the hotel restaurant and went to the company. Then on the road I began to digest the speech. I hoped I can convey Wenbei’s words in my own words.
This was my forte, of course, I wanted to show it. If I simply read Wenbei’s speech, then I would have no value.
I came to the meeting this time with the senior executives of the subsidiaries, and I mainly presided over the meeting. When I was talking, I was interrupted several times by the ringtone of the phone.
I endured the first two times, but then it happened a few times, and when the last phone rang, I stopped talking.
The executive apparently didn’t take me seriously and answered the phone directly at the meeting. It’s not official business, it seems to be discussing with his wife about his kid going to school.
I didn’t interrupt him, I waited for him to finish talking. Then looked at him.
“Manager Liu, right? I said before the meeting that the phone should be turned off. If you are really worried about the business call coming in, you can mute it and call back after meeting. Haven’t you heard these words?” I calmly ask.
“I know, but my child need to go to school, if the meeting affects my child’s schooling and future, my child’s future. Who can take responsibility? You? I just work in this company, and I don’t sell myself. Can’t I take care of my family’s affairs?”
His attitude was very provocative. As soon as he finished speaking, other colleagues laughed beside him. this laughter did not completely support him, but also means to see how I deal with it.
I cliched my fists, and then relaxed , reminding myself to be calm.
“Manager Liu, everyone has a family affair, which I understand, but this cannot be the reason for answering private calls during meetings. You are also a manager. If your staff answer private calls during meetings, and disrupt the meeting, Can you bear it?” I asked calmly.
“Of course. As long as he did his job well, what’s the matter of calling in a meeting? It’s okay to eat sunflower seeds during meeting!”
He caused laughter again.
I stood up instantly, and smashed the materials in my hands heavily down the conference table. Those laughs finally subsided.
“Manager Liu, are you scorning the company’s discipline, or are you scorning me?” I asked directly.
“Special assistant Yao, I just received a phone call, your words are serious.” He still looked indifferent.
“So many executives are gathering here, not to chat, but to discuss and report work. You answer private calls, and take it for granted? You said that as long as the work is done, is your work done well? The department you are in charge, the performance of the this whole year decreased by 7% compared with the same period of last year, and the last quarter was the worst performance in three years. Do you think that is a good job?”
He was stunned for a moment. He must think I was not familiar with him, but he didn’t know that I remembered the report I read this morning.
Next, I spoke out the failure data of the projects he was in charge, and he was dumbfounded.
“Mr. Liu’s achievements have been made like this and look so arrogant. If you have too many things at home, you may as well resign to deal with the family affairs first, and then work.” I said coldly.
Suddenly the room was quiet. Those who did not take it seriously did not dare to say anything.
“Special assistant Yao, are you going to fire me, I’m afraid you don’t have the right?” Manager Liu was also ready to fight back.
“I don’t have this right, but I can report your situation to President Su and suggest him to sack you. Manager Liu, do you think I can’t do this?” I stared at him coldly and asked.
He was a little scared and he dared not look at me again. The meeting room was quieter.
My purpose was fulfilled. I didn’t have to stare at him during the meeting. “Let’s continue the meeting now. In future meetings, I hope everyone mute their phone. Mutual respect and understanding are the prerequisite for working together.
The meeting was relatively smooth, and everyone tuned the phone to silent state. No one answered the phone until the meeting ended successfully.
Then everyone else left, and the manager Liu stayed on his own initiative.
“Special assistant Yao, I’m sorry for what I just did. I realized I was wrong. It’s just that my child’s grades are not good and I want to let him go to a better school, so I’m anxious…”
I quietly listened to his explanation. In the end, I only asked him one thing that can he guarantee that the phone will be muted during the meeting?
He said immediately that such mistakes would never be made again. He also said a lot of pleading words, saying that he should not lose his job or something like that.
I said that as long as you guarantee that your performance will increase year-on-year in the next quarter, otherwise, you find another job.