Although it was not during the office hours, there were still people working overtime in some offices of the company. It seemed that every thriving company had a group of people working overtime.
Now that the business environment was more competitive, it required not only the business intelligence of decision-makers, but also the aggressiveness and hard work of the employees below. Therefore, the combination of excellent elements can make a great company.
“Look, we still have employees working overtime. They are working very hard because they also want to make the group better.” Jiye Su said
I nodded in recognition, “At this time you are also still working overtime, which in itself shows that Nanhe is a very aggressive company.”
“Yes, you are right. Nanhe is a very aggressive company. Our goal is definitely not just to be invincible in Yang City. We want to become one of the top ten companies at home. It’s a very long road, and it requires a lot of people to work together. It also needs some opportunities. When opportunities that can make us stronger come, we can achieve a greater cause as long as we grasp it.”
I understood his words as hinting to me that this time was the best time for them to develop Nanhe.
“As long as the group can grow, can it be unscrupulous and unethical?” I said politely.
“We are not unethical. Nannan, you are too extreme. This is business. All our methods and means are legal and there is no problem at all.”
Sure enough, he knew the purpose of my visit to him today. He put our card on the table. It was good. Anyway, it was what I wanted to talk about.
“Then I would like to ask Chairman Su, when Nanhe was in crisis, you were in a difficult situation overseas and Nanhe’s stock price plummeted, and who helped Nanhe maintained the stock price? Do you know about it?”
“It’s Leon and his friends, of course I know.”
“I thought Chairman Su didn’t know, so you knew. After he let the Su family survive the crisis, he took the initiative to withdraw. Didn’t he?”
“Yes, if he didn’t withdraw, he can be considered a major shareholder of the group with his capital.”
“Then why doesn’t Su family withdraw now? Why do you propose to convene a general meeting of shareholders in order to let the representatives of the Su family can enter the Hua board of directors?”
“We are different. He just speculates in our stocks, and he left after making money. It can be said that everyone gets what they need. But we don’t want to just speculate in Hua stocks. We hope to become a major shareholder of Hua Group, so we can grow with it. What’s the problem?”
“But you originally bought Hua stocks with the reason of helping Leon. It was also because Leon believed in you and me, so you can buy a lot of Hua’s stocks through various channels. Everyone thinks You are also here to help, but you don’t leave in the end, and you want to be a major shareholder. Is this okay?”
“Hua Group is a listed company. Others can hold their stocks. Why can’t we? If they are worried about losing control, they should not be listed! Nannan, you are also a senior executive in a listed company. Don’t you understand?”
I cannot say that what Jiye said was wrong, because his theory had no problems at all. But morally speaking, he had a big problem.
But before I said, he said first, “You must think that we are taking advantage of another’s perilous state and not being moral. But if we businessmen all talk about morality, there is no competition. Will this society could improve? Hua’s stock price we bought was relatively expensive at the time. Now it is still hovering at a low level. We have not made any money. If we sell the stock now, our costs will not be recovered. We are going to lose money! I am a businessman, I lose money for helping others, do you think it is possible?”
What he said was reasonable and well-founded, and I couldn’t refute it offhand. He didn’t distort the right and talk speciously. all he said was right.
“So you think I’m wrong, it’s because Leon is your husband, and he is the member of Hua Group. If it’s another company, you must think I am right. , Isn’t it?” Jiye asked me.
“Yes, because Leon is my husband, when the Su family is in trouble, Leon helped us. It is also because he is my husband, you can’t deal with him like others. This is what I cannot accept. If you want to say that is business, then you can talk to other people. But for my husband, it has no consideration for his feelings! If we do things only for profit regardless of nothing, then do we have difference with…”
I stopped here. I wanted to say ‘the difference with animals’, but I felt that it was too improper and it was not right to say from my mouth, so I resisted saying out.
Jiye’s expression changed. Of course he knew what I wanted to say. He was a little angry.
But he quickly suppressed the trace of anger. He picked up the water glass and took a sip to ease his emotions.
“Nannan, do you think I caused Hua’s predicament today?” Jiye asked me.
“No.” I had to admit that Hua’s plight was indeed not made by Su family.
“That’s right, it was Hua’s own problem. Once a listed company has a problem, it can fixes on its own or rely on external intervention to restore its original vitality. But in this process, it is inevitable to change the equity and restructure the assets, which is very normal in the business field. We’re not playing a predator, we’re just participating in Hua ‘s revival.”
I can’t help but sneer, was he treating me as a fool?
“Chairman Su, Hua family aside, We assume that after Leon helped Nanhe tide over the crisis, he not sold the equity he holds, but tried his best to buy Nanhe’s shares through various channels, and then one day he suddenly stood in your office as a barbarian, told you that he was already a major shareholder of Nanhe, and demanded a shareholder meeting to ask to enter Nanhe’s board of directors, and seriously threatened your position. then I want to ask, what do you think about that? Is Leon doing the right thing? He is also doing business within the bounds of the law. Do you think he has no problems?”
He couldn’t answer for a while. So the theories he said were all right. The biggest problem was that he did not put himself in the shoes of others.
If others helped him, they needed to go with morality and obey rules. And when he helped others, he didn’t need to be moral, and just needed to put interests first.
This double standards was the key that caused his fallacy.