Chapter 79 8. Farmers' Big Workplace

Fog Man Lanjiang: I analyzed Mr. Wei’s point of view, and you seem to be implying that many of the popular ideas in the workplace are the model of the agricultural era rather than the embodiment of business culture, isn’t that true? Wei Xiaobao: You can say that. Fog filled the river: Mr. Wei, what basis do you have for saying that? Wei Xiaobao: Basis?Are you asking me?Well, please answer me a question first, what do you think is the biggest problem in the current workplace? Fog filled the river: The biggest problem is the lack of fairness. Bosses exploit employees, and supervisors suppress outstanding talents. In almost every team, there is a strong appeal for fairness.

Wei Xiaobao: That's right, it is fairness, but this fairness is exactly what the agricultural thinking pursues, and the goal pursued by the commercial era has nothing to do with fairness at all. Fog filled the river: Hahaha, hahaha... Wei Xiaobao: You find it ridiculous, don't you? Fog Man Lanjiang: Of course, does it mean that our company is deliberately seeking unfairness?If this is the case, this kind of enterprise will never grow up, and it will be abandoned under the scolding of the employees. Wei Xiaobao: If you have this kind of thinking, you are looking at commercial culture with an agricultural mindset.

Fog filled the river: Really? Wei Xiaobao: Of course, let me ask you, what is the goal of our enterprise development? Fog filled the river: Of course it is to create material and spiritual wealth. Wei Xiaobao: You are chanting meaningless slogans again. Let me ask you, what is the embodiment of this so-called material and spiritual wealth? Fog over the river: products and services. Wei Xiaobao: Pooh!If the products you produce cannot be sold, you can only drag down your shareholders’ investment and your employees without food and clothing. What kind of material wealth is this? Fog Man Lan Jiang: I understand what Mr. Wei means. You seem to think that companies should pursue profits.

Wei Xiaobao: Nonsense, companies don’t pursue profits, do they also pursue losses? Fog over the river: Even if the company pursues profits, I don't see what it has to do with fairness. Wei Xiaobao: It’s very relevant. Since a company wants to maximize profits, it must put aside the social goal of fairness. It will never distribute the profits obtained from the market to employees equally. role in the enterprise to assign.In this way, some people will get more, some people will get less, some people will not get any money, and some people will even make sacrifices in vain.Only in this way can enterprises operate in a normal profit-seeking manner, so fairness has never been the goal pursued by enterprises, profit is.

Mist filled the river: But Mr. Wei, what you said about more work, more pay, and less work, is just a kind of fairness in the true sense. Wei Xiaobao: You are starting to argue again. You should remember the story of Dou E's injustice I told Wu Sangui, right? Fog filled the river: Of course I remember. Wei Xiaobao: You just need to remember.Then let me ask you, as an innocent female employee, Dou E was framed and harassed by the executives, and as a result of complaining angrily, she was kicked out by the company, just because the executives played a more important role in the company than Dou E. Bigger, so Dou E can only sacrifice in vain.You say, is this fair?

Fog over the river: But this kind of situation... is not common, right?Not every boss likes to sexually harass female employees like Mr. Wei. Wei Xiaobao: You are the one who likes to harass female employees. Your family likes to harass female employees. Fog filled the river: Even if Mr. Wei is right, there are indeed too many unreasonable things in the workplace, such as nepotism and the reuse of private parties... Wei Xiaobao: To run a business is to rely on cronyism. Fog filled the river: What? Wei Xiaobao: Managers are faced with the problem of grasping the overall interests. Only when they are clear about the progress of each work link can the manager's control be possible. For a manager who does not understand, Without familiar people, managers will not be able to correctly evaluate the effect of their work, let alone integrate the work of the managed with other people.The consequence of managers using candidates they don't know is that they lose control of the entire work.

Fog filled the river: However, this approach cannot guarantee efficiency. Only efficient companies can win the competition. This is a proven truth. Wei Xiaobao: That is a false truth. There is only one true truth. Good control can avoid the business risks of an enterprise, and efficiency and control have always been an antinomy that makes managers in a dilemma.For example, in the process of running the Lichun Courtyard, Mu Tianyan's ability is far stronger than my wife Shuang'er, do you know why I use Shuang'er instead of Mu Tianyan to manage it? The Fog Man Blocks the River: Need I say that?If you use Mutianyan, within three months at most, all the assets and clients of Lichunyuan will become Mutianyan's.

Wei Xiaobao: Look, don't you understand this very well?You must know that managers who use an unfamiliar person means taking risks. In fact, there is always hope for the development of inefficient enterprises, but most of the enterprises that take risks will fail and lose their money.Therefore, it is the only way for managers to strengthen control over the system by using cronyism and private parties. The fog filled the river: Mr. Wei, didn't you notice it?Isn't this nepotism just the most common phenomenon in the agricultural era? Wei Xiaobao: You are very sensitive, but you have to understand that phenomena and thinking are not the same thing.In the matter of my appointment of my wife Shuanger as the general manager of Lichunyuan, what you see is cronyism, and what I see is the control process necessary to manage a company.This is the difference between you and me.So you're a farmer and I'm a successful business man.

Fog Man Lanjiang: I understand, I understand, I finally understand.