Chapter 3 Another way of reading in the workplace II

However, these two books are not my workplace autobiography, or in other words, Hong Jun in the book is not entirely based on myself.Of course, there must be more or less my shadow in Hong Jun, some of my personal experience and experience, as well as my observations, which also reflect my values ​​and even my outlook on life to a certain extent.However, Hong Jun is a created character after all. He has multiple prototypes, including me and a few people I have met. A boss or a certain friend, it can be said that if there is a Hong Jun in reality, then he is actually living by everyone's side.

3) In your opinion, what is the essence of the workplace (please summarize in one sentence).Is there a secret to invincibility in the workplace? Wang Qiang: The workplace is rich and complex. If you have to sum it up in one sentence, the workplace is actually a market. Since it is a market, its essence is the exchange of value.Each of us trades our time, our energy, and our minds for money, recognition, respect, and happiness. Since the workplace is also a market, it also has rules and regulations, just like in order to remain invincible in market competition, if you want to be invincible in the workplace, you must first understand and strive to master the laws and rules of the workplace, and then follow Law and abide by the rules, in order to achieve the realm of doing whatever you want without transgressing the rules.In other words, the way of the workplace can be explored and moved forward.

In my opinion, the core of the market is the law of value, and the core of the workplace is also the word "value". To get the maximum expression and recognition, this is the source of value in the workplace. Some readers call your novels "inspirational novels in the workplace", and some readers think that your novels expose hidden rules in the workplace. Do you think it is accurate? Wang Qiang: I think these statements and understandings are correct.And it can give readers a positive feeling. There are all kinds of characters in the book, including "good" and "bad", but none of them is not enterprising, although they value and pursue different things. , but there is no one who is drunk, passive, and world-weary. Everyone is "running" and "competing", and the successful ones have no innate advantages. Everything is achieved by their own wisdom and hard work.In this sense, readers can feel a kind of motivation. Some readers told me that they were motivated to get out of the ivory tower and join the workplace, and some were inspired to switch from technical and administrative positions to start a sales career.

When it comes to unspoken rules in the workplace, first of all, I think unspoken rules should not be a derogatory term, and unspoken rules are by no means equal to bad things or ulterior things.The word "hidden" here just means that these rules are not written in black and white in national laws and regulations or company rules and regulations, and many of them are common sense that has been established and tacit for a long time.Unspoken rules should not be demonized or vulgarized, which is not the same thing as the so-called thick black studies.Just like a student who wants to get along well with teachers and classmates, improve academically, and have a happy mood in school, it is not enough to just abide by a student code. Treating people and dealing with others is much more complicated than those regulations.

Similarly, people in the workplace must learn to be human. If they want to survive and develop in the workplace, it is not enough to just abide by a piece of employee code. There is a lot of wisdom and experience in the workplace. Preaching loudly requires each of us to experience and comprehend.My experience in the workplace is not small, even if it is not legendary, it can be said to be rich. These two books are dedicated to describing the workplace, which naturally reveals a lot of unspoken rules in the workplace, but I did not do anything. I am advocating what kind of workplace thick black studies, I just hope to provide readers with something to refer to from the perspective of those who have experienced it. If readers can gain something from it, I am very pleased.

4) The protagonists Hong Jun, Yu Wei, Fan Yuyu and others seem to be "gray people" between Yin and Yang. You can hardly tell whether they are noble or despicable; Devils, but they are a real bunch.In your opinion, is this a necessity of human nature, or is the workplace distorting human behavior.Or there is a third explanation. Wang Qiang: The characters in the book are all from real life. I neither made Hong Jun a hero or a saint deliberately, nor did I portray Yu Wei or Fan Yuyu as heinous villains or scum. They are all ordinary people. , all have desires and struggles in their hearts, all have strengths and weaknesses, all have advantages that can be absorbed, and there are also places that make people sigh.Human beings are complex, there are no simple good people and evil people; people are also subject to change, there are no static good people and evil people.I don't think it is the workplace or the shopping mall that distorts them, but it is very likely that the fierce workplace, especially the cruel shopping mall, fully demonstrates their humanity.

5) What you pay attention to is the people and things in the workplace of foreign companies. You have worked hard in the workplace of foreign companies for many years. What do you think about the prospects of Chinese people in the workplace of foreign companies? Wang Qiang: In the past two decades, the behavior of foreign companies in China has undergone great changes, and the status of Chinese people in foreign companies has also undergone great changes.On the one hand, foreign companies are gradually deepening their presence in China and becoming more and more integrated into China's economy and society; on the other hand, Chinese local talents are gradually improving their own capabilities and are becoming more and more integrated into the system and culture of foreign companies. Under the combined effect of these two trends, The career prospects of Chinese people in foreign companies are getting wider and wider, and they may hold higher positions and assume greater responsibilities, but this is only a vertical and absolute comparison.At the same time, Chinese people have higher and higher expectations for their own prospects in foreign companies, and the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment. Therefore, the gap between reality and expectations may not necessarily decrease or even increase. This is a horizontal relative comparison. .

For example, the status and treatment of Chinese in foreign companies are much better than ten years ago, but it seems that Chinese people in foreign companies are not as satisfied with their own conditions as they were ten years ago. The results of the horizontal comparison of Chinese people who are not in foreign companies.Ten years ago, foreign companies had obvious advantages over state-owned and private companies ten years ago, but now this advantage is shrinking.That is to say, the prospects of Chinese people in foreign companies will be better in the future than they are now, but if they are not in foreign companies but in state-owned or private companies, the prospects may be very good, or even better.