Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven

From Tsim Sha Tsui to Central, it takes only 15 minutes by subway, which is really quite convenient.The training is held in a luxurious conference hall facing the harbor on the fifth floor of the Four Seasons Hotel.A total of 20 newly recruited managers from all over the Asia-Pacific region participated in the training, and Dai Xi was the most special among them—the only non-manager and the only one from China.Because this training is aimed at new managers who have just been promoted or recruited, the standard of the training is quite high, and all courses are taught by senior leaders in the Asia-Pacific region.It is a ten-minute walk from the Four Seasons Hotel to the Jardine Building, where West Bund Chemical’s Asia-Pacific headquarters is located. Moreover, the Four Seasons Hotel is the designated hotel for executives in the Asia-Pacific region. For their convenience, the training is held here.

The lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel was not as big as Dai Xi imagined, and the color was very light.The lines of the interior are simple, and brown, white and green with low saturation are widely used to form a restrained and pure overall style.The large floor-to-ceiling glass windows facing the bay incorporate the blue sky and sea, so that peaceful natural light flows everywhere in the lobby. The low-key atmosphere inside and the tall exterior form an interesting contrast. Just passing by the round parking area at the entrance to a pile of world-class luxury cars, when you walk into the hotel, your mind will be involuntarily quiet.

Five round tables for groups of four have been set up in the spacious conference room, and the names of the students are printed on the pink nameplates.Dai Xi found that she was arranged at the table at the front, and sharpened pencils, ink pens with the logo of the Four Seasons Hotel, multi-color markers, and notebooks with light yellow recycled paper were placed in front of everyone's seats. , neatly bound training materials and glasses full of lemonade.On the silver-gray metal wall directly in front, there are two large projection screens hanging side by side.The temperature in the meeting room is comfortable and pleasant, and there is a faint fragrance of jasmine.

The training director of the Asia-Pacific region made a brief opening speech. There were three topics in the morning on the first day. The first topic was an overall introduction to the Asia-Pacific region of West Bund Chemicals. The speaker was Philips, the current president of the Asia-Pacific region; The introduction of the China region; the third theme is the company's core values ​​and business principles, which are all preached by Li Weilian, the president of the Greater China region. Philips is a ruddy, burly white old man who speaks English with a strong Australian accent. His voice is like a bell, and he is humorous. The one-hour company introduction made him laugh and laugh.While listening to the lecture, Dai Xi secretly summed up Philips' psychological characteristics in his notebook - sanguine, typical socialized charismatic leadership, the satisfaction of success...

From Philips' introduction, Dai Xi heard the details of the establishment of the Asia-Pacific region.Originally, West Bund Chemical only had the Far East Region, headquartered in Tokyo, and was responsible for the entire Asia and Oceania.Due to the rapid rise of business in China, the Asia-Pacific region was composed of the Greater China region, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. It became independent from the Far East region in 2003. The original Far East region now only manages India and Japan.Listening, Dai Xi suddenly noticed that the president of the Far East Region was named Gilbert Jeccado, and she remembered the g who was about to airborne in China mentioned by the gossip rice ball: g used to be on top of w, but later w stood on its own, so now it is g To be led by w... Could this g be Gilbert Jeccado?Dai Xi also noticed that Philips has repeatedly emphasized the importance of the Greater China region in the entire Asia-Pacific region, without denying that he values ​​and admires Li Weilian, and almost clearly identifies Li Weilian as his successor after retirement.

Philips finished his lecture, but his interest was still high. Not only did he not leave during the next 20 minutes of coffee break, but he talked with the students one by one.Just when he was chatting with Dai Xi, Li Weilian appeared beside them. "Ha, William! What a coincidence," Philips greeted Li Weilian cheerfully, "I'm talking to a beautiful girl from Shanghai, China." "Philips, I have already said that you should go to Shanghai often." Li Weilian replied with a smile, then nodded to Dai Xi, "Good morning, Dai Xi." Dai Xi also said sincerely: "Good morning." Seeing Li Weilian in this brand new environment, his demeanor made her eyes shine.Although it was a long-anticipated encounter, Dai Xi was still a little excited.Li Weilian arrived at the venue ahead of schedule. Philips immediately ended his conversation with the students, patted Li Weilian on the shoulder affectionately, and walked aside to chat with him happily.

Dai Xi retreated to the window alone, looking over from this angle, the two of them were hidden behind the green leaves of a huge phoenix bamboo.She observed that Philips continued to talk in a high-spirited style, with a lot of body language, excited and enthusiastic, as if to emphasize something.But at the same time, he controls his voice very well, showing a real season of parenting.On the opposite side of Philips, Li Weilian listened with a very attentive expression, and his posture was also appropriately humble.However, the strange thing is that when Li Weilian spoke, a cloud of embarrassment flashed across Philips's face, and he said something else. Li Weilian's response was still firm. After a few small back and forth, Philips Laugh out loud and nod frequently.

The soft music wafting from the conference room stopped, indicating the end of the coffee break.As soon as the students returned to their seats, Philips and Li Weilian walked in side by side. Philips personally introduced Li Weilian to everyone before leaving. To Dai Xi's surprise, Li Weilian's speech was very vivid, not as serious as she imagined.Perhaps because he is too familiar with the situation in Greater China, Li Weilian talked to a ppt full of charts for half an hour, and all the boring figures turned into interesting business strategies, layouts and actual combat in his mouth , which clearly reflects the business characteristics of Greater China.Everyone listened with gusto, forty-five minutes passed quickly, and when Li Weilian finished the topic, Dai Xi suddenly woke up, only to find that the summary of psychological characteristics marked "w" in her notebook was still blank, and she pondered for several seconds , just write down-affinity.

Dai Xi realized that the Li Weilian in front of him was not as cold as he was in the company in Shanghai.Although the students present here were all newcomers meeting for the first time, he seemed to know everyone well.With only the shortest questions and observations, Li Weilian seemed to see through the thinking of these new managers. His narration completely matched the content that everyone was most interested in, so that the students couldn't help admiring them and felt the comfort of being valued and a sense of security. This is indeed an astonishing charm, the effect that is produced quickly after the simultaneous action of appearance and content.Status, experience, authority, and proper training can certainly create similar feelings, but the natural flow of talent is more welcome.

"Daisy, William is your president..." Taking advantage of the break in the discussion, the Australian female students in the same group asked Dai Xi in a low voice. "Yes?" Dai Xi didn't understand what she meant for a while. "God, you are so lucky!" Her blue eyes were fixed on the podium, and two blushes flew up on her fair face.Dai Xi winked at her. Recently, people often said that she was lucky. After the initial complacency passed, Dai Xi felt a certain degree of uneasiness when she heard such words today. Li Weilian began to explain the last item of this morning: the company's core values ​​and business ethics.In fact, Dai Xi thinks that this theme is even more boring. Of course, honesty and integrity need to be emphasized again and again, but they often become empty slogans and cannot really penetrate into the hearts of the people.Li Weilian is obviously aware of this, so he cited many real cases in his explanation, including what happened inside West Bund Chemical, and there were also major events in the commercial field. It really had a good effect and aroused everyone's resonance.

However, Dai Xi began to lose his mind as he listened.Li Weilian's explanation gave her a very strange feeling, like a hidden worry, slowly rising from the bottom of her heart.She couldn't clarify her thoughts for a while, and didn't understand the reason for this hidden worry, until she heard Li Weilian make a metaphor: "When we stand on this side of the cliff, we can see the other side of the cliff has something we dream of, maybe wealth, maybe power, maybe love, or in short, the happiness we long for, what is it? What prevents us from going forward desperately, what prevents us from falling to pieces at this impassable distance?—Is the understanding of gravity. It is precisely because we know that no one can escape the force of gravity, so we can Only by having the fear of falling into the abyss can one resist temptation and avoid destruction. In the field of business, to understand the code of business ethics is to understand gravity." This metaphor is so apt that Dai Xi's heart trembles.However, what really worried her was Li Weilian's tone of voice. This tone was very peculiar, not insincere, but too calm and indifferent. Dai Xi thought about it, and suddenly wrote in his notebook: Detachment!Yes, Li Weilian was too detached when he made the metaphor, as if the gravity of the earth is universal, except that it has nothing to do with himself. ——Detachment, no, this is too dangerous!Dai Xi looked up frightenedly, just meeting Li Weilian's eyes.His eyes were very gentle and kind, as if he was asking her: "What are you writing?" Dai Xi smiled at him, then quickly lowered her head, messing up the words she just wrote. The noon buffet at the Four Seasons Hotel is very rich, with rare Boston lobsters, French oysters and Russian caviar stacked on bright silver bowls.But Dai Xi has no appetite, she is very sad, because detachment is not the attitude that the CEO should have, but the sickness of the consultant X.