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Chapter 108 Serving someone else¡¯s bowl and eating someone else¡¯s meal

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    "Someone from Xinhua News Agency is here." Guan Fei just returned to Taiyu Technology Office. Before he could sit down and take a breath, he received a call from the reception desk on the first floor, saying that Xinhua News Agency was coming to visit.  As soon as he arrived, the other party followed him. He was obviously very concerned about his whereabouts. He might have followed him from the airport.  The Hong Kong branch is not just a newspaper; it is essentially a semi-official domestic organization in Hong Kong.  After liberation, the former Nationalist Government closed its offices in Hong Kong on its own initiative, declaring the end of the Nationalist Government¡¯s official status in Hong Kong.  After that, the British Hong Kong authorities were afraid that the mainland, which was more powerful than the national government, would use official institutions to form a second center of power and essentially seize control of Hong Kong, so they resolutely refused to allow the mainland to set up official institutions in Hong Kong.  The British Hong Kong authorities induced the mainland to establish a consulate general in Hong Kong in order to achieve the mainland's recognition of Hong Kong's colonial status. This request was of course sternly rejected.  ¡°But it is impossible for the two sides to live forever without contact, and the mainland also needs Hong Kong to become a window to communicate with the world.  After careful consideration, the top management decided to use the brand name of Xinhua News Agency to establish a branch in Hong Kong. As a press agency, it became a semi-official agency of the mainland in Hong Kong.  The branch office in Hong Kong is so eager to visit us, so there must be something important to communicate with Guan Fei.  "I'll come down right away" Guan Fei informed the reception desk on the first floor to entertain him well. He took Zhou Xiaoshan, Pan Meifeng, Mao Xiuliang and other company executives and quickly took the elevator downstairs to greet him personally.  Taiyu Technology is developing rapidly, and the company's grade is getting higher and higher. In order to further enhance the company's image in front of cooperative customers and dealers, the headquarters building has been renovated.  The first floor that was previously used as a workshop was completely vacated, and all workers and equipment were moved to a new building not far away.  After the load-bearing walls and columns of the building were reinforced, the divided walls of other functional areas were replaced by full-length floor-to-ceiling glass. With the efforts of the cleaners, they were wiped spotless; the walls were scraped smooth with plaster, and new wallpaper was affixed;  The roof of the building is suspended, and five large chandeliers are installed in the middle of the square geometric pattern formed by five sets of light bulbs. Together with a circle of spotlights against the wall, they are reflected by the deep red marble floor, reflecting a gem-like luster.  The whole hall is radiant and magnificent.  In order to prevent the hall from being too empty and to facilitate meetings between guests and employees, a half-foot-high wooden platform 100 meters long and 40 meters wide was built around the hall, lined with goose-yellow solid wood floors.  Near the entrance of the wooden platform, a three-meter-high rockery stands, unfolding horizontally like a screen, blocking the outside view.  The holes on the mountain are filled with soil, and specially cultivated potted trees are planted. There are also a few powerful pines stretching between the cliffs. The entire rockery is lush and green, just like a real mountain.  There is an open space of more than one meter at the foot of the mountain, full of tiny green grass, like a plain.  There are also doll models of houses, farmland, chickens and dogs, looms, farmers and weavers, etc., just like a peaceful farmhouse.  Under the action of water pressure, a small clear spring flows out from the top of the mountain, and converges into several bowl-sized ponds at the top, mountainside, and foot of the mountain, resembling mountain lakes.  The water reaches the foot of the mountain and pours down from a straight mountain wall, like a waterfall, gathering into a basin-sized pool in the low plain at the foot of the mountain.  The water poured continuously from above, overflowing the pool and flowing into a canal.  The water channel is winding, one or two meters wide in the wide part, and about 40 or 50 cm in the narrow part. It zigzags back and forth, surrounding the wooden platform, and finally returns to the pool behind the rockery, or a huge lake.  The offline water pump pumps up the water again and sends it to the top of the mountain, where the cycle repeats to form a stream of running water.  The waterway in the canal is embedded with pebbles of various colors the size of your thumb, including aquatic plants, fine sand, corals, and shells. Small fish, shrimps, and crabs are also stocked, swimming around in the waterway, adding to the vitality.  A wooden antique small arch bridge stretches from one end of the canal to the wooden platform on the opposite side.  The wooden platform is divided into more than a dozen parts by artistically shaped stainless steel handrails and half-person-high ornamental plants.  The outermost is a long strip area on both sides of the middle steps, where benches and wooden tables treated with varnish and retaining the original wooden texture are placed as a public resting place.  The interior of the long resting area is separated by three layers of ornamental plants and wooden lattice climbing vines connected to the roof. It is connected by a sidewalk to two large special private rooms. The interior decoration is very ingenious and more private. It serves as a reception  A temporary reception place for a small number of important customers.  The various grades of coffee, tea, iced drinks, pastries, etc. prepared at the reception desk are all handmade by professional bartenders, baristas, and pastry chefs invited. The quality is not inferior to that of high-end leisure places outside.  There are special wirings in the rest area, and the speakers are hidden deep in the leaves of ornamental plants and vines. Different music can be played in different areas according to different needs through the reception console.    Generally speaking, if you don¡¯t want to receive clients in the office, you don¡¯t need to go outside to find a place, and you can easily talk in the reception area.  Moreover, the environment here is elegant, the quality of the things is trustworthy, and the style is not bad at all. It can be regarded as a way to save reception expenses.  Guan Fei and others came out of the special elevator. A receptionist wearing a white standard shirt and short skirt, a blue short suit, and a purple gauze around the collar came up to them. She gently held the fingers of her left hand with her right hand, bowed and saluted, and whispered  : "Chairman, Mr. Zhou, Mr. Mao, Mr. Pan, several guests have been arranged in Xiazhu Hall 1, please follow me." Mandarin is spoken in a smooth tone, with just a hint of the soft accent from Taiwan.  " Serving people's bowls and eating people's meals, Guan Fei's requirement that Mandarin must be used as the working language is implemented very well in the company.  Hong Kong people already have a certain foundation in Mandarin. It has been taught in various Chinese schools since the early 20th century and has specialized Mandarin courses. Schools run by non-Cantonese speakers even teach entirely in Mandarin.  After the national government retreated to Taiwan, a large number of mainlanders poured in, and Hong Kong¡¯s language became more complex. Cantonese, Shanghainese, Mandarin, and Fujian and Zhejiang dialects were mixed, each with its own scope of application.  Therefore, in order for everyone to understand, radio stations, TV shows, and movies are all dubbed in Mandarin. Even if some local elderly people cannot speak it, they can definitely understand it.  The reason why Cantonese has become the mainstream in Hong Kong is the result of the forced promotion by the British Hong Kong authorities.  In the 1950s, due to the establishment of checkpoints in Lo Wu, the British Hong Kong authorities took advantage of the isolation of Hong Kong from the mainland to lower the status of Mandarin teaching and stipulated that primary schools must teach in Cantonese. Teachers who failed to pass the Cantonese language examination could not obtain teaching qualifications.  In the 1960s, Mandarin courses were even cancelled. Later, all schools, including private schools, were directly prevented from teaching Mandarin. Non-Cantonese dialect radio and television were banned, and Cantonese was forcibly promoted.  But even so, film companies are still insisting on using Mandarin dubbing, and movies have become the last frontier that continues to affect the local language environment.  Local people have more or less basic knowledge of Mandarin, and apart from the different tones, there is no difference in language expression between Cantonese and Mandarin.  Under the company's mandatory requirements, the employees spoke a little awkwardly at first, but they quickly adapted to it, especially some young people. After a period of practice, their Mandarin is more standard than many mainlanders.  It¡¯s just that the objects they study are mostly movies and Taiwanese radio programs. They inevitably have the soft intonation characteristics there, and the pronunciation of individual words is also different from that in the mainland.  With the emergence and growth of companies such as Taiyu Technology and New Era, under the influence of military branch companies, affiliated companies have also begun to promote Mandarin within a certain range in order to cater to their interests and facilitate communication.  In particular, business personnel, technical personnel, and senior executives of affiliated companies use Mandarin as one of their main working languages.  The British Hong Kong authorities are naturally dissatisfied, but this is their "company culture" and is a work requirement.  In order to contact customers and communicate normally, there is nothing wrong with learning Mandarin.  It cannot be said that British-funded companies are allowed to force their employees to speak English, but Chinese-funded companies cannot speak Mandarin.  If they really do this, they won't even need a fig leaf. It will be tantamount to completely breaking up with the mainland. They don't have the courage.  "Okay, thank you." Guan Fei said politely.  The renovated reception hall has a completely new look, with soft and bright ceiling lights, marble floors that reveal a shining light after refraction, goose-yellow wooden tables, bright silver handrails, green potted plants, and scattered flowers of various colors. I don¡¯t know where it came from.  The guzheng music floating in the hall made the hall look rich, gorgeous, elegant and strange.  After crossing the small bridge and going up to the wooden platform, Guan Fei smiled slightly and saw several pairs of staff discussing business. Both sides had coffee and tea cups, and their faces were flushed.  There were several employees in suits scattered in several places in the public rest area, sitting in pairs around wooden tables, chatting and laughing, seemingly happy.  As long as it is not a matter of principle, he has no intention of interfering.  Taiyu Technology is managed by Zhou Xiaoshan. Since he didn¡¯t say anything, it naturally means that these employees did not violate company regulations.  Everyone is in their own place and performs their responsibilities. There is no need for him to go beyond the company's original management and question and reprimand the employees below, which will have a negative impact on Zhou Xiaoshan's image in front of employees.  Everyone has his own management style. As long as he does his job well and performs well, he is free to manage the company how he wants.  In this era, European and American companies respect family-style management. There are coffee rooms and game rooms in the company. After completing their work, employees can go to the coffee room at any time to chat with colleagues and play a game of billiards. The company atmosphere is very  Relaxed and warm, very cohesive internally, rarely job-hopping.  It is not just Japan that implements lifetime employment. Most employees in European and American companies also follow the practice of serving the same company from employment to retirement.They are all in the same company. For them, the company is equivalent to family, sometimes more important than family.  When it comes to dedication, these employees in the 1960s and 1970s are no worse than those in Japan.  In order to rush orders, it is not uncommon to work overtime for free. When the company is prosperous, employees are happy, but when the company is in trouble, employees are worried. They come up with suggestions and try their best for the company. It can be said that they truly share the same breath and fate with the company.  It was not until the 1980s and after the 1980s that competition became increasingly fierce, companies closed down frequently, and the time to maintain normal operations became shorter and shorter. Employees had to consider their next employment direction as early as possible, and job-hopping became increasingly frequent. Eventually,  Become the norm.  And the warm family-style management model has also been replaced by more ruthless performance appraisal and a management model that means get out if it is not completed. The company has gradually become a cold squeeze tool.  
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