Henry Keswick had just returned to the office from the board meeting when he received a report from his assistant that some employees at Wellcome Supermarket were making trouble.
Henry Keswick only felt upset. Before the shareholders could settle things, there was another riot below. He asked his assistant: Why are they making trouble at this time?
Today is the time to pay wages to all our Jardine staff, and the same goes for Wellcome. It’s just that this time due to profits, Wellcome’s wages last month were much less than before. And because of our discount sales
, but they are more tired, so they are not satisfied with the salary this time and require us to pay according to Watsons' salary. The assistant replied.
Henry Keswick immediately said: Go and ask the front desk to call the shareholders of the group. I want to discuss this matter with them and try to come up with a plan today. At the same time, you inform Wellcome and let them stabilize the mood of the employees.
We will give them a reply tomorrow morning at the latest.
While Henry Keswick was in a panic, Li Guangyu was arranging some adjustments to future news reports in his office and lifting the previous restrictions on reporting there.
Liu Tianci said: Li Sheng, our TV station will make some adjustments to this. Do you have any special instructions regarding the reports there?
Li Guangyu said: Regarding the reports there, we still insist on seeking truth from facts, not exaggerating, not slandering, everything is in accordance with the procedures of the TV station, and there is no need to specifically increase the reports there.
When Liu Tianci and Zhou Liang Shuyi heard what Li Guangyu said, they knew that their relationship with them had not returned to the past. In the past, Li Guangyu asked them to increase their reporting on them, but now they just asked them to follow the process without any demands.
Take more care of what you mean.
While they were still discussing, Gan Qin came to the office and reported to Li Guangyu the situation at Wellcome Supermarket.
Li Guangyu was very happy after hearing this. He didn't expect that Yihe would make such a big mistake. He didn't know what the top management of Wellcome and Yihe were thinking. If such wages continue to be paid, these employees will not cause trouble.
Strange.
Li Guangyu immediately told Liu Tianci and Zhou Liang Shuyi: You immediately arranged for reporters to interview some supermarkets in Wellcome, increase their coverage of this incident, and create greater pressure on Wellcome Supermarkets.
Zhou Liang Shuyi said: Okay Li Sheng, we will go back and make arrangements right away.
After Zhou Liang Shuyi and Liu Tianci left, Li Guangyu said to Gan Qin: Inform Chen Linwen and Li Xuelan and ask them to pay attention to the internal situation of Hengyu Supermarket Group and Watsons employees, and don't let such things happen in our group.
Okay Li Sheng, I will contact them right away. After Gan Qin finished speaking, he also left Li Guangyu's office.
Li Guangyu himself was thinking about whether the dissatisfaction of Wellcome Supermarket employees this time would be of value to him in defeating Wellcome Supermarket. He knew that this time would not be too long, and Yihe was probably already thinking of a way to solve it.
If you want to do something, you have to hurry up.
Li Guangyu currently has no shortage of people in the supermarket group. Otherwise, Li Guangyu would really want to recruit people from Wellcome Supermarket. With the trigger of this incident and the sharp contrast between Watsons' methods, he believes that if he recruits people by himself,
The success rate will be quite high.
At this time, Zhang Shengjie, chairman of Wellcome Supermarket, was no longer as confident as when he first came to Wellcome. Especially in the past two days, the news that Xiangjiang China Investment Company had acquired the shares of some small shareholders of Hutchison Whampoa Group made him feel that Watsons would be the first to do so.
The idea that I couldn't put it off was completely lost.
Today's employee riots made him feel even more stressed. Logically speaking, there was no problem with them paying wages in accordance with regulations. It was only Watson's practices and the high salary of Hengyu Supermarket Group that put Wellcome in such a predicament.
There is no harm if there is no comparison. If Watsons does not pay wages according to January, they can still rely on some slogans and draw a big pie to keep employees enthusiastic about work.
Now these things have no effect at all. Even if the benefits after the collapse of Hengyu and Watsons are boasted to the sky, these employees will not listen to this. They can rest assured that they can actually get the current benefits when needed.
At the meeting of Wellcome Supermarket, Zhang Shengjie said: Mr. Keswick of the headquarters just told us to stabilize the mood of employees and ensure the normal operation of Wellcome Supermarket. Let us explain to the employees, and they will give everyone a warning tomorrow morning at the latest.
Account.
Then Zhang Shengjie began to assign tasks to the senior executives. Each senior executive had to visit two or three supermarkets to stabilize the mood of each store.
When Zhang Shengjie came to the Wellcome Supermarket Central store after the meeting, the employees there were very passive and lacked the vitality of the past. As a result, the customer flow has decreased.
Moreover, Zhang Shengjie also noticed that there was actually a reporter interviewing an employee, which made him quite angry.
Zhang Shengjie walked over and said, "Which newspaper reporter are you from? Don't you know that you can't come in for interviews without the permission of our supermarket executives?"
The leading reporter said: Hello Zhang Sheng, we didn't come in for an interview. We just came to buy something. I don't know where it is, so I just asked the salesperson. Why, doesn't Zhang Sheng welcome us to come and shop?
Zhang Shengjie didn't believe that they were here to buy something. When asking questions when buying something, do you still need to take notes? He really considered himself a fool.
Zhang Shengjie said to the salesperson: Don’t do anything unrelated to work during working hours.
The reporter also knew that it was not easy to interview the store staff now, so he said to Zhang Shengjie: Zhang Sheng, you came at the right time. It is said that many of your Wellcome staff are very dissatisfied with their salaries. I wonder if you can comment on this matter.
Tell us what your senior management's current plans are.
Zhang Shengjie is not in the mood to be interviewed by reporters now. Moreover, he himself does not know how the headquarters will solve this problem. At this time, he cannot give any definite answer.
Zhang Shengjie said: I am quite busy now and do not have time to accept your interview. At the same time, if you are shopping, we welcome you here. If you are doing an interview, then please leave here and do not delay the normal business of our supermarket.
These few people know that it is more difficult to get some information in this store now. They can only leave here and go to other places to see if there is anything valuable.
Zhang Shengjie found the manager of the Central store. At this time, there were many off-duty staff surrounding the place, which seemed very noisy.
After Zhang Shengjie said a few words loudly, the scene finally became quiet.
Regardless of the store manager, these employees all looked at Zhang Shengjie at this time. They were all waiting for the news from Zhang Shengjie. They were working more tiredly than before, but their wages were much less than before, and they felt very unhappy.
willingly.
Of course they know that Wellcome doesn't make much money, but unlike Hengyu Supermarket Group, Watsons doesn't make any money. They are guaranteed to get similar wages as before, so why should they have so much less?
Zhang Shengjie said: Please be patient. The group headquarters is currently discussing this issue. Mr. Keswick promised to give you an answer no later than tomorrow morning.