Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

"James Burke?"

Du Yongxiao was slightly startled, feeling that the name sounded familiar. Looking at the other person carefully, he was in his thirties, in the prime of life, with a typical white appearance, high cheekbones, a straight nose, and a pair of green eyes that looked full of wisdom, but when he looked at himself, he inadvertently revealed a hint of contempt.

He immediately noticed who Du Yongxiao was, and couldn't help but feel funny in his heart.

"Hello, Mr. Du, nice to meet you!" James Burke extended his hand.

Du Yongxiao shook hands with him, "Nice to meet you too, Mr. Burke! Your name sounds familiar. Your Excellency was previously in -"

"Oh, I work for Johnson \u0026 Johnson!" Burke said proudly.

"Johnson?" Du Yongxiao was slightly stunned, and immediately understood why the other party was so proud.

As one of the four major pharmaceutical companies in the world, Johnson \u0026 Johnson is very powerful, with annual revenue of more than one billion U.S. dollars. After all, being able to work at Johnson \u0026 Johnson represents status and ability.

Liu He also said from the side: "Yes, Mr. Burke is very capable. He is also a leader in Johnson \u0026 Johnson, and he has created a lot of value for Johnson \u0026 Johnson. The profit in one quarter the year before last was as high as 200 million US dollars——"

James Burke looked proud and said humbly: "Don't dare, don't dare! These are other people's work, I just happened to do it!"

He looks humble on the outside, but he is very proud in his heart.

Du Yongxiao smiled, and he suddenly remembered who this Mr. "James Burke" in front of him was.

In the last life, Mr. James Burke was also quite famous.

If people were asked to give an example of the most courageous CEO, many would point to James Burke's decision to withdraw all Tylenol capsules in 1982 due to a "cyanide poisoning incident."

This decision caused Johnson \u0026 Johnson to lose $240 million in revenue, but due to the appropriate measures taken to deal with the crisis, the company successfully turned the crisis around and improved its reputation and visibility.

However, James Burke's truly great act dates back three years. At that time, he summoned 20 company executives to a room, reached out and tapped the Johnson \u0026 Johnson Creed written by R.W. Johnson Jr. 36 years ago hanging on the wall.

These creeds are intended to standardize the company's self-discipline, including "responsibility to mothers and all those who use our products."

James Burke worried that company executives might view these creeds as meaningless platitudes that were unable to meet the challenges of increasing competition in the marketplace.

"It's a company creed and if we don't live by it, we should rip it off the wall and tear it up," he said.

The people present were shocked and wondered whether Burke was serious. Although there was some confusion and disputes at the beginning, they eventually reached a consensus. Relying on this creed, Burke led Johnson \u0026 Johnson to ultimate prosperity and became a god-like presence among professional managers.

After knowing who the other party was, Du Yongxiao couldn't help but look at Liu He, a prodigal son, with admiration. He couldn't figure out how he got this "great master" from Phoenix Pharmaceuticals, which was poached from Johnson \u0026 Johnson.

After all, it is difficult for people like Burke to be inferior to others, let alone to be inferior to Chinese people.

If you think about it carefully, besides high salary, it is probably power.

In fact, Du Yongxiao guessed correctly that the reason why James Burke came to Phoenix from Johnson \u0026 Johnson was that Liu He's condition was "decentralization of power", handing over all power to James Burke and becoming the boss himself.

Of course, Du Yongxiao did not expect Liu He to turn Phoenix into a Fortune 500 company from the beginning. He just needed Liu He, his "own man", to keep an eye on Phoenix.

In business, there are never permanent friends or enemies.

Du Yongxiao was also on guard against Rockefeller.

Just like Rockefeller was always on guard against Du Yongxiao.

Liu He is a chess piece arranged by Du Yongxiao in the United States. He does not need to be very capable, he just needs to stay here and stand here.

It's just that Du Yongxiao underestimated Liu He's magnanimity, or ability to not be greedy for power, and directly gave power to James Burke in exchange for Burke's loyalty to Phoenix.

"Mr. Du, please come this way. I have prepared coffee. Let's go over there and drink coffee while I report to you." Burke raised his hand in an invitation gesture, showing respect and thoughtful behavior.

Du Yongxiao smiled slightly, "I want it too, please!"

Everyone followed Burke towards the living room.

…

The living room is not large in area, but it is very gorgeously decorated.

As soon as he entered the hall, Burke acted like a master. He first invited Du Yongxiao and the others to sit down, and then asked the female secretary Lina to quickly bring the coffee.

Seeing Burke like this, Liu He could only smile bitterly at Du Yongxiao.

Du Yongxiao didn't mind at all.

When the coffee was served, Du Yongxiao took a sip and felt pretty good. Then he asked Burke about some management matters of the company.

After all, Burke had real talent and knowledge. Although he felt that some of the questions Du Yongxiao asked were a bit stupid, he still answered them carefully.

After a cup of coffee, Du Yongxiao asked the same questions.

Burke's answer was fluent. For him, since Du Yongxiao was not involved in the company's management, it was useless to ask so many questions. These were purely formalities.

At this moment, female secretary Lina suddenly hurried in from outside. She first glanced at Du Yongxiao, then leaned into Burke's ear and whispered a few words.

Burke's expression changed, as if he had encountered some difficulty.

He was about to find an excuse to leave when Du Yongxiao suddenly said: "Mr. Burke, did something happen? If so, just tell me. After all, I am also the boss of this company."

Du Yongxiao's last sentence was an understatement, but full of coercion.

Burke originally didn't intend to pay attention to Du Yongxiao. He made an excuse to leave and settled the matter himself. But Du Yongxiao had already said this, so he had to cough and said: "That's it, Mr. Du! There is a disabled person outside holding a sign. Request to meet with our company’s senior management!”

"Hold the sign?" Du Yongxiao frowned, "What happened?"

Liu He, the hands-off shopkeeper, was also stunned and asked: "Yes, it seems that the matter is very big."

Burke coughed: "It's just some small things, I will take care of them."

"Little things?" Du Yongxiao smiled, put down the coffee cup, stood up from the sofa, then walked to the window, opened the curtains, and looked outside.

Du Yongxiao looked down at the company square below and saw a man with disabled legs. He had shaggy hair and an unkempt beard. He was surrounded by garbage, bedding and other items. He was holding a sign with both hands. The distance was too far and he could not clearly see what was written on the sign.

The fat security guard and his companion who were guarding the entrance of the company ran over and tried their best to drive away the disabled man.

The disabled man was holding on to a pile of rubbish, refusing to move away.

The two sides got entangled in place.

Not far away, a whistle sounded, but it alerted the patrolling police.

Looking nearby, another reporter ran out.

Du Yongxiao narrowed his eyes. The police and reporters were all present. Isn't it a coincidence?

After Du Yongxiao died, James Burke was still explaining: "Mr. Du, please don't worry, I will solve this small matter right away, please don't worry!"

Du Yongxiao turned around and smiled slightly: "Originally, I wasn't too worried, and I believed in your ability, but now that the police and reporters have appeared, I can't even think about not worrying!"

"What?" Burke was startled and stood up from the sofa with an ugly expression.

Liu He and others were also shocked, "The police are here, and there are reporters? What's going on?"

Du Yongxiao glanced at Burke and said calmly: "Let's go down and solve it together!"

…

"Friends from the police, they drove me away rudely!"

"Journalist friends, I want to appeal. Phoenix Pharmaceuticals fired me without any reason. I protest!"

The disabled man who looked like a homeless man complained loudly to the police and reporters who arrived.

The crowd gathered around more and more.

The fat security guard was so worried that he took off his hat and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He said to reporters and police: "Don't listen to his nonsense. He is making trouble unreasonably! Please cooperate with us and don't block the passage." "

The police scoffed.

The reporter even sarcastically said: "What does it mean to block the passage, and what does it mean to make unreasonable troubles? Since something happened, we have to find out."

"This -" the fat security guard was speechless.

"Here's the thing!" The disabled homeless man said to everyone: "As a disabled person, although I graduated from a very good University of California, I encountered obstacles all the way after graduation. I applied for many companies, all because of my disability. , don’t want me!”

"When I was at a loss, I saw the Phoenix Pharmaceutical recruitment advertisement three months ago. They wanted to recruit a copywriter. They gave pictures and asked people to help write the text. This suited me very well. , which was also very close to what I studied in college, so I took out the rent that I was going to pay in advance to the landlord, bought a suit, took photos, carefully crafted a resume, and submitted it to this company."

"God has mercy, I actually passed and called and signed an employment contract with them. After that, I worked for them by mail for three months, which was said to be a probationary period. During this period, they assigned me all the work Completed and approved from above.”

Everyone around listened carefully.

In particular, the policeman and reporter listened with rapt attention, feeling that this disabled man was a man who strives for self-improvement.

The disabled person continued: "After three months, the probation period ended. According to the signed contract, if nothing else happened, I should officially become a full-time employee, so I came to the company to participate in the final interview for full-time employment——"

When everyone heard this, they actually already knew the result.

This company didn't know they were hiring people with disabilities, so they probably regretted it immediately after seeing the person in person.

This is indeed the case.

"It was only during the interview that they found out that I was disabled, so they fired me unilaterally!" the disabled person said sadly, "How in the world can this be justified? They are discriminating against disabled people and violating the labor contract! "

When everyone around heard this, they all said unjustly: "Yes, it's so abominable!"

"You can't bully disabled people like this!"

"We want justice for him!"

The reporter even directly picked up the microphone and wanted to personally interview the disabled people.

The police even called the Los Angeles Disabled Persons Organization.

Just when things got out of hand——

A voice said: "Sorry, if this is really the case, I apologize to you on behalf of Phoenix Pharmaceuticals!"

When everyone heard the news, they saw a man in white walking out of Phoenix Pharmaceutical Company surrounded by a group of people.

The man was personable and majestic. What was surprising was that he was Chinese!

"Who is he?"

"What qualifications does he have to say such a thing?"

Everyone looked at Du Yongxiao and started talking again.

The policeman and the reporter looked at each other meaningfully.

Du Yongxiao walked up to the disabled man with a smile. Without waiting for the other party to ask, he reached out his hand and said, "Hello, my surname is Du, my name is Du Yongxiao, and I am the person in charge of Phoenix Pharmaceuticals!"

"Eh? Person in charge?" The disabled man couldn't help but look at James Burke who was following Du Yongxiao.

Burke had to stand up and introduce Du Yongxiao: "Everyone, this is the boss of our company and my immediate boss, Du Yongxiao, Mr. Du!"

James Burke was a famous person. He was famous as a professional manager of Phoenix Pharmaceuticals. Now that he said this, everyone had to look at Du Yongxiao with admiration.

"Wow, he's really in charge!"

"So young!"

"Still Chinese!"

The policeman took a step forward and said in a cold tone: "Mr. Du, do you know that your company discriminates against disabled people? I just called the Disabled Persons' Federation. Please explain it later!"

The reporter followed closely and said, "I am a reporter from Sky TV. I want to interview you now -"

Faced with such an offensive, Du Yongxiao just smiled lightly and said, "Sorry, I am very willing to accept your interview, but before the interview, please allow me to resolve the matter at hand."

"Solve it?" The reporter looked contemptuous, "I want to see how you solve it, Mr. Du."

Not to mention that reporters and police did not believe that Du Yongxiao could handle the matter immediately, even James Burke and Liu He did not believe it.

Only Yan Xiong has always trusted Du Yongxiao - in his eyes, there is no problem in this world that Du Yongxiao cannot solve.

Du Yongxiao looked at the disabled man again and asked in a gentle voice: "Excuse me, what is your surname?"

"My name is John."

"John, I'm sorry for what you just said. First of all, I want to know, did you read our recruitment content before you applied for our company?"

"Of course!"

"Really?" Du Yongxiao smiled slightly and stretched out his hand to the side.

The female secretary Lina hurriedly handed him a newspaper.

Du Yongxiao picked up the newspaper and asked John, a disabled person: "Is it what is in this newspaper?"

John looked at it and said, "Yes."

Du Yongxiao had a serious expression and a serious tone. He looked at the newspaper and then said to everyone: "It is clearly written on it that the recruits are required to be physically and mentally healthy--"

After saying that, Du Yongxiao looked at John: "I'm not discriminating against you. Do you think you are suitable for this condition?"

"This--" John was stunned.

The reporter hurriedly said: "What you said is wrong. You hired him without investigating clearly. It was not Mr. John who deliberately concealed his disability."

Du Yongxiao smiled, looked at the reporter and said: "I'm sorry, I never said that our company would not recruit people with disabilities -"

"Uh, what?"

In everyone’s surprise——

Du Yongxiao stabbed him, tore the newspaper into pieces and threw it into the air.

Debris flew.

"From now on -" Du Yongxiao's eyes were firm and his tone was deep, "Phoenix Pharmaceuticals will open the door to all disabled people!"