I Am the President of the University

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Zeng Xiwen is the vice president of Unilever North Asia. He had just gone to work this morning and was processing documents for a while when he suddenly heard a rapid knock on the door.

"Please come in." Zeng Xiwen frowned.

The door opened and the assistant trotted in with a panicked expression.

"Mr. Zeng, what's wrong, Bureau Zhao from the relevant department suddenly brought someone here!"

"How big of a deal is this? Look how panicked you are now!" Zeng Xiwen scolded his assistant.

Then he stood up and said, "Where is Director Zhao? Take me there."

On the way to the conference room, Zeng Xiwen felt a little uneasy.

Director Zhao is the head of a very powerful relevant department in Shanghai. It is not that he has never visited Unilever before, but he will always inform him in advance.

This kind of unexpected visit is what major companies fear the most.

It shows that things are not simple.

When I arrived at the conference room, I briefly glanced at the people inside. There were five people in total. The leader was Director Zhao from the relevant department, and the other four should be subordinates as expected.

Just when she sat down and before she spoke, Director Zhao's next words shocked him.

"Mr. Zeng, this visit is mainly for an interview with Unilever."

"Let me introduce you first. The two on the left are comrades from the National Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation. The two on the right are comrades from relevant departments in Shanghai."

Zeng Xiwen's eyelids jumped when he heard about the two national ministries and commissions in front of him, and he felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

After some greetings, today's interview work began.

It lasted for more than an hour.

The interview is over.

Zeng Xiwen took people to see him off in person, with a particularly warm smile on his face.

After the two cars disappeared from his sight, Zeng Xiwen's smile disappeared instantly, replaced by a slightly frowning and very serious face.

He did not go back to his office, but went directly to the president Rohit Jawa.

Long Jiahua was transferred from the headquarters last year to serve as the president of North China Asia, and he was only a vice president. Important matters still had to be communicated with Long Jiahua.

The North China Asia region is quite large. It is headquartered in Shanghai and is responsible for managing business in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. The China region alone employs more than 7,000 people.

When he arrived at Long Jiahua's office and informed the other party of the content of the interview, Long Jiahua also frowned.

"In your Chinese language, this interview is more like a 'beating'?"

Because the content of this interview did not focus on Unilever's market or quality issues, but on many business developments and some complaints and reports received.

I talked about neither light nor serious things for more than an hour, and the warning was too obvious.

Zeng Xiwen nodded, "That's what it looks like."

"What's the reason? There has to be a reason, right?" Long Jiahua had a headache and couldn't think of anything.

The two of them thought hard for a while. Zeng Xiwen recalled the major events that had happened recently. Suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed through him, and he seemed to have caught some thoughts.

He hesitated and said, "Could it be because of the headquarters?"

"Headquarters?" Long Jiahua's eyes widened and he asked suspiciously, "Is there any problem with the headquarters?"

"Ahem, the headquarters is located in the UK. The UK was the second to take a stand on the recent anti-monopoly controversy." Zeng Xiwen said tactfully.

Unilever is a fast-moving consumer goods and daily chemical giant. Because it was formed from the merger of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in its early years, it has two companies: Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and London, the United Kingdom.

Strictly speaking, the UK accounts for a larger proportion.

Unilever's products are very large, including Dove, Lux, Clear, Chunghwa Toothpaste, Vaseline, Jinfang, Omo Laundry, Heluoxue, Lipton, Pond's, Lifebuoy, Sunsilk, Lingshi, AHC, Lovely, etc. .

Each of these is a well-known brand, and its influence and popularity are not low at all.

Just one Lipton costs tens of billions of yuan. (It was acquired in November 2021 at a price of 4.5 billion or approximately 32.7 billion)

Interestingly, Chinese toothpaste is British, but Black toothpaste is Chinese.

"That should also be an interview with a French company. After all, it was France, not the UK, that started the trouble in the first place!" Long Jiahua curled his lips, not quite believing it.

But this kind of thing is very easy to prove.

Although Long Jiahua didn't really believe it, he immediately contacted several British companies in China.

But what he didn't expect was that what Zeng Xiwen said turned out to be true.

"Ok, thanks."

After hanging up the phone, Long Jiahua was still unwilling and made a few more calls.

ten minutes later.

"Xie Te! It's really like this!" Long Jiahua had a black line on his head and raised his head to look at Zeng Xiwen.

He said helplessly: "I have just contacted the Greater China presidents of InterContinental, Reckitt Benckiser and Standard Chartered Bank, and they have just been interviewed by relevant departments."

"But why are you looking for our British companies in China?"

"Obviously France was the first to launch an antitrust investigation!" Long Jiahui said angrily.

Zeng Xiwen touched his nose and said awkwardly: "After all, among Chinese companies, there are more companies in the United States and the United Kingdom, but there are not many in France..."

There are many British companies in China, such as Dyson in the electrical appliance industry, whose sales in China in 2020 are approaching 10 billion yuan;

There is also InterContinental Hotels Group, one of the hotel giants, which owns brands such as InterContinental Hotels, Crowne Plaza Hotels, and Regent Hotels;

The famous car company Land Rover;

Famous luxury brand Burberry;

Two major banks: Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC;

PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the Big Four accounting firms;

Biological giant: AstraZeneca;

Ahem, and the famous FMCG giant Reckitt Benckiser, whose brands include Durex, Dettol, etc.

Long Jiahua's face turned darker. This time he was really shot while lying down.

"What should we do now?"

On these policy issues, Zeng Xiwen, as a Chinese, knows better.

After all, he is Indian. (Graduated from Delhi University, India)

Zeng Xiwen thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Let's give feedback to the headquarters. This interview is mainly a warning. As long as the UK cancels the antitrust investigation against Guanghua University and Lushu Group, nothing will happen."

"This is the only way..." Long Jiahua was extremely angry, but he could only follow Zeng Xiwen's method.

After all, judging from China's actions in the past few days, the other party is determined to report to Guanghua University and Lushu Group.

If we don't put pressure on the British government, I'm afraid the other side will really do it.

For example, some fire inspections and the like can make people sick to death.

But what Long Jiahua and Zeng Xiwen didn't know was that today's interview was not only with British companies in China, but also with French companies in China.

It even made the news and was reported in overseas editions.

The meaning is very clear.

If you dare to engage in our business, we will also engage in your business.

At this time, the Lushu Group, which was at the forefront, issued a new notice.

This announcement made people all over the world except France excited.

Only the French people's anger, which had just been extinguished by the authorities, reignited.

Lushu Group (English: loes): "Latest notice! The second wave of limited-edition sales will start at 12:00 the day after tomorrow. This time there will be 2 million sets of smart thermostatic clothes, 1 million sets each for the Chinese market and overseas markets. The sales method remains the same. It is Guanghua Mall. And offline direct-operated stores around the world will officially start operations in the future. Please check the direct-operated store addresses and business hours in various countries on the Guanghua Mall website.”

"This civil servant series will be launched in the Chinese market. Relevant certificates must be completed. One person is limited to two sets."

"Special statement: Adhering to the principle of market freedom, our company has communicated with the French authorities several times recently, but unfortunately, the communication ended in failure. For French consumers, our company has tried its best, but has no choice but to temporarily stop French offline direct store business and French IP addresses cannot participate in this sale.”

The second wave of smart thermostatic clothes is about to be released!

Only France cannot participate in this.

On the day it was reported by major media around the world, the French people were angry again!

This time it was more serious, with radical young people throwing feces on the walls and doorways of the Competition Authority building and the Elysée Palace at night.

For a time, the contradictions intensified again.

As president, Macaron (pseudonym) has seen a sharp decline in his public support.

at this time.

Deep in the mountains of Licheng.

The usually quiet military station has now become lively due to a group of "uninvited" college students.

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