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Chapter 108 I would rather be the head of a chicken than the queen of a cow!

Now that he has won the award issued by the supermarket, employees are not allowed to take away the gifts from the owner. Regarding such a rule, Thierry can only retract his outstretched hand and collect the money again.

The three people walked out of the Carrefour supermarket. It was already time to get off work in the evening. Frank and the others clearly felt that the flow of customers to the Carrefour supermarket had suddenly increased, and it was like a flow of people with no end in sight.

"The population of China is really too large. If Europe can also have such a large population, the group's prospects will be even more wonderful!" Thierry looked at the rolling flow of people and couldn't help but sigh. With the increasing number of people in Europe,

Compared with the aging society, the current China is full of vitality. If such a huge population market can be occupied by a group, it will be exciting to think about.

"Frank?" Thierry sighed for a long time, but no one answered him. He couldn't help but look at Frank beside him.

Frank looked at the constant flow of traffic on the road, but he didn't take anything in mind at all. He was thinking about the scene just now. Frank remembered very clearly that China has always been disdainful of picking up gold for many years.

They spare no effort to publicize, but in the publicity, those who have found property, no matter how poor they are, cannot receive any financial gifts from the owner, as if as long as they receive a reward, they will be given to those who have found gold.

It's the same as slandering virtues. This rule of Carrefour Supermarket is obviously contrary to this tradition.

As far as Frank knows, most of the regulations in Western countries regarding found lost items tend to provide partial compensation to the pickers. After all, if someone picks up something, it still takes time to send it to the lost and found office, right?

For example, in the United States, it is up to the individual to decide whether to return money and items found, but some states advocate return and stipulate that the return time ranges from 1 month to 12 months. If no one claims it within the specified time, it will belong to the individual; in France, lost items

If no one claims it within a year, it will belong to the person who found it; in the Netherlands: when the owner claims the money or property, he must give the person who picked up the money a bouquet of tulips, the national flower, as a token of gratitude. Most owners will also give the person who picked up the money an appropriate reward. Valuable items will not be left alone within two years.

The claim belongs to the person who picked it up.

Another example is that according to Japan's "Lost Property Law", after the owner gets back his lost property, he must pay about 5% to 20% of the value of the lost property to express his gratitude to the person who found the lost property. After the found lost property is handed over to the police station,

If the owner cannot be found and no one claims it within six months, the lost property will belong to the person who found it.

However, Frank believes that Carrefour Supermarket’s regulations are more in line with human nature. You must know that similar sayings about no profit and no early start are also found in many countries around the world. He always believes that things like laws, rules and regulations, which are made by people, cannot be

It should be raised without restrictions, but should be formulated based on the moral standards and social practices of the vast majority of people. The noble character of a very small number of people cannot be forced on the heads of the vast majority of people.

His view is actually quite consistent with Fang Mingyuan. Fang Mingyuan once gave an example. Although Buddhism has the disadvantage of anesthetizing the majority of the people and maintaining the rule of the ruling class, you have to admit that its teachings are calling people

Be kind, if everyone in the world is kind and has a kind heart, then there will naturally be no disputes or wars in the world. The idea can be said to be beautiful, but if we use this standard to formulate laws, then it will

It is 100% an evil law! Because it requires everyone to meet the standards that only a very small number of compassionate and noble people can achieve. Not even many people who have become monks cannot stand the clear rules and precepts of Buddhism.

Have you returned to the secular world again? There are still many people who are trying to sell themselves like sheep, using the guise of being a monk but doing no good things secretly.

Therefore, Fang Mingyuan formulated this store rule so that the clerks who found the lost items could happily hand over the lost items to the store, at least without feeling that they had spent all the hard work of searching for them but had gained nothing in the end.

Although the store will have to pay some costs for this, Fang Mingyuan believes that if this can establish a reputation among Carrefour supermarket customers, then this small cost is really worth it.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Because of this rule, Carrefour Supermarket has been reported by various media more than once. Although many people have also pointed out that this rule of Carrefour Supermarket goes against the Chinese nation's "gold but not taste"

Traditional morals, but more people think that this move is more humane, at least for the clerks of Carrefour supermarkets themselves, it has a better effect of encouraging them to "pick up gold but not taste it". And as "Lei Feng" becomes more and more

With fewer people, people miss it more and more, and Carrefour supermarket, which has repeatedly appeared to be a good-for-nothing store, naturally has a better and better image in people's minds.

Through this incident, Frank felt that maybe he had underestimated this private enterprise. It might be an anomaly in China to have a management with such a sense of taking small losses and taking advantage of big gains.

"Frank!" Thierry reached out and pushed Frank twice, and Frank woke up from his meditation.

"Frank, what are you thinking about?" Thierry asked curiously, "Is there anything here that can fascinate you too?" This rolling traffic is like the overwhelming tide of traffic. The flow of people is indeed Europe.

It's rare and quite spectacular, but it's a bit strange to see it so absorbedly.

Frank looked at the translator Qi, took out fifty yuan from his wallet and said: "Mr. Qi, please buy me a pack of cigarettes. I want your good Chinese cigarettes."

After the translator Qi left, he said to Thierry: "I was just thinking whether we and the group company might have underestimated this company. There is an old saying in China, it is better to be the head of a chicken than a cow.

back!"

"You are a chicken? I am your queen?" Frank said these eight words in Chinese, and his pronunciation was not accurate. Thierry, who had not studied Chinese, his pronunciation was even more outrageous.

"In other words, I would rather be the head of a chicken than the butt of a cow!" Frank didn't care about Thierry's imitation and continued, "What this means in China is that I would rather be the management of a small company.

, and will never be a basic employee of a large company. I think that if I have such a prosperous emerging enterprise, I am afraid that I will not be willing to transfer it to the group easily. Sometimes, money cannot solve everything. So, in order to complete

I think we need to make more preparations for President Nicholas’s mission.”

"Looking back, you need to contact the embassy staff in Beijing and ask them to help us collect some more information about Carrefour Supermarket, as well as detailed information about its shareholders. It would be best to see if you can hire another person from the French-owned enterprises in Beijing.

A compatriot who knows the customs and customs of China is here to help us complete this task. At the same time, I will also ask President Nicholas to send more negotiators. I think it is best to ask China from a political perspective

The government is putting pressure on us and asking those Chinese officials to help us put pressure on Carrefour Supermarket. Maybe the effect will be better!" Frank said while Thierry took notes.

"Will Chinese officials care about this?" Thierry said in surprise. In Western countries, helping foreign companies merge with domestic companies is an absolutely thankless task, and it can easily arouse the dissatisfaction of their own citizens.

Thereby affecting one's own future. Therefore, people in the officialdom will not come forward to do this kind of thing easily, unless there is obvious benefit.

Frank naturally understood why Thierry was surprised. He smiled and said: "Thierry, this is a magical country, different from us and many Western countries, so don't judge this place by our country's standards for officials, of course.

, and don’t use the standards of Japan and South Korea. If you have to find a reference, you can consider the Soviet Union. In China, an official’s career depends, to a large extent, on whether he can be appreciated by his superiors.

Whether he can complete the tasks assigned by his superiors does not depend on the opinions of the Chinese people in the area under his jurisdiction. To put it more extreme, even if this citizen wishes to let him die tomorrow, as long as his superiors appreciate it, he will still do it

It can be promoted. So you can rest assured that as long as the background of Carrefour Supermarket is not as strong as the Chinese officials we found, there is no risk in this kind of pressure. Success is certainly good, but failure is not good for him.

It has no impact.”

"So wouldn't this become a paradise for officials?" Thierry was a little unbelievable. Although Europe is not without corrupt and incompetent officials, no matter what, when they are corrupt, they have to do it secretly.

You must not let the public know, and you must please these people to ensure that you can continue to sit on this seat. Why is this happening here?

"The Chinese people used to have a term for officials, called 'parent officials'. That is to say, an official is like the parents of the citizens within his jurisdiction. Although it was later changed to a public servant, in my opinion, it is just a parent.

It's just a different title. When have you ever seen a servant calling his master back and forth?" During the years Frank spent in Hong Kong, he did more than just eat. He knew Chinese society quite well, which is why Nicholas

An important reason why the president chose him as his representative for negotiations in China.

"Officials are like parents? Isn't that a step back to the imperial era?" In Thierry's memory, it seems that only before the Second World War, or even further back, domestic officials dared to be so unscrupulous. Now France

The government is also unsatisfactory, but at least no official dares to blatantly face voters like this.

Frank shrugged and said, "You and I can talk about this kind of thing, but we can't say it in front of the Chinese people!"

Not far away, Translator Qi was walking back quickly with a cigarette...