Chapter 810： Interviews with foreign companies

Magic City.

Zeng Xiwen is the vice president of Unilever's North China region. He was just going to work this morning to deal with documents for a while when he suddenly heard a hurried knock on the door.

"Please come in." Zeng Xiwen frowned.

The door opened, and the assistant trotted in in a panic.

"Mr. Zeng, it's not good. Bureau Zhao of the relevant department suddenly brought someone here!"

"It's a big deal, see how panicked you are now!" Zeng Xiwen scolded his assistant.

Then he got up, "Where is Bureau Zhao, take me there."

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

Bureau Zhao is the leader of a very powerful relevant department in Modu. It is not that he has not visited Unilever before, but he will be informed in advance.

This kind of sudden visit is what major companies are most afraid of.

Explain that things are not easy.

When I got to the conference room, I simply glanced at the people inside. There were 5 people in total. The head was Director Zhao of the relevant department, and the other four should be subordinates.

Just when she sat down and didn't speak, Zhao Ju'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 of Market Supervision and Administration, and the two on the right are comrades from the relevant departments of the city."

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

After some greetings, today's interview work begins.

It lasted for over an hour.

The interview is over.

Zeng Xiwen took someone to see him off in person, and the smile on his face was extraordinarily warm.

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

Instead of going back to his office, he went directly to find the president, rohitjawa.

Long Jiahua was transferred from the headquarters to serve as the president of North China Asia last year, and he was only a vice president, so he had to communicate with Long Jiahua on important matters.

The North China Asia region is quite large, headquartered in Modu, responsible for managing the business in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. It employs more than 7,000 employees in just one China region.

When he came to Long Jiahua's office and informed the other party of the content of the interview just now, Long Jiahua also frowned.

"The other party's interview is more like a 'beating' in your Chinese language?"

Because the content of the interview was not about Unilever's market or quality issues, but about the development of many businesses and some complaints and reports received.

It took more than an hour to talk about things that were neither light nor heavy, and the meaning of the warning was too obvious.

Zeng Xiwen nodded, "It looks like this."

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

The two pondered for a while, Zeng Xiwen recalled the recent major events, and suddenly a flash of light flashed, and he seemed to have caught some thoughts.

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

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

"Cough, headquartered in the UK, the UK is the second to make a statement about the recent anti-monopoly turmoil." Zeng Xiwen said euphemistically.

Unilever is a giant of fast-moving consumer goods and daily chemicals. Because it was formed by the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in the early years, there are two: Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and London, England.

Strictly speaking, the UK has a larger proportion.

Unilever's products are very large, such as Dove, Lux, Qingyang, Zhonghua Toothpaste, Vaseline, Jinfang, Omo Laundry, Heluxue, Lipton, Pond's, Weibao, Haseline, Lingshi, ahc, Kaido, etc. .

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

Just a Lipton, the price will be as high as tens of billions of yuan. (Acquired in November 2021 at a price of 4.5 billion or about 32.7 billion)

Interestingly, the Chinese toothpaste is British, while the black toothpaste is Chinese.

"That should also be an interview with a French company. After all, it was France, not the United Kingdom, that started the incident first!" Long Jiahua pouted, not quite convinced.

But this kind of thing is easy and easy to prove.

Although Long Jiahua did not believe it, he immediately contacted several British companies in China.

But what he didn't expect was that what Zeng Xiwen said was actually true.

"Ok, thanks."

After hanging up the phone, Long Jiahua was not reconciled and made a few more calls.

ten minutes later.

"Sheet! It's really like this!" Long Jiahua raised his head and looked at Zeng Xiwen with a black line.

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

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

"It is clear that France is the first to initiate an antitrust investigation!" Long Jiahui said angrily.

Zeng Xiwen touched his nose and said embarrassedly: "After all, there are many companies in China, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, but there are not many of them in France..."

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

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

Land Rover, a famous car company;

The famous luxury brand Burberry;

Two major banks: Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC;

PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the Big Four accounting firms;

Bio giant: AstraZeneca;

Keke, and the famous fast-moving consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser, its brands include Durex, Dettol, etc.

Long Jiahua's face darkened even more, this wave was indeed shot while lying down.

"Then what should we do now?"

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

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

Zeng Xiwen thought for a while and said solemnly: "Let's give feedback to the headquarters. This interview is mainly a warning. As long as the UK cancels the anti-monopoly investigation of Guanghua University and Lushu Group, there will be nothing to do."

"That's the only way..." Long Jiahua was so 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 you don't put pressure on the British government, I'm afraid the other party will come.

For example, some fire inspections can make people sick.

But what Long Jiahua and Zeng Xiwen didn't know is that today's interviews are not only of British companies in China, but also of French companies in China.

It even made news, and overseas editions also reported.

The meaning is clear.

If you dare to do our business, we will do your business too.

At this time, the Lushu Group, which is at the forefront of the waves, issued a new notice.

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

Only the anger of the French people, which had just been extinguished by the authorities, was rekindled.

Lushu Group (English: loes): "Latest notice! The second wave of limited rush purchases will start at 12:00 the day after tomorrow, this time for 2 million sets of smart thermostats, and 1 million sets each in the Chinese market and overseas market. Guanghua Mall. And offline direct-sale stores around the world will officially open the day after tomorrow. Please check the website of Guanghua Mall for the addresses and business hours of direct-sale stores in various countries.”

"This time the Chinese market will list the civil servant series, and the 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 already tried our best, but we have no choice but to temporarily stop at The offline direct store business in France and the French IP address cannot participate in this snap-up.”

The second wave of smart thermostats will be on sale soon!

Only France could not participate in it was reported by the world's major media on the day, the French people were angry again!

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

For a time, the conflict intensified again.

The popularity of Macaron (a pseudonym) as president has fallen sharply.

at this time.

Deep in the mountains of Licheng.

The usually quiet army station has become lively because of a group of "uninvited guests" college students.

ps: There is another chapter today, please ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a monthly ticket!

7017k