Woman In Irish Linen Shirt

Chapter 53:

I finally made Ruben Ding in the circle.

During this period of time when he was going to help me, I unexpectedly found that his tone was quite tight. Not only does he know how to keep his feet in business, he is tight-lipped about personal affairs, such as leaving him and An Ning to buy pens last time.

Although he usually has an outgoing personality and likes to talk and laugh, this person still has a bit of discipline in his heart. I have always valued subordinates who are able to move freely. As long as such people pass the level of business ability, they will become great in time.

It’s easy to try him. We all know that Vietnamese affairs are hard bones. Since the close communication, colleagues in the European department have often inquired about our news. Kevin also greeted us at intervals in the meeting. However, the suspicion between our two departments was on the surface after all, like thick-sliced steaks that were just taken out and thawed and then fried. Both sides were scorched, so I cut it and took a bite—cold.

Of course he couldn’t ask anything.

What I want to do today is to let him ask something the next time he speaks.

On the feedback I sent to Xiaoding, I wrote a sentence in the middle section and asked him to organize this feedback into a file and upload it to the public space of the project team for everyone to browse. In the second half, there are a lot of information that I copied and pasted from various documents and emails. I deliberately mixed a forged chat history with Kevin. The content is very vague, but I believe he can see from it. It’s tricky.

For the sake of good health, I have not stayed up late in the past two weeks. Correspondingly, it is difficult to rest all day on weekends. I sent the feedback at noon on Sunday. The next day is the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, and the company has a holiday, so it stands to reason that they don’t have to work overtime. However, that night, I saw the feedback file uploaded by Xiaodingxin.

He also sent me another message, reminding me that the file has been uploaded, and suggested that I make a confirmation.

This time is very interesting. I clicked in and found that the slightly messy feedback had been systematically sorted out by him, and the bulk of the following information was kept as it is, but he removed the fake chat records, which did not disappoint me.

I replied that I had already browsed, Xiaoding returned quickly, and only said “OK” without much words.

This person is available.

Xiao Chen still needs to investigate. After all, his qualifications are still relatively low, and his previous dazzling performance is related to the special situation of online office now. The day of returning to offline is near, and whether he can help Raymond is still unknown. I only greeted Raymond and asked him to take care of Xiao Chen and assign some important tasks.

On Tuesday, at the conference, we fell into a bitter battle.

“Could you please elaborate on the serious flaws in this week’s deliverables?” Yimin frowned slightly, and he could see that he was doing self-expression management professionally, but his tone was a little bit blunt. It’s hard to say yes. More puzzled, or more impatient, “Although the new data integration system has a steep learning curve, it has a higher degree of standardization, and it also helps reduce communication costs. According to our estimation—”

“No no.” A manager who is usually not very noticeable said. He suddenly interrupted him, the screen jumped to the forefront, and many people were stunned. Just listen to him saying: “Don’t give more figures to estimate, unproven efficiency improvement, what do you rely on to give the percentage? Statistics?”

Lin Yimin’s expression froze for a moment and then became smooth again: “Whether SAP or Oracle, their software is used by a large number of companies. I don’t think the statistical data used in this kind of practical application has no reference value at all.”

The manager didn’t answer any more. I disdain to fight saliva. Old Huang’s thoughts should be similar to mine, and he didn’t say anything.

Accept it as soon as the people see it, and repeat his request again.

After all, it came out under the double supervision of Miss Pan De and Xu Xin, and it is definitely not a serious defect. It doesn’t make sense to argue with them about the technical details, so it’s better to overturn the deliverable from the ground up.

Thinking of this, I opened the mouth and said: “The original intention of our company to develop a self-developed system was based on the consideration of the special needs of individual departments. At that time, there were no products on the market that could meet all the requirements of our company. Over the years, we have maintained the mainstream Practical investigation of data processing software. As far as the current situation is concerned, the original judgment did not show too much deviation. Just out of a theoretical expectation, it may be difficult for me to be convinced.”

“Your concerns are very valuable,” Yimin said.

This is equivalent to saying that I just let out a fart, and I didn’t give much response. He nodded to himself, and then continued: “‘Standardization’ is the core of our communication channel. I understand that your company has a tradition of using its own products. , From instant chat software to data integration system, of course there must be multiple considerations…”

I rubbed my temples quietly. Here comes again, this scene is very familiar. Just when I came into contact with them, Lao Huang used to show off his eloquence like this. Once upon a time, this position was my turn.

This is why I hate the job of a consulting company. Solving problems is true, and fooling customers is also true. Sometimes the management does not know where the pain is, but needs a foreign monk to recite the scriptures. Under this circumstance, it is hard to say whether the content of the work is more strategic or more discussion skills mixed with gas lamp control.

Lin Yimin’s long speech finally ushered in the “but”: “… However, standardization means that everyone can master the same set of rules, and this unification constitutes the core competitiveness of an enterprise.”

I was silent for a moment and said lightly: “This still does not solve the technical needs of the relevant people in our company. The reality is that we have many special modules to implement, and if we contact SAP’s partner company for help, this cost is too expensive. ”

This is not the ability to obscure the past by relying on words, and no one can answer, so there is silence for three or four seconds.

“But what if we let our R&D team use mainstream software to achieve module empowerment?” Someone answered the question, and the voice was a bit low at first. She seemed to adjust the radio equipment again, and there was a harsh noise in the earphones.

The man went on to say, “Sorry. Can you hear me?”

It is tranquility.

I sneered, Anning, of course, isn’t she the “person related to our company” in my mouth? But now, such “related people” went to the battlefield in person, taking huge risks, just to show that I was wrong.

Who gave her the courage?

I bought a desktop microphone, and the sound is very good. It undoubtedly spread the sneer to everyone’s speakers. The video conference is good. No matter how stiff the expressions of the participants are, and how cold the atmosphere is, due to the delay between the screen and the network transmission between people, no matter how tense scenes, the body will not produce any subconscious. reaction.

The hair will not stand up, the heartbeat will not accelerate, and the breathing rhythm will be as usual, enough to calmly look at the screen.

However, no one dared to answer. Kevin’s expression is slightly playful, with a teasing and provocative meaning, undoubtedly fighting the fire.

There is no immediate boss on either side today. The people at BCG might be stunned after seeing this situation, so naturally they won’t get mixed up.

In the end, Anning withstood the pressure and said: “Standardization is still very meaningful. I have been responsible for data work in other departments and have some experience in this. The self-developed system is due to some special factors, in terms of the realization of new requirements, The past six months have shown excessive workload and high difficulty of implementation. These features are exposed precisely because we use a self-developed system, not how special our requirements for modules are.”

She speaks roundly. I understand, that is to say, our self-developed system is simple in structure and unable to implement complex functions. Reluctantly, it has caused extra workload.

The productivity tool is not the truth of the universe, and it is inherently difficult to tell right from wrong. The debate here today is just about “which one is better”. Our self-developed system has not withstood the test of the market, and is only used within the company. It is definitely unrealistic to say that we beat SAP and kicked Oracle.

But we are in business, not in art. To do business, you have to settle accounts. If you have enough stuff, who will pay for the extra cost?

I said: “Maybe for most of the colleagues present today, ERP research and development is a relatively unfamiliar topic. For example, SAP software is used by many companies outside, but this is not because it is perfect, nor is it because it satisfies everything. The demand for ‘standardization” is as fascinating as a curse for giant multinational companies.”

I was silent for another two seconds, and added: “This is a lie.”

Of course, my subject is very vague, what is a lie, the benevolent sees it.

“Let me do the calculations. Based on the scale of our company, the entire system will cost about 50 million yuan? The annual management fee will be even more amazing. Since I haven’t understood it in depth, I have made an estimate. It’s very untimely.” I looked very relaxed, clasping my fingers, and occasionally giving everyone a look, “Of course, I don’t think this needs me to remind — what we are discussing now is something that does not create direct profits.”

Even BCG can’t refute it.

“Whether it is the maintenance and update of the self-developed system or the module empowerment of the software on the market, this requires a lot of manpower and amazing efforts. I feel that we, as users, are just talking about this topic. It always seems too idealistic.” I smiled, “Why not, the day after tomorrow’s conference, also invite colleagues from the R & D team to attend? Let’s leave professional matters to professional people.”

If the R&D director can agree to this matter, I wrote Li Yao’s name upside down.

Miss Pan De is not here today. Although correspondingly, there was no Jocelyn to help us attract firepower, everything went very smoothly. Xu Xin and the others were speechless, and they probably had to work overtime at night.

I’ve been suffocated for too long, and after the meeting, I feel refreshed.

At the meeting, I didn’t answer An Ning’s word. She must be very nervous, and I was not surprised to send a message to me afterwards. Because she contacted me through private software and was busy today, it made sense for me to pretend not to see it. I didn’t reply to her until I had settled some chores in the evening, and the words didn’t seem too cold.

Anning seconds back.