After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 164 Occupying the Leader's Office
"Men and women live in different rooms..."

It was indeed difficult for Zhou Haoran to break this rule.

Meng Xuemin said, "So there's nothing we can do. This is the rule of the office. Not to mention men and women working together, even if a female subordinate comes to report on work, the door cannot be closed. It must be open to avoid suspicion."

“Rules are dead.”

Zhou Haoran didn't give up.

Meng Xuemin said with a smile: "Do you really want to occupy my office?"

Zhou Haoran explained: "I need it. I want Xiao Qiao to help me process some materials. I can't let others see it."

"Processing materials?"

Meng Xuemin didn't know what kind of confidential materials a salesperson could have to deal with.

Zhou Haoran suggested: "How about this, you move out!"

"Ok?"

Meng Xuemin opened his eyes wide.

Zhou Haoran quickly said, "Don't worry, I have a reason. Listen to me."

Meng Xuemin said angrily, "An apprentice took over the director's office. Only you can come up with such a thing."

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "Listen to my reasons. First, she's on a rotation basis, so she might be transferred to a new position in a few months. Even if you move out, it's a temporary arrangement, so it won't take long."

Meng Xuemin said, "There's more than one apprentice on rotation. What should Xiao Guo do?"

Zhou Haoran said, "That's the second reason. Xiao Qiao is a girl, so she should be treated a little better. Giving up your office shows your sense of responsibility as a leader to be considerate of your subordinates."

Meng Xuemin shook his head. "The reason the station provides director-level leaders with independent offices is also because of the principle of confidentiality."

Zhou Haoran said, "That's the third point. She's in sales. She usually doesn't need an office when she's out with me on business. So most of the time, you still use the office."

Meng Xuemin understood what he meant and asked, "Use in stages?"

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "Yes, the rules of the station don't allow men and women to share a room. Why don't you just separate them? You don't have anything to do normally anyway, so when she's here, you can just find a workstation outside and sit down. If you need to use the office for something important, ask her to vacate it for you."

Meng Xuemin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "You are too imaginative."

Zhou Haoran said, "This is called maximizing resource utilization. This is a spirit of sharing that transcends the times. Shared offices, what a great product idea!"

Meng Xuemin ignored his nonsense and asked, "What information did you ask her to help you with? Why is it so confidential?"

"write a letter."

Zhou Haoran didn't need to hide anything from him.

"write a letter?"

Meng Xuemin was confused.

Zhou Haoran said frankly, "Director, I've been doing sales for over a month now, and I've gotten the hang of it. Current sales strategies are all at the 'technical' level, using all sorts of tricks and gimmicks to convince customers and secure orders. I want to pursue the next level."

"What level?"

"The levels of 'Tao'."

"Have you read too many martial arts novels?"

Meng Xuemin had a headache.

I think this guy is a little crazy.

Zhou Haoran knew he didn't understand this kind of internet jargon, so he could only explain it simply: "It's like this. The current sales model is a buyer's market. I want to create a new model of a seller's market."

"Ok?"

Meng Xuemin understood now and his expression changed slightly.

Zhou Haoran said calmly, "Today, in sales, customers have a set of rules, and then we salespeople go over there, understand their rules, and follow them. Only when they're satisfied will we sign a deal. It's too difficult to adapt to, understand, and follow someone else's rules, and that inevitably leads to a low deal-closing rate."

Meng Xuemin was silent.

Zhou Haoran continued, "An even more challenging issue is that different clients have different rules. This means our sales representatives have to adopt different strategies for different clients, which greatly increases the difficulty and cost of signing deals."

Meng Xuemin said, "There's nothing we can do about it."

Zhou Haoran said, "In a buyer's market, the initiative always lies with the buyer. This won't work. We should learn from Red Star TV. Red Star TV doesn't even have a sales department. Businesses come to them and beg them to advertise on Red Star TV."

"How can they be the same?" Meng Xuemin couldn't help but laugh. "Red Star TV is a monopoly. In the entire harbor, it's the only TV station that can reach a national audience. How can a local channel have such resource advantages?"

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "Local channels are also a monopoly. Private individuals are not allowed to run TV stations."

"That's of a much worse nature."

Meng Xuemin deeply understands the huge difference between local channels and satellite channels.

Many businesses recognize satellite TV.

There is a lack of recognition of the value of local channels.

Zhou Haoran said, "Director, as long as it is well managed, verticalization can be more valuable than the entire category."

Meng Xuemin didn't understand.

Zhou Haoran waved his hand and said unreasonably, "Anyway, you have to give me the office. I need Xiao Qiao to help me prepare materials and write letters. I want to establish a seller's market sales model. I want customers to abide by my rules and come to me to beg for orders!"

"Write a letter?" Meng Xuemin's brows were filled with confusion. "Will this work?"

Zhou Haoran said, "We've tried it once and it worked, specifically with the order from the electric kettle factory. Next, we just need to upgrade the model and expand on a small scale. Maybe it will work. Director, can you please give us a straight answer? Will you give us a free hand?"

"let."

Meng Xuemin still didn't understand what he was saying.

……

Qiao Nuo sat at Teacher Zhou's desk, reading "The History of Red Star TV Station." But he couldn't concentrate.

I am very worried.

I was afraid that Director Meng would criticize Teacher Zhou.

Ugh!
Teacher Zhou is a good person and very caring, but it's a bit too much... I'm just a newly hired apprentice, and I have to move into the director's office. How can this be justified? It's no surprise that the director is angry.

I just hope the director won’t be too angry.

Don't punish Teacher Zhou too harshly.

Just as she was lost in thought, she caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of her eye.

"Teacher Zhou!"

Qiao Nuo quickly stood up, his eyes instantly turned red, and he was even choked with sobs.

Zhou Haoran was stunned. "Have you read romance novels?"

"No..." Qiao Nuo turned his back, wiped his eyes, turned back, and said self-reproachfully, "Teacher Zhou, I can do it. You don't have to worry about me..."

Seeing that she was crying a little, Zhou Haoran said unhappily, "I misjudged the office matter before. The director disagrees. There are rules in the office that men and women are not allowed to work in the same office together."

Qiao Nuo thought he had been scolded by Director Meng and was backing down, so he said timidly in a soft and gentle voice, "It's okay, Teacher Zhou, I can be anywhere."

Zhou Haoran said "hmm" casually, "Pack your things and follow me."

"Ah?" Qiao Nuo was slightly stunned. "Where are we going?"

Zhou Haoran said angrily: "Did you listen to what I said to you before?"

"Listen to what?"

Qiao Nuo didn't react.

Zhou Haoran thought to himself, this girl is quite pretty, could she be a fool?

Have you forgotten what you just said?
Is this a lack of work experience or low IQ?
"Didn't I tell you to go to the director's office and work!"

Zhou Haoran felt a little tired. He felt that getting along with this clumsy female apprentice was much more troublesome than getting along with Dongfang Lang, Wang Wenrui, Li Changxing, Jiang Xiong, Bai Panyang, Hu Xiaochen and others.

"Huh?" Qiao Nuo blinked his big eyes, looking confused. "Where are we going? The director's office?"

"forget?"

"You didn't...you said the director disagreed, and the station has its own rules."

"The station's regulations prohibit men and women from working in separate rooms. If the director disagrees with us working together, then he can just move out of the office. Isn't that enough?" Zhou Haoran glared at her. "You graduated from Fudan University, and you still can't figure this out?"

"Uh……"

Qiao Nuo was stunned and confused, he really couldn't understand it.

"Clean up!"

Zhou Haoran turned and left.

Qiao Nuo had just started working and didn't have much to offer. He hurriedly followed, holding a water bottle, two books, and some documents. His heart was in turmoil, as if he were walking on a suspension bridge.

Director Meng put down the phone when he saw them coming. He smiled and said, "I've talked to the logistics department, and they're sending people to bring over tables and chairs. They're not new, they're secondhand. We can't break the rules of the station and give the apprentices a new set of desks and chairs."

"It doesn't matter whether it's new or old. Young people don't buy into feudal superstitions."

Zhou Haoran doesn't care about these.

But it’s different for many older people.

Especially the predecessor was brought down.

Then, they would avoid it as much as possible. Not only would they replace the desks and chairs used by their predecessor, but they would even have to change the decor. If conditions allowed, they would even change the office, for fear of attracting bad luck.

Meng Xuemin smiled and said, "Xiao Qiao, you will work here from now on. You stay here, and I will go outside. When I have something to do, you can give me the office."

"This……"

Qiao Nuo took a deep breath and her pretty face turned a little pale.

She never thought that this would actually happen!
Meng Xuemin came over and gestured, saying, "Put the desk here and the chair here. The lighting is good here."

"Won't that get her tanned?" Zhou Haoran ignored his instructions and said, "Just do as I said before and move the sofa and coffee table away. They're useless. Just leave a few chairs."

Meng Xuemin had no choice but to agree to his request, "Then move out."

"Director, push your desk back! It's taking up too much space." Zhou Haoran began directing again, "Clear the middle. It'll make the office more spacious. You've taken up such a nice office all by yourself."

Qiao Nuo was really frightened when he heard Teacher Zhou's fierce words.

How can subordinates arrange things for their leaders?

Who is the director?

Unexpectedly, Meng Xuemin actually accepted his arrangement. "Alright, let's postpone it. This place is quite big."

Qiao Nuo was stunned.

A hundred thousand questions arise in my mind.

Is it that Teacher Zhou’s identity is very special?

Is this why Director Meng has to obey him?
That’s not right!

If Mr. Zhou really had a special status, why was he, like me, a third-tier employee? Another new apprentice, Guo Xiangdi, was a real civil servant!

This teacher Zhou is young...

Could he know magic?

(End of this chapter)