"Mr. President!" Sitting in Tristov's car, the unlucky guy looked at him worriedly.
"Tell me, which department are you from, and what's your name!" It was still morning, but Tristov rubbed his eyes tiredly and asked.
"My name is Tim Cook, the deputy manager of the procurement department, responsible for the procurement of parts and inventory management!" Tim Cook replied. [PS: Tim Cook in history is now working as a procurement officer for Compaq Computer.]
"Tell me, as a member of Motorola, why did you spend money to buy a Daqian phone!" Tristov felt that he couldn't get angry.
Originally, when he saw that the sales of the Da Qian 2 were booming, he was so angry that he was about to explode. In the end, someone came to snatch the global version of the mobile phone from him, and this person was actually an employee of his company!
A Motorola employee was actually willing to add 100 dollars to buy a Daqian phone. Don't you think Tristov was about to explode from anger?
Now, Tristov was actually out of the range of exploding from anger, and his whole person was already flying to the sky.
"Mr. President, in fact, I use a Motorola phone. The reason why I bought this Daqian phone was because of my work needs, not because I like the Daqian phone!" Tim Cook hurriedly defended himself. At the same time, he took out another mobile phone from his pocket to prove that he was loyal to Motorola.
"Work, this is a big joke!" Tristov couldn't help but laugh, "You work for Motorola, why do you need a Daqian phone? Are you also a member of the R&D department, and want to buy a phone to dismantle it? "
"Mr. President, I am indeed not a member of the R&D department, but our procurement department also needs a suitable phone. I am responsible for the procurement of various parts for Motorola, and this morning, I have to fly to Hua Xia. "
"But Hua Xia's communication base stations are all in the CDMA format! Motorola doesn't have a CDMA phone. In order to be able to call normally in Hua Xia, I have to buy a CDMA phone. This is really my work needs! "Tim Cook argued.
"Nonsense!" Kristoff was furious. "Even if you really need a CMDA phone, can't you buy other brands? Even if you want to buy a Nokia phone, you should buy a Daqian phone. Do you know how much Daqian tortured us last year? You even bought a Daqian phone! "
"Sir, I bought the Daqian mobile phone to save money for the company. Among all the mobile phones in the CDMA format, the Daqian mobile phone is the cheapest. In order not to waste the company's funds, of course I chose to buy the cheapest mobile phone!"
"You actually used public funds to buy a Daqian mobile phone!!" Kristoff didn't expect Tim Cook's words to make him even more furious.
Good heavens, not only did this guy buy a Daqian mobile phone, he even used public funds to buy a high-priced mobile phone. Was there anything more disgusting than this in the world?
"Sir, I just joined the company three months ago, so I don't know much about that. But I know that if I work for the company, I should save every penny for the company. That's why I decided to buy the cheapest Daqian mobile phone. I'm doing this for the benefit of the company!!" Tim Cook became more and more excited as he spoke, and his momentum became more and more powerful.
Originally, Tim Cook had a clear conscience. Now that he was being interrogated by the president like this, of course he had to be imposing.
"You … you …" Kristoff was furious, but it sounded like the other party was really thinking about the company. Kristoff paused for a long time, then thought of something and immediately said angrily, "If you just wanted to buy a CDMA mobile phone, why didn't you buy an ordinary Daqian 2 that costs 1,200 USD? Why did you buy the global version that costs 1,000 USD?"
"Reporting to the president, because all the Daqian mobile phones in the United States are the GSM version, there is no CDMA for sale at all!"
"Then you can buy it when you go to Hua Xia!"
"Because the purchase in Hua Xia can't be reimbursed." This time, Tim Cook's imposing manner was somewhat subdued.
It wasn't that he didn't think that he could go to Hua Xia to buy the cheaper GSM version of Daqian 2, but Motorola's rules and regulations were relatively rigid. Only the mobile phones bought in the United States could be reimbursed.
And if he went on a business trip to other countries and bought any expensive items, he couldn't reimburse the company. Although Tim Cook was very loyal to the company, he wasn't so loyal that he would use his own money for the company's consumption. Therefore, buying a global version of the mobile phone in the United States was naturally the best choice.
"I never knew the company had such a rule!" Kristoff said angrily.
"President, although there is no written rule, this is the unspoken rule of the finance department!" Tim Cook explained.
"Enough!" Kristoff scolded, "Let me ask you again. You are a member of the purchasing department. Why do you want to go to Hua Xia for a business trip? Does our Motorola have to go to Hua Xia to purchase parts?"
"It's like this, Mr. President. I have a few friends who work in Nokia. They secretly told me that many of Nokia's parts are now produced in Hua Xia, and the price is relatively low. We can save a lot of costs!"
"So I plan to go to Hua Xia to investigate and look for those low-cost parts, so that we can reduce the production cost of our products!" Tim Cook said, "I have applied to the higher-ups for this matter, and it was approved!"
"Haha, Tim, have you heard of this saying? It's called cheap, nothing good! "
"Hua Xia is a poor and backward country with an inferior system. How can they produce mobile phone parts?"
"Even if you can produce a few unimportant parts at a low price like what you said, I think it's still a low-quality product. If such a product is used in Motorola's mobile phones, it will only lower the quality of our products and ruin our reputation. There's no benefit to it!"
"Our Motorola mobile phones are the best mobile phones in the world, and the United States is the most advanced country in the world. Instead of looking for higher-quality products in the United States, you went to Hua Xia to buy some low-quality products. What are you thinking? "Kristoff said angrily.
"No, sir, it's not like that. I have done my research. Hua Xia can produce qualified parts. Otherwise, the Daqian's first-generation mobile phones would not have been sold smoothly for a year without any major quality problems. Their parts are basically written" Made in China. "This means that Hua Xia can also produce high-quality and cheap parts. I am really thinking for the company!"
"Enough! Get out of the car! " Kristoff was completely impatient. He asked the driver to stop and then pushed Tim Cook out of the car.
"Mr. President, do I still have to go to Hua Xia?" Looking at the angry Kristoff sitting in the car, Tim Cook asked again.
"You can go, but don't come back!" Kristof said coldly. Then the car drove away, leaving Tim Cook alone by the roadside, feeling disheveled with the summer wind.
"I have to go to Hua Xia!" Tim Cook gritted his teeth. That afternoon, Motorola received Tim Cook's resignation letter. Because Tim Cook had been employed for less than three months, he didn't have much trouble in resigning. Therefore, the labor contract between the two parties was soon terminated.
Tim Cook, on the other hand, took his own money and took a plane to the distant Huaxia.
Six months later, Jobs, who was planning to reorganize Apple's purchasing department, remembered that he had a friend named Tim Cook, who was good at purchasing, so he invited Tim Cook.
It turned out that Tim Cook had gone to Hua Xia six months ago and had not returned. No one knew what Tim Cook was doing now. Jobs could only regretfully give up the idea of inviting Tim Cook.
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