Chapter 1981 Character Flaws

Under the soft light, Feng Yiping and John were sitting relaxedly on the sofa. One had tea with pistachios, the other had cigars and wine, chatting like a pair of husband-in-laws who had a good relationship.

This scene was nothing surprising at first, but it made Ma Ling and Heidi very happy. Compared with before, this was really a big improvement.

If the relationship between the two of them can remain like this, there will be no additional disturbances in Ma Ling's happy life.

"I'll send over some fruit," Annie said, holding a plate of sliced ​​apples.

"No," her hands were held by her mother and sister respectively. "You don't need to send them, Vincent. Send the apples to grandpa and dad," Heidi ordered.

"Okay," Vincent called from afar, holding the fruit plate, "Dad, grandpa,"

Annie turned around and said, "Oh, who cares about doing these things? I'll go back to my room and sleep."

"Huh, I'm relieved. Don't have nightmares. Don't scream if you have nightmares. Of course, even if you scream, we won't pay attention," Ma Ling said.

Annie's series of performances today really made her unable to be generous.

"Do you think anyone is as unsympathetic as you?" Anne said to her sister again.

"You two," Heidi could only shake her head helplessly at this time as her two daughters often fought against each other in the same room.

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"Thank you, honey, can you go take a shower and prepare the storybook you are going to read today? Dad will be here in a minute," Feng Yiping took the fruit plate brought by his son.

"I want to hear three stories today,"

"No problem," Feng Yiping high-fived his son.

John watched the interaction between their father and son, "You know, what surprises me the most is not actually what you have achieved so far,"

"oh?"

"What surprised me most was actually your character," John said.

"My character? I really don't understand this," Feng Yiping was a little confused.

"Of course Steve Jobs is one of the representative figures in Silicon Valley. You know his stuff, right," John said.

"Jobs' character is indeed a bit impatient," Feng Yiping said.

He is not just gossiping. Everyone in the United States knows about Jobs's character.

"Actually, a character like his is not uncommon in the circles of top entrepreneurs. You know this, right,"

This is indeed true. Feng Yiping had extensive contact with most of the top wealthy people in the United States, and had relatively in-depth exchanges with some of them.

Judging from his experience, John’s words couldn’t be more correct. Google’s Page and Brin, Apple’s Steve Jobs, Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Ballmer, Amazon’s Bezos, and Ma Ke, who are all about going to Mars. Scott, Eisner of Disney, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, Paulson, the future Treasury Secretary of the United States... If one of them counts, none of them has a good temper. If one counts of one, they can all be considered bad bosses.

Oh, and Rubin, the father of Android, and the original Hastings were taken into his own pocket. From the perspective of their employees, that was also not a good product.

Those relatively well-known female executives, including Whitman of eBay, have good personalities? That's what it's like to see a ghost.

There are also the current CEO of Autodesk (well-known products include AutoCAD software), the future CEO of Yahoo, Carol Bartz, who led to a complete stalemate between Yahoo and Alibaba, and Mayer, the last CEO of Yahoo... .

Whether now or in the future, from the perspective of employees, they are not good bosses.

So it can be said that among the well-known business leaders in the United States, none of them have a good temper. Lao Zhou, who is known as a cannon in the country, would not be able to make a splash if he came to the United States. It can only be lost in public.

"Yes, I think this is a manifestation of America's pursuit of individuality and freedom," Feng Yiping said.

John glanced at the father of his daughter's child. He described those guys' bad tempers as personality and pursuit of freedom. This was really true.

"What I'm actually talking about is another thing about Steve Jobs, his daughter from his ex-girlfriend, Lisa,"

"He also knew that Lisa was his daughter, but for a long time, even if the court pronounced a verdict, he would not admit it or assume his obligations as a father,"

This is indeed one of Jobs' many controversies.

"Are you worried that I'm like him?" Then why should I go to Ma Ling and Vincent?

"I was worried, but not in this regard," John glanced at Feng Yiping.

Since you can still associate with Ma Ling even though you have a girlfriend, who can guarantee that you won't find another girl in the future?

"But we must say that one thing that successful entrepreneurs have in common is that they can be cruel in many aspects, even to their own children and relatives."

"Shopping malls are often just like battlefields, or from another perspective, commerce sometimes leads to war. You must also know that whether it is our War of Independence or the Civil War, commerce is important. The trigger, or simply the main purpose,"

The American Revolutionary War can be said to have begun with the Boston Tea Party. The reason why the Tea Party occurred was because the British Tea Duty Act protected the interests of the East India Company and allowed them to dump their accumulated tea to North America. This has hindered the sales of tea merchants in North America and damaged their profits.

As for the American Civil War, many experts interpreted it as that the North, with its growing industry, needed a large amount of labor. Although the farmers in the South had traditional and backward business methods, they had a large reserve of labor force - black slaves.

Therefore, although John's view is biased, or at least not comprehensive enough, it does make some sense.

"As a Chinese, I know this very well," Feng Yiping said.

The beginning of our modern history of humiliation can be said to have been caused by trade disputes.

"So, after several contacts with you, I found that you really don't have the ruthlessness of those guys,"

In fact, John originally labeled Feng Yiping as "very girly" because at least emotionally, he was definitely a sloppy and indecisive guy.

If he could do what Jobs did, he would have more energy to devote to his work, and he would be more ruthless and efficient in handling disputes with competitors.

"But now it seems that your achievements will be higher than most of them. To be honest, this really surprises me."

Feng Yiping glanced at John, "This may involve some of our cultural differences. Tai Chi, you know, is a representative of our philosophy. It emphasizes the harmony of yin and yang, that is, softness with strength, so you may I still have some clues about it, but believe me, when it comes to principles and core interests, I will be the same as them,"

"But it's true as you said, many times, I really can't be as ruthless as Steve Jobs and others. I know this very well, so you see, I try to reduce competition with my peers. This is why my business, A lot of it is groundbreaking business,"

This is actually related to the education he received since he was a child. He should walk in the middle without going forward or backward, follow the trend neither left nor right, stick to the golden mean, fight with others as little as possible, and as long as he can live his life, he will have no fight with the world.

He is also used to that kind of life.

"Haha, you are indeed using the blue ocean strategy well, but in the long run, you cannot avoid all competition," John said.

"Yes, so I used some other tricks to make up for the flaws in my character. You see, I entrust all my domestic affairs to a person who will be merciless in this regard,"

Jin Ling grew up in a family of officials. Under the influence of senior official Jin, she was not indecisive. The emotional damage she suffered later objectively made her tougher. It is not unreasonable for so many people in Jiasheng to be afraid of her. ——Let’s just say that she is a little ruthless towards her father sometimes.

As for himself, his main task is to formulate strategies, and not to think about the things that will definitely exist during the implementation process that cannot be lenient at all.

"Of course, my personality is also changing now," Feng Yiping shook his head and smiled, "Although I don't want to make such a change, reality often forces us to change voluntarily."

"As the company's business grows, no matter how hard I try to avoid it, there are still some conflicts that cannot be avoided. In the future, we will definitely compete head-on with more and more companies that are getting stronger and stronger. In such competition , I can’t tolerate my soft-heartedness,”

"Because I am shouldering increasingly heavy responsibilities that cannot be missed,"

John tilted his head and looked at him, "I hope you won't be as ruthless to your children as Steve Jobs was, but I'm worried that you are too weak. If you are too weak in your position, it would be tantamount to committing suicide."

"You can first recognize your own shortcomings, which is a kind of success. Now you can take the initiative to change, I feel relieved,"

"Also, young man," he stood up and patted Feng Yiping on the shoulder, "this is not change, this is growth,"