Dong Mingzhu stood on the opposite side of the young man
Author: Lu Shiming
Edited by Gale
In the past two days, Dong Mingzhu has "fired" at young people again.
Recently, a video titled "Dong Mingzhu angrily reprimanded Meng Yutong" has been widely circulated and sparked heated discussions.
In the video, Dong Mingzhu spoke at the induction ceremony of the 2023 college students of Gree Electric Appliances, Dong Mingzhu said that at that time, in the Xi program, he liked Meng Yutong's diligence and was selected to be a secretary, but he couldn't write a single article. said that Meng Yutong only wanted to use the Gree platform to be an Internet celebrity, which had a bad impact in the company.
Dong Mingzhu said: "Everyone thinks she is also worth the money, and she already has so-called fans in Gree, but what's the use? It's just that she earns a little more money today." Dong Mingzhu also said that just thinking about making more money is no different from the walking dead, money should not be the dream of college students, money is the result of struggle.
Not to mention what happened between Dong Mingzhu and Meng Yutong, but her views similar to "working not for money" and "just wanting to make money are like the walking dead" soon aroused a lot of opposition.
Indeed, as the leader of a large enterprise, Dong Mingzhu's "remarks" seem a bit pedantic and outdated, and do not conform to the mainstream values of this era.
As early as thousands of years ago, in the late Spring and Autumn Period, as the war situation became more and more chaotic, the once glorious "ritual system" became a kind of ornament and gradually collapsed. But even so, there are still people who insist on "etiquette", such as Song Xianggong, the monarch of the Song Kingdom.
In 638 BC, Song and Chu went to war, and Zheng at that time was very close to Chu. In this regard, Song Xianggong was a little blind, so he sent troops to attack Zheng Guo. In order to protect his "little brother", Chu sent troops to attack Song to rescue Zheng, and the war situation began to expand. In the later stage of the war, Song Xianggong was pedantic and dogmatic, and did not listen to Ziyu's advice to "pursue the victory", so that the fighter plane was lost, and he was finally defeated by the Chu State.
This story illustrates a message to the world: don't be against the times.
But obviously, Dong Mingzhu didn't understand this truth, so he stood on the opposite side of the mainstream values of this society.
Dong Mingzhu angrily reprimanded Meng Yutong
After Dong Mingzhu's remarks were reported, some netizens said: "Aunt Dong herself has lost her eyes on people, so she is annoyed and angry." What she wants is not a person like Meng, she chose the wrong one, Meng is indeed more suitable to be an Internet celebrity, so she gives people a salary of 5,000, and everyone has left their jobs for so long, and they are still indignant, and they take people out for criticism, the pattern is too small. ”
Regarding Dong Mingzhu's "criticism", Meng Yutong said on the 15th that he was preparing for the exam, and it was not convenient for him to come out to respond to some things. According to Meng Yutong's previous release, she is applying to go to a foreign country for graduate school.
Zinc Finance believes that the essence of this public opinion is actually a confrontation between the old and new workplace cultures.
In the minds of many entrepreneurs of the older generation, loyalty has always been the core element of measuring an employee, which is more important than ability and salary. Especially an entrepreneur like Dong Mingzhu, who started from the bottom, "dedicated his life" to Gree and eventually became the head of the company, is naturally more "obsessed" with the loyalty of employees.
But times are always changing, and workplace culture is undergoing an invisible change.
In the minds of many young people today, the company is a profit-making organization, it is the maximization of interests, the free flow of employees is a business behavior, the survival of the fittest is the essence of business, and the requirement of employee loyalty itself has become a typical workplace PUA.
Loyalty has lost its former luster, the culture of long-term service to the same company has become obsolete, people are increasingly willing to explore new opportunities, and job hopping has become the norm.
This is the result of the times, and as a business leader, we must learn to adapt to the times, follow the trend, and feed the people of the new era with the chicken soup of the old era, which will only increase the distance with young people.
Li Guoqing strongly supports young people
Thinking solidification is a terrible thing, and Dong Mingzhu doesn't seem to agree with the "voices" of netizens.
After the "Dong Mingzhu angrily reprimanded Meng Yutong" incident, many people on the Internet said: "Dong Mingzhu's work thinking is old-fashioned, and Dong Mingzhu's era and the era of young people today are completely different social backgrounds." ”
In this regard, Dong Mingzhu said in the live broadcast on the 18th: "What are young people like now? free and casual, not following the rules, doing whatever they want, and being self-centered? Then there will be no harmony in this society, and individuals are self-centered, which is a plate of scattered sand." Many of the young people I met still have a feeling. You may not necessarily end up with ideal results for personal struggle, but you have great love in your heart, care for others, and believe that the future world must belong to this kind of person. ”
In the live broadcast, when Dong Mingzhu talked about Meng Yutong again, in the face of the question of using the wrong person and having problems with eyesight, Dong Mingzhu said: "It's not called using the wrong person, it's her own choice, and the path of life is her own choice." The values of life are set by herself, and what kind of person you choose to be is up to you. It's hard to say what it will look like five years from now. ”
In addition to Dong Mingzhu's response itself once again sparked heated discussions, on the same day, Li Guoqing, who has always liked to deal with "young people", also suddenly posted a video saying that Dong Mingzhu dropped the price on the matter of Meng Yutong and poured another barrel of gasoline on this matter.
Li Guoqing posted a video saying that Meng Yutong, as a fresh graduate, wants to partner with Dong Mingzhu to become an Internet celebrity, and it is normal to have a second career to generate income, "People didn't harm Gree, right? Didn't go to bring goods to competitors? Didn't use Gree's position to get something with dealers? It doesn't hurt the company's interests, and there is no major problem." ”
Li Guoqing also said that Meng Yutong, as the so-called successor selected by Dong Mingzhu that year, was now "criticized and criticized", and he was persuaded to retire in violation of the system.
Regarding Li Guoqing's remarks, many people expressed their "approval": "It is normal for young people who do not make mistakes to make mistakes, and there is nothing to say when they are criticized for making mistakes." But just such a thing, if one of your seniors takes out the "whipping corpse" every once in a while, it is not necessary. If you continue to talk like this, people will not think of Meng Yutong, but will only think that Sister Dong has become Xianglin's sister-in-law. ”
According to Zinc Finance, since March this year, Dong Mingzhu has publicly "criticized" Meng Yutong several times, but as the "protagonist", Meng Yutong has hardly any response.
A new era creates a new workplace
The reason why Dong Mingzhu stands on the opposite side of "young people" is not only about Meng Yutong's remarks.
In March this year, Dong Mingzhu suggested legislation in an interview to charge training fees for employees who change jobs. Dong Mingzhu emphasized: "Because you have worked with me for more than ten years, I have cultivated you, I have paid so much financial, manpower, material resources and time, and you slap your ass and leave, then your next unit will at least compensate me for my training fees."
In other words, in Dong Mingzhu's view, employees have learned technology and accumulated experience in the company, and they can go to better places when they change jobs, so it is natural for enterprises to charge employees training fees.
If we follow these values, then "paid part-time jobs" will become a trend in the future.
At this point, many readers may feel that Dong Mingzhu is too "demeaning", but this is not the case. For the older generation of entrepreneurs like Dong Mingzhu, there are still many things worth learning from "young people" Xi.
On a large scale, Dong Mingzhu's patriotism, integrity, and the spirit of moving forward firmly in a difficult environment, such as everything is precious, needs to be passed on by young people.
To put it mildly, Dong Mingzhu promised to provide employees with one apartment per person, and thousands of units have been completed so far, and it takes process and time to build a house, but her commitment will never change.
Photo: Dong Mingzhu, Meng Yutong
However, as a young person, it is also necessary to maintain the "questioning" of some of the suggestions of the older generation of entrepreneurs, after all, their growth environment is very different from the current one, and many "experiences" are not applicable in today's "unpredictable" era.
In the mainland, although the older generation of entrepreneurs has a strong ability to accept new things, they often do not realize the subversive impact brought by these new things, and still treat new things as old-fashioned "add-ons", and do not realize the new ecology, new models, and efficiency changes that new things may bring.
Musk holds the view that he firmly believes that humans cannot live long. In his view, the human mind will gradually solidify with age, and if the life span of human beings is extended indefinitely, the whole society will become obsolete and rigid.
Yu Minhong also said: "In fact, what our generation of entrepreneurs are most afraid of is that they are old, old does not refer to physical age, nor does it refer to age to age, old is afraid that they will not be able to keep up with the times, we can't understand what young people say, we have become solidified in the face of changes in the world, this is the sign of old, that is, your thinking no longer jumps, your thinking no longer upgrades." ”
All in all, young people should respect the older generation of entrepreneurs, but not foolish obedience. The older generation of entrepreneurs should also adapt to the progress of the times and respect the choices of young people.