Chapter 1,175 Becoming One(1/2)
If we talk about the first two procedures of the New Year Party, Chinese and Japanese employees have always maintained two distinct camps.
It seems that only the Huaxia employees who received the red envelopes felt the surprise that fell from the sky.
For Japanese employees, they don’t have much recognition for the “old-style New Year” called Spring Festival.
They thought it had nothing to do with them and thought this New Year's Eve party was just an ordinary dinner.
If you feel that the upcoming holiday is only a holiday for Huaxia employees.
Then the next process changed everything greatly, making Chinese and Japanese employees closer to each other than ever before.
First, Ning Weimin publicly announced several new regulations regarding the welfare of restaurant employees in the new year.
First, starting from next month, every junior employee of Tan Palace Restaurant will have two star employee selection places, and those who win the star employee will receive an additional bonus of 100,000 yen that month.
The special thing is that this is an award exclusively for grassroots employees, and managers are not eligible to participate.
Moreover, one of the two quotas is exclusive for Chinese employees, and the other is exclusive for Japanese employees.
The selection method is also a little different.
In addition to the requirement that employees participating in the election must not make major mistakes in their work during the month.
More importantly, the final selection is not decided by the restaurant manager.
The votes of Japanese grassroots employees were voted by Chinese grassroots employees.
Whether Chinese employees can be elected is ultimately decided by Japanese grassroots employees.
In this way, Chinese and Japanese employees have control over each other's selection rights.
Those who want to be elected as star employees must not only meet certain standards at work, but also need certain communication skills to gain the other party's approval.
Otherwise, just having ability without a mass base is useless.
Therefore, after this new rule is implemented, the probability of work friction between Chinese and Japanese employees will inevitably decrease.
Even if some people think they have little money and don't care about the reward, there are always people who want to strive for the reward.
Presumably, if the two parties get into disagreement again over trivial matters at work, someone will definitely come forward to persuade them to make peace.
This can not only greatly enhance the unity of restaurant employees.
More importantly, Ning Weimin can also use this method to select seedlings suitable for promotion.
You must know that it is not only needed in the service industry. In fact, in any industry, it is particularly important to gain the recognition of others and to have good interpersonal relationships. This is called organizational skills.
To be honest, with the improvement of social education level, there will gradually be more and more professionals in various industries, but there will never be enough people suitable for management positions.
Ning Weimin understands this best. Knowledge is easy to learn, but emotional intelligence is difficult to teach.
For him, this is a precautionary measure.
Second, in addition to the small monthly rewards, Ning Weimin also announced to everyone that starting next year, the Tokyo branch of Tan Gong Restaurant will provide all employees with an opportunity for a publicly funded travel training.
The time is probably early March before the cherry blossoms bloom and September when school starts, because that is the off-season for Japan's domestic catering industry and tourism.
Japanese employees go to China in batches, and the whole journey takes about five to seven days, and Yamato Kanko provides services.
The route we took was that under the coordination of Ning Weimin, Yamato Tourism and Huaxia Domestic Travel Agency developed a new tourism project for Japanese guests to travel to China.
First go to Xi'an, then fly to Beijing, then go to Chengde, then to Shenyang, and finally fly back to Tokyo from Shenyang.
The purpose is self-evident. Ning Weimin hopes that these Japanese employees can personally experience the ancient Chinese capital and palace culture. He wants them to visit the domestic Tan Palace Restaurant, experience the magnanimity of the royal gardens and palace meals, and then interact with the domestic The staff of Tan Gong Restaurant had an exchange and exchange of professional skills.
Don't always think you are superior to others, in fact, everyone is like a frog in a well.
The travel itinerary for Chinese employees is planned in Japan.
Starting from Tokyo, first go to Kyoto, then Nara, then Osaka, and finally take a bus or Shinkansen back to Tokyo.
We still go there in batches, the whole journey lasts five to seven days, and is hosted by the affiliated company Yamato Tourism.
The purpose is also to allow these Chinese employees to increase their knowledge, that is, they can visit the two ancient capitals of Kyoto and Nara, as well as the two modern cities of Osaka and Tokyo, and taste local food from all over Japan.
Presumably these Huaxia employees will also have a profound experience of the differences in folk customs and food culture between China and Japan.
In short, Ning Weimin believes that the more familiar and understanding each other is, the more conducive it is to breaking down cultural barriers.
For both Chinese and Japanese employees, only by being familiar with each other's preferences and aesthetics can they have a positive effect on improving their work.
As soon as I finished saying these two items, the audience burst into applause, and the cheers were louder than the previous two times.
If not for anything else, the Japanese employees no longer responded indifferently this time, and they were really happy.
Moreover, his respect and belief in Ning Weimin also increased accordingly.
So this moment, half the floor was in turmoil. The place was buzzing, and even the crystal lamp on the ceiling vibrated slightly, making a crisp sound.
Not many people would ponder Ning Weimin's true intentions.
Everyone only knows that for them, this is pie in the sky, and it is enough to get benefits.
Ordinary people are so simple. As long as their leaders and bosses are generous and fair, they can do whatever they want.
However, this is not the end yet, the relaxing part comes next.
The prize-winning games carefully planned by Ning Weimin are actually the real glue, which very effectively binds Chinese and Japanese employees together like AB glue.
Don't believe it, it's so magical.
The first game is a quiz with prizes.
All employees can participate, but each person has only one chance to participate.
The specific requirement is for six employees to form a team, who can combine freely and form a team.
The test questions were read out by Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko according to the questions prepared in advance.
For each group of employees, a total of ten questions were asked.
The specific content was of course the two "examiners" Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko who came up with it together.
From simple to difficult, they are all about folk customs, common sense of life and common sense of catering in China and Japan.
The six employees participating in the game in the same group can have 20 seconds to think and decide who will answer according to the question requirements.
Each question is worth 6,000 yen.
If the answer is wrong, there will be no points. If the answer is correct, a bonus of 6,000 yen will be added to the group prize pool.
After all the questions are answered, Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko will distribute the accumulated prizes to the participants.
And if you answer all ten questions correctly, you can get double the extra reward.
This means that for every correct answer to a question, each participant in the same group will receive a bonus of 1,000 yen.
If they answer a few questions correctly, each person will receive a bonus of several thousand yen.
If all ten questions are correct, that would be great, and each person will receive a grand prize of 20,000 yen.
There is no doubt that the trick and focus of this game is that Chinese and Japanese employees must work together to have a chance to win the grand prize.
Otherwise, if the Japanese employees cannot answer Chinese questions and the Chinese people cannot understand Japanese customs, then this group of people will be destined to miss the grand prize.
For example, if the question requires Chinese employees to say a greeting when meeting guests, or Japanese employees to say hello in Chinese.
So what should a pure Japanese team or a Chinese team do?
If there are no contestants who can even answer the questions as required, they are destined to lose points.
On the other hand, as long as both parties are willing to cooperate, no matter what the final result is, it will always be better than if they fight independently.
Then the sense of identity of fighting side by side for a common goal will deepen the emotions of both parties and will inevitably bring the distance between the two parties closer.
Sure enough, just as Ning Weimin imagined, after the specific rules of the game were announced, both parties did not hold back for long and began to invite each other to form a team.
And they are not stupid, almost all of them are standard equipment with three Japanese employees and three Chinese employees.
Surprisingly, in terms of communication, girls' families are more open-minded than men's.
The first people to join forces were Dai Hong, Xu Chunyan and several Japanese girls.
It's just a pity that although these women's troops are commendable for their courage, they really have some problems with their psychological quality when they go on stage to answer questions.
Perhaps because they were too nervous, not long after they came on stage, they answered two simple questions incorrectly.
Then the final result will be more regrettable.
Amid bursts of laughter and applause, they answered a total of four questions incorrectly, and each of them only won 6,000 yen.
However, the distance between them has obviously become much closer, and the good effect is obvious to all.
After the game ended, the girls did not go back to their respective camps. Instead, they found seats nearby and sat together.
The team that shines most in this session is the team composed of Liu Jianxing, Bian Gang, Yang Feng and three Japanese guys.
Bian Gang knows more about Japan, Liu Jianxing has a strong learning ability, and Yang Feng is good at cooking.
In addition, several of their Japanese teammates did not stretch their hips, and their group was the first to achieve doubled bonuses.
So much so that when several of them came off the field, they felt heroic cheers. Almost everyone from the Chinese and Japanese employees applauded and cheered for them.
Just like that, when the last group came to an end, almost all Chinese and Japanese employees mingled together after receiving their bonuses, gesticulating with each other, talking and laughing, no longer distinguishing each other.
To be continued...