PFC Chapter 1766: Goodness that cannot reach the other side
Chapter 1766: Goodness that cannot reach the other side
Chapter 1766: Goodness that cannot reach the other side
Generally speaking, when a leader goes crazy, the subordinates will try to stop him.
The reason why normal enterprises and groups can survive is often not because their leaders are so rational and wise, but simply because they listen to advice when they are messing around, or because there are many checks and balances within the group, which makes their messing around become fake and prevents their destructive power from erupting.
If no one stops it, then we can only hope that the leader is really a god. Even if he is originally rational and wise, and everyone inside is praising him, there is a high probability that he will inflate into an outrageously expensive person and send the company away with a wave of operations.
Why are there many problems when the second generation just takes over, but everything goes wrong after a few years when they start a new operation? In many cases, it is because they have just completed internal cleansing, sent away the old seniority and uncles, and when there is no internal checks and balances, they step on the accelerator in an unknown direction.
There are "grand goals" thrown from above, but there are no obstacles from below. All the senior and backbone personnel have been cleared out. If the project is just running idle, it is actually a good thing. But if it is really implemented at the grassroots level and rushed in an unknown direction, it is the main reason why such a behemoth may die suddenly.
"Anyway, I want to do this. You guys come up with a plan for me and a strategic goal."
This is not the first time that Lu Ping'an has encountered a "capricious superior" like this, but this time it seems particularly excessive.
"Others are too much when they do whatever it takes for their motives, but you are just doing it for the sake of means but have no motives. Do you still need others to come up with a reason for you?"
"Reason? Just do it if you want, meow!"
"No, that won't work. As a group, we must act based on the trend of interests."
"It's not enough to just talk about the benefits. Is there any profit point in this?"
"Doing charity work needs to be profitable? Can we reduce taxes?"
"Religious legal entities are already subject to the lowest tax rate. Besides, we don't pay any tax when we are overseas."
However, when Lu Ping'an boldly stated the goal of "I want to ensure basic humanitarianism in this sea area and archipelago, so that people can live like human beings", the internal senior executives and staff began to analyze the issue seriously.
This obviously unprofitable and thankless task did not encounter the most intense opposition.
This is not because Lu Ping'an has become a one-man show here. In fact, a real one-man show can easily become an idle run where the higher-ups are talking nonsense, which is a characteristic of an inefficient or even ineffective administrative agency. The Rebirth Chamber of Commerce has gone through too many bloody battles and years of hardship, and the core personnel are constantly promoted and added rather than purged. It is still an efficient organization where the first generation makes decisions rather than the second generation enjoys the benefits.
"Don't worry, Boss. This isn't the first time we've done something stupid. We don't know how many we've done in the past ten years of Mercury 42."
This is the core of the problem.
The Rebirth Chamber of Commerce was not "commercial" enough from the beginning. Its development trend was full of young people's idealism. The Redemption Church and Lu Ping'an's principle of "equality" of all spirits were the reality of its implementation path.
Perhaps this is what is called a common idea.
"The most important thing is to find the interests. Ideals alone are not enough."
What is more valuable is that these are not just a group of idealists, but idealists who have experienced harsh reality and struggle practice.
In a sense, this is the greatest wealth of Lu Ping'an and the Rebirth Chamber of Commerce. They have such a group of practical people who have both ideals and abilities. They can really turn ideal goals into executable plans, rather than just busying themselves in vain.
“What benefits can be gained?”
Idealists who have experienced the torture of reality, on the contrary, attach great importance to interests, because they know that acting solely for "ideals" can easily become a waste and will not last long.
Only by digging out the "interest points" and making up for it from other parts can the ideal career become feasible.
A small act of kindness can be done at will, but a "good deed" that requires huge amounts of money, manpower, or even lives must find "interest points" that are sufficient to support the action.
Be it for fame, for honor, or even for completely unforeseen rewards in the afterlife, a point of return must be found so that the sacrifice and good deed itself can be rewarded.
Lu Ping'an's Rebirth Chamber of Commerce is an expert in this regard. During the ten years of closure, the Redemption Church and the Chamber of Commerce operated at the lowest profit, circulated a large amount of sea transportation, and did a great job in food, weapons, ships, etc., directly or indirectly saving too many people, and still being able to hold on. It is definitely not enough to just shout slogans.
If idealists do not receive the most basic feedback and there is no so-called good ending, then the number of people who take this path will naturally decrease significantly.
The profit can be low, and you can make up for it elsewhere, but it cannot be zero profit, otherwise sooner or later when the "source" dries up, you will be left with a mess.
"The local human resources are not very valuable. Really. It would be extremely expensive to start an industry there from scratch. They have already regressed to a slave society or primitive society. To be honest, although we are helping them, I am afraid we still have to be on guard against them. Once many moral bottom lines are breached, it is only a matter of time before they are breached again."
"Redemption churches, maybe we can recover profits from the development of churches. Suffering places cry out for rescue and salvation, where we can have more faith and maybe even develop local churches."
"We can give this a try. Anyway, if we act in the name of the Church Knights, no matter how far-fetched the reason for the war is, we can use the teachings of God to cover it up. And if we have a justifiable reason for the action (war), we won't become the public enemy of the warlords too early."
"It seems that their local resource points have all been exhausted, but the extraordinary resources are not yet comparable. As far as I know, in the whole of Asia, they are the area closest to the Octopus World, and there are many small portals leading to that place."
"Are you sure this is an advantage? The next counterattack from the enemy, or the second plane war, will most likely take place there. I hope you can find a reason for the house price to fall."
"Speaking of housing prices, why don't we try flipping houses?"
"Haven't you suffered enough from the high housing prices? Brothers, beat him up!"
"You know what, it's actually possible. We can build a refugee camp and collect rent from the refugees. Instead of paying in cash, they can pay the interest with their labor and then pay the money back later."
"Uh, are you still going to hype up the concept of safe communities and use houses to lock up their interests?"
"We can give it a try. It's not for this little benefit, but if we provide free rescue, those guys will be hard to serve. If they owe us money, they will be more obedient."
In a sense, the Rebirth Merchant Group is indeed full of talented people. Even a veteran like Lu would secretly exclaim that it is outrageous.
But from another perspective, they did gradually come up with a complete set of plans, a plan that allows more people to survive with the least possible resource investment.