Diary of a CEO

The story of love

Yesterday was the 60th annivesaly after Second World War, on my way back to Tapai, I sat beside Mr. Wu - Vice Chairman of CCA, he was a jouralinst , a scholoar before join the BAIN administration, and a author , he told me a true story about love in the White Terrior Era in Taiwan. this is the story of love :

Once there's a prinspal of one primary school - emmigigrate from Hunan, he was caught by the Milary Policy , accuse for consiparacy, at the White Terrior Days, when they caught someone, he must submit another 5 names, otherwise the tourcher will make you feel like in hell. so, the prinspal was caught contribute by someone he don't even know. they were sent to Green Island - an off shore island from Taiwan, there's a prison cage for all the political prisnor. the man behavor very well doing his time in the jail, and he develop a habit of painting - drawing, he will darw other prinsors at the same area. one day he found a girl - very young girl, she must at her high school age. he watch her and begin to pain her everyday.. then they communicate by some secret trick, such as passing note.

As he behavor so good, the adminstration decided to release him earler for porlor, but as he is single in Taiwan, no one can bail him out as his insurancer. One day, the girl's brother came to visit his sister, she told her bother this situration and asked her brother to bail him out. this need extraordinary courage, he did it , and the man was released, but he didn't leave, he stayed at Green Island for another one more year, waiting for the girl, then they got married and raised 2 children. the kids are now in there 40's, but the stroy was disclosed 5 years ago. one of their children is now a famous conductor, last year, they return to Green Island and held a Peace Concert... Their son was the conductor for the concert that night.

Isn't it the story of love?

Monday is a very busy day. I send strong message of the crisis we are facing, maybe I am too agressive, or maybe I am too anxious, when doing the re-budget prelimerary meeting, the gap is 45millions NT. the people who sit at the conference room thinking nothing but cut cost - cost saving is the negative way of doing budget; to achieve goal is the positive way of conducting business. but it seem all the business uint running out of there brain and energe, I asked Corporate Planing Manager to held an emergency meeting for this, then we did it in the last evening again.

One director insist to look at the fact and truth, the rest of division heads dislike the mentality he probe, the ambience in the conference room turn weired, and then a call of " Who Give up the business of growth ? " making him so uncomfortable. we finished the meeting ahead of schedule. then I approch the dirctor and asked him to join me for a coffee.

The stress make him tremmble and shed a few tears. we spend a hour at Starbucks and I share my experience in handling such thing, and advise him why I challenge the new business so firence, because " Executive reward the result, not the process ", I told him this is the pace everyone must walk by, I told him , I have to be the person to tell everyone " We can make it " even though I knew the chance of success is slim, I should always try my best to see where the miracle can come. and this is the key : even we lose everyghing, we can't throw away our hope.

I am tring my best to save the company, my demending attitude cause a few manager panic, but, this is what I must do, not what I love to do.

Met with Shin Chen - the graphic artist and review his business plan, this is an infant stage of doing business, I don't know how to help and where to begin. I may need a little bit more time to think about it.

Receiving Kororo's " Apirl Ryposody ", I love it, the production cost is around 2 millions, they are expect to sale to 10 millions, I don't know how they going to do it, but I will help.

posted by Roger @ 8/17/2005 08:19:00 上午