VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

I talked to my customer on the phone and we discussed the annual plan next year.
I asked for their opinion how they view the situation next year. They are optimistic.
India Vietnam , we have orders come back to Chinese and we can produce products and exports then next year quite optimistic.
Actually domestic managers in China do not care about international affairs they just care about capacity because those data are related to their bonus.
80% are senior managers and 5% VPs and the last 5% are the most valuable they are the big bosses so I always save the international affair conversations to those 5%.

I can receive information which is different from theirs. Especially young CEOs they are in their 40s they would discuss such topics with me.
I would say most customers I met this week, last month. All of them are optimistic.
The minimum cost with the maximum profit and for me I am just a salary man.
And go for my salary every month and if I cause some losses I still get the full pay.

If you watch the Fox News -> if you watch Fox News

he made a speech of Biden’s son relationship with CCP’s government.
Ironically every democrat people say I don’t believe those evidences because you try to make some Hoaxes.
There is a Chinese who just proved Biden’s son relationship with CCP and made a speech in China.

the products I sell is kind of high tech machinery so the Chinese government is trying to subsidize Chinese factories to purchase Japanese machinery so the logical is if the Chinese government is sanctioned by the US it will have no money to subsidize these.
The chip company is sanctioned and that incidents caused huge influence on Chinese Chip industry which means this companies which produce chips won’t buy Panasonic machinery and that leads to the result that my sales revenue will plummet in the future
I think I don’t have to change jobs because my company has a branch in TW so I can retreat at any time.
I already made the escape plan.

A love of people love to work in China because of huge population and huge market in China.
that is the rotation system. People love to work in China 2 or 3 years even more because they can earn more allowance and higher salary base and even better life quality.

If you work with a foreign company, HR will put you in a position to compare with local staff and you have to show your ability to earn more money.
And convince HR I am valuable.

It is like an assumption. What if America declares war on China.  NATO and America’s secretary research lab has verified the virus is a bio weapon and this attack ends aims at America now they verify the situation and think the bioweapon is against humanity. then they have the treaty . They would declare war immediately in next April or May.

The spokesman retweets a picture which describes an Australian soldier to take a knife to threaten an Afghan person. That is a drawing which proves to be a fake picture.
and the Australian prime minister demanded an official apology and the government and the media posted the real picture of the tank.

I talked to my customer on the phone and we discussed the annual plan for next year.
I asked for their opinion, how they view the situation next year./ how they think things will evolve/overall they are optimistic.
Indiam Vietnam , we have orders coming back to China / to Chinese companies and we can produce products and exports.
Actually domestic managers in China do not care about international affairs they just care about the capacity because those data are related to their bonus. / it is part of their KPIs
80% are senior managers and 5% VPs and the last 5% are the most valuable they are the big bosses so I always save the international affair conversations to those 5%.

I can receive information which is different from theirs./ I can give a unique perspective on the news. Especially young CEOs they are in their 40s they would discuss such topics with me.
I would say most customers I met this week, last month. All of them are optimistic.
They just look for The minimum cost with the maximum profit and for me I am just a salary man.  / they want to maximize profit and minimize cost.
And go for my salary every month and if I cause some losses I still get the full pay. / even if I make a mistake I won’t impact my income too much / my income and my performance are not directly correlated.

he made a speech about Biden’s son relationship with the CCP
Ironically every democrat say I don’t believe those evidences because you try to make some Hoaxes.
There is a Chinese who just proved Biden’s son relationship with the CCP and made a speech in China.

the products I sell is kind of high tech machinery so the Chinese government is trying to subsidize Chinese factories to purchase Japanese machinery so the logic is if the Chinese government is sanctioned by the US the subsidies will be cancelled.

The chip company was sanctioned and that incident caused huge influence on the Chinese chip industry / totally changed the Chinese chip industry which means this companies which produce chips won’t buy Panasonic machinery and that leads to our sales plummeting  / it results in our sales going down significantly
I think I don’t have to change jobs because my company has a branch in TW so I can retreat at any time.
I already made the escape plan / I have a contingency plan.

A love of people love to work in China because of the  huge population and huge market (size) in China.
that is the rotation system. People love to work in China for 2 or 3 years even more because they can get higher allowances and a higher salary base and even a better life quality. / overall their work package will be better.

If you work for a foreign company, HR will compare you with local staff and you have to show your ability to earn more money. / you have to prove your value.
And convince HR I am valuable.
It is like an assumption / let’s take this scenario . What if America declares war on China.  NATO and America’s secretary research lab has verified the virus is a bio weapon and this attack aims at America now they verify the situation and think the bioweapon is against humanity. then they have to follow treaties . They would declare war immediately next April or May.

Vocabulary

KPI : Key Performance Indicator (n)
He didn’t match his KPIs and didn’t get a bonus

to demand (v/n) : ask in a forceful way / ask in a way the other cannot refused
The tax offices demanded our tax statements

crime against humanity (n) action judged as negative to the whole human race
He was sent to jail for life for crimes against humanity

VP : Vice President
He is the VP of the company.

scenario (n) : a set of parameters used to imagine a situation in the future
The first optimistic scenario estimates that Covid will be defeated next year

quotation (n) document you send to a client with what you can do and at which price
The client didn’t agree because the quotation was too high

expat package(n) Package including an apartment , education for the kids, etc.
Expat packages are quite rare

local package / contract :
Most companies only hire with local packages now

go bag (n): a bag you prepare for the apocalypse
Some people keep a go bag in their house for the end of the world

nothing burger (n) : a situation which seems big but doesn’t mean much / something actually insignificant
some newspapers were starting to talk about a war between the two countries but in the end nothing happened. It was a nothing burger.

Greece (n)

Greek (adj)

checks and balances : a system to prevent someone from having too much power
There are checks and balances to prevent that from happening

malfunction (n): an issue that prevents a system from working properly
The server shut down because of a malfunction

malfunctioning (adj)
The system is malfunctioning

Pronunciation

except

Venezuela

NATO

cause

cost

causation (ko)

quotation (kwo)

imagine