Chapter 1142: 390, Cadillac Incident Settled_2
Harry Earl, who hadn't left the office, stood up emotionally: "Thank you, boss!"
Donnie laughed, "From now on, you are the chief designer of Cadillac. Whether the company can come out of this impact depends on your ability!"
Although Donnie had minimized the impact of this incident, the influence was still undeniable. In the upcoming period, Cadillac would certainly spend some time in turmoil. How quickly this turmoil could end depended on the abilities of Rudwell Wells, Harry Earl, and others!
"Don't worry, boss, I won't let you down!"
Harry Earl assured Donnie once again.
Donnie nodded in satisfaction, letting him go out to work. When only Donnie and Rudwell Wells were left in the office, Donnie spoke to Rudwell Wells.
"Taking this opportunity, remove all the union leaders from Cadillac. Our factory doesn't need the presence of a union!"
In Donnie's view, this incident could perfectly solve many problems at once, such as the union issue.
Donnie was too familiar with these American workers. Although they were currently working obediently, you never knew what might cause them to stir up trouble again in the future.
In simple terms, Donnie didn't trust these people.
This was why Donnie, even understanding that large consortiums in the future would opt to cooperate with unions upon their legalization, rather than not establishing a union, still chose not to have any union presence in his factory.
In his company, Donnie would not allow anyone to affect his authority.
Rudwell Wells, as someone who came from the Strategic Department, naturally knew Donnie's attitude towards unions.
"I understand, I've already taken note of all those people!"
Donnie nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile, "Fisher won't hold his position for much longer, so don't just focus on the newly established brand cars; focus on the whole structure of Cadillac."
Rudwell Wells was excited in his heart, knowing this was Donnie's promise to him, "Thank you, boss, I won't let you down!"
The internal turmoil at Cadillac, although it lasted only a morning, spread quickly throughout Detroit.
This incident also caused quite a stir in Detroit.
Both the capital side and the labor side felt the impact.
Every car company in Detroit had its own union, and the capital side was indeed always looking for ways to curb the increasingly greedy unions.
But the effects were not obvious.
Now, Donnie pointed out a way to solve this problem.
"What do you think of this?"
Pierre DuPont also arrived in Detroit at this time. Although the DuPont family had already controlled General Motors, and Pierre DuPont was the president of General Motors, Pierre DuPont personally had always worked in New York.
As one of the largest family consortiums in the United States, the DuPont family's development in finance had always been very slow, mostly cooperating with Morgan.
Their cooperation was considered close and seamless.
But the DuPont family couldn't possibly have no intention of entering the financial industry.
So, Pierre DuPont in New York could remotely control the issues of General Motors while also dealing with some financial matters in New York.
But this time, after selling Cadillac to Venus Bank, Pierre DuPont knew that with Donnie's character, Cadillac was bound to face major issues.
Therefore, Pierre DuPont returned to Detroit, wanting to be the first to know about the developments between Donnie and Cadillac.
However, what Pierre DuPont hadn't expected was that while there was indeed a big issue at Cadillac, the solution to this incident also surprised him.
So now, Pierre DuPont first inquired from Alfred Sloan, the vice president responsible for General Motors' affairs in Detroit, who was also very famous in American business history, having been on "Time Magazine" in the United States.
Alfred Sloan pondered, "There's no reference value!"
Pierre DuPont smiled and asked, "Why do you say that?"
Alfred Sloan explained, "Mr. Block's basis for doing this is the vast assets and cash flow of the Venus Consortium, which supports him to the point where even losing Cadillac doesn't matter. That way, he can address the problems that erupted at Cadillac today.
But we can't!
Compared to Cadillac, General Motors' scale is too large, and doing so would result in bigger losses. For us, such losses are unacceptable!"
At the end, Alfred Sloan was somewhat envious.
Such actions were not only unusable for General Motors but also unacceptable for other car companies.
Hearing Alfred Sloan's response, Pierre DuPont sighed helplessly, saying, "Yes, we can't learn from Donnie in this matter!"
Alfred Sloan worriedly said, "Sir, aside from this matter, I think we should be more concerned about our own issues!"
Pierre DuPont asked Alfred Sloan, "What issues do we have?"