Watching the movie "American Gangster" reminded me of the structure of "The Godfather 2". The two different lines are interspersed with each other. The difference is that "The Godfather 2" is a reprint from different time and space. The development of the film, and then intertwined and merged, there is an epic pattern, but it can also be seen as putting two types of films into one film, Frank’s drug trafficking front line is a typical gangster commercial film road, and the police Rich front line has established a police chaotic life. The images of Americans who are mixed with independent personalities can be completely independent of each other. Putting them together makes up a 2.5-hour movie, and they are two movies separately.
Two Oscar winners Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington, plus director Ridley Scott's excellent works of pearls in front, the film is actually very eye-catching. The film is adapted from facts, and the appropriation of "gangster" is actually too exaggerated, that is, a story of a drug-trafficking family dominated for a period of time. In the end, with the unremitting efforts of the loyal and straight police, the drug dealers and the mutual bribery police were arrested one after another, and the legend of the hero was lost. The sexual ending damages the artistry as a film and adds a sense of responsibility to reality.
Let's take a look at Frank's management strategy from the film's manipulation of drug trafficking. In fact, running an organization, even a gang, has its own management science just like running a company or an enterprise.
one. Take advantage of business opportunities. Let's take the crime of drug trafficking as Frank's business for the time being. When he took office, he had been in the underworld with his former boss for 15 years. He was familiar with the way of this industry, so he could easily intervene in the key points of this industry. This is what his boss has always emphasized but did not do. He obtained information from the global situation and contacted the source of poison in Vietnam. In fact, such stories are not uncommon in Hong Kong films, but Hong Kong films are mostly replaced by more Just the famous Golden Triangle. Don't discuss the specific time and place. It can be seen as the different responses of two generations to changes in the world, and only those who have seized the opportunities of the times and reformed can make new achievements, eliminating the need for intermediate links such as channel dealers and distributors, and fully adapting to similar marketing. Managed market strategies have the advantage of lowering prices and controlling the quality of goods.
two. Brand management concept. Frank runs his "Blue Magic" drug as a brand. This kind of business philosophy is unimaginable in a gangster where crime is committed and interests come first. This is like the blind pursuit of immediate interests in many small businesses. , without a long-term development idea. The emergence of enterprises depends on having good products superior to other competitors, and the development of enterprises depends on the consolidation and maintenance of their brands. A century-old store, to a certain extent, has its own value that exceeds the charm of the products it creates. Frank has this kind of business acumen, but if he's the only one in an industry that follows this philosophy, and in a criminal world without legal backing, that's not an advantage. Because criminals are always insecure, they do not need or need to develop for a long time, nor do they have a long-term goal in terms of the quality of their members. This kind of shady business may be game over at any time. Frank's problem is doing the right thing with the wrong object.
three. Follow certain rules of the game. Since Frank is familiar with the various ties of interest in the drug trafficking industry, he should not unilaterally change the rules of the market game, and he should not rely on a powerful gang force. While he keeps expanding the market, he naturally makes more and more enemies. Just like a small business, no one may care about you at the beginning of growth, but as your scale and advantages become prominent, it is bound to break the previous market pattern and destroy existing Interest relationship, at this time, it is easy to become the target of those old fish and big fish collection, so your bottleneck has been exposed to the cloud of the external environment before it comes from your own development. If you don’t want to be ruined at this time, or introduce Venture capital, or rely on a large company, just like the joint venture between Alibaba and Yahoo. A newborn calf may not be afraid of tigers, but it must be wary of wolves hiding in the dark. Drug trafficking itself is not related to crime, and Frank's vain attempt to stay away from gangster criminal organizations only wants to use money benefits, which has made a more idealistic mistake. He wants to make dirty money and stay out of it, everything has its own corresponding. cost.
Four. Avoid family business. Frank's drug empire uses his family members for operation and management. The advantage is that he pays attention to the blood of the family and requires great trust. The obvious disadvantage is that it is improperly employed and will not bring scientific management. In the end, he was also disturbed. Distant relatives betrayed. Maybe Frank could not find a suitable partner at the beginning, and he could quickly make up for this shortcoming by recruiting his family, but as his business flourishes, he should introduce excellent professional management talents and formulate an effective director system to make the enterprise bigger and longer. premise. Frank relied too much on family brothers, and although he also made a ruling on those who acted excessively, the system itself implied various risks, and it was an inevitable trend to lead to the collapse of this business. Family-run business in China is the inherited concept of most private companies at present. There will definitely be excellent companies surviving, but it is expected that most companies will only be rich for three generations.
Fives. The Philosophical Art of Making Money. In the film, Frank rarely has any friends in his career, or friends on the road. Even if they use each other on a large scale, there is only a middleman who helps him distribute them later. Money is endless. The best way to make money is to make money together. When you have a good idea and a good opportunity, in addition to grasping the right time and place, you should also make appropriate use of people and people, and to a certain extent form a corresponding team. Alliance, share your vested interests, because you are not strong enough to need anyone's help, or you are not strong enough to ignore the hidden arrows of villains, and even if you are strong enough, from the perspective of risk sharing More people should also come in. This of course also includes movies such as the police. Frank can choose not to bribe with the domineering cop, but he shouldn't choose to stay away from the group. Even the social attributes of enterprises or individuals themselves require participation in the socialization process. Fundamentally, Frank is overconfident and thinks that he is different from this rabble. Although he usually acts low-key everywhere, his arrogance is the real fatal high-profile. Here Frank used the right market positioning but the wrong business strategy.
six. Low-key life, high-profile work. These aspects are very comprehensive in Frank's performance in the film. For example, he killed the gang leader who threatened him on the street to show everyone, but he usually only wears suits and leather shoes and asks his subordinates to be low-key and cautious in their clothes. The police took note of the blacklist. Of course, this is just a stark contrast deliberately made by the film. Even if there is no high-profile appearance this time, Frank Company itself does not have a sound system to protect its own career development and prevent risks. The limited measures, its final failure is also a time sooner or later. inevitable ending. But being a low-key person is a great personality charm, and being able to integrate into the habit of personality is the minimum prerequisite for a successful person. The real strong person does not need to use foreign objects to show themselves, but it is precisely what a person lacks the most that needs to be made up for through foreign objects.
In general, Frank has the courage and business sense of an entrepreneur. He is also relatively rational and clear-headed. He knows what he is doing and what he wants. However, as a manager, he still lacks the necessary scrutiny of the situation and maximizing the effective use of resources. The root cause is the lack of management system. There is no effective system to ensure the normal operation of the whole company. Instead, the rule of man is used, which greatly hinders the healthy growth of an enterprise. Watching the movie is not to learn how he sells drugs and harms people, but to learn from it all kinds of problems similar to business management.
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