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一 |     AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Conservative former businessman Christopher Luxon will be New Zealand’s next prime minister after winning a decisive election victory Saturday.People voted for change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda Ardern.The exact makeup of Luxon’s government is still to be determined as ballots continued to be counted.Luxon arrived to rapturous applause at an event in Auckland. He was joined on stage by his wife, Amanda, and their children, William and Olivia. He said he was humbled by the victory and couldn't wait to get stuck in to his new job. He thanked people from across the country.“You have reached for hope and you have voted for change,” he said.Supporters chanted his campaign slogan which promised to get the country “back on track.” Outgoing Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, who spent just nine months in the top job after taking over from Ardern in January, told supporters late Saturday he had called Luxon to concede.Hipkins said it wasn’t the result he wanted.“But I want you to be proud of what we achieved over the last six years,” he told supporters at an event in Wellington.Ardern unexpectedly stepped down as prime minister in January, saying she no longer had “enough in the tank” to do the job justice. She won the last election in a landslide, but her popularity waned as people got tired of COVID-19 restrictions and inflation threatened the economy.Her departure left Hipkins, 45, to take over as leader. He had previously served as education minister and led the response to the coronavirus pandemic. With most of the vote counted, Luxon’s National Party had about 40% of the vote. Under New Zealand’s proportional voting system, Luxon, 53, is expected to form an alliance with the libertarian ACT Party. Meanwhile, the Labour Party that Hipkins leads was getting only a little over 25% of the vote — about half the proportion it got in the last election under Ardern.And in a result that would be particularly stinging for Labour should it lose the seat, National was in a tight race for Ardern’s old electorate seat, Mount Albert. The seat has long been a Labour stronghold and was also held by another former Labour prime minister, Helen Clark. The National Party candidate for the seat, Melissa Lee, told The Associated Press she was feeling excited but also nervous about the final result in Mount Albert.“It’s been Labour since 1946. It has been the biggest, safest Labour seat forever,” she said. “It would be fantastic if we won it.” Lee said that when she was door-knocking, people had told her they were tired of the current government and were concerned with the state of the economy and the spiraling cost of living. David Farrar, a longtime conservative pollster, said there was still a good chance that Labour would end up holding the seat once all the votes were counted. However, he said, his initial impression of voting throughout the country was that it was turning out to be a “bloodbath” for the left. Luxon has promised tax cuts for middle-income earners and a crackdown on crime. Hipkins had promised free dental care for people younger than 30 and the removal of sales taxes on fruit and vegetables.Also at stake in the election is the government’s relationship with Indigenous Māori. Luxon has promised to axe the Māori Health Authority, which he says creates two separate health systems. Hipkins says he’s proud of such co-governance efforts and has accused Luxon of condoning racism.Within days of taking the reins in January, Hipkins found himself dealing with a crisis after deadly floods and then a cyclone hit New Zealand. He quickly jettisoned some of Ardern’s more contentious policies and promised a “back to basics” approach focused on tackling the spiraling cost of living. Warm spring weather in the largest city, Auckland, seemed to encourage voters, with queues forming outside some polling places. Early voting before Election Day was lower than in recent elections.During a six-week election campaign, both Hipkins and Luxon traveled the country and hammed it up for the cameras. Earlier in the week, Luxon, who served as chief executive of both Unilever Canada and Air New Zealand, told an energized crowd in Wellington that he would crack down on gangs.“I’ve gotta tell you, crime is out of control in this country,” Luxon said. “And we are going to restore law and order, and we are going to restore personal responsibility.”Luxon also got cheers when he promised to fix the capital’s gridlocked traffic with a new tunnel project.Luxon is relatively new to politics but held his own against the more experienced Hipkins during televised debates, according to political observers. But Luxon also made some gaffes, such as when he was asked in a 1News debate how much he spent each week on food.His answer of “about sixty bucks” (U.S. $36) was ridiculed on social media as showing he was out of touch with the cost of living. ___Follow AP’s Asia-Pacific coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/asia-pacific。    本文来自微信公众号：造价学长，作者：造价学长，题图来自：AI生成                    近几次聚餐，发现一个有意思的现象：领导那桌还没来得及过来“打一圈”、发表令人振奋的讲话，员工桌的年轻人已经走得差不多了，留下来的，大多是年长一点的工长。                   要放在从前，年轻人多半会主动凑过去敬酒、说几句漂亮话，为自己的职业道路铺铺路。能留到最后的，往往被认为“前途光明”。                   但现在不一样了。大家好像只想安安静静吃完自己的饭，不愿在饭桌上多停留一秒。

二 | 时代真的变了——年轻人，越来越不愿意讨好领导了。                   我琢磨了一下，原因大概有这几个方面：                    第一，做这件事，真的有好处吗？                    人性本质是趋利避害的。如果不能“趋利”，那至少也得“我乐意”。                   你喝了这顿酒，工作就会少一点吗？                    你喝了这顿酒，就能升职加薪吗？                    你喝了这顿酒，就能提前休假回家吗？                    都不会。

三 |                    它只会让你半夜爬起来抱着马桶吐，只会让你第二天昏昏沉沉上工地“打灰”。                   所以现在的年轻人，是真的“人间清醒”。                   第二，不做这件事，真的有坏处吗？                    有些领导管了几个人，就觉得自己能拿捏谁、能给谁穿小鞋，甚至随便开除人——这想法，未免太天真。

四 |                    这一代年轻人，不一样。

五 |                    他们大多“吃过见过”，你和他爸妈比，段位可能还差一截。                   真要讨好，回家说句“爸爸妈妈我爱你们”不更香吗？                    除非你这工作牛到离开就找不到下家——那叫“有坏处”；                    除非你这工作好到外面没有匹配的岗位——那叫“有好处”。                   可如果你既给不了好处，又制造不了坏处——那人家凭什么讨好你？你算老几？                    第三，如果没有利害关系，那我喜不喜欢做这件事？                    说实话，大部分工作的待遇，既没高到让人放下身段，也不至于让人离开就活不下去。                   那为什么还是有一些管理者受人尊敬、甚至被“讨好”呢？                    因为人格魅力。                   有的领导，真心为手下兄弟着想——有肉吃肉，有汤喝汤，愿意为大家谋福利，而不是只顾自己。                   他们是“有事一起上”，而不是“有事你先上”。                   那不是上下级的控制，而是“你是我大哥，我无论如何也得给你撑场面”。                   最后我想说：                    这年头，大家出来上班都是为了赚钱养家。                   我们签合同，平等互利。我干活，你给钱，清清楚楚的事。何必非得把“讨好”这一套搬出来，把简单的事情搞复杂？                    本文来自微信公众号：造价学长，作者：造价学长。

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