148: Chapter 148 The First Su Fan in the Industrial Park! Hot Pot Base Factory and Pre-made Meals!

She didn't expect that her boss had actually won over even their competitors!

She was very well-informed and knew about the history between Spark Media's top star, Jiang Yan, and Xinlong Media.

Everyone at Spark Media knew that Su Yang had obtained Jiang Yan by trading Jiang Yufei's contract!

The person who should have hated their boss the most, Zhou Ji from Xinlong Media, actually expressed admiration for him!

This made her feel quite proud; even her posture straightened up as she walked!

After Cai Jiashi and Zhou Ji rounded a hedge, Cai Jiashi couldn't help but say:

"That Boss Su looks quite young. Is he really as amazing as you make him out to be?"

"That's because you lack vision!"

Cai Jiashi glanced at Zhou Ji, who had the expression of someone who felt that everyone else was drunk while he alone remained sober.

"Fine!" Cai Jiashi said speechlessly. "Perhaps my vision is the problem. I've also heard that Spark Media has been growing rapidly and has signed quite a few promising talents."

"Exactly!" Zhou Ji said smugly. "I told you, his eye for talent is excellent. Given time, he will surely not be a creature trapped in a pond."

"Well, I'm looking forward to it too!"

Thinking of Su Yang, Zhou Ji's feelings were slightly complicated.

When Jiang Yan first became popular, he had really felt terrible!

Because Jiang Yan was outstanding in appearance, she already had a certain reputation among the nearby MCN Companies.

When Jiang Yan was still there, suitors would occasionally wait for her at the entrance of Xinlong Media!

Once Jiang Yan became famous, everyone knew that he had traded Jiang Yan for Jiang Yufei and that Spark Media had picked up a bargain.

Facing the questioning gazes of many employees at Xinlong Media and the mockery from other companies, Zhou Ji had truly wanted to slap himself twice back then!

But the deed was done; getting Jiang Yan's contract back was already impossible!

Moreover, the boss of Spark Media seemed to have deep pockets and great influence, so he didn't dare to harbor any crooked thoughts!

However, he quickly changed his mindset.

Facing the questioning gazes of the Xinlong Media employees, he directly scolded them as incompetent waste, questioned their abilities, and asked why they had never thought of having Jiang Yan follow the coser route!

Facing their boss's interrogation, the Xinlong Media employees couldn't refute him at all!

It seemed like their boss was right to scold them!

Once, Cai Jiashi teased Zhou Ji, saying he had lost Jiang Yan and that Spark Media had picked up a bargain!

Zhou Ji pulled Su Yang out and praised him heavily.

He said that Su Yang had a unique eye for talent and saw Jiang Yan's potential in the coser field at a glance.

He said he was Jiang Yan's mentor!

Regarding Su Yang's "bargain," he expressed his sincere admiration!

He said Su Yang had picked up the bargain based on his own ability, and he respected such capable people.

He also expressed his blessings for the achievements Jiang Yan had attained.

Zhou Ji's perspective was instantly broadened!

Immediately after, Zhou Ji retorted to Cai Jiashi:

"I suppose you didn't see Jiang Yan's potential at the time either, did you?"

Cai Jiashi was directly silenced by Zhou Ji's words!

He was too embarrassed to shamelessly claim that he had seen it.

If he had really seen it, he would have dug for talent long ago!

After that, Cai Jiashi didn't dare to use this matter to mock Zhou Ji anymore.

After discovering that this tactic worked, whenever any executive or boss of an MCN Company mocked, teased, or ridiculed Zhou Ji about Jiang Yan later on, Zhou Ji would use this same set of tactics to respond!

Those MCN Company executives and bosses generally couldn't handle it.

If an MCN Company outside the industrial park asked him, he would say:

"There are so many MCN Companies in the entire MCN Industrial Park, and countless ones are larger and more powerful than Xinlong Media, but only Boss Su of Spark Media saw Jiang Yan's potential... Isn't it normal that I didn't see it?"

Gradually, many people saw Zhou Ji speaking well of his "opponent," Su Yang, and expressing blessings for Jiang Yan, who had left the company and become successful, and began to feel that Zhou Ji was someone who could hold up and put down.

He had great character and a broad perspective!

Thus, the praised Zhou Ji praised Su Yang even more excessively!

If one were to ask who was the number one Su Yang fan in the MCN Industrial Park, it was truly none other than Zhou Ji!

Even Gong Zihao couldn't compare!

Su Yang being able to have such a great reputation in the entire industrial park was mostly due to Zhou Ji.

After all, Zhou Ji was a boss; if he highly recommended someone, that person would certainly be taken seriously by others!

Coupled with the fact that Spark Media's rise did indeed look very strong, and the boss behind it was wealthy and had the strong-willed woman Yu Siying sitting in charge, everyone gradually agreed with Zhou Ji's words!

Perhaps after telling a lie enough times, he started to believe it himself.

Gradually, Zhou Ji's praise for Su Yang became smoother and smoother!

He praised him so well that no one could find any flaws, and everyone felt that Zhou Ji was sincere.

He praised him to the point that when Zhou Ji thought of Su Yang, he didn't have much hatred... but rather more admiration!

Su Yang didn't know about Zhou Ji's psychological journey.

But he also began to feel that while Zhou Ji might be a bit lecherous, he wasn't without his merits!

By early March, Jiuxiang Catering spent one million to acquire a hotpot base factory.

This hotpot base factory was actually near Fengyuan Ingredients!

The hotpot base factory was quickly renamed Nine Fragrance Hotpot Base Factory and placed under Jiuxiang Catering.

After careful adjustment by Ding Hanyi and other hotpot base stir-fry masters and engineers, the hotpot base produced by the Nine Fragrance Hotpot Base Factory had about ninety percent of the deliciousness of the ones they made themselves!

Su Yang also went to the site to taste it and felt that the mechanically produced hotpot base was also quite good.

Ordinary diners actually couldn't really taste the difference from the original version!

But even so, the taste of the Jiuxiang Hotpot Chain was still in a league of its own among all chain hotpot restaurants on the market!

If they could continue to optimize the hotpot base recipe, it wasn't impossible to restore it to the full ten percent of the original!

Greatly satisfied, Su Yang gave the three hotpot base masters and the engineers a bonus of ten thousand each, and then let the hotpot base factory start production.

The hotpot base factory mainly focused on satisfying the chain hotpot restaurants; there were no plans to sell the hotpot base directly in the short term.

What if everyone bought Nine Fragrance Hotpot base to make hotpot at home?

There was already a trend of this!

No matter how much the hotpot base factory developed, the number of employees it could accommodate was not as many as the hotpot chain stores.

If he really wanted to make money from delicious food, he still had Jiuxiang Food!

After settling the matter of the hotpot base, Su Yang brought up an old topic again and mentioned to Ji Guoxiong the matter of opening a Chinese fast-food chain.

Ji Guoxiong was a bit dumbfounded when he heard Su Yang's idea.

He felt that his boss had too much energy!

When he first took office, he originally thought that just running the hotpot restaurant well would be enough.

Later, there was Jiuxiang Healthy Catering, and soon there might be a new company.

However, he was still somewhat happy, as this was his career after all.

He always felt that Jiuxiang Catering might develop into a group!

During the New Year, he had also seriously considered Su Yang's idea and felt that this business was viable!

If done well, it might not necessarily lose to the hotpot chain, because this was in line with the major trend!

However, he still thought for a moment and asked: "Boss, what price do you plan to set?"

"How about about 10 to 30 yuan per person?" Su Yang had also considered this. "It's tailor-made for our employees!"

Ji Guoxiong thought for a while and said: "To compress the customer unit price so low, I think it might be better to just do prepared meals!"

"Prepared meals?"

Su Yang didn't actually have much of an opinion on prepared meals.

His main objection was that many restaurants used prepared meals to serve food but sold them at the price of freshly cooked dishes!

Or some factories, when making prepared meals, didn't pay attention to hygiene and used some inferior ingredients.

Just like the zombie meat that appeared in Jiang Yan's lunch box!

"Yes!" Ji Guoxiong said. "We can build a central kitchen, and then put all the ingredients into the central kitchen to be processed, and then send them to the branches to be heated and sold!"

"That's a good idea!"

Su Yang realized that the prepared meals Ji Guoxiong was talking about were not the kind of bagged prepared meals.

"If the boss only wants to provide dining services for employees, we don't even need to rent a storefront. We can directly make the meals in the central kitchen, pack them into lunch boxes, and use dedicated lunch box thermal vehicles to deliver them to the employees of each company!" Ji Guoxiong explained. "If the boss wants to target the public, we can also make finished products in the central kitchen. We wouldn't even need to hire many chefs; just renting a relatively ordinary small storefront would be fine!"

"Hmm, hmm!" Su Yang felt that Ji Guoxiong's suggestions were all good. "But how much money would it take to invest in such a central kitchen?"

"This is hard to say; it depends on the scale and the dishes!" Ji Guoxiong explained. "If you increase the investment in mechanization, it will be more expensive. If you just hire some chefs, it will be a bit simpler."

"We can let Fengyuan first make the ingredients into semi-finished products, and then after some processing, we can directly let the chefs in the central kitchen specifically create various finished dishes!"

Su Yang nodded: "I know what you mean!"

Ji Guoxiong explained: "By doing this, we can lower many costs!"

"Let me think about it!"

Su Yang decided to go back and use Business Deduction to see which method was the optimal solution.

While letting employees eat cheaply and healthily, he certainly wanted to make some profit!