16: Chapter 16 Old Ding, your skills have improved again! (On the eve of opening!)

He glanced at the profiles of these five coaches. Not only did they have professional qualifications and experience in guiding students, but they also had extremely detailed physical data!

The so-called three measurements were just the most basic data.

Many people believe that to see if a fitness coach is professional enough, one must first look at the coach's own physique!

At least in Su Yang's view, the physical conditions of these five fitness coaches were extremely excellent.

They were even better than most of the coaches at Spark Fitness!

The women were all young and beautiful without exception.

The only male fitness coach was also a masculine, handsome guy!

His gaze lingered for a few extra moments on the profile of a female fitness coach named Tao Xue.

The ID photo of this person looked really pretty!

"Alright, that's settled!"

"Understood, boss!"

"However, we need to increase our promotional efforts recently. Draft a promotional plan. It doesn't need to be too professional, just write out every promotional detail clearly!" Su Yang thought for a moment and said, "But I have one requirement: to attract as many customers as possible to our gym for a fitness experience."

Letting as many people as possible come to the gym for a fitness experience would allow him to fully utilize the advantage of the +30% dopamine secretion buff!

Only by coming to the gym to exercise could they feel the "happiness" of fitness!

Su Yang also had to accelerate the development of the gym; constantly losing money didn't look very good.

He naturally had some ideas about the gym's promotion.

But he certainly wouldn't do it all himself!

Give the target direction and let Xu Zhiping write a promotional plan first.

Then he could just add his own ideas to it.

He also believed in Xu Zhiping's professionalism!

"But boss, what is the budget?"

Xu Zhiping asked again.

Su Yang thought for a moment and said: "Let's make it 500,000!"

"Understood!"

A 500,000 promotional budget was already considered a big move!

"Also, keep an eye out for any gyms in Rongcheng that want to transfer ownership!" Su Yang suddenly said. "If there are suitable ones, I want to open a few more!"

He remembered that Xu Zhiping had been the store manager of Zhang Liang Fitness for so many years and must have quite a few connections in the Rongcheng fitness industry.

That was why he could poach so many young fitness coaches at once this time.

There shouldn't be many large and medium-sized gyms in the entire Rongcheng.

Before they transferred, went bankrupt, or closed down, Xu Zhiping should be able to get some news in advance!

Xu Zhiping was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Boss, do you have any requirements for the gyms?"

"Preferably with a larger area and more employees!" Su Yang said with a smile. "If we can acquire several gyms with good locations and good development potential, we can establish a company, build our own fitness brand, and you can also get a promotion and a raise."

"Understood, boss!"

Building his own fitness brand!

Promotion and a raise!

Just thinking about it made Xu Zhiping a little excited!

But he quickly calmed down.

The urgent task was to find a way to make Spark Fitness profitable!

After Xu Zhiping left, Su Yang couldn't help but want to laugh.

Sure enough, making big promises was effective!

Just now, after he said he wanted to start a company, build his own fitness brand, and give Xu Zhiping a promotion and a raise, Xu Zhiping's loyalty had increased again!

Over the next few days, Xu Zhiping began to plan the promotional scheme.

Su Yang put his main energy back into the hotpot restaurant side.

Even Yuan Sisi's personal training sessions were pushed back by him.

Guo Fang suggested that Su Yang make beef hotpot.

He was an expert in this area and also knew an old master who was good at stir-frying hotpot base ingredients.

Su Yang readily agreed and even named it "Jiuxiang Beef Hotpot".

Guo Fang felt the name was good, so he agreed directly!

Guo Fang still had some connections; the business license, food business license, and other necessary documents were handled quickly.

On the day he received the business license, the system's prompt arrived again.

[Ding~ You now own a hotpot restaurant. Your Jiuxiang Beef Hotpot Restaurant has its first employee. You have received an achievement reward: Taste Enhancement Talent, 1 constitution point; the hotpot restaurant under your name can obtain one permanent buff.]

[1. Deliciousness Bonus, 2. Physical Damage Reduction, 3. Nutrient Absorption Reduction, 4. Nutrient Absorption Increase... Please choose!]

Su Yang didn't hesitate and directly chose Deliciousness Bonus!

[Ding~ The hotpot restaurant under your name has permanently gained a +15% Deliciousness Bonus buff.]

[Ding~ Your Jiuxiang Beef Hotpot Restaurant has more than 10 employees. You have received an achievement reward: Sensitive Taste Talent, 2 constitution points; the hotpot restaurant under your name can obtain a new permanent buff.]

[1. Deliciousness Bonus, 2. Physical Damage Reduction, 3. Nutrient Absorption Reduction, 4. Nutrient Absorption Increase... Please choose!]

Su Yang hesitated for a moment but still chose Physical Damage Reduction.

If the ingredients in a hotpot restaurant are not fresh, it might make customers suffer from severe diarrhea!

But sometimes even if the ingredients are fresh, if the flavor is too spicy, customers might still get diarrhea.

If a customer comes once and gets diarrhea, they might not come again in the future!

Moreover, Rongcheng hotpot is famous for being heavy on oil and salt.

Su Yang still hoped that the loyal customers of his shop could be healthier.

[Ding~ The hotpot restaurant under your name has permanently gained +30% Deliciousness Bonus, -15 Physical Damage buffs.]

[Sensitive Taste (Talent): You possess an extremely sensitive taste talent. As long as you taste any ingredient once, you can almost judge whether it is fresh.]

Licking his lips, Su Yang felt this talent was quite good and quite suitable for running a restaurant!

Three constitution points also made him very satisfied!

It was completely understandable that the physical attribute points obtained from running a restaurant were not as many as those obtained from running a gym.

Anyway, he was quite happy!

With this +30% Deliciousness Bonus buff, his hotpot restaurant would definitely be able to make a name for itself!

Just before the opening, Guo Fang invited that chef, Ding Hanyi, who possessed proficient-level stir-frying skills.

What he was best at was stir-frying hotpot base ingredients; after all, he had been doing it for over twenty years.

The system rated ordinary skills as: Introductory, Ordinary, Skilled, Proficient, Master, Grandmaster.

The Proficient level was only below the Master level, and the skill looked quite impressive.

But it depended on what kind of Proficient-level skill it was!

Don't think that Proficient-level stir-frying ability is that strong.

This was completely different from Proficient-level pastry skills, or Proficient-level Sichuan, Cantonese, or Hunan cuisine cooking skills.

He only knew how to make hotpot base ingredients; if you asked him to make other dishes, he wouldn't have this level of skill.

Twenty years of professional stir-frying of hotpot base ingredients was equivalent to doing only those few dishes for twenty years.

As long as one had some talent and used their brain a little, it wasn't difficult to reach the Proficient level in this dish!

However, the taste of Proficient-level hotpot base ingredients was still very important for a hotpot restaurant.

Especially in Rongcheng, where hotpot restaurant competition was fierce!

The location, customer flow, and promotion of a hotpot restaurant were indeed very important, but to establish one's own brand and to operate for a long time, good taste and good service were the hard power!

Ding Hanyi wanted a salary of 8,000 per month, and Su Yang immediately raised it to 10,000 for him.

This made Ding Hanyi grin from ear to ear, and he immediately wanted to show Su Yang his skills in stir-frying hotpot base ingredients.

When the hotpot base was almost formed, Guo Fang smelled the aroma and his eyes lit up!

That spicy aroma also made Su Yang start to drool.

"Old Ding, when did your skill improve again?" Guo Fang tasted the hotpot base and said in surprise, "It feels like it doesn't lose to those old-brand hotpot restaurants in Rongcheng!"

"Haha... I don't know either!"

Ding Hanyi didn't quite understand either; he just made it according to his usual method.

He also took a sip of the hotpot base, and the taste was indeed much better than what he usually made!

Guo Fang laughed: "Could it be because the boss gave you a raise, you were too happy, and your skill broke through?"

"That must be it!"

Ding Hanyi couldn't find any other reason.

But he was indeed in a very good mood today.

When making the hotpot base, he felt—as if helped by a god!

That's right!

It must be because the boss gave him a raise!

Fine!

Now Su Yang didn't even need to explain!

Guo Fang was also in a very good mood.

Su Yang had promised him a performance bonus.

The shop's location was top-notch, there was no worry about lack of foot traffic, and it was very suitable for opening a hotpot restaurant.

Ding Hanyi's hotpot base skills had improved again.

As long as he put effort into promotion and supply chain, how could the hotpot restaurant not make money?

Everything was moving in a good direction!

In the following time, Guo Fang, according to Su Yang's requirements, handed him five dish pricing tables.

Su Yang used the Business Deduction skill to set a relatively consumer-friendly price.

It wasn't as exorbitantly expensive as the old Dalai Hotpot Restaurant.

Although this price was not the most profitable, it was the one with the best reputation and the most customers.

Su Yang wanted to build a hotpot restaurant brand; reputation was the key!

Moreover, with a large number of customers, he could legitimately hire more waiters.

Finally, the personnel allocation for the hotpot restaurant was also decided.

Store manager Guo Fang, managing the entire hotpot restaurant.

Head chef Ding Hanyi, responsible for the entire kitchen's operation, stir-frying the hotpot base, and preparing the hotpot soup base.

Chef Li Junpei, responsible for fried rice, snacks, and drink preparation.

For example, ice jelly, brown sugar glutinous rice cakes, plum juice, egg fried noodles, etc.

Three kitchen prep assistants, two dishwashers.

One greeter, which was Tan Jiaxin who had received Su Yang at the Dalai Hotpot Restaurant back then.

In addition, there were two cashiers and ten waiters!

Most of them were former employees of the Dalai Hotpot Restaurant, and some were recruited by Guo Fang.

A total of twenty-one people, with monthly employee wages barely exceeding 100,000!

An ordinary hotpot restaurant owner would definitely feel that the monthly labor expenditure was too high.

But Su Yang was completely different; he felt it was really cheap!

Even though there was already a store manager with a 20,000 monthly salary and a head chef with a 10,000 monthly salary.

He still couldn't drive the employee wages up!