174: Chapter 174 The Golden Summit of Mount Emei! He Jinwei's Timely Retirement!

Chapter 174: Emei Golden Summit! He Jinwei’s Timely Retreat!

Su Yang first stayed in Emei for two days, where he saw the famously notorious hooligan monkeys and even brought them gifts.

With the staff keeping watch nearby with sticks, the monkeys were actually quite well-behaved.

On their third day in Emei, Tao Xue couldn't take it anymore; she was exhausted from walking.

After all, she had followed Su Yang in climbing the mountains without taking any cable cars.

Tao Xue had been hiking with him the entire way, from Qingcheng to Emei.

Being able to persist for so long was already a testament to her excellent physical fitness.

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Thus, Su Yang simply carried Tao Xue on his back to the Golden Summit of Emei.

That incredible stamina truly left the surrounding tourists dumbfounded!

Leaning against Su Yang's back, Tao Xue felt nothing but pure happiness!

The moment she saw the beautiful sea of clouds at the Golden Summit, Tao Xue’s energy was instantly restored.

She pulled Su Yang along and began taking photos like crazy.

They stayed at the Golden Summit for a day, and on the morning of the fourth day, they witnessed the Emei sunrise.

As the golden light dyed the sea of clouds in hues of gold, Tao Xue offered a prayer to the magnificent Ten-faced Samantabhadra Golden Statue. Then, she cupped Su Yang's head with both hands and gave him a deep kiss!

The girl's bold kiss made the other tourists who had woken up early for the sunrise unable to resist stealing a few extra glances.

A few young girls even looked on with faces full of envy, peeking in their direction!

Releasing Su Yang, Tao Xue said with a smile, "Yang-ge, Happy Birthday!"

"Is it my birthday already?!"

Su Yang was a bit confused.

He often forgot his own birthday.

In the past, his parents would occasionally forget it too.

Usually, it would be a long time after the fact before someone would remind him... that his birthday seemed to have passed.

"Yes, it's today!"

"Is there a gift?"

Su Yang asked with a smile.

"Of course!" Tao Xue pulled a gift box out of her bag. "I prepared it for you the day before we set off."

"What is it?"

Su Yang was curious.

"Open it and see!"

Tao Xue said, acting mysterious.

Su Yang opened the gift box and found it was a blue designer tie.

"I originally wanted to get you a watch, but I didn't have much money on hand, and you don't seem to like wearing accessories anyway!" Tao Xue said with a smile. "After thinking it over, I thought a tie would be nice. Even though you don't wear suits often, you still wear them occasionally."

"Mm!"

Su Yang nodded with a smile.

Actually, he was quite happy just to receive a gift.

He didn't care about the value of the gift!

The thought alone was enough!

Tao Xue looked at Su Yang with a mischievous grin and asked, "Do you know what it means when I give you a tie?"

"What does it mean?"

Tao Xue said with a playful, 'tough' expression, "I'm going to tie you down!"

"Then next time I'll give you a collar!"

"I didn't see that coming! You have that kind of hobby? Do you want to add a whip too?"

"Add it! I'll use them all on you!"

Tao Xue immediately said shyly, "Keep your voice down!"

"Is that a yes?"

"It's not out of the question!"

Tao Xue was actually quite daring; perhaps after being with Su Yang for so long, she had become more open!

She was willing to accept some of Su Yang's bolder requests.

Sometimes she was even happy to cooperate, finding some enjoyment in it herself.

It wasn't just in the car.

Occasionally in the evenings, they had sneakily ducked into the woods a couple of times.

Su Yang didn't have any particular fetish for the woods.

He had just heard others mention it and wanted to try it for himself.

It was indeed quite thrilling!

Didn't Mr. Lu Xun say it?

Young people should be brave enough to try new things!

As a progressive young man of the new era, Su Yang was naturally unwilling to be left behind...

Once the two of them came down from the Golden Summit, Su Yang began receiving many birthday wishes one after another.

They were mostly from his secretary, general managers, and other subordinate employees.

There were also messages from Chen Li, Jiang Yan, Qin Shuang, some business partners, and even the bank!

Finally, there was one from his mother!

He replied to each one with his thanks!

Erm... he just didn't see one from his own cousin!

That heartless fellow... could he be heartbroken over a breakup?

After leaving Emei, the two went to Leshan to see the Giant Buddha.

By this point, their so-called travel plan had been completely thrown into disarray.

The two of them just played wherever they went.

If they wanted to stay for a few days, they stayed for a few days!

"Yang-ge, can I post a photo of us together?"

Tao Xue knew Su Yang didn't like appearing on her WeChat Moments.

Su Yang asked in confusion, "Haven't you been posting them?"

Recently, Tao Xue had been taking photos all along the way, but none of the photos she posted to her Moments showed Su Yang's face.

There were only shots from behind of the two of them holding hands!

"I mean this one?"

Tao Xue pulled up a photo on her phone; it was taken while watching the sunrise at the Golden Summit.

She was kissing Su Yang, but Su Yang's profile was hidden in the shadows.

It looked somewhat mysterious!

However, his tall and upright stature, as well as his handsome facial contours, could still be faintly seen.

Most people really wouldn't be able to recognize Su Yang!

The background was that golden sea of clouds and the sunrise...

The entire composition of the image... was romantic and beautiful to the extreme!

"Who took this?"

Su Yang asked, somewhat puzzled.

This photo definitely wasn't taken by Tao Xue; her arms weren't that long.

"A photographer took it randomly!" Tao Xue said giggling. "He said he caught it by chance and felt the scene was beautiful. He said if I wanted it, he'd charge me five hundred... and even help with the post-processing."

"You paid for it?"

Tao Xue said happily, "How could I not? I gave him that money most willingly!"

"Post it then!"

"I'm going to use it as my profile picture!"

"That's fine!"

They stayed in Leshan for two days, spending half a day looking at the Giant Buddha.

The rest of the time was spent eating and drinking, tasting the local delicacies of Leshan.

After leaving Leshan, they headed to Salt City to see the Dinosaur Museum.

By this time, the campus recruitment had also concluded.

The college quickly helped Su Yang fill fifty-four job positions.

As for the other four positions, those could only go to others!

After discussion, Tan Yanghong, the General Manager of Jiuxiang Food, and An Yukun, the General Manager of Weimeijia, decided to establish a canteen at Jiuxiang Food, which would be operated and managed by Weimeijia!

The canteen would be funded and built by Weimeijia, specifically providing breakfast, lunch, and dinner services for Jiuxiang Food's employees.

Water, electricity, and gas costs, as well as the canteen staff's salaries, would all be covered by Weimeijia.

Jiuxiang Catering would transfer the monthly meal fees for the workers into Weimeijia's account.

With these terms, Weimeijia was definitely getting the better end of the deal, as it was a canteen for five hundred people.

Although Jiuxiang Food had high requirements for the employees' meals, Weimeijia could still make a profit with its eyes closed!

Weimeijia taking this advantage was, of course, at Su Yang's instruction.

He mainly wanted Weimeijia to develop an additional line of business.

It was another attempt, another way to accumulate experience.

In the future, when the number of employees in his various companies increased, he would definitely need to establish company canteens.

Was there any better choice than their own canteen?

When company benefits improved and food and lodging were provided, it would be even more attractive to talent.

He also kept the profits, the food was safe, and the taste was good... Wasn't this great?

The establishment of the canteen would indeed affect the business of the Weimeijia branch outside the Food Industrial Park.

However, that store had been overflowing with business lately. The two-hundred-square-meter space simply couldn't accommodate the surge of ordinary workers during peak hours. Many older workers who didn't want to queue and didn't know how to order takeout would just leave.

The food factory didn't have much of an age limit for employees, so there were quite a few workers in their forties and fifties.

Many small-scale companies and factories in the Food Park were unable to build canteens.

Some, even if they had canteens, didn't necessarily serve good food, and the taste wasn't great either!

So even if the Jiuxiang Food canteen took away three to four hundred workers, it wouldn't have much of an impact on the Weimeijia branch's business; it was just diverting the flow now.

Instead, because Jiuxiang Food now provided food and lodging, those local employees who preferred to bring their own meals or go home to eat were "forced" to choose the canteen.

After all, this was a company benefit; they'd be losing out if they didn't eat it.

Meal allowance?

You must be joking!

The company already provided meals; why would they still issue a meal allowance?

Once Tan Yanghong announced that they would start building the company canteen and would no longer issue meal allowances in June, many employees became a bit anxious.

Who knew how the food in the company canteen would taste? What would the standards be?

If every meal was stewed cabbage and stewed radish with very little meat, they wouldn't be able to stand it!

When they heard that Weimeijia was taking over the canteen, almost everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

They had all eaten at Weimeijia; there was no problem with the taste!

Among many Chinese fast-food brands, the taste was top-notch, and business was always booming.

If they went late, they wouldn't even be able to find a seat.

It tasted better than the food many of them could cook themselves!

After Tan Yanghong guaranteed they would have meat with every meal, they felt even more at ease!

After Jiuxiang Food and Weimeijia reached a cooperation agreement, Su Yang also injected four million yuan into Jiuxiang Catering, with two million for the hotpot restaurant and two million for Weimeijia.

This was primarily to support their rapid expansion!

The remaining four million he injected separately into Jiuxiang Food and Spark Media.

Jiuxiang Food and Spark Media had not yet reached a break-even point.

Actually, these two companies could have broken even long ago, but Su Yang had disrupted that!

After repeated torment, Tan Yanghong and Yu Siying truly felt a love-hate relationship toward Su Yang!

Furthermore, in May, Jiuxiang Food also had to prepare to repay its bank loans.

When Jiuxiang Food acquired the dried fruit and snack factory in December, it had also taken on Jiang Mingrui's two million yuan debt.

On Fengyuan's side, the million yuan from last time was more than enough.

Backed by Jiuxiang Catering and Jiuxiang Food, it had also maintained a steady profit.

The number of employees was also gradually climbing, nearly reaching a hundred!

Thus, before April came to a close, Su Yang had distributed all the funds he had on hand.

He kept the remaining few hundred thousand for his own spending!

After leaving Salt City, Su Yang took Tao Xue to Meishan to visit the Sansu Shrine.

The Great River flows east... he could still recite that!

Then they went to the place where Zhu Wenjun and Sima Xiangru sold wine.

Finally, they made their way to Sanxingdui and Dujiangyan.

The only thing that left Su Yang feeling a bit wistful at the end of the trip...

...was receiving a call from He Jinwei, the owner of Jiayi Decoration.

He Jinwei had ultimately spent one million in cash to buy that house, which was worth less than two million, for a price of three million.

The real estate company considered the two million in construction fees they had owed him for two years to be settled.

This was quite clearly being played!

In recent years, much of the money owed to him couldn't be collected, business was getting worse, and there was no hope in sight.

He Jinwei felt somewhat disheartened and planned to make a timely retreat.

Recently, he had been intentionally controlling and reducing the volume of business.

Many of the company's projects had reached their final stages.

Some employees also noticed that something was wrong, and He Jinwei told them clearly that they could consider looking for their next jobs.

Once he finished the last decoration project on hand at the end of next month, he planned to close the doors after clearing all the company's debts and giving his employees sufficient compensation.

No one was willing to take over He Jinwei's decoration company.

He had also asked internal employees, saying he could hand it over cheaply.

None of the employees were willing to take it over either!

"President Su, are you still hiring people over there?" He Jinwei said, thickening his skin. "We still have a few quite excellent employees in our company. I've watched them grow up. Not only are they skilled in their work, but they're also eloquent and never drop the ball when they work. They're willing to work hard without complaint, even if they have to work overtime!"

"Haven't you expanded your business to the Mountain City? Your engineering department must need some people, right? People like Dong Fang and the others are all experienced in decoration; they can definitely keep a strict eye on quality for you!"