184: Chapter 184 A Store Manager Even More Arrogant Than Su Yang! A Talent Found by the Law Firm!

Chapter 184: A Manager Even Wilder Than Su Yang! A Talent Found by the Law Firm!

"What are the employees complaining about?"

Su Yang asked with some curiosity.

"A manager hired his relative into the hotpot restaurant!" Ji Guoxiong replied in a low voice. "That relative often slacks off and shirks duties in the restaurant, and the manager turns a blind eye. Many employees in the restaurant are very dissatisfied."

"Investigate. If it's true, fire them!"

Hearing this news, Su Yang really felt like cursing.

His company had already grown this big, and he had only discreetly helped out one relative.

And that relative worked like a horse, even more diligently than he did.

Yet, one of the managers under him was actually even more brazen than him!

Ji Guoxiong: "Fire that employee?"

Su Yang: "Of course, fire the manager along with him, to make an example!"

This problem is far too serious. It severely damages the work enthusiasm and morale of the other employees in the restaurant!

One employee might just drag the entire hotpot restaurant's staff into slacking off together.

That's the so-called 'one bad apple spoils the whole barrel'!

Ji Guoxiong nodded: "We're already investigating. We should have news soon!"

"Alright!" Su Yang nodded. "What about the other one?"

"That female employee said their manager is in his forties and often makes what he thinks are humorous, off-color jokes with the female employees... She couldn't stand it anymore and applied for a transfer!"

"No physical harassment?"

Ji Guoxiong: "Not that!"

"Investigate first. If the situation is confirmed, approve that female employee's transfer request. As for that manager... handle it according to the rules and regulations, a bit more strictly!"

"Okay!"

Su Yang looked at the customer complaints again and realized there were indeed some internal issues within his hotpot chain.

But it couldn't all be blamed on the Jiuxiang Catering headquarters either.

The personnel responsible for supervision here were somewhat insufficient and had been overlooked by Su Yang.

Thirty restaurants covering the entire province in half a year, with the number of employees swelling to over a thousand.

Many of the hotpot chain restaurants were truly 'the mountains are high and the emperor is far away'.

And these are just the ones receiving internal employee complaints. No complaints doesn't necessarily mean there are no problems!

"Once we open thirteen restaurants in Mountain City, we'll temporarily pause expansion." Su Yang thought for a moment and said, "We'll conduct internal rectification, employee training, and talent reserve building."

"Yes, boss!"

Hearing Su Yang's words, Ji Guoxiong let out a long sigh of relief.

This was getting much closer!

Su Yang said softly, "When the time comes, we can send staff from the Market Expansion Department to various Jiuxiang Hotpot Restaurants for inspections."

"Good!" Ji Guoxiong nodded, then reminded, "Boss, high salaries don't necessarily bring high returns. Otherwise, business management would be too simple!"

He was a rather cautious person.

He liked the boss and admired his vision.

But sometimes he felt that his boss was a bit too blindly optimistic, too trusting of human nature!

He planned to work here for a lifetime and didn't want the company to collapse someday!

"I know!" Su Yang smiled and nodded. "I'll be careful!"

This was also a point he appreciated about Ji Guoxiong.

Ji Guoxiong always maintained a certain level of 'skepticism' towards him.

He hadn't been completely brainwashed by Su Yang's continuous success!

His reminders came from a place of goodwill!

Su Yang could indeed deduce the situation for the next year, but what about after a year?

The internal decay of a company doesn't happen in just one short year; it accumulates gradually.

Start-up companies are often more dynamic, more united. Everyone is full of drive and ambition!

But if small problems are ignored in the early stages, once the company develops to a certain point...

It might decline very quickly!

If a company rots to its core, it's hard to fix.

Even if he had a cheat system!

Even if the Jiuxiang Hotpot Chain temporarily stalled, Su Yang had other businesses to focus on.

Weimeijia was very promising!

If he had idle funds, he could also consider expanding the Spark Fitness business to Mountain City.

As for his capital absorption problem, Su Yang could only say that money doesn't last long.

Especially when it comes to promotion!

After chatting with Ji Guoxiong and reaching a consensus, Su Yang returned to his office and received wechat group messages from Yu Siying and Liu Fengshan.

Now, the heads of the six companies, along with Su Yang and Jiang Yuzhen, had a dedicated work group.

Any cooperation involving the six companies could be discussed in the group!

During this period, Liu Fengshan, the head of Hongyu Law Firm, had used his connections to screen and identify five outstanding young lawyers across all of Rongcheng.

After the personnel screening, Liu Fengshan asked Spark Media for their opinion on who would be suitable to be a content creator, wanting to hear from professionals.

Yu Siying, along with several experts from Spark Media responsible for cultivating internet celebrities, reviewed them. They all felt that Zhong Wei among the five performed relatively well and was more suitable for cultivation.

Then, Yu Siying wanted to seek Su Yang's opinion again!

Su Yang casually opened the folder Yu Siying sent. It contained the lawyers' resumes, along with attached videos.

He opened a video. It turned out to be a legal consultation video, and it seemed to be secretly recorded!

Su Yang: "Secretly recorded? Are your methods this unconventional?"

Spark Media - Yu Siying: "This was my suggestion to Director Liu. It better tests a lawyer's overall quality and on-the-spot reactions."

Hongyu Law Firm - Liu Fengshan: "Don't worry, boss. There's no legal risk. I'm a professional!"

Su Yang: "Alright then!"

Su Yang watched the five videos. They all consulted on the same case.

Zhong Wei's performance was indeed the best among the five young lawyers.

He glanced at Zhong Wei's resume. Graduated from a prestigious university, age thirty-one.

Square face, thick eyebrows, big eyes, handsome appearance, with a somewhat scholarly demeanor.

In old-fashioned movies, he would definitely be a positive character!

During his legal consultation, he was quite meticulous and serious, asking detailed questions.

Occasionally, he would add some humor to lighten the mood without making the client feel offended.

Su Yang used Business Deduction slightly and found this was promising material for a million-follower account!

Even at the lowest estimate, he would barely manage to gather a million followers by December.

This million followers actually included the operational boost from Spark Media's professionals and special buffs.

If he went solo, forget about a million followers!

He tried it with the other four, three men and one woman. None were as good as Zhong Wei.

People with million-follower potential aren't just lying around everywhere!

Su Yang: "Director Liu, how did you find Zhong Wei?"

Hongyu Law Firm - Liu Fengshan: "One of our young lawyers lost a case to him. When Zhou Jianjun was doing a case review and teaching session for our lawyer, he greatly admired Zhong Wei's courtroom performance. Zhou Jianjun recommended him to me!"

Su Yang: "Is he at our law firm?"

Hongyu Law Firm - Liu Fengshan: "No, but I'll go poach him right away!"

Su Yang: "Easy to poach?"

Hongyu Law Firm - Liu Fengshan: "His undergraduate degree wasn't in law. He passed the Juris Master exam. He's currently affiliated with another law firm, not valued there, responsible for his own profits and losses, and definitely not a partner. Very easy to poach!"

Su Yang: "Alright! Hiring him as a host will definitely affect his income. Give him a higher base salary!"

Hongyu Law Firm - Liu Fengshan: "Received!"