202: Chapter 202 Yi Jiangang's Excitement! Going Against the Tide! Slashing Tires!

Chapter 202: Yi Jiangang's Excitement! Going Against the Tide! Slashing Tires!

Next, Su Yang inquired about the arrangements for the employees of the Shancheng Market Expansion Department.

Ji Guoxiong planned to transfer the employees of the Shancheng Market Expansion Department back to Rongcheng to assist Weimeijia.

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Or have them participate in the assessment work for the Jiuxiang Hotpot Restaurants!

These people were constantly on the road and rarely stayed at the headquarters.

They had almost no personal connections with the branch managers of the various Nine Fragrance Hotpot locations.

Thinking about the hard work of the Market Expansion Department employees recently, Su Yang suggested that they be given the option to take a vacation.

"Give them ten days of leave!" Su Yang thought for a moment, then considering that some of them might be workaholics, added, "If they aren't willing to take leave, they can come back and continue working."

"Understood!"

Thus, Su Yang handed the matter over to Jiang Yuzhen.

After Ji Guoxiong left, Su Yang tasked Jiang Yuzhen with arranging a meeting for the near future with Ji Guoxiong, General Manager of Jiuxiang Catering; Tan Yanghong, General Manager of Jiuxiang Food; An Yukun, General Manager of Weimeijia; and Qian Xiaochang, General Manager of Fengyuan Ingredients.

It would be best if the Vice Presidents of the procurement departments and the key personnel from these companies were also present.

The meeting location was set at the head office.

At that time, everyone would go to Fengyuan to take a look!

After assigning tasks to his secretary, Yi Jiangang from Spark Fitness came to Su Yang to report on his work.

He mainly reported on the recent assessment of fitness coaches at Spark Fitness, as well as the training of employees and store managers.

Spark Fitness was not like Jiuxiang Catering; Jiuxiang Catering's branches had already expanded to Shancheng, exceeding forty locations.

However, Spark Fitness had remained rooted in Rongcheng without moving.

Coupled with Su Yang's emphasis on the professional capabilities of fitness coaches, Yi Jiangang had recently focused primarily on gym services and the assessment and training of fitness coaches.

He had to prove he was getting things done!

Therefore, he took the initiative to report his work to Su Yang quite frequently.

He had no choice!

If he wasn't more proactive, he was worried the boss would forget about Spark Fitness.

The training and assessment of fitness coaches had been ongoing.

The assessment Gao Qiang participated in last time was only the first round.

There were second and third rounds, with increasingly strict standards.

The third round had just concluded!

Su Yang asked curiously, "Were there any who failed the assessment?"

The entire training and assessment process had lasted for half a year; Su Yang felt he had given them plenty of chances.

The fact that it could last so long was entirely because Spark Fitness had not expanded outward.

Otherwise, he definitely wouldn't have given them so much time!

Yi Jiangang replied, "Aside from those who were fired, everyone passed the assessment!"

Su Yang nodded. "That's good then!"

There were certainly some who had been fired.

But there was no helping that!

Who told them to violate the rules?

Besides the molestation incident Gao Qiang was involved in last time,

there were also fitness coaches who illegally promoted drugs like Steroids and Synthol to their students!

The main function of these drugs is to increase the rate of muscle synthesis, allowing one to gain a large amount of muscle in a short time.

They were relatively popular in the domestic bodybuilding circle, with the most rampant abuse occurring in the European and American bodybuilding circles.

Those muscle-bound individuals who looked extremely exaggerated were almost all the result of drug use!

Pharmaceutical giants over there collaborated with gym chains to often deceive fitness novices into using them.

However, while these drugs can build muscle in a short time, the side effects are quite obvious!

They can cause abnormal liver function and liver tumors, lead to sperm deficiency or oligospermia, and testicular atrophy.

Gynecomastia and psychiatric disorders such as mania, hypomania, depression, aggressive behavior, and emotional instability may also occur...

In any case, if you take too much, testicular atrophy and loss of fertility are normal!

Many influencers in the Western bodybuilding circle simply don't live very long!

They drop dead before forty, leaving behind villas, luxury cars... and beautiful young wives!

Therefore, unless someone was determined to enter the bodybuilding circle at all costs, it was absolutely not recommended for use.

Spark Fitness served ordinary fitness enthusiasts.

They would come into contact with people from the bodybuilding circle, but there was no deep cooperation!

At most, Xinghuo sold nutritional meals, protein powder, various fitness apparel, and other conventional fitness supplies.

Drugs like Steroids and Synthol were strictly forbidden for fitness coaches to promote to students.

After all, everyone exercised just to get a healthy body; there was really no need to trade one's life for it!

Aside from that, some fitness coaches had hooked up with married women,

only to be caught in the act by the woman's husband.

Of course, while the fitness coaches certainly had problems, some customers weren't exactly decent either!

There were wealthy women who liked to sleep with male fitness coaches... and showed quite a lot of 'charity'!

Naturally, this kind of thing didn't only happen at Spark Fitness.

In his other companies, like Jiuxiang Catering, Spark Media, and Jiuxiang Food, scandals violating public order and good morals would occasionally break out...

Basically, as soon as the number of employees in a company grew, he would occasionally get some gossip.

At first, Su Yang was a bit shocked—how could people do such things?

As he gradually became more experienced, he began to view it more calmly.

It was enough to just handle it according to the company's rules and regulations.

Next, Yi Jiangang spoke about the company's service improvements and talent reserve efforts.

There was also the training of reserve store managers.

Su Yang knew that Yi Jiangang was intentionally or unintentionally hinting at him.

Boss, what about the promised expansion of Spark Fitness?

Su Yang thought for a moment and said, "Then prepare to develop towards Shancheng!"

Currently, the overall performance of domestic gyms was declining.

Many gym giants were either bankrupt or on the verge of closing down.

It was indeed an opportunity for Spark Fitness to expand!

Moreover, Yi Jiangang's preparation work was already very thorough.

The service quality of the gyms in the Rongcheng base was as consistent as ever, much more stable than Nine Fragrance Hotpot!

Previously, it relied on the high salaries Su Yang provided; now, it relied on the standardized management and assessment system Yi Jiangang had established!

At the very least, Spark Fitness's expansion wouldn't face too much resistance.

Nor would it be fully targeted by other gym giants, as many of them were currently struggling to even take care of themselves.

Furthermore, the influence of domestic gym giants was still relatively small.

They hadn't formed a very powerful force, and their entanglement with local powers wasn't deep.

It was much easier to expand than catering shops, provided the number of employees wasn't too large!

This move of vigorously expanding while the entire industry was in a slump was essentially a gamble.

Either you lose everything... or you hit the jackpot!

"Understood, Boss!"

Yi Jiangang suddenly stood up in excitement!

Su Yang gestured for him to calm down. "Sit down, sit down. Don't be so excited!"

Su Yang estimated that Yi Jiangang had been held back for too long!

He had been holding in a burst of energy for a while!

"Understood, Boss!"

The forty-something-year-old General Manager sat down properly, like an elementary school student.

"We should still prioritize acquisitions. After all, building a gym from scratch takes too long and costs millions of yuan!"

"I understand, Boss!"

When Yi Jiangang left, Su Yang could clearly see that his steps were much lighter.

His whole being was radiant!

He liked seeing his employees full of drive.

Seeing his subordinates in this state made him feel energized too!

After all, emotions are contagious!

In the following period, Spark Media frequently received good news.

Faced with the bonuses constantly issued by the boss and the frequent poaching attempts by external MCN agencies,

under the intentional guidance of Yu Siying and Su Yang, the employees and signed influencers of Spark Media were all holding their breath, exploding with extremely powerful combat effectiveness!

However, precisely because Spark Media's performance was so good, combined with its somewhat 'weak' appearance, the signed influencers of Spark Media became even more coveted by those companies.

For this reason, Su Yang had to step in personally to stabilize several signed influencers he valued more!

He mainly mentioned Xinghuo's powerful behind-the-scenes team!

These signed influencers had merely been contacted by many MCN companies, and their minds were a bit unsettled.

However, because they had been at Xinghuo for a long time, they had a high sense of belonging. Their favorability toward Su Yang was also very high, and with the persuasion of several million-level influencers, they gradually stabilized.

They also recognized the strength of the Xinghuo behind-the-scenes team!

After all, having stayed for a long time, they were considered semi-insiders and knew the importance of a behind-the-scenes team.

Two newly signed influencers did leave, but Su Yang didn't try too hard to keep them!

After tearfully accepting the liquidation damages and having the lawyers from Hongyu Law Firm help them review their new contracts, Su Yang's mood remained quite relaxed.

He wished those MCN companies would be even more ruthless to him; don't hold back!

He had plenty of time and could slowly play along with these MCNs!

Poaching people?

It wasn't like he didn't know how!

Those MCN companies also had excellent top-tier influencers and several powerful livestream sales hosts!

Su Yang was also a bit envious!

After all, his company currently didn't have any influencers with over five million or ten million followers!

Niu Zhitong could currently sell at most two million yuan worth of goods in a single livestream...

And those livestream sales hosts were visible sales channels.

Anyone who had worked in manufacturing knew how important sales channels were!

He hoped to get a few livestream sales hosts who could sell ten million in one go to help increase the sales of his Jiuxiang Food.

Moreover, these livestream sales hosts had relatively close cooperative relationships with many local manufacturing companies.

Su Yang could entirely use this channel to acquire or take stakes in certain manufacturing industries!

Additionally, some management and technical personnel from those MCN companies were quite capable!

If they accidentally ran into trouble and the companies started to become unstable, wouldn't it be quite easy for Su Yang to poach them?

If he poached their behind-the-scenes elites, could the influencers signed to those MCN companies really stay stable?

Most influencers who stayed with MCN companies long-term relied heavily on the behind-the-scenes support!

When the time came to poach people, Su Yang wouldn't have any psychological burden at all!

After all, the other party had made the first move!

He, a young man, had suffered so much grievance.

Being a bit impulsive and taking some revenge should be forgivable, right?

At least he would have the advantage in public opinion, and the authorities wouldn't be too biased against him!

"Damn it! Who the hell was it!"

In the parking lot of the MCN Industrial Park, Cai Jiashi looked angrily at his flat car tire.

This was already the fourth time!

The first two times, nails were placed in front of his rear tires.

As soon as his car started, the nails would pierce the tires.

By the time he went to work the next day, the tire would be completely flat!

After running over nails twice in a row, he felt something was wrong.

The third time, he checked specifically before driving out of the parking lot and found a hidden nail!

As a result, this fourth time... they didn't even bother pretending and just slashed it with a knife!

"Su Yang!"

Cai Jiashi gritted his teeth hard.

In the entire park, the one who had the biggest grudge against him recently was Spark Media!

But on second thought, he couldn't help but laugh contemptuously:

"Heh, all you can do is sneak around and slash my tires!"