204: Chapter 204 A Sharp Knife! How to Dig Someone Out in the Right, Crazy Way!

Chapter 204: A Sharp Blade! How to Poach People with the Correct, Frenzied Posture!

Before June even ended, Spark Media already had ten influencers with over a million followers.

That was three more than the seven Su Yang had initially predicted!

In addition to Su Yang's heavy capital investment, the improved combat effectiveness of the employees was also a factor.

Even though Su Yang intentionally tightened the "reins" to avoid employee overtime as much as possible,

under external pressure, the employees' focus, creativity, and overall work quality were all climbing.

At the very least, they fully utilized their working hours and didn't slack off much!

Many employees would jog to the restroom, even though Spark Media had no regulations limiting the duration of bathroom breaks.

The MCN agencies throughout the industrial park were also going a bit crazy.

What kind of ghostly performance was this?

Granted, MCNs were all about mass-producing influencers, but why are you so damn good at it?

The eye for talent of Spark Media's CEO Su is indeed well-deserved!

This situation arose not only from Su Yang's excellent "eye" but also from Spark Media's special buffs.

+50% Follower Attraction, +30% Content Quality.

In other words, as long as an influencer or uploader could gain over 600,000 followers a year on their own,

at Spark Media, that number would jump to a million!

Combined with the powerful behind-the-scenes team Su Yang selected and the +30% content quality boost, the difficulty of gaining followers was lowered even further.

Precisely because Spark Media achieved such excellent results again, the number of signed influencers poached by other companies reached thirteen.

That was six more than the number poached in his June prediction!

Su Yang received nearly four million in liquidated damages!

With Ronghua and Yingfeng taking the lead, and the great results achieved by Spark Media's signed influencers, other MCN agencies were now quite decisive in poaching!

After all, the liquidated damages Su Yang required weren't that high; they could all afford it.

In their eyes, any influencer Su Yang personally signed was likely a gold mine!

If they didn't poach them, another company would.

Instead of looking for a needle in a haystack online for potential influencers, it was better to fish from Spark Media!

At least the efficiency was extremely high, and the success rate was top-tier!

As for the idea that Su Yang was digging a hole for them, they didn't believe it!

After all, that was too far-fetched!

How could Su Yang know that the MCN companies in the industrial park would poach his people together?

How could Su Yang know which signed influencers would have issues?

That was pure nonsense!

So, even within Spark Media, those management members who trusted Su Yang deeply felt their boss was walking a tightrope!

What if those MCN companies didn't poach the influencers the boss specified, but instead took the ones he truly valued?

However, before June was even over, they were surprised to find that their boss really hadn't made a mistake.

Everything was indeed... within their boss's plan!

"Boss, I've complained to the leadership of the industrial park management. I told them they need to properly regulate those MCN agencies poaching our signed influencers!"

In the CEO's office of Spark Media, Yu Siying reported her work to Su Yang.

The MCN industrial park was originally managed by local authorities.

One of their tasks was to manage and guide the healthy development of MCN agencies.

This was actually the most powerful force in the industrial park.

Generally, their power wasn't that broad, but they were still very authoritative!

Those MCN companies poaching Spark Media's influencers could already be accused of "unfair competition"!

If everyone just poached each other, how could business be done?

Since he encountered trouble, Su Yang, a legitimate businessman, naturally had to seek help from the authorities first!

"Oh, what did they say?"

"They said they would have a talk with the heads of those MCN companies!"

"Good!"

Su Yang nodded with a smile.

Yu Siying asked curiously, "Will those MCN heads actually stop?"

"Probably not!"

"How so?"

"They'll definitely give the park management some face, but what if the interests are too great?" Su Yang said with a grin. "What if MCN companies from other regions get involved too?"

"Uh..."

It was true; no matter how much power the park management leaders had,

they couldn't control the internal operations of MCN agencies in other regions!

If Spark Media didn't actively fight back, the most they could do was speak up for them.

"Besides, we aren't even fighting back!" Su Yang waved his hand. "If they don't come to take advantage, wouldn't they look too incompetent?"

"That seems right!" Yu Siying didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "But Boss, why did you go to the park management leaders to complain?"

Su Yang didn't answer Yu Siying's question directly but instead asked:

"Are you familiar with the elite behind-the-scenes teams of the various MCNs in the industrial park?"

"I know some. Within the industry, they have some reputation, and I do pay quite a bit of attention to behind-the-scenes teams!" Yu Siying was sharp and immediately reacted. "Boss, you want to poach people too?"

"Yes!" Su Yang nodded. "But not right now."

"When then?"

"When they've gone too far and almost all the people I prepared have been poached!" Su Yang took a sip of tea and said, "At that time, I'll fight back a little!"

Hearing this, Yu Siying's eyes lit up.

She had also been feeling very stifled!

Not fighting back when hit and not talking back when scolded was really not her style!

"How many are we poaching?"

"How about expanding Spark Media's staff to a thousand?"

Su Yang really wanted to get fat in one bite.

He wanted to show these MCN agencies how to poach people with the correct, frenzied posture!

These people... were really being too gentle with him!

"Ah?"

Yu Siying swallowed, feeling that her boss was thinking a bit too big!

Seeing Yu Siying's stunned expression, Su Yang thought for a moment and said, "Well, we're going to poach some anyway... it doesn't have to be exactly a thousand!"

"Boss, I think it's better if we're a bit more conservative!"

"Don't worry!" Su Yang nodded. "I've always been steady and conservative in my actions!"

Yu Siying really hadn't seen that side of him yet.

"Go to the park management every now and then to complain. In any case, let them know how wronged we are!"

"Got it!"

Knowing that Su Yang wanted to move against the other MCN companies in the park, Yu Siying understood his intent!

At least when Su Yang made his move to poach people, those park leaders wouldn't be too biased against them.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease; this was actually something she was quite good at.

Su Yang sent Yu Siying to "smear" and provoke Cai Jiashi, and to go to the park leaders to complain.

It was truly because Yu Siying was too suitable for this!

The more they interacted, the more Su Yang felt she was like a sharp blade.

She could do things without leaving any room for maneuver!

Unlike many male managers who still cared about face or leaving a way out for others.

Like Su Yang going to the park management to complain... he would find it a bit hard to lower himself!

Don't be fooled by her business suit and her intellectual, elegant appearance.

Her skin was truly thick; she wouldn't worry about any face-saving issues!

Su Yang even suspected that if the stakes were high enough, this woman would actually dare to throw a tantrum in the middle of the street.

She had some faint similarities with Mei Jingshan, the Vice President of Jiuxiang Catering!

In short—she was useful!

By the end of June, the Market Expansion Department employees sent to Mountain City were recalled.

Jiuxiang Catering officially began its internal reorganization, and at the same time, it opened a complaint hotline for employees to report store managers.

It was clear that for the sake of Jiuxiang Catering's development, Ji Guoxiong wanted to take a heavy hand this time!

Su Yang also took the opportunity to transfer his cousin, He Zhiheng, over to serve as a group leader.

He was mainly responsible for receiving, recording, and organizing internal employee complaints and reporting them to management.

Generally speaking, this job was quite relaxed.

He might not even receive a single complaint call all day!

But this position was also extremely important, requiring extremely high employee loyalty!

After all, internal complaints had to be kept strictly confidential!

Su Yang didn't want a situation where an employee complained about a superior today,

and the superior showed up at their door the next day asking why they complained.

That would be a hellish joke!

His cousin's loyalty was naturally not an issue; his loyalty of over 95 was far ahead of the rest!

As for his ability to keep secrets, that was also evident.

After working under Su Yang for so long, their relationship hadn't been exposed at all!

Regarding the Purchasing Department, he would also report once a week.

He completely treated himself as an undercover agent!

Su Yang wouldn't let his cousin only answer this phone; he would definitely have him take charge of other internal inspection work!

If the environment is too comfortable and the work is too simple, wouldn't it be easy to become useless?

His cousin was still young; how could someone at this age just lie flat?

He should work harder, take on more responsibility, and accept more tempering from his cousin!

Of course, his cousin's salary and benefits would naturally increase!

His salary rose to nine thousand, and with social security, other benefits, and bonuses, a monthly income of over ten thousand wouldn't be a problem.

Within the company, there wasn't much speculation about Su Yang promoting He Zhiheng!

Jiuxiang Catering was in an upward phase, and many young people had been rising recently.

He Zhiheng was only a group leader, even if the position was somewhat sensitive.

They all knew He Zhiheng was originally an employee of the Market Expansion Department.

Employees of the Market Expansion Department had more frequent contact with Su Yang than most within Jiuxiang Catering!

It was very likely that He Zhiheng's performance back then had caught the boss's eye.

After properly explaining to He Zhiheng how important his job was to the company,

He Zhiheng patted his chest and guaranteed Su Yang that he would definitely do a good job with confidentiality.

Even if his girlfriend asked him, he wouldn't say a word!

Then, with a serious expression, he went to take up his new post!

As for Weimeijia, the seventh branch had already opened.

The first three Weimeijia branches were doing very well because of their excellent locations, relatively low prices, great taste, and fast service.

From morning to night, the branches were bustling with business, even more crowded than the hot pot restaurants!

Plus, with Weimeijia offering delivery services, a high-performing branch could even make over a hundred thousand in net profit a month.

However, Su Yang knew very well that this was definitely not the limit for a Weimeijia branch.

Weimeijia had high requirements for its surroundings.

It was best to be near bustling office buildings with many ordinary employees or factory clusters.

However, the upper limit for a Weimeijia branch was also much higher than that of a hot pot restaurant!