206: Chapter 206: Let the leaders and employees eat first! Finally, someone wants to buy Xinghuo Media!

Chapter 206: Let the Leaders and Employees Eat First! Someone Finally Wants to Buy Spark Media!

"Should we try them out?"

After Su Yang finished counting the gifts Qin Shuang had sent to Tao Xue, he made the suggestion.

"No!"

Tao Xue shook her head repeatedly.

Setting aside the fact that these gifts were from that annoying woman...

If Su Yang had just taken a few out to play with, she might have accepted it.

But looking at that massive cardboard box, she felt an immense amount of pressure.

"When the time comes, I'll take you to pick out a car. Anything under a million is on the table!"

Su Yang said with a smile.

He didn't have any particular fetishes; it was mainly that he hadn't tried it before.

"Really?!"

Tao Xue's eyes lit up instantly.

"Of course!"

Tao Xue feigned shyness and said, "Then... okay!"

Su Yang felt that his plan to give Tao Xue a car would have to be pushed forward!

With Su Yang's financial backing and the assistance of Jiuxiang Catering, Jiuxiang Food, and Weimeijia...

Everyone at Fengyuan was full of confidence. They began hiring new employees, bringing in new equipment, and improving their technological processes in preparation to expand production capacity.

Because they knew very well that as long as their quality and hygiene were fine, they wouldn't have to worry about selling their goods!

This allowed them to work with their hands untied.

At this time, Su Yang also proposed a new idea to An Yukun.

An Yukun asked, "Build cafeterias at Weimeijia and Fengyuan?"

"Yes!"

An Yukun thought about it for a moment and understood the boss's intention.

The boss really placed a lot of importance on food hygiene!

Weimeijia was a subsidiary of Jiuxiang Catering and a 'grandchild' company of Jufan Holdings.

When it was first established, Su Yang had placed it right next to Fengyuan to reduce the costs of transporting ingredients.

Its headquarters wasn't in Hyatt Plaza either!

Su Yang said with a smile, "Consider this a benefit for the employees!"

Back when Fengyuan didn't have many employees and business was poor, they didn't have the money to build a cafeteria; they provided housing but not meals!

Weimeijia provided both room and board, but it didn't have many employees and lacked a cafeteria.

This was indeed adding a benefit for the employees!

"Alright!"

An Yukun nodded.

They had experience operating cafeterias now.

"From now on, all employees of Weimeijia and Fengyuan will eat meals from the cafeteria!" Su Yang said, tapping the table. "The ingredients are provided by Fengyuan, and the meals are produced by Weimeijia. Understood?"

"Understood!"

"Except for the few who are often out on business, the frequency with which factory-based employees and middle-to-high-level management swipe their cards to eat at the cafeteria will be included in the performance evaluations for Fengyuan and Weimeijia..."

This was some inspiration Su Yang had gained from his long-term studies.

He had recently read a short story.

It said that during World War II, the quality of USA parachutes was extremely poor, and 50% of USA soldiers would die during jumps.

A USA general, distressed by the fallen soldiers, asked the owner of the parachute factory if the quality could be improved. The owner said it was impossible!

So, the USA general took the factory owner to go parachuting.

From then on, for every batch of parachutes made, a high-level executive from the factory was randomly selected to go parachuting with one.

Sure enough, the quality of the parachutes improved drastically afterward...

This was likely another 'Yilin' story designed to glorify the USA.

But Su Yang felt that, setting aside political stances, the concept in the story was very much worth learning from.

Didn't he place great importance on food safety and hygiene?

Just because some food won't kill people doesn't mean it's truly 'safe' or truly 'hygienic'!

It would be better to have the employees and management who produce the food eat it themselves!

No matter how strict a hygiene management system is, there will be moments of slackness!

But if it's something you eat every day, you're bound to pay attention to hygiene and safety, right?

Even an ordinary employee, knowing it's their own meal, would treat it properly, wouldn't they?

If they saw someone else messing around... knowing it was their own meal, they would speak up to warn them, right?

They wouldn't choose to just stand by and ignore it!

As for the management...

Those responsible for procurement would certainly know where these ingredients were sourced from.

How they were grown and raised!

They would likely know the standards they were bought under and the indicators like pesticide residues, wouldn't they?

Those in charge of factory production would also know the hygiene standards and the technological processes, right?

They'd know whether the 'tech and additives' had crossed the line!

Don't want to eat it?

Then that means there's a problem!

As long as these employees and management can eat it...

Then Su Yang believed that the food safety and hygiene standards produced by Fengyuan and Weimeijia should be fine.

An Yukun nodded. "I understand!"

"Then let's do it!" Su Yang decided immediately. "Recently, Jiuxiang Hotpot Restaurant has been undergoing internal rectification. All of Jiuxiang Catering will support you, and so will I!"

Overall, Su Yang was quite satisfied with An Yukun's work.

At least Weimeijia was already profitable!

Although Su Yang didn't particularly care about how much profit it made, who wouldn't want to see a profitable company?

So he definitely intended to support Weimeijia!

At this stage, the companies that could hire people in large numbers were Weimeijia and Fengyuan!

"Alright, Boss!"

"I'll have Jufan Holdings give you another million in capital. The cafeteria needs to be built a bit larger!"

"Got it!"

After An Yukun left, Su Yang stood before the floor-to-ceiling window of Jufan Holdings' luxurious office, overlooking the high-rises of Rongcheng. He felt as if everything was within his grasp!

Looking at her self-satisfied boss, Jiang Yuzhen dazed off slightly.

When Su Yang turned around, Jiang Yuzhen snapped out of it immediately:

"Boss, President Yu said that Ou Li has broken through four hundred thousand followers, and Bi Jialin has over a hundred thousand now!"

Su Yang smiled and nodded. "They're both quite excellent!"

"Yeah!"

Jiang Yuzhen didn't know how to respond.

After all, both of them were contracted influencers who had betrayed Spark Media.

Sometimes, she felt the boss had a very broad perspective and temperament, praising even traitors without reservation!

"Also, Bai Guangxing and Zhou Zhiru want to leave and are already talking to President Yu about terminating their contracts. This time it's not an MCN Company from the industrial park; Liren Media from Yangcheng has made a move!"

"I didn't expect Spark Media's reputation to reach all the way to Yangcheng!"

Su Yang remembered this Liren Media; Jiang Yan had been in contact with them before.

Jiang Yuzhen felt her boss was very optimistic, always able to see something special in difficult situations!

Leaders from the industrial park had spoken with Ronghua, Yingfeng, and several other companies. Recently, they had indeed quieted down a bit—at least on the surface.

Jiang Yuzhen nodded. "That's true!"

Su Yang said with a smile, "An MCN Company from Yangcheng... they should be quite wealthy, right?"

"Uh... they should be!"

Jiang Yuzhen wasn't certain.

She had worked in Rongcheng since graduation and hadn't been anywhere else.

"Boss, why do those people want to jump ship?" Jiang Yuzhen asked a question that had been troubling her for a long time. "I don't think Xinghuo's ability to incubate influencers is bad at all! Isn't it good to stay at Xinghuo?"

"Because they all think I'm a Bole!"

"Huh?"

Jiang Yuzhen didn't quite understand the boss's meaning.

Su Yang laughed. "They all think they're 'Thousand-Li Steeds'!"

"Oh!"

Now Jiang Yuzhen understood!

But she quickly reacted: "Boss, the way you talk is really..."

"Asking for a beating!"

Su Yang finished for her!

"I didn't say that; you did!"

"Also, Spark Media is indeed not as good as some MCN Companies yet; after all, we're just a new company," Su Yang said after a thought. "Our overall strength, resources, and influence are all inferior to those established large-scale MCNs. We also haven't produced any top-tier influencers... and the newly signed influencers don't have a strong sense of belonging to the company. The offers from those MCNs are also very tempting."

Su Yang didn't mention that the ones he signed were all screened to be the type who would jump ship.

Some people!

Their loyalty inherently increases very slowly, or they naturally have more faith in money!

"That's true, Spark Media is a new company!"

Jiang Yuzhen had almost forgotten the fact that Spark Media was a new company.

The strongest MCN Company in the country had four thousand full-time employees and over a hundred thousand signed influencers!

Compared to them, Spark Media's three hundred full-time employees indeed looked a bit insufficient.

By the next day, Su Yang saw off Bai Guangxing and Zhou Zhiru for a price of one million!

Bai Guangxing left quite openly.

He felt that he was a piece of gold.

He would shine wherever he went!

He was indeed grateful to Su Yang for discovering him, but he didn't feel he owed Su Yang anything.

After all, the contract termination fee had been paid!

Before they knew it, it was already July.

All of July was a bit turbulent for Spark Media.

However, Su Yang knew that starting from July, the turbulence at Spark Media would become even more intense!

Who could blame them? Spark Media would continue to maintain good performance as always, and the number of incubated influencers would continue to increase.

And wouldn't the influencers who were poached by other MCN companies earlier also be gaining momentum now?

The ones Su Yang sold off earlier were all true potential stocks.

Even if most of these people were prone to scandals, and a small portion liked to jump ship or go solo!

They belonged to the category that was quite difficult to handle!

As soon as Spark Media gave them a slight push, they were easily noticed by other MCNs!

The better Ou Li, Bi Jialin, and the others performed, the more other MCNs would covet Spark Media's officially signed influencers... These people were living advertisements!

He also deliberately added some more potential influencers who were prone to scandals to replenish the 'talent' pool!

Under his intervention, the direction of the Business Deduction changed frequently, and he adapted accordingly.

Throughout July, the results achieved by Spark Media were also extremely brilliant.

They cultivated twelve million-level influencers. Su Yang estimated that the entire MCN circle had probably taken note of Spark Media.

Most influencers couldn't become famous overnight.

Their follower counts were a process of continuous accumulation.

Therefore, many of the potential influencers Su Yang signed early on, who could reach a million followers within a year, almost all took a period of accumulation before reaching that mark.

Coupled with the fact that Spark Media's employees were becoming more professional, resources were increasing, and Su Yang was investing more capital, they generally exploded in the second half of the year, leading to Spark Media's industry-noted success!

Spark Media was naturally profitable in July, even though a lot of money was invested in the signed influencers.

But the over six million in contract termination fees also left Spark Media flush with cash.

Su Yang naturally wouldn't take that six million out; he would definitely hand it over to Yu Siying to continue burning through!

As soon as he arrived at Spark Media, Yu Siying found Su Yang: "Boss, Xinyue Media from Shanghai wants to acquire our Xinghuo!"

"Oh? What's the offer?"

Su Yang was immediately interested.

After being poached constantly, someone finally wanted to buy them outright... Now that's someone with vision!

Su Yang also knew of Xinyue Media; their overall strength should rank among the top ten in the country.

They were quite powerful!

"Thirty million for an 80% stake!"

"A valuation of less than forty million?"

"Yes!" Yu Siying said with a smile. "But it should be negotiable. They also promised to channel more talent and resources to Spark Media, giving us the chance to become a top-tier MCN in Rongcheng!"