22: Chapter 22 New Employees at Spark Fitness! Intense Fitness!

Seeing that Xu Zhiping didn't leave immediately, it seemed like he wanted to say something, but he was a bit hesitant.

Su Yang couldn't help but laugh and said, "If there's anything else you want to say, just say it directly; don't hesitate!"

"Boss, didn't you ask me last time to inquire about whether there were any other gyms in Rongcheng looking to sell?"

Su Yang said pleasantly surprised, "Any leads?"

"Yes!"

To be honest, Spark Fitness was still operating at a loss.

Xu Zhiping didn't really want Su Yang to take over another new gym!

But this was a task given by Su Yang... and Su Yang treated him very well!

"Which one?"

"Qiangli Fitness!"

"The two-thousand-square-meter one?"

There weren't many large gyms in Rongcheng; with Su Yang's memory, how could he not know about it?

"Yes!"

"That gym hasn't been open for long, right?"

"Less than half a year. It seems like it's only been about three months or so!"

"Is the boss planning to run away?"

"That's not it!" Xu Zhiping explained, "The manager of Qiangli Fitness, Gao Qiang, is a friend of mine. He told me that the gym has been operating at a continuous loss recently, and the owner might transfer the gym any day now!"

"How much are they losing each month?"

"About tens of thousands each month, and with the rent, it might be close to one hundred thousand!" Xu Zhiping said, "There's a bustling commercial district near Qiangli Fitness, as well as apartment buildings and office buildings, so there are actually quite a few potential customers!"

"How many employees do they have there?"

"Including the fitness instructors, it seems to be over twenty-five people!"

"That's not bad!"

Su Yang nodded.

The combined salaries of twenty-five employees surely already exceeded the loss of one hundred thousand!

In Su Yang's view, it was worth taking over.

Anyway, he was determined to run a gym!

Even if not for the economic benefits the gym could bring him, just for the attribute points rewarded after expanding the gym's scale, he wouldn't give up on this business!

Actually, there was one thing Xu Zhiping didn't tell Su Yang.

He had bragged to Gao Qiang on wechat that his boss was a die-hard fitness enthusiast and a super rich second-generation heir who didn't lack money at all.

Even if they were losing money every month, he would still give them a raise, just for the sake of his own fitness hobby!

Of course, he hadn't forgotten to tell his friend what Su Yang said at the meeting: "Is a loss of one hundred million enough? Losing five hundred thousand a month, I can keep losing money for twenty years..."

At that time, it made Gao Qiang, who was at risk of unemployment, incredibly envious and jealous!

"There should be a chance to secure it, right?"

"There's definitely a chance. The owner of Qiangli Fitness sold a lot of gym memberships and personal training sessions at discounted prices in the beginning, so he should have collected several million in funds. Next, he will likely continue to operate at a loss for a period of time, so for him, this is also a good opportunity to sell!" Xu Zhiping asked in a low voice, "Boss, are you really interested?"

"Of course!"

"Will there be financial pressure? Even if you take over Qiangli, it will be very difficult to turn a profit in the short term!"

"Financial pressure?" Su Yang couldn't help but laugh, "I don't take this bit of pressure to heart at all!"

"Alright!"

Seeing Su Yang so confident, Xu Zhiping felt much more at ease.

"I'll go conduct some research first. If it feels good, then you help me secure it!"

"Alright!"

Seeing that Su Yang had already made a decision, Xu Zhiping could only agree!

At the same time, he also decided to carry out this challenge activity well, striving to make Spark Fitness profitable!

"Boss, do you want to meet the five newly hired fitness instructors?"

"Then let's meet them!"

"I'll go call them over!"

"Good!"

Not long after, Su Yang met the five fitness instructors Xu Zhiping had newly hired: four women and one man.

"Hello, Boss!"

The five fitness instructors greeted him politely.

"Hello, hello!" Su Yang sat in the boss's chair, waved his hand, and pointed to the sofa opposite him, "You all sit down too!"

The five fitness instructors naturally all had top-tier physiques; not a single one was lacking!

Su Yang's gaze couldn't help but fall on Tao Xue.

When he looked at the five people's profiles last time, he had already noticed Tao Xue.

This girl was just like she appeared in her ID photo.

Youthful and pretty, with a pair of beautiful doe eyes that were lively and lovely.

"Bright eyes and lovely gaze"—this must be describing someone like her!

However, as she sat properly on the sofa, she also had a quiet, ladylike temperament.

Her large eyes looked toward Su Yang from time to time, filled with a bit of curiosity and nervousness.

It made Su Yang want to comfort her, to tell her not to be so... nervous!

Su Yang felt that Yuan Sisi might be encountering a competitor.

Next, Xu Zhiping had these five new fitness instructors introduce themselves.

After the introductions, Su Yang encouraged the five of them well.

He also required them to break their old habits from previous gyms, adapt to the new environment of Spark Fitness, and put the customers' feelings first.

Afterwards, Su Yang let them leave.

After the four girls walked out of Su Yang's office, they whispered among themselves:

"I didn't expect our boss to be such a handsome guy!"

"Yeah! I previously thought they were bragging!"

"I heard he's also a rich second-generation heir, the kind who wouldn't even blink if he lost one hundred million!"

"He should have a girlfriend by now, right?"

"I don't know, no one in the gym has seen one!"

"So what if he has a girlfriend? Just steal him away!"

"Are you that bold?"

"The boss is a top-tier catch!"

"..."

Tao Xue listened quietly to the other three girls' discussion, her mind involuntarily recalling Su Yang's handsome face.

To be honest, this was the first time she had ever met a boy as tall, handsome, and wealthy as Su Yang.

It truly brought her quite a shock.

With her level of experience, it was hard to imagine how much one hundred million was...

"The five of us all came to the gym on the same day, should we have a meal together?"

Just at this moment, Lu Mingliang walked a few steps over to them and suggested.

The other three girls looked at Tao Xue almost simultaneously.

One girl with delicate features even winked at Tao Xue.

They had all reported for duty this morning, but they could all tell that Lu Mingliang had designs on Tao Xue—the kind that he didn't even try to hide!

Tao Xue politely declined, "I still have to tidy up my place today, so you guys go ahead!"

"Then I'm not going either!"

"Forget it, let's talk about it next time!"

"We won't get off work until ten o'clock tonight, so forget it!"

Everyone knew that Lu Mingliang's target was Tao Xue; seeing that Tao Xue wasn't going, the other girls wouldn't shamelessly tag along.

Lu Mingliang pretended to be magnanimous and said, "Alright! Then let's talk about it next time!"

After meeting the new employees, Su Yang got up and went to Qiangli Fitness!

Arriving at the main entrance of Qiangli Fitness, he decisively activated his Business Recommendation talent.

He still did not intervene in Qiangli Fitness, letting the manager, Gao Qiang, manage it himself.

[ ... After some negotiations, the owner of Qiangli Fitness, Xu Tianqi, is willing to transfer Qiangli Fitness to you for a price of one million, provided that you also take over the existing members who have signed up! ]

[ You successfully transfer the gym to your name and rename Qiangli Fitness to Spark Fitness. This branch gains a buff: +30% dopamine secretion increase, +15% weight loss effect. ]

[ You sign a three-year lease contract with the property management, with a deposit of fifty thousand and a quarterly rent of one hundred eighty thousand! ]

[ The gym is two thousand square meters, has seventeen personal trainers, eight other staff members, and the monthly employee salary is about three hundred thousand. ]

[ ... The first month, the gym loses forty thousand. ]

[ ... The second month, the gym loses thirty thousand. ]

...

Su Yang roughly simulated it once and felt that this gym was not bad.

If he wanted to take it over, he wouldn't face too much resistance!

The reason why it would keep operating at a loss after Su Yang took over was entirely because the owner had conducted large-scale promotion and discount activities in the first two months of opening, collecting a large amount of funds in a short period of time!

After mining the easily accessible customers, the difficulty of continuing to develop new customers increased rapidly.

Besides that, he also had to fulfill the services promised to the early customers, so wouldn't it continue to operate at a loss for a period of time?

Su Yang simulated it several more times and discovered that if he went to talk to the owner of Qiangli Fitness, Xu Tianqi, now, the price simply couldn't be brought down!

Not being able to lower the price was certainly influenced by various factors.

For example, Su Yang was the one who approached them to take over, which would make Xu Tianqi feel that his gym was very valuable, and thus he would raise the price on the spot!

For example, Su Yang's negotiation skills weren't high enough, so he changed his approach... and decided to start with the manager of Qiangli Fitness, Gao Qiang!

When a store's business is bad, the person under the most pressure is the manager.

Su Yang felt that he should be able to use a high salary to entice Gao Qiang and have him persuade their boss to transfer the store!

Upon trying this, he indeed achieved quite good results!

Only then did he know that because Xu Zhiping often boasted to Gao Qiang about the benefits at Spark, Gao Qiang had long been envious!

Learning that Su Yang was interested in taking over Qiangli and was also willing to give him a raise.

After some thought, Gao Qiang decided to join Su Yang and help him facilitate this transaction!