226: Chapter 226 Adjusting the Development Direction of Xinghuo Fitness! 16-Hour Shift System! Sister Niu, are you calling me?

Chapter 226: Adjusting the Direction of Spark Fitness! 16-Hour Shifts! Sister Niu, are you calling me?

As soon as August 1st arrived, Su Yang received good news.

Yi Jiangang successfully acquired that thousand-square-meter gym in Shancheng.

That gym couldn't compare to Shanyue and was still consistently losing money.

The "guide price" Su Yang gave Yi Jiangang was 230,000.

However, Yi Jiangang negotiated it down to 250,000 and simply couldn't get it any lower.

With Su Yang's approval, Yi Jiangang took it for 250,000!

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The current Su Yang was no longer the same as before; he didn't need to be as meticulous with his calculations.

For a difference of twenty thousand yuan, he felt there was no need to keep Yi Jiangang's team stuck there!

Next, they still had acquisition tasks in Shancheng!

In the whole of Shancheng, Su Yang estimated he could only acquire three somewhat large-scale gyms.

As for the rest, he would start considering moving on medium and small gyms in prime locations.

In the entire Rongcheng, Spark Fitness only had over a hundred employees!

Large gyms can only survive in big cities.

But how many cities in the country are as large as Rongcheng?

If he only ever focused on large gyms, who knows how long it would take for the number of Spark Fitness employees to break a thousand, or even ten thousand!

Since he had sufficient funds and the timing was good, he might as well not be too picky.

Small... small has its own benefits too!

He also spoke to Yi Jiangang about this.

After all, it concerned the development direction of the entire Xinghuo!

Yi Jiangang was very happy that the boss had changed his mindset; he had mentioned this to Su Yang before.

He also believed there was no need for Xinghuo to stubbornly fixate only on large gyms!

Small gyms have their own advantages; at least the operational burden is lighter.

They are more flexible to manage, and even if they lose money, one can decisively pack up and leave!

But back then, Su Yang just liked them big!

Furthermore, Su Yang and the parent company had always somewhat neglected Spark Fitness.

“Boss, why don't we open Jiuxiang Healthy Catering in Shancheng?” Yi Jiangang suggested with a smile. “Jiuxiang Healthy's nutritional meals can still attract some customers.”

“Alright!” Su Yang thought for a moment and said, “Just let Mr. Ji know.”

“Okay, Boss!”

Just after hanging up the phone, Jiang Yuzhen informed Su Yang that Tan Yanghong, the general manager of Jiuxiang Food, had arrived.

“Let him in!”

“Okay, Boss!”

Once Tan Yanghong was seated, Su Yang got straight to the point:

“What is it, Old Tan?”

“Boss, weren't we talking recently about possibly arranging shifts for the factory?”

Su Yang asked in confusion, “Is it that urgent? Have the people been recruited?”

“Uh... we've already finished recruiting!”

“So fast?” Su Yang asked with some surprise.

He remembered that it was only yesterday morning that Tan Yanghong had applied to him to hire a batch of new employees!

The reason was that based on the growth rate of sales and order data from various supermarkets and snack chains, Tan Yanghong speculated that Jiuxiang Food might face some production capacity shortages.

Unless Su Yang stopped giving them two days off and only gave them one.

Or increased the daily workload of the workers.

Otherwise, it was best to hire another batch of people!

When Tan Yanghong sought Su Yang's opinion yesterday, Su Yang naturally told him to hire more people.

Because he knew Tan Yanghong's prediction was highly likely to be accurate!

As for overtime?

Are you kidding!

Did he not want his workers anymore?

“It’s exactly because it was too fast!” Tan Yanghong smiled. “I only told the HR department yesterday morning to prepare to hire more workers, and by the afternoon, over forty people came to apply. When I just left the company, another thirty-plus people had come... I didn't even plan to hire that many!”

“Hmm.”

Su Yang nodded.

“We haven't even posted the recruitment notice yet!” Tan Yanghong spread his hands. “I've already told the officials and websites not to post our recruitment notice.”

“Then how did they know we were hiring?”

Tan Yanghong said awkwardly, “I asked HR, and they said those applicants all heard the news from our current employees spreading the word. Many were even relatives, friends, or classmates called over by our staff.”

Tan Yanghong really hadn't thought about keeping recruitment information confidential!

“If they come, we'll take them!” Su Yang said with a smile. “It means they think highly of our company. Just strengthen the management; if they are healthy and work honestly, keep them!”

“Also Boss, the authorities hope we can hire some people with disabilities. As long as we reach a certain number, the government will give us tax incentives... if we reach a certain proportion, we can even enjoy exemptions or reductions on corporate income tax and VAT!”

Su Yang paused for a moment; he really had overlooked the matter of people with disabilities!

Mainly because they were rarely seen... they didn't go out much.

If a company doesn't hire a certain number of disabled people, they need to pay a disability employment security fund.

This fund was set up to encourage companies to employ people with disabilities.

However, some companies would rather pay the fund than hire disabled people.

Mainly because it's inconvenient to manage, and they fear the disabled might get injured at the company.

Workplaces must undergo certain barrier-free modifications.

For example, accessible paths, restrooms, lounges, and so on.

Commuting is inconvenient for disabled people, and communication, integration with colleagues, and work efficiency can also be issues.

Some managers also lack experience in managing people with disabilities.

His Jiuxiang Food had a young male employee who couldn't speak, and he had left a good impression!

“We can hire more. Pick those suitable for our factory work, who can follow the factory's rules and safety protocols, and have the ability to take care of themselves!”

Tan Yanghong asked quietly, “Then how should we set the wages?”

Su Yang asked in confusion, “Is there some special rule for this?”

“Some companies give 5,000 to normal employees but might only give 3,000 to disabled employees.”

“Just arrange suitable positions; if their work speed is similar to ordinary employees, pay them according to the ordinary wage!” Su Yang frowned slightly. “I feel that our employee who can't speak is quite quick with his hands.”

“In fact, some of them are quite hardworking!” Tan Yanghong smiled. “It's just that they face quite a bit of discrimination in employment!”

“If they are quick and their work speed is about the same as an ordinary person, then we can hire more. Anyway, our work isn't complicated... when arranging tasks, you can work around their limitations!” Su Yang thought for a moment and added, “If you hire more here, it can also help lighten the burden for other companies.”

Jiuxiang Food was a subsidiary of Jufan Holdings, so if the disabled workers hired by Jiuxiang Food reached 1.5% of the total employee count of Jufan Holdings, they wouldn't have to pay the security fund.

Consider it tax avoidance!

Moreover, generally, the education level of people with disabilities tends to be low, as it's hard for them to finish school.

With low education levels or no specialized skills, it's very hard for them to find jobs.

In any case, Su Yang was helping people out regardless.

If Tan Yanghong were to hire disabled employees up to 25%, Su Yang wouldn't mind.

As long as they were working normally!

“I understand!”

“Right, how are you planning to arrange the shifts?”

Su Yang asked again.

Tan Yanghong replied very confidently, “I think if we need higher capacity in the future, a 24-hour three-shift system would be better!”

He knew the boss's character; eight hours of work a day and two days off were things the boss insisted on!

That couldn't be changed.

So he didn't even mention the 24-hour two-shift system often used by some food factories.

Su Yang thought for a bit and said, “I think... two shifts would be better!”

“A 24-hour two-shift system?”

Tan Yanghong looked at his boss in surprise.

Had the boss recently "seen the light" and wanted to make more money?

Su Yang lightly tapped the desk and emphasized, “I mean a 16-hour two-shift system!”

Tan Yanghong: “Oh!”

“Divide it into morning and evening shifts. The morning shift is from 8 AM to 4 PM, and the other is from 4 PM to 10 PM. Let's set up a shift handover system!”

Of course, Tan Yanghong knew about this kind of work system.

But he thought that this way of working was still quite rare.

After all, it would lead to equipment and factory buildings sitting idle, not being fully utilized.

Just thinking about it made his heart ache!

“Boss, what about the other eight hours?”

“Going home to sleep, of course!”

“...Fine!”

Tan Yanghong lamented in his heart: Who told his boss not to be short of money!

This left many of his skills with no place to be used!

Su Yang said with a smile, “Don't worry about this. If the capacity isn't enough in the future, I'll just buy more factories and build more companies!”

“Alright then!”

Since the boss had already decided, Tan Yanghong couldn't advise him further.

He felt that the boss didn't seem to care at all about the meager profits from Jiuxiang Food...

In the Huanxi Villa Area, the nanny Niu Guifen saw her phone's wechat buzzing. She opened her phone and saw Geng Huayan, the vice president of Meijia Housekeeping, @everyone in the group:

Congratulations to Fei Lian. The three friends she recommended passed today's interview and have officially signed with Meijia.

Congratulations to Qin Huilan. The two friends she recommended passed today's interview and have officially signed with Meijia.

Congratulations to Zhang Lan. The one friend she recommended passed today's interview and has officially signed with Meijia.

...

@Qin Huilan: Congratulations, Sister Qin. You've already recommended six friends who signed with Meijia. You can get a bonus of 1,800 this month!

@Everyone: “The rest of you need to work harder! If you know any live-in nannies with stable work, you can introduce them to us! Meijia cannot keep hiring regular employees forever; once the opportunity is missed, it's gone!”

Qin Huilan: “@Meijia Housekeeping VP Geng Huayan: I just sent a message in the group; I didn't expect them to come one after another!”

Meijia Housekeeping VP Geng Huayan: “Just giving a notification is enough. This isn't a mandatory task. If they don't come, it's their loss!”

Good heavens, recommending six nannies gets a monthly bonus of one thousand eight hundred!

Niu Guifen felt a bit tempted.

Thinking about how she and Qin Huilan joined Meijia together, and Qin Huilan had recommended six nannies.

Yet she hadn't recommended a single person; she felt a bit uneasy!

Remembering that she was also in several housekeeping groups, she, who usually just lurked, very decisively posted the news about Meijia hiring regular nanny employees into the groups.

After posting, she looked up and inadvertently glanced out of the second-floor window.

Then she saw a young nanny carrying a trash bag, coming out of the opposite villa's gate...

“Zhan Jie!”

Zhan Jie stopped in her tracks and looked up at Niu Guifen standing by the second-floor window of the opposite villa:

“Sister Niu, are you calling me?”

“Yes!”

“Is there something wrong?”

Niu Guifen shouted, “Wait a moment, I'm coming down right now!”