242: Chapter 242 Ji Guoxiong's loyalty reaches 90, granting him an innovation and logical thinking buff!

Chapter 242: Ji Guoxiong's Loyalty Reaches 90, Innovation and Logical Thinking Buffs!

Su Yang felt no financial pressure at all; in fact, he was often troubled by how to spend his money!

However, if he could take out a loan for some extra spending cash, he wouldn't mind.

Anyway, as long as he was slightly cautious and bought companies with high labor costs and stable profits at a premium, he certainly wouldn't lose money.

"Jiuxiang Catering has a monthly net profit of about two million and monthly revenue close to thirty million. In the current environment, that's actually very impressive!" Chen Li said with a frown. "But trying to get a hundred-million-yuan loan from a bank based on that is still almost impossible, unless you use some other... you know!"

Seeing Chen Li's gradually cooling gaze, Su Yang curled his lip and said, "Then forget it!"

How great it was to be a law-abiding businessman!

"Perhaps we could optimize the financial statements?"

With a *smack*, Su Yang slapped Chen Li, making her soft flesh quiver slightly. "Just save it!"

He hadn't noticed before, but Chen Li seemed to be getting more and more wicked!

Could she have been corrupted by those people in finance?

"Alright then!"

Seeing Su Yang refuse, Chen Li didn't mention it again.

She glanced at Su Yang and reminded him, "However, Jiuxiang Catering does seem large in scale but isn't making much profit... the employee salary and welfare expenses are very high!"

Su Yang said casually, "I don't care much about that little bit of money!"

"That little bit?!!!"

Chen Li stared at Su Yang but couldn't find a single flaw indicating he was lying.

With a monthly profit of three million, even with her 'high salary' of twenty thousand a month, she couldn't save that much in ten years!

If they reduced costs and increased efficiency a bit... it would be more than three million a month!

Is this guy just showing off?

"Also, if you think the company's salary and welfare expenses are too high, you can take a pay cut yourself!"

Chen Li quickly refused: "No!"

Su Yang laughed. "No? If not, then don't bring up employee treatment and benefits to me!"

"Fine!"

Although she had been shut down by Su Yang, Chen Li wasn't angry at all.

Instead, she felt that this was the Su Yang she knew!

"Also, how much money is in the company account right now?"

"About 5.07 million!"

Jiuxiang Hotpot Restaurant hadn't expanded in the last two months.

Weimeijia's profits were good, and since its branch expansion was relatively slow, they hadn't touched the profits from the Jiuxiang Hotpot Chain, so the money had slowly accumulated.

"Get ready to spend three million!"

Chen Li asked in confusion, "Didn't you say we were waiting until October to expand?"

"There's a bit too much money in the account. Let's distribute dividends and bonuses together!"

The dividends Su Yang had promised the employees last year had never been distributed.

After all, distributing dividends wasn't like hosting a dinner party; it involved a rather complex process.

Generally, companies distribute them every six months or once a year.

Furthermore, during the expansion of Jiuxiang Hotpot Restaurant, there was little money in the account, and Su Yang even needed to inject capital... how could they distribute anything then?

So now, the treatment of the Jiuxiang Catering headquarters staff was only one level better than that of ordinary waiters.

But that didn't make much sense!

He had to let the Jiuxiang Catering headquarters staff get a taste of the meat, right?

By giving out some dividends in September and more bonuses, it would be their turn to work hard again in October!

At the same time, Su Yang could transfer the funds from the Jiuxiang Catering account to his own account.

In the future, Jiuxiang Catering wouldn't really need his capital anymore!

Because they were direct-sale stores, not franchises.

This meant Jiuxiang Catering's branch expansion could never be very fast.

As for the employees at the Jufan Holdings headquarters, they would just have to feel a bit slighted for now.

It wasn't their turn yet!

"Huh?"

Chen Li's mouth hung wide open, making Su Yang want to stuff something in it.

"What is it?"

"Three million in dividends?"

"Yes!"

"Doesn't that mean I can get sixty thousand?"

"That's right!"

As the Finance Department Manager, Chen Li could get 2%.

Among all the department managers, she received the most.

After all, the Finance Department was directly managed by the General Manager!

Chen Li's eyes began to sparkle. "You can get about two million?"

"Roughly!"

"What about the bonuses?"

"Let's distribute my two million as bonuses to everyone," Su Yang said after a moment's thought. "But the ordinary employees should get a bit more. I mainly want to motivate them... you guys will get some too, but the proportion won't be as high!"

"Ah? You don't want it?"

"I'm not short on money, what would I do with it?"

He could take money from the system, and he didn't even have to pay taxes on it.

Calculated that way, he was actually making a profit!

This counted as wool he had plucked from the system using his own abilities.

In the future, he would definitely take some dividends, just as a gesture.

But at this stage, he could afford to give more to the employees.

Chen Li finally understood that Su Yang truly didn't care about those few million.

"Alright!" Chen Li nodded. "Then do you still need the loan? I can help you contact some banks."

"If you know anyone, just ask for me!"

"Will do!"

The next day, Su Yang briefly told Ji Guoxiong about the dividends and bonuses.

Hearing that the boss wanted to give them money, Ji Guoxiong naturally had no reason to object!

As for Su Yang giving up his dividends and distributing them all to the employees, he had no reason to object to that either.

"Also... let's give dividends to the employees who resigned normally this year too!"

Ji Guoxiong was stunned for a moment. "The employees who resigned get them too?"

"Didn't I promise the dividends in January?"

"Yes!"

"Then let's give them once to all the employees who resigned normally after January!"

Su Yang felt a bit sentimental as he recalled the employees who had left.

Sometimes, having too good a memory wasn't necessarily a good thing.

He continued, "They left due to various factors—either they felt they weren't suited for the catering industry, or they left Rongcheng to develop elsewhere... but while they were at the company, they were conscientious and made contributions. I think they should get something!"

Ji Guoxiong took a deep breath. "Yes, Boss!"

"The bonuses are the main part this time. For dividends, they'll only get about two thousand or so, right?" Su Yang smiled and said, "The turnover rate at the Jiuxiang Catering headquarters isn't high; it'll only be a few tens of thousands extra at most!"

"I understand, Boss!"

[Ding~ Jiuxiang Catering employee Ji Guoxiong's loyalty has increased to 90. You have gained Hotpot Chain Management Level +1.]

Hearing this prompt, Su Yang's mind dazed slightly as countless pieces of management knowledge flooded his brain.

His Hotpot Chain Management and Operation level reached the Common level!

He looked up at Ji Guoxiong again and found that Ji Guoxiong still had that serious and earnest expression, not even looking at him!

This old fellow's composure was truly excellent.

Clearly, he was so... moved!

Just as Jiuxiang Catering was preparing the dividends, the audit at Yulong Technology was also nearing its end.

Shang Guibing hadn't lied to him; Yulong Technology indeed had over two hundred thousand in debt and over one million in accounts receivable that hadn't been collected, though nearly half of those accounts were uncollectible!

Some companies that owed Yulong Technology money had simply gone bankrupt, and their bosses were directly blacklisted.

Other companies were in financial distress, making it extremely difficult to get the money back.

But Su Yang was already mentally prepared!

After completing the procedures, he directly signed the company acquisition contract with Shang Guibing and transferred the money to Shang Guibing's account.

Subsequently, he signed Chen Haihui, whom Shang Guibing had recommended, to serve as the General Manager of Yulong Technology with an annual salary of nine hundred thousand and a 5% stake in dry shares for dividends!

He signed Shang Guibing to serve as the Vice President of Yulong Technology with an annual salary of eight hundred thousand and a 3% stake in dry shares for dividends.

Chen Haihui had originally been a Vice President at a decent software company in Rongcheng.

After receiving the invitation from Shang Guibing, he met with Su Yang.

And then he was headhunted by Su Yang!

Su Yang also planned to appoint another Vice President and was currently having a headhunting firm search for him.

After taking over the company, Su Yang unsurprisingly heard the system prompt:

[Ding~ You now own a software development company. You have your first employee. You have gained the Talent: Programming Expert. You have gained the Achievement Reward: 1 Spirit Point. The software development company under your name can obtain a permanent buff.]

[1. Software development speed increase, 2. Programming knowledge and skill improvement, 3. Team communication and collaboration ability improvement, 4. Learning ability improvement, 5. Creativity and innovation awareness improvement, 6. Logical thinking ability improvement, 7. Quality awareness and testing ability improvement...]

Su Yang had also once briefly learned about software development.

Setting aside development speed and programming skills for a moment.

Software development was often a team effort, requiring effective communication and collaboration with other developers, testers, product managers, etc., so team communication and collaboration were also very important.

Learning referred to the progress of employees in improving their relevant knowledge and skills, which Su Yang definitely ruled out.

There were plenty of software experts in the country; it was fine to just hire them ready-made.

It wasn't like he couldn't afford the salaries!

Software development involved complex logic and algorithm analysis, requiring the ability to find optimal solutions and perform systematic design and development... so logical thinking was also very important!

Finally, quality awareness and testing ability improvement were also crucial to ensure the quality and stability of the software.

Therefore, Su Yang closed his eyes and chose Creativity and Innovation Awareness Improvement!

This was the hardest thing to improve and perhaps what most programmers needed most!

[Ding~ Your Yulong Technology has obtained a special buff: +15% Creativity and Innovation Awareness!]

[Ding~ You now own a software development company. The number of employees has exceeded ten. You have gained the Talent: Programming Master. You have gained the Achievement Reward: 2 Spirit Points. The software development service company under your name can obtain a new permanent buff.]

Su Yang didn't hesitate and directly chose Logical Thinking!

[Ding~ Your Yulong Technology has obtained special buffs: +30% Creativity and Innovation Awareness, +15% Logical Thinking Ability!]

Su Yang was quite satisfied with these special buffs.

He felt that even if Yulong Technology moved towards big data, cloud computing, or artificial intelligence (AI) in the future, these special buffs would be quite applicable.

The special buffs he picked were generally rare or had universal applicability!

As for the Programming Master talent, Su Yang just took a brief look and wasn't very interested.

As the boss, he couldn't invest too much time and energy into the technical side!

Besides, this talent level might not even be as high as Shang Guibing's!

On the other hand, he quite liked the 3 Spirit Points.

After adding the 3 Spirit Points, he felt a wave of coolness in his brain.

However, this feeling quickly disappeared.

The Spirit attribute had always been his shortcoming, and now Yulong Technology and Hongyu Law Firm could steadily provide him with a small amount of Spirit.

The stronger his mental power, the more he felt his focus intensifying.

His thinking speed and work efficiency were also increasing.

As for his IQ, he felt it was still the same!