26: Chapter 26 Conspiracy! This time, your boss has finally shown some humanity!

That evening, under the arrangement of Xu Zhiping, Su Yang met Gao Qiang.

Gao Qiang was true to his name; standing at 1.8 meters tall, although his muscles had somewhat atrophied, he still appeared extremely sturdy, like a big grizzly bear!

However, upon seeing Su Yang, this "bear" lowered his head and, with a hint of humility, shook Su Yang's hand:

"Hello, President Su. I've heard so much about you!"

"Hello, Store Manager Gao. I've heard about you from Xu Zhiping as well. He said you're very capable and have managed Qiangli Fitness quite well!"

"I'm ashamed to say, Qiangli Fitness has started losing money every month!"

Su Yang laughed and said, "It's normal to start losing money now; all commercial gyms are like that. At the very least, under your management, hasn't your boss already earned quite a lot?"

"Sigh!"

Hearing this, Gao Qiang felt an inexplicable warmth in his heart.

He thought of the impatient, suspicious, and stingy Xu Tianqi.

Then he looked at the refined, tolerant, and considerate young boss, Su Yang, before him.

Comparing the two, the difference was clear!

"Your boss just lacks a bit of patience, that's all!"

"That's true!"

Gao Qiang nodded in agreement.

"If you bring Qiangli Fitness over, I can offer you the same treatment as Store Manager Xu, and I won't put too much performance pressure on you!"

Gao Qiang's eyes lit up, filled with longing!

Su Yang added, "However, your gym will also need to undergo reforms just like Xinghuo!"

Gao Qiang patted his chest and guaranteed, "No problem, Boss!"

As long as the boss paid his salary in full, he was willing to work for him!

Even if the boss said the Earth was square, he would believe it without a doubt!

Xu Zhiping curled his lips on the side; nothing was set in stone yet, and he was already calling him "Boss"?

Soon, the waiters brought out signature dishes like Mapo Tofu. Seeing the bottles of baijiu, Su Yang said:

"I don't drink alcohol. That's not a problem, right?"

He never thought baijiu tasted good!

Especially after vomiting his guts out a few times, he instinctively felt an aversion to baijiu!

Before, he had no choice, but now he was the one in charge at this table.

Gao Qiang quickly smiled and said, "No problem at all. Drinking alcohol is bad for your health; it's not a good thing!"

Xu Zhiping also added, "Those of us in the fitness industry really don't need to drink; it makes us seem unprofessional."

Su Yang realized that Xu Zhiping actually had some skills in conversation today!

Gao Qiang asked, "Then what would you like to drink, Boss?"

Su Yang looked at the table full of dishes, almost all of which contained chili peppers. He thought for a moment and said, "Let's just have coconut milk!"

"The boss certainly has good taste!" Gao Qiang immediately said to the waiter, "Waiter, take the alcohol away and bring us three bottles of coconut milk!"

"Very well!"

The waiter looked at the three men with a strange expression.

Three grown men coming there to eat and only drinking coconut milk.

It was truly rare!

Shuzhengxiang was indeed worthy of being a famous restaurant in Rongcheng.

With his talent for sensitive taste, Su Yang could taste that the ingredients they used were very fresh.

As for the taste, it went without saying; it was indeed quite good!

While eating, Xu Zhiping also asked Gao Qiang some questions about the operations of Qiangli Fitness.

Gao Qiang answered quite straightforwardly, and Su Yang could tell he wasn't hiding much.

At the very least, it was consistent with some of the intelligence he had obtained through Business Deduction!

However, when Xu Zhiping asked him how low he could push the price, Gao Qiang's attitude became a bit hesitant.

When it came down to it, Gao Qiang felt a bit guilty toward Xu Tianqi.

He always had a feeling of biting the hand that fed him!

Some people are just like that.

Bad, but not completely bad!

There was still a little bit of conscience, even if there wasn't much of it!

Su Yang roughly understood Gao Qiang's thoughts. He put down his chopsticks and whispered, "Gao Qiang, you have to know that letting your boss leave with money now is the best choice for him!"

Xu Zhiping also added from the side, "Your boss has already moved his funds elsewhere. The gym will continue to lose money for a long time, and it's hard to say whether business will be good in the future. Who knows, one day your boss's capital chain might break. At that point, the gym might not even be transferable. Your boss will only end up worse off; it's better to transfer it to our boss now!"

Yes!

I am doing this for Xu Tianqi's own good!

Handing the gym over to Su Yang is a win-win-win situation; it's good for everyone!

Having "figured out" all this, Gao Qiang finally let go of the last bit of psychological baggage and decided to fully align himself with Su Yang!

Gao Qiang whispered, "Our boss is quite suspicious. If I help by bringing up the price reduction, I might be suspected by him!"

"Does he have any thoughts of transferring it yet?"

"Yes, I've already persuaded him to transfer the gym, but I told him to find someone to take over himself!"

Gao Qiang roughly told Su Yang the process. Su Yang smiled and said, "You've done a solid job with the groundwork. You don't need to persuade him anymore; you just need to occasionally ask him if he's found someone to take over. Put some pressure on him!"

"Okay!"

Put pressure on Xu Tianqi?

Upon hearing this, Gao Qiang was eager to try!

"I heard that in the last few days, someone has been posting messages in your fitness group about transferring their gym. You should tell your boss about this when you have time!"

Su Yang knew about this news, but the other party's space was too small, so he didn't have much interest in it.

"I understand!"

Gao Qiang still somewhat understood what Su Yang meant.

It was just about creating a sense of urgency for the boss!

"Wait a few days, then you can pass on another piece of information to him!"

"That's absolutely no problem!" Gao Qiang thought for a moment and asked, "But what if he actually finds someone to take over?"

"Don't worry, he won't be able to find anyone. Just listen to me and you'll be fine!"

Seeing Su Yang so confident, Gao Qiang inexplicably gained confidence in him as well.

"Alright, I'll listen to the boss!"

"Then cheers!"

Su Yang raised his coconut milk.

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

Gao Qiang and Xu Zhiping also smiled and raised their coconut milk to clink glasses with Su Yang.

Come to think of it, after that drink, all three grown men felt the atmosphere was inexplicably harmonious!

After nine in the evening, Gao Qiang returned home and sat directly on the living room sofa.

"Why are you back so early? Didn't you say you had a work engagement?"

Gao Qiang's wife asked as she put down the remote control.

"The engagement is already over!"

Gao Qiang's wife approached Gao Qiang, sniffed hard, and asked in surprise, "You didn't drink?"

"Our boss didn't let us drink this time!"

"This time, your boss is finally acting like a human being!"

"Uh..."

In the following days, Xu Zhiping prepared for the third-anniversary challenge event at Xinghuo.

Su Yang attended Yuan Sisi's private training sessions every morning without fail, and in the afternoon, he had Ma Ran take him around to look for suitable storefronts.

The grand opening promotion at Jiuxiang Hotpot Restaurant was still ongoing, and business was booming!

There were already quite a few repeat customers who were repeatedly taking advantage of the hotpot restaurant's discounts.

Su Yang didn't care about this at all!

The gross profit margin of the hotpot restaurant was over 50%, so he wouldn't lose too much with the 50% discount.

Apart from the prizes given out, at most he would just lose a bit on utilities and labor costs!

Labor was naturally the biggest expense, but it just so happened that Su Yang was least afraid of losing money on labor.

As soon as the seven-day grand opening promotion at Jiuxiang Hotpot Restaurant ended, Su Yang would immediately start opening the second branch!

The three gyms—Xinghuo, Qiangli Fitness, and Jijian—had over fifty employees.

As long as Su Yang opened a few more hotpot restaurants, having over a hundred employees would not be a problem!

Making him run a company with a hundred people might be very difficult.

But letting him open a few hotpot restaurants was relatively simple.

It was almost just copy and paste!

Being able to detect loyalty meant he was almost not afraid of employees pulling any tricks.

Unknowingly, two days passed.

At first, Gao Qiang was able to keep his cool after returning.

But after waiting for two days without hearing any response, he became a bit restless.

The days of waiting were the most difficult to endure.

Sitting in his office, he saw a text message sent to him by the front desk.

Xu Tianqi, who hadn't shown his face for several days, had arrived at the gym!

Upon learning this news, Gao Qiang knocked on the door of Xu Tianqi's office, unable to wait any longer.