260: Chapter 260 Fengyuan Begins its Acquisition Journey! A Million-Dollar Annual Salary is No Longer a Dream!

Chapter 260: Fengyuan Begins Its Acquisition Journey! A Multi-Million Salary Is Not a Dream!

By the time Su Yang returned to Jiuxiang Catering, Qian Xiaochang was already drinking tea in Ji Guoxiong's office.

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Qian Xiaochang: "Boss!"

Ji Guoxiong: "Boss!"

"Take a seat!"

Su Yang didn't stand on ceremony with them. He sat down and asked directly, "Old Qian, are the personnel for this business trip ready?"

Qian Xiaochang nodded and said, "They're all ready!"

Su Yang looked at Ji Guoxiong: "What about Old Ji's side?"

"The people over there have already been in contact with local suppliers and have screened some good companies!" Ji Guoxiong said with a smile. "Work should go more smoothly once Mr. Qian's people arrive."

"That's good!"

Su Yang was very satisfied with Ji Guoxiong's work.

Recently, Jiuxiang Catering had mainly been conducting internal audits and recruiting and training store managers.

But that didn't mean Jiuxiang Catering hadn't done anything else.

At the very least, Jiuxiang Catering had completed the early-stage preparations for expansion!

Half a month ago, Ji Guoxiong had already sent out three groups of people to scout the provincial capitals of Changan, Changsha (Xiang), and Lin City (Gui).

"The main goal is still to acquire or take a controlling stake in local food supply companies!" Su Yang reminded them. "Just like Baihai, they should have food processing plants and relatively complete supporting facilities."

"Understood, Boss!"

Qian Xiaochang felt the pressure.

Advancing into three provinces all at once would make anyone feel a lot of pressure!

The people from Jiuxiang Catering went there just to contact local food supply companies, but they had to go and investigate each one on the list...

Ji Guoxiong reminded from the side, "We could consider settling Gui Province first!"

"Right!" Su Yang laughed. "We've already prepared sour and spicy hotpot soup bases for our friends in Gui Province!"

"Understood!"

Seeing Su Yang and Ji Guoxiong point out the key areas, Qian Xiaochang immediately knew where to focus his efforts first.

"Money is not an issue; in any case, look for those companies with deep local roots and some capability!"

Su Yang needed to hurry up and spend the funds on hand.

Actually, he would have preferred to buy shares in those powerful food supply companies.

However, they either had massive assets with market values in the tens of billions or they had powerful backers.

For Su Yang to want a controlling stake was simply wishful thinking.

So, he settled for the next best thing: acquiring some local food supply and processing companies with a certain level of strength.

Of course, doing it this way would definitely have some side effects.

But Su Yang felt there was no need to worry so much; buy them first and sort them out slowly later.

If it's bloated, then it's bloated!

At least it would look massive!

Perhaps bloating... also has its own kind of beauty!

No!

That should be called 'plump'!

"Understood!"

"Old Qian, I might acquire quite a few small and medium-sized food supply companies across the country!" Su Yang thought for a moment and said seriously to Qian Xiaochang, "You need to consider the issue of integrating these companies now."

"Uh... I understand!"

Qian Xiaochang had actually already guessed it, but he was a bit afraid to face it.

His boss definitely wanted to set up a food supply company in every province where Jiuxiang Catering and Weimeijia were present!

Just thinking about it... gave him a headache!

"Do it well, and you'll have an annual salary of a million!" Su Yang promised softly. "Perhaps an annual salary of several million is not impossible!"

Qian Xiaochang took a deep breath, feeling tempted by the 'big cake' Su Yang was painting.

As the general manager of Fengyuan, he frequently interacted with the executives of Jiuxiang Catering and knew that Su Yang was a very generous boss!

His boss was even capable of taking out loans to pay out bonuses... he was completely trustworthy!

Qian Xiaochang took a deep breath and said, "I understand!"

After Qian Xiaochang left, even Ji Guoxiong couldn't help but say, "You've given Old Qian a huge problem!"

Su Yang was quite frank: "I provide the money, he provides the effort. It's very fair!"

After leaving the head office, Su Yang received a call from his cousin, He Zhiheng.

A few days ago, he had planned to distribute some hotpot restaurant shares to his relatives, so Su Yang decided to send He Zhiheng back for a trip!

Anyway, his main job was answering whistleblower calls; he could go anywhere with a phone.

"Boss!"

"Are you home yet?"

"I'm home!"

"Did you convince your mom?"

"Yes!" He Zhiheng said in a helpless tone. "She signed!"

"Don't feel any burden; this is just a small token of my appreciation!" Su Yang said with a smile. "You know, my business is getting bigger and bigger now. This little bit of money is nothing."

"Thank you, Cousin!"

"Don't be polite with me; all the relatives will have some!" Su Yang thought for a moment and said, "I'll notify my mom to call everyone over to the house tomorrow. You'll be responsible for explaining it then."

"Okay!"

Su Yang sent He Zhiheng home to handle his mother first, mainly because he was afraid the relatives on both sides would be too thin-skinned.

They might feel embarrassed to take advantage of him!

This was a real possibility.

After all, although Su Yang's relatives were a bit poor, they weren't bad people; they were all honest and law-abiding types.

As long as someone among the relatives took the lead and signed, the others wouldn't feel so embarrassed.

Once the relatives on his mother's side were settled, the relatives on his father's side would be much easier.

Everyone else has taken it... will you?

After ending the call with He Zhiheng, Su Yang greeted his parents before returning home.

Over the next few days, Su Yang's main work was conducting interviews.

Interviewing employees applying for Meijia and Spark Media!

At Meijia, it was mainly young people willing to work in the domestic service industry.

Currently, Meijia had no plans to train a large number of older newcomers; they were taking advantage of the graduation season to recruit more young blood for training.

At Spark Media, it was mainly general staff and self-recommended bloggers and influencers!

There were video interviews as well as on-site interviews.

For those self-recommended influencers, even if they didn't have the potential for a million followers, as long as they had some training value, Spark Media would consider signing them, though the benefits wouldn't be as good!

For those applying for positions at Spark Media, Su Yang mainly looked at their skill levels and moral attributes.

Su Yang also enjoyed the interview work.

After all, every interviewee represented a potential new employee under him!

In any case, he just liked seeing the number of employees in his companies expand.

He hadn't had this much fun in a long time!

At the same time, Spark Media's signed influencers were constantly being headhunted by other MCN companies.

Previously, Spark Media only had a bit of fame within the industry, and many out-of-town MCN agencies hadn't noticed them.

But since Spark Media hit the trending searches, almost all MCN agencies across the country had noticed them!

The rumor that any influencer signed by Spark Media would definitely become popular had also reached those MCN agencies.

These past few days, besides interviewing, Su Yang was busy stabilizing those key influencers they were focusing on training.

Fortunately, these signed influencers had all been strictly screened by Su Yang.

They were also trained by Spark Media from the start, so the influencers with large follower counts had relatively high loyalty!

For those with smaller follower counts, their careers were also on the rise.

Su Yang appealed to their emotions and reason, and was barely able to stabilize them; other MCN companies found it difficult to poach them!

As for those he was already prepared to sell off, Su Yang couldn't wait for other companies to approach them.

But Su Yang still felt he was playing with fire a bit!

Those large MCN agencies that weren't short on cash were truly willing to throw money around; it seemed like a few million was nothing to them, making even Su Yang a little tempted!