279: Chapter 279 Any changes must be radical and thorough! The grievances of vocational school teachers!

Chapter 279: If You're Going to Change, Do It Drastically! The Grievances of Vocational School Teachers!

It wasn't that Nine Fragrance Hotpot and Weimeijia in Lin City had to rely entirely on Linxing Ingredients.

The two brand stores would definitely cooperate with other local ingredient companies.

However, given equal quality, priority would certainly be given to Linxing!

The supply chain for restaurants is still very complex, with various vegetables, seafood, and meats being indispensable... it's perhaps only slightly simpler than a supermarket's supply chain.

Over the following period, the principal and vice-principals of Yanhu Vocational School frequently brought the heads of the Academic Affairs Office, Student Affairs Office, Finance Department, and other departments to Jufan Holdings to communicate with Su Yang, repeatedly revising and specifying new management regulations for teachers and students, as well as bonus incentive systems for teachers.

They followed Su Yang's ideas almost completely.

Unless some points were slightly excessive or clearly violated the law.

Only then would they cautiously point them out!

As long as their reasoning made sense, Su Yang was willing to accept it with an open mind and make the corresponding adjustments!

This group of people also slowly came to understand Su Yang's personality!

After figuring out Su Yang's character, they all felt a bit more at ease.

At the very least, Su Yang was very generous to his employees and acted with principle.

He wasn't the type of fickle, headstrong, and overbearing young man!

Su Yang also planned to find some time to go to the vocational school and have heart-to-heart chats with some of the young teachers.

Mainly to solicit their opinions and suggestions!

In his view, Yanhu Vocational School was just like the gym he had first taken over... truly riddled with problems!

There were many things that required a drastic overhaul in the early stages of taking over.

If he didn't change them now, it would be very troublesome later if he tried to implement things on a whim!

Changing things thoroughly now would save countless amounts of energy in the future!

Just like the current Spark Fitness.

Once the management standards were established and the corporate culture was formed, he didn't need to worry too much anymore.

The upper management simply replicated the standards of his first store.

Sometimes, the fact that no problems appeared in the Business Deduction... didn't mean there really weren't any problems!

It only meant that some problems simply wouldn't erupt within a year.

Perhaps by the time the problems actually erupted, they might already be too deep-seated to be easily changed.

If he relied on Business Deduction for everything, he would be a real idiot!

Below the Yanhu Vocational School office building, Vice Principal Song Xiang whispered a reminder to Xia Yuhong: "When the Chairman asks you about the school's problems later, you know what to say and what not to say, right?"

"Oh!"

Xia Yuhong nodded softly.

Song Xiang said kindly, "Keep it up, Xia Yuhong. I have high hopes for you. Once the school investment is finalized, promotions and raises won't be an issue!"

"Thank you, Principal!"

When they reached the second floor and saw the office where Su Yang was, as well as the driver standing guard at the door, he said softly to Xia Yuhong, "Go on in!"

"Mm!"

Xia Yuhong arrived at the office door and nodded politely to Feng Hua.

Then she took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

She was a bit nervous!

After all, the person she was about to meet was a big figure who stood above the Principal!

"Come in!"

A familiar yet strange voice, steady and powerful, came from inside the office.

Pushing open the door, she saw the young Chairman who had appeared in the large meeting room a few days ago!

As well as a beautiful girl in professional attire who looked like a secretary.

"Hello, Chairman!"

Xia Yuhong bowed slightly.

She still had a very good impression of this Chairman.

"Have a seat!"

Su Yang pointed to the seat across from his black solid wood desk.

"Alright!"

Jiang Yuzhen stood up and poured a glass of hot water for Xia Yuhong.

Xia Yuhong thanked her repeatedly!

"Don't be nervous, we're just having a casual talk!" Su Yang said with a smile. "The school is going to undergo some reforms, and I just want to hear your suggestions or opinions!"

When Su Yang smiled, it gave Xia Yuhong a feeling like a gentle spring breeze!

He seemed to possess a charm that made people relax involuntarily.

It was very cordial!

"Mm!"

"So, do you have any suggestions or opinions regarding the school?" Su Yang leaned forward slightly, resting his hands on the desk with a look of great interest. "If you speak up, it will be easier for me to have them make the necessary rectifications."

Facing the handsome and elegant Chairman Su Yang, Xia Yuhong became nervous again.

Xia Yuhong whispered, "Does the cafeteria being expensive and tasting bad count?"

"It counts!" Su Yang nodded seriously. "Then I will consider replacing the cafeteria contractor!"

"We don't have meal subsidies!"

Su Yang frowned slightly. "We can consider adding those!"

"Mm!"

"Is there anything else?"

"Can I really say?"

"Of course, you can speak freely!" Su Yang smiled. "I won't tell anyone what you tell me. I'll be interviewing many other teachers in the school after this, so no one will know what you said to me. If you go out and just deny it, you'll be fine."

Seeing that the Chairman seemed to be seriously listening to her suggestions, Xia Yuhong's courage began to grow.

Moreover, since the Chairman guaranteed he wouldn't spread what she said...

The Vice Principal's instructions were gradually pushed to the back of her mind.

She actually wasn't afraid of the Principal, Vice Principal, or Chairman at all; she had wanted to quit this crappy job long ago!

The worst that could happen was she'd just resign!

But her sense of morality made her feel that for some things... she had to get them off her chest!

She didn't know that when Su Yang selected teachers to ask for suggestions and opinions, he also started from their moral attributes!

Recalling her year of work at Yanhu Vocational School, Xia Yuhong said in a low voice:

"I feel like most of the work I do is meaningless!"

Su Yang asked curiously, "How so?"

"From management to teaching to student work, everything has to be blown out of proportion and turned into activities, meetings, materials, and photos. Even answering a student's question requires screenshots and photos... In short, everything you do has to be turned into documentation for inspection. Something that takes an hour to do takes two hours to record, prove, and summarize!"

"We have meetings constantly, sometimes once a day, and clearly there's no actual substance—it's all nonsense!"

"We also have to tally our teaching hours, which can happen several times a month. Sometimes they say a teacher's tally is wrong, but they won't fucking say where the mistake is..."

At this point, Xia Yuhong, who had just cursed, shrank her neck.

She felt she had been a bit too vulgar!

However, when she looked up, she saw Su Yang's encouraging, smiling gaze: "It's fine, keep going!"

"If our monthly assessment scores are too high, they make us fill them out again. If they're too low, they deduct our salary. They even require that a certain number of teachers must have scores below 70!"

"The people from the Academic Affairs Office wander aimlessly around the teaching building all day, just to tally up which classes have students sleeping, playing on their phones, or skipping class... Then there are school-wide announcements every day about salary deductions, and they even use collective punishment against the secondary colleges!"

"There's constant monitoring during class time. No matter how tired a teacher is, they aren't allowed to sit, or else it's a 'teaching incident' and subject to public criticism... Everything is blown out of proportion; they're constantly saying there are issues with teacher ethics and professional conduct!"

"Then there are some students who skip class all day, yet the higher-ups make us give them full participation marks and let them pass. The school is truly a bit too indulgent toward some students..."

"Some students do things that are truly depraved; I really can't stand it..."

"And some girls don't know anything and get pregnant early. Their parents are just ordinary people, many are just regular farmers or workers. It really makes me feel terrible!"

"There are even counselors dating students, and no one does anything about it!"

"..."

Su Yang could tell that Xia Yuhong was truly full of grievances. As she went on, she became more and more agitated, even shedding some tears of frustration.

Even Jiang Yuzhen, who was responsible for taking notes nearby, didn't look too happy!

Su Yang pulled out a tissue and handed it to Xia Yuhong.

She wiped her tears and took another sip of hot water before her emotions gradually calmed down.

"Chairman Su, I'm sorry, I got a bit emotional!"

"It's fine!" Su Yang said understandingly. "I can see that you take your profession as a teacher very seriously."

Xia Yuhong smiled somewhat sheepishly: "Actually, I didn't plan on being a teacher at first. I only came to Yanhu because I couldn't find a job, but I just want to do things well!"

"Mm! That's a very good habit!"

"I know many vocational schools across the country are like this. Yanhu is actually considered one of the better ones. At least they don't drag female students out to accompany people for drinks, they haven't withheld our salaries, they don't force us to donate money every day, and we only have to clock in twice a day... it's just... sigh!" Xia Yuhong couldn't help but sigh. "Maybe I'm just not suited to be a teacher!"

"No!" Su Yang shook his head. "I think you're very suited to be a teacher!"

He chatted with Xia Yuhong a bit more about her work and life.

After asking for the names of the male teachers dating female students, Su Yang handed her a piece of paper with a mobile phone number written on it.

Xia Yuhong: "This number..."

"A whistleblowing hotline!" Su Yang explained. "If any teacher in the school has issues with their conduct, you can call this number... including the Principal!"

"Is that allowed?" Xia Yuhong asked doubtfully.

"Of course it is!" Su Yang nodded seriously. "This department will not be influenced by the school!"

"Alright!"

After Xia Yuhong left, Jiang Yuzhen couldn't help but sigh.

Su Yang, on the other hand, drank a cup of tea quite calmly.

He had long been mentally prepared for these things.

Overall, the situation at Yanhu Vocational School was actually a little bit better than he had expected!

Of course, it was also possible that there were some things Xia Yuhong didn't feel comfortable saying.

But Su Yang could still ask other teachers.

With everyone revealing a little bit, a general picture would eventually emerge!

Jiang Yuzhen thought for a moment and asked, "Boss, was that whistleblowing number you just wrote down for Jiuxiang Catering?"

"Yes!" Su Yang nodded. "The Jiuxiang Catering whistleblowing hotline!"

"That's good then!"

Jiang Yuzhen also felt it was better to use that number!

"Call the next teacher... Ding Yunyan, Xu Li, Li Xuefeng... see which of them doesn't have class!"

Jiang Yuzhen checked the time and said, "It's 10:30. There's a video conference with the Mountain City Weimeijia Market Expansion Department in fifteen minutes!"

"Then let's do the conference first."

"Okay!"

Su Yang also dialed his cousin He Zhiheng's mobile phone and briefly explained the situation to him.

"Boss... is this a good idea?"

"What's not good about it?"

He Zhiheng: "I'm not part of the school..."

"Not bad! Not bad!" Su Yang said appreciatively. "You've made progress; you know how to refuse the boss's unreasonable requests now!"

"Uh... I didn't mean to refuse!"

"Fine! I praised you for nothing!" Su Yang couldn't help but complain. "I'll give you a position at the school later. You'll be responsible for taking the whistleblowing calls, and I'll add four thousand to your monthly salary!"

"Isn't that a bit too much?"

Su Yang said seriously, "This position is very crucial. it involves the problems of an entire school... I don't have many people around me I can trust!"

"Alright then!"

Looking at the mischievous smile on Su Yang's face, Jiang Yuzhen felt as if the boss was PUAing that employee!

But with an extra four thousand in salary, she wanted to take whistleblowing calls too...