319: Chapter 319 Subsidiary Development and Expansion Direction! Recognized Brand Value!

Chapter 319: Subsidiary Development and Expansion Directions! Recognized Brand Value!

On Monday, Jufan Group once again convened high-level executives from its subsidiaries for a meeting.

Su Yang got a general overview of the development status of each subsidiary.

Yi Jiangang and Xu Zhiping were still acquiring small and micro fitness studios in Rongcheng and Shancheng, including some in county towns.

Su Yang was quite supportive of this; it wasn't as if county towns couldn't support small fitness studios.

Although there weren't many wealthy clients there, rent and staff wages were cheap!

Jiuxiang Catering had recently been developing in Shancheng and Lin City. The employees were very motivated, and Ji Guoxiong didn't need any prompting from Su Yang!

This month, ten new Nine Fragrance Hotpot branches, opened in collaboration with shareholders in Shancheng, would all be open for business.

Weimeijia would also officially take over the factory canteen of Xu Zhu's family.

Jiuxiang Food's performance was growing steadily. Under Tan Yanghong's management, the company consistently hired more employees every month.

As for Hongyu Law Firm and Yulong Technology, they were also developing steadily!

Su Yang focused on urging Fengyuan to expand in Shaanxi Province and Xiang Province.

He had quite a lot of money now and really wanted to spend it as quickly as possible!

Even if he couldn't settle it this month, he had to consider how to spend the money next month.

Su Yang looked at Xu Zhiping and said, "Spark Fitness should consider expanding toward Lin City!"

"Understood, Boss!"

Xu Zhiping nodded.

Although it felt a bit like rushing for quick results, this really seemed to be the boss's style!

Su Yang looked at Tu Ziqiang and Liu Fengshan. "Meijia Housekeeping and Hongyu Law Firm should consider expanding their business to Shancheng. You can look into acquiring local companies!"

Now, Jufan Group leaned more toward cluster development.

In any case, with everyone together, connections could be shared and converted.

Liu Fengshan: "Understood, Boss!"

Tu Ziqiang asked in a low voice, "Boss, will it be too fast? We haven't even stabilized our business in Rongcheng yet!"

Their Meijia Housekeeping was still losing money every month!

"It's not fast!" Su Yang said with a smile. "Just apply the Rongcheng development model!"

"Alright then!"

"Don't worry about the funding. I'll give you ten million in a bit!"

"Okay!"

Since the boss said so, Tu Ziqiang naturally couldn't object.

"Mr. Tan!"

Su Yang looked at Tan Yanghong.

Seeing the smile on Su Yang's face, Tan Yanghong had a familiar feeling!

That feeling was back!

"Yes, Boss!"

"Consider expanding the company's scale!" Su Yang stared at Tan Yanghong. "Besides expanding the snack categories, you can consider other food industries, such as tea, beverages, dairy products, alcohol, edible oils... As long as it's something to eat or drink, it can be considered."

Tan Yanghong took a deep breath and said, "Boss, I understand."

In fact, he had long considered the company's expansion direction.

Because he was one of the first general managers to follow Su Yang.

He was all too familiar with Su Yang's style of aggressively expanding company scales.

So, in his spare time, he would also carefully think about the potential development directions for the food company!

"Mm! Good!" Su Yang nodded. "Money is not an issue, don't be afraid!"

If it involved acquiring a company, Su Yang would definitely review it personally.

He wasn't worried about Jiuxiang Food lacking money. For one, he had a lot of capital on hand now, to the point where it seemed he couldn't spend it all.

Secondly, even if he ran out of money, he could still consider borrowing from the bank!

Su Yang looked at Kong Lifan of Yanhu Education and Chen Qingzhou of Yanhu Vocational School; both immediately sat up straight.

"Mr. Kong, the head office will provide you with five million in funding to support the development of Yanhu Education!"

Kong Lifan said happily, "Understood, Boss!"

Su Yang glanced at Tu Ziqiang, Yu Siying, Liao Mingjun, Ji Guoxiong, Tan Yanghong, and Yulong Technology's General Manager Chen Haihui, saying, "You all need to help Yanhu Vocational School. You can send some outstanding backbone staff to serve as Corporate Teachers, create Industry-Education Integration Practice Bases, set up joint classes to start training employees directly within the school, and collaborate on curriculum development and teaching practices..."

Su Yang knew very well that some of the teaching techniques at Yanhu Vocational School were outdated and didn't quite meet the current hiring needs of companies; they were somewhat out of touch with the social environment.

Of course, this wasn't a problem unique to Yanhu Vocational School!

Chen Qingzhou, the principal of Yanhu Vocational School, tried his best to suppress the corners of his mouth from curling up, struggling not to laugh!

He felt like all these companies were going to serve him.

Heaven knows, Yanhu Vocational School often had headaches over student employment.

After all, the higher the employment rate and the better the students' futures, the easier it was for them to recruit students.

As Su Yang emphasized this matter again, general managers like Liao Mingjun and Yu Siying also became alert!

No one would joke with their own future.

"Understood!"

"Understood, Boss!"

"..."

The company executives nodded one after another, beginning to consider how to cooperate with Yanhu Vocational School.

"And regarding Spark Fitness!" Su Yang looked at Xu Zhiping. "You can consider opening a small gym at Yanhu Vocational School. If there are students who like fitness, you can also consider training them to be fitness coaches."

The last time he strolled through Yanhu Vocational School, he noticed that a small number of students enjoyed working out.

If they were truly suitable, becoming a fitness coach wouldn't be a bad idea.

Fitness coaches could also provide guidance to the students!

"Understood, Boss!"

After the meeting adjourned, Yu Siying suddenly called out to Chen Qingzhou: "Principal Chen, are you interested in a collaboration?"

"What kind of collaboration?"

Chen Qingzhou asked curiously.

He had a good impression of Yu Siying. The last time Yanhu Vocational School trended on the hot search, it was thanks to Spark Media's help.

Even if it was just at the bottom of the list and disappeared after only a day... it was still the most famous moment for Yanhu Vocational School since its founding!

Yu Siying said with a smile, "We have an account for 'extreme hide and seek,' and we need to choose venues for the game. I think your Yanhu Vocational School might be quite suitable. We haven't played in a school yet!"

"Hide and seek?"

Chen Qingzhou was completely bewildered!

Tan Yanghong explained from the side, "It's about letting a group of people hide within a designated area and having one person act as the Seeker. If they successfully evade the Seeker within the allotted time, they can win a ten-thousand-yuan prize!"

"Will anyone watch that?"

"Quite a lot of people watch it!" Yu Siying laughed. "Our account has only been active for a few months and already has over four hundred thousand followers... Mr. Tan is our main sponsor!"

Chen Qingzhou marveled, "Impressive!"

He understood what short-video followers meant.

Their school's official account had been running for five years, and the followers hadn't even broken ten thousand!

It was only after that hot search that the followers increased slightly.

"Are you interested? This is a way to promote Yanhu Vocational School!" Yu Siying said with a hint of pride. "Now, some scenic spots and amusement parks are inviting us to hold events. I can give you a 'friendship price'."

"Can it be done at a school?"

"Why not?" Yu Siying persuaded. "The school has majors related to self-media and live streaming, right? Students prefer a relaxed and pleasant campus atmosphere, don't they? We can have thousands of students from the whole school participate as Seekers... We can also invite students from relevant majors to join our production team. Later, we can edit these students' practical experiences into a promotional Easter egg and give them a special thanks!"

Seeing that Chen Qingzhou was somewhat moved, Yu Siying smiled again. "This would be a national first! Even those top-tier institutions haven't done such an activity. It can even be used for recruitment promotion later; it'll probably be very attractive to young people!"

"Can I ask the boss for instructions? In principle, I agree!"

Chen Qingzhou believed this was actually consistent with the educational philosophy of the boss and Shen Yunxiao.

Yu Siying nodded. "Of course you can!"

When Chen Qingzhou and Yu Siying arrived at Su Yang's office, Su Yang was chatting with Ji Guoxiong.

Upon learning that Yu Siying had proactively proposed doing the show at Yanhu Vocational School, Su Yang couldn't help but laugh.

In any case, he felt the show was quite good, like a tasty bit of Digital Snacks.

Their private vocational college didn't have that many restrictions, and Yu Siying's proposal was also good.

So he agreed directly!

"I suggest scheduling the filming for Saturdays and Sundays so as not to affect the teaching process!" Su Yang reminded. "You can capture some scenes of the students having a great time."

This wasn't because Su Yang wanted to take up the students' rest time, but rather to shut some people's mouths!

"Understood, Boss!"

After Chen Qingzhou and Yu Siying left, Ji Guoxiong brought up the matter of Jiuxiang Catering.

Recently, Jiuxiang Catering had been receiving invitations from various shopping malls in Rongcheng and Shancheng.

These shopping malls were inviting Jiuxiang Catering to open shops there and were even willing to proactively lower the rent.

Not just Nine Fragrance Hotpot, but Weimeijia was also among those invited!

"Does this count as us receiving VIP treatment?"

Ji Guoxiong nodded with a smile. "It should count!"

Su Yang happily took a sip of tea.

Such preferential treatment was usually only available to well-known catering brands like Starbucks or KFC.

For example, some Starbucks branches in malls would have their rent waived for 3 to 5 years!

Otherwise, why would these brand-name stores be the last ones standing in those desolate malls?

Their store opening costs were lower than other shops, and their break-even points were completely different!

Of course, these brand-name catering stores also contributed to the malls.

They could not only drive traffic to the mall but also make it easier for the mall to attract other tenants to open shops.

Setting aside whether Jiuxiang Catering would open shops there, this at least proved that the Jiuxiang Catering brand had been recognized!

"What do you think?"

"Many aren't that great." Ji Guoxiong shook his head. "I sent people to investigate, and many of the malls inviting us are almost unable to keep going. Some are completely like ghost buildings; at most, there are a few places doing takeout. You could film a horror movie in there during the day... It feels like they're trying to trap us!"

"Mm."

Su Yang wasn't surprised by this.

Last year, before Jiuxiang Catering was established, he had already seen the trend while looking for shop locations all over Rongcheng.

Too many commercial properties were being built; besides large shopping malls, there were various residential ground-floor shops.

After building above ground, they built underground; there was definitely an oversupply!

As for whether it was a trap, he was already used to such intrigues.

People in the city had many tricks that were hard to guard against.

"Some malls have turned into canteens," Ji Guoxiong remarked with some emotion. "Business at many shops isn't great. Many people who go there just browse a bit and then go to eat... Previously, mall catering was on the fifth floor, but now there's a downward trend!"

"Send someone to talk to the managers of malls with high foot traffic about discounted prices, and then consider whether to open a shop!"

If there were rent discounts, then many places that were otherwise unsuitable for opening a shop could be considered.

However, Su Yang didn't hold much hope; it was just a token gesture!

"Understood, Boss!"

After Ji Guoxiong left, Yu Siying greeted him with a smile and pushed open the door to Su Yang's office.

As soon as Yu Siying entered, she said, "Boss, good news!"

"What good news?"

Hearing this, Su Yang also became interested.