429: Chapter 429 Money really works! Everyone surrenders!

Chapter 429: Money Really Is Useful! Full Defection!

"Hello, Boss!"

Dong Ziwei took the lead in shouting.

The other management staff and store managers also followed suit, respectfully welcoming Su Yang's arrival.

"Mm!" Su Yang nodded with a smile. "Hello everyone, let's head inside!"

"Okay!"

Naturally, Su Yang had communicated with Dong Ziwei over the past few days.

Upon hearing that he could stay and even receive a pay raise, he naturally defected.

The Weimingda Group had already withdrawn from the fitness industry; if he left, it would be difficult to find a job in the short term!

After all, he wasn't just some ordinary fitness coach who could find work anywhere as long as their performance was good.

He was the General Manager of the Weimingda Fitness chain!

Given the current downward trend of the fitness industry, it would be hard for him to find an executive position in the domestic fitness industry that would allow him to fully utilize his abilities!

Of course, his power was gone; he would become Gao Qiang's deputy.

He would help Gao Qiang manage the fifteen gyms as well as the subsequent reform work for the gyms!

The power was gone, but the salary had increased, which wasn't something he couldn't accept.

After Dong Ziwei defected and received Su Yang's promise of pay raises for everyone, the rest of the management and the fifteen store managers were naturally stabilized by him easily.

Su Yang valued Dong Ziwei, as well as these management members and store managers.

At the very least, Weimingda Fitness's management and marketing strength, fitness coach quality, and course development capabilities were all top-tier in the country, and its ability to generate its own revenue was decent!

Especially the course development capability; this was an area very much worth Spark Fitness learning from!

Spark Fitness's development capability—or rather, the R&D capabilities of Su Yang's other companies—were actually somewhat lacking!

With them around, even if the gyms were losing money, the margin of loss wouldn't be too large.

Even if some of them had issues, there was no need to fire them immediately.

It would be better to wait until things stabilized a bit before letting Gao Qiang handle it!

Once these fifteen Weimingda gyms distributed around the Yangcheng area and Shenzhen were stabilized, Spark Fitness could use them as a foundation to expand its influence across the Pearl River Delta region.

Upon arriving in the conference room and everyone taking their seats, Su Yang first introduced himself, then introduced Yi Jiangang and Gao Qiang to the people from Weimingda.

What greeted them was, naturally, a round of applause!

Subsequently, Su Yang briefly introduced the strength of Jufan Holdings and Spark Fitness to everyone to boost their confidence!

He also told this group of management and store managers that as long as a gym had been under Spark Fitness's management for more than half a year, it was profitable; even if the profit wasn't much, it could still stabilize!

This caused the newly joined management and store managers to look on with surprise, as they were all well aware of the current state of the fitness industry.

At the very least, this proved that Spark Fitness's management and operation were superior to theirs!

Finally, Su Yang discussed the salary and benefits for Spark Fitness's management, store managers, fitness coaches, and regular employees.

The salary Spark Fitness gave to management and store managers might be about the same as what these store managers were currently receiving.

But the treatment for fitness coaches and regular staff was quite generous!

"Of course, the areas around Yangcheng and Shenzhen are different from Rongcheng; the economy here is more developed, so you should naturally receive a higher salary level!"

As soon as Su Yang said this, the management and store managers who had just joined Spark Fitness all became serious.

"The former Weimingda General Manager and Vice President will receive a fifty-thousand-yuan increase in annual salary, each store manager will receive a three-thousand-yuan increase in base salary, and regular employees at the headquarters and gyms will first receive a one-thousand-yuan increase in base salary or wages per month. As for the fitness coaches..." Considering that the reforms wouldn't happen overnight, Su Yang said, "Each fitness coach will also first receive a two-thousand-yuan increase in base salary!"

Smiles couldn't help but surface on the faces of the former members of Weimingda Fitness, and their loyalty to Spark Fitness began to rise significantly!

Money was, indeed, very seductive!

"Once performance is stabilized, your salaries will definitely rise again!" Su Yang said seriously to the group. "If Weimingda wants to be profitable and change the current situation, it must undergo reforms like Spark Fitness and gain recognition from customers and the market. I need your full cooperation, otherwise, we'll just have to close the stores... Can you do it?" Dong Ziwei shouted loudly, "We can!"

"We can!"

"We can!"

The management and store managers were all excited!

They were very happy now and even more expectant of future pay raises!

As for Su Yang's credibility, they had already seen it.

Originally, Weimingda Fitness had been losing money continuously, and hearing that the parent company wanted to abandon them, they had been somewhat panicked, fearing they would lose their jobs!

Who would have thought that things would take such a turn, and the one who bought them was a group company with even greater strength and more expertise in operating gyms!

Moreover, the new group company was wealthy and generous, and even willing to give them raises—how could they not be happy?

Next, Yi Jiangang and Gao Qiang spoke. Yi Jiangang mainly elaborated on Spark Fitness's management philosophy and service requirements, which left Dong Ziwei and the others somewhat puzzled.

Dong Ziwei asked doubtfully, "President Yi, can we really be profitable without selling courses?"

"Of course. We have already practiced this in Rongcheng and Shancheng. It can attract a large number of new paying members. While income from selling courses will indeed be significantly affected in the early stages, because the number of paying members increases, it will instead increase various other revenues for the gym!" Yi Jiangang was a firm believer in this system. "Making a huge profit is impossible, but making a slight profit is achievable!"

"Alright!"

Dong Ziwei nodded, accepting Yi Jiangang's words.

Among their fifteen gyms, there were actually some that were profitable!

Yi Jiangang continued, "Also, our Spark Fitness can make quite a bit of profit from weight loss group classes, which are very popular with members..."

After the meeting ended, Su Yang invited everyone out for a meal.

And he once again instructed Dong Ziwei and the others to cooperate well with Gao Qiang's work!

The news of Spark Fitness officially acquiring Weimingda also hit the papers.

The employees of the former Weimingda Fitness were also very concerned about this matter, fearing that they might lose their jobs one day like their peers!

After all, during this recent period, there had been quite a few instances of gyms collapsing or the owners running away.

However, they soon learned in their work groups about the new group company's plan to give them pay raises!

Even the specific details of the raises were posted in the work groups with Su Yang's permission!

Almost all the former Weimingda Fitness work groups were filled with joy!

In the work group of the former Weimingda Guancheng Gym, a group of employees also chatted excitedly:

Lu Chudan: "Hahaha... I didn't expect a pay raise! A two-thousand-yuan increase in base salary is just fantastic!"

Shi Yujie: "I told you! Spark Fitness has a great reputation; they are very popular in Rongcheng. I heard the boss is a wealthy person who loves fitness and that the benefits for employees are even better than here!"

Gong Dongchen: "It's hard to imagine that the salaries for fitness coaches in Rongcheng are higher than ours!"

Shi Yujie: "That's just the beginning. We only got a two-thousand-yuan base salary increase, but the base salary for fitness coaches at Spark Fitness in Rongcheng is nine thousand!"

Lu Chudan: "That's so exaggerated! Can the gym even make money?"

Shi Yujie: "They've already expanded to Shancheng, opened in Lin City, and now jumped to our Yangcheng. You tell me if they're making money!"

Sang Yanni: "Our group name has been changed to 'Xinghuo Guancheng Gym'. The store manager's defection speed is really fast!"

Store Manager Zhou Mingjue: "I call this having high ideological awareness!"

Shi Yujie: "As expected of the store manager, the camp switch was very smooth!"