502: Chapter 502 We're hiring waitresses, not holding a beauty pageant!

Chapter 502: We're Hiring Servers, Not Beauty Queens!

After waiting a few minutes, Zhou Fuhai finally dialed Qian Xiaochang's number.

"Mr. Qian, I'm sorry to disturb you so late!"

"It's no problem!" Qian Xiaochang replied in a relaxed tone. "Mr. Zhou is welcome to call me anytime!"

"Mr. Qian, regarding our cooperation..."

Qian Xiaochang smiled and said, "The bosses of two companies, including Sitong, just called me, but I'm more inclined towards your Chuhe!"

Zhou Fuhai said with a smile, "Mr. Qian truly has a keen eye!"

However, in his heart, he was already cursing food companies like Sitong!

"But we need to see Mr. Zhou's sincerity," Qian Xiaochang said over the phone. "After all, I still have to report to the big boss..."

Zhou Fuhai thought for a moment and said, "I will show you my sincerity, Mr. Qian!"

"I believe in you, Mr. Zhou!"

After hanging up the call with Zhou Fuhai, Qian Xiaochang was in a pleasant mood.

With a reliable big boss, work was becoming easier and easier.

At the Litang Hotel, Su Yang was eating barbecue and drinking wine with the girls while watching Ji Guoxiong's live interview from start to finish.

Don't let the fact that he was traveling and indulging himself fool you; he still cared very much about the company.

He was very satisfied with Ji Guoxiong's performance and even praised him in the WeChat group!

After the live broadcast, he noticed that the employee loyalty of the Jiuxiang Hotpot Chain was gradually rising...

In other words, there were definitely Jiuxiang Catering employees watching this broadcast!

The reason there wasn't a universal rise was likely because most employees were still busy at the moment.

"Su Yang, your Mr. Ji from Jiuxiang Catering is really impressive!" Qin Shuang, who was sitting next to Su Yang, had also watched the entire live interview. "All seventy-plus direct-managed stores across four provinces are profitable. He's a real talent!"

Qin Shuang had done business and been a landlord before, so she knew the weight of such an achievement.

Even Guodilao couldn't achieve profitability across all its stores.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be closing locations!

Su Yang nodded in agreement. "Mr. Ji is indeed a talent!"

Su Yang certainly had to admit this point.

For the same company, if you changed the general manager, it could go from profit to loss.

In terms of management, Ji Guoxiong was indeed indispensable.

If Su Yang were to manage it personally, he certainly wouldn't be as at ease as Ji Guoxiong!

Hearing Su Yang's words, Chen Li wanted to say something, but hesitated and kept her mouth shut.

Was Ji Guoxiong really that strong?

Naturally, he was very capable!

But the employees at Jiuxiang Catering's headquarters all knew that the ability to make all seventy-plus stores profitable was largely thanks to the big boss, Su Yang. He was the one who did the final review for all store locations and the hiring of all store managers and employees!

As for employee salaries and benefits, those were also personally spearheaded by Su Yang.

Thinking about it, Chen Li still felt a bit unwilling...

Su Yang was clearly so outstanding, yet he still gave the spotlight to Ji Guoxiong!

She took a light sip of wine. "Is it necessary to promote Mr. Ji so heavily?"

"Of course!" Su Yang nodded seriously. "Mr. Ji is doing a very good job!"

Strictly speaking, Ji Guoxiong was being used to shield him from public view and attract the crowd's attention.

So, it was best for him to cede some of the limelight.

If it weren't for his personal approval, how would Ji Guoxiong dare to desperately claim all the credit for himself!

He had even personally "polished" Ji Guoxiong's speech script.

The PR department was also helping him reduce his presence!

Su Yang didn't want to end up on the trending searches just by going out for a stroll!

If he were strongly tied to Jiuxiang Catering, he would have to restrain his every word and action.

Because it would affect the company's reputation, which is detrimental to a startup!

If Ji Guoxiong was the one tied to Jiuxiang Catering, then it would be his and the media's turn to keep Ji Guoxiong in check.

So, rather than suffering himself, it was better to let Ji Guoxiong suffer!

At most, he would play the role of a keen-eyed talent scout or an investor.

This was very beneficial for company investment and attracting talent.

After chatting with the girls for a while, Su Yang successively received messages from business partners and some bosses he knew.

Some came to congratulate Su Yang because Jiuxiang Catering had become very famous this time.

It looked like it was about to achieve great success.

Some came to discuss cooperation, mainly in terms of marketing and promotion.

Most local enterprises knew that Jiuxiang Catering's online marketing was handled by Spark Entertainment.

Both belonged to the same group company!

And with Nine Fragrance Hotpot hitting the trending searches repeatedly, they saw the raw strength of Spark Entertainment Group in marketing and promotion; they also longed to become famous like Jiuxiang Catering.

Among these people were executives from several subsidiaries of Longjiu Group, as well as bosses of companies worth billions or tens of billions, such as Yang Jingshan's Jinfu Group and Jin Qunlin's Dongcheng Group.

There were also other bosses of various sizes who had had contact with Su Yang!

In fact, they could have talked to Yu Siying directly, and the result would have been the same.

But since they knew Su Yang, they naturally went straight to him...

Talking to Su Yang directly was, of course, an attempt to get a discount or save some face.

To these chairmen, general managers, or marketing managers who wanted to talk business, Su Yang replied to each one, promising them a discounted price!

After all, these people were coming to give him money, so he naturally had to take them somewhat seriously!

The more business and money they fed to Spark Entertainment, the stronger Spark Entertainment would become.

In turn, it could help Su Yang's other companies!

Doing promotion, if you were a bit unscrupulous, was quite profitable.

For some companies with marketing budgets of a hundred million, perhaps only twenty million actually went into the actual promotion...

As for where the rest of the marketing fees went?

Naturally, many people took a cut along the way!

Many self-media bloggers might charge five thousand for an ad, but the price reported internally by the brand company might be completely different... it was similar to the subcontracting system in construction projects.

After a hundred-million-dollar bid goes through layers of subcontracting, the actual engineering cost is just a fraction!

Of course, Su Yang still had a bottom line.

He was also willing to maintain long-term cooperation with these enterprises.

After forwarding these cooperation messages to Spark Entertainment, Su Yang chatted with Yu Siying about the famous local host Chen Xiao. This person actually had potential in self-media and they could discuss a partnership!

Afterward, he took the girls to rest.

Recently, combined with his Mind Reading, the solid foundation he had laid before, and his own excellence, his team-building work had been quite outstanding; the girls seemed to be getting more and more in sync.

Su Yang felt that his management skills had significantly improved!

The next day, in Changsha, Xiang Province, at the Jiuxiang Catering Xiang Province Office.

Jian Wei, currently serving as the regional manager of Jiuxiang Catering, heard an exclamation of surprise from Guan Xiaoyue, who was in charge of HR.

He pushed open the office door, rubbed his eyes, and asked, "Guan Xiaoyue, what's wrong?"

As the youngest regional manager of Jiuxiang Catering, Jian Wei was incredibly diligent in his position, not wanting to let down the boss's expectations!

After all, the big boss had personally appointed him to be the regional manager!

Several female employees in the company had expressed interest in him, but he hadn't responded to any of them.

The thought in his heart was: when I was a general worker at Xiangpenpen Hot Pot Restaurant, women ignored me.

Now that I'm about to achieve success, they're all flocking to me?

How can there be such a good deal in the world?

He didn't want to date at all right now; he just wanted to focus on his career to live up to the boss's expectations!

In his spare time, he would follow the boss's advice and seriously study management knowledge, even planning to take the adult undergraduate exam!

He wanted to use his actions to prove to everyone that the boss's eye for talent was as sharp as ever.

He, Jian Wei, was worthy of the boss's attention!

What are women?

They are just stumbling blocks on the road to success!

Didn't he see several store managers and headquarters management at Jiuxiang Catering fall because of women?

Women... would only delay the speed of his progress and growth!

In recent days, he had even been sleeping on the office sofa; the company was his home!

Jian Wei didn't know that when he became the Xiang Province regional manager, all the young employees in Jiuxiang Catering went crazy!

After all, he was a regional manager who was only twenty-six years old and only a high school graduate...

Many people dreamed of becoming the next Jian Wei!

Guan Xiaoyue pointed at the computer screen and said, "Manager Jian, look, my inbox exploded. It's full of resumes, all applying to be servers..."

"Oh!" Jian Wei was slightly relieved. "That's normal. Our company had four trending searches last night!"

"There are people who have been servers in high-end hotels willing to jump ship, saying they have rich experience, have never been complained about, and have received many positive reviews from customers!"

"Mhm!" Jian Wei nodded. "That's good!"

"There's also a commercial model who even attached photos!"

Jian Wei was a bit helpless. "We're not holding a beauty pageant. Why is a commercial model coming here?"

"There's a self-media blogger with two hundred thousand followers..."

Jian Wei didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "What are they here for?"

"There are even flight attendants from airlines saying they have proper appearances and stable emotions and are willing to work in the service industry..."

"Uh!"

Jian Wei was speechless.

Their Jiuxiang Catering was hiring servers, not selecting beauty queens!

At Spark Entertainment Group, whether it was the group general manager Yu Siying, the general manager of Spark Media and Mingxuan GG, or the employees responsible for business contacts below them, everyone started getting busy again.

Recently, their help in getting Nine Fragrance Hotpot onto the trending searches had been noticed by many companies, enterprises, and brand owners. Many brands took the initiative to contact Spark Entertainment, hoping to cooperate.

After Nine Fragrance Hotpot blew up yesterday, even more company bosses took the initiative to contact Spark Entertainment...

In Chang'an, Shaanxi Province, Lin Yiming, the store manager of a Jiuxiang Hotpot Restaurant, arrived at the store at nine o'clock and saw several young people standing in front of the door playing with their phones.

As he approached with his keys, one young man complained, "Are you the manager of this Jiuxiang Hotpot Restaurant?"

Lin Yiming nodded curiously. "Yes, can I help you?"

"What do you think? We're here for hotpot, of course!" The young man frowned. "It's already nine o'clock, and your restaurant isn't open yet. Do you want to do business or not? Didn't they say your service attitude is great?"

"We do, of course we're doing business!" Lin Yiming explained helplessly. "Other hotpot restaurants don't open until eleven or in the afternoon. Our opening time is already very early!"

"Manager, don't mind him!" another young girl nearby said with a smile. "He's just in a bad mood because he just lost a placement match... We're here traveling in Shaanxi Province and have to fly back this afternoon. Before we leave, we just wanted to taste Nine Fragrance Hotpot!"