545: Chapter 545 An excellent boss! I feel like I'm not being a true friend if I don't buy from him!

"Old Tan, what's wrong with you?"

Tan Yanghong expressed his concerns without hesitation.

Su Yang smiled gently, "Don't worry. Sales won't slide too drastically. If we continue to invest in marketing, we should be able to stabilize around 500 million, and then grow slowly from there!"

Tan Yanghong looked at Su Yang and asked, "Is this the boss's judgment?"

"Yes!"

Su Yang nodded affirmatively.

"Oh!"

The anxiety in Tan Yanghong's heart was immediately alleviated significantly.

It wasn't for anyone else; the boss's analysis and judgment of the market had almost never gone wrong!

Extremely accurate!

Tan Yanghong whispered, "However, our production capacity is still a bit high!"

Considering the marketing expenses, sales of 150 million were still not enough to fully absorb the production!

Su Yang smiled, "We can let Spark Entertainment put in some effort. Those influencers and streamers are pretty good at driving sales. At the very least, our marketing costs in this area are cheaper than other snack companies, and our short dramas are doing quite well too!"

In the short drama "Forty-Year-Old · The Domineering CEO Falls in Love with Me," the forty-year-old female lead has a daughter.

Her cute daughter loves snacks from Jiuxiang Food!

To please the forty-year-old female lead, the domineering CEO often brings snacks for her daughter.

After successfully wooing the female lead, the domineering CEO even used 20 billion to buy 20% of Jiuxiang Food's shares as a gift for his cute stepdaughter... It even included a segment showing the clean and tidy production workshop of Jiuxiang Food!

Don't ask why it was 20 billion; a domineering CEO drama certainly involves inflation!

Besides, what woman with a child doesn't hope that her second husband will be good to her child?

This plot change was approved by Su Yang, and as a result, it actually increased the profit of the short drama by nearly one million!

In addition, Spark Fitness and Nine Fragrance Hotpot both had product placement!

For example, the female lead's favorite thing is eating Nine Fragrance Hotpot, and she often goes to Weimeijia.

The female supporting character, those young ladies from wealthy families, love going to Spark Fitness.

Why don't the young ladies work out in their home gyms, but instead run to Spark Fitness?

Because the service here is good, the trainers are professional, and the atmosphere for working out is great!

As long as it doesn't affect the profits of the short drama too much, Su Yang inserts product placements like crazy!

With over 100 million paying users for the short dramas, it means Su Yang's brands were seen by millions of people!

"Indeed!" Tan Yanghong also laughed, "During that period, the number of female customers in the 30-50 age range on our online stores across major platforms increased by a chunk... Previously, we had very few customers in this age range in our online stores!"

Su Yang smiled and said, "And our competitors will also create opportunities for us. If that doesn't work, we'll just hire celebrities. I have the money for that!"

Tan Yanghong asked suspiciously, "Our competitors will create opportunities?"

"You'll know in the future. It's hard to say right now!"

"Alright, Boss!"

Although Tan Yanghong was a bit confused, he knew that if the boss didn't want to say it, there must be his own reasons.

It must be some important business secret!

Hearing the boss's words, Tan Yanghong felt much more relaxed and confident!

Since following Su Yang, this period had been the happiest time of his life.

Even though he was very busy every day, his life had hope, sales were getting better and better, and the company was growing larger and larger.

The boss wouldn't put too much pressure on him; instead, he could often point him in the right direction.

He could also provide the company with various cheap and excellent promotional and channel resources.

Whenever the boss occasionally exerted effort, it was always a trump card!

Unlike some bosses who are just pressure monsters with terrible tempers!

They don't understand the market, know nothing, have no resources, and only know how to set KPIs and squeeze their subordinates crazily!

Su Yang and Tan Yanghong strolled around the factory. They were originally there to inspect the factory, but Su Yang saw workers coming out.

Only then did he realize that he had been chatting with Tan Yanghong for a long time without noticing.

The workers were off work!

Su Yang looked at those young workers. Some had smiles on their faces as they left the factory, while others walked in twos and threes with their arms around each other, talking about games, what to eat for lunch, women, and such topics.

He quickly noticed Yuan Mingyu, who came out with two classmates.

Su Yang's body had been repeatedly strengthened, so his hearing was sharp, and he could hear their conversation.

Yuan Mingyu said, "My dad said the construction industry is sluggish and he can't get any work, so he told me to work hard at the factory. As long as I become a permanent employee, he'll give me 100,000 yuan to buy a car so it's convenient to go home!"

"Your dad is really generous. My dad told me to rely on myself!"

"It's alright!"

"Then what car do you want to buy?"

"A Phantom!"

"Keep dreaming. You might as well buy one in a game!"

"..."

The workers who came out quickly noticed Tan Yanghong and greeted him one after another:

"Mr. Tan!"

"Hello, Mr. Tan!"

"Have you eaten, Mr. Tan!"

"..."

Tan Yanghong smiled and said, "I've eaten. You guys hurry to the cafeteria!"

Those workers also saw Su Yang standing next to Tan Yanghong, whose temperament was very distinctive, but most of them who came out of the new factory didn't recognize him!

Su Yang hadn't appeared at Jiuxiang Food for a while.

Returning to the office, Su Yang asked about the situation of the students from Yanhu Vocational School.

Tan Yanghong replied, "A small portion found jobs and resigned!"

"Are there many?"

"Not many, just over twenty!" Tan Yanghong said softly, "Resigned, dismissed, you know how it is, Boss!"

"Hmm!"

Su Yang nodded.

Many of the students who resigned couldn't adapt to the factory environment.

Some people have that kind of personality; they don't like staying honestly and just want to go out and venture!

Su Yang could fully understand!

As for those dismissed, they didn't follow the factory's management system and operational requirements!

Although Yanhu Vocational School had screened these more troublesome ones once, it was inevitable that there were some slip-throughs.

The company couldn't keep them!

If they cut themselves or got caught in a mixer one day, the company would have to pay compensation!

As for why few students left after finding jobs, it's likely they compared the treatment of the food company with other jobs...

The treatment for general workers at Jiuxiang Food was truly better than most jobs in Rongcheng!

"Are the students easy to manage?"

"Easy to manage. The class monitors are still there, the teachers from the school's employment office come once a week, and Principal Xu has even been here twice!"

Su Yang nodded, "That's not bad!"

"Boss, our 20 million loan is about to mature!" Tan Yanghong said somewhat embarrassedly, "Funds are still a bit tight!"

"Find Old Tian from Longyin, and let him lend it to you. Borrow as much as you need!" Su Yang smiled and said, "It would be a waste not to use the bank's money!"

"Is a mortgage loan of 40 million okay?" Tan Yanghong said, "The remaining 20 million will be used as the company's working capital..."

Su Yang nodded, "That's fine!"

At the Spark Fitness headquarters in Guangdong Province, Gao Qiang heard the report from the finance department in his office.

After listening, Gao Qiang smiled, "So, through the recent challenge activities, we collected over 12 million in cash?"

"Yes, deducting the costs of promotion and prizes, there is still over 12 million left, which is better than Rongcheng!" The finance manager smiled and nodded, "The number of customers willing to sign up for cards at our Spark Fitness has also increased significantly!"

Recently, after Gao Qiang took control of Weimingda Fitness in Guangdong Province, he began to reform the gym's business itself, while also conducting the Spark Fitness challenge activity of winning a 100,000 grand prize for 69 yuan!

69 yuan, which was 10 yuan higher than when the event was held in Rongcheng!

Once the fifteen Weimingda Fitness gyms spread across Guangdong Province and Shenzhen were launched, combined with the initial marketing, people who wanted to participate in the 30-day challenge signed up one after another!

For this, Spark Fitness in Guangdong Province also gave out 400,000 in grand prizes.

"Control the number of participants!" Gao Qiang said helplessly, "Don't invest too much in marketing. If too many people flood in over a short period, we won't be able to provide good service."

"Alright, Mr. Gao!"

After the finance manager left, Gao Qiang called the boss.

After Su Yang learned about this, he praised Gao Qiang.

Gao Qiang was very happy to hear it!

Su Yang thought for a moment and asked, "If I transfer 10 million away, can you still operate over there?"

"It should be possible!" Gao Qiang thought for a moment and said, "The working capital left by the boss hasn't been used up yet, and the number of customers coming to sign up for cards has increased significantly recently!"

"That's good!" Su Yang said with a smile, "Discuss with the subsidiary's finance department to see how much can be taken out. I'm doing private equity recently. You guys come over and buy some. The lock-up period is half a year!"

Gao Qiang asked in a low voice, "Boss, can private equity make money?"

"I'm personally overseeing it, so it definitely won't lose money!"

"Alright... then I'll buy some too!"

"Look at your actual needs. If you have spare money, you can buy some. Anyway, I won't run away!"

Regarding employees buying private equity, Su Yang didn't force it!

"Alright, Boss!"

Not long after, under the supervision of Xiong Tianze, Yuanshi Private Equity completed registration with the authorities and the association, and passed the platform's rating review.

After negotiating fund custody with Longyin behind Tian Hanxiong, opening accounts with securities firms, and discussing other related businesses, Yuanshi Private Equity entered the fundraising stage.

Scattered customers began to visit. Of course, most of them were coming for Su Yang!

In the reception room of Yuanshi Private Equity, Su Yang started chatting with Ying Guangjian.

"How is the business at home recently?"

"I can only say it's alright!" Ying Guangjian said helplessly, "My dad seems to intend to let go. Recently, I've been running around with him all day, and I haven't had any time to rest. It was hard for me to come over!"

"How much do you want to invest?"

"One million, just to support you!"

"Okay!"

Ying Guangjian got the private equity contract, read it slightly, and couldn't help but comment: "1% subscription fee, 2% management fee... No commission for returns below 10%, you're really confident, it's two or three percentage points higher than the market... 20% commission for returns exceeding 10%, and 30% of the profit exceeding the portion for returns over 100%... Not too much of a problem!"

"Then transfer the money to me!"

"Alright!"

After completing the procedures and paying the money, and transferring 1.01 million to the special fundraising settlement account, Ying Guangjian smiled, "Mr. Su, if you can help me make money, I'll introduce clients to you!"

Su Yang smiled, "That would be great!"

Not long after, Zhang Zhiyuan also came. He brought Zhang Zhiyuan and Wu Liang to visit Su Yang's company, and by the way, left 20.2 million!

"Twenty million?"

Su Yang was a little surprised by this amount.

"There's also a portion from my dad. He said he wants to support you!" Zhang Zhiyuan smiled, "You can lose my dad's money, but don't lose mine. That's all my private money that I saved up with great difficulty!"

"Okay!" Su Yang joked, "When the time comes, all losses will be counted on Uncle Zhang."

"That's right!"

Wu Liang also smiled, "I don't have much money, I'll support one million!"

"Okay!"

"..."

Not long after Zhang Zhiyuan and Wu Liang left, Su Yang saw Ou Xiaoning and Zhan Qingfei.

Su Yang asked curiously, "Zhan Qingfei, didn't you say you wouldn't buy?"

Zhan Qingfei said carelessly, "Xiao Ning already bought it. If I don't buy, it seems like I'm not a good enough friend!"

"..."