94: Chapter 94 Six Million Yuan in Funding! Starting with a Food Factory!

One of them was a slightly chubby and cute young lady named Xia Jingshu, who made food videos.

However, the food videos she made were quite unique.

She could always use unexpected video editing cuts to start.

For instance, at the start of a video, a goose would be chasing a child, only to be kicked away by the child's father. Just as the goose was sent flying...

The camera would cut, and a plucked goose would land on a cutting board.

With a few swift chops, the goose would be cleanly cut into several large pieces!

Her day job was as a clerk, earning five thousand a month, living a life of just getting by.

After feeling Su Yang's "sincerity," she also rushed to Rongcheng!

There was also another beauty named Yin Wenyu, who posted content on Bilibili; she had a generous and cheerful personality.

She had a great figure and often appeared on camera wearing a bikini, drawing howls of wolf-like appreciation from the audience.

Bilibili's moderation was arguably the most lenient among all platforms.

That's why people often said that sooner or later, one would be able to watch adult content on Bilibili.

She actually wanted to become famous, and feeling that Spark Media had a lot of "sincerity," she came over too.

The last one was named Duan Hongyu, thirty-two years old this year.

He was slightly handsome and sported a beard.

It's just that he looked a bit shifty-eyed.

He had a background in screenwriting, but after graduating, he didn't work as a writer; instead, he went into hotel management.

In his spare time, he would occasionally film short skits with his colleagues.

Especially when it came to workplace satire, his story scripts were designed exceptionally well.

They were not only funny but also voiced the inner thoughts of many workers!

Upon hearing that Su Yang was willing to offer him a base salary of ten thousand, Duan Hongyu excitedly rushed over from Yunnan Province.

Besides these three, Spark Media also signed some other internet celebrities to cultivate, though this was within Yu Siying's authority.

A large MCN Company could not rely on only a few internet celebrities to sustain itself.

Internet celebrities with millions of followers were, after all, in the minority, and some of them could easily earn over a million a year.

Therefore, those internet celebrities with fewer than a million followers also had economic value.

It was just that Su Yang's Business Deduction would always overlook them.

Of course, Su Yang also slightly restricted Yu Siying's authority; she couldn't just sign anyone.

Signing people without providing the promised resources, and then trying to reap the rewards once they became popular...

That was somewhat unscrupulous.

October passed in the blink of an eye, making Su Yang feel how fleeting time was.

By this time, Jiuxiang Catering already had nine stores open for business, with the remaining four still under renovation.

Jiuxiang Catering's departments maintained efficient operations.

There hadn't been any trouble, which made Su Yang quite satisfied!

As for the employees of Spark Media, they maintained high-intensity work.

Each director managed over a dozen accounts across various domestic self-media platforms; they were even operating accounts on platforms Su Yang hadn't heard of, like Baijiahao.

They not only had to create accounts but also update and manage the content for each, forming a matrix operation—these were common practices for an MCN Company.

Spark Media's efforts were still considered small-scale; powerful MCN Companies could control three hundred thousand accounts simultaneously, and many online troll armies had the shadow of an MCN Company behind them.

On the afternoon of October 7th, before getting off work, Su Yang heard a pleasant notification sound:

[Ding~ You have received 1.76 million in salary and benefit rebates for Spark Fitness employees for September.]

[Ding~ You have received 2.14 million in salary and benefit rebates for Jiuxiang Catering employees for September.]

[Ding~ You have received 720,000 in salary and benefit rebates for Spark Media employees for September.]

[Ding~ The loyalty of Spark Fitness employees Mei Mingyue, Sheng Xixi, Rong Mingxue, etc., has increased to 90; you have received a cash reward of 130,000.]

[Ding~ The loyalty of Jiuxiang Catering employees Mi Wenshan, Qiu Hongguo, etc., has increased to 90; you have received 270,000 in cash.]

[Ding~ The loyalty of Jiuxiang and Spark Media employees Li Xiang and Gong Zihao has increased to 90; you have received 700,000 in cash.]

Looking at the 700,000 bonus received from Li Xiang and Gong Zihao's loyalty reaching 90, Su Yang couldn't help but laugh!

He hadn't expected that these two people's loyalty increasing to 90 could bring him so much cash.

Seeing the 5.72 million increase in his bank account, Su Yang felt much less pressure.

Although he had established Spark Fitness and bought Changdong Fitness in October...

...the fastest increase in employees was still at Jiuxiang Catering.

Each store could accommodate twenty to thirty employees.

Five stores meant the number of employees easily exceeded one hundred, which was much faster than the efficiency of a gym.

Looking at the 6.16 million in his bank account, Su Yang was quite satisfied.

The extra 440,000 was partly what he had left over from last month.

Most of it came from the increase in employee loyalty at Changdong Fitness and the five new stores.

Before opening each new store, Su Yang would try to hold an all-hands meeting to desperately "paint a picture of the future" for the employees and boost their morale!

Su Yang thought for a moment and transferred one million and two million to Spark Media and Jiuxiang Catering, respectively.

In October, Spark Media was barely scraping by, relying on business brought in by Yu Siying's connections, some ad orders, platform subsidies, and profit-sharing from internet celebrities like Dai Jiaying.

But promoting internet celebrities was also quite expensive, so Su Yang had to provide some support.

As for Jiuxiang Catering, he had sent two million at the beginning of last month; although the five newly opened branches could only barely break even, the four original stores contributed over 700,000 in net profit to the company.

The final payments for the renovation of the five stores had been paid, but four more stores were still under renovation.

Transfer two million to support the expansion of the hotpot restaurants!

Spark Fitness did not need to be managed for now; they still had over two million in funds in their account.

Looking at the 3.16 million he had on hand, Su Yang fell into deep thought.

Keeping the funds on hand was a waste; it was better to spend them as soon as possible.

Otherwise, it would just keep piling up.

He opened the map on his phone, which was densely marked with clusters of red icons.

Those red icons were various industrial parks in Rongcheng.

These were all places Su Yang had visited recently.

There weren't actually many factories that could be bought for 3.16 million!

Most of them were small workshops with only a few dozen people!

Su Yang finally set his sights on the Xiangniu Food Factory in the Rongcheng Snack Industrial Park.

It was a company that produced various beef snacks, and he had a deep impression of it.

When he passed by, he had smelled the rich aroma of spicy beef, which had made his mouth water.

The reason Su Yang had his eye on this company was simple.

This food factory was relatively cheap; in the Business Deduction, it could be acquired for a little over two million.

Moreover, making snacks was much more profitable than traditional manufacturing!

Online promotion for snacks was also suitable for Spark Media.

Another thing was that this food factory was indeed operating at a loss, but the loss wasn't severe.

Su Yang could afford it!

After some thought, Su Yang finally made up his mind: start with a snack factory!

The next day, he took his driver and went to the Xiangniu Food Factory.

Hearing that they were there to buy the food factory, the factory manager, Huang Jiancheng, welcomed Su Yang and his driver into the reception room.

He actually also had plans to sell the food factory.

The Xiangniu Food Factory had been open for two years, but sales had always been poor, and he had never been able to break into the market.

Neither online nor offline!

Yet, he couldn't bring himself to use duck meat to replace beef to make higher profits.

After all, that could land him in prison!