Chapter 236 - 205: Pre-Opening Staff Meeting

Chapter 236: Chapter 205: Pre-Opening Staff Meeting

6:00 PM.

The influencers finished their work for the day.

"Boss Chen, since you’ve already built the hot spring hotel, why not add a floor for accommodations? During the livestreams, a lot of people complained that they couldn’t book a guesthouse. They didn’t even stock up on the discounted tickets because of it, so you lost a lot of potential customers."

The female influencer thought it was a shame.

Thanks to the natural advantages of the location, her promotion was extremely effective. According to the data from her backend, she had sold over seventy group-buy tickets in just one day.

If there had been enough lodging, she might have sold over a hundred.

The other influencers weren’t quite as successful, but they also heard occasional complaints during their streams about the lack of guesthouses. They all suggested that Chen Yuan should prepare more rooms as soon as possible.

"Guesthouses are definitely a unique feature, but if you’re going to do them, you need to be quick about it."

After the influencers left, Qin Fen chatted with Chen Yuan, a cigarette dangling from his lips.

"Well, don’t I have to wait for the higher-ups to give the word?"

Chen Yuan gave a wry smile.

He also wanted to roll out the guesthouses as soon as possible. Besides, Wang Tao and his team were on standby; as soon as there was a project, they could get right back to construction.

But the people in charge hadn’t said anything yet.

Leaving aside the new rural development project Uncle Dong was planning, they couldn’t start work until Uncle Bin gave his approval.

But he wasn’t worried. He was sure Uncle Bin would agree. And given the construction speed they’d achieved with the pilot guesthouses, building one- and two-bedroom units would probably only take a day or two.

As long as Uncle Bin nodded, they could expand quickly.

"Alright, as long as you have a plan."

After chatting for a bit, Qin Fen got ready to leave.

"What’s the rush? Stay for dinner before you go."

Chen Yuan tried to get him to stay for dinner.

"Haha, I’ll skip dinner tonight. I’ll come eat tomorrow."

His good buddy was having his grand opening, so of course he had to come and show his support.

After saying goodbye to Qin Fen, Chen Yuan rode his three-wheeler home quickly. He needed to prepare for the staff meeting and sort out the arrangements for tomorrow’s grand opening.

"You’re back just in time. Come with me to your uncle’s house to carry a table over."

As soon as he got home, Chen Jun waved him over.

Yang Yangyang was in the kitchen helping out. The construction work had been completely finished yesterday, and with the official opening tomorrow, he was helping with chores around the house since he had nothing else to do today.

Over the past few days, Yang Yangyang had already gotten used to life here. The tension and awkwardness from when he first arrived were gone, and both Chen Jun and Tang Ying really approved of their prospective son-in-law.

Chen Li was in the main hall, tapping away at her laptop, fiddling with something or other.

"Let’s put the table outside for now. When it’s time to eat, we’ll set it up by the doorway. If we roll up the door curtain, the air conditioning will reach it."

The father and son carried the table over. Chen Jun told him to leave it outside, then went to get the stools.

Chen Yuan wondered why they weren’t bringing it inside. The main hall was spacious enough to easily fit three large round tables. But when he walked in to take a look, he saw there were already three tables in there.

"Whoa, four tables. Just how many people did you hire?"

Chen Yuan exclaimed in surprise. Four round tables could seat forty people if they squeezed in. Not counting the existing staff, they must have hired around twenty new people this time.

"It’s a three-story building. You think that’s easy to manage?"

Chen Li didn’t even look up, her eyes fixed on the computer.

Chen Yuan shrugged. He took out a bottle of ice-cold Coke, twisted it open, and took a sip as he sat down next to Chen Li. Tilting his head, he glanced at her screen and saw she was planning the staff schedule.

"Take a look at the roster. See if there are any problems. We can make adjustments if needed."

After finishing the schedule, Chen Li pushed the laptop over to Chen Yuan.

"The staffing looks fine. How did you negotiate the wages?"

Chen Yuan asked after a quick look, lighting up a cigarette.

It wasn’t that he doubted Chen Li’s abilities—this kind of thing was second nature to her. He just wanted to know the wages to make future payroll easier.

"Don’t worry, it’s different pay for different work. I’ll make a payroll sheet and send it to you later."

Once the hot springs and the park opened, the staff wouldn’t just be the fishpond team and the kitchen team. There would be other jobs, some of which were relatively easy, so the pay couldn’t be standardized.

"You don’t need to send me the payroll sheet. Sis, I’ll have to ask you to handle the personnel and wages. Just prepare it at the end of every month, and I’ll handle the direct deposits."

’It’s better to leave these things to my sister,’ Chen Yuan thought. ’It’s her area of expertise, after all.’

Chen Li shot Chen Yuan a reproachful glare.

Once the hot springs and the park opened, she would be responsible for overall coordination. She would also have to manage the Flower Sea Fruit Forest and the guesthouses. It was no small amount of work.

"Hey, you’ve still got me."

Chen Yuan gave an awkward laugh.

"You just focus on your fishing grounds."

Chen Li chuckled, not refusing the work.

Although her workload was significant, she knew Chen Yuan’s was even bigger. He had to pioneer both the leisure and sports aspects of the business.

Within their capabilities, they would do as much as they could to share the pressure.

"Adjust the staffing according to business needs. If it gets too busy, just hire more people. If you can’t find anyone suitable in the village, go to Uncle Bin. If Uncle Bin can’t find anyone, then post a job ad."

"We’re the bosses now. We should delegate what we can and not work ourselves to the bone."

This was Chen Yuan’s only suggestion regarding staffing.

Wages were a minor expense. There was no need to skimp on that, only to make things too hectic and end up overworking themselves.

The most important thing for a leader isn’t to do everything personally, but to steer the direction of development.

"Understood."

Chen Li smiled and nodded.

Back when she was a store manager, the shop was always understaffed. Her job as manager was very hard, and she had to handle many things personally.

But that was due to capitalist exploitation. Now, her work was similar, but her role was different—she wasn’t just a manager. Naturally, she wouldn’t be penny-wise and pound-foolish.

"You can host the staff meeting later."

Chen Yuan took a final drag from his cigarette and stubbed it out in the ashtray.

After chatting with Chen Li for a while about tomorrow’s work, the newly hired employees began to arrive one after another.

Chen Jun came out to greet them, and Chen Li enthusiastically poured them water. Since she was in charge of hiring, she was already familiar with all the local villagers, but Chen Yuan still didn’t recognize everyone.