Chapter 352: Preparation

“Yes, you need to know there’s always someone better out there. Although your old man has some skills, I’m still far from a true genius.” Guidance Director nodded and looked at his daughter.

“If you really don’t want to go, I won’t force you. I’m just telling you about it so you won’t blame me later for not informing you.” He wasn’t a parent who liked to force his children. If his daughter didn’t want to go, then forget it.

“In that case, I’m a little interested.” After listening, Wenwen stroked her chin. She immediately became interested in these two guys who were stronger than her father.

“Really? Then I’ll give you their contact information. Talk to them and say you’re applying for a job.” Guidance Director said with a smile and gave Li Hao’s contact information to Wenwen.

“Okay, Daddy, I’ll contact them. But Daddy, should I tell them that you introduced me?” Wenwen asked while jotting down the number and adding them as a friend.

Since they were two genuinely skilled individuals, they probably wouldn’t hire just any employee, right?

“It’s up to you. You can tell them or not. Anyway, they just opened a martial arts school and should be short-staffed.” Guidance Director said casually.

“Really? Then I won’t say it first. Let’s see if they’ll take me. If they don’t, I’ll say you introduced me.” Wenwen said.

“Okay.” Guidance Director nodded and took a sip of tea. Although his daughter was not young, her knowledge was still a bit limited.

Whether she said it was his introduction or not, those two little guys would be able to guess. After all, not many people knew about their plans to open a martial arts school.

Once she said her name, those two would definitely know.

“What’s wrong, Brother Li Hao? Did someone send you a text message?” At the same time, in the milk tea shop, A Liang looked at Li Hao, who was typing on his phone, and asked.

He had been typing on his phone since he took it out. Had something happened?

“Not a text message. Someone sent a request asking if our martial arts school is hiring.” Li Hao replied while typing and told A Liang.

“Oh? It seems like very few people know about us opening a martial arts school. Is it a relative of one of the school leaders?” A Liang asked curiously. It hadn’t been more than five hours since they decided to open the martial arts school and went through the procedures.

During that time, only Guidance Director and the Academician knew about it.

Now someone suddenly added Li Hao as a friend and asked if the martial arts school needed employees? The only explanation was that it was a relative of Guidance Director or the Academician.

“It’s Teacher Xu’s daughter, Xu Wenwen.” Li Hao replied, looking at the phone screen. The surname Xu was the same as Guidance Director’s, and her age was just over twenty. It had to be his daughter.

“Guidance Director’s daughter? That’s strange. As far as I know, Guidance Director Xu’s family is wealthy. Why would he let his daughter come to work for us?” A Liang asked with a puzzled look. Their family was quite well-off.

His daughter had at least studied abroad. Why would she come to work for their small martial arts school? Could it be that she thought they could afford a salary of tens of thousands of yuan a month? That would be overestimating them.

The reason they thought Fat Li Li’s idea of opening the martial arts school in the school was good was because they valued the cheap labor in the school. After all, at the beginning of a business, it was best to minimize costs as much as possible.

“How would I know? But since she’s Teacher Xu’s daughter, it’s definitely not easy to refuse. Brother A Liang, what do you think is a suitable salary?” Li Hao didn’t care why she wanted to come. He was more concerned about how much salary to offer.

“Um…” A Liang hesitated for a moment and then tentatively said, “Did she mention Guidance Director’s name? If not, we can pretend we don’t know and just offer a salary of four thousand yuan a month. What do you think?”

If she came with Guidance Director’s recommendation, they definitely wouldn’t dare to offer a low salary. But if she didn’t mention it, they could pretend they didn’t know. As the saying went, ignorance is bliss, right?

After all, looking at the university town, basically everyone’s salary was around that amount. There was no one earning five or six thousand a month.

“That’s a good idea. I agree.” Li Hao said, expressing his approval. Since she didn’t say who introduced her, they would pretend they didn’t know.

After all, their startup funds were really tight.

“Then it’s settled. Now let’s talk about the renovation. Do you think we should hire a renovation team?” A Liang asked.

Guidance Director’s daughter applying for a job wasn’t a big deal. The most important thing now was how to renovate the martial arts school. Should it be a battle-damaged style or should they renovate it a bit better?

“I don’t think so. Since it’s a martial arts school, the simpler the better. We can just add some wooden stakes and sandbags, and then simply divide the areas. After all, we don’t know how things will go at the beginning. It’s best to save money wherever we can.” After thinking for a bit, Li Hao said.

The most important thing for leg training was practicing horse stance and plum blossom stakes. Compared to luxurious decoration, he actually needed more props.

“That makes sense. I also need wooden stakes and sandbags for fist training. Let’s get the training props sorted out first, and we can take our time with the renovation. It’s useless to renovate it too well.” A Liang nodded and said.

Then the two began to discuss how to promote the school. After all, it wasn’t enough to just open the martial arts school. They had to find a way to advertise it.

Speaking of promotion, Li Hao had a good idea.

So he told A Liang about his idea.

“Are you sure you want Li Li to promote it?” A Liang’s mouth twitched after listening. He thought Li Hao had some good promotion method, but he didn’t expect it to be having Fat Li Li promote it.

“Brother A Liang, don’t underestimate Li Li’s fame. Let me tell you, in this school, it doesn’t matter if you hire celebrities to advertise or invite some famous experts, it won’t be as effective as Li Li.” Seeing A Liang’s doubtful look, Li Hao said with a smile,

“Li Li is very famous in the school. No matter where he appears, a crowd will gather. We just need to let Li Li walk in front, and we’ll hold a loudspeaker and shout behind him. I guarantee we can quickly spread the word about our martial arts school.”

“Is that so? Then let’s do as you say, A Hao.” After thinking for a while, A Liang nodded and said.

Although he felt that this idea was a bit unreliable, after careful consideration, there was no harm in trying it. If Fat Li Li’s fame was really that great, it could save them a lot of effort.

“Okay, I’ll go buy a loudspeaker later. I’ll also see if the advertising shop is closed and ask them to help us make a signboard.” Li Hao smiled and then discussed other matters with A Liang.

The most important one was their classes. After all, there were only two of them. They couldn’t teach from morning till night or from night till morning, right? They definitely had to set class schedules.

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“Ahhh~”

“What a comfortable and beautiful day. I wonder how the Shoveler and Little Brother’s discussion went? Do they need my help?”

As the early morning sunlight just started to stream through the window, Li Li, who was lying down, opened his eyes.

“Mimi, you’re awake? If you’re awake, don’t sleep in anymore. Come and eat.” Just as Li Li stretched and was about to go back to sleep, Liu Yun’s voice came from the living room.

“Eat?” Hearing this, Li Li, who was about to close his eyes, immediately jumped down from the bed, “Meow meow, I’m coming now, Little Sister. What are we having for breakfast?”

“Jianbing, bread, and eggs, of course.” Liu Yun said with a smile as she placed the porridge on the table.

Mimi was such a sleepyhead. She slept with her, but she couldn’t wake up in the morning.

She knew that other cats, no matter how late they slept at night, would wake up early in the morning and knock on the door or scratch at it.

“Sounds pretty light. Seems like we have a good breakfast.” Li Li said as he walked and jumped onto a chair, placing his front paws on the table, waiting for Liu Yun to serve him porridge.

“Mimi, this porridge is very hot. Are you sure you want to drink it?” Liu Yun asked.

She remembered that cats couldn’t eat food that was too hot. Was Mimi sure he wanted porridge?

“Of course, eating some porridge in the morning is good for the stomach. Little Sister, hurry up and pour it for me. After I finish eating, I need to go back and see how the Shoveler and the others are doing.” Li Li nodded.

“Okay.” Liu Yun replied and poured porridge for Li Li.

“A Hao, you’re doing a good job in our company. Why are you suddenly resigning? Did you encounter any difficulties?” In the company, the man looked at Li Hao standing in front of him and asked.

He had joined the company for more than three months, and although his performance wasn’t outstanding, it wasn’t bad either. Why did he want to resign for no reason?

Li Hao awkwardly scratched his head and said, “No, thank you for your concern, Supervisor. I’m resigning because I’m opening a martial arts school with a friend and need to focus all my energy on it.”

“Oh? Opening a martial arts school?” The man asked in surprise. He knew Li Hao knew martial arts, after all, he knew about the Cultivator Association coming to their company looking for him, but he didn’t expect him to open a martial arts school.

“Yes, the location has been chosen. It’s in Lantian University. If nothing unexpected happens, it can open within a week.” Li Hao said with a smile.

“So that’s it. I thought you encountered some trouble and wanted to resign. Since it’s opening a martial arts school, I’m relieved.” The man nodded.

“Yes.” Li Hao replied with a smile, finally relieved. It seemed that resigning wasn’t as troublesome as he thought, which was good.

After he finished dealing with things here, he had to rush back and move things.

“By the way, A Hao, what does your martial arts school teach?” The man asked curiously as he signed the resignation letter. He knew Li Hao knew martial arts, but he didn’t know what kind of martial arts he knew.

“Mainly leg techniques and fist techniques.” Li Hao replied with a smile, not expecting him to ask this question suddenly.

“Really? Is it difficult to learn? Can someone my age still practice?” The man asked curiously.

Although the world was relatively peaceful now, wouldn’t it be nice to have an extra life-saving skill? However, he was in his thirties now. He wondered if he was too old to learn martial arts.

“You can practice, but it takes time. Besides, the leg and fist techniques we teach are only for strengthening the body. It’s not like in TV dramas where you can fly and move mountains.” Li Hao replied.

They were teaching ordinary fist and leg techniques. He shouldn’t think they were teaching some kind of super secret techniques.

“Oh? How long do you think it would take me to learn the basics?” The man wasn’t discouraged but instead asked Li Hao.

Li Hao looked at him and said, “I’m not sure about that, but the fist and leg techniques we teach are not very difficult. For an average person, practicing for three to five years will show results.”

“You won’t be able to beat a professional boxer, but you should be able to defend yourself after a few simple exchanges.”

Although the basic leg and fist techniques weren’t very powerful, after practicing, one’s senses would become sharper, movements more agile, and lower body more stable.

Dodging an amateur boxer wouldn’t be a problem. As for defeating them, it would depend on one’s proficiency in the leg and fist techniques.

“So powerful?” Hearing this, the man was not only not disappointed but also surprised.

“Well, it’s just so-so. It’s just enough to make a living.” Li Hao awkwardly scratched his head. That’s what Li Li told him, but he felt it was a bit exaggerated. After all, everyone’s physical qualities were different, and the results of their training would also be different.

“You’re being too modest. An average person can spar with a boxer after three to five years of training. That’s already very strong.” The man said excitedly, “When will you open? Remember to let me know on the opening day. I’m very interested in martial arts and would love to learn more.”

“Okay, okay, we’ll definitely let you know when the martial arts school opens, Supervisor.” Li Hao replied with a smile.

He didn’t expect him to be interested in this. He thought he was just asking casually.

“Okay, Li Shifu, it’s all settled. You can pack your things now. As for your salary, I’ll have the finance department transfer it to you later.” The man smiled as he put down his pen.

“Okay, okay.” Li Hao replied and turned to leave the room.

The colleagues who were working saw this and immediately gathered around:

“Xiao Hao, you’re amazing! We always thought you were just an ordinary worker like us. We didn’t expect you to be a rich second generation.”

“Yes! We never expected you to hide it so well. We’ve been colleagues for months, and we never noticed.”

“That’s right, that’s right.”

They always thought he was just a recent university graduate and didn’t pay much attention to him. They didn’t expect him to quietly open a martial arts school in the school.

He had gone from an ordinary worker to a boss. The leap was truly impressive. They were so envious.

If they had known he had such financial resources, they would have tried to befriend him.