CHAPTER 38: CHAPTER 38 EVERYTHING IS READY

Zhang Jingdong left the Crystal Palace Hotel and arrived at Kangning Job Introduction Office located on Nanshan Road.

Having been reborn in his original city, the biggest advantage was that the area was familiar to him.

In his previous life, Zhang Jingdong had hired several temporary workers here, vaguely remembering that the owner was nicknamed Old Huang.

Upon entering, a young girl greeted him: "Hello, may I help you..."

Zhang Jingdong glanced at Old Huang, who was engrossed in his computer nearby, and casually said: "I want to hire 15 restaurant servers, 6 females and 9 males."

At this, Old Huang turned his head slightly and glanced at Zhang Jingdong.

"Alright, please follow me."

Zhang Jingdong followed her to her workstation.

"You can briefly mention the general requirements for these servers."

Zhang Jingdong then said: "Age should preferably be around 20, not exceeding 27, and as for height, males must not be shorter than 1.75 meters, females not shorter than 1.6 meters."

"In terms of appearance... features should be proportionate; they don’t have to be very handsome or beautiful, but must look spirited."

Upon hearing this, the other party was momentarily baffled, secretly pondering whether he was hiring restaurant or bar servers.

Noticing the confusion in her eyes, Zhang Jingdong continued: "Regarding their salary, it’s 600 per month during the probation period, and 1000 per month after becoming permanent, with a bonus of two months’ salary at the end of the year."

Her expression brightened again.

Because these days, a restaurant server’s salary in Jiangdu was at most around 600, and now he had increased it to 1000, making it much easier to find people.

Then, Zhang Jingdong continued: "How much do you usually charge to help find such a server?"

The other party hesitated slightly, then replied: "300."

Zhang Jingdong casually said: "My requirements are higher, so I’m willing to give you 500 per person."

"But I have another requirement, which is that you must help me find all these people before noon tomorrow. How about it, can you do it?"

The other party immediately looked troubled: "This... might be a bit rushed..."

Before she could finish, Old Huang who was not far away, stood up and said: "Alright, no problem."

"Rest assured, just as per the conditions and price you mentioned, I will definitely find all the servers for you by noon tomorrow."

Seeing that Old Huang finally stepped forward to settle the matter, Zhang Jingdong immediately said: "Good, then I’ll leave it to you!"

Next, Zhang Jingdong signed an agreement with them, paid a deposit of 2000 yuan, and then left the job introduction office.

Today was unusually hot, and one could sweat profusely just walking twenty or thirty meters on the street.

Therefore, Zhang Jingdong first stopped by a nearby shelter to drink a glass of chilled lemon water and ate a mango smoothie to relieve the heat inside him, before arriving at Da Feng Furniture Factory.

This place not only had second-hand furniture but also many second-hand kitchen utensils for restaurants.

Opening a restaurant was always a business with a high rate of failure.

Many people think that running a restaurant is easy, and thus choose it when they have some spare money and want to do some business.

However, once they actually start, they soon realize it isn’t as simple as they thought.

Therefore, many restaurants close down within less than half a year, or even in just two or three months due to poor management.

And the furniture and kitchen utensils they had initially bought were mostly new, so there were people who specifically went to these restaurants to collect these items.

Zhang Jingdong knew about this place also because, in his previous life, he had gotten the information from a buddy who ran a hotpot restaurant.

He had the money to buy new, but felt it wasn’t worth it, considering he was cycling to bars; it was about where to save and where to spend.

He looked around inside, finally choosing tables, chairs, and kitchen utensils—all he could think of necessary for running a restaurant—and spent about a hundred thousand yuan.

After that, the owner who sold him the kitchen utensils arranged a large truck for him, helping him transport all the items back to his store.

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At 9 o’clock the next morning, the renovation of the store was completely finished.

Under the detailed introduction by Liu Jinhui, Zhang Jingdong conducted an inspection.

In the end, Zhang Jingdong was very satisfied, so he not only settled the outstanding balance with Liu Jinhui but also gave him an extra ten thousand yuan.

Liu Jinhui initially refused to accept anything, but Zhang Jingdong insisted repeatedly.

Eventually, both sides took a step back and agreed on an extra two thousand yuan.

Moreover, Zhang Jingdong promised that if there were any more projects in the future, he would definitely hire him again.

Liu Jinhui repeatedly expressed his gratitude, and before leaving, he told Zhang Jingdong to call him anytime if there were any issues with the store’s renovation.

Zhang Jingdong lingered in the store for a while and checked the items he had bought from the furniture factory yesterday, which were simply listed at various spots around the store.

Then he called Yuan Mei and Han Xu.

Half an hour later, Yuan Mei arrived first with a beautiful head waitress.

The latter was brought over from her previous restaurant and was also her niece.

Zhang Jingdong also increased her salary to 1800 yuan per month.

Ten minutes later, Han Xu came with a group of eight people, including head chefs and sous chefs.

Zhang Jingdong asked Yuan Mei to consider how to arrange the items in the hall and private rooms.

He then asked Han Xu to organize the kitchen items with the chefs.

At 11 o’clock, Zhang Jingdong started to wonder if Old Huang could really get things arranged.

After all, there were still many tasks that needed the waitstaff’s involvement.

Just then, his phone suddenly rang; he pulled it out and saw a new unknown number!

He quickly answered: "Hello..."

"Is this Mr. Zhang? This is Kangning Job Introduction Office."

"Yes, it’s me."

"We have found 15 restaurant service staff according to your conditions, when would you like to come over?"

"Great, I’m coming over now!"

After hanging up, Zhang Jingdong informed Yuan Mei and then drove to the Kangning Job Introduction Office.

Upon entering, there were already more than a dozen people standing in the lobby.

At that moment, Old Huang personally came to greet him: "Mr. Zhang, you’re here... These are the ones, please have a look..."

Zhang Jingdong came before the group and quickly scanned them.

women and 9 men all basically met his requirements, among them, two men and two women could even be considered handsome or beautiful.

Zhang Jingdong nodded in satisfaction: "Hmm...not bad, I’ll take them all!"

Afterwards, he followed Old Huang to make the payment, signed contracts with the waitstaff, and then brought everyone back to the restaurant.

When Yuan Mei saw the group of service staff, who were both tall and spirited, she immediately smiled and said: "Boss, where did you recruit them from? The quality is just too high!"

Zhang Jingdong casually said: "These days, as long as you’re willing to spend money, I can even bring you models from TV."

Yuan Mei suddenly understood, then gave Zhang Jingdong a thumbs up: "Boss, you really have grand style!"

Then Zhang Jingdong gathered everyone together, gave a brief speech, and asked Yuan Mei to assign tasks.

He himself then left the store, made a phone call, and drove to Tianlong Gate store next to Dayue City, two stops away.

"Boss, I’m here to pick up the sign I ordered last Friday."

The person glanced at Zhang Jingdong, then noticed the LV on him, and was momentarily taken aback.

Especially compared to the person last Friday, the one in front of him now was not only much more handsome but also had significantly upgraded his attire.

Zhang Jingdong recognized what the man was thinking and immediately said: "My sign is called ’Yidao Xiang’, do you remember now?"

The person finally reacted, took another careful look at Zhang Jingdong, and eventually seemed to recall something.

"Remember...yes, remember now, come with me please!"