Chapter 97 Reorganizing the Hotel
"Thirty thousand!!!" At the mention of the salary Xia Liu offered, Ye Ming's cup almost slipped from his grasp.
Not only was there thirty thousand, but if profits were good, there would be a bonus at the end of the month—this boss was definitely a paragon of virtue.
"Yes, I might not have time to manage the hotel in the future. You have been the manager here for three years, Sister Fang trusts you, and so do I."
Xia Liu nodded, having just checked this guy's information on the computer.
Forty years old this year, owning an apartment in the county town, his wife working as a floor manager in the hotel, with two sons.
The eldest son was studying abroad, the younger one was in high school, and he was honest, straightforward, with a fair amount of experience.
How could Xia Liu let talent like this slip away? Of course, he wouldn't go, because he needed this job to deal with life's challenges.
"Thank you, Chairman, thank you, Chairman!" Ye Ming didn't know what else to say.
The surprise had come too suddenly, and he had forgotten the prepared speech he had put together.
"No need to be so formal, Manager Ye. I will need you to familiarize me with the hotel," Xia Liu said without any airs of superiority, speaking about work as if with a good friend.
Ye Ming relaxed a lot, first taking Xia Liu on a tour of the various departments of Longteng Hotel, checking out the rooms and the lobby.
After getting a fair understanding, Xia Liu asked Ye Ming to gather the existing staff in the lobby on the first floor.
In less than five minutes, the first-floor lobby was filled with several rows of people.
From Ye Ming, Xia Liu learned that the total number of employees in various departments came to one hundred and ten, and the monthly payroll was around three hundred thousand.
In terms of salary, Xia Liu wasn't too concerned since he knew the enormous profits from Osmanthus Chicken; half a day's sales could cover the employees' salaries for a month.
"Hello, Chairman!"
The employees greeted Xia Liu following Ye Ming's example, and among the crowd, there were mostly women who were intensely curious about Xia Liu.
After all, Xia Liu was much younger than the previous chairman.
"Hello, everyone, my name is Xia Liu." He introduced himself, and noticing the confusion on the employees' faces, he quickly clarified, "Xia as in summer, Liu as in the flow of a stream."
"Pfft..."
Upon hearing Xia Liu's explanation, some of the girls couldn't help but giggle behind their hands.
Before Ye Ming could speak up to control the scene, Xia Liu preempted by saying, "Hehe, I'm pleased to meet all of you. Since it's my first day taking over here, I don't know your names yet, but I believe I will remember them in the future."
"I've gathered you all here mainly to talk about two things."
"First thing, on top of your existing salaries, everyone will get an additional thousand yuan."
Wow!!!
News of the raise stirred intense excitement among the crowd.
Every face was alight with enthusiasm, and they all speculated about Xia Liu's background—his first act was to increase salaries and even add a straight one thousand.
In a small county town, this was absolutely major news.
"Everyone, calm down and listen to the Chairman's second piece of news," Ye Ming, who had expected the commotion, calmed the excited crowd after letting them enjoy the moment.
"Don't be nervous. As long as you do your job well, without delaying or inconveniencing our guests, you can do whatever you want."
Seeing everyone bowing their heads after Ye Ming's words, making the atmosphere a bit eerie, Xia Liu tried to lighten the mood.
Once the atmosphere had picked up again, Xia Liu continued, "This second thing is quite interesting. Basically, what you did before is what you will continue doing. Everything will remain under Manager Ye's supervision."
"Yes!"
A firm chorus of agreement erupted from the crowd.
"Alright, that's it for today. Everyone pack up and get ready to clock out; we're officially opening for business tomorrow!"
"Yay! Time to clock out!"
"Hahaha, the chairman is the best!"
"Yeah, I think I'm falling in love with the chairman!"
"The chairman is so handsome!"
Amidst everyone's excitement, Xia Liu and Ye Ming quietly left for the parking lot.
Looking at the several reserved parking spaces, Xia Liu's eyes flickered a few times.
Just yesterday, Fang Fei had transferred these cars to Zhang Xiaoxue, including a BMW 760.
Xia Liu hadn't forgotten that car; he had borrowed it when he went to the county government.
Next to the BMW, there was also a Ferrari 458, and there was another Bentley for receiving guests!
Seeing these cars, Xia Liu was shocked. He had thought Fang Fei would only transfer the BMW, not realizing that even the Ferrari and Bentley were included!
Eyeing the Bentley, Xia Liu got an idea, picked up the keys from the security room, and got into the car.
As a car for receiving high-level guests, driving the Bentley on the road was bound to create a sensation, turning heads at a two hundred percent rate.
Unfortunately, before the Bentley could really pick up speed, they had already arrived at Longyun Hotel.
The distribution of the two hotels was quite interesting: one was located outside the county town, and the other in the city center.
Longyun should be called more of a restaurant since floors one through five were all dining tables, and there were very few rooms, less than five hundred.
Like Longteng Hotel, Longyun was also closed today, which was Fang Fei's instruction before she left.
This was beneficial for Xia Liu to take over.
Just like at Longteng Hotel, after introducing himself, Xia Liu immediately gave employees a raise.
All the employees respected this good-looking and generous young boss.
Even some of the younger girls who were experiencing the stirrings of romance entertained the thought of throwing themselves at Xia Liu.
In the past few months, their salaries had been raised several times, and now even the servers were making four thousand yuan a month.
Now that Xia Liu had added another thousand all at once, that made it five thousand yuan. Compared with some industrial provinces, that was quite a fortune in this small county town.
Of course, with the higher daily customer traffic, there was more work for the servers to do. Luckily there were enough people on staff, or else they wouldn't be able to manage.
After all the employees had left, Ye Ming took Xia Liu on another tour of Longyun Hotel.
In this place, Xia Liu had many memories, especially of the manager's office.
Stepping into the office, it felt like he was hallucinating, seeing Huang Xue's silhouette reflected in his eyes.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
"I wonder how that Fairy is doing. She's been gone so long without even a phone call..." Moved by the scene, Xia Liu found himself missing Huang Xue.
"Chairman, I think you should hire another manager, so the hotel can be managed more meticulously."
"That's a good suggestion, I'll leave the matter in your hands," Xia Liu replied. He didn't want Ye Ming to be so tired, and since he wasn't often at the hotel, it was impossible for Ye Ming to run both places by himself.
"I was thinking that the legal representative on our hotel's business license would be very suitable."
"Are you talking about Xiaoxue?"
Ye Ming nodded. He had seen Zhang Xiaoxue's information when the new business license arrived at the hotel yesterday, and although he didn't know what her relationship with Xia Liu was, to be listed as the legal representative, she must be significant.
Plus, having Zhang Xiaoxue as the manager would be more trustworthy for Xia Liu than anyone else.