novelraw Chapter 212 : The Boss Makes His First Appearance
Chapter 212 : The Boss Makes His First Appearance
Chapter 212: The Boss Makes His First Appearance
"My name is Chen Fan, and I am the owner of this club."
"Some of you may have been personally interviewed and hired by me, while others may not be too familiar with me."
"But it doesn't matter, you'll get to know me better as we work together for a while."
Chen Fan sat at the head of the long conference table, with a smile on his face, giving his first speech to a group of managers who were older than him.
"I'm actually very easy to get along with. As long as you follow the club's rules and create profits for the club, I'll give you satisfactory salaries and benefits."
"I won't say things like the company is my home and its development relies on everyone's efforts, nor will I engage in any nepotism."
"You can monitor this. In the future, the club will implement a position evaluation system. As long as you are capable, whether you are an ordinary employee or a newcomer to the club, you can get promoted and earn a raise."
"Of course, if you violate the club's rules or fail the evaluation, I can only say sorry."
"Okay, now I'll hand it over to Manager Ding to speak."
Chen Fan passed the microphone to Ding Dian sitting next to him, concluding his first appearance as the club's boss.
Young, handsome, idealistic, ambitious, and articulate... they still needed to observe more.
This was the first impression the more than twenty middle-level managers had of Chen Fan as their boss.
When Ding Dian introduced some of the managers' names to Chen Fan, he would smile and nod in acknowledgment.
Apart from Ding Dian, the general manager, the club also had a finance manager and a secretary to assist Ding Dian, both recruited by Chen Fan and Ding Dian together.
Then there were the directors of the different halls: shooting experience hall, tennis hall, badminton hall, yoga hall, and dry ice rink hall.
Each hall had a director and two deputy directors.
Additionally, Feng Pojun, as the head of the security team, also attended the meeting, sitting awkwardly at the very end of the conference table.
After Ding Dian introduced everyone, Chen Fan only remembered the names of the accountant and cashier in charge of finance.
The accountant was named Ma Xiaolan, and the cashier was named Li Xiao.
Both of them were personally hired by Chen Fan.
Moreover, these two lived in the West City, and their previous workplace was a state-owned enterprise located in the West City.
However, the enterprise went bankrupt two years ago, rendering them as laid-off workers.
Their skills were solid, and what pleased Chen Fan was that Ma Xiaolan was also proficient in using computers.
As for the others, Chen Fan just became familiar with their faces.
Of course, there were still many vacant positions.
For instance, the deputy manager, the human resources manager. Currently, these roles were essentially taken on by Chen Fan and Ding Dian themselves.
After the simple meeting, when everyone had left, Chen Fan kept Ding Dian and Feng Pojun behind.
The first thing he said was that they still needed to continue hiring.
"Regardless, we have to fill the vacant positions first. I can't let you take on multiple roles by yourself."
Ding Dian glanced at Chen Fan, "Thank you for your concern."
Chen Fan smiled, "Moreover, we'll need to hire people for the haunted house soon, including managers and NPC actors."
Ding Dian quickly said, "Let's wait until I take the team to observe other haunted houses before making a decision. We can also see if we can poach some experienced people."
Chen Fan smiled, "That's a good idea. You need to learn how to delegate tasks to others. If you try to do everything yourself, you'll end up exhausted."
"I don't need you to tell me that."
Ding Dian snorted, and then suddenly realized there was an outsider present, so speaking to Chen Fan in this manner was inappropriate.
Her face reddened with embarrassment, and she asked, "Anything else? If not, I'll go back to the office to rest."
Chen Fan: "Of course there's more."
Ding Dian was instantly disheartened, "I knew you wouldn't let me rest."
Chen Fan smiled.
"This time it's good news."
"I thought about it and decided to get a few cars for the club."
"Really?"
Ding Dian instantly became interested, looking at Chen Fan excitedly.
"This miser has finally decided to be generous?"
Chen Fan rolled his eyes in exasperation, "I'm very generous, okay? I don't even have a car myself. Seeing how tired you are going out all the time, I decided to get a few cars for you all first, yet you don't even know to be grateful."
"Grateful, grateful, absolutely grateful."
Ding Dian nodded repeatedly, asking expectantly, "Boss, how many cars are we going to buy?"
Chen Fan thought for a moment, "How much money is left in the club's account currently?"
Ding Dian was unsure, so she called the accountant, Ma Xiaolan, to ask.
"We just received the payment for this month, and there's still over 1.586 million left in the account."
"So much?"
Chen Fan widened his eyes in surprise, even surprising himself.
He had just taken out his personal savings, thinking he was penniless.
Ding Dian glanced at Chen Fan, "As the boss, you probably wouldn't even know if someone took the money away."
"Do you think all this money was earned solely from the shooting range?"
"In fact, most of it is from membership fees."
"You probably don't know how popular the club has been these past two months. Apart from the male customer flow from the shooting range, there are also a large number of F4 fans coming to get membership at the yoga hall..."
Chen Fan started to understand.
At least half of this 1.58 million was from membership fees.
Could he use this portion of the money?
It seemed that as long as the club didn't go bankrupt, he could use it, right?
However, Chen Fan wasn't foolish enough to take out all the money.
"Okay, let's buy two cars for now, a sedan costing between 150,000 to 250,000 yuan, and a van."
"As for other vehicles, we can add more later based on the club's development needs."
Chen Fan looked at Ding Dian, "You take someone to look at cars and decide which ones to buy."
Ding Dian immediately became excited, "Let me decide? Aren't you afraid I'll run away with the money?"
Chen Fan smiled, "We have a revolutionary friendship between us. Besides, you're not that short-sighted."
"Hmph."
Ding Dian snorted coldly, but she was still quite pleased with Chen Fan's trust.
Leaving Ding Dian with an excited yet conflicted expression over which cars to buy, Chen Fan grabbed his keys and took Feng Pojun with him, taking a taxi straight to the Yuhai Family Garden community.
The house had been renovated. Ding Dian had someone clean it, and the furniture Chen Fan bought had just been delivered today.
As soon as he entered, Chen Fan was stunned.
Compared to before, the entire house had completely changed.
White walls, new flooring, sofas, refrigerator, TV... everything was arranged exactly as Chen Fan had instructed.
Apart from the newness of the house, it was no different from the apartment that Chen Fan and Su Ruochu had rented in his previous life.
In an instant, Chen Fan felt a sense of disorientation.
It was as if he had returned to his previous life.
Returned to the days when he lived here with Su Ruochu.
The TV was still playing the news.
The kitchen exhaust fan was humming.
Su Ruochu, wearing an apron, came out of the kitchen carrying a plate of food.
With a high ponytail, a sports shirt, and jeans, a complete homely girl look, yet so beautiful that one couldn't bear to look away.
"You're back. Must be tired, quickly wash your face and eat."
Hearing Ruochu's cheerful greeting to him.
Chen Fan lost control of his emotions, dazedly taking two steps forward and reaching out into the empty space.
"Ruochu..."