Reborn 92's Business Tycoon

Chapter 221: Preparing to recruit

Not to mention Huang Jingping and Hu Junting, they have suddenly changed from classmates to the relationship between training teacher and trainee. This is really nothing. Which high-ranking official does not have some former colleagues who, by the time they retire, cannot even get the treatment of section chief? There is nothing strange about this kind of thing, you have to learn to adapt.

Feng Yiping has been busier than when he was at school for the past few weekends, busy recruiting staff.

Whether it's the noodle shop, the decoration company, the Zhitong company that Feng Yiping is in charge of, or the convenience store, none of them are small businesses anymore. The original human resources reserves can no longer keep up with the pace of development.

For example, in the noodle shop, it's easy to find someone from the existing staff to replace Feng Zhenchang in purchasing, but it's simply impossible to find someone to take charge of franchise matters.

Although Feng Zhenchang and Feng Yuxuan can handle these tasks without any major problems, there are always communication problems. They still can't speak the jargon or use the technical terms. To put it bluntly, their language is a bit rustic.

Although they are also looking for books to learn from, it won't be an overnight process. Besides, if Feng Zhenchang, the boss, has to be the one to negotiate everything, it gives the impression that the company is small or unprofessional.

It would be best to recruit a few people and let them discuss the specifics first. If there is anything that cannot be resolved, he can then step in. At that time, even if his speech is rustic, others will also think that this boss is a down-to-earth person.

The same goes for the decoration company. Although it has developed well in the past two years and has a certain degree of brand awareness, the company as a whole is still far from having the third-level qualification.

The third-level qualification has clear requirements for the company's human resources. There must be at least 15 people with professional titles, including no less than 4 people with intermediate titles or above, and the professional configuration is basically complete.

As for Jiasheng Company, there is currently only one person with a professional technical title, Chen Xuefeng.

As for Zhitong Company, it now also has products that have been tested in practice, but the sales team has not been formed at all.

There is a huge gap in Jiabinli. Feng Yiping is confident that in the future he will be able to bring out a person from among the employees in these stores, but for the time being, it is not possible. When the company was first established, everyone could be in multiple positions, but now that it is time for stable expansion, fixed positions and posts are the most basic requirement.

This year happens to be a good opportunity. In 1998, starting this year, the two-way choice of employment for college students will be implemented on a large scale for the first time. It can also be understood as starting this year, after graduating from college, the state will no longer assign jobs. This is a good opportunity for Feng Yiping, who is in need of talent.

However, if he really wants to recruit people for the noodle shop and decoration company, he must first convince his parents and younger brother-in-law that he is not doing a bad job and that he is not just hiring someone else.

'How's your studies? You're still top of the class, right?' Feng Zhanchang asked him.

A perennial topic of conversation when Feng Yiping returned home was his grades.

'You haven't fallen behind, have you? You were top of the class before, and now you've studied an extra year, so you're not falling behind,' Feng Yuxuan said, ignoring the year Feng Yiping had dropped out of school.

'Yes, I'm still top of the class,'

'That's good,' Mei Qiuping gave him a fish fillet, 'Eat more fish, it's good for your brain.'

Nowadays, there are no articles on the efficacy of ingredients, and people mostly pass on information about food supplements by word of mouth. Last time, Mei Qiuping cooked pork liver, saying that it's also good for the brain.

'Mom, I told you that you were biased. Look, you saved the tail with the bones for me, and gave my brother the belly of the fish.'

'Well, if you can get first place in your class, I'll cook sea cucumbers for you every meal.'

Mei Qiuping's words left Feng Yuxuan speechless.

Feng Yiping suppressed a laugh, because if he did, Feng Yuxuan would definitely attack him. His sister was good at everything else, but she always had to bring up the issue of her parents being biased and favouring boys over girls.

'Dad, how many franchises are there now?'

'Apart from the first one that has already opened, there are two more in talks.' Feng Zhenchang took a sip of wine and smiled. This money is easy to make.

'This year, 70% of university students are not guaranteed a job. I want to take this opportunity to recruit some people for Zhitong and Youjia. Do you need them in the store?'

'No, we can handle it,' Feng Yuxuan said.

'Right now there are only two or three companies in talks. You can handle it if you work hard. But what if there are five or six companies? Can you handle it? Besides, if someone just comes in off the street, it's not good for Dad, as the boss, to have to deal with them!'

Feng Yiping's words made Feng Zhenchang feel very good. In a society based on the officialdom that has existed for thousands of years, everyone values the concept of hierarchy, and this is especially true of old-fashioned people like him.

'Besides, when Dad talks to other people, he sometimes says things that are final and leave no room for manoeuvre. That's not good for negotiations. It's best if a few people talk first and Dad makes the final decision. What do you think?'

'Yiping is right. When people in the village talk about something, don't they also first find someone to sound them out and then finally talk to the person in charge?'

Feng Zhenchang looked at his daughter and said, 'In that case, we should recruit two more people to make it look more impressive.'

Feng Yuxuan sulked as she shovelled food into her mouth, while Feng Yiping picked the two tenderest pieces of fish from the head and handed them to his sister. 'Do you want to be the boss of the people in charge, or do you want to work day and night by yourself? You're not even willing to recruit a few subordinates. You're just a worker!'

As for the noodle shop, Feng Yiping actually had a rough idea of the final arrangement. For the specific development, he would hire an experienced general manager, while his father would mainly do some inspection work, such as regularly visiting the shops opened by the villagers to find problems. He could not just let things go because he was not charging money, otherwise, in the end, it would be his own brand that would suffer.

As for his sister, he thought that she would be in charge of logistics and procurement.

Of course, this would have to be done step by step.

'What about your brother-in-law?' Feng Zhenchang asked.

'I haven't discussed it with my brother-in-law yet. If we really want to follow the national standards, we'll need to hire a lot of people. I want to do it in two steps: first, hire some people to fill in the gaps, and then find some part-time workers. This way, we can meet the requirements and save a lot of money.' Feng Yiping doesn't think it's necessary to hire so many people with professional titles at once. There aren't many people with professional titles in the company now, and they're doing just fine.

'Do you want me to talk to your brother-in-law for you?' Mei Qiuping asked.

'No, I'll talk to him myself tomorrow!'

There was indeed no problem with his brother-in-law. As soon as Feng Yiping mentioned it, his brother-in-law immediately agreed. Over the years, he has had more confidence in Feng Yiping than in himself.

So it was settled. The four companies would band together to recruit people. Feng Yiping also made it clear about the recruitment criteria. Of course, they would choose the 'capable', but they would also pay more attention to the 'virtue'. If 'virtue' was compared to a hand, then 'ability' was the sword in the hand. If the 'virtue' was not good, then the sword could not only hurt others, but also hurt oneself.

Back in the city, before leaving for school, he received another call from Huang Jingping. Now they regularly spoke on the phone every other day.

'Have you eaten yet? Do you miss me?' Huang Jingping asked as usual.

'I just ate. How about you?'

'I just ate too,' she said, as if covering her mouth with her hand, 'I miss you so much!'

A girl in love is always happy to hear these words.

'Are you coming to see me next week?'

'I'll come if I'm free. I'll drop by and see Xiao Zhijie and Wang Changning.'

'I knew it, you always drop by to see me.'

Well, when you encounter a question like this, it's best to change the subject immediately. 'By the way, how does Hu Junting feel about them calling you Teacher Huang now?'

'Haha, it's pretty good!' Huang Jingping happily went on to tell Feng Yiping about everything she had experienced in the past two days, as if she wanted to share everything with him.