Darkstone Code-Chapter 1012 - 1010: Advancement

Evening.

Serra, with a hint of blush on her cheeks, lazily stretched and wrapped her body in the nightgown from the bed, heading towards the bathroom.

Koman, drenched in sweat, didn’t want to move. He felt his life was quite fulfilling now.

Busy dealing with various things during the day, exhausted to death.

Busy satisfying Serra in bed at night, also exhausted to death.

Apart from the enjoyment brought by money, he actually felt less comfortable now than before.

Going to the gym every day and flirting with female clients, perhaps not earning much, but the freedom was a benefit. Unlike now, he felt more like a beast of burden, just work and more work.

Lying in bed, his breathing gradually calmed down, and then he also headed into the bathroom.

Serra’s figure had improved a lot over the years with proper care, but it still couldn’t match those younger girls.

While applying body wash for her, Koman asked, "Who was on the phone just now?"

Serra, looking at her body in the full-length mirror, casually replied, "Lynch."

Now she only cared about her body, almost to an obsessive degree. Looking at her unsatisfactory body, she sighed a bit.

She was too late in taking care of herself. Some damage, once formed, is hard to repair, like her skin, which wasn’t really good. No matter how expensive medical treatments she used, the effect was not obvious.

This was one of the symptoms of starting too late; if she had started earlier, around thirty, she wouldn’t be like this now.

Koman, busy yet curious, asked, "Did he have anything to say?"

Serra nonchalantly nodded, "He asked if I was willing to let You’Er Mei go public, and I said it’s up to him, let him handle it."

As she spoke, she glanced down, "I remember shaving a couple of days ago..." She looked at Koman, who helplessly went aside to grab his razor, then lathered up to shave for Serra.

At this time, there wasn’t a complete depilation technique. Pulling directly could easily cause permanent embedded damage, so most people either did nothing with their body hair or kept shaving, just like men shave their beards.

But this also caused some new problems, as hair becomes thicker and coarser. Even if they wanted to stop, it was too late.

The coarse stubble would make them uncomfortable, so they had to continue. However, recently, some medical institutions claimed they mastered a chemical hair removal method.

With just some simple procedures, hair can completely wither and naturally fall out. The whole process is painless and won’t cause permanent skin damage.

These drugs were still being tested. They recruited a group of women who needed money from society, and each could get one hundred seventy-five bucks, saying goodbye to their hair forever.

Koman squatted down, carefully doing the hair removal work, feeling a bit excited inside, "Did he say ’go public’?"

"What I mean is... I’m too excited. If You’Er Mei can go public, we would become extremely rich!"

Serra was still looking at herself in the mirror. Money wasn’t that important to her now, in this aspect, she was very different from Nell.

Perhaps the poor life back then was the reason. Nell rarely gave her pocket money, because he didn’t earn much and had to care for the whole family’s life. There couldn’t be much pocket money for her to squander.

This also led to her not being a slave to material desires like those ladies born with silver spoons. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Apart from buying clothes normally and attending annual fashion weeks, she rarely bought bundles of things, not having a strong, almost sickening material demand.

She was only interested in her own body, wanting to preserve her youth and make up for it.

But this didn’t mean she wasn’t sensitive to money. Being interested and being sensitive are two different things, like a man without homosexual tendencies has no particular interest in the same gender, but when the same gender touches his strengths, he still feels sensitive. These two words are not the same.

She looked down at Koman, "That’s my money."

Koman looked up at her, and they stared at each other for a moment, probably four or five seconds before she moved her gaze back to the mirror, "Of course, you can use my money, but I must know first."

Koman didn’t say anything. Between him and Serra, maybe there was a bit of affection in the beginning?

He’s not sure. When Serra first started working out, she didn’t seem to have as strong a controlling desire as now, and she was quite easy to talk to, but since they got married, some things have become not as he imagined.

He’s now the general manager of You’Er Mei, and the company pays him a decent salary, one thousand three hundred fifty bucks a month.

This amount doesn’t look small; with some little tactics, he earns almost two thousand bucks a month, much more than being a coach.

If people learn to be satisfied, the world wouldn’t have suffering.

At this moment, Koman looks down on this income a bit. He wants more.

The next morning, he called Lynch. Originally, he shouldn’t bypass Serra to communicate with Lynch, as this is his "son," but he’s also a bit afraid of Lynch.

This relationship is too contradictory.

Then he appeared in Lynch’s villa.

"I heard from Serra that you want You’Er Mei to go public?" As he sat down, he asked about the matter that concerned him.

Lynch nodded, "You’Er Mei’s development speed is a bit slow. We’ve just expanded the market in Bupen over the past two years. Listing finances will also greatly assist the company’s development."

"You don’t want the company to go public?"

His rhetorical question surprised Koman a bit. He shook his hand repeatedly, "How could I think that?"

"I hope more than anyone that the company can go public. This means we will all become richer and have more resources to push the market."

During his time as a general manager, he wasn’t just idle; he did much regarding management, and he also wanted to grow and strengthen You’Er Mei.

The opportunity is rare, and he wants to seize it, but there’s someone blocking him, preventing him from moving forward.

He’s Serra’s husband, but he’s not a shareholder. Sometimes it’s challenging to work, especially when there’s some disagreement between him and other senior management on certain issues; it eventually falls to Serra to decide.

What does Serra understand?

She understands nothing. She only cares if she can maintain her current state, making Koman very sad!

If the company can go public, restructuring the stock is inevitable, meaning he has a chance to get a portion of the shares.

He’s Serra’s husband; owning even five percent wouldn’t be too much, right?

So not only would he not oppose Lynch doing this, but he would also try to make it happen.

Lynch nodded, "It’s just right you’re coming; if you didn’t, I would have looked for you in a while because the development method of the gym needs a slight adjustment..."

He handed the prepared materials to Koman and then explained the contents on it, without being modest. He was just afraid that Koman wouldn’t understand.

Listening to Lynch’s detailed explanation, Koman’s eyes widened, his expression becoming increasingly bizarre.

In the end, he suddenly took a sharp breath, making a sharp hissing sound.

"If... according to what you say, by next year, our... franchise stores may exceed the directly operated stores."

He gradually understood the relationship between the two words and also Lynch’s method of operating the listing.

Once You’Er Mei explosively appears in almost all cities, it will inevitably attract capital pursuit.

Capital is shameless, but for entrepreneurs, it is very much needed. At that time, even if You’Er Mei had no plans to go public, they would be forced to go public.

Asset doubling, market value doubling, these words profoundly stimulated Koman.

He quietly reflected, thought, and settled on these contents, then asked, "So, where should I start now?"

"Start from the training class..."

In the middle of the week, on Wednesday.

In the Federation, the week starts on Sunday, so Wednesday is right in the middle of the week.

On Wednesday, every You’Er Mei gym posted a brand new poster with a recruitment ad.

Since You’Er Mei was about to enter a rapid expansion period, there was a lack of professional trainers.

Anyone who had been working out at You’Er Mei for over two years, or had experience in the fitness or bodybuilding industry, as well as ordinary people interested in the fitness industry, could apply for training classes.

If they could pass the training class assessment, they could start working with a certificate.

This is the advantage of a blue ocean industry, with no well-established constraints, like figuring out whether a certificate is qualified, who’s in charge, and who has the final say.

You’Er Mei is now the largest chain brand, so the qualifications they issue internally are almost equal to the industry standard.

Under this recruitment ad, there was a more detailed introduction, such as the enrollment fee is only three thousand bucks. Once they successfully get the qualification certificate to become a first-level fitness coach, the minimum salary is four hundred bucks a month.

This isn’t a complicated math problem; many people can calculate. Once they have the certificate, they can earn back the enrollment fee in eight months and then keep earning money.

The poster also stated that if they performed exceptionally well at work, there’s a chance for further advancement, reaching second-level, third-level, senior fitness coach positions, earning three thousand a year is not an issue, and there’s even a chance to become a partner of You’Er Mei, achieving dual freedom of life and wealth!

Federation people uphold freedom, freedom in life.

If they can achieve financial freedom while having freedom in life, why not do it?

You’Er Mei is so big, with Lynch as backing, it has no reason to deceive people!

On the day the poster was sent out, more than three hundred people across the country signed up to become fitness coaches, and just from the application fees, they received nine hundred thousand...