Reborn in the 1980s: Recapture My Devoted Husband-Chapter 747 - 708: Whose Child Is It_3
"You probably don’t know about the mall; it only opens at eight-thirty in the morning and closes at six-thirty in the afternoon. No overtime."
"Alright, I’ll help you ask in a few days"....
Lin Wan rented over two hundred square meters on the first floor of the department store. The rent is more than a hundred dollars a month.
The goods and staff aren’t in place yet, there’s no way around it. If we don’t rent it now, someone else will snap it up immediately. Decent locations like this are hard to find.
After renting the place, Lin Wan started preparing things for the store. She found a renovation team through Ying Han’s introduction.
She needs to divide her shop into men’s, women’s, and children’s sections. However, she doesn’t have many clothing designs right now, so she’s been sketching new designs for men’s, women’s, and children’s clothes at home whenever she’s free.
Lin Wan also called Su Ling, who mentioned she had poached a design director from another factory. Quite capable. Lin Wan saw the sketches Su Ling sent her, and indeed they were good. She told her to expedite production and get a small batch ready first.
To supply goods to Z City.
Besides overseeing the renovations, Lin Wan is also busy hiring staff. Given the current situation, she doesn’t plan to hire many. Just two or three will suffice.
"Excuse me, are you Manager Lin Wan?" One day while supervising the renovation team, a young girl came up to Lin Wan.
"And you are?"
"My name is Yang Kui. Sister Xiao Yuan recommended me."
Lin Wan suddenly understood, and gratefully smiled, "I know you, she told me about you."
Lin Wan sized up Yang Kui, who was graceful and eloquent, a girl who knew how to speak well, and she looked quite decent.
After some inquiries, Lin Wan learned Yang Kui lived nearby. As they urgently needed staff, and she seemed promising, Lin Wan decided to keep her on.
A salary of thirty dollars a month, with flexible leave except on weekends.
This offer pleased Yang Kui. Thirty dollars was even two dollars more than what she earned at the hospital.
Since the store wasn’t renovated yet, Lin Wan asked her to come back in a week’s time to officially start work.
Today, besides Yang Kui, there was another young girl who came for an interview. She looked shy and spoke nervously.
Lin Wan didn’t have high demands for now, so all employees would undergo job training. As they got more experienced over time, they would naturally get better. So she decided to keep Jia Tao too.
"How’s it going? When will the store be ready?" During lunch, Xiao Wan, their mom, and Saozi were eating with employees at the restaurant. Mom asked.
"Just a few more days and it’ll be done. I’ve already called Su Ling; the goods will arrive in a few days."
"We’re short-staffed, I’ll come help you out then. There’s a front desk at the hotel, they don’t really need me," Mu Qing suggested.
"No need, no need, we’ve already hired two people today. There aren’t many goods, we’ll manage...By the way, Saozi, how’s the hotel doing? What’s the occupancy rate like?"
"Not bad, considering we just opened and promotions are still lacking. We’re getting at least a dozen room bookings a day."
"That’s great; it’s already quite good." Since the property is ours, there’s no rent, so apart from labor costs, everything else is pure profit.
"Recently, many people have been asking if there are any breakfast places nearby. I just realized there really aren’t any. So, Mom and I discussed clearing out a big room on the hotel’s first floor to serve breakfast. Guests can eat breakfast here, and we can include a breakfast voucher with the room price. Xiao Wan, what do you think?"
"That’s a good idea, but...who’s going to make breakfast?"
"I was thinking of outsourcing. We haven’t found the right person yet."
"Take your time, we don’t need to rush." Liang Hongmei suggested that taking things step by step is better, not trying to do everything at once. They already have three restaurants to manage, with too many miscellaneous tasks. They couldn’t handle breakfast on their own or they’d be overwhelmed.
Also, Liang Hongmei considered grooming a manager for the store to lighten their load.
Xiao Wan was right; to expand, they needed to develop more talent.
"Slap..." As soon as the door opened, Xie Lingzhi slapped Ye Qing across the face, leaving Ye Qing stunned.
She had a hard time securing a few days off and rushed over, hurriedly getting off the bus, and seeing it was already past noon, she hadn’t eaten a bite and hurried back.
